Problem
Store::query_with_read_walk_evidence accepts a limit, but the implementation first calls query_hits_with_snapshot(region), materializing the complete matching hit set, and only then applies the limit.
That makes the result bounded while the work is not bounded. A hot-path consumer cannot use this evidence surface for large regions without reintroducing O(base/matched-set) discovery, memory, and latency.
Requested neutral contract
Add a paged read-walk evidence API whose work and output are both bounded:
- opaque cursor bound to store identity, region, frozen input frontier/ceiling, and prior page anchor;
- explicit page limit enforced during discovery, not after materialization;
- deterministic item order and canonical report body across restart;
- page evidence including input frontier, returned range, next cursor, truncation state, and proof references;
- typed failures for stale/forked cursor, store swap, frontier regression, malformed cursor, and anchor mismatch;
- a fold/combination rule that proves a complete walk from page reports without reopening the base set.
The API should remain region- and payload-neutral.
Proof requested
- operation-count witness at 100k+ entries showing work proportional to page size plus index seek;
- no allocation proportional to the complete matched set;
- restart/resume from a cursor;
- empty page and exact-boundary page;
- concurrent append above the frozen ceiling does not perturb the walk;
- truncation/fork/store-swap/anchor mismatch fail closed;
- concatenated page results and combined evidence equal the existing full read-walk result at the same ceiling.
Downstream containment
The downstream keeps bounded query_entries_after paging on agent hot paths and uses read-walk evidence only in explicit offline/proof contexts. It will switch through a narrow compatibility seam when this API ships rather than reimplementing the substrate proof format.
Problem
Store::query_with_read_walk_evidenceaccepts a limit, but the implementation first callsquery_hits_with_snapshot(region), materializing the complete matching hit set, and only then applies the limit.That makes the result bounded while the work is not bounded. A hot-path consumer cannot use this evidence surface for large regions without reintroducing O(base/matched-set) discovery, memory, and latency.
Requested neutral contract
Add a paged read-walk evidence API whose work and output are both bounded:
The API should remain region- and payload-neutral.
Proof requested
Downstream containment
The downstream keeps bounded
query_entries_afterpaging on agent hot paths and uses read-walk evidence only in explicit offline/proof contexts. It will switch through a narrow compatibility seam when this API ships rather than reimplementing the substrate proof format.