Updated documentation to v3 which will focus on capturing prompt/response interactions with AI.

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+# System Architecture (Version 3)
+
+This document describes the V3 production architecture of the personal historical-document transcription system.
+
+## Architecture Objectives
+
+* Preserve source material as immutable transcribed text alongside page-level spatial AI metadata and complete provider API envelopes.
+* Support batching multi-image and folder uploads cleanly into sequential pages (`page_number`).
+* Capture complete input prompt provenance (`system_prompt`, `user_prompt`, `prompt_hash`) and execution parameters (`temperature`, `top_p`) at the page execution level (`JobSource`).
+* Leverage asynchronous worker pools (`asyncio`) for parallel single-image API execution bounded by rate limiters (`asyncio.Semaphore`).
+* Maintain relational database portability across engines (SQLite for development/testing, PostgreSQL for production) using SQLModel and generic JSON abstraction layers.
+* Verify image asset integrity via SHA-256 file hashing (`file_hash`) while storing binary assets on the local filesystem.
+* Standardize all data validation, API parsing, and database models on **Pydantic V2** and **SQLModel**.
+* Support rich historical attribution (multi-author and multi-recipient relationships via `DocumentPerson`).
+
+## Runtime Topology
+
+The V3 runtime operates as an asynchronous Python application:
+
+* FastAPI + NiceGUI web application process.
+* In-process `asyncio` background task orchestrator for parallel API execution.
+* Relational persistence via SQLModel / SQLAlchemy (SQLite engine in local development/testing, PostgreSQL engine in production).
+* Pydantic V2 validation layer wrapping API payloads, prompt configurations, and JSON metadata schemas.
+
+^^^mermaid
+flowchart LR
+U[Browser User] --> A[FastAPI + NiceGUI App]
+A --> W[Asyncio Worker Engine]
+A --> DB[(Relational DB\nSQLite / PostgreSQL)]
+W --> P[Vision Provider APIs\nOpenAI / Claude / OpenRouter]
+W --> DB
+^^^
+
+## Lifecycle Ownership
+
+Application lifespan owns runtime setup/teardown:
+
+* Initialize environment logging, directory paths, and Pydantic configuration.
+* Manage asynchronous database engine connection pools (`aiosqlite` or `asyncpg`).
+* Execute database bootstrap (`SQLModel.metadata.create_all()`) or migrations.
+* Recover stale or interrupted processing jobs on startup.
+* Manage graceful shutdown of active `asyncio` worker pools.
+
+## Layered Module Structure
+
+### Interface Layer
+
+* `src/transcription/ui/**` (NiceGUI pages, multi-page renderers, person cards)
+* `src/transcription/api/**` (FastAPI routes and JSON error handlers)
+
+### Application & Async Worker Layer
+
+* `src/transcription/services/workflows.py`
+* `src/transcription/worker.py`
+
+Responsibilities:
+
+* Batch orchestration and status transitions (`queued` -> `processing` -> `completed` | `partial_success` | `failed`).
+* Parallel single-image API execution using `asyncio.gather` bounded by `asyncio.Semaphore`.
+* Page-level prompt construction, logging full `system_prompt` and `user_prompt` to `JobSource`.
+* Pydantic schema parsing and validation prior to database storage.
+
+### Domain & Service Layer
+
+* `src/transcription/db/models.py` (SQLModel schema definitions for Document, Source, Job, JobSource, Person, DocumentPerson)
+* `src/transcription/services/*.py` (Transactional operations for `Document`, `Person`, `Source`, `Job`, and `JobSource`)
+
+### Infrastructure Layer
+
+* `src/transcription/db/**` (Async database session factory, engine creation, and JSON dialect abstractions)
+* `src/transcription/providers/**` (OpenAI, Anthropic, and OpenRouter Vision SDK adapters)
+
+## Processing Workflow
+
+1. User uploads a folder or batch of images for a `Document`.
+2. System hashes each image file (SHA-256), writes image files to filesystem storage, and creates `Document`, `Job(status='queued')`, and ordered `Source` pages (`page_number = 1..N`).
+3. Worker claims job, sets `Job.status = 'processing'`, and spawns parallel `asyncio` tasks bounded by semaphore.
+4. Each task builds page-specific system/user prompts and calls Vision API for a **single** `Source` image.
+5. On task completion:
+* Writes a `JobSource` record containing `status='transcribed'`, `raw_transcription`, complete input details (`prompt_name`, `prompt_hash`, `system_prompt`, `user_prompt`, `temperature`, `top_p`), operational `ai_metadata`, and complete unedited `raw_api_response`.
+* Caches active output text to `Source.raw_transcription`.
+
+
+6. On page failure:
+* Writes `JobSource` record with `status='failed'`, recorded prompt inputs, and `error_detail`.
+
+
+7. Once all page tasks resolve:
+* Marks `Job.status` as `completed` (100% success), `partial_success` (at least 1 success, 1 failure), or `failed` (all failed).
+
+
+
+## Domain Ownership & Invariants
+
+* **Immutable AI Outputs:** `source.raw_transcription` and `job_source.raw_transcription` store original, point-in-time machine output and are immutable.
+* **Complete Input & Output Provenance:** Every `job_source` record contains both the exact input configuration sent to the model and the complete REST response envelope returned.
+* **Inlined Revisions:** Human corrections occur on `source.revised_text`. UI renders `COALESCE(revised_text, raw_transcription)`.
+* **Sequential Integrity:** Multi-page documents are strictly ordered by `source.page_number ASC`.
+* **Page Execution Isolation:** A failure on one page image does not invalidate successful transcriptions on sister pages in the same batch job.
+
+## Data Model Summary
+
+* `Document` has many `Source` pages, many `Job` runs, and many `Person` records via `DocumentPerson` junction (`author` or `recipient`).
+* `Source` belongs to one `Document` and can be processed across many `JobSource` executions.
+* `Job` has many `JobSource` execution records.
+* `JobSource` holds page-level prompts, parameters, execution status, and raw response JSON.
+
+## Test Strategy
+
+* Unit tests for SQLModel/Pydantic V2 models, JSON cross-dialect serialization, and file hashing functions.
+* Integration tests for async database connection handling, session management, and queries.
+* Async workflow tests using mock AI providers to verify `partial_success`, page-level failure isolation, and retry logic.
+* UI integration tests for multi-page rendering and person attribution management.
+
+---
+
+## Technology References
+
+* [FastAPI documentation](https://fastapi.tiangolo.com/)
+* [NiceGUI documentation](https://nicegui.io/documentation)
+* [SQLModel documentation](https://sqlmodel.tiangolo.com/)
+* [SQLAlchemy Async I/O documentation](https://docs.sqlalchemy.org/en/20/orm/extensions/asyncio.html)
+* [Python asyncio](https://www.google.com/search?q=https://docs.python.org/3/library/asyncio.html%23module-asyncio)
+* [Pydantic Validation](https://pydantic.dev/docs/validation/latest/get-started/)
+
+## Related Local References
+
+- [System Overview](index_v2.md)
+- [System Design Intent](invariant/intent.md)
+- [Transcription Methodology](invariant/transcription_methodology.md)
+- System Architecture (this document)
+- [System Requirements](requirements_v2.md)
+- [Data model](schema_v2.md)
+- [Error Handling Policy](error_handling_v2.md)
+- [Implementation Plan](implementation_plan_v2.md)
+
+
+
+
+

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+# Error Handling Policy (Version 3)
+
+This document defines the canonical error-handling policy for the v3 document transcription system.
+
+## Error Handling Objectives
+
+* Make failures visible in clear, actionable language at both the document and individual page levels.
+* Support **isolated failure handling** in multi-image batches so single page errors do not crash an entire batch job.
+* Preserve diagnostic detail (Pydantic validation errors, raw provider REST envelopes, exact input prompts) in generic database JSON structures for fast troubleshooting.
+* Ensure consistent error envelope structure across API, UI, and async worker boundaries.
+
+## Scope And Authority
+
+Governs error behavior across NiceGUI pages, FastAPI routes, service orchestration, `asyncio` background tasks, database interactions, and AI provider adapters.
+
+## Error Taxonomy
+
+| Category | Definition | Retriable |
+| --- | --- | --- |
+| `validation_error` | Pydantic payload or parameter schema validation failure | no |
+| `user_input_error` | Unacceptable user file (unsupported image type, corrupt file) | no |
+| `not_found_error` | Requested resource (`Document`, `Source`, `Person`, `Job`) missing | no |
+| `conflict_error` | Operation violates state constraints (e.g., duplicate `document_person` role) | no |
+| `external_provider_error` | AI Provider API failure (rate limit, vision execution error) | yes |
+| `infrastructure_transient_error` | Temporary DB connection reset or HTTP timeout | yes |
+| `infrastructure_persistent_error` | Database down, missing API credentials, misconfiguration | no |
+| `internal_unexpected_error` | Uncaught Python exception or logic defect | no |
+
+## Async Batch & Page-Level Error Behavior
+
+In multi-image `asyncio` batch processing:
+
+1. **Page Isolation:** Exceptions caught during individual page calls are trapped within the `asyncio` task wrapper.
+2. **Page Record Logging:** Page failure details, along with the prompt inputs and hyperparameters attempted, are written directly to `job_source.error_detail` and `job_source.status = 'failed'`.
+3. **Batch Aggregate State:**
+* If **all** page tasks succeed -> `job.status = 'completed'`.
+* If **some** page tasks fail -> `job.status = 'partial_success'`.
+* If **all** page tasks fail -> `job.status = 'failed'`.
+
+
+4. **Retry Strategy:** The UI exposes a "Retry Failed Pages" option for `partial_success` jobs, which spawns a new targeted `Job` containing *only* the `Source` IDs marked as `failed`.
+
+## API Error Response Contract
+
+API error responses return a structured JSON envelope:
+^^^json
+{
+"error_id": "err_uuid_12345",
+"category": "validation_error",
+"message": "The uploaded payload failed schema validation.",
+"suggestion": "Check file format and metadata fields, then try again.",
+"details": {
+"pydantic_errors": [...]
+},
+"timestamp": "2026-08-08T15:00:00Z"
+}
+^^^
+
+HTTP Status Mappings:
+
+* `validation_error`, `user_input_error` -> `400`
+* `not_found_error` -> `404`
+* `conflict_error` -> `409`
+* `external_provider_error` -> `502` / `503`
+* `infrastructure_transient_error` -> `503`
+* `infrastructure_persistent_error`, `internal_unexpected_error` -> `500`
+
+---
+
+## Technology References
+
+* [FastAPI documentation](https://fastapi.tiangolo.com/)
+* [NiceGUI documentation](https://nicegui.io/documentation)
+* [SQLModel documentation](https://sqlmodel.tiangolo.com/)
+* [Python asyncio](https://www.google.com/search?q=https://docs.python.org/3/library/asyncio.html%23module-asyncio)
+* [Pydantic Validation](https://pydantic.dev/docs/validation/latest/get-started/)
+
+## Related Local References
+
+- [System Overview](index_v3.md)
+- [System Design Intent](invariant/intent.md)
+- [Transcription Methodology](invariant/transcription_methodology.md)
+- [System Architecture](architecture_v3.md)
+- [System Requirements](requirements_v3.md)
+- [Data model](schema_v3.md)
+- Error Handling Policy (this document)
+- [Implementation Plan](implementation_plan_v3.md)

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+# Implementation Plan (Version 3)
+
+## Goal
+
+Replace the current v2 SQLModel schema with the approved v3 schema and make sure every database operation works through the existing async SQLAlchemy/SQLModel session layer.
+
+Use a fresh database. There will be no migrations, data conversion, legacy compatibility shims, or parallel v2/v3 code paths.
+
+## Current Project Impact
+
+* `src/transcription/db/models.py` defines the SQLModel tables. It must be updated to match the approved v3 schema (`Document`, `Person`, `DocumentPerson`, `Source`, `Job`, `JobSource`).
+* The v3 target adds input provenance fields (`prompt_name`, `prompt_hash`, `system_prompt`, `user_prompt`, `temperature`, `top_p`) and full output payloads (`raw_api_response`, `ai_metadata`) to `JobSource`.
+* The v3 target adds image asset verification fields (`file_hash`, `file_size_bytes`) to `Source`.
+* Database operations must utilize the `JSONBCompat` decorator to remain database-agnostic (SQLite for local development/testing and PostgreSQL for production).
+* Async CRUD lives in `DocumentService`, `JobService`, `TranscriptionService`, and upload helpers. Their queries and relationship loading must be updated for v3 fields.
+
+## Implementation
+
+### 1. Update the Schema and Domain Models
+
+* Replace the models in `src/transcription/db/models.py` with the approved v3 tables, enums, relationships, foreign keys, constraints, and indexes.
+* Ensure all JSON fields use `JSONBCompat` for dialect portability across SQLite and PostgreSQL.
+* Keep `SQLModel.metadata.create_all()` as the schema bootstrap for fresh databases.
+* Delete `_ensure_sqlite_compat_columns()` and all legacy schema patching from `src/transcription/db/operations.py`.
+* Keep the Python models and `docs/schema_v3.md` perfectly synchronized.
+
+### 2. Update Data Services and Async Worker Layer
+
+* Update `JobService` and worker tasks (`worker.py`) to construct and save page-level input prompt fields (`prompt_name`, `prompt_hash`, `system_prompt`, `user_prompt`, `temperature`, `top_p`) directly onto `JobSource` records upon execution.
+* Update `TranscriptionService` and provider adapters to store the complete unedited API REST response dictionary into `job_source.raw_api_response` alongside operational metrics in `job_source.ai_metadata`.
+* Update upload handlers to calculate and store file metadata (`file_hash` via SHA-256, `file_size_bytes`) on `Source` records during file ingestion.
+
+### 3. Update Integration Tests and Mock AI Providers
+
+* Update mock provider fixtures in test suites to return realistic complete API response envelopes.
+* Verify test coverage for `JSONBCompat` field writes and reads under SQLite in-memory test databases.
+* Add assertions in async workflow tests to verify page-level prompt provenance and failure isolation on `JobSource`.
+
+### 4. Update the UI for the v3 Schema
+
+* Review the UI components and views displaying document, job, person, and source data so they reference v3 schema properties instead of v2 relationships.
+* Ensure the UI correctly renders `COALESCE(revised_text, raw_transcription)` for page viewing and inline editing.
+* Ensure the "Retry Failed Pages" UI action spawns targeted jobs correctly using page-level `JobSource` failure states.
+* Consider the guidance in `docs/ui_style_guide.md` when making UI changes so updated views remain consistent with the project’s visual conventions.
+
+## Done When
+
+* A fresh database is created directly from the v3 SQLModel metadata.
+* Full input/output provenance is captured on `JobSource` for every AI execution task.
+* The focused tests and full test suite pass on both SQLite and PostgreSQL backends.
+
+## Out of Scope
+
+* Database migrations or preservation of v2 data
+* Legacy compatibility code
+* UI redesign, batch orchestration, worker concurrency, deployment, and operational runbooks
+ 
+---
+
+## Related Local References
+
+- [System Overview](index_v3.md)
+- [System Design Intent](invariant/intent.md)
+- [Transcription Methodology](invariant/transcription_methodology.md)
+- [System Architecture](architecture_v3.md)
+- [System Requirements](requirements_v3.md)
+- [Data model](schema_v3.md)
+- [Error Handling Policy](error_handling_v3.md)
+- Implementation Plan (this document)
+
+
+

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+# Document Transcription System Overview (Version 3)
+
+This project is a personal-scale application for transcribing, indexing, and preserving historical family documents, letters, postcards, and journals.
+
+## Start Here
+
+Read [architecture_v3.md](https://www.google.com/search?q=architecture_v3.md) first for technical overview and system design.
+
+## Core V3 Capabilities
+
+* **Folder & Multi-Image Ingestion:** Upload one or more images that map sequentially (`page_number`) under a single `Document`.
+* **Parallel Async AI Vision Engine:** Concurrently process single-page image transcriptions using Python `asyncio` bounded by rate limiters.
+* **Portable Relational Storage:** Flexible relational persistence using SQLModel and SQLAlchemy supporting SQLite during local development/testing and PostgreSQL in production.
+* **Complete Auditability & Provenance:** Capture full input prompts (`system_prompt`, `user_prompt`), hyperparameters (`temperature`, `top_p`), operational metrics (`ai_metadata`), and full provider response envelopes (`raw_api_response`) on every page execution (`JobSource`).
+* **Asset Integrity Tracking:** Calculate and store cryptographic hashes (SHA-256) and file sizes on `Source` image records while preserving clean filesystem storage.
+* **Pydantic V2 Validation:** End-to-end type safety, DB row mapping, and JSON payload validation.
+* **Historical Person Management:** Track authors and recipients across documents with rich biographical entities (`Person`).
+* **Page-Level Execution Auditing & Revisions:** Store immutable point-in-time machine output per run while enabling inline human corrections (`revised_text`).
+* **Partial Failure Recovery:** Bounded batch execution that isolates single-page API errors (`partial_success`) for simple retries.
+
+## Technical Stack
+
+* **Application Web Framework:** FastAPI + NiceGUI
+* **Persistence Engine:** SQLModel / SQLAlchemy (SQLite for development/testing, PostgreSQL for production)
+* **Data Validation & Schemas:** Pydantic V2
+* **Concurrency & Workers:** Python `asyncio` worker pool with `asyncio.Semaphore`
+* **Vision Providers:** OpenAI, Anthropic, and OpenRouter Vision models via native SDK adapters
+
+---
+
+## Technology References
+
+* [FastAPI documentation](https://fastapi.tiangolo.com/)
+* [NiceGUI documentation](https://nicegui.io/documentation)
+* [SQLModel documentation](https://sqlmodel.tiangolo.com/)
+* [Python asyncio](https://www.google.com/search?q=https://docs.python.org/3/library/asyncio.html%23module-asyncio)
+* [Pydantic Validation](https://pydantic.dev/docs/validation/latest/get-started/)
+
+## Documentation Index
+
+- System Overview (this document)
+- [System Design Intent](invariant/intent.md)
+- [Transcription Methodology](invariant/transcription_methodology.md)
+- [System Architecture](architecture_v3.md)
+- [System Requirements](requirements_v3.md)
+- [Data model](schema_v3.md)
+- [Error Handling Policy](error_handling_v3.md)
+- [Implementation Plan](implementation_plan_v3.md)

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+# Document Transcription System Requirements (Version 3)
+
+This document captures the **Version 3 baseline requirements** for the production implementation.
+
+## Requirements Model
+
+| ID | Category | Requirement | Verify Method |
+| --- | --- | --- | --- |
+| REQ-0 | System | Provide end-to-end multi-page document transcription with persistent, inspectable async job states. | demonstration |
+| REQ-1 | Functional | Allow users to upload multi-image batches as sequential `Source` pages under a `Document`. | test |
+| REQ-2 | Functional | Process multi-page jobs asynchronously using an `asyncio` worker pool bounded by rate limits. | test |
+| REQ-3 | Functional | Persist page-level execution parameters, full input prompts, and output responses (`system_prompt`, `user_prompt`, `raw_transcription`, `ai_metadata`, `raw_api_response`) on `JobSource`. | test |
+| REQ-4 | Functional | Support job states (`queued`, `processing`, `completed`, `partial_success`, `failed`) and page states (`pending`, `transcribed`, `failed`). | inspection |
+| REQ-5 | Functional | Allow users to manage historical `Person` records and link multiple authors/recipients to a `Document` via `DocumentPerson`. | test |
+| REQ-6 | Functional | Maintain immutable original machine output on `Source.raw_transcription` while permitting inline human edits on `Source.revised_text`. | test |
+| REQ-7 | Data Constraint | Support relational persistence via SQLModel/SQLAlchemy across database backends (SQLite for local testing/development and PostgreSQL for production). | inspection |
+| REQ-8 | Data Constraint | Validate all API requests, database rows, and JSON structures using Pydantic V2 schemas and SQLModel. | test |
+| REQ-9 | Interface | Render multi-page transcriptions sequentially by `page_number` in the web UI with author/recipient metadata. | demonstration |
+| REQ-10 | Operations | Allow operators to retry only failed pages for jobs in a `partial_success` state. | test |
+| REQ-11 | Data Constraint | Calculate and store cryptographic file hashes (SHA-256) and file sizes for uploaded source images to track asset integrity. | test |
+
+## Element Satisfaction Mapping
+
+* **UI (NiceGUI):** Satisfies REQ-1, REQ-5, REQ-6, REQ-9, REQ-10.
+* **API (FastAPI):** Satisfies REQ-1, REQ-4, REQ-5, REQ-8.
+* **WORKER (asyncio):** Satisfies REQ-2, REQ-3, REQ-4, REQ-10.
+* **PERSISTENCE (SQLModel/SQLAlchemy):** Satisfies REQ-3, REQ-6, REQ-7, REQ-11.
+* **MODELS (Pydantic V2 / SQLModel):** Satisfies REQ-8.
+
+---
+
+## Related Local References
+
+- [System Overview](index_v3.md)
+- [System Design Intent](invariant/intent.md)
+- [Transcription Methodology](invariant/transcription_methodology.md)
+- [System Architecture](architecture_v3.md)
+- System Requirements (this document)
+- [Data model](schema_v3.md)
+- [Error Handling Policy](error_handling_v3.md)
+- [Implementation Plan](implementation_plan_v3.md)
+
+

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+# Database Schema (Version 3)
+
+This document describes the relational schema for the transcription platform. It incorporates multi-image batch orchestration, page-level execution tracking, many-to-many author/recipient attribution, input prompt provenance capture, and raw API payload evidence for archival auditing.
+
+The schema uses generic JSON columns compatible with SQLite in local development and PostgreSQL native JSONB/UUID types in production.
+
+## Entity Relationship Diagram
+
+```mermaid
+erDiagram
+PERSON {
+UUID id PK
+TEXT full_name
+TEXT display_name
+TEXT maiden_name
+DATE birth_date
+TEXT birth_date_raw
+TEXT birth_place
+DATE death_date
+TEXT death_date_raw
+TEXT death_place
+TEXT biography
+TEXT portrait_path
+JSONB metadata
+TIMESTAMPTZ created_at
+TIMESTAMPTZ updated_at
+}
+
+DOCUMENT {
+    UUID id PK
+    TEXT name
+    TEXT document_type
+    DATE document_date
+    TEXT document_date_raw
+    TEXT location_created
+    TEXT notes
+    TEXT archive_identifier
+    TIMESTAMPTZ created_at
+    TIMESTAMPTZ updated_at
+}
+
+DOCUMENT_PERSON {
+    UUID id PK
+    UUID document_id FK
+    UUID person_id FK
+    VARCHAR role "author | recipient"
+    TIMESTAMPTZ created_at
+}
+
+JOB {
+    UUID id PK
+    UUID document_id FK
+    VARCHAR status "queued | processing | transcribed | completed | partial_success | failed"
+    INTEGER retry_count
+    TEXT provider
+    TEXT model
+    TIMESTAMPTZ date_created
+    TIMESTAMPTZ date_updated
+}
+
+SOURCE {
+    UUID id PK
+    UUID document_id FK
+    INTEGER page_number
+    TEXT upload_name
+    TEXT filename
+    TEXT file_path
+    TEXT file_hash
+    BIGINT file_size_bytes
+    TEXT raw_transcription
+    TEXT revised_text
+    TIMESTAMPTZ date_uploaded
+    TIMESTAMPTZ date_revised
+}
+
+JOB_SOURCE {
+    UUID id PK
+    UUID job_id FK
+    UUID source_id FK
+    VARCHAR status "pending | transcribed | failed"
+    TEXT raw_transcription
+    TEXT prompt_name
+    TEXT prompt_hash
+    TEXT system_prompt
+    TEXT user_prompt
+    FLOAT temperature
+    FLOAT top_p
+    JSONB ai_metadata
+    JSONB raw_api_response
+    TEXT error_detail
+    TIMESTAMPTZ executed_at
+}
+
+DOCUMENT ||--o{ DOCUMENT_PERSON : "has_people"
+PERSON ||--o{ DOCUMENT_PERSON : "participates_in"
+DOCUMENT ||--o{ JOB : "has_jobs"
+DOCUMENT ||--o{ SOURCE : "contains_pages"
+JOB ||--o{ JOB_SOURCE : "executes"
+SOURCE ||--o{ JOB_SOURCE : "processed_in"
+```
+
+## Domain Invariants & Provenance Rules
+
+### Page-Level Execution & AI Outputs
+
+* **Execution Granularity:** Every single image execution attempt by an AI model produces a dedicated record in `job_source`.
+* **Page-Level Input Provenance:** Every `job_source` execution captures its exact hyperparameters (`temperature`, `top_p`), prompt identifier details (`prompt_name`, `prompt_hash`), and full prompt text strings (`system_prompt`, `user_prompt`) used for that specific page call.
+* **Point-in-Time Output Auditability:** `job_source.raw_api_response` stores the complete, unedited provider REST response envelope for that specific image page call. `job_source.ai_metadata` stores spatial bounding boxes, normalized token usage, latency, and cost details for fast querying.
+* **Active Output Caching:** Upon successful completion of an image call, `source.raw_transcription` is updated with the latest output string from `job_source.raw_transcription` for fast UI rendering.
+
+### Image Storage & Integrity
+
+* **Filesystem Storage:** Binary images are stored on disk in the local file system. The `source` table holds the relative `file_path`.
+* **File Integrity Tracking:** `source` captures `file_hash` (SHA-256) and `file_size_bytes` at upload time to guarantee document file integrity and duplicate checking over long-term preservation.
+
+### Page Ordering & Revisions
+
+* **Sequential Integrity:** `source.page_number` dictates page ordering within a document. Reads assembling full documents must query `ORDER BY source.document_id, source.page_number ASC`.
+* **Inlined Human Corrections:** User edits occur at the page level inside `source.revised_text`. `source.raw_transcription` remains immutable. If `source.revised_text` is non-null, application frontends must render `source.revised_text`.
+
+### Async Job Lifecycle & Failure Isolation
+
+* **Batch Orchestrator:** A job represents an overarching execution run across one or more source images belonging to a document.
+* **Isolated Failures:** API requests run concurrently (e.g., using `asyncio`). A failure on page 3 does not invalidate successful transcriptions on page 1 or 2.
+* **Job States:**
+* `queued`: Created, awaiting worker execution.
+* `processing`: Concurrent HTTP tasks actively running.
+* `completed`: 100% of linked `job_source` tasks succeeded (`transcribed`).
+* `partial_success`: At least one `job_source` succeeded and at least one failed.
+* `failed`: All linked `job_source` tasks failed or a job-level runtime error occurred.
+
+
+
+### Attribution & Person Roles
+
+* **Multi-Person Roles:** Documents support zero, one, or many authors and recipients linked via `document_person`.
+* **Role Uniqueness:** `(document_id, person_id, role)` must be unique to prevent duplicate role tagging.