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+# M03-RND-M2-PROTOTYPE-CACHE-001 — M2 prototype cache state
+
+<!-- OPENWC_CLAIM:M03-RND-M2-PROTOTYPE-CACHE-001:sindo-main-codex:2026-07-20 -->
+
+## Ownership
+
+- Target: M03
+- Program: RND
+- Owner/Agent ID: sindo-main-codex
+- Branch: `work/sindo-main-codex/m03-m2-prototype-cache`
+- Lease expires UTC: 2026-07-20
+- Integrator: M03 milestone integrator
+
+## Outcome
+
+Extract static/animated detached M2 prototype references plus missing-model and
+static-animation negative outcomes from `StreamingWorldLoader` into one explicit
+shutdown-lifetime cache-state service.
+
+## Non-goals
+
+- Choose `.tscn/.glb` paths, call ResourceLoader/native loaders or build Nodes.
+- Own animation/Mesh request queues, Mesh resources, materials or MultiMeshes.
+- Change candidate/allowlist/denylist rules, fallback order or visible behavior.
+- Add persistence, eviction, async work, dependencies or cache-format changes.
+
+## Paths
+
+- Exclusive: `src/render/m2/m2_prototype_cache_state.gd`,
+  `src/tools/verify_m2_prototype_cache_state.gd`,
+  `docs/modules/m2-prototype-cache-state.md`, this claim
+- Shared/hotspots: `src/scenes/streaming/streaming_world_loader.gd`, runtime
+  cache shutdown/M2 raw/finalizer/extractor/pipeline/material/animation verifiers
+  and module specs, `docs/modules/world-renderer.md`, `docs/modules/README.md`,
+  `RENDER.md`, `targets/03-renderer-facade.md`
+- Generated/ignored: `.godot`, native DLL, generated M2 resources, caches and
+  proprietary renderer corpus
+
+## Contracts and data
+
+- Normalized non-empty paths key static and animated detached `Node3D` prototypes.
+- Missing-model and static-animation outcomes are independent path sets.
+- Exact cached Node reference is returned; first adoption for an occupied path wins.
+- Shutdown frees valid detached nodes synchronously, queues in-tree nodes for free,
+  clears all four states and remains idempotent.
+- Map refresh retains the state exactly as before; only final shutdown clears it.
+
+## Dependencies
+
+- Requires: accepted raw model repository package on master `ca77d32`
+- Blocks: remaining M2 animation request/materialization extraction
+- External state: none; verification uses synthetic Node3D instances
+
+## Verification
+
+- Commands: dedicated admission/identity/independence/duplicate/free/source/timing
+  verifier; runtime shutdown/raw/finalizer/extractor/cache/pipeline/material/
+  animation/M2 build/facade/internal-access/manifest, docs and coordination gates
+- Fixtures: detached and in-tree synthetic Node3D prototypes
+- Fidelity evidence: all existing lookup/store/negative/clear caller transitions
+- Performance budget: 100 cycles over 256 path-state operations under 1 second
+
+## Documentation deliverables
+
+- Inline public API docs
+- Module specification with inputs/outputs, ownership and source map
+- Data-flow, lifecycle/state, sequence and dependency diagrams
+- Adjacent M2/world-renderer/module-registry/RENDER updates
+
+## Simplicity and naming
+
+- Important name introduced: `M2PrototypeCacheState`
+- Simplest solution: one main-thread RefCounted with two Node maps and two path sets
+- Rejected complexity: generic Node cache, signals, callbacks, eviction policy,
+  weak references, async cleanup or dependency injection
+- Unavoidable complexity: detached Nodes require explicit free at final shutdown
+- Measured optimization evidence: bounded synthetic cache-cycle loop
+
+## Status
+
+- State: claimed
+- Done: four cache tables and all caller/lifecycle sites identified
+- Next: implement state service, migrate adapters, verify and document
+- Blocked by:
+
+## Handoff
+
+- Commit:
+- Results:
+- Remaining risks:
+- Documentation updated: