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@@ -74,3 +74,7 @@ PWA install behaviour is browser-state. To verify on your own device:
 ## Phase 8 — complete
 
 All three sub-plans (8a public route, 8b PWA shell, 8c markdown context) are committed.
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+## Phase 9a — complete
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+All 7 tasks committed. Schema lands, helpers + DB read/write work, owner toggle ships on the project admin page, integration test confirms schema behaviour (composite unique index, per-(link, project) tracking, sensible route status). Unit: 466/466 pass. Phase 8 backwards compat: existing per-project links still resolve through the picker to the wizard URL (will be verified end-to-end in 9b).