diff --git a/docs/design/session-framework/state-media-v1.md b/docs/design/session-framework/state-media-v1.md
index a8c7a86..677f85d 100644
--- a/docs/design/session-framework/state-media-v1.md
+++ b/docs/design/session-framework/state-media-v1.md
@@ -65,6 +65,21 @@ the sample position relative to the episode's configured audio origin, with inte
 firstSample/sampleRate. Crash restore preserves sample position under a new epoch; first
 chunk marks discontinuity. Within an epoch, chunks cannot overlap or go backwards.
 
+**Amendment, 2026-09-22 (MEDIA-01).** Two readings of the paragraphs above, made explicit
+because they are now enforced:
+
+- The bootstrap window is exactly the boundaries where `max(0, boundary - observationDelaySteps)`
+  is zero, that is `boundary <= observationDelaySteps`. Inside it the repeated `O[0]` is the
+  **same artifact**, not a fresh render of the same scene; outside it the producing boundary
+  advances one per step, and a frame from any other boundary -- older or newer -- is a step
+  failure. A producer therefore keeps a queue of `observationDelaySteps + 1` frames and nothing
+  more, so there is no older frame available to substitute.
+- Within an epoch, `discontinuity` marks a range the stream actually skipped. The first chunk
+  after a restore marks it, and a later chunk may mark it when it starts past where the previous
+  chunk ended; a chunk that continues the previous one exactly is continuous by construction and
+  its flag is refused. Without that reading the restore rule is advisory, because a stream could
+  set the flag on every chunk and satisfy it by accident.
+
 The environment provides **native game output**. Sensor transformations belong to the agent
 profile. Resizing for viewers, overlays, composition, audio mixing/resampling, encoding,
 browser delivery and streaming belong to the application/presentation layer. No bus or
diff --git a/services/flysim/crates/fly-session/tests/media.rs b/services/flysim/crates/fly-session/tests/media.rs
index 5f063fc..80308f8 100644
--- a/services/flysim/crates/fly-session/tests/media.rs
+++ b/services/flysim/crates/fly-session/tests/media.rs
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ use fly_session::media::{
 };
 use fly_session::phase::Phase;
 use fly_session::types::*;
-use fly_session_types::media::{check_imported_asset, require_finite_samples};
+use fly_session_types::media::{AudioTimeline, check_imported_asset, require_finite_samples};
 
 both_transports!(
     one_shared_image_reaches_both_agents_through_owned_attachments,
@@ -38,6 +38,7 @@ both_transports!(
     one_audio_chunk_per_boundary_with_an_exact_sample_budget,
     required_agent_input_is_never_coalesced_while_spectator_snapshots_are,
     a_persistent_asset_and_a_transient_artifact_are_different_identities,
+    a_restored_audio_source_resumes_and_marks_the_discontinuity,
 );
 
 const STEPS: u64 = 3;
@@ -466,6 +467,7 @@ async fn a_persistent_asset_and_a_transient_artifact_are_different_identities(vi
         router.stats().sealed_artifacts == before
     })
     .await;
+    assert!(registry.contains(&asset));
     assert_eq!(
         registry.resolve(&asset).expect("still installed"),
         body.as_bytes(),
@@ -474,6 +476,41 @@ async fn a_persistent_asset_and_a_transient_artifact_are_different_identities(vi
     f.shutdown().await;
 }
 
+/// A restored epoch resumes the preserved sample position, and its first chunk marks the
+/// discontinuity that says so. The producer and the validator agree about which epoch it is.
+async fn a_restored_audio_source_resumes_and_marks_the_discontinuity(via: Via) {
+    let f = default_fixture(via).await;
+    let client = f.harness.observer().await.unwrap();
+    let descriptor = fly_session::environment::CounterEnvironment::audio_descriptor();
+    let step = hz(f.harness.config.step_hz).expect("a positive cadence");
+    let resumed_at = 2_400;
+
+    let mut source = AudioSource::restored_at(descriptor.clone(), resumed_at);
+    let (first, _first_handle) = source
+        .produce(&client, &step, 3)
+        .await
+        .expect("the restored source produces");
+    assert_eq!(first.first_sample, resumed_at, "the sample position is preserved");
+    assert!(first.discontinuity, "the first chunk after a restore marks it");
+    let (second, _second_handle) = source
+        .produce(&client, &step, 3)
+        .await
+        .expect("the next chunk");
+    assert!(!second.discontinuity, "only the first chunk of the epoch marks it");
+    assert_eq!(second.first_sample, resumed_at + first.sample_frames);
+
+    // The validator accepts exactly this sequence under a restored timeline, and refuses it
+    // under a fresh one: the flag is what distinguishes the two epochs.
+    let mut restored = AudioTimeline::restored_at(&descriptor, resumed_at);
+    restored.accept(&first, &descriptor).expect("the restored epoch");
+    restored.accept(&second, &descriptor).expect("and its next chunk");
+    let mut fresh = AudioTimeline::fresh(&descriptor, resumed_at);
+    fresh
+        .accept(&first, &descriptor)
+        .expect_err("a fresh episode's first chunk is not a discontinuity");
+    f.shutdown().await;
+}
+
 /// The sample budget is exact when the cadence does not divide the sample rate: 8 kHz at 60 Hz
 /// is 133, 133, 134 and the total after three steps is exactly 400.
 #[test]