@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+---
+'@objectstack/rest': patch
+---
+
+The `/meta` history family routes live in their own module, with no route, handler or answer changed
+
+Clause-②: no (a move: the five routes per base, their place in the `/meta` registration order, every handler, every response and the anonymous-deny gate in front of them are unchanged, and the published declarations are byte-identical)
+
+- `RestServer#registerMetadataEndpointsInner` keeps its name, docblock, place and head, its per-item registrar included. The five statements that register `GET {metaPath}/:type/:name/history` (the change log), `GET …/audit` (the audit trail), `POST …/publish` (the promotion of a pending draft), `POST …/rollback` (the restore of an earlier version) and `GET …/diff` (the comparison of two stored versions) moved, re-indented, to `packages/rest/src/meta-item-history-routes.ts`, and the method calls them at their old position, inside the umbrella's guarded registration. They still register through that per-item registrar, so the `metadata.endpoints.item` switch gates the same mounts.
+- Nothing to do for a consumer: no export of the package entry, no route, no configuration key and no response moved.
@@ -181,7 +181,7 @@ One of the largest consumers of the flag;
 |:--|:---|:---|:---|:---|
 | 48 | Object API-exposure gate bypassed (`apiEnabled` / `apiMethods`) | runtime | Get: internal self-writes ignore exposure declarations — these govern **external** exposure, not engine self-writes. The gate is `refuseUnexposedDataAction`, which `callData` asks first and the `/data` domain asks before its request gate; `callData` reads the same bypass once more for each nested-relation condition's target | `packages/runtime/src/action-execution.ts#callData`, `#refuseUnexposedDataAction` |
 | 49 | Action `requiredPermissions` bypassed | runtime | Get: engine self-invocation runs any action | `packages/runtime/src/action-execution.ts#actionPermissionError` |
-| 50 | `manage_metadata` bypassed on metadata writes | runtime, rest | Get: schema writes without the capability (the permission-set clone door's save included) — and, because REST's save door and the stored-version read doors ask one save verdict, an app's full stored version on `/layers`, `?layers=true` and `/diff`, whatever its entry gates withhold | `packages/runtime/src/domains/meta.ts#handleMetadataRequest`, `packages/rest/src/rest-server.ts#registerMetadataEndpointsInner`, `packages/rest/src/meta-collection-routes.ts#registerMetaCollectionRoutes`, `packages/rest/src/meta-item-write-routes.ts#registerMetaItemWriteRoutes`, `packages/rest/src/rest-server.ts#metaSaveVerdict`, `packages/runtime/src/domains/permission-set-clone.ts#handlePermissionSetCloneWrite` |
+| 50 | `manage_metadata` bypassed on metadata writes | runtime, rest | Get: schema writes without the capability (the permission-set clone door's save included) — and, because REST's save door and the stored-version read doors ask one save verdict, an app's full stored version on `/layers`, `?layers=true` and `/diff`, whatever its entry gates withhold | `packages/runtime/src/domains/meta.ts#handleMetadataRequest`, `packages/rest/src/meta-collection-routes.ts#registerMetaCollectionRoutes`, `packages/rest/src/meta-item-write-routes.ts#registerMetaItemWriteRoutes`, `packages/rest/src/meta-item-history-routes.ts#registerMetaItemHistoryRoutes`, `packages/rest/src/rest-server.ts#metaSaveVerdict`, `packages/runtime/src/domains/permission-set-clone.ts#handlePermissionSetCloneWrite` |
 | 51 | The shared metadata-write verdict itself returns `allowed` | metadata-core | Get: the one function all of row 50's doors consult answers yes before any capability is examined | `packages/metadata-core/src/meta-write-capability.ts#metaWriteCapabilityVerdict` |
 | 52 | Anonymous-deny seam satisfied on the domain dispatchers and the package/federation routes | runtime, rest | Get: passes with no `userId` | `packages/runtime/src/domains/actions.ts#handleActionsRequest`, `packages/runtime/src/domains/ai.ts#handleAIRequest`, `packages/runtime/src/domains/automation.ts#handleAutomationRequest`, `packages/runtime/src/domains/meta.ts#handleMetadataRequest`, `packages/runtime/src/domains/security.ts#handleSecurityRequest`, `packages/runtime/src/domains/packages.ts#handlePackagesRequest`, `packages/runtime/src/domains/analytics.ts#handleAnalyticsRequest`, `packages/runtime/src/domains/i18n.ts#handleI18nRequest`, `packages/rest/src/external-datasource-routes.ts#registerExternalDatasourceRoutes`, `packages/rest/src/package-routes.ts#refusePackageRequest` |
 | 53 | MCP principal check satisfied | runtime | Get: MCP surface reachable with no user | `packages/runtime/src/domains/mcp.ts#handleMcpRequest` |
 
@@ -456,7 +456,7 @@
         "packages/spec/src/api/protocol.zod.ts#SaveMetaItemResponse (SaveMetaItemResponse: state draft|active, version as If-Match/409 OCC token, 'staged only — not served until published')",
         "packages/runtime/src/domains/packages.ts#packages (POST /packages/:id/publish-drafts, ADR-0033/ADR-0045 visibility flip + its failure warning)",
         "packages/objectql/src/protocol-publish-package-drafts.test.ts (atomic namespace gate; #4463 author-time rules gate the draft→active transition)",
-        "packages/rest/src/rest-server.ts#toVersion (GET /meta/:type/:name/{history,audit,diff} + POST .../rollback: overlay-type history vs { events: [] } for non-overlay; rollback body { toVersion }, 400 on a missing/invalid toVersion; actor from resolveMetaWriteActor — the authenticated session identity ONLY, [#7941] — X-Actor is ignored outright, not read as a fallback either)",
+        "packages/rest/src/meta-item-history-routes.ts#registerMetaItemHistoryRoutes (GET /meta/:type/:name/{history,audit,diff} + POST .../rollback: overlay-type history vs { events: [] } for non-overlay; rollback body { toVersion }, 400 on a missing/invalid toVersion; actor from resolveMetaWriteActor — the authenticated session identity ONLY, [#7941] — X-Actor is ignored outright, not read as a fallback either)",
         "packages/rest/src/meta-write-actor-identity.test.ts#Actor (unit pin: an explicit X-Actor does NOT outrank the authenticated identity, and is inert on the machine-write path too)",
         "packages/rest/src/rest-route-ledger.ts#getHistory (client bindings meta.getHistory / getAudit / diffItem / rollbackItem; the 'dispatcher /meta swallows /history as a compound name and 404s' note — routes hunter #12)",
         "docs/audits/2026-07-studio-package-create-ux-dogfood.md ('Unpublished draft' badge, 'Changes · n', 'one atomic release' toast)"
 
@@ -1637,7 +1637,8 @@ describe('#9084 — the rest-server.ts transport tripwire keys off mechanics', (
     // [#23050 slice 13a] Length 13 → 14 (`meta-collection-routes.ts`), still 0 over it.
     // [#23050 slice 13b] Length 14 → 15 (`meta-item-read-routes.ts`), still 0 over it.
     // [#23050 slice 13c] Length 15 → 16 (`meta-item-write-routes.ts`), still 0 over it.
-    expect(REST_SERVER_REGISTRAR_FILES).toHaveLength(16);
+    // [#23050 slice 13d] Length 16 → 17 (`meta-item-history-routes.ts`), still 0 over it.
+    expect(REST_SERVER_REGISTRAR_FILES).toHaveLength(17);
     expect(REST_SERVER_REGISTRAR_PATHS[0]).toBe(REST_SERVER);
     const listed = REST_SERVER_REGISTRAR_PATHS.map((file) => readFileSync(join(REPO_ROOT, file), 'utf8'));
     for (const probe of [MECHANICS, ROUTES]) {
 
@@ -541,17 +541,17 @@ export const PROBE_FILE_CENSUS: readonly ProbeFileReading[] = [
       '`data-action-routes.ts`, `batch-routes.ts`, `approvals-routes.ts`, `sharing-routes.ts`, ' +
       '`analytics-routes.ts`, `security-routes.ts`, `discovery-routes.ts`, `email-routes.ts`, ' +
       '`search-routes.ts`, `ui-routes.ts`, `form-routes.ts`, `crud-routes.ts`, `meta-collection-routes.ts`, ' +
-      '`meta-item-read-routes.ts` and `meta-item-write-routes.ts`, ' +
+      '`meta-item-read-routes.ts`, `meta-item-write-routes.ts` and `meta-item-history-routes.ts`, ' +
       'the modules the bodies of ' +
       '`registerDataActionEndpoints`, `registerBatchEndpoints`, `registerApprovalsEndpoints`, ' +
       '`registerSharingEndpoints`, `registerSharingRuleEndpoints`, `registerAnalyticsEndpoints`, ' +
       '`registerSecurityExplainEndpoints`, `registerSecurityEndpoints`, `registerDiscoveryEndpoints`, ' +
       '`registerOpenApiEndpoints`, `registerEmailEndpoints`, `registerSearchEndpoints`, ' +
-      '`registerUiEndpoints`, `registerFormEndpoints` and `registerCrudEndpoints`, and the first five `/meta` ' +
+      '`registerUiEndpoints`, `registerFormEndpoints` and `registerCrudEndpoints`, and the first six `/meta` ' +
       'groups of `registerMetadataEndpointsInner`, moved to; ' +
       'reachable = those inside registerMetadataEndpoints, PLUS every site in the registrar list\'s named `/meta` ' +
-      'subset (`REST_SERVER_META_ROUTE_FILES`: `meta-collection-routes.ts`, `meta-item-read-routes.ts` and ' +
-      '`meta-item-write-routes.ts`), whose ' +
+      'subset (`REST_SERVER_META_ROUTE_FILES`: `meta-collection-routes.ts`, `meta-item-read-routes.ts`, ' +
+      '`meta-item-write-routes.ts` and `meta-item-history-routes.ts`), whose ' +
       'registrations the inner method ' +
       'runs inside the umbrella\'s swap',
     // [#15542 / #15854] ⭐ THE POPULATION RULE LEARNED A SECOND SPELLING, and
@@ -891,10 +891,29 @@ export const PROBE_FILE_CENSUS: readonly ProbeFileReading[] = [
     // spells it nowhere), `private register*Endpoints(` stays 16,
     // `const registerPerItemRoute =` stays 1 and `enforceAuth` stays 112: the
     // moved group spells none of them, and neither does the seam.
+    // [#23050 slice 13d] 70 / 19 / 51 UNCHANGED, `reachable` held by 13a's rule
+    // and every control keyed as 13c keyed them, with no rule change. The sixth
+    // `/meta` group, the history family (`/history`, `/audit`, `/publish`,
+    // `/rollback` and `/diff`, five helper-routed registration sites, REACHABLE
+    // through the same umbrella key), moved to `meta-item-history-routes.ts`,
+    // which joins the list (length 16 -> 17) and the named `/meta` subset
+    // (3 -> 4). Like the per-item writes' module it has NO direct site, so its
+    // own control counts `registerPerItemRoute(` (5), and the whole-population
+    // `registerPerItemRoute(` control stays 8 over this file plus every module on
+    // the list (1 here, the published read's, + 2 + 5); over this file alone it
+    // would now read 1. The subset's length and the module calls inside the
+    // inner method move together (both 4). Measured at the move commit, before
+    // the list learned the module: population 65, the five sites out of reach,
+    // and the `.call(` control at 4 against a subset of 3.
+    // `this.routeManager.register(` stays 63 over the seventeen files (the module
+    // spells it nowhere), `private register*Endpoints(` stays 16,
+    // `const registerPerItemRoute =` stays 1, `forwarder slice:` stays 1 and
+    // `enforceAuth` stays 112: the moved group spells none of them, and neither
+    // does the seam.
     controls: {
       'private register*Endpoints(': 16,
       'this.routeManager.register(': 63,
-      'registrar list length': 16,
+      'registrar list length': 17,
       'data-action-routes.ts: this.routeManager.register(': 9,
       'batch-routes.ts: this.routeManager.register(': 5,
       'approvals-routes.ts: this.routeManager.register(': 7,
@@ -912,6 +931,8 @@ export const PROBE_FILE_CENSUS: readonly ProbeFileReading[] = [
       // [#23050 slice 13c] Controlled on the helper's call spelling: this module
       // has no direct site (see above).
       'meta-item-write-routes.ts: registerPerItemRoute(': 2,
+      // [#23050 slice 13d] The same: the history family's module has no direct site.
+      'meta-item-history-routes.ts: registerPerItemRoute(': 5,
       // [#23050 slice 13a] Recorded AS the subset's length, not as a literal: the
       // measured side is the module calls inside the inner method, so the two
       // can only move together.
 
@@ -133,6 +133,13 @@ const SOURCE = readFileSync(resolve(HERE, 'rest-server.ts'), 'utf8');
  * [#23050 slice 13c] …and the fifth, the per-item writes, to
  * `meta-item-write-routes.ts`, with their two: the item save's and the reset's,
  * each locally caught on its invocation line, as before.
+ *
+ * [#23050 slice 13d] …and the sixth, the history family, to
+ * `meta-item-history-routes.ts`, with its five, each locally caught as before:
+ * the audit trail's, the publish's and the rollback's on their invocation
+ * lines, the change log's and the comparison's on their continuation lines —
+ * two of §7's and §8's four continuation sites, which those sections find there
+ * because they read every file here.
  */
 const SITE_FILES = REST_SERVER_REGISTRAR_FILES;
 const SOURCES = new Map<string, string>(SITE_FILES.map((file) => [
@@ -150,7 +157,7 @@ const siteKey = (file: string, line: number) => `${file}:${line}`;
  * `registerSearchEndpoints`, `registerUiEndpoints`,
  * `registerCrudEndpoints`) hands its moved body — and each one
  * `registerMetadataEndpointsInner` builds for a moved `/meta` group's module
- * (#23050 slices 13a, 13b and 13c), counted as that module's registrar —
+ * (#23050 slices 13a, 13b, 13c and 13d), counted as that module's registrar —
  * forwards each member to the server with `(...a) => this.<member>(...a)`, so
  * a moved site's stack shows
  * that forwarder above the site itself. The site is the first censused frame
@@ -782,9 +789,22 @@ describe('[#13160] §2 the consumer surface, counted from the tree', () => {
         // one forwarder's two mentions in). Sixteen forwarders now: (16 - 1) + 3 - 2,
         // the module carrying one host literal that reads the seam, so neither map
         // gains an entry.
-        expect(SITE_FILES).toHaveLength(16);
+        //
+        // [#23050 slice 13d] 62 sites UNCHANGED / 141 → 145 mentions — the same MOVE.
+        // The sixth `/meta` group, the history family, left for
+        // `meta-item-history-routes.ts` with its five LOCALLY CAUGHT sites (the audit
+        // trail's, the publish's and the rollback's on their invocation lines, the
+        // change log's and the comparison's on their continuation lines, as before):
+        // 5 + 9 + 5 + 7 + 8 + 1 + 5 + 2 + 1 + 1 + 1 + 0 + 6 + 3 + 1 + 2 + 5 = 62 sites.
+        // The four new mentions are this slice's seam, the two spellings once (the
+        // fourth host literal the inner method builds, its forwarder, two; the host
+        // interface's member, two): `rest-server.ts` goes 55 → 52 (the five sites
+        // out, one forwarder's two mentions in). Seventeen forwarders now:
+        // (17 - 1) + 3 - 2, the module carrying one host literal that reads the seam,
+        // so neither map gains an entry.
+        expect(SITE_FILES).toHaveLength(17);
         expect(SITES.length).toBe(62);
-        expect([...SOURCES.values()].reduce((n, text) => n + text.split('resolveExecCtx').length - 1, 0)).toBe(141);
+        expect([...SOURCES.values()].reduce((n, text) => n + text.split('resolveExecCtx').length - 1, 0)).toBe(145);
         const extraMovedRegistrars = Object.values(EXTRA_MOVED_REGISTRARS).reduce((n, k) => n + (k ?? 0), 0);
         expect(extraMovedRegistrars).toBe(3);
         const registrarsReadingNoExecCtx = Object.values(MOVED_REGISTRARS_READING_NO_EXECCTX).reduce((n, k) => n + (k ?? 0), 0);
 
@@ -276,7 +276,11 @@ describe('[#20338] census: every draft switch in rest-server.ts is ledgered', ()
         // with the last one `rest-server.ts` held: the reset's `?state=draft` (a
         // `write` row). Its key names the route, so again no ledger row changed:
         // 8 = 0 + 0 + 0 + 0 + 0 + 2 + 0 + 0 + 0 + 0 + 0 + 0 + 0 + 3 + 2 + 1, length 15 → 16.
-        expect(REST_SERVER_REGISTRAR_FILES).toHaveLength(16);
+        // [#23050 slice 13d] The history family moved to `meta-item-history-routes.ts`
+        // carrying no draft switch: none of its five doors reads one, so no ledger row
+        // changed:
+        // 8 = 0 + 0 + 0 + 0 + 0 + 2 + 0 + 0 + 0 + 0 + 0 + 0 + 0 + 3 + 2 + 1 + 0, length 16 → 17.
+        expect(REST_SERVER_REGISTRAR_FILES).toHaveLength(17);
         expect(SOURCE_FILES.map((file) => file.fileName)).toEqual([...REST_SERVER_REGISTRAR_FILES]);
         expect(SITES).toHaveLength(8);
     });