XY-825: [ELF prod P0] Add single-user production runbook with backup and restore proof

README.md

@@ -39,6 +39,8 @@ ELF is a memory service for LLM agents that stores short, evidence-linked facts
 Use the canonical setup guide:
 
 - `docs/guide/getting_started.md`
+- For single-user production operation, backup, restore, and Qdrant rebuild, use
+  [docs/guide/single_user_production.md](docs/guide/single_user_production.md).
 
 Fast path:
 
@@ -56,6 +58,9 @@ curl -fsS http://127.0.0.1:51892/health
 ```
 
 For provider-backed development, copy `elf.example.toml` to `elf.toml` and fill the provider blocks.
+For production use, do not rely on these quickstart commands; follow the single-user
+production runbook linked above so backup, restore, rollback, and provider config
+handling are explicit.
 
 ## Architecture
 
@@ -136,6 +141,7 @@ Detailed evidence and interpretation:
 - [Live Baseline Benchmark Report - June 9, 2026](docs/guide/benchmarking/2026-06-09-live-baseline-report.md)
 - [Synthetic Production Corpus Benchmark Report - June 9, 2026](docs/guide/benchmarking/2026-06-09-production-corpus-report.md)
 - [Live Baseline Benchmark Runbook](docs/guide/benchmarking/live_baseline_benchmark.md)
+- [Single-User Production Runbook](docs/guide/single_user_production.md)
 
 Quick comparison snapshot (objective/high-level).
 This table compares capability coverage, not overall project quality.
@@ -191,7 +197,8 @@ Latest external research refresh: June 8, 2026.
 
 - Start here: `docs/index.md`
 - Operational guide index: `docs/guide/index.md`
-- Single-user production runbook: `docs/guide/single_user_production.md`
+- Single-user production runbook:
+  [docs/guide/single_user_production.md](docs/guide/single_user_production.md)
 - Benchmarking guides and reports: `docs/guide/benchmarking/index.md`
 - Research index: `docs/guide/research/index.md`
 - Specifications: `docs/spec/index.md`

docker-compose.yml

@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ services:
       timeout: 5s
       retries: 10
     volumes:
-      - elf-postgres-data:/var/lib/postgresql/data
+      - elf-postgres-data:/var/lib/postgresql
 
   qdrant:
     image: qdrant/qdrant:v1.16.3

docs/guide/benchmarking/2026-06-09-live-baseline-report.md

@@ -178,6 +178,11 @@ calls, worker indexing, Qdrant rebuild/search, lifecycle checks, soak, and conta
 overhead. Whether that is acceptable depends on the production workflow: it is a
 cold/backfill measurement, not an interactive-ingest target.
 
+This report is benchmark evidence, not the production operating procedure. Use
+`docs/guide/single_user_production.md` for Docker Compose production start, stop,
+health, backup, restore, Qdrant rebuild, rollback, provider config handling, and
+cleanup commands.
+
 Throughput work should focus on:
 
 - micro-batching provider embedding requests;

docs/guide/benchmarking/2026-06-09-production-corpus-report.md

@@ -23,6 +23,11 @@ Verification: Compare this Markdown summary with the source JSON before committi
 - Same-corpus summary: `1 pass`, `0 fail`, `0 incomplete`
 - Full check summary: `7/7 pass`
 
+This report is production-corpus benchmark evidence only. Use
+`docs/guide/single_user_production.md` for the single-user Docker Compose production
+runbook, including backup, restore, Qdrant rebuild, rollback, provider config
+handling, and cleanup commands.
+
 ## Projects
 
 | Project | Status | Retrieval | Checks | Elapsed | Reason |

docs/guide/benchmarking/index.md

@@ -17,6 +17,10 @@ Outputs: The smallest benchmarking guide or report needed to continue.
 - You need to extend the benchmark matrix with new projects, profiles, or lifecycle
   checks.
 
+Do not use benchmark commands as the production operating procedure. For single-user
+Docker Compose production start, stop, backup, restore, Qdrant rebuild, rollback, and
+cleanup, use `docs/guide/single_user_production.md`.
+
 ## Guides And Reports
 
 - `live_baseline_benchmark.md`: run, clean up, publish, and interpret the live

docs/guide/benchmarking/live_baseline_benchmark.md

@@ -10,6 +10,10 @@ Verification: `cargo make baseline-live-docker` writes `tmp/live-baseline/live-b
 
 ## Scope
 
+This guide is for benchmark evidence, not for operating a personal production ELF service. For
+single-user Docker Compose production start, stop, health, backup, restore, Qdrant rebuild,
+rollback, and cleanup commands, use `docs/guide/single_user_production.md`.
+
 The runner covers ELF plus the six external projects in the README comparison table:
 
 - ELF