diff --git a/docs/architecture/rfcs/ledger/shared-goal-authority-state-provider-v0/2026-09-28-retirement-cadence.md b/docs/architecture/rfcs/ledger/shared-goal-authority-state-provider-v0/2026-09-28-retirement-cadence.md
index a3425b9bef..418cd3f2cf 100644
--- a/docs/architecture/rfcs/ledger/shared-goal-authority-state-provider-v0/2026-09-28-retirement-cadence.md
+++ b/docs/architecture/rfcs/ledger/shared-goal-authority-state-provider-v0/2026-09-28-retirement-cadence.md
@@ -49,11 +49,12 @@ public CLI/import or serialized contracts. Retain public behavior tests; remove
 only characterization scaffolding whose retired implementation has no consumer.
 Deletion is code retirement, not deletion of users' state, receipts or backups.
 
-### Proposed T4 slice: unused Python lease/handoff facades
+### Merged T4 slice: unused Python lease/handoff facades
 
-Caller audit at `e240730ec` finds the following internal crossings unused by
-production. Native decision and transaction owners remain; this is independent
-of D2 qualification and default-entry adoption.
+The caller audit at `e240730ec` led to #5395, merged at `8474c8d86`.
+The following unused internal crossings are retired. Native decision and
+transaction owners remain; this is independent of D2 qualification and
+default-entry adoption.
 
 | Removed boundary | Last caller / replacement | Compatibility and validation |
 | --- | --- | --- |
@@ -65,9 +66,11 @@ of D2 qualification and default-entry adoption.
 `LeaseModeGateCommand` also remain because the semantic-vocabulary registry
 explicitly retains that input contract until its M4 review. This slice does not
 lower semantic coverage floors to discard a declared compatibility obligation.
-Old facade-only tests retire with their implementation; public/native behavior
+Old facade-only tests retired with their implementation; public/native behavior
 tests remain. Reverting this slice restores the internal crossing without a data
-conversion. Maintainer review is required; this proposal is not installed behavior.
+conversion. Local CLI adoption at `db3672f3c` verifies a clean source manifest,
+qualified SQLite runtime, current known authority formats and healthy canonical
+contract readback. This does not certify every installed Host or D2.
 
 ## Next delivery order
 
@@ -373,3 +376,24 @@ microbenchmark with fingerprint memoization explicitly cleared regressed from
 costs more when all bytes are already hot. Neither workload establishes a fleet
 latency guarantee. Whole-Goal payload/consumer work and sustained operation
 remain open; this increment authorizes no legacy-writer deletion or UI truncation.
+
+### File recovery receipt batches
+
+Archive restore and audit already use the provider-neutral 1–64 operation
+receipt batch contract. File now implements that contract with one exact-byte
+and store-identity proof per batch instead of rereading its envelope for each
+receipt. Caller order, duplicates, missing results and original receipt bodies
+remain intact; each returned body is detached. Invalid input or corrupt retained
+history rejects the batch. Array holes are rejected before storage access,
+including through the shared helper. Single-receipt error projection stays unchanged.
+
+On the same detached, restored 1,287-commit history, nine warm samples per arm
+on macOS arm64 / Node 24.21.0 reduce a 16-receipt File batch median from
+346.2 to 21.3 ms; the unchanged SQLite control measures 111.3 and 111.1 ms.
+Receipt results and authority heads match within each provider. These are warm
+component timings, not equivalent provider-integrity work, whole-restore latency,
+cold-read or D2/default qualification. File still rewrites the retained envelope
+on each restored commit; a prior full-history restore exceeded its caller's
+300-second timeout and later published an exact matching acknowledgement.
+That remaining recovery cost is not closed by this receipt-read optimization.
+The #4224 soak was started; its final evidence and applicability remain pending.
diff --git a/docs/architecture/rfcs/ledger/shared-goal-authority-state-provider-v0/2026-09-28-retirement-cadence.zh-CN.md b/docs/architecture/rfcs/ledger/shared-goal-authority-state-provider-v0/2026-09-28-retirement-cadence.zh-CN.md
index e5fd3dd600..d512f5fdf0 100644
--- a/docs/architecture/rfcs/ledger/shared-goal-authority-state-provider-v0/2026-09-28-retirement-cadence.zh-CN.md
+++ b/docs/architecture/rfcs/ledger/shared-goal-authority-state-provider-v0/2026-09-28-retirement-cadence.zh-CN.md
@@ -44,10 +44,11 @@ owner、持久兼容义务、正反例证据及回退方式，和不可变基线
 内部删除必要但不充分，不能忽略公开 CLI/import 和序列化契约。保留公共行为测试，
 只删没有消费者的旧实现专属 characterization。删的是代码，不是用户状态、回执和备份。
 
-### 提议的 T4 切片：已无调用方的 Python lease／handoff facade
+### 已合入的 T4 切片：已无调用方的 Python lease／handoff facade
 
-在 `e240730ec` 核对调用方后，下列内部跨界已无生产消费者。原生决策和事务 owner
-保留；这项删除不等待 D2 资格或默认入口接入，也不宣称完成它们。
+在 `e240730ec` 核对调用方后，#5395 已于 `8474c8d86` 合入，退役了下列
+无生产消费者的内部跨界。原生决策和事务 owner 保留；这项删除不等待 D2 资格或
+默认入口接入，也不宣称完成它们。
 
 | 删除边界 | 最后调用方／替代 owner | 兼容与验证 |
 | --- | --- | --- |
@@ -58,8 +59,9 @@ owner、持久兼容义务、正反例证据及回退方式，和不可变基线
 `authority_core.py` 仍是活跃 Todo bridge。`LeaseAction`、`LeaseModeGateCommand`
 也保留：semantic-vocabulary 注册表明确将该输入契约保留到 M4 评审。本切片不通过
 降低语义覆盖下限丢弃已有兼容义务。仅服务旧 facade 的测试随实现退役，公共／原生
-行为测试保留。回退该切片可恢复内部跨界，无需转换数据。须由维护者评审；这是提议，
-不代表已安装行为。
+行为测试保留。回退该切片可恢复内部跨界，无需转换数据。本机 CLI 已采用
+`db3672f3c`，验证了干净源码清单、具备资格的 SQLite runtime、已知权威格式均为
+当前版本及健康的 canonical 合同读回。这不证明所有已安装 Host 或 D2 已验收。
 
 ## 下一轮交付顺序
 
@@ -280,3 +282,19 @@ Node 24.21.0。启动预热一次后，每组交替运行九个独立 CLI 进程
 请求仍复用缓存。字节已经在热缓存中时，线程调度成本更高。两种负载都不能外推为
 用户群体的延迟保证。整 Goal 大包／消费者与持续运行仍待推进，本增量不授权删除
 旧 writer 或裁剪 UI 数据。
+
+### File 恢复的批量回执读取
+
+Archive restore／audit 已使用 provider 通用的 1–64 个操作批量回执合同。File 现在
+也实现该合同：每批只做一次完整字节与 store identity 证明，不再为每条回执重读
+整个文件。调用顺序、重复 ID、缺失结果、原始回执内容均保留，每个返回内容独立。
+非法输入或损坏历史会拒绝整批；数组空位在访问存储前被拒绝，公共 helper 入口也
+遵循该规则。单条回执查询的错误投影不变。
+
+在同一份已恢复、隔离的 1,287 笔历史上，macOS arm64／Node 24.21.0 每组九次暖读
+样本，File 查询 16 条回执的中位数从 346.2 降至 21.3 毫秒；未改动的 SQLite 对照为
+111.3／111.1 毫秒。每个 provider 的回执结果与权威 head 均保持一致。这是暖读组件
+测量，不是相同完整性工作下的 provider 比较、整次恢复延迟、冷读或 D2／默认项
+验收。File 每恢复一笔仍重写保留的文件；此前一次完整历史恢复超出调用方的
+300 秒超时，随后才发布精确匹配的确认。批量回执优化没有闭合这项恢复成本。
+#4224 的 soak 已启动；其最终证据和对当前候选的适用性仍待核对。
diff --git a/loopx/control_plane/coordination/file_authority_store.ts b/loopx/control_plane/coordination/file_authority_store.ts
index f44dbf30df..349f847915 100644
--- a/loopx/control_plane/coordination/file_authority_store.ts
+++ b/loopx/control_plane/coordination/file_authority_store.ts
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@ import type {
   AuthorityStoreHead,
   AuthorityStoreReadFailure,
   AuthorityStoreReceiptResult,
+  AuthorityStoreReceiptBatchResult,
   AuthorityStoreScanResult,
 } from "./authority_store.ts";
 import {
@@ -467,19 +468,28 @@ export class FileAuthorityStore implements AuthorityStore {
         reason: error instanceof Error ? error.message : "invalid operation id",
       };
     }
+    const batch = await this.readReceipts([normalized]);
+    return batch.status === "receipts" ? batch.results[0]! : batch;
+  }
+
+  /** One exact-byte/identity proof per bounded batch. Look up every requested
+   * operation in that verified index; do not replace receipt proof with a scan.
+   * Returned items own their bodies, including duplicate operation IDs. */
+  async readReceipts(operationIds: readonly string[]): Promise<AuthorityStoreReceiptBatchResult> {
     try {
-      const transaction = (await this.readVerified())?.receipts.get(normalized);
-      return transaction
-        ? {
-          status: "found",
-          cursor: transaction.cursor,
+      if (!Array.isArray(operationIds) || operationIds.length < 1 || operationIds.length > 64) {
+        throw new AuthorityStoreProtocolError("receipt batch requires 1..64 operations");
+      }
+      const normalized = Array.from({length: operationIds.length}, (_, i) =>
+        requireAuthorityStoreId(operationIds[i], "operation id"));
+      const verified = await this.readVerified();
+      return {status: "receipts", results: normalized.map((id): AuthorityStoreReceiptResult => {
+        const transaction = verified?.receipts.get(id);
+        return transaction ? {status: "found", cursor: transaction.cursor,
           provider_revision: transaction.providerRevision,
-          receipts: structuredClone([...transaction.receipts]),
-        }
-        : { status: "missing" };
-    } catch (error) {
-      return readFailure(error);
-    }
+          receipts: structuredClone([...transaction.receipts])} : {status: "missing"};
+      })};
+    } catch (error) { return readFailure(error); }
   }
 
   async scanCommitted(afterCursor: string | null, limit: number): Promise<AuthorityStoreScanResult> {
diff --git a/tests/control_plane_ts/authority_store.test.ts b/tests/control_plane_ts/authority_store.test.ts
index bd4994c50f..4eaec54fd4 100644
--- a/tests/control_plane_ts/authority_store.test.ts
+++ b/tests/control_plane_ts/authority_store.test.ts
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ import { FileAuthorityStore } from "../../loopx/control_plane/coordination/file_
 import {
   AUTHORITY_STORE_PROVIDER_PROFILES,
   AUTHORITY_STORE_REQUIRED_GUARANTEES,
+  readAuthorityReceipts,
 } from "../../loopx/control_plane/coordination/authority_store.ts";
 import {
   authorityStoreCommitFixture as commit,
@@ -31,6 +32,104 @@ registerAuthorityOperationReplayConformance("file provider", async (t) => {
   return { store, contender: new FileAuthorityStore(root, "goal-a") };
 });
 
+test("file receipt batches retain caller order, original receipts and detached results", async t => {
+  const {store} = await fixture(t);
+  assert.equal(typeof store.readReceipts, "function");
+  let revision: string | null = null;
+  const expected = [];
+  for (let i = 1; i <= 3; i++) {
+    const request = commit(revision, `operation-${i}`, i, i);
+    request.receipts = [{original: i, metadata: {absent: null, enabled: false}}];
+    const result = await store.commitAuthority(request);
+    assert.equal(result.status, "applied");
+    if (result.status !== "applied") throw new Error("seed failed");
+    revision = result.provider_revision;
+    expected.push({status: "found", cursor: String(i), provider_revision: revision, receipts: request.receipts});
+  }
+  const before = await readFile(store.path);
+  const ids = ["operation-3", "absent", "operation-1", "operation-3"];
+  const result = await readAuthorityReceipts(store, ids);
+  assert.deepEqual(result, {status: "receipts", results: [expected[2], {status: "missing"}, expected[0], expected[2]]});
+  if (result.status !== "receipts" || result.results[0].status !== "found") throw new Error("batch failed");
+  result.results[0].receipts[0].original = "caller edit";
+  assert.deepEqual(result.results[3], expected[2], "duplicate results must not share mutable receipt bodies");
+  assert.deepEqual(await store.readReceipt("operation-3"), expected[2]);
+  assert.deepEqual(await readFile(store.path), before);
+
+  // Readonly types do not freeze a caller's array while filesystem IO yields.
+  // Force a fresh proof and mutate that array inside the existing decode seam.
+  await writeFile(store.path, Buffer.concat([before, Buffer.from("\n")]));
+  class MutatingCallerStore extends FileAuthorityStore {
+    protected override decodeStoredDocument(value: unknown, identity: string) {
+      ids.splice(0, ids.length, "");
+      return super.decodeStoredDocument(value, identity);
+    }
+  }
+  assert.deepEqual(await readAuthorityReceipts(new MutatingCallerStore(store.directory, "goal-a"), ids),
+    {status: "receipts", results: [expected[2], {status: "missing"}, expected[0], expected[2]]});
+});
+
+test("file receipt batches reject invalid input and corrupt historical proof as a whole", async t => {
+  const {store} = await fixture(t);
+  const first = await store.commitAuthority(commit(null, "old", 1, 1));
+  assert.equal(first.status, "applied");
+  if (first.status !== "applied") throw new Error("seed failed");
+  assert.equal((await store.commitAuthority(commit(first.provider_revision, "current", 2, 2))).status, "applied");
+  const original = await readFile(store.path, "utf8");
+  for (const ids of [[], Array(65).fill("old"), ["old", ""], ["old", null]]) {
+    // Exercise direct provider input too, rather than only the common length guard.
+    const batch = await store.readReceipts(ids as string[]);
+    assert.equal(batch.status, "failed");
+    assert.deepEqual(await readFile(store.path, "utf8"), original);
+  }
+  const invalidSingle = await store.readReceipt("");
+  assert.equal(invalidSingle.status, "failed");
+  if (invalidSingle.status === "failed") assert.equal(invalidSingle.reason_code, "invalid_operation_id");
+  const forged = JSON.parse(original);
+  forged.committed[0].receipts = [{forged: true}];
+  await writeFile(store.path, JSON.stringify(forged));
+  assert.equal((await readAuthorityReceipts(store, ["current", "absent"])).status, "failed",
+    "unchanged current receipts and missing IDs cannot bypass corrupt older history");
+  await writeFile(store.path, original);
+  assert.equal((await readAuthorityReceipts(store, ["old", "current"])).status, "receipts");
+  await writeFile(store.identityPath, `file:${"f".repeat(32)}`);
+  assert.equal((await readAuthorityReceipts(store, ["current"])).status, "failed");
+});
+
+test("missing File receipt batches stay read-only", async t => {
+  const {store} = await fixture(t);
+  assert.deepEqual(await readAuthorityReceipts(store, Array(64).fill("absent")),
+    {status: "receipts", results: Array(64).fill({status: "missing"})});
+  await assert.rejects(readFile(store.identityPath), {code: "ENOENT"});
+});
+
+test("file receipt batches reject array holes before reading storage", async t => {
+  const {root, store} = await fixture(t);
+  const first = await store.commitAuthority(commit(null, "present", 1, 1));
+  assert.equal(first.status, "applied");
+  const original = await readFile(store.path);
+  // Sparse arrays are valid string[] values in TypeScript. Every request slot
+  // must be validated, even when an array method would skip an absent property.
+  const empty = new Array<string>(1);
+  const mixed = ["present", "hole", "absent", "present"];
+  delete mixed[1];
+  const masked = new Array<string>(1);
+  masked[Symbol.iterator] = () => ["present"].values();
+  const unreadable = new FileAuthorityStore(root, "unreadable");
+  await mkdir(unreadable.path);
+  assert.equal((await unreadable.readReceipts(["present"])).status, "unavailable");
+  for (const ids of [empty, mixed, masked]) {
+    for (const provider of [store, unreadable]) {
+      for (const result of [await provider.readReceipts(ids),
+        await readAuthorityReceipts(provider, ids)]) {
+        assert.equal(result.status, "failed", "holes cannot produce successful undefined receipt items");
+        if (result.status === "failed") assert.equal(result.reason_code, "provider_protocol_violation");
+      }
+    }
+  }
+  assert.deepEqual(await readFile(store.path), original);
+});
+
 test("file provider persists object keys in deterministic Unicode order", async (t) => {
   const { store } = await fixture(t);
   const ordered = commit(null, "operation-order", 1, 1);