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@@ -26,6 +26,12 @@ Keep this file short.
 - resolve the dev console / shell workspace-boundary mismatch: current live validation shows hosted IDE and dev console work, but interactive shell traversal can still `cd ..` upward from `/home/dev/workspace`
 - make docs and implementation agree on whether workspace scoping is file-API-only or true interactive-shell confinement
 
+### Dev backup strategy
+- define dev-container backup ownership and user-facing restore contract
+- current likely direction: prefer LXC snapshot-based backup/restore for dev containers instead of agent-managed dev backups
+- keep game backup ownership separate from dev backup ownership unless that decision changes
+- confirm how snapshot creation, retention, restore UX, and API/Portal exposure should work for dev containers
+
 ### Service discovery / launch validation
 - service discovery migration for remaining hot-path references
 - provisioning validation across current API/Agent/Portal assumptions