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+# Agent — Decisions
+
+## Settled
+- semantic readiness is real workload readiness, not mere process liveness.
+- readiness-aware start/restart behavior should not be bypassed.
+- guarded mutating operations should remain serialized.
+- local Minecraft backups are an agent responsibility.
+- PBS / platform backups are a separate durability/disaster-recovery layer.
+- do not conflate app-aware rollback backups with infra/offsite backup strategy.
+
+## Backup-specific
+- current local game backup scope is Minecraft only.
+- pre-restore checkpoint is the first restore-safety hardening step.
+- remote/offsite syncing should not be added to agent if that responsibility belongs to PBS/platform.
+
+## Tracking rule
+- when Agent work completes, remove it from `OPEN_ITEMS.md`
+- if it changes long-lived runtime/recovery assumptions, update `CURRENT_STATE.md` or this file