• Action: Added explicit ownership comments to all Butkhuzi-related files in svc-tenders
• Primary Owner: svc-butkhuzi is now clearly documented as the canonical owner of contracts, validation, and repository implementations
• Fallback Status: Files in svc-tenders are marked as "FALLBACK-ONLY" temporary residue for rollback capability
• Duplication Status: Contracts and validation remain duplicated for now to preserve fallback independence
• Repository: Duplication maintained for data access layer independence

What Still Remains Duplicated or Fallback-Hosted

• Contracts: services/svc-tenders/src/butkhuzi/contracts.ts (fallback copy)
• Validation: services/svc-tenders/src/butkhuzi/validation.ts (fallback copy)
• Repository: services/svc-tenders/src/butkhuzi/repository.ts (fallback copy)
• Route Registration: services/svc-tenders/src/routes/registerButkhuziRoutes.ts (required for fallback)
• Route Support: services/svc-tenders/src/routes/support/butkhuziRouteSupport.ts (required for fallback)

What Now Clearly Belongs to svc-butkhuzi

• Primary Contracts: services/svc-butkhuzi/src/butkhuzi/contracts.ts
• Primary Validation: services/svc-butkhuzi/src/butkhuzi/validation.ts
• Primary Repository: services/svc-butkhuzi/src/butkhuzi/repository.ts
• Primary Routes: services/svc-butkhuzi/src/routes/registerButkhuziRoutes.ts
• Primary Route Support: services/svc-butkhuzi/src/routes/support/butkhuziRouteSupport.ts

What Still Blocks Full Retirement

• Route Registration: Must remain in svc-tenders for fallback HTTP surface availability
• Route Support Wiring: Must remain in svc-tenders for shared parser/auth adaptation
• Repository Implementation: Must remain in svc-tenders for fallback data access
• Database Migrations: Ownership transfer not yet completed (still in svc-tenders/migrations/)
• Rollback Testing: Need confidence in primary runtime stability before full removal

Next Steps for Ownership Transfer

1. Migration Ownership: Transfer Butkhuzi migrations from svc-tenders to svc-butkhuzi
2. Dependency Reduction: Consider shared contracts package if duplication becomes problematic
3. Stabilization Monitoring: Allow 2+ weeks of primary runtime stability
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