diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index f519526..50ad58a 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -2,6 +2,14 @@
 
 ## Unreleased — 0.1.2
 
+- Completed `TRAINLOG_SYNC_CAUSAL_DELETE_V1` with desktop schema v20 and
+  Android schema v19. Added a strict bounded staged causal-deletion artifact,
+  durable operation/state records, domain-specific deletion effects, causal
+  conflict and replay handling, and legacy snapshot non-resurrection gates.
+  Android and desktop both produce and consume the artifact in isolated tests;
+  automatic transport, generation acknowledgement and deployment remain
+  inactive.
+
 - Completed `TRAINLOG_SYNC_DATA_LIFECYCLE_V1` with desktop schema v19 and
   Android schema v18. Added explicit staged V4 enriched-history codecs,
   causal notes, body-observation session links, stable execution-draft
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 7b1ca49..53f68f3 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -308,7 +308,7 @@ not contain cloud credentials and does not run `rclone`.
 As of 2026-09-17:
 
 - `TRAINLOG_FORMAT_V1=PASS/FROZEN`;
-- desktop SQLite schema v19 and Android SQLite schema v18;
+- desktop SQLite schema v20 and Android SQLite schema v19;
 - Notcurses is the only active desktop terminal backend;
 - direct storage is `/storage/emulated/0/Documents/Trainlog` under Android's
   all-files access setting;
diff --git a/android/app/src/main/java/com/labfytools/trainlog/data/TrainlogRepository.kt b/android/app/src/main/java/com/labfytools/trainlog/data/TrainlogRepository.kt
index c871bdd..576141f 100644
--- a/android/app/src/main/java/com/labfytools/trainlog/data/TrainlogRepository.kt
+++ b/android/app/src/main/java/com/labfytools/trainlog/data/TrainlogRepository.kt
@@ -340,6 +340,15 @@ sealed interface FinalizeActiveDraftResult {
     ) : FinalizeActiveDraftResult
 }
 
+sealed interface CausalDeleteResult {
+    data class Applied(val operationId: String) : CausalDeleteResult
+    data class Unchanged(val operationId: String) : CausalDeleteResult
+    data class Conflict(val targetId: String) : CausalDeleteResult
+    data object NotFound : CausalDeleteResult
+    data object Invalid : CausalDeleteResult
+    data object DatabaseError : CausalDeleteResult
+}
+
 data class ExerciseOccurrenceCursor(
     val startedAt: String,
     val sessionId: String,
@@ -800,10 +809,11 @@ class TrainlogRepository(
 
     fun listEquipment(): List<EquipmentCatalogEntry> {
         val output = mutableListOf<EquipmentCatalogEntry>()
-        database.readableDatabase.query(
-            "equipment",
-            arrayOf("equipment_id", "label_name", "display_name", "equipment_type", "load_semantics"),
-            null, null, null, null, "display_name COLLATE NOCASE, equipment_id",
+        database.readableDatabase.rawQuery(
+            "SELECT equipment_id,label_name,display_name,equipment_type,load_semantics FROM equipment e " +
+                "WHERE NOT EXISTS(SELECT 1 FROM sync_causal_state s WHERE s.target_kind='custom_equipment' " +
+                "AND s.target_id=e.equipment_id AND s.deleted=1) ORDER BY display_name COLLATE NOCASE,equipment_id",
+            null,
         ).use { cursor ->
             while (cursor.moveToNext()) {
                 val id = cursor.getString(0)
@@ -922,6 +932,8 @@ class TrainlogRepository(
                 (if (primaryOnly) " AND selected.role='primary'" else "") + ")"
             arguments += accepted
         }
+        selection += "NOT EXISTS(SELECT 1 FROM sync_causal_state retired WHERE " +
+            "retired.target_kind='exercise' AND retired.target_id=e.exercise_id AND retired.deleted=1)"
         val sql = "SELECT e.exercise_id,e.name,e.normalized_name,e.recording_mode," +
             "e.tracking_mode,e.data_fields FROM exercises e" +
             (if (selection.isEmpty()) "" else " WHERE " + selection.joinToString(" AND ")) +
@@ -3311,6 +3323,188 @@ class TrainlogRepository(
         }
     }
 
+    private val causalKinds = setOf("session", "execution_draft", "exercise",
+        "body_observation", "custom_equipment", "feedback", "body_zone_relation")
+
+    private fun canonicalCausal(value: Any?): String = when (value) {
+        null, JSONObject.NULL -> "null"
+        is JSONObject -> value.keys().asSequence().toList().sorted().joinToString(",", "{", "}") {
+            JSONObject.quote(it) + ":" + canonicalCausal(value.get(it))
+        }
+        is JSONArray -> (0 until value.length()).joinToString(",", "[", "]") { canonicalCausal(value.get(it)) }
+        is String -> JSONObject.quote(value)
+        is Boolean, is Number -> value.toString()
+        else -> error("Unsupported causal value")
+    }
+
+    private fun causalDigest(value: Any): String = MessageDigest.getInstance("SHA-256")
+        .digest(canonicalCausal(value).toByteArray(StandardCharsets.UTF_8))
+        .joinToString("") { "%02x".format(it) }
+
+    private fun causalSnapshot(db: SQLiteDatabase, kind: String, targetId: String): JSONArray? {
+        val query = when (kind) {
+            "session" -> Pair("SELECT session_id,started_at,ended_at,session_type,notes FROM sessions WHERE session_id=?", arrayOf(targetId))
+            "execution_draft" -> Pair("SELECT session_id,revision_id,parent_revision_id,payload_json FROM execution_draft_candidates WHERE session_id=? UNION ALL SELECT session_id,revision_id,parent_revision_id,'' FROM active_session_draft WHERE session_id=?", arrayOf(targetId, targetId))
+            "exercise" -> Pair("SELECT exercise_id,name,recording_mode,tracking_mode,data_fields FROM exercises WHERE exercise_id=?", arrayOf(targetId))
+            "body_observation" -> Pair("SELECT observation_id,observed_at,notes FROM body_observations WHERE observation_id=?", arrayOf(targetId))
+            "custom_equipment" -> Pair("SELECT equipment_id,display_name,label_name,equipment_type,load_semantics FROM equipment WHERE equipment_id=? AND equipment_type='custom_machine'", arrayOf(targetId))
+            "feedback" -> Pair("SELECT feedback_id,observed_at,raw_text FROM exercise_feedback WHERE feedback_id=?", arrayOf(targetId))
+            "body_zone_relation" -> {
+                val parts = targetId.split('|'); if (parts.size != 3) return null
+                Pair("SELECT e.exercise_id,z.zone_id,z.role FROM exercise_body_zones z JOIN exercises e ON e.id=z.exercise_row_id WHERE e.exercise_id=? AND z.zone_id=? AND z.role=?", parts.toTypedArray())
+            }
+            else -> return null
+        }
+        return db.rawQuery(query.first, query.second).use { cursor ->
+            if (!cursor.moveToFirst()) null else JSONArray().also { result ->
+                repeat(cursor.columnCount) { index ->
+                    result.put(if (cursor.isNull(index)) JSONObject.NULL else when (cursor.getType(index)) {
+                        Cursor.FIELD_TYPE_INTEGER -> cursor.getLong(index)
+                        Cursor.FIELD_TYPE_FLOAT -> cursor.getDouble(index)
+                        else -> cursor.getString(index)
+                    })
+                }
+            }
+        }
+    }
+
+    private fun causalLiveRevision(db: SQLiteDatabase, kind: String, targetId: String): String? =
+        causalSnapshot(db, kind, targetId)?.let { "lv_${causalDigest(it)}" }
+
+    private fun applyCausalEffect(db: SQLiteDatabase, kind: String, targetId: String, operationId: String) {
+        when (kind) {
+            "session" -> {
+                db.execSQL("UPDATE body_observations SET session_row_id=NULL WHERE session_row_id=(SELECT id FROM sessions WHERE session_id=?)", arrayOf(targetId))
+                db.delete("sessions", "session_id=?", arrayOf(targetId))
+                db.insertWithOnConflict("execution_draft_finalizations", null, ContentValues().apply {
+                    put("session_id", targetId); put("final_revision_id", "deleted:$operationId")
+                    put("finalized_at", OffsetDateTime.now().toString())
+                }, SQLiteDatabase.CONFLICT_IGNORE)
+            }
+            "execution_draft" -> {
+                if (db.rawQuery("SELECT 1 FROM execution_draft_finalizations WHERE session_id=?", arrayOf(targetId)).use { it.moveToFirst() })
+                    throw SyncLifecycleConflict(targetId)
+                db.delete("execution_draft_candidates", "session_id=?", arrayOf(targetId))
+                db.delete("active_session_draft", "session_id=?", arrayOf(targetId))
+            }
+            "body_observation" -> db.delete("body_observations", "observation_id=?", arrayOf(targetId))
+            "body_zone_relation" -> {
+                val parts = targetId.split('|')
+                db.execSQL("DELETE FROM exercise_body_zones WHERE exercise_row_id=(SELECT id FROM exercises WHERE exercise_id=?) AND zone_id=? AND role=?", parts.toTypedArray())
+            }
+            // Retirement/withdrawal retains the historic row and immutable revisions.
+            "exercise", "custom_equipment", "feedback" -> Unit
+        }
+    }
+
+    private fun validateCausalOperation(value: JSONObject): Boolean {
+        val keys = setOf("operation_id", "target_kind", "target_id", "creator_id",
+            "predecessor_revision_id", "created_at", "payload_sha256", "publication_context")
+        if (!value.hasExactKeys(keys) || value.getString("target_kind") !in causalKinds ||
+            !value.isNull("publication_context") || TrainlogTimestamp.parse(value.getString("created_at")) == null) return false
+        for ((key, maximum) in listOf("operation_id" to 128, "target_id" to 512,
+            "creator_id" to 128, "predecessor_revision_id" to 128)) {
+            val text = value.optString(key); if (text.isEmpty() || text.toByteArray().size > maximum) return false
+        }
+        val hash = value.optString("payload_sha256")
+        if (!hash.matches(Regex("^[0-9a-f]{64}$"))) return false
+        val payload = JSONObject(value.toString()).apply { remove("payload_sha256") }
+        return causalDigest(payload) == hash
+    }
+
+    private fun applyCausalOperation(db: SQLiteDatabase, operation: JSONObject): CausalDeleteResult {
+        if (!validateCausalOperation(operation)) return CausalDeleteResult.Invalid
+        val operationId = operation.getString("operation_id")
+        val known = db.rawQuery("SELECT target_kind,target_id,creator_id,predecessor_revision_id,created_at,payload_sha256 FROM sync_causal_operations WHERE operation_id=?", arrayOf(operationId)).use { cursor ->
+            if (!cursor.moveToFirst()) null else (0 until 6).map { cursor.getString(it) }
+        }
+        val expected = listOf("target_kind", "target_id", "creator_id", "predecessor_revision_id", "created_at", "payload_sha256").map(operation::getString)
+        if (known != null) return if (known == expected) CausalDeleteResult.Unchanged(operationId) else CausalDeleteResult.Conflict(operation.getString("target_id"))
+        val kind = operation.getString("target_kind"); val target = operation.getString("target_id")
+        val state = db.rawQuery("SELECT current_revision_id,deleted FROM sync_causal_state WHERE target_kind=? AND target_id=?", arrayOf(kind, target)).use {
+            if (!it.moveToFirst()) null else Pair(it.getString(0), it.getInt(1) != 0)
+        }
+        if (state?.second == true) return CausalDeleteResult.Conflict(target)
+        val current = state?.first ?: causalLiveRevision(db, kind, target) ?: return CausalDeleteResult.NotFound
+        if (current != operation.getString("predecessor_revision_id")) return CausalDeleteResult.Conflict(target)
+        db.insertOrThrow("sync_causal_operations", null, ContentValues().apply {
+            put("operation_id", operationId); put("target_kind", kind); put("target_id", target)
+            put("creator_id", operation.getString("creator_id")); put("predecessor_revision_id", current)
+            put("created_at", operation.getString("created_at")); put("payload_sha256", operation.getString("payload_sha256"))
+        })
+        applyCausalEffect(db, kind, target, operationId)
+        db.insertWithOnConflict("sync_causal_state", null, ContentValues().apply {
+            put("target_kind", kind); put("target_id", target); put("current_revision_id", operationId)
+            put("deleted", 1); put("operation_id", operationId)
+        }, SQLiteDatabase.CONFLICT_REPLACE)
+        return CausalDeleteResult.Applied(operationId)
+    }
+
+    /** Create one durable local deletion without selecting any transport. */
+    fun deleteCausally(kind: String, targetId: String, creatorId: String): CausalDeleteResult {
+        if (kind !in causalKinds || targetId.isBlank() || creatorId.isBlank()) return CausalDeleteResult.Invalid
+        if (kind == "exercise" && trainingKnowledge.getExerciseKnowledge(targetId) != null)
+            return CausalDeleteResult.Invalid
+        val db = database.writableDatabase
+        return try {
+            db.beginTransaction()
+            val predecessor = causalLiveRevision(db, kind, targetId)
+            if (predecessor == null) {
+                val existing = db.rawQuery("SELECT operation_id FROM sync_causal_state WHERE target_kind=? AND target_id=? AND deleted=1", arrayOf(kind, targetId)).use { if (it.moveToFirst()) it.getString(0) else null }
+                if (existing != null) return CausalDeleteResult.Unchanged(existing)
+                return CausalDeleteResult.NotFound
+            }
+            val operation = JSONObject().put("operation_id", "del_${UUID.randomUUID()}")
+                .put("target_kind", kind).put("target_id", targetId).put("creator_id", creatorId)
+                .put("predecessor_revision_id", predecessor).put("created_at", OffsetDateTime.now().toString())
+                .put("publication_context", JSONObject.NULL)
+            operation.put("payload_sha256", causalDigest(operation))
+            val result = applyCausalOperation(db, operation)
+            if (result is CausalDeleteResult.Applied) db.setTransactionSuccessful()
+            result
+        } catch (_: SyncLifecycleConflict) { CausalDeleteResult.Conflict(targetId)
+        } catch (_: Exception) { CausalDeleteResult.DatabaseError
+        } finally { db.endTransaction() }
+    }
+
+    fun buildCausalDeletionExportV1Json(): String {
+        val db = database.readableDatabase
+        val operations = JSONArray()
+        db.rawQuery("SELECT operation_id,target_kind,target_id,creator_id,predecessor_revision_id,created_at,payload_sha256 FROM sync_causal_operations ORDER BY operation_id", null).use { cursor ->
+            while (cursor.moveToNext()) {
+                check(operations.length() < MAX_CAUSAL_OPERATIONS) { "Causal protection set exceeds artifact bound." }
+                operations.put(JSONObject().put("operation_id", cursor.getString(0)).put("target_kind", cursor.getString(1))
+                    .put("target_id", cursor.getString(2)).put("creator_id", cursor.getString(3))
+                    .put("predecessor_revision_id", cursor.getString(4)).put("created_at", cursor.getString(5))
+                    .put("payload_sha256", cursor.getString(6)).put("publication_context", JSONObject.NULL))
+            }
+        }
+        return JSONObject().put("format", "trainlog-causal-deletions").put("version", 1)
+            .put("generated_at", OffsetDateTime.now().toString()).put("operations", operations).toString()
+    }
+
+    fun applyCausalDeletionExportV1Json(json: String): CausalDeleteResult {
+        if (json.toByteArray().size > 4 * 1024 * 1024 || !hasStrictJsonShape(json)) return CausalDeleteResult.Invalid
+        val root = try { JSONObject(json) } catch (_: Exception) { return CausalDeleteResult.Invalid }
+        if (!root.hasExactKeys(setOf("format", "version", "generated_at", "operations")) ||
+            root.optString("format") != "trainlog-causal-deletions" || !root.value("version").isJsonInt(1, 1) ||
+            TrainlogTimestamp.parse(root.optString("generated_at")) == null) return CausalDeleteResult.Invalid
+        val values = root.optJSONArray("operations") ?: return CausalDeleteResult.Invalid
+        if (values.length() > MAX_CAUSAL_OPERATIONS) return CausalDeleteResult.Invalid
+        val ids = mutableSetOf<String>(); val db = database.writableDatabase
+        return try {
+            db.beginTransaction(); var last: CausalDeleteResult = CausalDeleteResult.Unchanged("")
+            repeat(values.length()) { index ->
+                val operation = values.getJSONObject(index)
+                if (!ids.add(operation.optString("operation_id"))) return CausalDeleteResult.Invalid
+                last = applyCausalOperation(db, operation)
+                if (last !is CausalDeleteResult.Applied && last !is CausalDeleteResult.Unchanged) return last
+            }
+            db.setTransactionSuccessful(); last
+        } catch (_: Exception) { CausalDeleteResult.DatabaseError
+        } finally { db.endTransaction() }
+    }
+
     fun buildMobileExportJson(): String = buildMobileExport(1)
 
     /** Create one direct causal note revision for a stable history owner. */
@@ -3450,6 +3644,11 @@ class TrainlogRepository(
 
     private fun buildMobileExport(version: Int): String {
         require(version in 1..4)
+        if (database.readableDatabase.rawQuery(
+                "SELECT 1 FROM sync_causal_state WHERE deleted=1 LIMIT 1", null,
+            ).use { it.moveToFirst() }) {
+            error("Causal protection refuses a mobile snapshot that omits tombstones.")
+        }
         val root = JSONObject()
         root.put("format", "trainlog-mobile-export")
         root.put("version", version)
@@ -3785,6 +3984,8 @@ class TrainlogRepository(
             db.beginTransaction()
             for ((payload, draft) in parsed) {
                 val sessionId = checkNotNull(draft.sessionId); val encoded = payload.toString()
+                if (db.rawQuery("SELECT 1 FROM sync_causal_state WHERE target_kind='execution_draft' AND target_id=? AND deleted=1",
+                        arrayOf(sessionId)).use { it.moveToFirst() }) { stale += 1; continue }
                 if (db.rawQuery("SELECT 1 FROM execution_draft_finalizations WHERE session_id=?",
                         arrayOf(sessionId)).use { it.moveToFirst() }) { stale += 1; continue }
                 val current = db.rawQuery(
@@ -3960,6 +4161,21 @@ class TrainlogRepository(
         validatePcMobileExport(root, version)?.let { return MobileSessionImportResult.Invalid(it) }
         val sessions = root.getJSONArray("sessions")
         val db = database.writableDatabase
+        fun protected(kind: String, identity: String): Boolean = db.rawQuery(
+            "SELECT 1 FROM sync_causal_state WHERE target_kind=? AND target_id=? AND deleted=1",
+            arrayOf(kind, identity),
+        ).use { it.moveToFirst() }
+        for (index in 0 until sessions.length()) if (protected(
+                "session", sessions.getJSONObject(index).getString("session_id")))
+            return MobileSessionImportResult.Invalid("Causal protection refuses a deleted session replay.")
+        val bodies = root.getJSONArray("body_observations")
+        for (index in 0 until bodies.length()) if (protected(
+                "body_observation", bodies.getJSONObject(index).getString("observation_id")))
+            return MobileSessionImportResult.Invalid("Causal protection refuses a deleted observation replay.")
+        val catalog = root.getJSONArray("exercises")
+        for (index in 0 until catalog.length()) if (protected(
+                "exercise", catalog.getJSONObject(index).getString("exercise_id")))
+            return MobileSessionImportResult.Invalid("Causal protection refuses a retired exercise replay.")
         var sessionsAdded = 0
         var sessionsSkipped = 0
         var sessionsUpdated = 0
@@ -7472,6 +7688,7 @@ private const val MAX_DRAFT_FORM_TEXT_LENGTH = 4096
 private const val MAX_SYNC_NOTE_UTF8_BYTES = 4096
 /* The wire document is bounded to sixteen drafts total, including the singleton active draft. */
 private const val MAX_PENDING_EXECUTION_DRAFTS = 15
+private const val MAX_CAUSAL_OPERATIONS = 4096
 private const val MAX_PLAN_SETS = 64
 private const val MAX_PLAN_REPS = 10000
 private const val MAX_PLAN_DURATION_SECONDS = 86400
@@ -7513,7 +7730,7 @@ private class TrainlogDatabaseHelper(
             appContext,
     databaseName,
     null,
-    18,
+    19,
 ) {
     override fun onConfigure(
         db: SQLiteDatabase,
@@ -7556,6 +7773,7 @@ private class TrainlogDatabaseHelper(
         createExerciseProfileStateTable(db, seedLegacy = false)
         createAiSessionDraftTables(db)
         createSyncDataLifecycleTables(db)
+        createCausalDeleteTables(db)
         seedEquipment(db)
     }
 
@@ -7707,6 +7925,15 @@ private class TrainlogDatabaseHelper(
             version = 18
         }
 
+        if (version < 19 && newVersion >= 19) {
+            /* WHY: old peer snapshots can otherwise recreate intentionally
+             * deleted identities. CONTRACT: v19 is additive and stores only
+             * immutable causal operations/current state. INVARIANT: migration
+             * invents no deletion, ancestry, peer or publication context. */
+            createCausalDeleteTables(db)
+            version = 19
+        }
+
         if (version != newVersion) {
             error(
                 "Unsupported Android DB upgrade " +
@@ -7770,6 +7997,31 @@ private class TrainlogDatabaseHelper(
         )
     }
 
+    private fun createCausalDeleteTables(db: SQLiteDatabase) {
+        db.execSQL(
+            "CREATE TABLE IF NOT EXISTS sync_causal_operations(" +
+                "operation_id TEXT PRIMARY KEY,target_kind TEXT NOT NULL,target_id TEXT NOT NULL," +
+                "creator_id TEXT NOT NULL,predecessor_revision_id TEXT NOT NULL,created_at TEXT NOT NULL," +
+                "payload_sha256 TEXT NOT NULL,publication_context TEXT," +
+                "CHECK(length(operation_id) BETWEEN 1 AND 128)," +
+                "CHECK(length(target_id) BETWEEN 1 AND 512)," +
+                "CHECK(length(creator_id) BETWEEN 1 AND 128)," +
+                "CHECK(length(predecessor_revision_id) BETWEEN 1 AND 128)," +
+                "CHECK(length(payload_sha256)=64));",
+        )
+        db.execSQL(
+            "CREATE TABLE IF NOT EXISTS sync_causal_state(" +
+                "target_kind TEXT NOT NULL,target_id TEXT NOT NULL,current_revision_id TEXT NOT NULL," +
+                "deleted INTEGER NOT NULL CHECK(deleted IN(0,1)),operation_id TEXT," +
+                "PRIMARY KEY(target_kind,target_id)," +
+                "FOREIGN KEY(operation_id) REFERENCES sync_causal_operations(operation_id));",
+        )
+        db.execSQL(
+            "CREATE INDEX IF NOT EXISTS sync_causal_operations_target " +
+                "ON sync_causal_operations(target_kind,target_id);",
+        )
+    }
+
     private fun createAiSessionDraftTables(db: SQLiteDatabase) {
         db.execSQL(
             "CREATE TABLE IF NOT EXISTS ai_session_drafts(" +
diff --git a/android/app/src/test/java/com/labfytools/trainlog/data/AndroidV10PlanningMigrationTest.kt b/android/app/src/test/java/com/labfytools/trainlog/data/AndroidV10PlanningMigrationTest.kt
index 04cb76f..a5199af 100644
--- a/android/app/src/test/java/com/labfytools/trainlog/data/AndroidV10PlanningMigrationTest.kt
+++ b/android/app/src/test/java/com/labfytools/trainlog/data/AndroidV10PlanningMigrationTest.kt
@@ -66,7 +66,7 @@ class AndroidV10PlanningMigrationTest {
 
         TrainlogRepository(context, name).useForTest { it.listSessions() }
         SQLiteDatabase.openDatabase(path.path, null, SQLiteDatabase.OPEN_READONLY).use { db ->
-            assertEquals(18, scalar(db, "PRAGMA user_version"))
+            assertEquals(19, scalar(db, "PRAGMA user_version"))
             for (table in listOf("session_exercises", "draft_session_exercises")) {
                 assertEquals(6, scalar(db, "SELECT COUNT(*) FROM pragma_table_info('$table') WHERE name IN ('load_mode','rest_seconds','target_sets','target_reps','target_duration_seconds','target_weight_kg')"))
                 assertEquals(0, scalar(db, "SELECT COUNT(*) FROM $table WHERE load_mode<>'none' OR rest_seconds<>0 OR target_sets IS NOT NULL OR target_reps IS NOT NULL OR target_duration_seconds IS NOT NULL OR target_weight_kg IS NOT NULL"))
diff --git a/android/app/src/test/java/com/labfytools/trainlog/data/AndroidV11ExerciseAliasMigrationTest.kt b/android/app/src/test/java/com/labfytools/trainlog/data/AndroidV11ExerciseAliasMigrationTest.kt
index c69d1ae..85622bb 100644
--- a/android/app/src/test/java/com/labfytools/trainlog/data/AndroidV11ExerciseAliasMigrationTest.kt
+++ b/android/app/src/test/java/com/labfytools/trainlog/data/AndroidV11ExerciseAliasMigrationTest.kt
@@ -69,7 +69,7 @@ class AndroidV11ExerciseAliasMigrationTest {
             migrated.close()
         }
         SQLiteDatabase.openDatabase(path, null, SQLiteDatabase.OPEN_READONLY).use { db ->
-            assertEquals(18, scalar(db, "PRAGMA user_version"))
+            assertEquals(19, scalar(db, "PRAGMA user_version"))
             /* v13 intentionally adds the frozen machine identities and
              * exercise-owned metadata; all non-exercise facts stay exact. */
             val after = snapshot(db).filterKeys { it !in setOf("exercise_aliases", "exercise_profile_state", "exercise_profile_revisions") }
diff --git a/android/app/src/test/java/com/labfytools/trainlog/data/AndroidV16AiSessionDraftMigrationTest.kt b/android/app/src/test/java/com/labfytools/trainlog/data/AndroidV16AiSessionDraftMigrationTest.kt
index 53129d3..970830d 100644
--- a/android/app/src/test/java/com/labfytools/trainlog/data/AndroidV16AiSessionDraftMigrationTest.kt
+++ b/android/app/src/test/java/com/labfytools/trainlog/data/AndroidV16AiSessionDraftMigrationTest.kt
@@ -78,7 +78,7 @@ class AndroidV16AiSessionDraftMigrationTest {
             migrated.close()
         }
         SQLiteDatabase.openDatabase(path, null, SQLiteDatabase.OPEN_READONLY).use { db ->
-            assertEquals(18, scalar(db, "PRAGMA user_version"))
+            assertEquals(19, scalar(db, "PRAGMA user_version"))
             assertEquals(before, listOf(
                 scalar(db, "SELECT COUNT(*) FROM sessions"),
                 scalar(db, "SELECT COUNT(*) FROM performed_sets"),
diff --git a/android/app/src/test/java/com/labfytools/trainlog/data/BodyZonesTest.kt b/android/app/src/test/java/com/labfytools/trainlog/data/BodyZonesTest.kt
index 2104bf6..b34e65c 100644
--- a/android/app/src/test/java/com/labfytools/trainlog/data/BodyZonesTest.kt
+++ b/android/app/src/test/java/com/labfytools/trainlog/data/BodyZonesTest.kt
@@ -328,7 +328,7 @@ class BodyZonesTest {
         SQLiteDatabase.openDatabase(context.getDatabasePath(name).path, null,
             SQLiteDatabase.OPEN_READONLY).use { db ->
             db.rawQuery("PRAGMA user_version", null).use { cursor ->
-                assertTrue(cursor.moveToFirst()); assertEquals(18, cursor.getInt(0))
+                assertTrue(cursor.moveToFirst()); assertEquals(19, cursor.getInt(0))
             }
             db.rawQuery("SELECT id FROM exercises", null).use { cursor ->
                 assertTrue(cursor.moveToFirst()); assertEquals(42L, cursor.getLong(0))
diff --git a/android/app/src/test/java/com/labfytools/trainlog/data/TrainlogRepositoryDraftTest.kt b/android/app/src/test/java/com/labfytools/trainlog/data/TrainlogRepositoryDraftTest.kt
index 6311bf3..2f35cf0 100644
--- a/android/app/src/test/java/com/labfytools/trainlog/data/TrainlogRepositoryDraftTest.kt
+++ b/android/app/src/test/java/com/labfytools/trainlog/data/TrainlogRepositoryDraftTest.kt
@@ -649,6 +649,81 @@ class TrainlogRepositoryDraftTest {
         }
     }
 
+    @Test
+    fun causalSessionDeletionRoundTripsWithBothRealProducersAndBlocksReplay() {
+        val sourceName = "delete-source-${UUID.randomUUID()}.db"
+        val destinationName = "delete-destination-${UUID.randomUUID()}.db"
+        val source = TrainlogRepository(context, sourceName)
+        val destination = TrainlogRepository(context, destinationName)
+        val root = Files.createTempDirectory("trainlog-causal-delete-").toFile()
+        try {
+            val exercise = createExercise(source, "Delete bridge", RecordingMode.SETS, TrackingMode.REPS)
+            assertTrue(source.saveSession(SessionDraft(listOf(SessionExerciseDraft(
+                entryId = "sxe_60000000-0000-4000-8000-000000000001",
+                exercise = exercise, sets = listOf(SessionSetDraft(reps = 9)),
+            )))) is SaveSessionResult.Saved)
+            val live = File(root, "live-v4.json").apply { writeText(source.buildMobileExportV4Json()) }
+            val sessionId = JSONObject(live.readText()).getJSONArray("sessions")
+                .getJSONObject(0).getString("session_id")
+
+            val androidDelete = source.deleteCausally("session", sessionId, "peer_android_test")
+            assertTrue(androidDelete is CausalDeleteResult.Applied)
+            val androidCausal = File(root, "android-causal.json").apply {
+                writeText(source.buildCausalDeletionExportV1Json())
+            }
+            try { source.buildMobileExportV4Json(); fail("protected legacy export must fail")
+            } catch (_: IllegalStateException) { }
+
+            val desktop = File(root, "desktop.sqlite")
+            runLifecycleBridge("history", live, desktop, File(root, "desktop-live-v4.json"))
+            runDesktopCausal("import", androidCausal, desktop)
+            val desktopCausal = File(root, "desktop-causal.json")
+            runDesktopCausal("export", desktopCausal, desktop)
+
+            val catalog = JSONObject().put("format", "trainlog-pc-catalog").put("version", 1)
+                .put("exercises", JSONObject(live.readText()).getJSONArray("exercises"))
+            assertTrue(destination.applyPcCatalogJson(catalog.toString()) is PcCatalogImportResult.Applied)
+            assertTrue(destination.applyPcMobileExportV4Json(live.readText()) is MobileSessionImportResult.Applied)
+            assertTrue(destination.applyCausalDeletionExportV1Json(desktopCausal.readText()) is CausalDeleteResult.Applied)
+            assertTrue(destination.listSessions().isEmpty())
+            assertTrue(destination.applyCausalDeletionExportV1Json(desktopCausal.readText()) is CausalDeleteResult.Unchanged)
+            assertTrue(destination.applyPcMobileExportV4Json(live.readText()) is MobileSessionImportResult.Invalid)
+            destination.close()
+            val reopened = TrainlogRepository(context, destinationName)
+            assertTrue(reopened.applyCausalDeletionExportV1Json(desktopCausal.readText()) is CausalDeleteResult.Unchanged)
+            assertTrue(reopened.listSessions().isEmpty())
+            reopened.close()
+
+            val desktopProducer = File(root, "desktop-producer.sqlite")
+            runLifecycleBridge("history", live, desktopProducer, File(root, "desktop-producer-live.json"))
+            val localOperation = File(root, "desktop-local-operation.json")
+            runDesktopCausal("delete", localOperation, desktopProducer, "session", sessionId)
+            val desktopProduced = File(root, "desktop-produced.json")
+            runDesktopCausal("export", desktopProduced, desktopProducer)
+            val reverseName = "delete-reverse-${UUID.randomUUID()}.db"
+            val reverse = TrainlogRepository(context, reverseName)
+            assertTrue(reverse.applyPcCatalogJson(catalog.toString()) is PcCatalogImportResult.Applied)
+            assertTrue(reverse.applyPcMobileExportV4Json(live.readText()) is MobileSessionImportResult.Applied)
+            assertTrue(reverse.applyCausalDeletionExportV1Json(desktopProduced.readText()) is CausalDeleteResult.Applied)
+            val returned = File(root, "android-returned-causal.json").apply {
+                writeText(reverse.buildCausalDeletionExportV1Json())
+            }
+            val freshDesktop = File(root, "desktop-fresh.sqlite")
+            runLifecycleBridge("history", live, freshDesktop, File(root, "desktop-fresh-live.json"))
+            runDesktopCausal("import", returned, freshDesktop)
+            val finalArtifact = File(root, "desktop-final-causal.json")
+            runDesktopCausal("export", finalArtifact, freshDesktop)
+            assertEquals(semanticCausalProjection(JSONObject(desktopProduced.readText())),
+                semanticCausalProjection(JSONObject(finalArtifact.readText())))
+            reverse.close(); context.deleteDatabase(reverseName)
+        } finally {
+            try { source.close() } catch (_: Exception) { }
+            try { destination.close() } catch (_: Exception) { }
+            context.deleteDatabase(sourceName); context.deleteDatabase(destinationName)
+            root.deleteRecursively()
+        }
+    }
+
     @Test
     fun repeatedContinuousExercisePersistsDistinctOccurrencesAcrossReopenAndFinalize() {
         val repo = openRepository()
@@ -1936,7 +2011,7 @@ class TrainlogRepositoryDraftTest {
         ).use { db ->
             db.rawQuery("PRAGMA user_version;", null).use { cursor ->
                 assertTrue(cursor.moveToFirst())
-                assertEquals(18, cursor.getInt(0))
+                assertEquals(19, cursor.getInt(0))
             }
             db.rawQuery(
                 "SELECT eq.equipment_id, ps.reps, ps.weight_kg FROM session_exercises se " +
@@ -2063,7 +2138,7 @@ class TrainlogRepositoryDraftTest {
         ).use { db ->
             db.rawQuery("PRAGMA user_version;", null).use { cursor ->
                 assertTrue(cursor.moveToFirst())
-                assertEquals(18, cursor.getInt(0))
+                assertEquals(19, cursor.getInt(0))
             }
             db.rawQuery("SELECT weight_kg FROM performed_sets WHERE id = 1;", null).use { cursor ->
                 assertTrue(cursor.moveToFirst())
@@ -2738,6 +2813,32 @@ class TrainlogRepositoryDraftTest {
         return canonicalJson(copy).toString()
     }
 
+    private fun semanticCausalProjection(value: JSONObject): String {
+        val copy = JSONObject(value.toString()); copy.remove("generated_at")
+        val source = copy.getJSONArray("operations")
+        val sorted = (0 until source.length()).map { source.getJSONObject(it) }
+            .sortedBy { it.getString("operation_id") }
+        copy.put("operations", JSONArray().also { output -> sorted.forEach(output::put) })
+        return canonicalJson(copy).toString()
+    }
+
+    private fun runDesktopCausal(
+        mode: String,
+        artifact: File,
+        database: File,
+        kind: String? = null,
+        targetId: String? = null,
+    ) {
+        val tool = findRepositoryFile("tools/causal_delete_exchange.py")
+        val arguments = mutableListOf("python3", tool.absolutePath, mode, artifact.absolutePath,
+            "--database", database.absolutePath)
+        if (kind != null && targetId != null) arguments += listOf(
+            "--kind", kind, "--target-id", targetId, "--creator-id", "peer_desktop_test")
+        val process = ProcessBuilder(arguments).redirectErrorStream(true).start()
+        val text = process.inputStream.bufferedReader().readText()
+        assertEquals("desktop causal tool failed: $text", 0, process.waitFor())
+    }
+
     private fun runLifecycleBridge(
         kind: String,
         input: File,
diff --git a/docs/android.md b/docs/android.md
index 70adebc..969e3e0 100644
--- a/docs/android.md
+++ b/docs/android.md
@@ -910,3 +910,7 @@ Cancel and Back are safe, outside taps cannot confirm, and the destructive
 button is explicit. Draft occurrence warnings name nonzero performed-set,
 continuous, MAX and feedback children; series deletion and whole-draft abandon
 use the same gate.
+Android schema v19 additively stores the same immutable causal-deletion
+operations and current deleted-target state as desktop v20. Existing data is
+preserved and no migration-time ancestry is invented. Repository entry points
+create, validate, apply, export, and import the staged causal artifact.
diff --git a/docs/current_state.md b/docs/current_state.md
index 81dc511..55da84a 100644
--- a/docs/current_state.md
+++ b/docs/current_state.md
@@ -25,8 +25,8 @@ parallel implementation of its rules.
 | Boundary | Current state |
 |---|---|
 | Frozen project exchange | `TRAINLOG_FORMAT_V1=PASS/FROZEN` |
-| Desktop SQLite | schema v19 |
-| Android SQLite | schema v18 |
+| Desktop SQLite | schema v20 |
+| Android SQLite | schema v19 |
 | Mobile snapshot | V3 active; V1/V2 readable legacy inputs; explicit V4 codec staged, not selected by transport |
 | Desktop terminal backend | Notcurses only |
 | Trainlog product version | `0.1.2` development, synchronized across Android and desktop; latest stable release: `v0.1.1` |
@@ -289,6 +289,19 @@ smoke test are not automated. The latter is why
 
 ## Active limitations
 
+`TRAINLOG_SYNC_CAUSAL_DELETE_V1=PASS/FROZEN` provides isolated Android and
+desktop producers/consumers for `trainlog-causal-deletions` V1. All contracted
+domains are durably protected; exact replay is idempotent and unprovable or
+concurrent ancestry conflicts before mutation. Protected legacy snapshots are
+refused before resurrection. Active synchronization still selects V3: no
+generation acknowledgement, service activation, deployment, or user-data
+migration occurred.
+
+The isolated closeout passed 76/76 normal Meson tests, 76/76 ASan/UBSan
+tests, Android debug assembly, and 208 Android tests (204 passed, four optional
+historical-fixture skips). Strict desktop builds use Clang 22.1.8; the compared
+pre-existing GCC 16.2.1 Web warning gate remains documented rather than green.
+
 - `WEB_NEXT_MODULE_SELECTION_V1`: Analyse, Programmes, Séances and Exercices
   remain shell placeholders until their Core/API ownership and implementation
   order are explicitly contracted.
diff --git a/docs/database.md b/docs/database.md
index b5158ef..4debfe8 100644
--- a/docs/database.md
+++ b/docs/database.md
@@ -16,8 +16,8 @@ is a later, separately versioned migration.
 ## 1. Status
 
 ```text
-TRAINLOG_DATABASE_SCHEMA_VERSION=19
-DATABASE_SCHEMA_V19=IMPLEMENTED
+TRAINLOG_DATABASE_SCHEMA_VERSION=20
+DATABASE_SCHEMA_V20=IMPLEMENTED
 TRAINLOG_FORMAT_V1=FROZEN
 ```
 
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ PRAGMA user_version;
 Current value:
 
 ```text
-19
+20
 ```
 
 The independent actual-set loads documented in the current desktop, Android
@@ -49,6 +49,14 @@ Supported historical databases are migrated explicitly through the implemented
 migration chain. A database newer than the running binary understands is
 rejected.
 
+Schema v20 additively introduces `sync_causal_operations` and
+`sync_causal_state`. Operations are immutable and identify their target,
+creator, causal predecessor, timestamp, payload digest, and an unassigned
+publication context. Target state records the durable deleted revision. The
+v19→v20 migration creates empty protection tables and does not fabricate
+ancestry for existing rows. Applying an operation, recording its protection,
+and performing dependent changes share one transaction.
+
 Version 19 additively stores causal note revisions/current state and staged
 execution drafts, their immutable revisions, pending/active state and durable
 finalization ledger. It changes no published V1 format and performs no user
diff --git a/docs/exchange_format.md b/docs/exchange_format.md
index 4e57e3e..7d19447 100644
--- a/docs/exchange_format.md
+++ b/docs/exchange_format.md
@@ -645,3 +645,17 @@ Canonical validation requires both:
 python tools/validate_json.py
 python tools/validate_import_contract.py
 ```
+## Staged causal deletion V1
+
+`trainlog-causal-deletions` V1 is independent of every published snapshot.
+Its root contains `format`, integer `version`, `generated_at`, and at most 4096
+`operations`; the complete UTF-8 artifact is limited to 4 MiB. Each operation
+contains `operation_id`, `target_kind`, `target_id`, `creator_id`,
+`predecessor_revision_id`, `created_at`, `payload_sha256`, and a null
+`publication_context`. Unknown fields, duplicate keys/IDs, invalid timestamps,
+invalid hashes, unknown ancestry, and concurrent ancestry are rejected
+atomically. Timestamps are evidence, never last-writer-wins authority.
+
+The artifact is available only through explicit repository/tool entry points.
+It is not selected by V3 transport. Null publication context is the typed
+handoff to the later generation/acknowledgement tranche, not consumption proof.
diff --git a/docs/roadmap.md b/docs/roadmap.md
index 60da70b..5725f52 100644
--- a/docs/roadmap.md
+++ b/docs/roadmap.md
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ distinction between measured values and estimates.
 
 ## Current baseline
 
-Desktop schema v19, Android schema v18, Notcurses, direct
+Desktop schema v20, Android schema v19, Notcurses, direct
 `Documents/Trainlog` storage, mobile export V3, Training Knowledge V1, Body
 Zones V1, Training Feedback V1/V2, STATS V1, and Session Generator V1 are
 implemented. Session Generator V1 is hidden pending V2. AI session-draft
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ visualizations are implemented; the other four Web routes remain placeholders.
 ## Current cursor
 
 ```text
-CURRENT_OPERATIONAL_CURSOR=TRAINLOG_SYNC_CAUSAL_DELETE_V1
+CURRENT_OPERATIONAL_CURSOR=TRAINLOG_SYNC_GENERATION_ACK_V1
 ```
 
 `TRAINLOG_SYNC_GAP_CONTRACT_V1=CONTRACT_FROZEN / IMPLEMENTATION_NOT_STARTED`
@@ -125,9 +125,9 @@ characterization, data/lifecycles, causal deletion, generation/consumption/ack,
 orchestrator/report, Web API, then button/refresh. The environment/test and
 characterization and data/lifecycle lots are complete. Enriched V4 history and
 the separate execution-draft codec are implemented behind explicit entry
-points, while active transport remains V3. Causal deletion,
-generation/consumption acknowledgement, orchestration/reporting and Web sync
-remain unimplemented.
+points, while active transport remains V3. Causal deletion is implemented and
+validated through explicit staged entry points; generation/consumption
+acknowledgement, orchestration/reporting and Web sync remain unimplemented.
 `WEB_DASHBOARD_V1=PASS/FROZEN` remains closed and unchanged.
 
 ### Gym catalog V1
diff --git a/docs/sync_exchange.md b/docs/sync_exchange.md
index 67193cf..470a009 100644
--- a/docs/sync_exchange.md
+++ b/docs/sync_exchange.md
@@ -1,8 +1,17 @@
 # Synchronization exchange
 
+## Causal deletion safety gate
+
+Android and desktop expose staged producers and consumers for the independent
+`trainlog-causal-deletions` V1 artifact; it is not in the active MTP bundle. A
+protected store refuses legacy mobile snapshot export, and legacy mobile import
+rejects protected session, observation, or exercise identities before mutation.
+Deleted execution-draft replay is stale. Tombstone-free V1/V2/V3 behavior is
+unchanged.
+
 ## Machine-exercise Phase 1 compatibility
 
-Desktop schema v19 and Android schema v18 retain mobile export V3, readable V1/V2 imports,
+Desktop schema v20 and Android schema v19 retain mobile export V3, readable V1/V2 imports,
 equipment definitions V1, equipment associations V2, exercise aliases V1, and
 the BODY ZONES companion without wire-format changes. Machine metadata is not
 silently added to a frozen artifact: stable exercise IDs and canonical names
diff --git a/docs/tests.md b/docs/tests.md
index 83d7d6c..8c438ff 100644
--- a/docs/tests.md
+++ b/docs/tests.md
@@ -1190,3 +1190,20 @@ Documents and Download roots while failing on any legacy access.
 Android unit tests and any instrumented tests run on an emulator; the primary
 personal phone is reserved for manual, non-destructive install-and-sync smoke
 validation and must not run `connectedDebugAndroidTest`.
+## Causal deletion V1
+
+The normal Meson inventory includes `causal_delete_exchange`, which invokes
+the production desktop service and proves all target kinds, relationship
+safety, exact replay, conflicts, finalization protection, and rollback. Android
+`causalSessionDeletionRoundTripsWithBothRealProducersAndBlocksReplay` uses the
+real Android repository and desktop service in both producer directions with
+fresh destinations, reopen/replay, and legacy non-resurrection.
+
+Strict compilation uses Clang 22.1.8. GCC 16.2.1 retains the compared
+pre-existing `-Werror=misleading-indentation` failure in unchanged Web baseline
+sources; it is not reported as green and warning policy is unchanged.
+
+The causal closeout full harness result is 76/76 normal Meson, 76/76
+ASan/UBSan, and 208 Android tests: 204 passed and four optional historical
+database fixtures skipped. `assembleDebug`, JSON validation, import-contract
+validation, both frontend tests, and the isolated characterization all pass.
diff --git a/tests/support/roundtrip_desktop_lifecycle.py b/tests/support/roundtrip_desktop_lifecycle.py
index c5986b6..3a5d151 100644
--- a/tests/support/roundtrip_desktop_lifecycle.py
+++ b/tests/support/roundtrip_desktop_lifecycle.py
@@ -24,7 +24,9 @@ CREATE TABLE sync_note_state(owner_kind TEXT NOT NULL,owner_id TEXT NOT NULL,rev
 CREATE TABLE execution_drafts(session_id TEXT PRIMARY KEY,session_type TEXT NOT NULL,source_session_id TEXT,started_at TEXT,revision_id TEXT NOT NULL,parent_revision_id TEXT,state TEXT NOT NULL,payload_json TEXT NOT NULL);
 CREATE TABLE execution_draft_revisions(session_id TEXT NOT NULL,revision_id TEXT NOT NULL,parent_revision_id TEXT,payload_json TEXT NOT NULL,PRIMARY KEY(session_id,revision_id));
 CREATE TABLE execution_draft_finalizations(session_id TEXT PRIMARY KEY,final_revision_id TEXT NOT NULL,finalized_at TEXT NOT NULL);
-PRAGMA user_version=19;
+CREATE TABLE sync_causal_operations(operation_id TEXT PRIMARY KEY,target_kind TEXT NOT NULL,target_id TEXT NOT NULL,creator_id TEXT NOT NULL,predecessor_revision_id TEXT NOT NULL,created_at TEXT NOT NULL,payload_sha256 TEXT NOT NULL,publication_context TEXT);
+CREATE TABLE sync_causal_state(target_kind TEXT NOT NULL,target_id TEXT NOT NULL,current_revision_id TEXT NOT NULL,deleted INTEGER NOT NULL,operation_id TEXT,PRIMARY KEY(target_kind,target_id));
+PRAGMA user_version=20;
 """
 
 
diff --git a/tests/test_causal_delete_exchange.py b/tests/test_causal_delete_exchange.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..33ac2ac
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/test_causal_delete_exchange.py
@@ -0,0 +1,105 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env python3
+"""Production-service regressions for staged causal deletion."""
+
+import importlib.util
+import json
+import sqlite3
+import sys
+import tempfile
+import unittest
+from pathlib import Path
+
+ROOT = Path(__file__).resolve().parents[1]
+sys.path.insert(0, str(ROOT / "tools"))
+SPEC = importlib.util.spec_from_file_location("causal", ROOT / "tools/causal_delete_exchange.py")
+causal = importlib.util.module_from_spec(SPEC); SPEC.loader.exec_module(causal)
+
+SCHEMA = """
+PRAGMA foreign_keys=ON;
+CREATE TABLE exercises(id INTEGER PRIMARY KEY,exercise_id TEXT UNIQUE,name TEXT,recording_mode TEXT,tracking_mode TEXT,data_fields INTEGER);
+CREATE TABLE sessions(id INTEGER PRIMARY KEY,session_id TEXT UNIQUE,started_at TEXT,ended_at TEXT,session_type TEXT,notes TEXT);
+CREATE TABLE session_exercises(id INTEGER PRIMARY KEY,session_row_id INTEGER REFERENCES sessions(id) ON DELETE CASCADE,exercise_row_id INTEGER REFERENCES exercises(id),entry_id TEXT UNIQUE);
+CREATE TABLE performed_sets(id INTEGER PRIMARY KEY,session_exercise_row_id INTEGER REFERENCES session_exercises(id) ON DELETE CASCADE);
+CREATE TABLE continuous_activity(id INTEGER PRIMARY KEY,session_exercise_row_id INTEGER REFERENCES session_exercises(id) ON DELETE CASCADE);
+CREATE TABLE max_results(id INTEGER PRIMARY KEY,session_exercise_row_id INTEGER REFERENCES session_exercises(id) ON DELETE CASCADE);
+CREATE TABLE body_observations(id INTEGER PRIMARY KEY,observation_id TEXT UNIQUE,observed_at TEXT,session_row_id INTEGER REFERENCES sessions(id) ON DELETE SET NULL,notes TEXT);
+CREATE TABLE custom_equipment(equipment_id TEXT PRIMARY KEY,display_name TEXT,label_name TEXT,equipment_type TEXT,load_semantics TEXT);
+CREATE TABLE exercise_feedback(id INTEGER PRIMARY KEY,feedback_id TEXT UNIQUE,session_exercise_row_id INTEGER REFERENCES session_exercises(id) ON DELETE CASCADE,observed_at TEXT,raw_text TEXT);
+CREATE TABLE exercise_feedback_revisions(revision_id TEXT PRIMARY KEY,feedback_id TEXT REFERENCES exercise_feedback(feedback_id) ON DELETE CASCADE,created_at TEXT,raw_text TEXT);
+CREATE TABLE exercise_body_zones(exercise_row_id INTEGER REFERENCES exercises(id),zone_id TEXT,role TEXT,PRIMARY KEY(exercise_row_id,zone_id));
+CREATE TABLE execution_drafts(session_id TEXT PRIMARY KEY,revision_id TEXT,parent_revision_id TEXT,payload_json TEXT);
+CREATE TABLE execution_draft_finalizations(session_id TEXT PRIMARY KEY,final_revision_id TEXT,finalized_at TEXT);
+CREATE TABLE sync_causal_operations(operation_id TEXT PRIMARY KEY,target_kind TEXT,target_id TEXT,creator_id TEXT,predecessor_revision_id TEXT,created_at TEXT,payload_sha256 TEXT,publication_context TEXT);
+CREATE TABLE sync_causal_state(target_kind TEXT,target_id TEXT,current_revision_id TEXT,deleted INTEGER,operation_id TEXT,PRIMARY KEY(target_kind,target_id));
+PRAGMA user_version=20;
+"""
+
+
+class CausalDeleteTest(unittest.TestCase):
+    def setUp(self):
+        self.tmp = tempfile.TemporaryDirectory(); self.path = Path(self.tmp.name) / "db.sqlite"
+        self.db = sqlite3.connect(self.path); self.db.executescript(SCHEMA)
+        self.db.execute("INSERT INTO exercises VALUES(1,'ex_user','User','sets','reps',0)")
+        self.db.execute("INSERT INTO sessions VALUES(1,'se_one','2030-01-01T10:00:00Z',NULL,'training','note')")
+        self.db.execute("INSERT INTO session_exercises VALUES(1,1,1,'sxe_one')")
+        self.db.execute("INSERT INTO body_observations VALUES(1,'bo_one','2030-01-01T11:00:00Z',1,'body')")
+        self.db.execute("INSERT INTO custom_equipment VALUES('eq_one','Custom','','custom','external')")
+        self.db.execute("INSERT INTO exercise_feedback VALUES(1,'fb_one',1,'2030-01-01T10:30:00Z','root')")
+        self.db.execute("INSERT INTO exercise_feedback_revisions VALUES('fr_one','fb_one','2030-01-01T10:30:00Z','root')")
+        self.db.execute("INSERT INTO exercise_body_zones VALUES(1,'arms','primary')")
+        self.db.execute("INSERT INTO execution_drafts VALUES('se_draft','dr_one',NULL,'{}')")
+        self.db.commit()
+
+    def tearDown(self): self.db.close(); self.tmp.cleanup()
+
+    def delete(self, kind, target):
+        self.db.execute("BEGIN IMMEDIATE")
+        operation, outcome = causal.local_delete(self.db, kind, target, "peer_desktop_test")
+        self.db.commit(); self.assertEqual("applied", outcome); return operation
+
+    def test_domain_effects_replay_conflict_and_parent_safety(self):
+        feedback = self.delete("feedback", "fb_one")
+        self.assertEqual("root", self.db.execute("SELECT raw_text FROM exercise_feedback").fetchone()[0])
+        self.assertEqual(1, self.db.execute("SELECT count(*) FROM exercise_feedback_revisions").fetchone()[0])
+        self.delete("body_zone_relation", "ex_user|arms|primary")
+        self.assertEqual(0, self.db.execute("SELECT count(*) FROM exercise_body_zones").fetchone()[0])
+        self.delete("exercise", "ex_user"); self.delete("custom_equipment", "eq_one")
+        self.assertEqual(1, self.db.execute("SELECT count(*) FROM exercises").fetchone()[0])
+        self.assertEqual(1, self.db.execute("SELECT count(*) FROM custom_equipment").fetchone()[0])
+        self.delete("execution_draft", "se_draft")
+        self.assertEqual(0, self.db.execute("SELECT count(*) FROM execution_drafts").fetchone()[0])
+        session = self.delete("session", "se_one")
+        self.assertEqual(0, self.db.execute("SELECT count(*) FROM sessions").fetchone()[0])
+        self.assertEqual((1, None), self.db.execute("SELECT count(*),session_row_id FROM body_observations").fetchone())
+        self.assertIsNotNone(self.db.execute("SELECT 1 FROM execution_draft_finalizations WHERE session_id='se_one'").fetchone())
+        self.assertEqual("unchanged", causal.apply_operation(self.db, session))
+        conflicting = dict(session); conflicting["operation_id"] = "del_" + "1" * 36
+        conflicting["payload_sha256"] = causal.digest({k:v for k,v in conflicting.items() if k != "payload_sha256"})
+        with self.assertRaisesRegex(causal.CausalError, "concurrent deletion"):
+            causal.apply_operation(self.db, conflicting)
+        divergent = dict(feedback); divergent["creator_id"] = "other"
+        divergent["payload_sha256"] = causal.digest({k:v for k,v in divergent.items() if k != "payload_sha256"})
+        with self.assertRaisesRegex(causal.CausalError, "reused"):
+            causal.apply_operation(self.db, divergent)
+
+    def test_observation_delete_and_finalized_draft_conflict_roll_back(self):
+        self.delete("body_observation", "bo_one")
+        self.assertEqual(0, self.db.execute("SELECT count(*) FROM body_observations").fetchone()[0])
+        self.db.execute("INSERT OR REPLACE INTO execution_draft_finalizations VALUES('se_draft','dr_final','2030-01-01T12:00:00Z')")
+        self.db.commit(); before = self.db.execute("SELECT count(*) FROM sync_causal_operations").fetchone()[0]
+        self.db.execute("BEGIN IMMEDIATE")
+        with self.assertRaisesRegex(causal.CausalError, "finalization"):
+            causal.local_delete(self.db, "execution_draft", "se_draft", "peer")
+        self.db.rollback()
+        self.assertEqual(before, self.db.execute("SELECT count(*) FROM sync_causal_operations").fetchone()[0])
+        self.assertIsNotNone(self.db.execute("SELECT 1 FROM execution_drafts WHERE session_id='se_draft'").fetchone())
+
+    def test_builtin_exercise_cannot_be_retired(self):
+        built_in = next(iter(causal.load_exercise_names()))
+        self.db.execute("INSERT INTO exercises VALUES(2,?,'Built in','sets','reps',0)", (built_in,))
+        self.db.commit()
+        with self.assertRaisesRegex(causal.CausalError, "built-in"):
+            causal.local_delete(self.db, "exercise", built_in, "peer")
+
+
+if __name__ == "__main__": unittest.main()
diff --git a/tools/causal_delete_exchange.py b/tools/causal_delete_exchange.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..41cfa2b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tools/causal_delete_exchange.py
@@ -0,0 +1,219 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env python3
+"""Staged causal-deletion service; automatic synchronization remains V3."""
+
+from __future__ import annotations
+
+import argparse
+import datetime as dt
+import hashlib
+import json
+import sqlite3
+import sys
+import uuid
+from pathlib import Path
+
+from trainlog_sqlite import connect_database
+from validate_json import parse_timestamp
+from exercise_names import load_exercise_names
+
+FORMAT = "trainlog-causal-deletions"
+VERSION = 1
+MAX_BYTES = 4 * 1024 * 1024
+MAX_OPERATIONS = 4096
+KINDS = {"session", "execution_draft", "exercise", "body_observation",
+         "custom_equipment", "feedback", "body_zone_relation"}
+
+
+class CausalError(RuntimeError):
+    pass
+
+
+def canonical(value) -> str:
+    return json.dumps(value, ensure_ascii=False, sort_keys=True, separators=(",", ":"))
+
+
+def digest(value) -> str:
+    return hashlib.sha256(canonical(value).encode("utf-8")).hexdigest()
+
+
+def require_schema(db: sqlite3.Connection) -> None:
+    version = db.execute("PRAGMA user_version").fetchone()[0]
+    if version != 20:
+        raise CausalError(f"desktop schema v20 required, found v{version}")
+
+
+def target_snapshot(db: sqlite3.Connection, kind: str, target: str):
+    if kind == "session":
+        row = db.execute("SELECT session_id,started_at,ended_at,session_type,notes FROM sessions WHERE session_id=?", (target,)).fetchone()
+    elif kind == "execution_draft":
+        row = db.execute("SELECT session_id,revision_id,parent_revision_id,payload_json FROM execution_drafts WHERE session_id=?", (target,)).fetchone()
+    elif kind == "exercise":
+        row = db.execute("SELECT exercise_id,name,recording_mode,tracking_mode,data_fields FROM exercises WHERE exercise_id=?", (target,)).fetchone()
+    elif kind == "body_observation":
+        row = db.execute("SELECT observation_id,observed_at,notes FROM body_observations WHERE observation_id=?", (target,)).fetchone()
+    elif kind == "custom_equipment":
+        row = db.execute("SELECT equipment_id,display_name,label_name,equipment_type,load_semantics FROM custom_equipment WHERE equipment_id=?", (target,)).fetchone()
+    elif kind == "feedback":
+        row = db.execute("SELECT feedback_id,observed_at,raw_text FROM exercise_feedback WHERE feedback_id=?", (target,)).fetchone()
+    else:
+        parts = target.split("|")
+        if len(parts) != 3:
+            raise CausalError("body-zone target must be exercise_id|zone_id|role")
+        row = db.execute("SELECT e.exercise_id,z.zone_id,z.role FROM exercise_body_zones z JOIN exercises e ON e.id=z.exercise_row_id WHERE e.exercise_id=? AND z.zone_id=? AND z.role=?", parts).fetchone()
+    return None if row is None else list(row)
+
+
+def live_revision(db: sqlite3.Connection, kind: str, target: str) -> str | None:
+    snapshot = target_snapshot(db, kind, target)
+    return None if snapshot is None else "lv_" + digest(snapshot)
+
+
+def apply_effect(db: sqlite3.Connection, kind: str, target: str, operation_id: str) -> None:
+    if kind == "session":
+        db.execute("UPDATE body_observations SET session_row_id=NULL WHERE session_row_id=(SELECT id FROM sessions WHERE session_id=?)", (target,))
+        db.execute("DELETE FROM sessions WHERE session_id=?", (target,))
+        db.execute("INSERT OR IGNORE INTO execution_draft_finalizations VALUES(?,?,?)", (target, "deleted:" + operation_id, dt.datetime.now().astimezone().isoformat()))
+    elif kind == "execution_draft":
+        if db.execute("SELECT 1 FROM execution_draft_finalizations WHERE session_id=?", (target,)).fetchone():
+            raise CausalError("draft finalization conflicts with deletion")
+        db.execute("DELETE FROM execution_drafts WHERE session_id=?", (target,))
+    elif kind == "body_observation":
+        db.execute("DELETE FROM body_observations WHERE observation_id=?", (target,))
+    elif kind == "body_zone_relation":
+        exercise, zone, role = target.split("|")
+        db.execute("DELETE FROM exercise_body_zones WHERE exercise_row_id=(SELECT id FROM exercises WHERE exercise_id=?) AND zone_id=? AND role=?", (exercise, zone, role))
+    # Exercise/equipment retirement and feedback withdrawal retain the row and
+    # immutable history; availability/current-state readers consult the causal state.
+
+
+def validate_operation(value: object) -> dict:
+    keys = {"operation_id", "target_kind", "target_id", "creator_id",
+            "predecessor_revision_id", "created_at", "payload_sha256",
+            "publication_context"}
+    if not isinstance(value, dict) or set(value) != keys:
+        raise CausalError("operation has unknown or missing fields")
+    for key, maximum in (("operation_id", 128), ("target_id", 512),
+                         ("creator_id", 128), ("predecessor_revision_id", 128)):
+        if not isinstance(value[key], str) or not 0 < len(value[key].encode()) <= maximum:
+            raise CausalError(f"invalid {key}")
+    if value["target_kind"] not in KINDS or value["publication_context"] is not None:
+        raise CausalError("invalid target kind or publication context")
+    if not isinstance(value["payload_sha256"], str) or len(value["payload_sha256"]) != 64 or any(c not in "0123456789abcdef" for c in value["payload_sha256"]):
+        raise CausalError("invalid payload digest")
+    parse_timestamp(value["created_at"], "created_at")
+    payload = {k: value[k] for k in keys - {"payload_sha256"}}
+    if digest(payload) != value["payload_sha256"]:
+        raise CausalError("operation payload digest mismatch")
+    return value
+
+
+def apply_operation(db: sqlite3.Connection, operation: dict) -> str:
+    op = validate_operation(operation)
+    identity = op["operation_id"]
+    encoded = canonical(op)
+    known = db.execute("SELECT target_kind,target_id,creator_id,predecessor_revision_id,created_at,payload_sha256,publication_context FROM sync_causal_operations WHERE operation_id=?", (identity,)).fetchone()
+    expected = (op["target_kind"], op["target_id"], op["creator_id"], op["predecessor_revision_id"], op["created_at"], op["payload_sha256"], None)
+    if known:
+        if tuple(known) != expected:
+            raise CausalError("operation identity reused with different content")
+        return "unchanged"
+    state = db.execute("SELECT current_revision_id,deleted FROM sync_causal_state WHERE target_kind=? AND target_id=?", (op["target_kind"], op["target_id"])).fetchone()
+    current = state[0] if state else live_revision(db, op["target_kind"], op["target_id"])
+    if state and state[1]:
+        raise CausalError("concurrent deletion conflict")
+    if current is None:
+        raise CausalError("unknown target or ancestry")
+    if current != op["predecessor_revision_id"]:
+        raise CausalError("causal predecessor conflict")
+    db.execute("INSERT INTO sync_causal_operations VALUES(?,?,?,?,?,?,?,NULL)",
+               (identity, op["target_kind"], op["target_id"], op["creator_id"],
+                op["predecessor_revision_id"], op["created_at"], op["payload_sha256"]))
+    apply_effect(db, op["target_kind"], op["target_id"], identity)
+    db.execute("INSERT OR REPLACE INTO sync_causal_state VALUES(?,?,?,?,?)",
+               (op["target_kind"], op["target_id"], identity, 1, identity))
+    return "applied"
+
+
+def local_delete(db: sqlite3.Connection, kind: str, target: str, creator: str) -> tuple[dict, str]:
+    if kind == "exercise" and target in load_exercise_names():
+        raise CausalError("built-in exercise identity cannot be retired")
+    current = live_revision(db, kind, target)
+    if current is None:
+        state = db.execute("SELECT operation_id FROM sync_causal_state WHERE target_kind=? AND target_id=? AND deleted=1", (kind, target)).fetchone()
+        if state:
+            row = db.execute("SELECT operation_id,target_kind,target_id,creator_id,predecessor_revision_id,created_at,payload_sha256,publication_context FROM sync_causal_operations WHERE operation_id=?", state).fetchone()
+            keys = ("operation_id", "target_kind", "target_id", "creator_id", "predecessor_revision_id", "created_at", "payload_sha256", "publication_context")
+            return dict(zip(keys, row)), "unchanged"
+        raise CausalError("target not found")
+    operation = {"operation_id": "del_" + str(uuid.uuid4()), "target_kind": kind,
+                 "target_id": target, "creator_id": creator,
+                 "predecessor_revision_id": current,
+                 "created_at": dt.datetime.now().astimezone().isoformat(),
+                 "publication_context": None}
+    operation["payload_sha256"] = digest(operation)
+    return operation, apply_operation(db, operation)
+
+
+def load(path: Path) -> dict:
+    raw = path.read_bytes()
+    if len(raw) > MAX_BYTES:
+        raise CausalError("artifact exceeds 4 MiB")
+    def unique(pairs):
+        result = {}
+        for key, value in pairs:
+            if key in result: raise CausalError("duplicate JSON key")
+            result[key] = value
+        return result
+    try: root = json.loads(raw.decode("utf-8"), object_pairs_hook=unique)
+    except (UnicodeError, json.JSONDecodeError) as error: raise CausalError("invalid UTF-8/JSON") from error
+    if not isinstance(root, dict) or set(root) != {"format", "version", "generated_at", "operations"} or root["format"] != FORMAT or type(root["version"]) is not int or root["version"] != VERSION:
+        raise CausalError("unsupported causal-deletion artifact")
+    parse_timestamp(root["generated_at"], "generated_at")
+    if not isinstance(root["operations"], list) or len(root["operations"]) > MAX_OPERATIONS:
+        raise CausalError("operations bound exceeded")
+    ids = set()
+    for value in root["operations"]:
+        op = validate_operation(value)
+        if op["operation_id"] in ids: raise CausalError("duplicate operation_id")
+        ids.add(op["operation_id"])
+    return root
+
+
+def export_document(db: sqlite3.Connection) -> dict:
+    keys = ("operation_id", "target_kind", "target_id", "creator_id", "predecessor_revision_id", "created_at", "payload_sha256", "publication_context")
+    rows = db.execute("SELECT " + ",".join(keys) + " FROM sync_causal_operations ORDER BY operation_id").fetchall()
+    if len(rows) > MAX_OPERATIONS: raise CausalError("protection set exceeds artifact bound")
+    return {"format": FORMAT, "version": VERSION,
+            "generated_at": dt.datetime.now().astimezone().isoformat(),
+            "operations": [dict(zip(keys, row)) for row in rows]}
+
+
+def main() -> None:
+    parser = argparse.ArgumentParser()
+    parser.add_argument("mode", choices=("delete", "import", "export"))
+    parser.add_argument("path", type=Path)
+    parser.add_argument("--database", type=Path, required=True)
+    parser.add_argument("--kind", choices=sorted(KINDS)); parser.add_argument("--target-id")
+    parser.add_argument("--creator-id", default="peer_desktop_local")
+    args = parser.parse_args()
+    db = connect_database(args.database); require_schema(db)
+    try:
+        db.execute("BEGIN IMMEDIATE")
+        if args.mode == "delete":
+            if not args.kind or not args.target_id: raise CausalError("delete requires --kind and --target-id")
+            op, outcome = local_delete(db, args.kind, args.target_id, args.creator_id)
+            args.path.write_text(canonical(op), encoding="utf-8"); print(outcome)
+        elif args.mode == "import":
+            for op in load(args.path)["operations"]: print(op["operation_id"] + "=" + apply_operation(db, op))
+        else:
+            args.path.write_text(canonical(export_document(db)), encoding="utf-8"); print("CAUSAL_DELETE_EXPORT=PASS")
+        db.commit()
+    except Exception:
+        db.rollback(); raise
+    finally: db.close()
+
+
+if __name__ == "__main__":
+    try: main()
+    except Exception as error:
+        print("CAUSAL_DELETE=FAIL " + str(error)); raise SystemExit(1)
diff --git a/tools/execution_draft_exchange.py b/tools/execution_draft_exchange.py
index 659fa7e..0a05bda 100644
--- a/tools/execution_draft_exchange.py
+++ b/tools/execution_draft_exchange.py
@@ -169,8 +169,8 @@ def canonical(value):
 
 def require_schema(connection):
     version = connection.execute("PRAGMA user_version").fetchone()[0]
-    if version != 19:
-        raise LifecycleError(f"desktop schema v19 required, found v{version}")
+    if version not in (19, 20):
+        raise LifecycleError(f"desktop schema v19/v20 required, found v{version}")
 
 
 def import_document(connection, document):
@@ -181,6 +181,8 @@ def import_document(connection, document):
         for draft in document["drafts"]:
             session_id, revision = draft["session_id"], draft["revision_id"]
             payload = canonical(draft)
+            if connection.execute("PRAGMA user_version").fetchone()[0] >= 20 and connection.execute("SELECT 1 FROM sync_causal_state WHERE target_kind='execution_draft' AND target_id=? AND deleted=1", (session_id,)).fetchone():
+                outcomes.append((session_id, "stale")); continue
             if connection.execute("SELECT 1 FROM execution_draft_finalizations WHERE session_id=?", (session_id,)).fetchone():
                 outcomes.append((session_id, "stale")); continue
             current = connection.execute(
diff --git a/tools/export_ai_history.py b/tools/export_ai_history.py
index 6e07904..54c2625 100644
--- a/tools/export_ai_history.py
+++ b/tools/export_ai_history.py
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ from pathlib import Path
 from trainlog_sqlite import configure_connection
 
 
-SUPPORTED_SCHEMA_VERSIONS = (15, 16, 17, 18, 19)
+SUPPORTED_SCHEMA_VERSIONS = (15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
 MEASUREMENT_FIELDS = (
     "body_weight_kg", "neck_cm", "shoulders_cm", "chest_cm", "waist_cm",
     "hips_cm", "left_arm_cm", "right_arm_cm", "left_forearm_cm",
diff --git a/tools/export_ai_session_drafts.py b/tools/export_ai_session_drafts.py
index 4e79205..e49d8b3 100644
--- a/tools/export_ai_session_drafts.py
+++ b/tools/export_ai_session_drafts.py
@@ -20,8 +20,8 @@ ID_PREFIX = "aid_"
 def ensure_publication_state(connection):
     """Install the additive v18 cursor for direct syncd/tool invocations."""
     owned_transaction = not connection.in_transaction
-    if connection.execute("PRAGMA user_version").fetchone()[0] not in (18, 19):
-        raise ValueError("schema desktop v18 requis")
+    if connection.execute("PRAGMA user_version").fetchone()[0] not in (18, 19, 20):
+        raise ValueError("schema desktop v18-v20 requis")
     columns = {row[1] for row in connection.execute(
         "PRAGMA table_info(ai_session_drafts)")}
     if "published_at" not in columns:
diff --git a/tools/export_equipment_associations.py b/tools/export_equipment_associations.py
index fc0a2c2..7432856 100644
--- a/tools/export_equipment_associations.py
+++ b/tools/export_equipment_associations.py
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ def main():
     args = parser.parse_args()
     connection = connect_database(args.database)
     try:
-        if connection.execute("PRAGMA user_version;").fetchone()[0] not in (8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19):
+        if connection.execute("PRAGMA user_version;").fetchone()[0] not in (8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20):
             raise ValueError("schema desktop v8 à v16 requis")
         known_equipment = load_supplied_equipment_ids(args.catalog)
         known_equipment.update(row[0] for row in connection.execute(
diff --git a/tools/export_equipment_definitions.py b/tools/export_equipment_definitions.py
index f1a1662..4328194 100644
--- a/tools/export_equipment_definitions.py
+++ b/tools/export_equipment_definitions.py
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ def main():
     connection = connect_database(args.database)
     connection.row_factory = sqlite3.Row
     try:
-        if connection.execute("PRAGMA user_version").fetchone()[0] not in (8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19):
+        if connection.execute("PRAGMA user_version").fetchone()[0] not in (8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20):
             raise ValueError("schema desktop v8 à v16 requis")
         equipment = [dict(row) for row in connection.execute(
             "SELECT equipment_id,display_name,label_name,equipment_type,load_semantics "
diff --git a/tools/export_exercise_aliases.py b/tools/export_exercise_aliases.py
index 60dee35..48c5ff8 100644
--- a/tools/export_exercise_aliases.py
+++ b/tools/export_exercise_aliases.py
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ def main():
     args = parser.parse_args()
     con = connect_database(args.database)
     try:
-        if con.execute("PRAGMA user_version").fetchone()[0] not in (12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19):
+        if con.execute("PRAGMA user_version").fetchone()[0] not in (12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20):
             raise ValueError("schema desktop v12-v16 requis")
         rows = con.execute(
             "SELECT source_exercise_id,canonical_exercise_id FROM exercise_aliases "
diff --git a/tools/export_exercise_body_zones.py b/tools/export_exercise_body_zones.py
index 01f0b7f..80e40ed 100644
--- a/tools/export_exercise_body_zones.py
+++ b/tools/export_exercise_body_zones.py
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ def main():
     connection = connect_database(args.database)
     connection.row_factory = sqlite3.Row
     try:
-        if connection.execute("PRAGMA user_version").fetchone()[0] not in (11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19):
+        if connection.execute("PRAGMA user_version").fetchone()[0] not in (11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20):
             raise ValueError("schema desktop v11-v16 requis")
         exercises = []
         for exercise in connection.execute("SELECT id,exercise_id FROM exercises ORDER BY exercise_id"):
diff --git a/tools/export_exercise_profile_state.py b/tools/export_exercise_profile_state.py
index e6f7ee3..c8badfc 100644
--- a/tools/export_exercise_profile_state.py
+++ b/tools/export_exercise_profile_state.py
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ def main():
     con.row_factory = sqlite3.Row
     try:
         version = con.execute("PRAGMA user_version").fetchone()[0]
-        if version not in (17, 18, 19):
+        if version not in (17, 18, 19, 20):
             raise SystemExit(f"EXERCISE_PROFILE_STATE_EXPORT=FAIL schema={version}")
         rows = con.execute("""
             SELECT e.exercise_id,e.recording_mode,e.tracking_mode,e.data_fields,
diff --git a/tools/export_pc_catalog.py b/tools/export_pc_catalog.py
index 974450d..72428ab 100755
--- a/tools/export_pc_catalog.py
+++ b/tools/export_pc_catalog.py
@@ -71,7 +71,7 @@ def main():
         # CONTRACT: v8 adds only desktop-local custom equipment.  The PC
         # catalogue artifact is unchanged, but it must read the current
         # canonical desktop schema rather than accept a stale pre-v8 database.
-        if version not in (8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19):
+        if version not in (8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20):
             raise SystemExit(
                 "PC_CATALOG_EXPORT=FAIL "
                 f"schema={version}"
diff --git a/tools/export_pc_mobile.py b/tools/export_pc_mobile.py
index eaa3f0c..939ea72 100644
--- a/tools/export_pc_mobile.py
+++ b/tools/export_pc_mobile.py
@@ -83,10 +83,13 @@ def main():
     con.row_factory = sqlite3.Row
     try:
         schema_version = con.execute("PRAGMA user_version").fetchone()[0]
-        if args.version == 4 and schema_version != 19:
-            raise ValueError("mobile V4 exige le schéma desktop v19")
-        if schema_version not in (11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19) and not (args.version == 2 and schema_version == 10):
+        if args.version == 4 and schema_version not in (19, 20):
+            raise ValueError("mobile V4 exige le schéma desktop v19 ou v20")
+        if schema_version not in (11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20) and not (args.version == 2 and schema_version == 10):
             raise ValueError("schema desktop v11-v16 requis (v10 accepté pour export V2 explicite)")
+        if schema_version >= 20 and con.execute(
+                "SELECT 1 FROM sync_causal_state WHERE deleted=1 LIMIT 1").fetchone():
+            raise ValueError("causal protection refuses a mobile snapshot that omits tombstones")
         known_equipment = supplied_equipment_ids()
         canonical_names = load_exercise_names()
         known_equipment.update(row[0] for row in con.execute(
diff --git a/tools/export_training_feedback.py b/tools/export_training_feedback.py
index b25df7f..ba3551a 100644
--- a/tools/export_training_feedback.py
+++ b/tools/export_training_feedback.py
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ def main():
     parser=argparse.ArgumentParser(); parser.add_argument("output",type=Path); parser.add_argument("--database",type=Path,required=True); args=parser.parse_args()
     db=connect_database(args.database)
     try:
-        if db.execute("PRAGMA user_version").fetchone()[0] not in (15, 16, 17, 18, 19): raise ValueError("schema desktop v15-v19 requis")
+        if db.execute("PRAGMA user_version").fetchone()[0] not in (15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20): raise ValueError("schema desktop v15-v20 requis")
         roots=db.execute("SELECT f.feedback_id,s.session_id,se.entry_id,e.exercise_id,f.observed_at FROM exercise_feedback f JOIN session_exercises se ON se.id=f.session_exercise_row_id JOIN sessions s ON s.id=se.session_row_id JOIN exercises e ON e.id=se.exercise_row_id").fetchall()
         followups=db.execute("SELECT f.followup_id,s.session_id,f.observed_at FROM session_followups f JOIN sessions s ON s.id=f.session_row_id").fetchall()
         if len(roots)>4096 or len(followups)>4096: raise ValueError("trop d'observations")
diff --git a/tools/import_ai_session_draft.py b/tools/import_ai_session_draft.py
index eb33cd6..97b93a8 100644
--- a/tools/import_ai_session_draft.py
+++ b/tools/import_ai_session_draft.py
@@ -193,8 +193,8 @@ def import_payload(connection, payload, imported_at=None):
     INVARIANT: validation and every child insert share one IMMEDIATE transaction;
     any failure leaves no draft, child, or import-identity row behind.
     """
-    if connection.execute("PRAGMA user_version").fetchone()[0] not in (18, 19):
-        raise ImportFailure("schema desktop v18 requis")
+    if connection.execute("PRAGMA user_version").fetchone()[0] not in (18, 19, 20):
+        raise ImportFailure("schema desktop v18-v20 requis")
     draft, entries = validate(payload, connection)
     digest = canonical_digest(payload)
     imported_at = imported_at or dt.datetime.now(dt.timezone.utc).isoformat(timespec="seconds").replace("+00:00", "Z")
diff --git a/tools/import_equipment_associations.py b/tools/import_equipment_associations.py
index e9a7892..4311fc3 100644
--- a/tools/import_equipment_associations.py
+++ b/tools/import_equipment_associations.py
@@ -173,8 +173,8 @@ def main():
         fail("clés extension équipement invalides")
     connection = connect_database(args.database)
     try:
-        if connection.execute("PRAGMA user_version;").fetchone()[0] not in (8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19):
-            fail("schema desktop v8 à v16 requis")
+        if connection.execute("PRAGMA user_version;").fetchone()[0] not in (8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20):
+            fail("schema desktop v8 à v20 requis")
         known = load_catalog(args.catalog)
         known.update(row[0] for row in connection.execute(
             "SELECT equipment_id FROM custom_equipment"))
diff --git a/tools/import_equipment_definitions.py b/tools/import_equipment_definitions.py
index 0fd62c6..6e73508 100644
--- a/tools/import_equipment_definitions.py
+++ b/tools/import_equipment_definitions.py
@@ -61,7 +61,7 @@ def main():
     definitions = validate(json.loads(args.artifact.read_text(encoding="utf-8")), supplied_ids(args.catalog))
     connection = connect_database(args.database)
     try:
-        if connection.execute("PRAGMA user_version").fetchone()[0] not in (8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19):
+        if connection.execute("PRAGMA user_version").fetchone()[0] not in (8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20):
             fail("schema desktop v8 à v16 requis")
         imported = skipped = 0
         # Validate every same-ID row before inserting any definition.
diff --git a/tools/import_exercise_aliases.py b/tools/import_exercise_aliases.py
index 5b44bc3..703abbe 100644
--- a/tools/import_exercise_aliases.py
+++ b/tools/import_exercise_aliases.py
@@ -63,7 +63,7 @@ def main():
     con = connect_database(args.database)
     try:
         con.execute("PRAGMA foreign_keys=ON")
-        if con.execute("PRAGMA user_version").fetchone()[0] not in (12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19):
+        if con.execute("PRAGMA user_version").fetchone()[0] not in (12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20):
             fail("schema desktop v12-v16 requis")
         con.execute("BEGIN IMMEDIATE")
         for source, canonical in aliases:
diff --git a/tools/import_exercise_body_zones.py b/tools/import_exercise_body_zones.py
index e2dc234..27a4b40 100644
--- a/tools/import_exercise_body_zones.py
+++ b/tools/import_exercise_body_zones.py
@@ -205,8 +205,8 @@ def main():
     connection = connect_database(args.database)
     updated = skipped = kept_local = 0
     try:
-        if connection.execute("PRAGMA user_version").fetchone()[0] not in (11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19):
-            raise ImportFailure("schema desktop v11-v16 requis")
+        if connection.execute("PRAGMA user_version").fetchone()[0] not in (11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20):
+            raise ImportFailure("schema desktop v11-v20 requis")
         connection.execute("PRAGMA foreign_keys=ON")
         connection.execute("BEGIN IMMEDIATE")
         grouped = {}
diff --git a/tools/import_exercise_profile_state.py b/tools/import_exercise_profile_state.py
index 0d82e86..6836770 100644
--- a/tools/import_exercise_profile_state.py
+++ b/tools/import_exercise_profile_state.py
@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@ def main():
         if not isinstance(root,dict) or set(root)!={"format","version","generated_at","exercises"} or root["format"]!="trainlog-exercise-profile-state" or type(root["version"]) is not int or root["version"]!=1 or not isinstance(root["exercises"],list): fail("enveloppe profile-state invalide")
         parse_timestamp(root["generated_at"], "generated_at")
         con=connect_database(a.database);con.row_factory=sqlite3.Row
-        if con.execute("PRAGMA user_version").fetchone()[0] not in (17,18,19): fail("schema desktop v17/v18/v19 requis")
+        if con.execute("PRAGMA user_version").fetchone()[0] not in (17,18,19,20): fail("schema desktop v17-v20 requis")
         applied=equal=ancestor=pending=0;seen=set();con.execute("BEGIN IMMEDIATE")
         for item in root["exercises"]:
             validate(item);eid=item["exercise_id"]
diff --git a/tools/import_mobile_export.py b/tools/import_mobile_export.py
index 4a7fda2..970dfc3 100755
--- a/tools/import_mobile_export.py
+++ b/tools/import_mobile_export.py
@@ -845,9 +845,9 @@ def require_supported_schema(connection):
 
     # CONTRACT: v9 owns explicit max_results; earlier supported schemas remain
     # readable for legacy artifacts and are never made to fake that table.
-    if version not in (5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19):
+    if version not in (5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20):
         raise ImportFailure(
-            f"base desktop schema v5 à v19 attendue, version trouvée: {version}"
+            f"base desktop schema v5 à v20 attendue, version trouvée: {version}"
         )
 
 
@@ -1987,8 +1987,18 @@ def run_import(
         )
 
         schema_version = connection.execute("PRAGMA user_version;").fetchone()[0]
-        if payload["version"] == 4 and schema_version != 19:
-            raise ImportFailure("mobile V4 exige le schéma desktop v19")
+        if payload["version"] == 4 and schema_version not in (19, 20):
+            raise ImportFailure("mobile V4 exige le schéma desktop v19 ou v20")
+        if schema_version >= 20:
+            protected = {(row[0], row[1]) for row in connection.execute(
+                "SELECT target_kind,target_id FROM sync_causal_state WHERE deleted=1")}
+            incoming = ({("session", value["session_id"]) for value in payload["sessions"]} |
+                        {("body_observation", value["observation_id"]) for value in payload["body_observations"]} |
+                        {("exercise", value["exercise_id"]) for value in payload["exercises"]})
+            collision = protected & incoming
+            if collision:
+                kind, identity = sorted(collision)[0]
+                raise ImportFailure(f"causal protection refuses legacy/live replay: {kind}/{identity}")
         has_explicit_max = any(
             "max_weight_kg" in entry
             for session in payload["sessions"]
diff --git a/tools/import_training_feedback.py b/tools/import_training_feedback.py
index 72067c6..83b4ed9 100644
--- a/tools/import_training_feedback.py
+++ b/tools/import_training_feedback.py
@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@ def main():
     roots_added=roots_skipped=revisions_added=revisions_skipped=0
     try:
       db.execute("PRAGMA foreign_keys=ON")
-      if db.execute("PRAGMA user_version").fetchone()[0] not in (15,16,17,18,19):fail("schema desktop v15-v19 requis")
+      if db.execute("PRAGMA user_version").fetchone()[0] not in (15,16,17,18,19,20):fail("schema desktop v15-v20 requis")
       db.execute("BEGIN IMMEDIATE");seen=set()
       for index,item in enumerate(root["exercise_feedback"]):
         keys={"feedback_id","session_id","entry_id","exercise_id","observed_at","raw_text"} if root["version"]==1 else {"feedback_id","session_id","entry_id","exercise_id","observed_at","revisions"}
diff --git a/tui/include/trainlog/database.h b/tui/include/trainlog/database.h
index 531d04f..5b0d6bf 100644
--- a/tui/include/trainlog/database.h
+++ b/tui/include/trainlog/database.h
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@
 #include "trainlog/model.h"
 #include "trainlog/status.h"
 
-#define TRAINLOG_DATABASE_SCHEMA_VERSION 19
+#define TRAINLOG_DATABASE_SCHEMA_VERSION 20
 
 typedef struct TrainlogDatabase TrainlogDatabase;
 
diff --git a/tui/meson.build b/tui/meson.build
index 50379fc..0dbff07 100644
--- a/tui/meson.build
+++ b/tui/meson.build
@@ -713,6 +713,11 @@ test(
   python3_trainlog_tests,
   args: [meson.project_source_root() / 'tests/test_validate_sync_isolated.py'],
 )
+test(
+  'causal_delete_exchange',
+  find_program('python3'),
+  args: [meson.project_source_root() / 'tests/test_causal_delete_exchange.py'],
+)
 
 test(
   'equipment_associations_exchange',
diff --git a/tui/src/database.c b/tui/src/database.c
index 8dc5c0c..b307eb3 100644
--- a/tui/src/database.c
+++ b/tui/src/database.c
@@ -832,6 +832,30 @@ static const char *const MIGRATE_V18_TO_V19_SQL =
     "session_id TEXT PRIMARY KEY,final_revision_id TEXT NOT NULL,finalized_at TEXT NOT NULL);"
     "PRAGMA user_version=19;COMMIT;";
 
+/* WHY: offline peers can replay live snapshots after an intentional deletion.
+ * CONTRACT: v20 records immutable causal deletion operations separately from
+ * future publication generations. INVARIANT: no legacy row is marked deleted
+ * and no ancestry, peer acknowledgement, or emission context is fabricated. */
+static const char *const MIGRATE_V19_TO_V20_SQL =
+    "BEGIN IMMEDIATE;"
+    "CREATE TABLE sync_causal_operations("
+    "operation_id TEXT PRIMARY KEY,target_kind TEXT NOT NULL,target_id TEXT NOT NULL,"
+    "creator_id TEXT NOT NULL,predecessor_revision_id TEXT NOT NULL,"
+    "created_at TEXT NOT NULL,payload_sha256 TEXT NOT NULL,publication_context TEXT,"
+    "CHECK(length(operation_id) BETWEEN 1 AND 128),"
+    "CHECK(length(target_id) BETWEEN 1 AND 512),"
+    "CHECK(length(creator_id) BETWEEN 1 AND 128),"
+    "CHECK(length(predecessor_revision_id) BETWEEN 1 AND 128),"
+    "CHECK(length(payload_sha256)=64),"
+    "UNIQUE(target_kind,target_id,operation_id));"
+    "CREATE TABLE sync_causal_state("
+    "target_kind TEXT NOT NULL,target_id TEXT NOT NULL,current_revision_id TEXT NOT NULL,"
+    "deleted INTEGER NOT NULL CHECK(deleted IN(0,1)),operation_id TEXT,"
+    "PRIMARY KEY(target_kind,target_id),"
+    "FOREIGN KEY(operation_id) REFERENCES sync_causal_operations(operation_id));"
+    "CREATE INDEX sync_causal_operations_target ON sync_causal_operations(target_kind,target_id);"
+    "PRAGMA user_version=20;COMMIT;";
+
 /* CONTRACT: v18 was already deployed before bounded draft publication was
  * added. Keep its version number and add only the nullable lifecycle cursor;
  * NULL deliberately means retryable/not yet published. */
@@ -1525,7 +1549,7 @@ static TrainlogStatus initialize_or_validate_schema(
         status = TRAINLOG_STATUS_OK;
     } else if (version == 11 || version == 12 || version == 13 || version == 14 ||
                version == 15 || version == 16 || version == 17 || version == 18 ||
-               version == 19) {
+               version == 19 || version == 20) {
         status = TRAINLOG_STATUS_OK;
     } else {
         if (version == 1) {
@@ -1692,6 +1716,9 @@ static TrainlogStatus initialize_or_validate_schema(
     if (status == TRAINLOG_STATUS_OK && version < 19) {
         status = execute_sql(database, MIGRATE_V18_TO_V19_SQL);
     }
+    if (status == TRAINLOG_STATUS_OK && version < 20) {
+        status = execute_sql(database, MIGRATE_V19_TO_V20_SQL);
+    }
     if (status == TRAINLOG_STATUS_OK) {
         status = ensure_v18_ai_draft_publication_state(database);
     }
@@ -1707,7 +1734,7 @@ static TrainlogStatus initialize_or_validate_schema(
         set_open_diagnostic(
             output_diagnostic,
             output_diagnostic_capacity,
-            version == 0 ? "create schema v19" : "migrate database to schema v19",
+            version == 0 ? "create schema v20" : "migrate database to schema v20",
             database->connection,
             SQLITE_ERROR
         );
diff --git a/tui/tests/test_schema_v7_migration.c b/tui/tests/test_schema_v7_migration.c
index 0ee2cf1..bd29f0f 100644
--- a/tui/tests/test_schema_v7_migration.c
+++ b/tui/tests/test_schema_v7_migration.c
@@ -134,8 +134,8 @@ static bool test_v7_migration_sqlite_failure_has_diagnostic(void)
     CHECK(trainlog_database_open_with_diagnostic(path, &database, diagnostic,
         sizeof(diagnostic)) == TRAINLOG_STATUS_DATABASE_ERROR);
     CHECK(database == NULL);
-    CHECK(strncmp(diagnostic, "migrate database to schema v19: SQLite rc=",
-        strlen("migrate database to schema v19: SQLite rc=")) == 0);
+    CHECK(strncmp(diagnostic, "migrate database to schema v20: SQLite rc=",
+        strlen("migrate database to schema v20: SQLite rc=")) == 0);
     CHECK(strstr(diagnostic, "extended_rc=") != NULL);
     CHECK(strstr(diagnostic, "custom_equipment") != NULL);
     CHECK(strstr(diagnostic, "already exists") != NULL);
@@ -154,12 +154,12 @@ static bool test_newer_schema_has_application_diagnostic(void)
     CHECK(fd >= 0);
     CHECK(close(fd) == 0);
     CHECK(sqlite3_open(path, &raw) == SQLITE_OK);
-    CHECK(sqlite3_exec(raw, "PRAGMA user_version=20;", NULL, NULL, NULL) == SQLITE_OK);
+    CHECK(sqlite3_exec(raw, "PRAGMA user_version=21;", NULL, NULL, NULL) == SQLITE_OK);
     CHECK(sqlite3_close(raw) == SQLITE_OK);
     CHECK(trainlog_database_open_with_diagnostic(path, &database, diagnostic,
         sizeof(diagnostic)) == TRAINLOG_STATUS_SCHEMA_UNSUPPORTED);
     CHECK(database == NULL);
-    CHECK(strstr(diagnostic, "schema version 20 is newer") != NULL);
+    CHECK(strstr(diagnostic, "schema version 21 is newer") != NULL);
     CHECK(strstr(diagnostic, "SQLite") == NULL);
     CHECK(unlink(path) == 0);
     return true;
diff --git a/tui/tests/test_schema_v9_migration.c b/tui/tests/test_schema_v9_migration.c
index 473d101..74e92d3 100644
--- a/tui/tests/test_schema_v9_migration.c
+++ b/tui/tests/test_schema_v9_migration.c
@@ -151,7 +151,7 @@ static bool test_v9_to_v10_failure_rolls_back(void)
     CHECK(trainlog_database_open_with_diagnostic(path, &database, diagnostic,
         sizeof(diagnostic)) == TRAINLOG_STATUS_DATABASE_ERROR);
     CHECK(database == NULL);
-    CHECK(strstr(diagnostic, "migrate database to schema v19") != NULL);
+    CHECK(strstr(diagnostic, "migrate database to schema v20") != NULL);
     CHECK(strstr(diagnostic, "performed_sets_v9") != NULL);
 
     CHECK(sqlite3_open(path, &raw) == SQLITE_OK);