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+# Phase 0 (miroir-qon) Verification - 2026-05-09
+
+## Status
+**COMPLETE** — Phase 0 Foundation is fully established and verified.
+
+## Definition of Done Status
+
+### ✅ Core Structure
+- **Cargo workspace**: Configured with 3 members (miroir-core, miroir-proxy, miroir-ctl)
+- **miroir-core**: Library crate with routing, merging, topology, and config modules
+- **miroir-proxy**: HTTP binary with axum server skeleton
+- **miroir-ctl**: CLI binary with clap subcommand structure
+- **rust-toolchain.toml**: Pinned to Rust 1.88 with required targets
+
+### ✅ Configuration
+- **Config struct**: Full plan §4 YAML schema implementation in `crates/miroir-core/src/config.rs`
+  - All core fields: master_key, shards, replication_factor, replica_groups, nodes
+  - All sub-structs: task_store, admin, health, scatter, rebalancer, server
+  - §13 advanced capabilities: resharding, hedging, replica_selection, etc.
+  - §14 horizontal scaling: peer_discovery, leader_election, hpa
+- **validate() method**: Cross-field constraint validation
+- **load() methods**: Layered loading (file → env → CLI)
+- **Round-trip tests**: YAML → struct → YAML verified
+
+### ✅ Dependencies
+All required dependencies wired in workspace:
+- axum, tokio (rt-multi-thread), reqwest, twox-hash
+- serde, serde_json, serde_yaml
+- config, rusqlite, prometheus
+- tracing, tracing-subscriber
+- clap, uuid
+- Plus: thiserror, chrono, futures, http
+
+### ✅ Style & Tooling
+- **rustfmt.toml**: max_width=100, edition=2021
+- **clippy.toml**: Lint configuration
+- **.editorconfig**: UTF-8, LF, 4-space indent for RS/TOML
+- **Cargo.lock**: Committed
+
+### ✅ Project Metadata
+- **CHANGELOG.md**: Keep a Changelog format scaffolded
+- **LICENSE**: MIT
+- **.gitignore**: Standard Rust exclusions
+- **README.md**: Project overview
+
+## Build Verification (from prior verification)
+| Command | Result |
+|---------|--------|
+| `cargo build --all` | ✅ PASS |
+| `cargo test --all` | ✅ PASS (125 tests) |
+| `cargo clippy --all-targets --all-features -- -D warnings` | ✅ PASS |
+| `cargo fmt --all -- --check` | ✅ PASS |
+| `cargo build --release --target x86_64-unknown-linux-musl -p miroir-proxy` | ⚠️ SKIP (musl-gcc unavailable in NixOS) |
+
+## Project State Summary
+The miroir project has a solid Phase 0 foundation with all required components in place. The workspace compiles cleanly, all lint checks pass, and the configuration system fully implements the plan §4 YAML schema with validation and layered loading.
+
+Subsequent phases (1+) have built successfully on this foundation.