diff --git a/PLAN.md b/PLAN.md
index 0bcfeb0..ac9635f 100644
--- a/PLAN.md
+++ b/PLAN.md
@@ -33,11 +33,11 @@ encryption, retention, backup, and deployment policy remain host concerns.
 ## Slice 3 — durable offline command log
 
 - [ ] **User value:** an opted-in Kanban mutation remains available after network loss and browser reload without storing DOM patches as truth.
-- **State:** Blocked by Slice 2.
+- **State:** In progress — the first app-owned `reorder_card` command is transactionally persisted with schema, actor, session, causal id, and app payload before projection; reload restores the projection from commands, while unknown schemas stop with an explicit diagnostic. Offline shell reload, export/delete/reset, quota/corruption recovery, bounded replay, and performance proof remain.
 - **Build:** add an optional durable command-log adapter around platform transactional storage; persist versioned command ids and app payload before projection; restore projection after reload; expose queue state, export/delete/reset, quota/corruption failure, and migration refusal.
 - **Refusals:** no server reconciliation, CRDT, mandatory IndexedDB, credential storage, or policy hidden in core.
 - **Requirements:** `local/001-004`, `sync/009`, `sync/014-015`, `sync/020`, `security/007`, `performance/006`.
-- **Proof:** browser scenario mutates offline, reloads, restores the projection, exports/deletes/reset data, and fails recoverably under quota, corruption, and unknown schema without claiming durability after persistence failure.
+- **Proof:** `cargo test -p hemx-wasm --test browser kanban_command_persists_before_projection_and_restores_after_reload -- --exact` proves transactional persist-before-project ordering, current-version replay after reload, stable identity metadata, and explicit unknown-schema refusal in real Firefox/WASM. The completed slice proof must additionally mutate and reload offline, export/delete/reset data, and fail recoverably under quota and corruption without claiming durability after persistence failure.
 
 ## Slice 4 — authoritative reconnect and convergence
 
diff --git a/examples/kanban/src/lib.rs b/examples/kanban/src/lib.rs
index ecbb9e4..45477c0 100644
--- a/examples/kanban/src/lib.rs
+++ b/examples/kanban/src/lib.rs
@@ -1,25 +1,90 @@
 #[hemx::surface]
 pub mod ui {}
 
+#[cfg(feature = "client")]
+#[derive(Clone, Debug, Eq, PartialEq)]
+struct CardId(String);
+
+#[cfg(feature = "client")]
+struct ReorderCommand {
+    card: CardId,
+    input_kind: String,
+}
+
+#[cfg(feature = "client")]
+struct CardReordered {
+    card: CardId,
+    input_kind: String,
+}
+
+#[cfg(feature = "client")]
+struct BoardProjection {
+    first: CardId,
+}
+
+#[cfg(feature = "client")]
+struct ProjectedReorder {
+    card: CardId,
+    before: Option<CardId>,
+    input_kind: String,
+}
+
+#[cfg(feature = "client")]
+impl ReorderCommand {
+    fn from_client(event: hemx::wasm::ClientEvent) -> Self {
+        Self {
+            card: CardId(
+                event
+                    .value
+                    .filter(|card| !card.is_empty())
+                    .unwrap_or_else(|| "1".into()),
+            ),
+            input_kind: event.kind,
+        }
+    }
+
+    fn decide(self) -> CardReordered {
+        CardReordered {
+            card: self.card,
+            input_kind: self.input_kind,
+        }
+    }
+}
+
+#[cfg(feature = "client")]
+impl BoardProjection {
+    fn restore(state: hemx::wasm::ClientState) -> Self {
+        Self {
+            first: CardId(state.encoded.split('|').next().unwrap_or("1").to_owned()),
+        }
+    }
+
+    fn apply(self, event: CardReordered) -> ProjectedReorder {
+        let before = (event.card != self.first).then_some(self.first);
+        ProjectedReorder {
+            card: event.card,
+            before,
+            input_kind: event.input_kind,
+        }
+    }
+}
+
 #[cfg(feature = "client")]
 #[hemx::handler(client)]
 pub fn reorder_card(
     event: hemx::wasm::ClientEvent,
     state: hemx::wasm::ClientState,
 ) -> impl hemx::IntoEffect {
-    let card = event.value.unwrap_or_else(|| "1".to_owned());
-    let order = state.encoded.split('|').collect::<Vec<_>>();
-    let move_effect = if card == order.first().copied().unwrap_or("1") {
-        ui::client_board::client_cards.move_to_end(card.clone())
-    } else {
-        ui::client_board::client_cards.move_before(
-            card.clone(),
-            order.first().copied().unwrap_or("1").to_owned(),
-        )
+    let projected =
+        BoardProjection::restore(state).apply(ReorderCommand::from_client(event).decide());
+    let card = projected.card.0;
+    let move_effect = match projected.before {
+        Some(before) => ui::client_board::client_cards.move_before(card.clone(), before.0),
+        None => ui::client_board::client_cards.move_to_end(card.clone()),
     };
     vec![
         move_effect,
-        ui::client_board::client_notice.text(format!("Moved {card} with {}", event.kind)),
+        ui::client_board::client_notice.text(format!("Moved {card} with {}", projected.input_kind)),
     ]
 }
 
diff --git a/examples/kanban/static/command-log.js b/examples/kanban/static/command-log.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..77a379d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/examples/kanban/static/command-log.js
@@ -0,0 +1,170 @@
+const DATABASE = "hemx-kanban-v1";
+const COMMANDS = "commands";
+const META = "meta";
+const COMMAND_SCHEMA = 1;
+const ROOT = '[data-hemx-root][data-hemx-client-module="/kanban_client.js"]';
+
+function result(request) {
+  return new Promise((resolve, reject) => {
+    request.addEventListener("success", () => resolve(request.result), { once: true });
+    request.addEventListener("error", () => reject(request.error || new Error("IndexedDB request failed")), { once: true });
+  });
+}
+
+function completed(transaction) {
+  return new Promise((resolve, reject) => {
+    transaction.addEventListener("complete", resolve, { once: true });
+    transaction.addEventListener("abort", () => reject(transaction.error || new Error("IndexedDB transaction aborted")), { once: true });
+    transaction.addEventListener("error", () => reject(transaction.error || new Error("IndexedDB transaction failed")), { once: true });
+  });
+}
+
+function openCommandLog() {
+  const request = indexedDB.open(DATABASE, 1);
+  request.addEventListener("upgradeneeded", () => {
+    const database = request.result;
+    if (!database.objectStoreNames.contains(COMMANDS)) database.createObjectStore(COMMANDS, { keyPath: "id" });
+    if (!database.objectStoreNames.contains(META)) database.createObjectStore(META);
+  });
+  return result(request);
+}
+
+function clientReady(root) {
+  if (root.hasAttribute("data-hemx-client-ready")) return Promise.resolve();
+  return new Promise((resolve) => {
+    const observer = new MutationObserver(() => {
+      if (!root.hasAttribute("data-hemx-client-ready")) return;
+      observer.disconnect();
+      resolve();
+    });
+    observer.observe(root, { attributes: true, attributeFilter: ["data-hemx-client-ready"] });
+  });
+}
+
+function stableSession() {
+  const key = "hemx-kanban-session-v1";
+  let session = sessionStorage.getItem(key);
+  if (!session) {
+    session = crypto.randomUUID();
+    sessionStorage.setItem(key, session);
+  }
+  return session;
+}
+
+async function appendReorder(database, wire) {
+  const transaction = database.transaction([COMMANDS, META], "readwrite");
+  const done = completed(transaction);
+  const meta = transaction.objectStore(META);
+  const commands = transaction.objectStore(COMMANDS);
+  const actorRequest = result(meta.get("actor"));
+  const causalRequest = result(meta.get("causal"));
+  const [storedActor, storedCausal] = await Promise.all([actorRequest, causalRequest]);
+  const actor = storedActor || crypto.randomUUID();
+  const causal = (storedCausal || 0) + 1;
+  const command = {
+    id: `${actor}:${causal}`,
+    schemaVersion: COMMAND_SCHEMA,
+    actor,
+    session: stableSession(),
+    causal,
+    kind: "reorder_card",
+    cardId: String(wire[2] || "1"),
+    eventKind: String(wire[1] || "click"),
+    key: wire[4] ? String(wire[4]) : null,
+  };
+  meta.put(actor, "actor");
+  meta.put(causal, "causal");
+  commands.add(command);
+  const count = await result(commands.count());
+  await done;
+  return { command, count };
+}
+
+async function storedCommands(database) {
+  const transaction = database.transaction(COMMANDS, "readonly");
+  const done = completed(transaction);
+  const commands = await result(transaction.objectStore(COMMANDS).getAll());
+  await done;
+  return commands.sort((left, right) => left.causal - right.causal);
+}
+
+function validate(command) {
+  if (command.schemaVersion !== COMMAND_SCHEMA || command.kind !== "reorder_card" || !command.id || !command.actor || !command.session || !command.cardId || !Number.isSafeInteger(command.causal)) {
+    throw new Error(`unsupported durable command ${command && command.id ? command.id : "record"}`);
+  }
+  return command;
+}
+
+async function project(root, wasmHandler, command) {
+  const checked = validate(command);
+  const batch = await wasmHandler(
+    1,
+    checked.eventKind,
+    checked.cardId,
+    undefined,
+    checked.key || undefined,
+    1,
+    root.getAttribute("data-hemx-st") || "",
+  );
+  if (!(batch instanceof Uint8Array)) throw new Error("reorder_card returned an invalid effect batch");
+  return batch;
+}
+
+function report(root, stage, error) {
+  const message = error instanceof Error ? error.message : String(error);
+  root.setAttribute("data-kanban-command-error", `${stage}: ${message}`);
+  root.dispatchEvent(new CustomEvent("kanban:command-error", { detail: { stage, message } }));
+}
+
+async function start() {
+  const root = document.querySelector(ROOT);
+  if (!root) return;
+  const databasePromise = openCommandLog();
+  await clientReady(root);
+  let wasmHandler;
+  const durableHandler = async (...wire) => {
+    let command;
+    let count;
+    try {
+      ({ command, count } = await appendReorder(await databasePromise, wire));
+    } catch (error) {
+      report(root, "persist", error);
+      throw error;
+    }
+    root.setAttribute("data-kanban-command-count", String(count));
+    root.dispatchEvent(new CustomEvent("kanban:command-persisted", {
+      detail: {
+        id: command.id,
+        schemaVersion: command.schemaVersion,
+        actor: command.actor,
+        session: command.session,
+        causal: command.causal,
+      },
+    }));
+    try {
+      return await project(root, wasmHandler, command);
+    } catch (error) {
+      report(root, "project", error);
+      throw error;
+    }
+  };
+
+  wasmHandler = window.hemx.registerClientHandler("reorder_card", durableHandler);
+  if (typeof wasmHandler !== "function") throw new Error("reorder_card WASM handler is not registered");
+  const database = await databasePromise;
+  try {
+    const commands = await storedCommands(database);
+    for (const command of commands) window.hemx.applyBatch(await project(root, wasmHandler, command), root);
+    root.setAttribute("data-kanban-command-count", String(commands.length));
+    root.setAttribute("data-kanban-command-ready", "");
+  } catch (error) {
+    report(root, "restore", error);
+    throw error;
+  }
+}
+
+start().catch((error) => {
+  const root = document.querySelector(ROOT);
+  if (root && !root.hasAttribute("data-kanban-command-error")) report(root, "open", error);
+  console.error("kanban durable command log failed", error);
+});
diff --git a/hemx-wasm/tests/browser.rs b/hemx-wasm/tests/browser.rs
index 930a154..94977ff 100644
--- a/hemx-wasm/tests/browser.rs
+++ b/hemx-wasm/tests/browser.rs
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ async fn client_handler_applies_effect_batch_without_network() -> WebDriverResul
         .to_owned();
     let (package, bootstrap, rendered) = build_browser_artifact(&workspace);
     let runtime = workspace.join("hemx-js/runtime/hemx.js");
-    let server = StaticServer::start(package, runtime, bootstrap, rendered, "client_local");
+    let server = StaticServer::start(package, runtime, bootstrap, rendered, "client_local", None);
 
     let webdriver_port = available_port();
     let webdriver_addr = format!("127.0.0.1:{webdriver_port}");
@@ -191,6 +191,148 @@ async fn client_handler_applies_effect_batch_without_network() -> WebDriverResul
     result.and(quit)
 }
 
+#[tokio::test]
+async fn kanban_command_persists_before_projection_and_restores_after_reload() -> WebDriverResult<()>
+{
+    // test req: local/001 req: local/002 req: local/003 req: local/004
+    let workspace = PathBuf::from(env!("CARGO_MANIFEST_DIR"))
+        .parent()
+        .expect("workspace root")
+        .to_owned();
+    let (package, bootstrap, rendered) = build_kanban_artifact(&workspace);
+    let runtime = workspace.join("hemx-js/runtime/hemx.js");
+    let server = StaticServer::start(
+        package,
+        runtime,
+        bootstrap,
+        rendered,
+        "kanban_client",
+        Some(workspace.join("examples/kanban/static/command-log.js")),
+    );
+
+    let webdriver_port = available_port();
+    let webdriver_addr = format!("127.0.0.1:{webdriver_port}");
+    let mut webdriver = Command::new("geckodriver");
+    webdriver.arg("--port").arg(webdriver_port.to_string());
+    let _webdriver = ProcessGuard::start(webdriver, &webdriver_addr);
+    let mut caps = DesiredCapabilities::firefox();
+    caps.set_headless()?;
+    let driver = WebDriver::new(&format!("http://{webdriver_addr}"), caps).await?;
+    let result = async {
+        driver.goto(&server.url()).await?;
+        wait_until(
+            &driver,
+            "return document.querySelector('[data-hemx-root]').hasAttribute('data-kanban-command-ready')",
+        )
+        .await?;
+        driver
+            .execute(
+                r#"
+                const root = document.querySelector('[data-hemx-root]');
+                window.__persistedCommand = null;
+                root.addEventListener('kanban:command-persisted', (event) => {
+                  window.__persistedCommand = {
+                    detail: event.detail,
+                    order: [...root.querySelectorAll('[data-key]')].map((node) => node.getAttribute('data-key')).join('|'),
+                  };
+                }, { once: true });
+                return true;
+                "#,
+                Vec::new(),
+            )
+            .await?;
+        driver.find(By::Css("[data-card-id='1']")).await?.click().await?;
+        wait_until(
+            &driver,
+            "return window.__persistedCommand && [...document.querySelectorAll('[data-key]')].map((node) => node.getAttribute('data-key')).join('|') === '2|1'",
+        )
+        .await?;
+        let persisted = driver
+            .execute(
+                "return { persisted: window.__persistedCommand, count: document.querySelector('[data-hemx-root]').getAttribute('data-kanban-command-count') }",
+                Vec::new(),
+            )
+            .await?
+            .json()
+            .clone();
+        assert_eq!(persisted["persisted"]["order"], "1|2");
+        assert_eq!(persisted["persisted"]["detail"]["schemaVersion"], 1);
+        assert_eq!(persisted["persisted"]["detail"]["causal"], 1);
+        let actor = persisted["persisted"]["detail"]["actor"]
+            .as_str()
+            .expect("persisted actor");
+        let session = persisted["persisted"]["detail"]["session"]
+            .as_str()
+            .expect("persisted session");
+        assert!(!actor.is_empty());
+        assert!(!session.is_empty());
+        assert_eq!(persisted["persisted"]["detail"]["id"], format!("{actor}:1"));
+        assert_eq!(persisted["count"], "1");
+
+        driver.refresh().await?;
+        wait_until(
+            &driver,
+            "return document.querySelector('[data-hemx-root]').hasAttribute('data-kanban-command-ready')",
+        )
+        .await?;
+        let restored = driver
+            .execute(
+                "const root = document.querySelector('[data-hemx-root]'); return { order: [...root.querySelectorAll('[data-key]')].map((node) => node.getAttribute('data-key')).join('|'), count: root.getAttribute('data-kanban-command-count'), error: root.getAttribute('data-kanban-command-error'), notice: root.querySelector('[data-sid]').textContent }",
+                Vec::new(),
+            )
+            .await?
+            .json()
+            .clone();
+        assert_eq!(restored["order"], "2|1");
+        assert_eq!(restored["count"], "1");
+        assert!(restored["error"].is_null());
+        assert_eq!(restored["notice"], "Moved 1 with click");
+
+        driver
+            .execute(
+                r#"
+                window.__futureCommandStored = false;
+                const request = indexedDB.open('hemx-kanban-v1', 1);
+                request.onsuccess = () => {
+                  const tx = request.result.transaction('commands', 'readwrite');
+                  tx.objectStore('commands').add({
+                    id: 'future:2', schemaVersion: 2, actor: 'future', session: 'future',
+                    causal: 2, kind: 'reorder_card', cardId: '2', eventKind: 'click', key: null,
+                  });
+                  tx.oncomplete = () => { window.__futureCommandStored = true; };
+                };
+                return true;
+                "#,
+                Vec::new(),
+            )
+            .await?;
+        wait_until(&driver, "return window.__futureCommandStored === true").await?;
+        driver.refresh().await?;
+        wait_until(
+            &driver,
+            "return document.querySelector('[data-hemx-root]').hasAttribute('data-kanban-command-error')",
+        )
+        .await?;
+        let rejected = driver
+            .execute(
+                "const root = document.querySelector('[data-hemx-root]'); return { error: root.getAttribute('data-kanban-command-error'), ready: root.hasAttribute('data-kanban-command-ready') }",
+                Vec::new(),
+            )
+            .await?
+            .json()
+            .clone();
+        assert_eq!(
+            rejected["error"],
+            "restore: unsupported durable command future:2"
+        );
+        assert_eq!(rejected["ready"], false);
+        Ok(())
+    }
+    .await;
+    let quit = driver.quit().await;
+    result.and(quit)
+}
+
 #[tokio::test]
 async fn kanban_reorder_has_pointer_keyboard_focus_and_reduced_motion_parity() -> WebDriverResult<()>
 {
@@ -202,7 +344,14 @@ async fn kanban_reorder_has_pointer_keyboard_focus_and_reduced_motion_parity() -
         .to_owned();
     let (package, bootstrap, rendered) = build_kanban_artifact(&workspace);
     let runtime = workspace.join("hemx-js/runtime/hemx.js");
-    let server = StaticServer::start(package, runtime, bootstrap, rendered, "kanban_client");
+    let server = StaticServer::start(
+        package,
+        runtime,
+        bootstrap,
+        rendered,
+        "kanban_client",
+        Some(workspace.join("examples/kanban/static/command-log.js")),
+    );
 
     let webdriver_port = available_port();
     let webdriver_addr = format!("127.0.0.1:{webdriver_port}");
@@ -455,6 +604,7 @@ impl StaticServer {
         bootstrap: PathBuf,
         rendered: String,
         asset_stem: &'static str,
+        app_module: Option<PathBuf>,
     ) -> Self {
         let listener = TcpListener::bind("127.0.0.1:0").expect("bind browser fixture");
         listener.set_nonblocking(true).expect("nonblocking fixture");
@@ -465,7 +615,13 @@ impl StaticServer {
             while !thread_stop.load(Ordering::Relaxed) {
                 match listener.accept() {
                     Ok((stream, _)) => serve(
-                        stream, &package, &runtime, &bootstrap, &rendered, asset_stem,
+                        stream,
+                        &package,
+                        &runtime,
+                        &bootstrap,
+                        &rendered,
+                        asset_stem,
+                        app_module.as_deref(),
                     ),
                     Err(error) if error.kind() == std::io::ErrorKind::WouldBlock => {
                         thread::sleep(Duration::from_millis(10))
@@ -495,6 +651,7 @@ fn serve(
     bootstrap: &Path,
     rendered: &str,
     asset_stem: &str,
+    app_module: Option<&Path>,
 ) {
     let mut request = [0_u8; 2048];
     let length = stream.read(&mut request).unwrap_or(0);
@@ -503,7 +660,7 @@ fn serve(
     let (content_type, body) = match path {
         "/" => (
             "text/html; charset=utf-8",
-            fixture_html(rendered).into_bytes(),
+            fixture_html(rendered, app_module.is_some()).into_bytes(),
         ),
         "/hemx.js" => (
             "text/javascript; charset=utf-8",
@@ -521,11 +678,16 @@ fn serve(
             "text/javascript; charset=utf-8",
             fs::read(bootstrap).expect("read generated client bootstrap"),
         ),
+        "/app.js" if app_module.is_some() => (
+            "text/javascript; charset=utf-8",
+            fs::read(app_module.expect("checked app module")).expect("read app module"),
+        ),
         _ => ("text/plain", b"not found".to_vec()),
     };
     let status = if path == "/"
         || path == "/hemx.js"
         || path == "/hemx.client.js"
+        || (path == "/app.js" && app_module.is_some())
         || path.starts_with(&format!("/{asset_stem}"))
     {
         "200 OK"
@@ -536,9 +698,14 @@ fn serve(
     stream.write_all(&body).expect("write fixture body");
 }
 
-fn fixture_html(rendered: &str) -> String {
+fn fixture_html(rendered: &str, has_app_module: bool) -> String {
+    let app_module = if has_app_module {
+        "<script type=\"module\" src=\"/app.js\"></script>"
+    } else {
+        ""
+    };
     format!(
-        "<!doctype html><html><body>{rendered}<script src=\"/hemx.js\"></script><script type=\"module\" src=\"/hemx.client.js\"></script></body></html>"
+        "<!doctype html><html><body>{rendered}<script src=\"/hemx.js\"></script><script type=\"module\" src=\"/hemx.client.js\"></script>{app_module}</body></html>"
     )
 }