feat(browser): stream bounded live session updates (#26)

README.md

@@ -113,6 +113,9 @@ signing, staged promotion, rollback, and migration are defined in
 [releases and compatibility](docs/releases/README.md).
 The scriptable host/browser/join diagnostic and its stable automation contract are
 documented in the [TestClient integration guide](docs/integration/test-client.md).
+Optional bounded SSE deltas, reconnect/reset semantics, proxy requirements, and
+polling fallback are documented in
+[live session-list updates](docs/integration/live-session-updates.md).
 The package, gameplay-socket, host-admission, provisioning, metadata, key rotation,
 versioning, and secure rollout seams are in the
 [game integration guide](docs/integration/sdk-seams.md).
@@ -122,6 +125,9 @@ simulation limits are documented in the
 The current consumer evidence and remaining external gates are tracked in the
 [SpaceGame consumer pilot](docs/integration/spacegame-pilot.md) and independent
 [Unscouted consumer pilot](docs/integration/unscouted-pilot.md).
+The fail-closed launch decision, redacted evidence matrix, and two-machine
+external-network procedure are in
+[production readiness and real-network canary](docs/operations/production-readiness.md).
 
 
 ## Development

docs/api/rendezvous-v1.json

@@ -1177,6 +1177,159 @@
         }
       }
     },
+    "/v1/sessions/stream": {
+      "get": {
+        "tags": [
+          "Sessions"
+        ],
+        "operationId": "StreamSessions",
+        "parameters": [
+          {
+            "name": "contractVersion",
+            "in": "query",
+            "required": true,
+            "schema": {
+              "type": "integer",
+              "format": "int32"
+            }
+          },
+          {
+            "name": "gameId",
+            "in": "query",
+            "required": true,
+            "schema": {
+              "type": "string"
+            }
+          },
+          {
+            "name": "environmentId",
+            "in": "query",
+            "required": true,
+            "schema": {
+              "type": "string"
+            }
+          },
+          {
+            "name": "protocolVersion",
+            "in": "query",
+            "required": true,
+            "schema": {
+              "type": "integer",
+              "format": "uint32"
+            }
+          },
+          {
+            "name": "regionId",
+            "in": "query",
+            "schema": {
+              "type": "string"
+            }
+          },
+          {
+            "name": "excludeFull",
+            "in": "query",
+            "schema": {
+              "type": "boolean"
+            }
+          },
+          {
+            "name": "streamCursor",
+            "in": "query",
+            "schema": {
+              "type": "string"
+            }
+          },
+          {
+            "name": "Last-Event-ID",
+            "in": "header",
+            "schema": {
+              "type": "string"
+            }
+          }
+        ],
+        "responses": {
+          "200": {
+            "description": "OK",
+            "headers": {
+              "X-Rendezvous-Correlation-ID": {
+                "description": "Safe request correlation identifier generated by the service.",
+                "schema": {
+                  "type": "string"
+                }
+              }
+            },
+            "content": {
+              "text/event-stream": {
+                "schema": {
+                  "$ref": "#/components/schemas/SessionStreamEvent"
+                }
+              }
+            }
+          },
+          "400": {
+            "description": "Bad Request",
+            "headers": {
+              "X-Rendezvous-Correlation-ID": {
+                "description": "Safe request correlation identifier generated by the service.",
+                "schema": {
+                  "type": "string"
+                }
+              }
+            },
+            "content": {
+              "application/json": {
+                "schema": {
+                  "$ref": "#/components/schemas/ApiError"
+                }
+              }
+            }
+          },
+          "429": {
+            "description": "Too Many Requests",
+            "headers": {
+              "X-Rendezvous-Correlation-ID": {
+                "description": "Safe request correlation identifier generated by the service.",
+                "schema": {
+                  "type": "string"
+                }
+              },
+              "Retry-After": {
+                "description": "Whole seconds before the caller should retry (1-60).",
+                "schema": {
+                  "type": "integer",
+                  "format": "int32"
+                }
+              }
+            },
+            "content": {
+              "application/json": {
+                "schema": {
+                  "$ref": "#/components/schemas/ApiError"
+                }
+              }
+            }
+          },
+          "503": {
+            "description": "Service Unavailable",
+            "headers": {
+              "X-Rendezvous-Correlation-ID": {
+                "description": "Safe request correlation identifier generated by the service.",
+                "schema": {
+                  "type": "string"
+                }
+              }
+            },
+            "content": {
+              "application/json": {
+                "schema": {
+                  "$ref": "#/components/schemas/ApiError"
+                }
+              }
+            }
+          }
+        }
+      }
+    },
     "/v1/sessions/{listingId}/join-attempts": {
       "get": {
         "tags": [
@@ -2657,7 +2810,8 @@
       "BrowseSessionsResponse": {
         "required": [
           "contractVersion",
-          "items"
+          "items",
+          "streamCursor"
         ],
         "type": "object",
         "properties": {
@@ -2676,6 +2830,9 @@
               "null",
               "string"
             ]
+          },
+          "streamCursor": {
+            "type": "string"
           }
         }
       },
@@ -3545,6 +3702,54 @@
         "type": "string",
         "format": "uuid"
       },
+      "SessionStreamEvent": {
+        "required": [
+          "contractVersion",
+          "kind",
+          "cursor"
+        ],
+        "type": "object",
+        "properties": {
+          "contractVersion": {
+            "type": "integer",
+            "format": "int32"
+          },
+          "kind": {
+            "$ref": "#/components/schemas/SessionStreamEventKind"
+          },
+          "cursor": {
+            "type": "string"
+          },
+          "session": {
+            "oneOf": [
+              {
+                "type": "null"
+              },
+              {
+                "$ref": "#/components/schemas/SessionListing"
+              }
+            ]
+          },
+          "listingId": {
+            "oneOf": [
+              {
+                "type": "null"
+              },
+              {
+                "$ref": "#/components/schemas/SessionListingId"
+              }
+            ]
+          }
+        }
+      },
+      "SessionStreamEventKind": {
+        "enum": [
+          "sessionUpsert",
+          "sessionRemove",
+          "reset",
+          "keepalive"
+        ]
+      },
       "UpdateSessionRequest": {
         "required": [
           "contractVersion",
@@ -3563,6 +3768,33 @@
           "leaseToken": {
             "type": "string"
           },
+          "regionId": {
+            "oneOf": [
+              {
+                "type": "null"
+              },
+              {
+                "$ref": "#/components/schemas/RegionId"
+              }
+            ]
+          },
+          "protocolVersion": {
+            "type": [
+              "null",
+              "integer"
+            ],
+            "format": "uint32"
+          },
+          "visibility": {
+            "oneOf": [
+              {
+                "type": "null"
+              },
+              {
+                "$ref": "#/components/schemas/ListingVisibility"
+              }
+            ]
+          },
           "buildVersion": {
             "type": "string"
           },

docs/evidence/capacity/v2/candidate-2cpu.json

@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 {
   "schemaVersion": 2,
   "evidenceVersion": "v2",
-  "generatedAt": "2026-07-16T14:10:53.6981858+00:00",
+  "generatedAt": "2026-07-16T20:28:43.2873744+00:00",
   "profile": "candidate",
   "runtime": {
     "framework": ".NET 10.0.9",
@@ -14,14 +14,14 @@
     "cpuQuota": "not-enforced",
     "memoryLimit": "not-enforced",
     "garbageCollector": "workstation",
-    "commitSha": "cf14836d48b0b4aaa67f99433f4fba3585bcd2bb",
+    "commitSha": "00d5ff776408e7d80ce6648953e62a7233aca35c",
     "treeState": "clean",
     "command": "RENDEZVOUS_CAPACITY_PROFILE=candidate RENDEZVOUS_CAPACITY_CPUSET=0,1 ./scripts/run-capacity-gate.sh",
     "imageDigest": "not-containerized",
     "workloadSeed": "fixed-sequences-random-identifiers",
-    "capacityPhaseAverageCpuPercent": 56.37724115383554,
+    "capacityPhaseAverageCpuPercent": 55.52666859166872,
-    "peakWorkingSetBytes": 169705472,
+    "peakWorkingSetBytes": 176758784,
-    "managedBytesAfterCleanup": 35615200
+    "managedBytesAfterCleanup": 35608984
   },
   "targets": {
     "visibleListings": 25000,
@@ -39,10 +39,10 @@
     {
       "operation": "registration-and-presence",
       "samples": 1000,
-      "p50Milliseconds": 0.003,
+      "p50Milliseconds": 0.0029,
       "p95Milliseconds": 0.0046,
-      "p99Milliseconds": 0.0054,
+      "p99Milliseconds": 0.0055,
-      "operationsPerSecond": 282453.96000451926,
+      "operationsPerSecond": 287918.9220315559,
       "minimumOperationsPerSecond": 200,
       "budgetMilliseconds": 200,
       "passed": true
@@ -51,9 +51,9 @@
       "operation": "lease-renewal",
       "samples": 1000,
       "p50Milliseconds": 0.0004,
-      "p95Milliseconds": 0.0009,
+      "p95Milliseconds": 0.0007,
-      "p99Milliseconds": 0.0021,
+      "p99Milliseconds": 0.0019,
-      "operationsPerSecond": 968992.2480620155,
+      "operationsPerSecond": 1076426.264800861,
       "minimumOperationsPerSecond": 200,
       "budgetMilliseconds": 200,
       "passed": true
@@ -61,10 +61,10 @@
     {
       "operation": "visible-session-browse",
       "samples": 250,
-      "p50Milliseconds": 0.9046,
+      "p50Milliseconds": 1.0232,
-      "p95Milliseconds": 3.3704,
+      "p95Milliseconds": 3.6083,
-      "p99Milliseconds": 3.9471,
+      "p99Milliseconds": 4.2925,
-      "operationsPerSecond": 695.5799787597697,
+      "operationsPerSecond": 650.0325926341947,
       "minimumOperationsPerSecond": 200,
       "budgetMilliseconds": 200,
       "passed": true
@@ -72,10 +72,10 @@
     {
       "operation": "join-attempt-issuance",
       "samples": 1000,
-      "p50Milliseconds": 0.0029,
+      "p50Milliseconds": 0.0028,
-      "p95Milliseconds": 0.0045,
+      "p95Milliseconds": 0.0042,
-      "p99Milliseconds": 0.0055,
+      "p99Milliseconds": 0.0052,
-      "operationsPerSecond": 296428.042092782,
+      "operationsPerSecond": 135253.93927098127,
       "minimumOperationsPerSecond": 200,
       "budgetMilliseconds": 200,
       "passed": true
@@ -83,10 +83,10 @@
     {
       "operation": "simultaneous-punch-pairing",
       "samples": 1000,
-      "p50Milliseconds": 0.0043,
+      "p50Milliseconds": 0.0039,
-      "p95Milliseconds": 0.0073,
+      "p95Milliseconds": 0.0069,
-      "p99Milliseconds": 0.0115,
+      "p99Milliseconds": 0.0087,
-      "operationsPerSecond": 109212.03516627532,
+      "operationsPerSecond": 110619.46902654869,
       "minimumOperationsPerSecond": 2000,
       "budgetMilliseconds": 100,
       "passed": true
@@ -94,10 +94,10 @@
     {
       "operation": "principal-revocation",
       "samples": 50,
-      "p50Milliseconds": 0.518,
+      "p50Milliseconds": 0.495,
-      "p95Milliseconds": 0.7049,
+      "p95Milliseconds": 0.6508,
-      "p99Milliseconds": 11.8557,
+      "p99Milliseconds": 11.011,
-      "operationsPerSecond": 1320.1773262184577,
+      "operationsPerSecond": 1393.258301729591,
       "minimumOperationsPerSecond": 50,
       "budgetMilliseconds": 200,
       "passed": true
@@ -108,7 +108,7 @@
       "p50Milliseconds": 0.0001,
       "p95Milliseconds": 0.0001,
       "p99Milliseconds": 0.0001,
-      "operationsPerSecond": 1438641.9220256077,
+      "operationsPerSecond": 1479289.9408284025,
       "minimumOperationsPerSecond": 10000,
       "budgetMilliseconds": 1,
       "passed": true
@@ -116,10 +116,10 @@
     {
       "operation": "coincident-listing-attempt-expiry",
       "samples": 1,
-      "p50Milliseconds": 29.6882,
+      "p50Milliseconds": 27.7056,
-      "p95Milliseconds": 29.6882,
+      "p95Milliseconds": 27.7056,
-      "p99Milliseconds": 29.6882,
+      "p99Milliseconds": 27.7056,
-      "operationsPerSecond": 33.682962483916384,
+      "operationsPerSecond": 36.093525543388026,
       "minimumOperationsPerSecond": 0,
       "budgetMilliseconds": 200,
       "passed": true
@@ -134,10 +134,10 @@
     "finalReplayMarkers": 0,
     "expiryChurn": 94906,
     "maintenanceSweeps": 36307,
-    "soakCyclesCompleted": 75126848,
+    "soakCyclesCompleted": 77547145,
-    "soakDurationSeconds": 300.0000015,
+    "soakDurationSeconds": 300.0000041,
     "soakPeakScheduledExpiryEntries": 7,
-    "soakManagedGrowthBytes": -257288,
+    "soakManagedGrowthBytes": -263432,
     "soakHandleGrowth": 2,
     "restartStartedEmpty": true,
     "overloadWasTyped": true,

docs/evidence/production-readiness-v1.json

@@ -0,0 +1,124 @@
+{
+  "schemaVersion": 1,
+  "kind": "rendezvous-production-readiness",
+  "evaluatedCommit": "00d5ff776408e7d80ce6648953e62a7233aca35c",
+  "decision": "not-ready",
+  "localGates": [
+    {
+      "id": "immutable-release-artifacts",
+      "status": "pass",
+      "evidenceRef": "docs/evidence/releases/v1.0.0-local-candidate.json",
+      "note": "Clean candidate packages and server archive are byte reproducible and fully verified."
+    },
+    {
+      "id": "debug-and-release-verification",
+      "status": "pass",
+      "evidenceRef": "docs/evidence/releases/v1.0.0-local-candidate.json",
+      "note": "All 300 tests pass in Debug and Release; the Release build has zero warnings and errors."
+    },
+    {
+      "id": "real-consumer-pilots",
+      "status": "pass",
+      "evidenceRef": "docs/evidence/releases/v1.0.0-local-candidate.json",
+      "note": "Pinned real projects restore the candidate and both game launch pilots pass direct traffic."
+    },
+    {
+      "id": "candidate-capacity-resilience",
+      "status": "pass",
+      "evidenceRef": "docs/evidence/capacity/v2/candidate-2cpu.json",
+      "note": "The clean two-CPU five-minute candidate passes all budgets with zero retained state."
+    },
+    {
+      "id": "production-process-recovery",
+      "status": "pass",
+      "evidenceRef": "docs/evidence/releases/v1.0.0-local-candidate.json",
+      "note": "All selected restart, drain, socket release, overload, and recovery tests pass."
+    },
+    {
+      "id": "security-privacy-observability",
+      "status": "pass",
+      "evidenceRef": "docs/evidence/releases/v1.0.0-local-candidate.json",
+      "note": "The complete security, privacy, health, audit, telemetry, and release suite passes."
+    }
+  ],
+  "externalGates": [
+    {
+      "id": "public-package-empty-cache-restore",
+      "status": "pending",
+      "evidenceRef": "docs/operations/production-readiness.md",
+      "note": "The public registry does not currently resolve version 1.0.0."
+    },
+    {
+      "id": "signed-publication",
+      "status": "pending",
+      "evidenceRef": "docs/releases/README.md",
+      "note": "Protected release credentials and immutable tag publication are required."
+    },
+    {
+      "id": "source-preserving-udp-ingress",
+      "status": "pending",
+      "evidenceRef": "docs/operations/production-readiness.md",
+      "note": "The public ingress path needs packet-level source and reply validation."
+    },
+    {
+      "id": "same-lan-direct-canary",
+      "status": "pending",
+      "evidenceRef": "docs/operations/production-readiness.md",
+      "note": "Requires two independently operated game clients."
+    },
+    {
+      "id": "home-nat-direct-canary",
+      "status": "pending",
+      "evidenceRef": "docs/operations/production-readiness.md",
+      "note": "Requires distinct residential networks."
+    },
+    {
+      "id": "restrictive-cgnat-typed-failure",
+      "status": "pending",
+      "evidenceRef": "docs/operations/production-readiness.md",
+      "note": "Requires a known restrictive carrier topology."
+    },
+    {
+      "id": "firewall-blocked-udp-typed-failure",
+      "status": "pending",
+      "evidenceRef": "docs/operations/production-readiness.md",
+      "note": "Requires an independently controlled firewall rule."
+    },
+    {
+      "id": "ipv6-direct-canary",
+      "status": "pending",
+      "evidenceRef": "docs/operations/production-readiness.md",
+      "note": "Requires two IPv6-capable external clients and public ingress."
+    },
+    {
+      "id": "public-rate-shaped-capacity",
+      "status": "pending",
+      "evidenceRef": "docs/operations/capacity-and-resilience.md",
+      "note": "The full public HTTP and UDP traffic mix has not been measured."
+    },
+    {
+      "id": "one-hour-candidate-endurance",
+      "status": "pending",
+      "evidenceRef": "docs/operations/capacity-and-resilience.md",
+      "note": "A production-shaped one-hour candidate run is required."
+    },
+    {
+      "id": "alert-delivery",
+      "status": "pending",
+      "evidenceRef": "docs/operations/incident-runbooks.md",
+      "note": "A real alert sink must observe trigger and recovery notifications."
+    },
+    {
+      "id": "cold-standby-rollback-drill",
+      "status": "pending",
+      "evidenceRef": "docs/operations/capacity-and-resilience.md",
+      "note": "The deployment must demonstrate the host-visible recovery objective."
+    },
+    {
+      "id": "documentation-only-runbook-exercise",
+      "status": "pending",
+      "evidenceRef": "docs/operations/incident-runbooks.md",
+      "note": "An independent operator must execute the runbooks using only the docs."
+    }
+  ]
+}

docs/evidence/releases/v1.0.0-local-candidate.json

@@ -0,0 +1,58 @@
+{
+  "schemaVersion": 1,
+  "kind": "rendezvous-local-release-candidate",
+  "version": "1.0.0",
+  "sourceCommit": "00d5ff776408e7d80ce6648953e62a7233aca35c",
+  "treeState": "clean",
+  "result": "pass",
+  "artifacts": [
+    {
+      "name": "FinalFactory.Rendezvous.Client.1.0.0.nupkg",
+      "sha256": "f2a4b9727b5faeba284ddcb7fc575c7495f1e29b763faababa7cd71444dc2950"
+    },
+    {
+      "name": "FinalFactory.Rendezvous.Contracts.1.0.0.nupkg",
+      "sha256": "92317f153911ebf7b8ea04cd3206ec2a17f882cb4eddb26aa8ab094ffdb06627"
+    },
+    {
+      "name": "FinalFactory.Rendezvous.Server.1.0.0.linux-x64.tar.gz",
+      "sha256": "0dab8cfc696b4a55d6ffba46286c9e532df2c943ed8fd6347fb528516156b3ba"
+    }
+  ],
+  "verification": {
+    "lockedRestore": "pass",
+    "reportedVulnerabilities": 0,
+    "format": "pass",
+    "releaseBuildWarnings": 0,
+    "releaseBuildErrors": 0,
+    "debugTestsPassed": 300,
+    "debugTestsFailed": 0,
+    "releaseTestsPassed": 300,
+    "releaseTestsFailed": 0,
+    "selectedProductionFaultTestsPassed": 17,
+    "byteReproduciblePackages": "pass",
+    "byteReproducibleServerArchive": "pass",
+    "sbomChecksumsAndProvenance": "pass",
+    "candidateConsumerFixtures": "pass",
+    "realConsumerRestores": "pass"
+  },
+  "consumers": [
+    {
+      "name": "SpaceGame",
+      "revision": "f3f5bc29810c362656cd7143bec1ddc2cfaf9f22",
+      "candidateRestore": "pass",
+      "directTrafficPilot": "pass"
+    },
+    {
+      "name": "Unscouted",
+      "revision": "f0574a7de82aadff6495ca5657dfc19cf7c2f67c",
+      "candidateRestore": "pass",
+      "directTrafficPilot": "pass"
+    }
+  ],
+  "limitations": {
+    "publicRegistryRestore": "pending",
+    "signedPublication": "pending",
+    "externalNetworkCanaries": "pending"
+  }
+}

docs/integration/live-session-updates.md

@@ -0,0 +1,114 @@
+# Live session-list updates
+
+Tracking: #26
+
+Live updates are an optional acceleration for an open server browser. The
+bounded `GET /v1/sessions` snapshot remains the source of truth, and join
+authorization still revalidates current capacity, presence, policy, and
+compatibility. A displayed player count is advisory, never an admission promise.
+
+## Snapshot, stream, reset
+
+Every `BrowseSessionsResponse` includes `streamCursor` in addition to its normal
+pagination cursor. Connect to `GET /v1/sessions/stream` with the same game,
+environment, protocol, optional region, and `excludeFull` filter. Send the most
+recent stream cursor as `Last-Event-ID`.
+
+| SSE event | Contract kind | UI action |
+| --- | --- | --- |
+| `session_upsert` | `sessionUpsert` | Add or replace the complete public projection by listing ID. |
+| `session_remove` | `sessionRemove` | Remove the listing ID. |
+| `reset` | `reset` | Discard local state, fetch a fresh snapshot, then reconnect with its cursor. |
+| `keepalive` | `keepalive` | Preserve the cursor and connection; do not change UI state. |
+
+Each SSE `id` equals the opaque cursor inside its JSON event. Cursors are signed,
+short-lived, monotonically ordered, and bound to the complete filter. A missing,
+expired, corrupted, foreign, future, or replay-gapped cursor produces `reset`
+instead of a potentially incomplete view. Do not parse or retain it as a stable
+identifier.
+
+Updates cover creation after fresh UDP presence, public-field/capacity changes,
+presence staleness and recovery, lease expiry, deregistration, operator or
+principal revocation, and visibility/region/protocol changes. Events contain the
+same bounded public `SessionListing` as snapshots. They never contain raw peer
+endpoints, lease tokens, punch capabilities, tickets, publisher subjects, or
+internal store identifiers.
+
+## SDK and polling fallback
+
+```csharp
+BrowseSessionsRequest filter = new()
+{
+    GameId = new("space-game"),
+    EnvironmentId = new("production"),
+    ProtocolVersion = 7,
+    RegionId = new("eu-central"),
+    ExcludeFull = true,
+};
+RendezvousClientResult<BrowseSessionsResponse> snapshot =
+    await browser.BrowseAsync(filter, cancellationToken);
+
+await foreach (RendezvousClientResult<SessionStreamEvent> update in
+    browser.StreamAsync(filter, snapshot.Value!.StreamCursor, cancellationToken))
+{
+    if (!update.IsSuccess)
+    {
+        // Switch to bounded polling with jittered backoff.
+        break;
+    }
+    // Apply upsert/remove by listing ID. On reset, discard and browse again.
+}
+```
+
+Cancellation or enumerator disposal closes the response and releases the server
+subscription. A normal connection-duration close is a reconnect signal: use the
+last applied event cursor. Repeated failures, unsupported platform HTTP stacks,
+and restrictive proxies fall back to snapshots with exponential jittered
+backoff, a capped interval, and `Retry-After`. Never open parallel streams to
+compensate for a slow UI.
+
+## TestClient
+
+```bash
+dotnet run --project src/FinalFactory.Rendezvous.TestClient \
+  --configuration Release --no-build -- \
+  watch --service https://rendezvous.example.invalid/ \
+  --game space-game --environment production --region eu-central --protocol 7 \
+  --run-seconds 60 --json
+```
+
+`watch.snapshot`, `watch.session-upsert`, `watch.session-remove`,
+`watch.keepalive`, and `watch.reconnect` are stable diagnostics. Add
+`--exercise-reset --script` to corrupt the snapshot cursor deliberately and
+verify a typed reset plus snapshot refresh. Use `--exercise-reconnect --script`
+while producing one update to close the first stream deliberately, reconnect
+from its prior cursor, and verify that the same ordered event is replayed.
+Polished list diffing, selection retention, animation, and accessibility remain
+in each game.
+
+## Bounds and slow consumers
+
+The v1 journal retains at most 4,096 public-only changes. It admits at most 256
+subscribers total and 64 per tenant, reads at most 128 changes per batch,
+waits a configurable 50 milliseconds after a live change and coalesces the
+resulting batch to the final change per listing, sends a keepalive every 15
+seconds, and closes a connection after five minutes. A consumer behind the
+replay window receives `reset`; it never acquires an unbounded queue.
+
+Normal optional-work concurrency and per-source/tenant rate controls apply for
+the stream lifetime. Exhaustion returns typed HTTP `429` before streaming.
+Shutdown cancels streams; reconnect only after readiness returns and expect a
+reset after a single-active restart because listings and replay are ephemeral.
+
+## Reverse proxy
+
+- Disable response buffering (`X-Accel-Buffering: no` is also emitted),
+  compression, transformation, and caching for `text/event-stream`.
+- Preserve `Last-Event-ID`; set upstream/read timeouts above the 15-second
+  keepalive and around six minutes for the five-minute connection ceiling.
+- Flush events promptly and use HTTP/2 only when streaming semantics survive.
+- Preserve the source-IP trust boundary and abuse controls; do not add a bypass.
+
+Verify the deployed proxy with an idle keepalive, update, reconnect, invalid
+cursor reset, slow reader, and graceful shutdown. An in-process pass does not
+prove that a production proxy is non-buffering.

docs/integration/test-client.md

@@ -116,6 +116,9 @@ rm deploy/compose/secrets/signing-key
 codes are stable automation contracts. Informational events use stdout and
 failures use stderr.
 
+Successful direct-connection and direct-traffic events include the coarse
+`addressFamily` value `ipv4` or `ipv6`. They never include the peer address.
+
 The deployment smoke performs the full health, publish, join, mediation, direct
 traffic, outcome-report, and cleanup flow using bounded waits:
 
@@ -143,7 +146,14 @@ Never use an unbounded sleep to orchestrate processes. Wait for versioned events
 such as `host.ready` and apply a deadline. Useful success events are
 `host.registered`, `host.ready`, `host.direct-traffic`, `host.deregistered`,
 `browse.completed`, `browse.session`, `join.connected`, `join.direct-traffic`,
-and `join.outcome-report`.
+`join.outcome-report`, `watch.snapshot`, `watch.session-upsert`,
+`watch.session-remove`, `watch.reset`, `watch.reconnect`, and `watch.complete`.
+
+For a bounded live-directory diagnostic, use `watch --run-seconds 60`. Add
+`--exercise-reset --script` to prove fail-closed cursor recovery, or
+`--exercise-reconnect --script` while changing one listing to prove ordered
+`Last-Event-ID` replay after a deliberate disconnect. The full event and proxy
+contract is in [live session-list updates](live-session-updates.md).
 
 | Exit | Meaning |
 | ---: | --- |
@@ -220,3 +230,6 @@ least-scope publisher credential from the deployment secret boundary and set the
 external service, mediator, and matching scope variables described in the
 [secure Linux deployment smoke](../deployment/linux.md#http-and-udp-smoke).
 Run representative external-network tests; loopback success is not NAT coverage.
+Use the redacting, bounded
+[real-network canary procedure](../operations/production-readiness.md) for formal
+production evidence rather than committing raw TestClient JSON.

docs/operations/capacity-and-resilience.md

@@ -81,7 +81,7 @@ concurrent build, thermal throttling, or oversubscribed CI host.
 The checked-in baseline is
 [`candidate-2cpu.json`](../evidence/capacity/v2/candidate-2cpu.json). It was
 produced on .NET 10.0.9/Linux x64 with CPU affinity restricted to two logical
-CPUs. It filled 25,000 listings and 10,000 attempts, peaked at about 162 MiB,
+CPUs. It filled 25,000 listings and 10,000 attempts, peaked at about 169 MiB,
 and cleared all active/retained state. The five-minute baseline supersedes any
 earlier local probe when its timestamp and target duration differ.
 

docs/operations/production-readiness.md

@@ -0,0 +1,217 @@
+# Production-readiness decision and real-network canary
+
+Tracking: #23
+
+Rendezvous v1 is **not production-ready** until every required gate in
+[`production-readiness-v1.json`](../evidence/production-readiness-v1.json) is
+recorded as `pass`. The machine-checkable decision is intentionally fail-closed:
+
+```bash
+./scripts/check-production-readiness.sh
+```
+
+Exit `0` means every required gate is present and passing, exit `3` means the
+record is valid but at least one gate is pending or failed, and exit `2` means
+the record itself is malformed or contains identifier-, endpoint-, account-, or
+credential-shaped data. Editing only the top-level decision cannot make the
+check pass.
+
+The checked-in record is an index, not a log archive. It contains one
+repository-relative evidence reference and a short categorical note per gate.
+Raw packet captures, client event streams, publisher credentials, public or
+private network endpoints, listing IDs, and player/account identifiers must not
+be committed.
+
+## Required decision matrix
+
+The local matrix covers immutable artifacts, Debug and Release verification,
+both real game consumers, the candidate capacity/resilience profile,
+production-process recovery, and the combined security/privacy/observability
+gate. These may be reproduced by the project team on a clean candidate commit.
+
+The external matrix remains distinct because a local namespace, loopback,
+container bridge, or second process on one machine cannot prove it:
+
+| Gate | Required evidence |
+| --- | --- |
+| Public package empty-cache restore | A clean machine restores the exact Client and Contracts version using only the documented public sources. |
+| Signed publication | The immutable tag publishes packages, image digest, SBOMs, provenance, checksums, and verifiable signatures through the protected release workflow. |
+| Source-preserving UDP ingress | Packet capture on the service host proves the mediator observes each peer's real source tuple and replies from the advertised public tuple; no UDP proxy rewrites either direction. |
+| Same-LAN direct canary | Two independently operated game clients establish authenticated direct LiteNetLib traffic. |
+| Home-NAT direct canary | Host and joiner on distinct residential networks establish authenticated direct LiteNetLib traffic. |
+| Restrictive/CGNAT and blocked-UDP canaries | Each bounded join exits `12`, records a typed terminal category, and exposes the game-owned fallback policy without hanging or claiming success. |
+| IPv6 direct canary | Two external IPv6 clients record authenticated direct traffic and an observed `ipv6` peer address family. |
+| Public rate-shaped capacity | The documented HTTP/UDP workload mix meets its objectives through TLS, Kestrel, JSON, LiteNetLib, kernel sockets, and public ingress. |
+| One-hour endurance | The immutable production-shaped candidate completes the one-hour profile without a state, handle, memory, readiness, or latency failure. |
+| Alert delivery | A real alert sink receives both trigger and recovery notifications for the rehearsed outage. |
+| Cold-standby rollback | Drain, stop, socket release, replacement start, host re-registration, and rollback meet the process and host-visible recovery objectives. |
+| Documentation-only exercise | An operator who did not author the runbooks completes key rotation/revocation, outage, restart, re-registration, and rollback using only the checked-in documentation. |
+
+Failure or missing evidence is blocking. It is never converted into an accepted
+risk by changing the wording of the readiness note.
+
+When an external gate passes, add a redacted repository JSON attestation and
+point that gate's `evidenceRef` to it. The checker requires this exact shape and
+binds the gate to the evaluated candidate commit. `artifactDigest` is the SHA-256
+of the protected evidence bundle or public release record, not a peer endpoint,
+listing identifier, account identifier, or credential:
+
+```json
+{
+  "schemaVersion": 1,
+  "kind": "rendezvous-external-gate-attestation",
+  "gateId": "replace-with-the-exact-gate-id",
+  "candidateCommit": "replace-with-the-40-character-candidate-commit",
+  "result": "pass",
+  "performedAtUtc": "2026-01-01T00:00:00Z",
+  "artifactDigest": "replace-with-the-64-character-sha256",
+  "evidenceLocation": "protected-operations-record",
+  "reviewerRole": "independent-operator"
+}
+```
+
+Allowed evidence locations are `protected-operations-record` and
+`public-release-record`. Allowed reviewer roles are `release-operator`,
+`network-operator`, `security-operator`, and `independent-operator`. The checker
+rejects a missing file, wrong gate, wrong candidate, malformed digest, naive
+timestamp, extra fields, or sensitive-data-shaped contents.
+
+## Prepare one immutable canary build
+
+Use the exact release candidate on every canary machine. Verify a clean checkout,
+restore in locked mode, and build the TestClient before changing networks:
+
+```bash
+test -z "$(git status --porcelain)"
+dotnet restore Rendezvous.slnx --locked-mode
+dotnet build Rendezvous.slnx --configuration Release --no-restore
+```
+
+Keep shell tracing disabled. The host receives a short-lived, least-scope
+publisher credential through `RENDEZVOUS_PUBLISHER_CREDENTIAL`; it must never be
+put in an argument, coordination file, evidence file, command transcript, or
+support message. Set the public HTTPS service URL and advertised UDP mediator
+tuple separately. TestClient rejects credentials embedded in the service URL.
+
+## Run a success canary across two machines
+
+On the host machine, choose `same-lan`, `home-nat`, or `ipv6-direct`. The
+coordination file is mode `0600` and contains only the temporary listing UUID.
+It is not evidence; transfer it through an approved private channel, then delete
+both copies.
+
+```bash
+set +x
+export RENDEZVOUS_PUBLISHER_CREDENTIAL='supplied-by-the-approved-secret-boundary'
+export RENDEZVOUS_CANARY_ROLE=host
+export RENDEZVOUS_CANARY_TOPOLOGY=home-nat
+export RENDEZVOUS_CANARY_ADDRESS_FAMILY=ipv4
+export RENDEZVOUS_CANARY_HTTP_URL='https://service.example.invalid/'
+export RENDEZVOUS_CANARY_UDP_ENDPOINT='203.0.113.10:9050'
+export RENDEZVOUS_CANARY_COORDINATION_FILE="$HOME/.local/state/rendezvous-canary-listing"
+export RENDEZVOUS_CANARY_OUTPUT="$PWD/artifacts/canary/home-nat-host.json"
+./scripts/run-real-network-canary.sh
+```
+
+The host prints only that it is ready and waits for the authenticated exchange.
+On the joiner, read the securely transferred UUID without placing it in shell
+history and run the matching topology:
+
+```bash
+set +x
+read -r RENDEZVOUS_CANARY_LISTING_ID < "$HOME/.local/state/rendezvous-canary-listing"
+export RENDEZVOUS_CANARY_LISTING_ID
+export RENDEZVOUS_CANARY_ROLE=client-success
+export RENDEZVOUS_CANARY_TOPOLOGY=home-nat
+export RENDEZVOUS_CANARY_ADDRESS_FAMILY=ipv4
+export RENDEZVOUS_CANARY_HTTP_URL='https://service.example.invalid/'
+export RENDEZVOUS_CANARY_UDP_ENDPOINT='203.0.113.10:9050'
+export RENDEZVOUS_CANARY_OUTPUT="$PWD/artifacts/canary/home-nat-client.json"
+./scripts/run-real-network-canary.sh
+unset RENDEZVOUS_CANARY_LISTING_ID
+```
+
+The host summary requires authenticated direct traffic and deregistration. The
+client summary requires connection, authenticated direct traffic, accepted
+outcome reporting, and the declared address family observed on the actual peer.
+The summaries deliberately contain no network tuple or listing identifier.
+
+For IPv6, set the topology to `ipv6-direct`, the family to `ipv6`, and use the
+deployment's bracketed IPv6 mediator form. Record unsupported operating systems,
+console platforms, VPNs, and address families as untested; an IPv4 pass is not
+evidence for IPv6 or a platform network policy.
+
+## Run a bounded failure canary
+
+Start the host from an independently reachable network as above. On the joiner,
+apply the reviewed firewall rule that blocks the relevant UDP path, or use the
+known restrictive carrier network, then set `client-expected-failure` and the
+matching topology:
+
+```bash
+export RENDEZVOUS_CANARY_ROLE=client-expected-failure
+export RENDEZVOUS_CANARY_TOPOLOGY=firewall-blocked-udp
+export RENDEZVOUS_CANARY_ADDRESS_FAMILY=ipv4
+export RENDEZVOUS_CANARY_OUTPUT="$PWD/artifacts/canary/firewall-blocked-client.json"
+./scripts/run-real-network-canary.sh
+```
+
+This role passes only when TestClient exits exactly `12`, emits a non-empty typed
+authorization/traversal outcome, and emits the authoritative fallback category.
+A timeout without the typed terminal outcome, exit `0`, direct-traffic success,
+or an unbounded process is a failed canary. Restore the firewall after the drill
+and verify normal traffic again.
+
+## Private diagnostics and retention
+
+The harness creates raw JSON events under a randomly named `0700`-equivalent
+temporary directory with a process `umask` of `077`. Successful raw events are
+deleted automatically. On failure they remain in that private directory so the
+operator can triage locally; do not attach them to an issue before removing
+listing IDs and reviewing every field. Set `RENDEZVOUS_CANARY_KEEP_RAW=true`
+only for an approved short-lived diagnostic capture, then delete it manually.
+
+The sanitized summary contains the commit, clean/dirty tree state, UTC time,
+role, declared topology, observed address-family gate, aggregate booleans, and
+the retention policy. Formal evidence requires the default clean-tree check.
+
+## Public ingress proof
+
+Success through a public hostname is insufficient proof that UDP source/reply
+addressing is preserved. During a canary, an authorized operator must capture
+only packet headers at the service host and verify:
+
+1. each authenticated contribution reaches the mediator with the external peer
+   source tuple visible to the server;
+2. introductions are sent from the same advertised public mediator tuple;
+3. no load balancer, user-space proxy, service mesh, or destination NAT changes
+   the source or reply tuple expected by LiteNetLib; and
+4. malformed or unauthenticated traffic receives no amplified response.
+
+Store the approval, capture time window, candidate digest, topology category,
+and pass/fail result. Do not retain packet payloads or peer tuples in the
+repository. A failed tuple check blocks release even if one canary happened to
+connect.
+
+## Rehearsal and triage
+
+Run the security, capacity, observability, deployment, rollback, privacy, and
+incident procedures against the same immutable candidate. The independent
+operator records which runbook revision they followed, start/end time, observed
+alerts, recovery time, unexpected decisions, and pass/fail result. Update the
+documentation and repeat any failed or ambiguous step.
+
+Before changing the readiness record, reconcile every open roadmap issue as one
+of: `blocking` with an owner and evidence needed, `accepted-v1` with a bounded
+documented limitation, or `post-v1` with a filed issue. HA, active-active or
+multi-region routing, relays, platform authentication, and scale above the
+single-active v1 envelope are not silently accepted; each needs a traceable
+post-v1 issue. The current follow-ups are relay decision [#24], HA/multi-region
+shared state and routing [#28], scale beyond the measured envelope [#29], and
+platform authentication adapters [#30]. Run the checker after every evidence
+update. Only its `READY` result may support a production-ready claim.
+
+[#24]: https://git.finalfactory.de/HeiKyu/Rendezvous/issues/24
+[#28]: https://git.finalfactory.de/HeiKyu/Rendezvous/issues/28
+[#29]: https://git.finalfactory.de/HeiKyu/Rendezvous/issues/29
+[#30]: https://git.finalfactory.de/HeiKyu/Rendezvous/issues/30

eng/check_production_readiness.py

@@ -0,0 +1,309 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env python3
+"""Validate the redacted v1 readiness record and emit the release decision."""
+
+from __future__ import annotations
+
+import json
+import pathlib
+import re
+import sys
+from datetime import datetime, timedelta
+from typing import Any
+
+
+LOCAL_GATES = {
+    "immutable-release-artifacts",
+    "debug-and-release-verification",
+    "real-consumer-pilots",
+    "candidate-capacity-resilience",
+    "production-process-recovery",
+    "security-privacy-observability",
+}
+EXTERNAL_GATES = {
+    "public-package-empty-cache-restore",
+    "signed-publication",
+    "source-preserving-udp-ingress",
+    "same-lan-direct-canary",
+    "home-nat-direct-canary",
+    "restrictive-cgnat-typed-failure",
+    "firewall-blocked-udp-typed-failure",
+    "ipv6-direct-canary",
+    "public-rate-shaped-capacity",
+    "one-hour-candidate-endurance",
+    "alert-delivery",
+    "cold-standby-rollback-drill",
+    "documentation-only-runbook-exercise",
+}
+STATUSES = {"pass", "pending", "fail"}
+FORBIDDEN_KEY_PARTS = {
+    "address",
+    "credential",
+    "endpoint",
+    "listingid",
+    "password",
+    "playerid",
+    "secret",
+    "token",
+    "userid",
+}
+UUID = re.compile(r"\b[0-9a-fA-F]{8}-[0-9a-fA-F-]{27,}\b")
+IPV4 = re.compile(r"(?<![0-9])(?:[0-9]{1,3}\.){3}[0-9]{1,3}(?![0-9])")
+IPV6 = re.compile(
+    r"(?i)(?:\b[0-9a-f]{0,4}:[0-9a-f:]*::[0-9a-f:]*\b|\b(?:[0-9a-f]{1,4}:){4,}[0-9a-f:]{1,39}\b)"
+)
+COMMIT = re.compile(r"[0-9a-f]{40}")
+DIGEST = re.compile(r"[0-9a-f]{64}")
+
+
+class InvalidRecord(ValueError):
+    pass
+
+
+def reject_sensitive(value: Any, path: str = "$") -> None:
+    if isinstance(value, dict):
+        for key, child in value.items():
+            normalized = re.sub(r"[^a-z0-9]", "", key.lower())
+            if any(part in normalized for part in FORBIDDEN_KEY_PARTS):
+                raise InvalidRecord(f"{path}.{key} uses a forbidden sensitive-data key")
+            reject_sensitive(child, f"{path}.{key}")
+    elif isinstance(value, list):
+        for index, child in enumerate(value):
+            reject_sensitive(child, f"{path}[{index}]")
+    elif isinstance(value, str):
+        if UUID.search(value) or IPV4.search(value) or IPV6.search(value) \
+            or "://" in value or "@" in value:
+            raise InvalidRecord(f"{path} contains endpoint, identifier, or account-shaped data")
+
+
+def evidence_path(repository_root: pathlib.Path, value: str, path: str) -> pathlib.Path:
+    relative = pathlib.PurePosixPath(value)
+    if relative.is_absolute() or ".." in relative.parts or not value:
+        raise InvalidRecord(f"{path} must be a repository-relative reference")
+    candidate = (repository_root / pathlib.Path(*relative.parts)).resolve()
+    if not candidate.is_relative_to(repository_root.resolve()) or not candidate.is_file():
+        raise InvalidRecord(f"{path} does not resolve to a repository evidence file")
+    return candidate
+
+
+def load_json(path: pathlib.Path, label: str) -> Any:
+    try:
+        with path.open("r", encoding="utf-8") as source:
+            return json.load(source)
+    except (OSError, json.JSONDecodeError) as error:
+        raise InvalidRecord(f"{label} is not readable JSON: {error}") from error
+
+
+def validate_gate_set(
+    items: Any,
+    expected: set[str],
+    path: str,
+    repository_root: pathlib.Path,
+) -> list[dict[str, str]]:
+    if not isinstance(items, list):
+        raise InvalidRecord(f"{path} must be an array")
+    gates: list[dict[str, str]] = []
+    for index, item in enumerate(items):
+        if not isinstance(item, dict) or set(item) != {"id", "status", "evidenceRef", "note"}:
+            raise InvalidRecord(f"{path}[{index}] has an invalid shape")
+        if not all(isinstance(item[key], str) for key in item):
+            raise InvalidRecord(f"{path}[{index}] fields must be strings")
+        if item["status"] not in STATUSES:
+            raise InvalidRecord(f"{path}[{index}] has an invalid status")
+        evidence_path(repository_root, item["evidenceRef"], f"{path}[{index}].evidenceRef")
+        if len(item["note"]) > 240:
+            raise InvalidRecord(f"{path}[{index}].note is too long")
+        gates.append(item)
+    identifiers = [gate["id"] for gate in gates]
+    if len(identifiers) != len(set(identifiers)):
+        raise InvalidRecord(f"{path} contains duplicate gate identifiers")
+    if set(identifiers) != expected:
+        missing = sorted(expected - set(identifiers))
+        extra = sorted(set(identifiers) - expected)
+        raise InvalidRecord(f"{path} gate mismatch; missing={missing}, extra={extra}")
+    return gates
+
+
+def validate_local_evidence(
+    record: dict[str, Any],
+    gates: list[dict[str, str]],
+    repository_root: pathlib.Path,
+) -> None:
+    if any(gate["status"] != "pass" for gate in gates):
+        return
+    commit = record["evaluatedCommit"]
+    release_path = evidence_path(
+        repository_root,
+        "docs/evidence/releases/v1.0.0-local-candidate.json",
+        "local release evidence",
+    )
+    release = load_json(release_path, "local release evidence")
+    if not isinstance(release, dict) or release.get("schemaVersion") != 1 \
+        or release.get("kind") != "rendezvous-local-release-candidate" \
+        or release.get("sourceCommit") != commit \
+        or release.get("treeState") != "clean" \
+        or release.get("result") != "pass":
+        raise InvalidRecord("local release evidence is not a passing clean build of evaluatedCommit")
+    verification = release.get("verification")
+    if not isinstance(verification, dict):
+        raise InvalidRecord("local release evidence has no verification object")
+    exact_passes = {
+        "lockedRestore": "pass",
+        "format": "pass",
+        "byteReproduciblePackages": "pass",
+        "byteReproducibleServerArchive": "pass",
+        "sbomChecksumsAndProvenance": "pass",
+        "candidateConsumerFixtures": "pass",
+        "realConsumerRestores": "pass",
+    }
+    if any(verification.get(key) != value for key, value in exact_passes.items()) \
+        or verification.get("reportedVulnerabilities") != 0 \
+        or verification.get("releaseBuildWarnings") != 0 \
+        or verification.get("releaseBuildErrors") != 0 \
+        or verification.get("debugTestsPassed", 0) < 300 \
+        or verification.get("debugTestsFailed") != 0 \
+        or verification.get("releaseTestsPassed", 0) < 300 \
+        or verification.get("releaseTestsFailed") != 0 \
+        or verification.get("selectedProductionFaultTestsPassed", 0) < 17:
+        raise InvalidRecord("local release evidence does not satisfy every required verification")
+    consumers = release.get("consumers")
+    if not isinstance(consumers, list) or {
+        item.get("name") for item in consumers if isinstance(item, dict)
+    } != {"SpaceGame", "Unscouted"} or any(
+        not isinstance(item, dict)
+        or item.get("candidateRestore") != "pass"
+        or item.get("directTrafficPilot") != "pass"
+        for item in consumers
+    ):
+        raise InvalidRecord("local release evidence does not prove both required consumers")
+
+    capacity_path = evidence_path(
+        repository_root,
+        "docs/evidence/capacity/v2/candidate-2cpu.json",
+        "candidate capacity evidence",
+    )
+    capacity = load_json(capacity_path, "candidate capacity evidence")
+    runtime = capacity.get("runtime") if isinstance(capacity, dict) else None
+    state = capacity.get("state") if isinstance(capacity, dict) else None
+    if not isinstance(runtime, dict) or not isinstance(state, dict) \
+        or capacity.get("schemaVersion") != 2 \
+        or capacity.get("profile") != "candidate" \
+        or capacity.get("passed") is not True \
+        or capacity.get("failures") != [] \
+        or runtime.get("commitSha") != commit \
+        or runtime.get("treeState") != "clean" \
+        or runtime.get("processorCount") != 2 \
+        or state.get("soakDurationSeconds", 0) < 300 \
+        or state.get("finalListings") != 0 \
+        or state.get("finalAttempts") != 0 \
+        or state.get("finalReplayMarkers") != 0 \
+        or state.get("restartStartedEmpty") is not True \
+        or state.get("overloadWasTyped") is not True \
+        or state.get("recoverySucceeded") is not True:
+        raise InvalidRecord("candidate capacity evidence does not satisfy the clean evaluated commit")
+
+
+def validate_external_attestations(
+    record: dict[str, Any],
+    gates: list[dict[str, str]],
+    repository_root: pathlib.Path,
+) -> None:
+    for gate in gates:
+        if gate["status"] != "pass":
+            continue
+        path = evidence_path(repository_root, gate["evidenceRef"], f"{gate['id']} evidence")
+        attestation = load_json(path, f"{gate['id']} evidence")
+        if not isinstance(attestation, dict) or set(attestation) != {
+            "schemaVersion",
+            "kind",
+            "gateId",
+            "candidateCommit",
+            "result",
+            "performedAtUtc",
+            "artifactDigest",
+            "evidenceLocation",
+            "reviewerRole",
+        }:
+            raise InvalidRecord(f"{gate['id']} requires a complete external-gate attestation")
+        reject_sensitive(attestation, f"external evidence {gate['id']}")
+        if attestation["schemaVersion"] != 1 \
+            or attestation["kind"] != "rendezvous-external-gate-attestation" \
+            or attestation["gateId"] != gate["id"] \
+            or attestation["candidateCommit"] != record["evaluatedCommit"] \
+            or attestation["result"] != "pass" \
+            or not isinstance(attestation["artifactDigest"], str) \
+            or not DIGEST.fullmatch(attestation["artifactDigest"]) \
+            or attestation["evidenceLocation"] not in {
+                "protected-operations-record",
+                "public-release-record",
+            } \
+            or attestation["reviewerRole"] not in {
+                "release-operator",
+                "network-operator",
+                "security-operator",
+                "independent-operator",
+            }:
+            raise InvalidRecord(f"{gate['id']} external attestation does not match the candidate gate")
+        try:
+            performed = datetime.fromisoformat(attestation["performedAtUtc"].replace("Z", "+00:00"))
+        except (AttributeError, ValueError) as error:
+            raise InvalidRecord(f"{gate['id']} has an invalid performedAtUtc") from error
+        if performed.tzinfo is None or performed.utcoffset() != timedelta(0):
+            raise InvalidRecord(f"{gate['id']} performedAtUtc must be UTC")
+
+
+def validate(record: Any, repository_root: pathlib.Path) -> tuple[bool, list[str]]:
+    if not isinstance(record, dict) or set(record) != {
+        "schemaVersion",
+        "kind",
+        "evaluatedCommit",
+        "decision",
+        "localGates",
+        "externalGates",
+    }:
+        raise InvalidRecord("The top-level readiness record shape is invalid")
+    if record["schemaVersion"] != 1 or record["kind"] != "rendezvous-production-readiness":
+        raise InvalidRecord("The readiness schema identity is invalid")
+    if not isinstance(record["evaluatedCommit"], str) or not COMMIT.fullmatch(record["evaluatedCommit"]):
+        raise InvalidRecord("evaluatedCommit must be a full lowercase Git commit")
+    reject_sensitive(record)
+    local_gates = validate_gate_set(
+        record["localGates"], LOCAL_GATES, "$.localGates", repository_root
+    )
+    external_gates = validate_gate_set(
+        record["externalGates"], EXTERNAL_GATES, "$.externalGates", repository_root
+    )
+    validate_local_evidence(record, local_gates, repository_root)
+    validate_external_attestations(record, external_gates, repository_root)
+    gates = local_gates + external_gates
+    blockers = sorted(gate["id"] for gate in gates if gate["status"] != "pass")
+    ready = not blockers
+    expected_decision = "ready" if ready else "not-ready"
+    if record["decision"] != expected_decision:
+        raise InvalidRecord(
+            f"decision must be {expected_decision!r} for the recorded gate statuses"
+        )
+    return ready, blockers
+
+
+def main() -> int:
+    if len(sys.argv) != 2:
+        print("usage: check_production_readiness.py RECORD", file=sys.stderr)
+        return 2
+    try:
+        with open(sys.argv[1], "r", encoding="utf-8") as source:
+            record = json.load(source)
+        ready, blockers = validate(record, pathlib.Path(__file__).resolve().parent.parent)
+    except (OSError, json.JSONDecodeError, InvalidRecord) as error:
+        print(f"INVALID: {error}", file=sys.stderr)
+        return 2
+    if not ready:
+        print(f"NOT READY: {len(blockers)} required gate(s) are not passing.")
+        for blocker in blockers:
+            print(f"- {blocker}")
+        return 3
+    print("READY: every required v1 production gate is recorded as passing.")
+    return 0
+
+
+if __name__ == "__main__":
+    raise SystemExit(main())

eng/consumer-revisions.json

@@ -4,13 +4,13 @@
     {
       "name": "SpaceGame",
       "repository": "https://git.finalfactory.de/Kyuubi/SpaceGame.git",
-      "revision": "77519b0cc418a27f8d408ae2d7b8812fbe087c04",
+      "revision": "f3f5bc29810c362656cd7143bec1ddc2cfaf9f22",
       "project": "SpaceGame.csproj"
     },
     {
       "name": "Unscouted",
       "repository": "https://git.finalfactory.de/HeiKyu/Unscouted.git",
-      "revision": "7807dbee86eb8b98e702f1eb89c88adff728f635",
+      "revision": "f0574a7de82aadff6495ca5657dfc19cf7c2f67c",
       "project": "Net.Core/Net.Core.csproj"
     }
   ]

scripts/check-production-readiness.sh

@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+set -euo pipefail
+
+ROOT="$(cd "$(dirname "${BASH_SOURCE[0]}")/.." && pwd)"
+RECORD="${1:-$ROOT/docs/evidence/production-readiness-v1.json}"
+
+exec python3 "$ROOT/eng/check_production_readiness.py" "$RECORD"

scripts/run-real-network-canary.sh

@@ -0,0 +1,243 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+set -euo pipefail
+
+ROOT="$(cd "$(dirname "${BASH_SOURCE[0]}")/.." && pwd)"
+PROJECT="$ROOT/src/FinalFactory.Rendezvous.TestClient/FinalFactory.Rendezvous.TestClient.csproj"
+ROLE="${RENDEZVOUS_CANARY_ROLE:-}"
+TOPOLOGY="${RENDEZVOUS_CANARY_TOPOLOGY:-}"
+ADDRESS_FAMILY="${RENDEZVOUS_CANARY_ADDRESS_FAMILY:-ipv4}"
+SERVICE_URL="${RENDEZVOUS_CANARY_HTTP_URL:-}"
+MEDIATOR="${RENDEZVOUS_CANARY_UDP_ENDPOINT:-}"
+GAME_ID="${RENDEZVOUS_CANARY_GAME_ID:-space-game}"
+ENVIRONMENT_ID="${RENDEZVOUS_CANARY_ENVIRONMENT_ID:-production-canary}"
+REGION="${RENDEZVOUS_CANARY_REGION:-production-canary}"
+PROTOCOL_VERSION="${RENDEZVOUS_CANARY_PROTOCOL_VERSION:-1}"
+TIMEOUT_SECONDS="${RENDEZVOUS_CANARY_TIMEOUT_SECONDS:-60}"
+RUN_SECONDS="${RENDEZVOUS_CANARY_RUN_SECONDS:-900}"
+OUTPUT="${RENDEZVOUS_CANARY_OUTPUT:-$ROOT/artifacts/canary/${ROLE:-unknown}-${TOPOLOGY:-unknown}.json}"
+COORDINATION_FILE="${RENDEZVOUS_CANARY_COORDINATION_FILE:-}"
+LISTING_ID="${RENDEZVOUS_CANARY_LISTING_ID:-}"
+REQUIRE_CLEAN="${RENDEZVOUS_CANARY_REQUIRE_CLEAN:-true}"
+KEEP_RAW="${RENDEZVOUS_CANARY_KEEP_RAW:-false}"
+UUID_PATTERN='^[0-9a-fA-F]{8}-[0-9a-fA-F]{4}-[0-9a-fA-F]{4}-[0-9a-fA-F]{4}-[0-9a-fA-F]{12}$'
+
+usage() {
+    printf '%s\n' \
+        'Set RENDEZVOUS_CANARY_ROLE to host, client-success, or client-expected-failure.' \
+        'Also set RENDEZVOUS_CANARY_TOPOLOGY, RENDEZVOUS_CANARY_HTTP_URL, and' \
+        'RENDEZVOUS_CANARY_UDP_ENDPOINT. See docs/operations/production-readiness.md.' >&2
+    exit 2
+}
+
+for command in date dotnet git jq mktemp tail; do
+    command -v "$command" >/dev/null || {
+        printf 'Missing required command: %s\n' "$command" >&2
+        exit 2
+    }
+done
+
+case "$ROLE" in
+    host|client-success|client-expected-failure) ;;
+    *) usage ;;
+esac
+case "$TOPOLOGY" in
+    same-lan|home-nat|firewall-blocked-udp|restrictive-cgnat|ipv6-direct) ;;
+    *) usage ;;
+esac
+case "$ADDRESS_FAMILY" in
+    ipv4|ipv6) ;;
+    *) printf 'RENDEZVOUS_CANARY_ADDRESS_FAMILY must be ipv4 or ipv6.\n' >&2; exit 2 ;;
+esac
+if [[ "$TOPOLOGY" == ipv6-direct && "$ADDRESS_FAMILY" != ipv6 ]]; then
+    printf 'The ipv6-direct topology requires RENDEZVOUS_CANARY_ADDRESS_FAMILY=ipv6.\n' >&2
+    exit 2
+fi
+if [[ "$TOPOLOGY" =~ ^(firewall-blocked-udp|restrictive-cgnat)$ \
+    && "$ROLE" == client-success ]]; then
+    printf 'Failure topologies must use the client-expected-failure role.\n' >&2
+    exit 2
+fi
+if [[ -z "$SERVICE_URL" || -z "$MEDIATOR" ]]; then
+    usage
+fi
+if [[ ! "$TIMEOUT_SECONDS" =~ ^[0-9]+$ ]] \
+    || (( TIMEOUT_SECONDS < 1 || TIMEOUT_SECONDS > 300 )); then
+    printf 'RENDEZVOUS_CANARY_TIMEOUT_SECONDS must be an integer from 1 through 300.\n' >&2
+    exit 2
+fi
+if [[ ! "$RUN_SECONDS" =~ ^[0-9]+$ ]] \
+    || (( RUN_SECONDS < 60 || RUN_SECONDS > 3600 )); then
+    printf 'RENDEZVOUS_CANARY_RUN_SECONDS must be an integer from 60 through 3600.\n' >&2
+    exit 2
+fi
+if [[ ! "$PROTOCOL_VERSION" =~ ^[0-9]+$ ]] || (( PROTOCOL_VERSION < 1 )); then
+    printf 'RENDEZVOUS_CANARY_PROTOCOL_VERSION must be a positive integer.\n' >&2
+    exit 2
+fi
+if [[ "$REQUIRE_CLEAN" != true && "$REQUIRE_CLEAN" != false ]]; then
+    printf 'RENDEZVOUS_CANARY_REQUIRE_CLEAN must be true or false.\n' >&2
+    exit 2
+fi
+if [[ "$KEEP_RAW" != true && "$KEEP_RAW" != false ]]; then
+    printf 'RENDEZVOUS_CANARY_KEEP_RAW must be true or false.\n' >&2
+    exit 2
+fi
+
+cd "$ROOT"
+commit="$(git rev-parse HEAD)"
+tree_state=clean
+if [[ -n "$(git status --porcelain)" ]]; then
+    tree_state=dirty
+fi
+if [[ "$REQUIRE_CLEAN" == true && "$tree_state" != clean ]]; then
+    printf 'Formal canary evidence requires a clean source tree.\n' >&2
+    exit 2
+fi
+
+if [[ "$ROLE" == host ]]; then
+    if [[ -z "$COORDINATION_FILE" ]]; then
+        printf 'The host role requires RENDEZVOUS_CANARY_COORDINATION_FILE.\n' >&2
+        exit 2
+    fi
+    if [[ -e "$COORDINATION_FILE" ]]; then
+        printf 'The host coordination file already exists; remove it explicitly before a new canary.\n' >&2
+        exit 2
+    fi
+    if [[ -z "${RENDEZVOUS_PUBLISHER_CREDENTIAL:-}" ]]; then
+        printf 'The host role requires RENDEZVOUS_PUBLISHER_CREDENTIAL.\n' >&2
+        exit 2
+    fi
+else
+    if [[ ! "$LISTING_ID" =~ $UUID_PATTERN ]]; then
+        printf 'A client role requires a UUID in RENDEZVOUS_CANARY_LISTING_ID.\n' >&2
+        exit 2
+    fi
+fi
+
+umask 077
+raw_dir="$(mktemp -d "${TMPDIR:-/tmp}/rendezvous-canary.XXXXXXXX")"
+raw_log="$raw_dir/events.jsonl"
+run_succeeded=false
+host_pid=''
+cleanup() {
+    local status="$?"
+    if [[ -n "$host_pid" ]] && kill -0 "$host_pid" 2>/dev/null; then
+        kill -TERM "$host_pid" 2>/dev/null || true
+        wait "$host_pid" 2>/dev/null || true
+    fi
+    if [[ "$run_succeeded" == true && "$KEEP_RAW" == false ]]; then
+        rm -rf "$raw_dir"
+    else
+        printf 'Private raw canary events retained at %s\n' "$raw_dir" >&2
+    fi
+    return "$status"
+}
+trap cleanup EXIT
+trap 'exit 130' INT
+trap 'exit 143' TERM
+
+common_arguments=(
+    --service "$SERVICE_URL"
+    --mediator "$MEDIATOR"
+    --game "$GAME_ID"
+    --environment "$ENVIRONMENT_ID"
+    --region "$REGION"
+    --protocol "$PROTOCOL_VERSION"
+    --script
+    --json
+    --timeout-seconds "$TIMEOUT_SECONDS"
+)
+
+exit_code=0
+if [[ "$ROLE" == host ]]; then
+    dotnet run --project "$PROJECT" --configuration Release --no-build -- \
+        host "${common_arguments[@]}" --exit-after-echo --run-seconds "$RUN_SECONDS" \
+        >"$raw_log" 2>&1 &
+    host_pid="$!"
+    ready=false
+    for ((iteration = 0; iteration < TIMEOUT_SECONDS * 4; iteration++)); do
+        if jq -e 'select(.event == "host.ready" and .status == "ready")' "$raw_log" \
+            >/dev/null 2>&1; then
+            ready=true
+            break
+        fi
+        if ! kill -0 "$host_pid" 2>/dev/null; then
+            break
+        fi
+        sleep 0.25
+    done
+    if [[ "$ready" != true ]]; then
+        printf 'The canary host did not become ready within the bounded startup window.\n' >&2
+        kill -TERM "$host_pid" 2>/dev/null || true
+        wait "$host_pid" 2>/dev/null || true
+        exit 1
+    fi
+    observed_listing="$(jq -r 'select(.event == "host.registered") | .listingId' "$raw_log" | tail -n 1)"
+    if [[ ! "$observed_listing" =~ $UUID_PATTERN ]]; then
+        printf 'The canary host did not produce a valid coordination identifier.\n' >&2
+        kill -TERM "$host_pid" 2>/dev/null || true
+        wait "$host_pid" 2>/dev/null || true
+        exit 1
+    fi
+    coordination_parent="$(dirname "$COORDINATION_FILE")"
+    mkdir -p "$coordination_parent"
+    coordination_temp="$(mktemp "$COORDINATION_FILE.tmp.XXXXXXXX")"
+    printf '%s\n' "$observed_listing" >"$coordination_temp"
+    mv "$coordination_temp" "$COORDINATION_FILE"
+    printf 'Host ready; securely transfer the private coordination file to the client operator.\n'
+    set +e
+    wait "$host_pid"
+    exit_code="$?"
+    set -e
+elif [[ "$ROLE" == client-success ]]; then
+    set +e
+    dotnet run --project "$PROJECT" --configuration Release --no-build -- \
+        join "${common_arguments[@]}" --listing "$LISTING_ID" >"$raw_log" 2>&1
+    exit_code="$?"
+    set -e
+else
+    set +e
+    dotnet run --project "$PROJECT" --configuration Release --no-build -- \
+        join "${common_arguments[@]}" --listing "$LISTING_ID" >"$raw_log" 2>&1
+    exit_code="$?"
+    set -e
+fi
+
+checks='{}'
+if [[ "$ROLE" == host ]]; then
+    [[ "$exit_code" -eq 0 ]]
+    jq -e --arg family "$ADDRESS_FAMILY" 'select(.event == "host.direct-traffic" and .status == "verified" and .addressFamily == $family)' "$raw_log" >/dev/null
+    jq -e 'select(.event == "host.deregistered" and .status == "complete")' "$raw_log" >/dev/null
+    checks='{"authenticatedDirectTraffic":true,"deregistered":true}'
+elif [[ "$ROLE" == client-success ]]; then
+    [[ "$exit_code" -eq 0 ]]
+    jq -e --arg family "$ADDRESS_FAMILY" 'select(.event == "join.connected" and .status == "connected" and .addressFamily == $family)' "$raw_log" >/dev/null
+    jq -e --arg family "$ADDRESS_FAMILY" 'select(.event == "join.direct-traffic" and .status == "verified" and .addressFamily == $family)' "$raw_log" >/dev/null
+    jq -e 'select(.event == "join.outcome-report" and .status == "accepted")' "$raw_log" >/dev/null
+    checks='{"authenticatedDirectTraffic":true,"typedOutcomeReported":true}'
+else
+    [[ "$exit_code" -eq 12 ]]
+    jq -e 'select((.event == "join.traversal" or .event == "join.authorization") and .status == "failed" and (.outcome | type == "string") and (.outcome | length > 0))' "$raw_log" >/dev/null
+    jq -e 'select(.event == "join.fallback" and (.status == "available" or .status == "unavailable") and (.outcome | type == "string") and (.outcome | length > 0))' "$raw_log" >/dev/null
+    checks='{"boundedTypedFailure":true,"fallbackPolicyReported":true}'
+fi
+
+mkdir -p "$(dirname "$OUTPUT")"
+raw_retention=deleted-after-success
+if [[ "$KEEP_RAW" == true ]]; then
+    raw_retention=retained-private-on-request
+fi
+jq -n \
+    --arg commit "$commit" \
+    --arg treeState "$tree_state" \
+    --arg timestampUtc "$(date -u +%Y-%m-%dT%H:%M:%SZ)" \
+    --arg role "$ROLE" \
+    --arg topology "$TOPOLOGY" \
+    --arg addressFamily "$ADDRESS_FAMILY" \
+    --arg rawEvents "$raw_retention" \
+    --argjson checks "$checks" \
+    '{schemaVersion:1,kind:"rendezvous-real-network-canary",commit:$commit,treeState:$treeState,timestampUtc:$timestampUtc,role:$role,topology:$topology,addressFamily:$addressFamily,result:"pass",checks:$checks,dataRetention:{rawEvents:$rawEvents,identifiers:"not-in-summary",networkEndpoints:"not-in-summary"}}' \
+    >"$OUTPUT"
+
+run_succeeded=true
+printf 'Real-network canary passed; sanitized evidence: %s\n' "$OUTPUT"

scripts/verify-real-consumers.sh

@@ -47,6 +47,8 @@ for ((index = 0; index < count; index++)); do
   cat >"$targets" <<EOF
 <Project>
   <ItemGroup Condition="'\$(MSBuildProjectFullPath)' == '$project'">
+    <PackageReference Remove="FinalFactory.Rendezvous.Client" />
+    <PackageReference Remove="FinalFactory.Rendezvous.Contracts" />
     <PackageReference Include="FinalFactory.Rendezvous.Client" Version="[$version]" />
     <PackageReference Include="FinalFactory.Rendezvous.Contracts" Version="[$version]" />
   </ItemGroup>

src/FinalFactory.Rendezvous.Client/RendezvousClientAbstractions.cs

@@ -144,6 +144,11 @@ public interface IRendezvousSessionBrowserClient
         EnvironmentId environmentId,
         uint protocolVersion,
         CancellationToken cancellationToken = default);
+
+    IAsyncEnumerable<RendezvousClientResult<SessionStreamEvent>> StreamAsync(
+        BrowseSessionsRequest request,
+        string streamCursor,
+        CancellationToken cancellationToken = default);
 }
 
 public interface IRendezvousJoinClient

src/FinalFactory.Rendezvous.Client/RendezvousHttpTransport.cs

@@ -114,6 +114,49 @@ internal sealed class RendezvousHttpTransport
         }
     }
 
+    internal async Task<RendezvousClientResult<HttpResponseMessage>> OpenStreamAsync(
+        Func<HttpRequestMessage> requestFactory,
+        CancellationToken cancellationToken)
+    {
+        cancellationToken.ThrowIfCancellationRequested();
+        using CancellationTokenSource requestTimeout =
+            CancellationTokenSource.CreateLinkedTokenSource(cancellationToken);
+        requestTimeout.CancelAfter(_options.RequestTimeout);
+        CancellationToken requestCancellation = requestTimeout.Token;
+        using HttpRequestMessage request = requestFactory();
+        HttpResponseMessage? response = null;
+        try
+        {
+            response = await _httpClient.SendAsync(
+                request,
+                HttpCompletionOption.ResponseHeadersRead,
+                requestCancellation).ConfigureAwait(false);
+            if (response.IsSuccessStatusCode)
+            {
+                HttpResponseMessage ownedResponse = response;
+                response = null;
+                return RendezvousClientResult.Success(ownedResponse);
+            }
+
+            ApiError error = await ReadErrorAsync(response, requestCancellation).ConfigureAwait(false);
+            int? retryAfter = error.RetryAfterSeconds ?? GetRetryAfterSeconds(response.Headers.RetryAfter);
+            return RendezvousClientResult.Failure<HttpResponseMessage>(
+                error.Code,
+                error.Message,
+                retryAfter);
+        }
+        catch (Exception exception) when (IsTransientTransportFailure(exception, cancellationToken))
+        {
+            return RendezvousClientResult.Failure<HttpResponseMessage>(
+                RendezvousErrorCode.ServiceUnavailable,
+                "The Rendezvous event stream could not be opened.");
+        }
+        finally
+        {
+            response?.Dispose();
+        }
+    }
+
     internal static HttpRequestMessage JsonRequest<T>(
         HttpMethod method,
         string uri,

src/FinalFactory.Rendezvous.Client/RendezvousPublisherClient.cs

@@ -84,6 +84,9 @@ public sealed class RendezvousPublisherClient : IRendezvousPublisherClient
         {
             ContractVersion = request.ContractVersion,
             LeaseToken = session.LeaseToken,
+            RegionId = request.RegionId,
+            ProtocolVersion = request.ProtocolVersion,
+            Visibility = request.Visibility,
             BuildVersion = request.BuildVersion,
             DisplayName = request.DisplayName,
             Capacity = CopyCapacity(request.Capacity),

src/FinalFactory.Rendezvous.Client/RendezvousSessionBrowserClient.cs

@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+using System.Net.Http.Headers;
+using System.Runtime.CompilerServices;
+using System.Text;
+using System.Text.Json;
 using FinalFactory.Rendezvous.Contracts;
 
 namespace FinalFactory.Rendezvous.Client;
@@ -106,5 +110,264 @@ public sealed class RendezvousSessionBrowserClient : IRendezvousSessionBrowserCl
             cancellationToken);
     }
 
+    public async IAsyncEnumerable<RendezvousClientResult<SessionStreamEvent>> StreamAsync(
+        BrowseSessionsRequest request,
+        string streamCursor,
+        [EnumeratorCancellation] CancellationToken cancellationToken = default)
+    {
+        if (request is null)
+        {
+            throw new ArgumentNullException(nameof(request));
+        }
+        if (string.IsNullOrWhiteSpace(streamCursor)
+            || !ContractValidation.IsCursorValid(streamCursor))
+        {
+            throw new ArgumentException("A valid snapshot stream cursor is required.", nameof(streamCursor));
+        }
+
+        string query = $"v1/sessions/stream?contractVersion={request.ContractVersion}"
+            + $"&gameId={Escape(request.GameId.Value)}"
+            + $"&environmentId={Escape(request.EnvironmentId.Value)}"
+            + $"&protocolVersion={request.ProtocolVersion}"
+            + $"&excludeFull={request.ExcludeFull.ToString().ToLowerInvariant()}"
+            + (request.RegionId.HasValue ? $"&regionId={Escape(request.RegionId.Value.Value)}" : string.Empty);
+        RendezvousClientResult<HttpResponseMessage> opened = await _transport.OpenStreamAsync(
+            () =>
+            {
+                HttpRequestMessage message = new(HttpMethod.Get, query);
+                message.Headers.Accept.Add(new MediaTypeWithQualityHeaderValue("text/event-stream"));
+                message.Headers.TryAddWithoutValidation("Last-Event-ID", streamCursor);
+                return message;
+            },
+            cancellationToken).ConfigureAwait(false);
+        if (!opened.IsSuccess || opened.Value is null)
+        {
+            yield return RendezvousClientResult.Failure<SessionStreamEvent>(
+                opened.Error,
+                opened.Message,
+                opened.RetryAfterSeconds);
+            yield break;
+        }
+
+        using HttpResponseMessage response = opened.Value;
+        if (!string.Equals(
+                response.Content.Headers.ContentType?.MediaType,
+                "text/event-stream",
+                StringComparison.OrdinalIgnoreCase))
+        {
+            yield return RendezvousClientResult.Failure<SessionStreamEvent>(
+                RendezvousErrorCode.InternalError,
+                "The service returned an invalid event-stream content type.");
+            yield break;
+        }
+
+        using Stream source = await response.Content.ReadAsStreamAsync().ConfigureAwait(false);
+        using SseLineReader reader = new(source);
+        while (true)
+        {
+            SseReadResult? read = null;
+            RendezvousClientResult<SessionStreamEvent>? readFailure = null;
+            bool cancelled = false;
+            try
+            {
+                read = await ReadEventAsync(reader, cancellationToken).ConfigureAwait(false);
+            }
+            catch (OperationCanceledException) when (cancellationToken.IsCancellationRequested)
+            {
+                cancelled = true;
+            }
+            catch (Exception exception) when (exception is IOException or JsonException or InvalidDataException)
+            {
+                readFailure = RendezvousClientResult.Failure<SessionStreamEvent>(
+                    RendezvousErrorCode.InternalError,
+                    "The service returned an invalid or oversized event stream.");
+            }
+            if (cancelled)
+            {
+                yield break;
+            }
+            if (readFailure is not null)
+            {
+                yield return readFailure;
+                yield break;
+            }
+
+            if (read!.EndOfStream)
+            {
+                yield break;
+            }
+            yield return read.Result!;
+            if (!read.Result!.IsSuccess)
+            {
+                yield break;
+            }
+        }
+    }
+
+    private static async Task<SseReadResult> ReadEventAsync(
+        SseLineReader reader,
+        CancellationToken cancellationToken)
+    {
+        string? eventName = null;
+        string? id = null;
+        string? data = null;
+        int bytes = 0;
+        while (true)
+        {
+            string? line = await reader.ReadLineAsync(cancellationToken).ConfigureAwait(false);
+            if (line is null)
+            {
+                return eventName is null && id is null && data is null
+                    ? SseReadResult.End
+                    : throw new InvalidDataException("The final SSE event was incomplete.");
+            }
+            bytes += Encoding.UTF8.GetByteCount(line) + 1;
+            if (bytes > ContractLimits.SessionStreamEventMaxBytes)
+            {
+                throw new InvalidDataException("The SSE event exceeded the contract limit.");
+            }
+            if (line.Length == 0)
+            {
+                break;
+            }
+            if (line.StartsWith("event: ", StringComparison.Ordinal))
+            {
+                eventName = line[7..];
+            }
+            else if (line.StartsWith("id: ", StringComparison.Ordinal))
+            {
+                id = line[4..];
+            }
+            else if (line.StartsWith("data: ", StringComparison.Ordinal))
+            {
+                data = line[6..];
+            }
+        }
+
+        SessionStreamEvent? item = data is null
+            ? null
+            : JsonSerializer.Deserialize<SessionStreamEvent>(data, ContractJson.Options);
+        if (item is null
+            || !string.Equals(item.Cursor, id, StringComparison.Ordinal)
+            || !string.Equals(eventName, EventName(item.Kind), StringComparison.Ordinal)
+            || !IsValidShape(item))
+        {
+            return new(false, RendezvousClientResult.Failure<SessionStreamEvent>(
+                RendezvousErrorCode.InternalError,
+                "The service returned an invalid event envelope."));
+        }
+        return new(false, RendezvousClientResult.Success(item));
+    }
+
+    private static string EventName(SessionStreamEventKind kind) => kind switch
+    {
+        SessionStreamEventKind.SessionUpsert => "session_upsert",
+        SessionStreamEventKind.SessionRemove => "session_remove",
+        SessionStreamEventKind.Reset => "reset",
+        SessionStreamEventKind.Keepalive => "keepalive",
+        _ => string.Empty,
+    };
+
+    private static bool IsValidShape(SessionStreamEvent item) =>
+        item.ContractVersion == ContractLimits.ContractVersion
+        && !string.IsNullOrWhiteSpace(item.Cursor)
+        && ContractValidation.IsCursorValid(item.Cursor)
+        && (item.Kind == SessionStreamEventKind.SessionUpsert
+            && item.Session is not null
+            && IsValidListing(item.Session)
+            && item.ListingId is null
+            || item.Kind == SessionStreamEventKind.SessionRemove
+            && item.Session is null
+            && item.ListingId.HasValue
+            && item.ListingId.Value.Value != Guid.Empty
+            || item.Kind is SessionStreamEventKind.Reset or SessionStreamEventKind.Keepalive
+            && item.Session is null
+            && item.ListingId is null);
+
+    private static bool IsValidListing(SessionListing listing) =>
+        listing.ContractVersion == ContractLimits.ContractVersion
+        && listing.ListingId.Value != Guid.Empty
+        && !string.IsNullOrWhiteSpace(listing.GameId.Value)
+        && !string.IsNullOrWhiteSpace(listing.EnvironmentId.Value)
+        && !string.IsNullOrWhiteSpace(listing.RegionId.Value)
+        && listing.ProtocolVersion != 0
+        && ContractValidation.IsBuildVersionValid(listing.BuildVersion)
+        && ContractValidation.IsDisplayNameValid(listing.DisplayName)
+        && listing.Visibility == ListingVisibility.Public
+        && Enum.IsDefined(typeof(PublisherTrustMode), listing.PublisherTrustMode)
+        && ContractValidation.IsCapacityValid(listing.Capacity)
+        && ContractValidation.IsMetadataValid(listing.Metadata)
+        && (listing.DedicatedFallback is null
+            || ContractValidation.IsNetworkEndpointValid(listing.DedicatedFallback));
+
     private static string Escape(string value) => Uri.EscapeDataString(value ?? string.Empty);
+
+    private sealed class SseReadResult
+    {
+        public SseReadResult(
+            bool endOfStream,
+            RendezvousClientResult<SessionStreamEvent>? result)
+        {
+            EndOfStream = endOfStream;
+            Result = result;
+        }
+
+        public bool EndOfStream { get; }
+        public RendezvousClientResult<SessionStreamEvent>? Result { get; }
+        public static SseReadResult End { get; } = new(true, null);
+    }
+
+    private sealed class SseLineReader(Stream source) : IDisposable
+    {
+        private static readonly UTF8Encoding Utf8 = new(false, true);
+        private readonly byte[] _buffer = new byte[4096];
+        private readonly MemoryStream _line = new();
+        private int _offset;
+        private int _count;
+
+        public async Task<string?> ReadLineAsync(CancellationToken cancellationToken)
+        {
+            while (true)
+            {
+                if (_offset >= _count)
+                {
+                    _count = await source.ReadAsync(
+                        _buffer.AsMemory(),
+                        cancellationToken).ConfigureAwait(false);
+                    _offset = 0;
+                    if (_count == 0)
+                    {
+                        if (_line.Length == 0)
+                        {
+                            return null;
+                        }
+                        return TakeLine();
+                    }
+                }
+
+                byte value = _buffer[_offset++];
+                if (value == (byte)'\n')
+                {
+                    return TakeLine();
+                }
+                if (_line.Length >= ContractLimits.SessionStreamEventMaxBytes)
+                {
+                    throw new InvalidDataException("An SSE line exceeded the contract limit.");
+                }
+                _line.WriteByte(value);
+            }
+        }
+
+        public void Dispose() => _line.Dispose();
+
+        private string TakeLine()
+        {
+            byte[] bytes = _line.ToArray();
+            _line.SetLength(0);
+            int length = bytes.Length > 0 && bytes[^1] == (byte)'\r'
+                ? bytes.Length - 1
+                : bytes.Length;
+            return Utf8.GetString(bytes, 0, length);
+        }
+    }
 }

src/FinalFactory.Rendezvous.Contracts/ContractLimits.cs

@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ public static class ContractLimits
     public const int ContractVersion = 1;
     public const int HttpRequestMaxBytes = 16 * 1024;
     public const int BrowserResponseMaxBytes = 256 * 1024;
+    public const int SessionStreamEventMaxBytes = 32 * 1024;
     public const int UdpDatagramMaxBytes = 1_200;
     public const int MetadataMaxBytes = 4 * 1024;
     public const int MetadataMaxKeys = 32;

src/FinalFactory.Rendezvous.Contracts/Http/SessionContracts.cs

@@ -140,6 +140,10 @@ public sealed class UpdateSessionRequest
     [JsonRequired]
     public string LeaseToken { get; set; } = string.Empty;
 
+    public RegionId? RegionId { get; set; }
+    public uint? ProtocolVersion { get; set; }
+    public ListingVisibility? Visibility { get; set; }
+
     [JsonRequired]
     public string BuildVersion { get; set; } = string.Empty;
 
@@ -194,6 +198,32 @@ public sealed class BrowseSessionsResponse
     public List<SessionListing> Items { get; set; } = [];
 
     public string? NextCursor { get; set; }
+
+    [JsonRequired]
+    public string StreamCursor { get; set; } = string.Empty;
+}
+
+public enum SessionStreamEventKind
+{
+    SessionUpsert = 1,
+    SessionRemove = 2,
+    Reset = 3,
+    Keepalive = 4,
+}
+
+public sealed class SessionStreamEvent
+{
+    [JsonRequired]
+    public int ContractVersion { get; set; } = ContractLimits.ContractVersion;
+
+    [JsonRequired]
+    public SessionStreamEventKind Kind { get; set; }
+
+    [JsonRequired]
+    public string Cursor { get; set; } = string.Empty;
+
+    public SessionListing? Session { get; set; }
+    public SessionListingId? ListingId { get; set; }
 }
 
 public sealed class GetSessionResponse

src/FinalFactory.Rendezvous.Server/Browser/SessionBrowserService.cs

@@ -12,6 +12,8 @@ internal sealed record BrowserServiceResult<T>(RendezvousErrorCode Error, T? Val
 internal sealed class SessionBrowserService(
     IEphemeralRendezvousStore store,
     SessionBrowserCursorCodec cursors,
+    SessionStreamCursorCodec streamCursors,
+    SessionChangeJournal changes,
     IWallClock clock)
 {
     public BrowserServiceResult<BrowseSessionsResponse> Browse(
@@ -45,9 +47,25 @@ internal sealed class SessionBrowserService(
             request.PageSize + 1,
             after,
             request.ExcludeFull);
-        StoreResult<IReadOnlyList<StoredListing>> found = store.BrowseVisibleListings(
+        StoreResult<IReadOnlyList<StoredListing>> found = default!;
-            query,
+        long streamRevision = 0;
-            cancellationToken);
+        bool stableSnapshot = false;
+        for (int attempt = 0; attempt < 3; attempt++)
+        {
+            long before = changes.CurrentRevision;
+            found = store.BrowseVisibleListings(query, cancellationToken);
+            long afterRevision = changes.CurrentRevision;
+            if (before == afterRevision)
+            {
+                streamRevision = afterRevision;
+                stableSnapshot = true;
+                break;
+            }
+        }
+        if (!stableSnapshot)
+        {
+            return new(RendezvousErrorCode.ServiceUnavailable);
+        }
         if (!found.Succeeded || found.Value is null)
         {
             return new(found.Code == StoreResultCode.ServiceUnavailable
@@ -65,7 +83,12 @@ internal sealed class SessionBrowserService(
             string? nextCursor = hasMore
                 ? cursors.Encode(query, items[^1].ListingId, clock.UtcNow)
                 : null;
-            BrowseSessionsResponse response = new() { Items = items, NextCursor = nextCursor };
+            BrowseSessionsResponse response = new()
+            {
+                Items = items,
+                NextCursor = nextCursor,
+                StreamCursor = streamCursors.Encode(query, streamRevision, clock.UtcNow),
+            };
             if (JsonSerializer.SerializeToUtf8Bytes(response, ContractJson.Options).Length
                 <= ContractLimits.BrowserResponseMaxBytes)
             {
@@ -76,7 +99,10 @@ internal sealed class SessionBrowserService(
             hasMore = true;
         }
 
-        return new(RendezvousErrorCode.None, new BrowseSessionsResponse());
+        return new(RendezvousErrorCode.None, new BrowseSessionsResponse
+        {
+            StreamCursor = streamCursors.Encode(query, streamRevision, clock.UtcNow),
+        });
     }
 
     public BrowserServiceResult<GetSessionResponse> Get(

src/FinalFactory.Rendezvous.Server/Browser/SessionChangeJournal.cs

@@ -0,0 +1,276 @@
+using FinalFactory.Rendezvous.Contracts;
+using FinalFactory.Rendezvous.Server.State;
+
+namespace FinalFactory.Rendezvous.Server.Browser;
+
+internal sealed record SessionChangeJournalOptions
+{
+    public int ReplayCapacity { get; init; } = 4096;
+    public int MaximumSubscribers { get; init; } = 256;
+    public int MaximumSubscribersPerTenant { get; init; } = 64;
+    public int MaximumBatchSize { get; init; } = 128;
+    public TimeSpan CoalesceInterval { get; init; } = TimeSpan.FromMilliseconds(50);
+    public TimeSpan KeepaliveInterval { get; init; } = TimeSpan.FromSeconds(15);
+    public TimeSpan MaximumConnectionDuration { get; init; } = TimeSpan.FromMinutes(5);
+
+    public void Validate()
+    {
+        if (ReplayCapacity is < 64 or > 65_536
+            || MaximumSubscribers is < 1 or > 4096
+            || MaximumSubscribersPerTenant < 1
+            || MaximumSubscribersPerTenant > MaximumSubscribers
+            || MaximumBatchSize is < 1 or > 1024
+            || CoalesceInterval < TimeSpan.Zero
+            || CoalesceInterval > TimeSpan.FromSeconds(1)
+            || KeepaliveInterval < TimeSpan.FromSeconds(1)
+            || KeepaliveInterval > TimeSpan.FromMinutes(1)
+            || MaximumConnectionDuration < KeepaliveInterval
+            || MaximumConnectionDuration > TimeSpan.FromMinutes(30))
+        {
+            throw new ArgumentOutOfRangeException(nameof(SessionChangeJournalOptions));
+        }
+    }
+}
+
+internal sealed record SessionChange(
+    long Revision,
+    SessionListingProjection? Before,
+    SessionListingProjection? After)
+{
+    public SessionListingId ListingId => (After ?? Before)!.Listing.ListingId;
+}
+
+internal sealed record SessionChangeBatch(
+    long CurrentRevision,
+    bool RequiresReset,
+    IReadOnlyList<SessionChange> Changes);
+
+internal sealed class SessionListingProjection
+{
+    private SessionListingProjection(SessionListing listing, bool visible)
+    {
+        Listing = listing;
+        Visible = visible;
+    }
+
+    public SessionListing Listing { get; }
+    public bool Visible { get; }
+
+    public static SessionListingProjection From(StoredListing stored) => new(
+        new SessionListing
+        {
+            ListingId = stored.Definition.ListingId,
+            GameId = stored.Definition.Scope.GameId,
+            EnvironmentId = stored.Definition.Scope.EnvironmentId,
+            RegionId = stored.Definition.RegionId,
+            ProtocolVersion = stored.Definition.ProtocolVersion,
+            BuildVersion = stored.Definition.BuildVersion,
+            DisplayName = stored.Definition.DisplayName,
+            Visibility = stored.Definition.Visibility,
+            PublisherTrustMode = stored.Definition.TrustMode,
+            Capacity = new SessionCapacity
+            {
+                CurrentPlayers = stored.Definition.CurrentPlayers,
+                MaximumPlayers = stored.Definition.MaximumPlayers,
+            },
+            Metadata = new Dictionary<string, string>(stored.Definition.Metadata, StringComparer.Ordinal),
+            DedicatedFallback = StoredListing.CopyEndpoint(stored.Definition.DedicatedFallback),
+        },
+        stored.HasFreshPresence && stored.Definition.Visibility == ListingVisibility.Public);
+
+    public bool Matches(VisibleListingQuery query) => Visible
+        && Listing.GameId == query.Scope.GameId
+        && Listing.EnvironmentId == query.Scope.EnvironmentId
+        && Listing.ProtocolVersion == query.ProtocolVersion
+        && (!query.RegionId.HasValue || Listing.RegionId == query.RegionId.Value)
+        && (!query.ExcludeFull
+            || Listing.Capacity.CurrentPlayers < Listing.Capacity.MaximumPlayers);
+
+    public static bool Equivalent(SessionListingProjection? left, SessionListingProjection? right)
+    {
+        if (ReferenceEquals(left, right))
+        {
+            return true;
+        }
+        if (left is null || right is null || left.Visible != right.Visible)
+        {
+            return false;
+        }
+
+        SessionListing a = left.Listing;
+        SessionListing b = right.Listing;
+        return a.ListingId == b.ListingId
+            && a.GameId == b.GameId
+            && a.EnvironmentId == b.EnvironmentId
+            && a.RegionId == b.RegionId
+            && a.ProtocolVersion == b.ProtocolVersion
+            && string.Equals(a.BuildVersion, b.BuildVersion, StringComparison.Ordinal)
+            && string.Equals(a.DisplayName, b.DisplayName, StringComparison.Ordinal)
+            && a.Visibility == b.Visibility
+            && a.PublisherTrustMode == b.PublisherTrustMode
+            && a.Capacity.CurrentPlayers == b.Capacity.CurrentPlayers
+            && a.Capacity.MaximumPlayers == b.Capacity.MaximumPlayers
+            && a.Metadata.Count == b.Metadata.Count
+            && a.Metadata.All(item => b.Metadata.TryGetValue(item.Key, out string? value)
+                && string.Equals(item.Value, value, StringComparison.Ordinal))
+            && EndpointEquals(a.DedicatedFallback, b.DedicatedFallback);
+    }
+
+    private static bool EndpointEquals(NetworkEndpoint? left, NetworkEndpoint? right) =>
+        left is null && right is null
+        || left is not null && right is not null
+        && left.AddressFamily == right.AddressFamily
+        && string.Equals(left.Address, right.Address, StringComparison.Ordinal)
+        && left.Port == right.Port;
+}
+
+internal sealed class SessionChangeJournal
+{
+    private readonly object _gate = new();
+    private readonly SessionChangeJournalOptions _options;
+    private readonly Queue<SessionChange> _changes = [];
+    private TaskCompletionSource<long> _changed = NewSignal();
+    private long _revision;
+    private int _subscribers;
+    private readonly Dictionary<TenantScope, int> _subscribersByTenant = [];
+
+    public SessionChangeJournal(SessionChangeJournalOptions options)
+    {
+        ArgumentNullException.ThrowIfNull(options);
+        options.Validate();
+        _options = options;
+    }
+
+    public SessionChangeJournalOptions Options => _options;
+
+    public long CurrentRevision
+    {
+        get
+        {
+            lock (_gate)
+            {
+                return _revision;
+            }
+        }
+    }
+
+    public void Publish(StoredListing? before, StoredListing? after)
+    {
+        SessionListingProjection? previous = before is null ? null : SessionListingProjection.From(before);
+        SessionListingProjection? current = after is null ? null : SessionListingProjection.From(after);
+        if (SessionListingProjection.Equivalent(previous, current)
+            || previous is { Visible: false } && current is null
+            || previous is null && current is { Visible: false })
+        {
+            return;
+        }
+
+        TaskCompletionSource<long> signal;
+        long revision;
+        lock (_gate)
+        {
+            revision = ++_revision;
+            _changes.Enqueue(new SessionChange(revision, previous, current));
+            while (_changes.Count > _options.ReplayCapacity)
+            {
+                _changes.Dequeue();
+            }
+            signal = _changed;
+            _changed = NewSignal();
+        }
+        signal.TrySetResult(revision);
+    }
+
+    public SessionChangeBatch ReadAfter(long revision)
+    {
+        lock (_gate)
+        {
+            long oldest = _changes.TryPeek(out SessionChange? first)
+                ? first.Revision
+                : _revision + 1;
+            if (revision < oldest - 1 || revision > _revision)
+            {
+                return new(_revision, true, []);
+            }
+
+            SessionChange[] changes = _changes
+                .Where(change => change.Revision > revision)
+                .Take(_options.MaximumBatchSize)
+                .ToArray();
+            return new(_revision, false, changes);
+        }
+    }
+
+    public async Task<bool> WaitForChangeAsync(
+        long revision,
+        TimeSpan timeout,
+        CancellationToken cancellationToken)
+    {
+        Task<long> signal;
+        lock (_gate)
+        {
+            if (_revision > revision)
+            {
+                return true;
+            }
+            signal = _changed.Task;
+        }
+
+        try
+        {
+            await signal.WaitAsync(timeout, cancellationToken).ConfigureAwait(false);
+            return true;
+        }
+        catch (TimeoutException)
+        {
+            return false;
+        }
+    }
+
+    public bool TrySubscribe(TenantScope scope, out IDisposable? lease)
+    {
+        lock (_gate)
+        {
+            if (_subscribers >= _options.MaximumSubscribers
+                || _subscribersByTenant.GetValueOrDefault(scope)
+                    >= _options.MaximumSubscribersPerTenant)
+            {
+                lease = null;
+                return false;
+            }
+            _subscribers++;
+            _subscribersByTenant[scope] = _subscribersByTenant.GetValueOrDefault(scope) + 1;
+            lease = new Subscription(this, scope);
+            return true;
+        }
+    }
+
+    private void Release(TenantScope scope)
+    {
+        lock (_gate)
+        {
+            _subscribers--;
+            int remaining = _subscribersByTenant[scope] - 1;
+            if (remaining == 0)
+            {
+                _subscribersByTenant.Remove(scope);
+            }
+            else
+            {
+                _subscribersByTenant[scope] = remaining;
+            }
+        }
+    }
+
+    private static TaskCompletionSource<long> NewSignal() => new(
+        TaskCreationOptions.RunContinuationsAsynchronously);
+
+    private sealed class Subscription(
+        SessionChangeJournal owner,
+        TenantScope scope) : IDisposable
+    {
+        private SessionChangeJournal? _owner = owner;
+
+        public void Dispose() => Interlocked.Exchange(ref _owner, null)?.Release(scope);
+    }
+}

src/FinalFactory.Rendezvous.Server/Browser/SessionStreamCursorCodec.cs

@@ -0,0 +1,108 @@
+using System.Security.Cryptography;
+using System.Text.Json;
+using System.Text.Json.Serialization;
+using FinalFactory.Rendezvous.Contracts;
+using FinalFactory.Rendezvous.Server.State;
+
+namespace FinalFactory.Rendezvous.Server.Browser;
+
+internal sealed class SessionStreamCursorCodec : IDisposable
+{
+    private const string Prefix = "rvs1";
+    private readonly EphemeralCursorProtector _protector = new();
+
+    public string Encode(VisibleListingQuery query, long revision, DateTimeOffset now)
+    {
+        ArgumentOutOfRangeException.ThrowIfNegative(revision);
+        SessionStreamCursorPayload payload = new()
+        {
+            GameId = query.Scope.GameId.Value,
+            EnvironmentId = query.Scope.EnvironmentId.Value,
+            ProtocolVersion = query.ProtocolVersion,
+            RegionId = query.RegionId?.Value,
+            ExcludeFull = query.ExcludeFull,
+            Revision = revision,
+            ExpiresAtUnixSeconds = now.AddMinutes(10).ToUnixTimeSeconds(),
+        };
+        byte[] encoded = JsonSerializer.SerializeToUtf8Bytes(payload, ContractJson.Options);
+        try
+        {
+            return _protector.Protect(Prefix, encoded);
+        }
+        finally
+        {
+            CryptographicOperations.ZeroMemory(encoded);
+        }
+    }
+
+    public bool TryDecode(
+        string? cursor,
+        VisibleListingQuery query,
+        DateTimeOffset now,
+        out long revision)
+    {
+        revision = 0;
+        if (cursor is null || !_protector.TryUnprotect(Prefix, cursor, out byte[] encodedPayload))
+        {
+            return false;
+        }
+
+        SessionStreamCursorPayload? payload;
+        try
+        {
+            payload = JsonSerializer.Deserialize<SessionStreamCursorPayload>(
+                encodedPayload,
+                ContractJson.Options);
+        }
+        catch (JsonException)
+        {
+            payload = null;
+        }
+        finally
+        {
+            CryptographicOperations.ZeroMemory(encodedPayload);
+        }
+
+        if (payload is null
+            || payload.Revision < 0
+            || payload.ExpiresAtUnixSeconds <= now.ToUnixTimeSeconds()
+            || !string.Equals(payload.GameId, query.Scope.GameId.Value, StringComparison.Ordinal)
+            || !string.Equals(payload.EnvironmentId, query.Scope.EnvironmentId.Value, StringComparison.Ordinal)
+            || payload.ProtocolVersion != query.ProtocolVersion
+            || !string.Equals(payload.RegionId, query.RegionId?.Value, StringComparison.Ordinal)
+            || payload.ExcludeFull != query.ExcludeFull)
+        {
+            return false;
+        }
+
+        revision = payload.Revision;
+        return true;
+    }
+
+    public void Dispose() => _protector.Dispose();
+
+    public override string ToString() => "[SessionStreamCursorCodec: key and cursors redacted]";
+}
+
+internal sealed class SessionStreamCursorPayload
+{
+    [JsonRequired]
+    public string GameId { get; set; } = string.Empty;
+
+    [JsonRequired]
+    public string EnvironmentId { get; set; } = string.Empty;
+
+    [JsonRequired]
+    public uint ProtocolVersion { get; set; }
+
+    public string? RegionId { get; set; }
+
+    [JsonRequired]
+    public bool ExcludeFull { get; set; }
+
+    [JsonRequired]
+    public long Revision { get; set; }
+
+    [JsonRequired]
+    public long ExpiresAtUnixSeconds { get; set; }
+}

src/FinalFactory.Rendezvous.Server/Browser/SessionStreamService.cs

@@ -0,0 +1,172 @@
+using FinalFactory.Rendezvous.Contracts;
+using FinalFactory.Rendezvous.Server.State;
+
+namespace FinalFactory.Rendezvous.Server.Browser;
+
+internal sealed record SessionStreamReadResult(
+    bool RequiresReset,
+    IReadOnlyList<SessionStreamEvent> Events);
+
+internal sealed class SessionStreamSubscription : IDisposable
+{
+    private IDisposable? _lease;
+
+    public SessionStreamSubscription(
+        VisibleListingQuery query,
+        long revision,
+        bool requiresReset,
+        IDisposable lease)
+    {
+        Query = query;
+        Revision = revision;
+        RequiresReset = requiresReset;
+        _lease = lease;
+    }
+
+    public VisibleListingQuery Query { get; }
+    public long Revision { get; set; }
+    public bool RequiresReset { get; set; }
+
+    public void Dispose() => Interlocked.Exchange(ref _lease, null)?.Dispose();
+}
+
+internal sealed class SessionStreamService(
+    SessionChangeJournal changes,
+    SessionStreamCursorCodec cursors,
+    IWallClock clock)
+{
+    public BrowserServiceResult<SessionStreamSubscription> Subscribe(
+        BrowseSessionsRequest request,
+        string? cursor)
+    {
+        ArgumentNullException.ThrowIfNull(request);
+        RendezvousErrorCode validation = Validate(request);
+        if (validation != RendezvousErrorCode.None)
+        {
+            return new(validation);
+        }
+        VisibleListingQuery query = new(
+            new TenantScope(request.GameId, request.EnvironmentId),
+            request.ProtocolVersion,
+            request.RegionId,
+            ContractLimits.BrowserPageMaxItems,
+            ExcludeFull: request.ExcludeFull);
+        if (!changes.TrySubscribe(query.Scope, out IDisposable? lease) || lease is null)
+        {
+            return new(RendezvousErrorCode.CapacityExceeded);
+        }
+        bool validCursor = cursors.TryDecode(cursor, query, clock.UtcNow, out long revision);
+        if (!validCursor)
+        {
+            revision = changes.CurrentRevision;
+        }
+        return new(RendezvousErrorCode.None, new SessionStreamSubscription(
+            query,
+            revision,
+            requiresReset: !validCursor,
+            lease));
+    }
+
+    public SessionStreamReadResult Read(SessionStreamSubscription subscription)
+    {
+        ArgumentNullException.ThrowIfNull(subscription);
+        if (subscription.RequiresReset)
+        {
+            subscription.RequiresReset = false;
+            return new(true, []);
+        }
+
+        SessionChangeBatch batch = changes.ReadAfter(subscription.Revision);
+        if (batch.RequiresReset)
+        {
+            subscription.Revision = batch.CurrentRevision;
+            return new(true, []);
+        }
+        if (batch.Changes.Count == 0)
+        {
+            return new(false, []);
+        }
+
+        Dictionary<SessionListingId, PendingDelta> coalesced = [];
+        foreach (SessionChange change in batch.Changes)
+        {
+            bool beforeMatches = change.Before?.Matches(subscription.Query) == true;
+            bool afterMatches = change.After?.Matches(subscription.Query) == true;
+            if (!beforeMatches && !afterMatches)
+            {
+                continue;
+            }
+            coalesced[change.ListingId] = afterMatches
+                ? new(change.Revision, SessionStreamEventKind.SessionUpsert, change.After!.Listing)
+                : new(change.Revision, SessionStreamEventKind.SessionRemove, null);
+        }
+
+        subscription.Revision = batch.Changes[^1].Revision;
+        SessionStreamEvent[] events = coalesced
+            .OrderBy(static item => item.Value.Revision)
+            .Select(item => ToEvent(item.Key, item.Value, subscription.Query))
+            .ToArray();
+        return new(false, events);
+    }
+
+    public async Task<bool> WaitForChangeAsync(
+        SessionStreamSubscription subscription,
+        CancellationToken cancellationToken)
+    {
+        bool changed = await changes.WaitForChangeAsync(
+            subscription.Revision,
+            changes.Options.KeepaliveInterval,
+            cancellationToken).ConfigureAwait(false);
+        if (changed && changes.Options.CoalesceInterval > TimeSpan.Zero)
+        {
+            await Task.Delay(changes.Options.CoalesceInterval, cancellationToken)
+                .ConfigureAwait(false);
+        }
+        return changed;
+    }
+
+    public SessionStreamEvent ResetEvent(SessionStreamSubscription subscription) => new()
+    {
+        Kind = SessionStreamEventKind.Reset,
+        Cursor = cursors.Encode(subscription.Query, subscription.Revision, clock.UtcNow),
+    };
+
+    public SessionStreamEvent KeepaliveEvent(SessionStreamSubscription subscription) => new()
+    {
+        Kind = SessionStreamEventKind.Keepalive,
+        Cursor = cursors.Encode(subscription.Query, subscription.Revision, clock.UtcNow),
+    };
+
+    public TimeSpan MaximumConnectionDuration => changes.Options.MaximumConnectionDuration;
+
+    private SessionStreamEvent ToEvent(
+        SessionListingId listingId,
+        PendingDelta delta,
+        VisibleListingQuery query) => new()
+        {
+            Kind = delta.Kind,
+            Cursor = cursors.Encode(query, delta.Revision, clock.UtcNow),
+            Session = delta.Session,
+            ListingId = delta.Kind == SessionStreamEventKind.SessionRemove ? listingId : null,
+        };
+
+    private static RendezvousErrorCode Validate(BrowseSessionsRequest request)
+    {
+        RendezvousErrorCode version = ContractValidation.ValidateContractVersion(request.ContractVersion);
+        if (version != RendezvousErrorCode.None)
+        {
+            return version;
+        }
+        return string.IsNullOrEmpty(request.GameId.Value)
+            || string.IsNullOrEmpty(request.EnvironmentId.Value)
+            || request.ProtocolVersion == 0
+            || request.RegionId.HasValue && string.IsNullOrEmpty(request.RegionId.Value.Value)
+            ? RendezvousErrorCode.InvalidRequest
+            : RendezvousErrorCode.None;
+    }
+
+    private sealed record PendingDelta(
+        long Revision,
+        SessionStreamEventKind Kind,
+        SessionListing? Session);
+}

src/FinalFactory.Rendezvous.Server/FinalFactory.Rendezvous.Server.csproj

@@ -47,6 +47,9 @@
     <Compile Include="Browser/EphemeralCursorProtector.cs" />
     <Compile Include="Browser/SessionBrowserCursorCodec.cs" />
     <Compile Include="Browser/SessionBrowserService.cs" />
+    <Compile Include="Browser/SessionChangeJournal.cs" />
+    <Compile Include="Browser/SessionStreamCursorCodec.cs" />
+    <Compile Include="Browser/SessionStreamService.cs" />
     <Compile Include="ConnectionOutcomes/ConnectionOutcomeService.cs" />
     <Compile Include="Deployment/DeploymentOptions.cs" />
     <Compile Include="Deployment/GracefulDrainService.cs" />

src/FinalFactory.Rendezvous.Server/Http/ContractEndpoints.cs

@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 using System.Net;
+using System.Text.Json;
 using FinalFactory.Rendezvous.Contracts;
 using FinalFactory.Rendezvous.Server.Abuse;
 using FinalFactory.Rendezvous.Server.Browser;
@@ -69,6 +70,12 @@ internal static class ContractEndpoints
             .Produces<ApiError>(StatusCodes.Status429TooManyRequests)
             .Produces<ApiError>(StatusCodes.Status503ServiceUnavailable)
             .WithName("BrowseSessions");
+        sessions.MapGet("/stream", StreamSessions)
+            .Produces<SessionStreamEvent>(StatusCodes.Status200OK, contentType: "text/event-stream")
+            .Produces<ApiError>(StatusCodes.Status400BadRequest)
+            .Produces<ApiError>(StatusCodes.Status429TooManyRequests)
+            .Produces<ApiError>(StatusCodes.Status503ServiceUnavailable)
+            .WithName("StreamSessions");
         sessions.MapGet("/{listingId}", GetSession)
             .Produces<GetSessionResponse>()
             .Produces<ApiError>(StatusCodes.Status400BadRequest)
@@ -349,6 +356,123 @@ internal static class ContractEndpoints
         }
     }
 
+    private static async Task<IResult> StreamSessions(
+        [FromQuery] int contractVersion,
+        [FromQuery] string gameId,
+        [FromQuery] string environmentId,
+        [FromQuery] uint protocolVersion,
+        [FromQuery] string? regionId,
+        [FromQuery] bool? excludeFull,
+        [FromQuery] string? streamCursor,
+        [FromHeader(Name = "Last-Event-ID")] string? lastEventId,
+        [FromServices] SessionStreamService streams,
+        [FromServices] AbuseProtectionService abuseProtection,
+        HttpContext httpContext,
+        CancellationToken cancellationToken)
+    {
+        if (!GameId.TryParse(gameId, out GameId parsedGameId)
+            || !EnvironmentId.TryParse(environmentId, out EnvironmentId parsedEnvironmentId)
+            || regionId is not null && !RegionId.TryParse(regionId, out _))
+        {
+            return Error(RendezvousErrorCode.InvalidRequest);
+        }
+        if (!TryAcquireIdentity(
+                abuseProtection,
+                httpContext,
+                "StreamSessions",
+                Tenant(parsedGameId, parsedEnvironmentId),
+                null,
+                null,
+                out AbuseProtectionService.AbuseLease? abuseLease))
+        {
+            return RateLimited(httpContext);
+        }
+
+        using (abuseLease)
+        {
+            BrowserServiceResult<SessionStreamSubscription> subscribed = streams.Subscribe(new()
+            {
+                ContractVersion = contractVersion,
+                GameId = parsedGameId,
+                EnvironmentId = parsedEnvironmentId,
+                ProtocolVersion = protocolVersion,
+                RegionId = regionId is null ? null : new RegionId(regionId),
+                ExcludeFull = excludeFull ?? false,
+            }, string.IsNullOrEmpty(lastEventId) ? streamCursor : lastEventId);
+            if (!subscribed.Succeeded || subscribed.Value is null)
+            {
+                return Error(subscribed.Error);
+            }
+
+            using SessionStreamSubscription subscription = subscribed.Value;
+            using CancellationTokenSource duration = CancellationTokenSource.CreateLinkedTokenSource(
+                cancellationToken);
+            duration.CancelAfter(streams.MaximumConnectionDuration);
+            HttpResponse response = httpContext.Response;
+            response.StatusCode = StatusCodes.Status200OK;
+            response.ContentType = "text/event-stream";
+            response.Headers.CacheControl = "no-cache, no-store";
+            response.Headers["X-Accel-Buffering"] = "no";
+            await response.StartAsync(duration.Token).ConfigureAwait(false);
+            try
+            {
+                while (!duration.IsCancellationRequested)
+                {
+                    SessionStreamReadResult read = streams.Read(subscription);
+                    if (read.RequiresReset)
+                    {
+                        await WriteSseAsync(response, streams.ResetEvent(subscription), duration.Token)
+                            .ConfigureAwait(false);
+                        await response.Body.FlushAsync(duration.Token).ConfigureAwait(false);
+                        break;
+                    }
+                    if (read.Events.Count > 0)
+                    {
+                        foreach (SessionStreamEvent item in read.Events)
+                        {
+                            await WriteSseAsync(response, item, duration.Token).ConfigureAwait(false);
+                        }
+                        await response.Body.FlushAsync(duration.Token).ConfigureAwait(false);
+                        continue;
+                    }
+
+                    bool changed = await streams.WaitForChangeAsync(subscription, duration.Token)
+                        .ConfigureAwait(false);
+                    if (!changed)
+                    {
+                        await WriteSseAsync(
+                            response,
+                            streams.KeepaliveEvent(subscription),
+                            duration.Token).ConfigureAwait(false);
+                        await response.Body.FlushAsync(duration.Token).ConfigureAwait(false);
+                    }
+                }
+            }
+            catch (OperationCanceledException) when (duration.IsCancellationRequested)
+            {
+            }
+            return Results.Empty;
+        }
+    }
+
+    private static async Task WriteSseAsync(
+        HttpResponse response,
+        SessionStreamEvent item,
+        CancellationToken cancellationToken)
+    {
+        string eventName = item.Kind switch
+        {
+            SessionStreamEventKind.SessionUpsert => "session_upsert",
+            SessionStreamEventKind.SessionRemove => "session_remove",
+            SessionStreamEventKind.Reset => "reset",
+            _ => "keepalive",
+        };
+        string data = JsonSerializer.Serialize(item, ContractJson.Options);
+        await response.WriteAsync(
+            $"id: {item.Cursor}\nevent: {eventName}\ndata: {data}\n\n",
+            cancellationToken).ConfigureAwait(false);
+    }
+
     private static IResult GetSession(
         SessionListingId listingId,
         [FromQuery] int contractVersion,

src/FinalFactory.Rendezvous.Server/Program.cs

@@ -255,6 +255,7 @@ builder.Services.Configure<HostOptions>(options =>
     options.ShutdownTimeout = TimeSpan.FromSeconds(deploymentOptions.DrainDeadlineSeconds + 10));
 
 SystemRendezvousClock rendezvousClock = new();
+SessionChangeJournal sessionChanges = new(new SessionChangeJournalOptions());
 EphemeralStoreOptions stateOptions = new()
 {
     GracefulDrainLifetime = TimeSpan.FromSeconds(deploymentOptions.DrainDeadlineSeconds),
@@ -262,8 +263,10 @@ EphemeralStoreOptions stateOptions = new()
 InMemoryEphemeralRendezvousStore stateStore = new(
     stateOptions,
     rendezvousClock,
-    rendezvousClock);
+    rendezvousClock,
+    sessionChanges);
 builder.Services.AddSingleton(stateStore);
+builder.Services.AddSingleton(sessionChanges);
 builder.Services.AddSingleton<IEphemeralRendezvousStore>(stateStore);
 builder.Services.AddSingleton<IWallClock>(rendezvousClock);
 builder.Services.AddSingleton<IMonotonicClock>(rendezvousClock);
@@ -297,7 +300,9 @@ else
     builder.Services.AddSingleton(SessionLeaseTiming.From(stateOptions));
     builder.Services.AddSingleton<SessionLeaseService>();
     builder.Services.AddSingleton<SessionBrowserCursorCodec>();
+    builder.Services.AddSingleton<SessionStreamCursorCodec>();
     builder.Services.AddSingleton<SessionBrowserService>();
+    builder.Services.AddSingleton<SessionStreamService>();
     builder.Services.AddSingleton<JoinAttemptCursorCodec>();
     builder.Services.AddSingleton<JoinAttemptService>();
     builder.Services.AddSingleton<ConnectionOutcomeMetrics>();

src/FinalFactory.Rendezvous.Server/Sessions/SessionLeaseService.cs

@@ -240,7 +240,15 @@ internal sealed class SessionLeaseService(
         }
 
         StoredListing ownedListing = listing!;
-        PublisherAuthorizationResult authorized = AuthorizeExisting(principal, ownedListing, request.Metadata);
+        PublisherAuthorizationResult authorized = authorization.Authorize(
+            principal,
+            ownedListing.Definition.Scope.GameId,
+            ownedListing.Definition.Scope.EnvironmentId,
+            request.RegionId ?? ownedListing.Definition.RegionId,
+            request.ProtocolVersion ?? ownedListing.Definition.ProtocolVersion,
+            request.Visibility ?? ownedListing.Definition.Visibility,
+            request.Metadata,
+            clock.UtcNow);
         if (!authorized.IsAllowed || authorized.Context is null)
         {
             return new(MapAuthorization(authorized.Error));
@@ -261,7 +269,10 @@ internal sealed class SessionLeaseService(
             request.Capacity.CurrentPlayers,
             request.Capacity.MaximumPlayers,
             request.Metadata,
-            request.DedicatedFallback), cancellationToken);
+            request.DedicatedFallback,
+            request.RegionId,
+            request.ProtocolVersion,
+            request.Visibility), cancellationToken);
         return updated.Succeeded
             ? new(RendezvousErrorCode.None, true)
             : new(updated.Code.ToContractError());
@@ -391,6 +402,9 @@ internal sealed class SessionLeaseService(
             || !ContractValidation.IsDisplayNameValid(request.DisplayName)
             || !ContractValidation.IsCapacityValid(request.Capacity)
             || !ContractValidation.IsMetadataValid(request.Metadata)
+            || request.RegionId.HasValue && string.IsNullOrEmpty(request.RegionId.Value.Value)
+            || request.ProtocolVersion.HasValue && request.ProtocolVersion.Value == 0
+            || request.Visibility.HasValue && !Enum.IsDefined(request.Visibility.Value)
             || request.DedicatedFallback is not null
                 && !ContractValidation.IsNetworkEndpointValid(request.DedicatedFallback)
             ? RendezvousErrorCode.InvalidRequest

src/FinalFactory.Rendezvous.Server/State/EphemeralStateContracts.cs

@@ -228,7 +228,10 @@ internal sealed record UpdateListingCommand(
     int CurrentPlayers,
     int MaximumPlayers,
     IReadOnlyDictionary<string, string> Metadata,
-    NetworkEndpoint? DedicatedFallback);
+    NetworkEndpoint? DedicatedFallback,
+    RegionId? RegionId = null,
+    uint? ProtocolVersion = null,
+    ListingVisibility? Visibility = null);
 
 internal sealed record DeleteListingCommand(
     SessionListingId ListingId,

src/FinalFactory.Rendezvous.Server/State/InMemoryEphemeralRendezvousStore.cs

@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 using FinalFactory.Rendezvous.Contracts;
+using FinalFactory.Rendezvous.Server.Browser;
 
 namespace FinalFactory.Rendezvous.Server.State;
 
@@ -8,6 +9,7 @@ internal sealed class InMemoryEphemeralRendezvousStore : IEphemeralRendezvousSto
     private readonly object _gate = new();
     private readonly EphemeralStoreOptions _options;
     private readonly IMonotonicClock _monotonicClock;
+    private readonly SessionChangeJournal? _sessionChanges;
     private readonly DateTimeOffset _wallOrigin;
     private readonly TimeSpan _monotonicOrigin;
     private readonly Dictionary<SessionListingId, ListingEntry> _listings = [];
@@ -45,7 +47,8 @@ internal sealed class InMemoryEphemeralRendezvousStore : IEphemeralRendezvousSto
     public InMemoryEphemeralRendezvousStore(
         EphemeralStoreOptions options,
         IWallClock wallClock,
-        IMonotonicClock monotonicClock)
+        IMonotonicClock monotonicClock,
+        SessionChangeJournal? sessionChanges = null)
     {
         ArgumentNullException.ThrowIfNull(options);
         ArgumentNullException.ThrowIfNull(wallClock);
@@ -53,6 +56,7 @@ internal sealed class InMemoryEphemeralRendezvousStore : IEphemeralRendezvousSto
         options.Validate();
         _options = options;
         _monotonicClock = monotonicClock;
+        _sessionChanges = sessionChanges;
         _wallOrigin = wallClock.UtcNow;
         _monotonicOrigin = monotonicClock.Elapsed;
         InstanceId = Guid.NewGuid();
@@ -225,7 +229,9 @@ internal sealed class InMemoryEphemeralRendezvousStore : IEphemeralRendezvousSto
             now + _options.IdempotencyLifetime);
         _idempotency.Add(idempotencyKey, idempotency);
         EnqueueDeadline(_idempotencyExpiries, idempotencyKey, idempotency.Deadline);
-        return new(StoreResultCode.Success, Snapshot(entry));
+        StoredListing created = Snapshot(entry);
+        _sessionChanges?.Publish(null, created);
+        return new(StoreResultCode.Success, created);
     }, cancellationToken);
 
     public StoreResult<StoredListing> RenewLease(
@@ -277,6 +283,9 @@ internal sealed class InMemoryEphemeralRendezvousStore : IEphemeralRendezvousSto
             || command.MaximumPlayers is <= 0 or > ContractLimits.SessionCapacityMaxPlayers
             || command.CurrentPlayers < 0
             || command.CurrentPlayers > command.MaximumPlayers
+            || command.RegionId.HasValue && string.IsNullOrEmpty(command.RegionId.Value.Value)
+            || command.ProtocolVersion.HasValue && command.ProtocolVersion.Value == 0
+            || command.Visibility.HasValue && !Enum.IsDefined(command.Visibility.Value)
             || !ContractValidation.IsMetadataValid(command.Metadata)
             || command.DedicatedFallback is not null
                 && !ContractValidation.IsNetworkEndpointValid(command.DedicatedFallback))
@@ -302,8 +311,12 @@ internal sealed class InMemoryEphemeralRendezvousStore : IEphemeralRendezvousSto
             return new(StoreResultCode.NotFound);
         }
 
+        StoredListing before = Snapshot(entry);
         entry.Definition = StoredListing.Freeze(entry.Definition with
         {
+            RegionId = command.RegionId ?? entry.Definition.RegionId,
+            ProtocolVersion = command.ProtocolVersion ?? entry.Definition.ProtocolVersion,
+            Visibility = command.Visibility ?? entry.Definition.Visibility,
             BuildVersion = command.BuildVersion,
             DisplayName = command.DisplayName,
             CurrentPlayers = command.CurrentPlayers,
@@ -312,7 +325,9 @@ internal sealed class InMemoryEphemeralRendezvousStore : IEphemeralRendezvousSto
             DedicatedFallback = command.DedicatedFallback,
         });
         entry.Version++;
-        return new(StoreResultCode.Success, Snapshot(entry));
+        StoredListing after = Snapshot(entry);
+        _sessionChanges?.Publish(before, after);
+        return new(StoreResultCode.Success, after);
     }, cancellationToken);
 
     public StoreResult<bool> DeleteListing(
@@ -382,6 +397,7 @@ internal sealed class InMemoryEphemeralRendezvousStore : IEphemeralRendezvousSto
             return new(StoreResultCode.CapacityExceeded);
         }
 
+        StoredListing before = Snapshot(entry);
         bool isNewPresence = !_presence.ContainsKey(command.Handle);
         PresenceEntry presence = new(
             command.PublicEndpoint,
@@ -396,7 +412,9 @@ internal sealed class InMemoryEphemeralRendezvousStore : IEphemeralRendezvousSto
                 command.Handle,
                 presence.Deadline);
         }
-        return new(StoreResultCode.Success, Snapshot(entry));
+        StoredListing after = Snapshot(entry);
+        _sessionChanges?.Publish(before, after);
+        return new(StoreResultCode.Success, after);
     }, cancellationToken, eagerCleanup: false);
 
     public StoreResult<IReadOnlyList<StoredListing>> BrowseVisibleListings(
@@ -996,6 +1014,7 @@ internal sealed class InMemoryEphemeralRendezvousStore : IEphemeralRendezvousSto
 
     private void ClearActiveState()
     {
+        StoredListing[] removedListings = _listings.Values.Select(Snapshot).ToArray();
         _listings.Clear();
         _listingCountsByOwner.Clear();
         _listingExpiries.Clear();
@@ -1017,6 +1036,10 @@ internal sealed class InMemoryEphemeralRendezvousStore : IEphemeralRendezvousSto
         _idempotencyExpiries.Clear();
         _replay.Clear();
         _replayExpiries.Clear();
+        foreach (StoredListing listing in removedListings)
+        {
+            _sessionChanges?.Publish(listing, null);
+        }
     }
 
     private void RemoveListing(SessionListingId listingId)
@@ -1026,6 +1049,7 @@ internal sealed class InMemoryEphemeralRendezvousStore : IEphemeralRendezvousSto
             return;
         }
 
+        StoredListing removed = Snapshot(listing);
         _leases.Remove(listing.Definition.LeaseId);
         DecrementCount(_listingCountsByOwner, listing.Definition.OwnerSubject);
         _presenceHandles.Remove(listing.Definition.HostPresenceHandle);
@@ -1045,6 +1069,8 @@ internal sealed class InMemoryEphemeralRendezvousStore : IEphemeralRendezvousSto
                 RemoveOutcome(attemptId);
             }
         }
+
+        _sessionChanges?.Publish(removed, null);
     }
 
     private void RemoveAttempt(JoinAttemptId attemptId)
@@ -1186,6 +1212,12 @@ internal sealed class InMemoryEphemeralRendezvousStore : IEphemeralRendezvousSto
             }
             else if (_presence.Remove(candidate.Key))
             {
+                if (_presenceHandles.TryGetValue(candidate.Key, out SessionListingId listingId)
+                    && _listings.TryGetValue(listingId, out ListingEntry? listing))
+                {
+                    StoredListing after = Snapshot(listing);
+                    _sessionChanges?.Publish(after with { HasFreshPresence = true }, after);
+                }
                 removed++;
             }
         }

src/FinalFactory.Rendezvous.TestClient/RendezvousCommandRunner.cs

@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@ internal sealed class RendezvousCommandRunner : ITestClientCommandRunner
         {
             TestClientMode.Host => RunHostAsync(options, output, cancellationToken),
             TestClientMode.Browse => RunBrowseAsync(options, output, cancellationToken),
+            TestClientMode.Watch => RunWatchAsync(options, output, cancellationToken),
             TestClientMode.Join => RunJoinAsync(options, output, input, cancellationToken),
             _ => Task.FromResult(TestClientExitCode.Usage),
         };
@@ -114,11 +115,12 @@ internal sealed class RendezvousCommandRunner : ITestClientCommandRunner
                 listingId: session.ListingId.ToString(),
                 displayName: options.DisplayName);
             echo = new DirectEchoProtocol(events.GameplayEvents, host: true);
-            echo.ExchangeCompleted += _ => output.Write(
+            echo.ExchangeCompleted += peer => output.Write(
                 "host.direct-traffic",
                 "verified",
                 phase: "direct-traffic",
-                endpointType: "peer-to-peer");
+                endpointType: "peer-to-peer",
+                addressFamily: AddressFamilyName(peer.Address));
             coordinator = new RendezvousHostCoordinator(
                 manager,
                 events,
@@ -485,6 +487,7 @@ internal sealed class RendezvousCommandRunner : ITestClientCommandRunner
                 "connected",
                 phase: "direct-connection",
                 endpointType: endpointType,
+                addressFamily: AddressFamilyName(peer.Address),
                 elapsedMilliseconds: ToMilliseconds(outcome.Elapsed));
             await ReportOutcomeAsync(coordinator, joins, output, cancellationToken).ConfigureAwait(false);
             echo.BeginJoin(peer);
@@ -507,7 +510,8 @@ internal sealed class RendezvousCommandRunner : ITestClientCommandRunner
                 "join.direct-traffic",
                 "verified",
                 phase: "direct-traffic",
-                endpointType: endpointType);
+                endpointType: endpointType,
+                addressFamily: AddressFamilyName(peer.Address));
             peer.Disconnect();
             manager.PollEvents();
             return TestClientExitCode.Success;
@@ -550,6 +554,178 @@ internal sealed class RendezvousCommandRunner : ITestClientCommandRunner
         }
     }
 
+    private static async Task<TestClientExitCode> RunWatchAsync(
+        TestClientOptions options,
+        TestClientOutput output,
+        CancellationToken cancellationToken)
+    {
+        using CancellationTokenSource watch = CancellationTokenSource.CreateLinkedTokenSource(
+            cancellationToken);
+        watch.CancelAfter(options.RunDuration ?? options.OperationTimeout);
+        using HttpClient http = CreateHttpClient(options);
+        RendezvousSessionBrowserClient browser = new(http, ClientOptions(options));
+        BrowseSessionsRequest request = BrowseRequest(options);
+        RendezvousClientResult<BrowseSessionsResponse> snapshot = await browser.BrowseAsync(
+            request,
+            watch.Token).ConfigureAwait(false);
+        if (!snapshot.IsSuccess || snapshot.Value is null)
+        {
+            WriteServiceFailure(output, "watch.snapshot", "directory", snapshot);
+            return TestClientExitCode.ServiceFailure;
+        }
+        output.Write(
+            "watch.snapshot",
+            "complete",
+            phase: "directory",
+            count: snapshot.Value.Items.Count);
+        string cursor = options.ExerciseReset
+            ? CorruptCursor(snapshot.Value.StreamCursor)
+            : snapshot.Value.StreamCursor;
+        output.Write("watch.stream", "started", phase: "live-directory");
+        SessionStreamEvent? expectedReplay = null;
+        bool reconnectExerciseCompleted = false;
+        int emptyConnections = 0;
+        try
+        {
+            while (true)
+            {
+                string connectionCursor = cursor;
+                bool receivedEvent = false;
+                bool deliberateReconnect = false;
+                await foreach (RendezvousClientResult<SessionStreamEvent> result in browser
+                                   .StreamAsync(request, cursor, watch.Token)
+                                   .ConfigureAwait(false))
+                {
+                    if (!result.IsSuccess || result.Value is null)
+                    {
+                        WriteServiceFailure(output, "watch.stream", "live-directory", result);
+                        return TestClientExitCode.ServiceFailure;
+                    }
+                    receivedEvent = true;
+                    SessionStreamEvent item = result.Value;
+                    if (expectedReplay is not null)
+                    {
+                        if (!SameStreamEvent(expectedReplay, item))
+                        {
+                            output.WriteError(
+                                "watch.reconnect",
+                                "failed",
+                                "The reconnect did not replay the expected ordered event.",
+                                phase: "live-directory");
+                            return TestClientExitCode.ServiceFailure;
+                        }
+                        output.Write("watch.reconnect", "verified", phase: "live-directory");
+                        expectedReplay = null;
+                        reconnectExerciseCompleted = true;
+                        cursor = item.Cursor;
+                        if (options.Script)
+                        {
+                            return TestClientExitCode.Success;
+                        }
+                    }
+                    else
+                    {
+                        cursor = item.Cursor;
+                    }
+
+                    switch (item.Kind)
+                    {
+                        case SessionStreamEventKind.SessionUpsert when item.Session is not null:
+                            output.Write(
+                                "watch.session-upsert",
+                                "available",
+                                phase: "live-directory",
+                                listingId: item.Session.ListingId.ToString(),
+                                displayName: item.Session.DisplayName);
+                            break;
+                        case SessionStreamEventKind.SessionRemove when item.ListingId.HasValue:
+                            output.Write(
+                                "watch.session-remove",
+                                "removed",
+                                phase: "live-directory",
+                                listingId: item.ListingId.Value.ToString());
+                            break;
+                        case SessionStreamEventKind.Reset:
+                            output.Write("watch.reset", "required", phase: "live-directory");
+                            RendezvousClientResult<BrowseSessionsResponse> refreshed = await browser.BrowseAsync(
+                                request,
+                                watch.Token).ConfigureAwait(false);
+                            if (!refreshed.IsSuccess || refreshed.Value is null)
+                            {
+                                WriteServiceFailure(output, "watch.snapshot", "directory", refreshed);
+                                return TestClientExitCode.ServiceFailure;
+                            }
+                            output.Write(
+                                "watch.snapshot",
+                                "refreshed",
+                                phase: "directory",
+                                count: refreshed.Value.Items.Count);
+                            return TestClientExitCode.Success;
+                        case SessionStreamEventKind.Keepalive:
+                            output.Write("watch.keepalive", "alive", phase: "live-directory");
+                            break;
+                    }
+
+                    bool listingDelta = item.Kind is SessionStreamEventKind.SessionUpsert
+                        or SessionStreamEventKind.SessionRemove;
+                    if (options.ExerciseReconnect
+                        && !reconnectExerciseCompleted
+                        && listingDelta
+                        && expectedReplay is null)
+                    {
+                        expectedReplay = item;
+                        cursor = connectionCursor;
+                        deliberateReconnect = true;
+                        output.Write("watch.reconnect", "started", phase: "live-directory");
+                        break;
+                    }
+                    if (options.Script && listingDelta)
+                    {
+                        return TestClientExitCode.Success;
+                    }
+                }
+
+                if (deliberateReconnect)
+                {
+                    continue;
+                }
+                emptyConnections = receivedEvent ? 0 : emptyConnections + 1;
+                if (emptyConnections >= 3)
+                {
+                    output.WriteError(
+                        "watch.reconnect",
+                        "failed",
+                        "The stream closed repeatedly without an event; use bounded polling fallback.",
+                        phase: "live-directory");
+                    return TestClientExitCode.ServiceFailure;
+                }
+                output.Write("watch.reconnect", "required", phase: "live-directory");
+                await Task.Delay(TimeSpan.FromMilliseconds(250), watch.Token).ConfigureAwait(false);
+            }
+        }
+        catch (OperationCanceledException) when (!cancellationToken.IsCancellationRequested)
+        {
+            output.Write("watch.complete", "complete", phase: "lifecycle");
+            return TestClientExitCode.Success;
+        }
+    }
+
+    private static bool SameStreamEvent(SessionStreamEvent expected, SessionStreamEvent actual) =>
+        expected.Kind == actual.Kind
+        && string.Equals(expected.Cursor, actual.Cursor, StringComparison.Ordinal)
+        && expected.ListingId == actual.ListingId
+        && expected.Session?.ListingId == actual.Session?.ListingId;
+
+    private static string CorruptCursor(string cursor)
+    {
+        if (string.IsNullOrEmpty(cursor))
+        {
+            return "invalid-stream-cursor";
+        }
+        char replacement = cursor[^1] == 'a' ? 'b' : 'a';
+        return cursor[..^1] + replacement;
+    }
+
     private static async Task<SessionSelection> SelectListingAsync(
         TestClientOptions options,
         TestClientOutput output,
@@ -765,6 +941,9 @@ internal sealed class RendezvousCommandRunner : ITestClientCommandRunner
         return privateAddress ? "private" : "public";
     }
 
+    private static string AddressFamilyName(IPAddress address) =>
+        address.AddressFamily == AddressFamily.InterNetworkV6 ? "ipv6" : "ipv4";
+
     private static long ToMilliseconds(TimeSpan elapsed) =>
         (long)Math.Min(long.MaxValue, Math.Max(0, elapsed.TotalMilliseconds));
 

src/FinalFactory.Rendezvous.TestClient/TestClientOptions.cs

@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ internal enum TestClientMode
 {
     Host,
     Browse,
+    Watch,
     Join,
 }
 
@@ -34,6 +35,8 @@ internal sealed class TestClientOptions
     internal bool Script { get; init; }
     internal bool Json { get; init; }
     internal bool ExitAfterEcho { get; init; }
+    internal bool ExerciseReconnect { get; init; }
+    internal bool ExerciseReset { get; init; }
 }
 
 internal sealed class TestClientParseResult
@@ -63,6 +66,7 @@ internal static class TestClientOptionParser
         Usage:
           rendezvous-test-client host [options]
           rendezvous-test-client browse [options]
+          rendezvous-test-client watch [options]
           rendezvous-test-client join [options]
 
         Common options:
@@ -88,6 +92,11 @@ internal static class TestClientOptionParser
           --run-seconds NUMBER          Stop after 1-86400 seconds
           --exit-after-echo             Stop after an authenticated ping/echo/ack exchange
 
+        Watch options:
+          --run-seconds NUMBER          Stop after 1-86400 seconds
+          --exercise-reconnect          Disconnect after an update and verify ordered replay
+          --exercise-reset              Corrupt the snapshot cursor and verify reset/refresh
+
         Join options:
           --listing UUID                Join an exact listing; otherwise browse/select
 
@@ -129,6 +138,8 @@ internal static class TestClientOptionParser
         bool script = false;
         bool json = false;
         bool exitAfterEcho = false;
+        bool exerciseReconnect = false;
+        bool exerciseReset = false;
         HashSet<string> seen = new(StringComparer.Ordinal);
 
         for (int index = 1; index < args.Length; index++)
@@ -138,7 +149,8 @@ internal static class TestClientOptionParser
             {
                 return TestClientParseResult.Help();
             }
-            if (option is "--script" or "--json" or "--exit-after-echo")
+            if (option is "--script" or "--json" or "--exit-after-echo"
+                or "--exercise-reconnect" or "--exercise-reset")
             {
                 if (!seen.Add(option))
                 {
@@ -147,6 +159,8 @@ internal static class TestClientOptionParser
                 script |= option == "--script";
                 json |= option == "--json";
                 exitAfterEcho |= option == "--exit-after-echo";
+                exerciseReconnect |= option == "--exercise-reconnect";
+                exerciseReset |= option == "--exercise-reset";
                 continue;
             }
             if (!option.StartsWith("--", StringComparison.Ordinal)
@@ -279,8 +293,11 @@ internal static class TestClientOptionParser
             return TestClientParseResult.Failure("One or more game, environment, region, build, or display values violate v1 limits.");
         }
         if (listingId.HasValue && mode != TestClientMode.Join
-            || runSeconds.HasValue && mode != TestClientMode.Host
+            || runSeconds.HasValue && mode is not (TestClientMode.Host or TestClientMode.Watch)
             || exitAfterEcho && mode != TestClientMode.Host
+            || exerciseReconnect && mode != TestClientMode.Watch
+            || exerciseReset && mode != TestClientMode.Watch
+            || exerciseReconnect && exerciseReset
             || metadata.Count > 0 && mode != TestClientMode.Host
             || dedicatedFallback is not null && mode != TestClientMode.Host
             || seen.Contains("--publisher-credential-env") && mode != TestClientMode.Host
@@ -316,6 +333,8 @@ internal static class TestClientOptionParser
             Script = script,
             Json = json,
             ExitAfterEcho = exitAfterEcho,
+            ExerciseReconnect = exerciseReconnect,
+            ExerciseReset = exerciseReset,
         });
     }
 

src/FinalFactory.Rendezvous.TestClient/TestClientOutput.cs

@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ internal sealed class TestClientOutput(TextWriter standardOutput, TextWriter sta
         string? displayName = null,
         string? outcome = null,
         string? endpointType = null,
+        string? addressFamily = null,
         int? count = null,
         long? elapsedMilliseconds = null,
         string? message = null) => WriteCore(
@@ -37,6 +38,7 @@ internal sealed class TestClientOutput(TextWriter standardOutput, TextWriter sta
                 DisplayName = SafeText(displayName),
                 Outcome = SafeToken(outcome),
                 EndpointType = SafeToken(endpointType),
+                AddressFamily = SafeToken(addressFamily),
                 Count = count,
                 ElapsedMilliseconds = elapsedMilliseconds,
                 Message = SafeText(message),
@@ -92,6 +94,7 @@ internal sealed class TestClientOutput(TextWriter standardOutput, TextWriter sta
         Append(line, "name", item.DisplayName, quote: true);
         Append(line, "outcome", item.Outcome);
         Append(line, "endpoint", item.EndpointType);
+        Append(line, "addressFamily", item.AddressFamily);
         if (item.Count.HasValue)
         {
             Append(line, "count", item.Count.Value.ToString(System.Globalization.CultureInfo.InvariantCulture));
@@ -174,6 +177,7 @@ internal sealed class TestClientOutput(TextWriter standardOutput, TextWriter sta
         public string? DisplayName { get; init; }
         public string? Outcome { get; init; }
         public string? EndpointType { get; init; }
+        public string? AddressFamily { get; init; }
         public int? Count { get; init; }
         public long? ElapsedMilliseconds { get; init; }
         public string? Message { get; init; }

tests/FinalFactory.Rendezvous.Tests/Browser/SessionBrowserTestData.cs

@@ -7,18 +7,25 @@ namespace FinalFactory.Rendezvous.Tests.Browser;
 
 internal sealed class SessionBrowserFixture : IDisposable
 {
-    private readonly EphemeralStateFixture _state = new();
+    private readonly EphemeralStateFixture _state;
 
     public SessionBrowserFixture()
     {
+        Changes = new(new SessionChangeJournalOptions());
+        _state = new(changes: Changes);
         Cursors = new();
-        Browser = new(_state.Store, Cursors, _state.Clock);
+        StreamCursors = new();
+        Browser = new(_state.Store, Cursors, StreamCursors, Changes, _state.Clock);
+        Streams = new(Changes, StreamCursors, _state.Clock);
     }
 
     public InMemoryEphemeralRendezvousStore Store => _state.Store;
     public ManualRendezvousClock Clock => _state.Clock;
     public SessionBrowserCursorCodec Cursors { get; }
+    public SessionStreamCursorCodec StreamCursors { get; }
+    public SessionChangeJournal Changes { get; }
     public SessionBrowserService Browser { get; }
+    public SessionStreamService Streams { get; }
     public TenantScope Scope => _state.Scope;
 
     public StoredListing Add(
@@ -67,5 +74,9 @@ internal sealed class SessionBrowserFixture : IDisposable
         PageSize = pageSize,
     };
 
-    public void Dispose() => Cursors.Dispose();
+    public void Dispose()
+    {
+        Cursors.Dispose();
+        StreamCursors.Dispose();
+    }
 }

tests/FinalFactory.Rendezvous.Tests/Browser/SessionStreamServiceTests.cs

@@ -0,0 +1,325 @@
+using FinalFactory.Rendezvous.Contracts;
+using FinalFactory.Rendezvous.Server.Browser;
+using FinalFactory.Rendezvous.Server.State;
+using FinalFactory.Rendezvous.Tests.State;
+
+namespace FinalFactory.Rendezvous.Tests.Browser;
+
+public sealed class SessionStreamServiceTests
+{
+    [Fact]
+    public void SnapshotPlusUpdateMatchesFreshProjection()
+    {
+        using SessionBrowserFixture fixture = new();
+        StoredListing listing = fixture.Add();
+        BrowseSessionsRequest request = fixture.Request();
+        BrowseSessionsResponse snapshot = AssertSuccess(fixture.Browser.Browse(request));
+        using SessionStreamSubscription subscription = AssertSuccess(
+            fixture.Streams.Subscribe(request, snapshot.StreamCursor));
+
+        StoreResult<StoredListing> updated = fixture.Store.UpdateListing(Update(
+            listing,
+            displayName: "Updated host",
+            currentPlayers: 4));
+        Assert.True(updated.Succeeded);
+        SessionStreamEvent delta = Assert.Single(fixture.Streams.Read(subscription).Events);
+        Assert.Equal(SessionStreamEventKind.SessionUpsert, delta.Kind);
+        Assert.Equal("Updated host", delta.Session!.DisplayName);
+        Assert.Equal(4, delta.Session.Capacity.CurrentPlayers);
+
+        BrowseSessionsResponse fresh = AssertSuccess(fixture.Browser.Browse(request));
+        SessionListing expected = Assert.Single(fresh.Items);
+        Assert.Equal(expected.DisplayName, delta.Session.DisplayName);
+        Assert.Equal(expected.Capacity.CurrentPlayers, delta.Session.Capacity.CurrentPlayers);
+        Assert.DoesNotContain("lease", System.Text.Json.JsonSerializer.Serialize(delta, ContractJson.Options), StringComparison.OrdinalIgnoreCase);
+    }
+
+    [Fact]
+    public void PresenceStalenessRecoveryAndRevocationProduceRemoveUpsertRemove()
+    {
+        using SessionBrowserFixture fixture = new();
+        StoredListing listing = fixture.Add();
+        BrowseSessionsRequest request = fixture.Request();
+        BrowseSessionsResponse snapshot = AssertSuccess(fixture.Browser.Browse(request));
+        using SessionStreamSubscription subscription = AssertSuccess(
+            fixture.Streams.Subscribe(request, snapshot.StreamCursor));
+
+        fixture.Clock.Advance(TimeSpan.FromSeconds(21));
+        AssertSuccess(fixture.Browser.Browse(request));
+        SessionStreamEvent stale = Assert.Single(fixture.Streams.Read(subscription).Events);
+        Assert.Equal(SessionStreamEventKind.SessionRemove, stale.Kind);
+        Assert.Equal(listing.Definition.ListingId, stale.ListingId);
+
+        StoreResult<StoredListing> rebound = fixture.Store.BindHostPresence(new(
+            listing.Definition.HostPresenceHandle,
+            listing.Definition.HostPresenceFingerprint,
+            new ObservedEndpoint(AddressFamilyKind.Ipv4, "203.0.113.20", 40_020),
+            null));
+        Assert.True(rebound.Succeeded);
+        Assert.Equal(
+            SessionStreamEventKind.SessionUpsert,
+            Assert.Single(fixture.Streams.Read(subscription).Events).Kind);
+
+        Assert.True(fixture.Store.RevokeListing(listing.Definition.ListingId).Succeeded);
+        Assert.Equal(
+            SessionStreamEventKind.SessionRemove,
+            Assert.Single(fixture.Streams.Read(subscription).Events).Kind);
+    }
+
+    [Fact]
+    public void CreationAndLeaseExpiryProduceUpsertThenRemove()
+    {
+        using SessionBrowserFixture fixture = new();
+        BrowseSessionsRequest request = fixture.Request();
+        BrowseSessionsResponse snapshot = AssertSuccess(fixture.Browser.Browse(request));
+        using SessionStreamSubscription subscription = AssertSuccess(
+            fixture.Streams.Subscribe(request, snapshot.StreamCursor));
+
+        StoredListing listing = fixture.Add();
+        SessionStreamEvent created = Assert.Single(fixture.Streams.Read(subscription).Events);
+        Assert.Equal(SessionStreamEventKind.SessionUpsert, created.Kind);
+        Assert.Equal(listing.Definition.ListingId, created.Session!.ListingId);
+
+        for (int refresh = 0; refresh < 3; refresh++)
+        {
+            fixture.Clock.Advance(TimeSpan.FromSeconds(19));
+            Assert.True(fixture.Store.BindHostPresence(new(
+                listing.Definition.HostPresenceHandle,
+                listing.Definition.HostPresenceFingerprint,
+                new ObservedEndpoint(AddressFamilyKind.Ipv4, "203.0.113.20", 40_020),
+                null)).Succeeded);
+        }
+        fixture.Clock.Advance(TimeSpan.FromSeconds(4));
+        AssertSuccess(fixture.Browser.Browse(request));
+
+        SessionStreamEvent expired = Assert.Single(fixture.Streams.Read(subscription).Events);
+        Assert.Equal(SessionStreamEventKind.SessionRemove, expired.Kind);
+        Assert.Equal(listing.Definition.ListingId, expired.ListingId);
+        Assert.Equal(
+            StoreResultCode.NotFound,
+            fixture.Store.GetListing(listing.Definition.ListingId, requireFreshPresence: false).Code);
+    }
+
+    [Fact]
+    public void ScopeProtocolRegionAndFullFiltersNeverLeak()
+    {
+        using SessionBrowserFixture fixture = new();
+        BrowseSessionsRequest request = fixture.Request();
+        request.ExcludeFull = true;
+        BrowseSessionsResponse snapshot = AssertSuccess(fixture.Browser.Browse(request));
+        using SessionStreamSubscription subscription = AssertSuccess(
+            fixture.Streams.Subscribe(request, snapshot.StreamCursor));
+
+        fixture.Add(scope: new(new("other-game"), fixture.Scope.EnvironmentId));
+        fixture.Add(protocolVersion: 99);
+        fixture.Add(regionId: new("other-region"));
+        fixture.Add(currentPlayers: 8, maximumPlayers: 8);
+        Assert.Empty(fixture.Streams.Read(subscription).Events);
+    }
+
+    [Fact]
+    public void VisibilityCompatibilityAndRegionChangesEnterAndLeaveTheFilter()
+    {
+        using SessionBrowserFixture fixture = new();
+        StoredListing listing = fixture.Add();
+        BrowseSessionsRequest request = fixture.Request();
+        BrowseSessionsResponse snapshot = AssertSuccess(fixture.Browser.Browse(request));
+        using SessionStreamSubscription subscription = AssertSuccess(
+            fixture.Streams.Subscribe(request, snapshot.StreamCursor));
+
+        listing = fixture.Store.UpdateListing(Update(
+            listing,
+            listing.Definition.DisplayName,
+            1,
+            visibility: ListingVisibility.Unlisted)).Value!;
+        Assert.Equal(SessionStreamEventKind.SessionRemove, SingleKind(fixture, subscription));
+        listing = fixture.Store.UpdateListing(Update(
+            listing,
+            listing.Definition.DisplayName,
+            1,
+            visibility: ListingVisibility.Public)).Value!;
+        Assert.Equal(SessionStreamEventKind.SessionUpsert, SingleKind(fixture, subscription));
+        listing = fixture.Store.UpdateListing(Update(
+            listing,
+            listing.Definition.DisplayName,
+            1,
+            protocolVersion: 99)).Value!;
+        Assert.Equal(SessionStreamEventKind.SessionRemove, SingleKind(fixture, subscription));
+        listing = fixture.Store.UpdateListing(Update(
+            listing,
+            listing.Definition.DisplayName,
+            1,
+            protocolVersion: 7)).Value!;
+        Assert.Equal(SessionStreamEventKind.SessionUpsert, SingleKind(fixture, subscription));
+        listing = fixture.Store.UpdateListing(Update(
+            listing,
+            listing.Definition.DisplayName,
+            1,
+            regionId: new RegionId("other-region"))).Value!;
+        Assert.Equal(SessionStreamEventKind.SessionRemove, SingleKind(fixture, subscription));
+    }
+
+    [Fact]
+    public void ReplayGapAndForeignCursorForceResetAndSubscriberLimitFailsClosed()
+    {
+        ManualRendezvousClock clock = new();
+        SessionChangeJournal changes = new(new SessionChangeJournalOptions
+        {
+            ReplayCapacity = 64,
+            MaximumSubscribers = 1,
+            MaximumSubscribersPerTenant = 1,
+        });
+        using SessionStreamCursorCodec cursors = new();
+        SessionStreamService streams = new(changes, cursors, clock);
+        EphemeralStateFixture state = new(changes: changes);
+        StoredListing listing = state.CreateVisibleListing(out _);
+        BrowseSessionsRequest request = new()
+        {
+            GameId = state.Scope.GameId,
+            EnvironmentId = state.Scope.EnvironmentId,
+            ProtocolVersion = listing.Definition.ProtocolVersion,
+        };
+        VisibleListingQuery query = new(state.Scope, listing.Definition.ProtocolVersion, null);
+        string initial = cursors.Encode(query, changes.CurrentRevision, clock.UtcNow);
+        using SessionStreamSubscription subscription = AssertSuccess(streams.Subscribe(request, initial));
+        Assert.Equal(
+            RendezvousErrorCode.CapacityExceeded,
+            streams.Subscribe(request, initial).Error);
+
+        for (int index = 0; index < 65; index++)
+        {
+            listing = state.Store.UpdateListing(Update(
+                listing,
+                displayName: $"Host {index}",
+                currentPlayers: index % 8)).Value!;
+        }
+        Assert.True(streams.Read(subscription).RequiresReset);
+        subscription.Dispose();
+
+        using SessionStreamSubscription foreign = AssertSuccess(streams.Subscribe(
+            request,
+            "not-a-valid-cursor"));
+        Assert.True(streams.Read(foreign).RequiresReset);
+    }
+
+    [Fact]
+    public void BurstIsBoundedAndCoalescedWithoutLosingFinalState()
+    {
+        ManualRendezvousClock clock = new();
+        SessionChangeJournal changes = new(new SessionChangeJournalOptions
+        {
+            ReplayCapacity = 1024,
+            MaximumBatchSize = 128,
+        });
+        using SessionStreamCursorCodec cursors = new();
+        SessionStreamService streams = new(changes, cursors, clock);
+        EphemeralStateFixture state = new(changes: changes);
+        StoredListing listing = state.CreateVisibleListing(out _);
+        BrowseSessionsRequest request = new()
+        {
+            GameId = state.Scope.GameId,
+            EnvironmentId = state.Scope.EnvironmentId,
+            ProtocolVersion = listing.Definition.ProtocolVersion,
+        };
+        VisibleListingQuery query = new(state.Scope, listing.Definition.ProtocolVersion, null);
+        using SessionStreamSubscription subscription = AssertSuccess(streams.Subscribe(
+            request,
+            cursors.Encode(query, changes.CurrentRevision, clock.UtcNow)));
+
+        for (int index = 0; index < 1000; index++)
+        {
+            listing = state.Store.UpdateListing(Update(
+                listing,
+                displayName: $"Host {index}",
+                currentPlayers: index % 8)).Value!;
+        }
+
+        List<SessionStreamEvent> emitted = [];
+        while (subscription.Revision < changes.CurrentRevision)
+        {
+            SessionStreamReadResult read = streams.Read(subscription);
+            Assert.False(read.RequiresReset);
+            emitted.AddRange(read.Events);
+        }
+
+        Assert.Equal(8, emitted.Count);
+        SessionStreamEvent final = emitted[^1];
+        Assert.Equal(SessionStreamEventKind.SessionUpsert, final.Kind);
+        Assert.Equal("Host 999", final.Session!.DisplayName);
+        Assert.Equal(7, final.Session.Capacity.CurrentPlayers);
+    }
+
+    [Fact]
+    public void SubscriberLimitIsEnforcedPerTenantAndReleasedOnDispose()
+    {
+        ManualRendezvousClock clock = new();
+        SessionChangeJournal changes = new(new SessionChangeJournalOptions
+        {
+            MaximumSubscribers = 2,
+            MaximumSubscribersPerTenant = 1,
+        });
+        using SessionStreamCursorCodec cursors = new();
+        SessionStreamService streams = new(changes, cursors, clock);
+        TenantScope firstScope = new(new("first-game"), new("production"));
+        TenantScope secondScope = new(new("second-game"), new("production"));
+        BrowseSessionsRequest firstRequest = Request(firstScope);
+        BrowseSessionsRequest secondRequest = Request(secondScope);
+        string firstCursor = cursors.Encode(
+            new VisibleListingQuery(firstScope, 7, null),
+            changes.CurrentRevision,
+            clock.UtcNow);
+        string secondCursor = cursors.Encode(
+            new VisibleListingQuery(secondScope, 7, null),
+            changes.CurrentRevision,
+            clock.UtcNow);
+
+        SessionStreamSubscription first = AssertSuccess(streams.Subscribe(firstRequest, firstCursor));
+        Assert.Equal(
+            RendezvousErrorCode.CapacityExceeded,
+            streams.Subscribe(firstRequest, firstCursor).Error);
+        using SessionStreamSubscription second = AssertSuccess(
+            streams.Subscribe(secondRequest, secondCursor));
+        first.Dispose();
+        using SessionStreamSubscription replacement = AssertSuccess(
+            streams.Subscribe(firstRequest, firstCursor));
+    }
+
+    private static BrowseSessionsRequest Request(TenantScope scope) => new()
+    {
+        GameId = scope.GameId,
+        EnvironmentId = scope.EnvironmentId,
+        ProtocolVersion = 7,
+    };
+
+    private static UpdateListingCommand Update(
+        StoredListing listing,
+        string displayName,
+        int currentPlayers,
+        RegionId? regionId = null,
+        uint? protocolVersion = null,
+        ListingVisibility? visibility = null) => new(
+        listing.Definition.ListingId,
+        listing.Definition.LeaseId,
+        listing.Definition.LeaseFingerprint,
+        listing.Definition.OwnerSubject,
+        listing.Definition.BuildVersion,
+        displayName,
+        currentPlayers,
+        listing.Definition.MaximumPlayers,
+        listing.Definition.Metadata,
+        listing.Definition.DedicatedFallback,
+        regionId,
+        protocolVersion,
+        visibility);
+
+    private static SessionStreamEventKind SingleKind(
+        SessionBrowserFixture fixture,
+        SessionStreamSubscription subscription) =>
+        Assert.Single(fixture.Streams.Read(subscription).Events).Kind;
+
+    private static T AssertSuccess<T>(BrowserServiceResult<T> result)
+    {
+        Assert.True(result.Succeeded, result.Error.ToString());
+        return Assert.IsType<T>(result.Value);
+    }
+}

tests/FinalFactory.Rendezvous.Tests/Client/RendezvousClientBehaviorTests.cs

@@ -167,6 +167,88 @@ public sealed class RendezvousClientBehaviorTests
         Assert.Contains("gameId=space-game", handler.RequestUris[0].Query, StringComparison.Ordinal);
     }
 
+    [Fact]
+    public async Task StreamRejectsMalformedAndOversizedEventEnvelopes()
+    {
+        string[] bodies =
+        [
+            "event: session_upsert\nid: valid-cursor\ndata: {}\n\n",
+            "data: " + new string('x', ContractLimits.SessionStreamEventMaxBytes + 1) + "\n\n",
+        ];
+        foreach (string body in bodies)
+        {
+            StringContent content = new(body, Encoding.UTF8, "text/event-stream");
+            ScriptedHandler handler = new(Response(HttpStatusCode.OK, content));
+            using HttpClient httpClient = new(handler)
+            {
+                BaseAddress = new("http://rendezvous.test/"),
+            };
+            RendezvousSessionBrowserClient browser = new(httpClient);
+            await using IAsyncEnumerator<RendezvousClientResult<SessionStreamEvent>> events = browser
+                .StreamAsync(new BrowseSessionsRequest
+                {
+                    GameId = new("space-game"),
+                    EnvironmentId = new("production"),
+                    ProtocolVersion = 7,
+                }, "valid-stream-cursor")
+                .GetAsyncEnumerator();
+
+            Assert.True(await events.MoveNextAsync());
+            Assert.False(events.Current.IsSuccess);
+            Assert.Equal(RendezvousErrorCode.InternalError, events.Current.Error);
+        }
+    }
+
+    [Fact]
+    public async Task StreamRequiresANonEmptySnapshotCursor()
+    {
+        using HttpClient httpClient = new(new ScriptedHandler())
+        {
+            BaseAddress = new("http://rendezvous.test/"),
+        };
+        RendezvousSessionBrowserClient browser = new(httpClient);
+        await Assert.ThrowsAsync<ArgumentException>(async () =>
+        {
+            await foreach (RendezvousClientResult<SessionStreamEvent> _ in browser.StreamAsync(
+                               new BrowseSessionsRequest
+                               {
+                                   GameId = new("space-game"),
+                                   EnvironmentId = new("production"),
+                                   ProtocolVersion = 7,
+                               },
+                               string.Empty))
+            {
+            }
+        });
+    }
+
+    [Fact]
+    public async Task StreamOpeningIsBoundedByTheConfiguredRequestTimeout()
+    {
+        using HttpClient httpClient = new(new SilentHandler())
+        {
+            BaseAddress = new("http://rendezvous.test/"),
+        };
+        RendezvousSessionBrowserClient browser = new(
+            httpClient,
+            new RendezvousClientOptions
+            {
+                MaximumSafeRetries = 0,
+                RequestTimeout = TimeSpan.FromMilliseconds(20),
+            });
+        await using IAsyncEnumerator<RendezvousClientResult<SessionStreamEvent>> events = browser
+            .StreamAsync(new BrowseSessionsRequest
+            {
+                GameId = new("space-game"),
+                EnvironmentId = new("production"),
+                ProtocolVersion = 7,
+            }, "valid-stream-cursor")
+            .GetAsyncEnumerator();
+
+        Assert.True(await events.MoveNextAsync().AsTask().WaitAsync(TimeSpan.FromSeconds(2)));
+        Assert.Equal(RendezvousErrorCode.ServiceUnavailable, events.Current.Error);
+    }
+
     [Fact]
     public async Task LeaseMaintainerReportsLeaseLoss()
     {

tests/FinalFactory.Rendezvous.Tests/Client/RendezvousClientIntegrationTests.cs

@@ -142,6 +142,77 @@ public sealed class RendezvousClientIntegrationTests
         }
     }
 
+    [Fact]
+    public async Task BrowserStreamResetsInvalidCursorReplaysReconnectAndReleasesConnections()
+    {
+        await using ClientTestHost host = await ClientTestHost.StartAsync();
+        RendezvousPublisherClient publisher = new(host.HttpClient);
+        RendezvousSessionBrowserClient browser = new(host.HttpClient);
+        PublishedSession session = AssertSuccess(await publisher.RegisterAsync(
+            CreateRegistration(200),
+            host.PublisherCredential));
+        BindPresence(host, session, 41_200);
+        BrowseSessionsRequest request = BrowseRequest();
+        BrowseSessionsResponse snapshot = AssertSuccess(await browser.BrowseAsync(request));
+        Assert.False(string.IsNullOrWhiteSpace(snapshot.StreamCursor));
+
+        using CancellationTokenSource timeout = new(TimeSpan.FromSeconds(10));
+        await using (IAsyncEnumerator<RendezvousClientResult<SessionStreamEvent>> invalid = browser
+                         .StreamAsync(request, CorruptCursor(snapshot.StreamCursor), timeout.Token)
+                         .GetAsyncEnumerator(timeout.Token))
+        {
+            Assert.True(await invalid.MoveNextAsync());
+            Assert.Equal(SessionStreamEventKind.Reset, AssertSuccess(invalid.Current).Kind);
+            Assert.False(await invalid.MoveNextAsync());
+        }
+        await using IAsyncEnumerator<RendezvousClientResult<SessionStreamEvent>> events = browser
+            .StreamAsync(request, snapshot.StreamCursor, timeout.Token)
+            .GetAsyncEnumerator(timeout.Token);
+        Task<bool> upsertPending = events.MoveNextAsync().AsTask();
+        Assert.True((await publisher.UpdateAsync(
+            session,
+            new UpdateSessionRequest
+            {
+                BuildVersion = "2.0.0",
+                DisplayName = "Live update",
+                Capacity = new() { CurrentPlayers = 3, MaximumPlayers = 8 },
+                Metadata = new() { ["mode"] = "online-coop" },
+            },
+            host.PublisherCredential,
+            timeout.Token)).IsSuccess);
+        Assert.True(await upsertPending);
+        SessionStreamEvent upsert = AssertSuccess(events.Current);
+        Assert.Equal(SessionStreamEventKind.SessionUpsert, upsert.Kind);
+        Assert.Equal("Live update", upsert.Session!.DisplayName);
+
+        await using (IAsyncEnumerator<RendezvousClientResult<SessionStreamEvent>> replay = browser
+                         .StreamAsync(request, snapshot.StreamCursor, timeout.Token)
+                         .GetAsyncEnumerator(timeout.Token))
+        {
+            Assert.True(await replay.MoveNextAsync());
+            SessionStreamEvent replayed = AssertSuccess(replay.Current);
+            Assert.Equal(SessionStreamEventKind.SessionUpsert, replayed.Kind);
+            Assert.Equal(upsert.Cursor, replayed.Cursor);
+            Assert.Equal("Live update", replayed.Session!.DisplayName);
+        }
+
+        Task<bool> removePending = events.MoveNextAsync().AsTask();
+        Assert.True((await publisher.DeregisterAsync(
+            session,
+            host.PublisherCredential,
+            timeout.Token)).IsSuccess);
+        Assert.True(await removePending);
+        SessionStreamEvent remove = AssertSuccess(events.Current);
+        Assert.Equal(SessionStreamEventKind.SessionRemove, remove.Kind);
+        Assert.Equal(session.ListingId, remove.ListingId);
+    }
+
+    private static string CorruptCursor(string cursor)
+    {
+        char replacement = cursor[^1] == 'a' ? 'b' : 'a';
+        return cursor[..^1] + replacement;
+    }
+
     private static T AssertSuccess<T>(RendezvousClientResult<T> result)
     {
         Assert.True(result.IsSuccess, result.Message);
@@ -210,7 +281,8 @@ public sealed class RendezvousClientIntegrationTests
         {
             ManualRendezvousClock clock = new(ProvisioningTestData.Now);
             EphemeralStoreOptions stateOptions = new();
-            InMemoryEphemeralRendezvousStore store = new(stateOptions, clock, clock);
+            SessionChangeJournal changes = new(new SessionChangeJournalOptions());
+            InMemoryEphemeralRendezvousStore store = new(stateOptions, clock, clock, changes);
             EphemeralCapabilityIssuer capabilities = new();
             ProvisioningRuntime provisioning = ProvisioningRuntime.Create(
                 ProvisioningTestData.CreateOptions(),
@@ -239,7 +311,10 @@ public sealed class RendezvousClientIntegrationTests
             builder.Services.AddSingleton(SessionLeaseTiming.From(stateOptions));
             builder.Services.AddSingleton<SessionLeaseService>();
             builder.Services.AddSingleton<SessionBrowserCursorCodec>();
+            builder.Services.AddSingleton<SessionStreamCursorCodec>();
+            builder.Services.AddSingleton(changes);
             builder.Services.AddSingleton<SessionBrowserService>();
+            builder.Services.AddSingleton<SessionStreamService>();
 
             WebApplication app = builder.Build();
             app.UseExceptionHandler();

tests/FinalFactory.Rendezvous.Tests/Contracts/OpenApiCompatibilityTests.cs

@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@ public sealed class OpenApiCompatibilityTests
         "/v1/operator/principals/revoke",
         "/v1/operator/status",
         "/v1/sessions",
+        "/v1/sessions/stream",
         "/v1/sessions/{listingId}",
         "/v1/sessions/{listingId}/join-attempts",
         "/v1/sessions/{listingId}/renew",
@@ -68,6 +69,25 @@ public sealed class OpenApiCompatibilityTests
         Assert.DoesNotContain(listingProperties, static property =>
             property.Contains("token", StringComparison.OrdinalIgnoreCase)
             || property.Contains("playerId", StringComparison.OrdinalIgnoreCase));
+        JsonElement streamProperties = schemas.GetProperty("SessionStreamEvent")
+            .GetProperty("properties");
+        Assert.True(streamProperties.TryGetProperty("contractVersion", out _));
+        Assert.True(streamProperties.TryGetProperty("kind", out _));
+        Assert.True(streamProperties.TryGetProperty("cursor", out _));
+        Assert.True(streamProperties.TryGetProperty("session", out _));
+        Assert.True(streamProperties.TryGetProperty("listingId", out _));
+        Assert.DoesNotContain(streamProperties.EnumerateObject(), static property =>
+            property.Name.Contains("token", StringComparison.OrdinalIgnoreCase)
+            || property.Name.Contains("capability", StringComparison.OrdinalIgnoreCase)
+            || property.Name.Contains("ticket", StringComparison.OrdinalIgnoreCase)
+            || property.Name.Contains("endpoint", StringComparison.OrdinalIgnoreCase));
+        Assert.True(root.GetProperty("paths")
+            .GetProperty("/v1/sessions/stream")
+            .GetProperty("get")
+            .GetProperty("responses")
+            .GetProperty("200")
+            .GetProperty("content")
+            .TryGetProperty("text/event-stream", out _));
         JsonElement dedicatedFallback = schemas.GetProperty("SessionListing")
             .GetProperty("properties")
             .GetProperty("dedicatedFallback");
@@ -205,7 +225,7 @@ public sealed class OpenApiCompatibilityTests
             }
         }
 
-        Assert.Equal(17, overloadContracts);
+        Assert.Equal(18, overloadContracts);
         (string Path, string Method)[] bodyOperations =
         [
             ("/v1/sessions", "post"),

tests/FinalFactory.Rendezvous.Tests/JoinAttempts/JoinAttemptHttpEndpointTests.cs

@@ -288,7 +288,8 @@ public sealed class JoinAttemptHttpEndpointTests
         {
             ManualRendezvousClock clock = new(ProvisioningTestData.Now);
             EphemeralStoreOptions stateOptions = new();
-            InMemoryEphemeralRendezvousStore store = new(stateOptions, clock, clock);
+            SessionChangeJournal changes = new(new SessionChangeJournalOptions());
+            InMemoryEphemeralRendezvousStore store = new(stateOptions, clock, clock, changes);
             EphemeralCapabilityIssuer capabilities = new();
             ProvisioningRuntime provisioning = ProvisioningRuntime.Create(
                 ProvisioningTestData.CreateOptions(),
@@ -318,7 +319,10 @@ public sealed class JoinAttemptHttpEndpointTests
             builder.Services.AddSingleton(SessionLeaseTiming.From(stateOptions));
             builder.Services.AddSingleton<SessionLeaseService>();
             builder.Services.AddSingleton<SessionBrowserCursorCodec>();
+            builder.Services.AddSingleton<SessionStreamCursorCodec>();
+            builder.Services.AddSingleton(changes);
             builder.Services.AddSingleton<SessionBrowserService>();
+            builder.Services.AddSingleton<SessionStreamService>();
             builder.Services.AddSingleton<JoinAttemptCursorCodec>();
             builder.Services.AddSingleton<JoinAttemptService>();
             ConnectionOutcomeMetrics outcomeMetrics = new();

tests/FinalFactory.Rendezvous.Tests/Release/ReleaseCompatibilityTests.cs

@@ -143,6 +143,10 @@ public sealed class ReleaseCompatibilityTests
             pinnedConsumers.Select(static item => item.GetProperty("name").GetString()!).ToArray());
         Assert.All(pinnedConsumers, static item =>
             Assert.Matches("^[0-9a-f]{40}$", item.GetProperty("revision").GetString()));
+
+        string realConsumerGate = File.ReadAllText(Path.Combine(root, "scripts", "verify-real-consumers.sh"));
+        Assert.Contains("<PackageReference Remove=\"FinalFactory.Rendezvous.Client\" />", realConsumerGate, StringComparison.Ordinal);
+        Assert.Contains("<PackageReference Remove=\"FinalFactory.Rendezvous.Contracts\" />", realConsumerGate, StringComparison.Ordinal);
     }
 
     [Fact]
@@ -164,6 +168,52 @@ public sealed class ReleaseCompatibilityTests
         Assert.Equal(actual, declared);
     }
 
+    [Fact]
+    public void ProductionReadinessRecordIsFailClosedAndCanaryEvidenceIsRedacted()
+    {
+        string root = FindRepositoryRoot();
+        using JsonDocument readiness = JsonDocument.Parse(File.ReadAllText(Path.Combine(
+            root,
+            "docs/evidence/production-readiness-v1.json")));
+        JsonElement document = readiness.RootElement;
+        Assert.Equal(1, document.GetProperty("schemaVersion").GetInt32());
+        Assert.Equal("rendezvous-production-readiness", document.GetProperty("kind").GetString());
+        Assert.Matches("^[0-9a-f]{40}$", document.GetProperty("evaluatedCommit").GetString());
+
+        JsonElement[] local = document.GetProperty("localGates").EnumerateArray().ToArray();
+        JsonElement[] external = document.GetProperty("externalGates").EnumerateArray().ToArray();
+        Assert.Equal(6, local.Length);
+        Assert.Equal(13, external.Length);
+        JsonElement[] gates = local.Concat(external).ToArray();
+        Assert.Equal(gates.Length, gates.Select(static gate => gate.GetProperty("id").GetString()).Distinct().Count());
+        Assert.All(gates, static gate =>
+        {
+            Assert.True(gate.GetProperty("status").GetString() is "pass" or "pending" or "fail");
+            string evidence = Assert.IsType<string>(gate.GetProperty("evidenceRef").GetString());
+            Assert.False(Path.IsPathRooted(evidence));
+            Assert.DoesNotContain("..", evidence, StringComparison.Ordinal);
+            Assert.True(gate.GetProperty("note").GetString()!.Length <= 240);
+        });
+        bool allPass = gates.All(static gate => gate.GetProperty("status").GetString() == "pass");
+        Assert.Equal(allPass ? "ready" : "not-ready", document.GetProperty("decision").GetString());
+
+        string canary = File.ReadAllText(Path.Combine(root, "scripts/run-real-network-canary.sh"));
+        Assert.Contains("umask 077", canary, StringComparison.Ordinal);
+        Assert.Contains("client-expected-failure", canary, StringComparison.Ordinal);
+        Assert.Contains("exit_code\" -eq 12", canary, StringComparison.Ordinal);
+        Assert.Contains(".addressFamily == $family", canary, StringComparison.Ordinal);
+        Assert.Contains("identifiers:\"not-in-summary\"", canary, StringComparison.Ordinal);
+        Assert.DoesNotContain("jq -c . \"$raw_log\"", canary, StringComparison.Ordinal);
+
+        string checker = File.ReadAllText(Path.Combine(root, "eng/check_production_readiness.py"));
+        Assert.Contains("return 3", checker, StringComparison.Ordinal);
+        Assert.Contains("FORBIDDEN_KEY_PARTS", checker, StringComparison.Ordinal);
+        Assert.Contains("decision must be", checker, StringComparison.Ordinal);
+        Assert.Contains("candidate capacity evidence", checker, StringComparison.Ordinal);
+        Assert.Contains("rendezvous-external-gate-attestation", checker, StringComparison.Ordinal);
+        Assert.Contains("does not resolve to a repository evidence file", checker, StringComparison.Ordinal);
+    }
+
     private static string Property(XDocument document, string name) =>
         document.Descendants(name).Single().Value;
 

tests/FinalFactory.Rendezvous.Tests/Sessions/SessionHttpEndpointTests.cs

@@ -28,7 +28,8 @@ public sealed class SessionHttpEndpointTests
     {
         ManualRendezvousClock clock = new(ProvisioningTestData.Now);
         EphemeralStoreOptions stateOptions = new();
-        InMemoryEphemeralRendezvousStore store = new(stateOptions, clock, clock);
+        SessionChangeJournal changes = new(new SessionChangeJournalOptions());
+        InMemoryEphemeralRendezvousStore store = new(stateOptions, clock, clock, changes);
         EphemeralCapabilityIssuer capabilities = new();
         ProvisioningRuntime provisioning = ProvisioningRuntime.Create(
             ProvisioningTestData.CreateOptions(),
@@ -57,7 +58,10 @@ public sealed class SessionHttpEndpointTests
         builder.Services.AddSingleton(SessionLeaseTiming.From(stateOptions));
         builder.Services.AddSingleton<SessionLeaseService>();
         builder.Services.AddSingleton<SessionBrowserCursorCodec>();
+        builder.Services.AddSingleton<SessionStreamCursorCodec>();
+        builder.Services.AddSingleton(changes);
         builder.Services.AddSingleton<SessionBrowserService>();
+        builder.Services.AddSingleton<SessionStreamService>();
         await using WebApplication app = builder.Build();
         app.UseExceptionHandler();
         app.UseMiddleware<HttpAbuseProtectionMiddleware>();

tests/FinalFactory.Rendezvous.Tests/State/EphemeralStateTestData.cs

@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 using FinalFactory.Rendezvous.Contracts;
+using FinalFactory.Rendezvous.Server.Browser;
 using FinalFactory.Rendezvous.Server.State;
 
 namespace FinalFactory.Rendezvous.Tests.State;
@@ -24,10 +25,12 @@ internal sealed class EphemeralStateFixture
 {
     private int _sequence;
 
-    public EphemeralStateFixture(EphemeralStoreOptions? options = null)
+    public EphemeralStateFixture(
+        EphemeralStoreOptions? options = null,
+        SessionChangeJournal? changes = null)
     {
         Clock = new();
-        Store = new(options ?? new EphemeralStoreOptions(), Clock, Clock);
+        Store = new(options ?? new EphemeralStoreOptions(), Clock, Clock, changes);
     }
 
     public ManualRendezvousClock Clock { get; }

tests/FinalFactory.Rendezvous.Tests/TestClient/TestClientCommandTests.cs

@@ -59,6 +59,29 @@ public sealed class TestClientCommandTests
         Assert.Equal(130, (int)TestClientExitCode.Cancelled);
     }
 
+    [Fact]
+    public void WatchModeSupportsBoundedRuntimeAndDeliberateRecoveryExercisesOnly()
+    {
+        TestClientParseResult reset = TestClientOptionParser.Parse(
+            ["watch", "--run-seconds", "30", "--exercise-reset", "--script", "--json"]);
+        Assert.True(reset.Succeeded, reset.Error);
+        TestClientOptions resetOptions = Assert.IsType<TestClientOptions>(reset.Options);
+        Assert.Equal(TestClientMode.Watch, resetOptions.Mode);
+        Assert.Equal(TimeSpan.FromSeconds(30), resetOptions.RunDuration);
+        Assert.True(resetOptions.ExerciseReset);
+
+        TestClientParseResult reconnect = TestClientOptionParser.Parse(
+            ["watch", "--exercise-reconnect", "--script"]);
+        Assert.True(reconnect.Succeeded, reconnect.Error);
+        Assert.True(Assert.IsType<TestClientOptions>(reconnect.Options).ExerciseReconnect);
+
+        Assert.False(TestClientOptionParser.Parse(["browse", "--exercise-reconnect"]).Succeeded);
+        Assert.False(TestClientOptionParser.Parse(["browse", "--exercise-reset"]).Succeeded);
+        Assert.False(TestClientOptionParser.Parse(
+            ["watch", "--exercise-reconnect", "--exercise-reset"]).Succeeded);
+        Assert.False(TestClientOptionParser.Parse(["join", "--run-seconds", "30"]).Succeeded);
+    }
+
     [Fact]
     public void HostFailureBudgetStopsAuthorityLossAndBoundsTransientRetries()
     {

tests/FinalFactory.Rendezvous.Tests/TestClient/TestClientProcessIntegrationTests.cs

@@ -178,12 +178,17 @@ public sealed class TestClientProcessIntegrationTests
         Assert.Contains(
             join.JsonEvents(),
             item => item.GetProperty("event").GetString() == "join.connected"
-                && item.GetProperty("endpointType").GetString() is "loopback" or "private");
+                && item.GetProperty("endpointType").GetString() is "loopback" or "private"
+                && item.GetProperty("addressFamily").GetString() == "ipv4");
         Assert.True(join.HasEvent("join.punch", "started"), join.DiagnosticText());
         Assert.True(join.HasEvent("join.direct-connect", "started"), join.DiagnosticText());
         Assert.True(join.HasEvent("join.direct-traffic", "verified"), join.DiagnosticText());
         Assert.True(join.HasEvent("join.outcome-report", "accepted"), join.DiagnosticText());
         Assert.True(host.HasEvent("host.direct-traffic", "verified"), host.DiagnosticText());
+        Assert.Contains(
+            host.JsonEvents(),
+            item => item.GetProperty("event").GetString() == "host.direct-traffic"
+                && item.GetProperty("addressFamily").GetString() == "ipv4");
         Assert.True(host.HasEvent("host.punch", "started"), host.DiagnosticText());
         Assert.True(host.HasEvent("host.direct-connect", "connected"), host.DiagnosticText());
         Assert.True(host.HasEvent("host.deregistered", "complete"), host.DiagnosticText());

tests/FinalFactory.Rendezvous.Tests/TestData/Contracts/v1/browse-sessions.json

@@ -1 +1 @@
-{"contractVersion":1,"items":[{"contractVersion":1,"listingId":"00112233-4455-6677-8899-aabbccddeeff","gameId":"space-game","environmentId":"production","regionId":"eu-central","protocolVersion":7,"buildVersion":"1.4.2","displayName":"Europa Relay","visibility":"public","publisherTrustMode":"managedDedicated","capacity":{"currentPlayers":2,"maximumPlayers":8},"metadata":{"mode":"co-op","map":"europa"}}],"nextCursor":"cursor-002"}
+{"contractVersion":1,"items":[{"contractVersion":1,"listingId":"00112233-4455-6677-8899-aabbccddeeff","gameId":"space-game","environmentId":"production","regionId":"eu-central","protocolVersion":7,"buildVersion":"1.4.2","displayName":"Europa Relay","visibility":"public","publisherTrustMode":"managedDedicated","capacity":{"currentPlayers":2,"maximumPlayers":8},"metadata":{"mode":"co-op","map":"europa"}}],"nextCursor":"cursor-002","streamCursor":"stream-cursor-002"}

tests/FinalFactory.Rendezvous.Tests/TestData/Contracts/v1/client-public-api.txt

@@ -40,6 +40,7 @@ TYPE FinalFactory.Rendezvous.Client.IRendezvousSessionBrowserClient
   METHOD System.Threading.Tasks.Task<FinalFactory.Rendezvous.Client.RendezvousClientResult<System.Collections.Generic.IReadOnlyList<FinalFactory.Rendezvous.Contracts.SessionListing>>> BrowseAllAsync(FinalFactory.Rendezvous.Contracts.BrowseSessionsRequest request, System.Int32 maximumPages, System.Threading.CancellationToken cancellationToken)
   METHOD System.Threading.Tasks.Task<FinalFactory.Rendezvous.Client.RendezvousClientResult<FinalFactory.Rendezvous.Contracts.BrowseSessionsResponse>> BrowseAsync(FinalFactory.Rendezvous.Contracts.BrowseSessionsRequest request, System.Threading.CancellationToken cancellationToken)
   METHOD System.Threading.Tasks.Task<FinalFactory.Rendezvous.Client.RendezvousClientResult<FinalFactory.Rendezvous.Contracts.GetSessionResponse>> GetAsync(FinalFactory.Rendezvous.Contracts.SessionListingId listingId, FinalFactory.Rendezvous.Contracts.GameId gameId, FinalFactory.Rendezvous.Contracts.EnvironmentId environmentId, System.UInt32 protocolVersion, System.Threading.CancellationToken cancellationToken)
+  METHOD System.Collections.Generic.IAsyncEnumerable<FinalFactory.Rendezvous.Client.RendezvousClientResult<FinalFactory.Rendezvous.Contracts.SessionStreamEvent>> StreamAsync(FinalFactory.Rendezvous.Contracts.BrowseSessionsRequest request, System.String streamCursor, System.Threading.CancellationToken cancellationToken)
 TYPE FinalFactory.Rendezvous.Client.LeaseMaintenanceResult
   PROP FinalFactory.Rendezvous.Contracts.RendezvousErrorCode Error {get;}
   PROP FinalFactory.Rendezvous.Client.LeaseMaintenanceStopReason Reason {get;}
@@ -212,6 +213,7 @@ TYPE FinalFactory.Rendezvous.Client.RendezvousSessionBrowserClient
   METHOD System.Threading.Tasks.Task<FinalFactory.Rendezvous.Client.RendezvousClientResult<System.Collections.Generic.IReadOnlyList<FinalFactory.Rendezvous.Contracts.SessionListing>>> BrowseAllAsync(FinalFactory.Rendezvous.Contracts.BrowseSessionsRequest request, System.Int32 maximumPages, System.Threading.CancellationToken cancellationToken)
   METHOD System.Threading.Tasks.Task<FinalFactory.Rendezvous.Client.RendezvousClientResult<FinalFactory.Rendezvous.Contracts.BrowseSessionsResponse>> BrowseAsync(FinalFactory.Rendezvous.Contracts.BrowseSessionsRequest request, System.Threading.CancellationToken cancellationToken)
   METHOD System.Threading.Tasks.Task<FinalFactory.Rendezvous.Client.RendezvousClientResult<FinalFactory.Rendezvous.Contracts.GetSessionResponse>> GetAsync(FinalFactory.Rendezvous.Contracts.SessionListingId listingId, FinalFactory.Rendezvous.Contracts.GameId gameId, FinalFactory.Rendezvous.Contracts.EnvironmentId environmentId, System.UInt32 protocolVersion, System.Threading.CancellationToken cancellationToken)
+  METHOD System.Collections.Generic.IAsyncEnumerable<FinalFactory.Rendezvous.Client.RendezvousClientResult<FinalFactory.Rendezvous.Contracts.SessionStreamEvent>> StreamAsync(FinalFactory.Rendezvous.Contracts.BrowseSessionsRequest request, System.String streamCursor, System.Threading.CancellationToken cancellationToken)
 TYPE FinalFactory.Rendezvous.Client.SessionLeaseMaintainer
   EVENT System.EventHandler LeaseLost
   METHOD System.Threading.Tasks.ValueTask DisposeAsync()

tests/FinalFactory.Rendezvous.Tests/TestData/Contracts/v1/contracts-public-api.txt

@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@ TYPE FinalFactory.Rendezvous.Contracts.BrowseSessionsResponse
   PROP System.Int32 ContractVersion {get;set;}
   PROP System.Collections.Generic.List<FinalFactory.Rendezvous.Contracts.SessionListing> Items {get;set;}
   PROP System.String NextCursor {get;set;}
+  PROP System.String StreamCursor {get;set;}
 TYPE FinalFactory.Rendezvous.Contracts.ConnectionElapsedBucket
   ENUM UnderOneSecond=1
   ENUM OneToFiveSeconds=2
@@ -84,6 +85,7 @@ TYPE FinalFactory.Rendezvous.Contracts.ContractLimits
   FIELD System.Int32 OpaqueHttpCredentialMaxCharacters=1024
   FIELD System.Int32 RegionIdMaxCharacters=32
   FIELD System.Int32 SessionCapacityMaxPlayers=10000
+  FIELD System.Int32 SessionStreamEventMaxBytes=32768
   FIELD System.Int32 UdpCapabilityMaxCharacters=192
   FIELD System.Int32 UdpDatagramMaxBytes=1200
 TYPE FinalFactory.Rendezvous.Contracts.ContractValidation
@@ -345,6 +347,18 @@ TYPE FinalFactory.Rendezvous.Contracts.SessionListingId
   METHOD System.Boolean TryParse(System.String value, FinalFactory.Rendezvous.Contracts.SessionListingId& id)
   METHOD System.Boolean op_Equality(FinalFactory.Rendezvous.Contracts.SessionListingId left, FinalFactory.Rendezvous.Contracts.SessionListingId right)
   METHOD System.Boolean op_Inequality(FinalFactory.Rendezvous.Contracts.SessionListingId left, FinalFactory.Rendezvous.Contracts.SessionListingId right)
+TYPE FinalFactory.Rendezvous.Contracts.SessionStreamEvent
+  CTOR ()
+  PROP System.Int32 ContractVersion {get;set;}
+  PROP System.String Cursor {get;set;}
+  PROP FinalFactory.Rendezvous.Contracts.SessionStreamEventKind Kind {get;set;}
+  PROP System.Nullable<FinalFactory.Rendezvous.Contracts.SessionListingId> ListingId {get;set;}
+  PROP FinalFactory.Rendezvous.Contracts.SessionListing Session {get;set;}
+TYPE FinalFactory.Rendezvous.Contracts.SessionStreamEventKind
+  ENUM SessionUpsert=1
+  ENUM SessionRemove=2
+  ENUM Reset=3
+  ENUM Keepalive=4
 TYPE FinalFactory.Rendezvous.Contracts.UdpDecodeError
   ENUM None=0
   ENUM DatagramTooLarge=1
@@ -371,3 +385,6 @@ TYPE FinalFactory.Rendezvous.Contracts.UpdateSessionRequest
   PROP System.String DisplayName {get;set;}
   PROP System.String LeaseToken {get;set;}
   PROP System.Collections.Generic.Dictionary<System.String,System.String> Metadata {get;set;}
+  PROP System.Nullable<System.UInt32> ProtocolVersion {get;set;}
+  PROP System.Nullable<FinalFactory.Rendezvous.Contracts.RegionId> RegionId {get;set;}
+  PROP System.Nullable<FinalFactory.Rendezvous.Contracts.ListingVisibility> Visibility {get;set;}