diff --git a/src/buildsuites/suite_tcl90/build905.zig b/src/buildsuites/suite_tcl90/build905.zig
index 75a4ed29..5eb614a9 100644
--- a/src/buildsuites/suite_tcl90/build905.zig
+++ b/src/buildsuites/suite_tcl90/build905.zig
@@ -2368,8 +2368,141 @@ pub fn build(b: *std.Build) !void {
                 \\
             ;
             const tkb = tk_build.?; //windows target (checked just above)
-            var family_tree_base: [2]std.Build.LazyPath = undefined;
-            for (0..2) |ti| { //0 = core payload (plain+punk), 1 = bi payload
+            //default 2: r1 of every (9.0.5, variant) pair was PUBLISHED to punkbin
+            //2026-07-22 and is immutable - subsequent assemblies (first content
+            //change: tclvfs forTcl9/1.5.0) emit as r2 until r2 is itself published
+            //and superseded. Bump this default whenever the current rev publishes.
+            const familyrev = b.option(u32, "familyrev", "assembly revision N for the -r<N> family artifact names (kit-family-artifacts; default 2 - r1 published 2026-07-22)") orelse 2;
+            //G-117 schema v1 identity options. origin = canonical artifact repo the
+            //artifacts are BUILT FOR (not necessarily where they end up hosted -
+            //mirrors preserve it). packager = declared identity, resolution chain
+            //-Dpackager > env PUNKBIN_PACKAGER > building checkout's git identity >
+            //"unrecorded" (declarative, not proof - signing is the verification layer).
+            const originurl = b.option([]const u8, "originurl", "canonical artifact repo url the family artifacts are built FOR ('origin' field; default punkbin)") orelse "https://www.gitea1.intx.com.au/jn/punkbin";
+            const projecturl = b.option([]const u8, "projecturl", "project url recorded in the artifact records ('project_url' field; default unrecorded)") orelse "unrecorded";
+            const packager = blk: {
+                if (b.option([]const u8, "packager", "declared packager identity for the artifact records (-Dpackager > env PUNKBIN_PACKAGER > git identity > unrecorded)")) |p| break :blk p;
+                if (b.graph.environ_map.get("PUNKBIN_PACKAGER")) |p| {
+                    if (p.len != 0) break :blk p;
+                }
+                var gc: u8 = undefined;
+                const gname: ?[]const u8 = b.runAllowFail(&.{ "git", "config", "user.name" }, &gc, .ignore) catch null;
+                if (gname != null and gc == 0) {
+                    const nm = std.mem.trim(u8, gname.?, " \t\r\n");
+                    if (nm.len != 0) {
+                        const gmail: ?[]const u8 = b.runAllowFail(&.{ "git", "config", "user.email" }, &gc, .ignore) catch null;
+                        if (gmail != null and gc == 0) {
+                            const em = std.mem.trim(u8, gmail.?, " \t\r\n");
+                            if (em.len != 0) break :blk b.fmt("{s} <{s}>", .{ nm, em });
+                        }
+                        break :blk nm;
+                    }
+                }
+                break :blk "unrecorded";
+            };
+
+            const FamilyKit = struct {
+                variant: []const u8,
+                working_name: []const u8,
+                prefix_exe: *std.Build.Step.Compile,
+                tree: usize,
+            };
+            const family_kits = [_]FamilyKit{
+                .{ .variant = "plain", .working_name = b.fmt("tclsh{s}.exe", .{tcl_h_patchlevel}), .prefix_exe = tclsh_exe, .tree = 0 },
+                .{ .variant = "punk", .working_name = b.fmt("tclsh{s}-punk.exe", .{tcl_h_patchlevel}), .prefix_exe = tclsh_pr_exe, .tree = 0 },
+                .{ .variant = "punk-bi", .working_name = b.fmt("tclsh{s}-punk-bi.exe", .{tcl_h_patchlevel}), .prefix_exe = tclsh_pr_exe, .tree = 1 },
+            };
+
+            //source checkout uuids (also consumed by kit-family-artifacts below)
+            const uuid_tcl = common.manifestUuid(b, tcl_source_folder);
+            const uuid_thread = common.manifestUuid(b, "../tclthread");
+            const uuid_tclvfs = common.manifestUuid(b, "../tclvfs");
+            const uuid_tk = common.manifestUuid(b, "../tk9");
+            const uuid_tcllib = common.manifestUuid(b, "../tcllib");
+            const uuid_tklib = common.manifestUuid(b, "../tklib");
+
+            //G-117: per-member EMBEDDED artifact record (schema v1), staged into each
+            //member's payload tree as base/punkbin-artifact.toml (namespaced so a
+            //future G-025 kit-stamp file can coexist; the record survives make.tcl
+            //kit wrapping, which overlays without clearing). Finished-binary facts
+            //(sha1, size, built) stay SIDECAR-ONLY: embed-then-hash ordering, no
+            //circularity - the sidecar + sha1sums.txt remain the integrity authority.
+            //build_id is a uuid-shaped sha1 digest over stable identity inputs
+            //(artifact name incl -r<N>, toolchain/optimize, patchlevel, the member's
+            //source-checkout uuids) - deterministic so the zig cache holds across
+            //configures; a correlation key, not an integrity key.
+            var family_records: [family_kits.len][]const u8 = undefined;
+            for (family_kits, 0..) |fk, ki| {
+                const kbi = fk.tree == 1;
+                const wroot = fk.working_name[0 .. fk.working_name.len - 4]; //strip ".exe" (windows branch)
+                const artifact_name = b.fmt("{s}-r{d}.exe", .{ wroot, familyrev });
+                const prov_seed = if (kbi)
+                    b.fmt("tcl {s} thread {s} tclvfs {s} tcllib {s} tk {s} tklib {s}", .{ uuid_tcl, uuid_thread, uuid_tclvfs, uuid_tcllib, uuid_tk, uuid_tklib })
+                else
+                    b.fmt("tcl {s} thread {s} tclvfs {s} tcllib {s}", .{ uuid_tcl, uuid_thread, uuid_tclvfs, uuid_tcllib });
+                var idigest: [20]u8 = undefined;
+                std.crypto.hash.Sha1.hash(b.fmt("punkbin-artifact|{s}|zig {s}|{s}|tcl{s}|{s}", .{ artifact_name, builtin.zig_version_string, @tagName(optimize), tcl_h_patchlevel, prov_seed }), &idigest, .{});
+                const ihex = std.fmt.bytesToHex(idigest, .lower);
+                const build_id = b.fmt("{s}-{s}-{s}-{s}-{s}", .{ ihex[0..8], ihex[8..12], ihex[12..16], ihex[16..20], ihex[20..32] });
+                const batteries = if (kbi)
+                    b.fmt("[\"Thread {s}\", \"vfs {s}\", \"tcllib {s}\", \"tcllibc {s}\", \"Tk {s}\", \"tklib {s}\"]", .{ thread_build.version, tclvfs_info.dotversion, tcllib_ver, tcllib_ver, tkb.patchlevel, tklib_ver })
+                else
+                    b.fmt("[\"Thread {s}\", \"vfs {s}\", \"tcllib {s}\", \"tcllibc {s}\"]", .{ thread_build.version, tclvfs_info.dotversion, tcllib_ver, tcllib_ver });
+                const piperepl_block: []const u8 = if (std.mem.eql(u8, fk.variant, "plain"))
+                    "piperepl = false"
+                else
+                    "piperepl = true\npiperepl_default = \"on\"\npiperepl_opt_out = \"TCLSH_PIPEREPL=0\"";
+                const prov_lines = if (kbi)
+                    b.fmt("tcl_checkout = \"{s}\"\nthread_checkout = \"{s}\"\ntclvfs_checkout = \"{s}\"\ntk_checkout = \"{s}\"\ntcllib_checkout = \"{s}\"\ntklib_checkout = \"{s}\"", .{ uuid_tcl, uuid_thread, uuid_tclvfs, uuid_tk, uuid_tcllib, uuid_tklib })
+                else
+                    b.fmt("tcl_checkout = \"{s}\"\nthread_checkout = \"{s}\"\ntclvfs_checkout = \"{s}\"\ntcllib_checkout = \"{s}\"", .{ uuid_tcl, uuid_thread, uuid_tclvfs, uuid_tcllib });
+                family_records[ki] = b.fmt(
+                    \\#punkshell runtime artifact metadata - EMBEDDED copy (G-117 schema v1),
+                    \\#written at kit-family staging. Finished-binary facts (sha1, size, built)
+                    \\#live only in the sidecar toml + sha1sums.txt, which remain the integrity
+                    \\#authority; this copy makes a stray or renamed runtime self-describing.
+                    \\schema = 1
+                    \\
+                    \\[artifact]
+                    \\name = "{s}"
+                    \\class = "runtime"
+                    \\variant = "{s}"
+                    \\working_name = "{s}"
+                    \\revision = {d}
+                    \\target = "win32-x86_64"
+                    \\#build_id: offline correlation key re-joining a renamed copy to its record;
+                    \\#identical in embedded and sidecar copies. Uuid-shaped digest of stable
+                    \\#identity inputs (deterministic) - not an integrity key.
+                    \\build_id = "{s}"
+                    \\#origin: canonical artifact repo this artifact was BUILT FOR - not
+                    \\#necessarily where it is hosted; mirrors preserve it.
+                    \\origin = "{s}"
+                    \\#packager: declared identity, not proof - signing (minisign sidecars)
+                    \\#is the verification layer.
+                    \\packager = "{s}"
+                    \\project = "punkshell"
+                    \\project_url = "{s}"
+                    \\#license: summary for the distributed artifact; component license texts
+                    \\#ride inside the attached image (tcl_library/license.terms etc).
+                    \\license = "TCL"
+                    \\build_host_platform = "win32-x86_64"
+                    \\
+                    \\[runtime]
+                    \\tcl_patchlevel = "{s}"
+                    \\{s}
+                    \\attached_batteries = {s}
+                    \\
+                    \\[provenance]
+                    \\suite = "suite_tcl90"
+                    \\toolchain = "zig {s}"
+                    \\optimize = "{s}"
+                    \\{s}
+                    \\
+                , .{ artifact_name, fk.variant, fk.working_name, familyrev, build_id, originurl, packager, projecturl, tcl_h_patchlevel, piperepl_block, batteries, builtin.zig_version_string, @tagName(optimize), prov_lines });
+            }
+
+            var family_tree_base: [family_kits.len]std.Build.LazyPath = undefined;
+            for (family_kits, 0..) |fk, ki| { //per-member payload tree: shared content + the member's embedded record
                 const famwf = b.addWriteFiles();
                 //core script library at the boot position (tzdata/encoding ride
                 //inside the source library tree), dde/registry dlls inside
@@ -2383,32 +2516,22 @@ pub fn build(b: *std.Build) !void {
                 }
                 //package-search hook for the lib/ tree
                 _ = famwf.add("base/lib/pkgIndex.tcl", family_libext_pkgindex);
+                //G-117 embedded artifact record (per-member; see the record block above)
+                _ = famwf.add("base/punkbin-artifact.toml", family_records[ki]);
                 //batteries (installed shape)
                 try tclvfs_shared.familyadd_tclvfs_package("../tclvfs", b, famwf, b.fmt("base/lib/vfs{s}", .{tclvfs_info.dotversion}), tclvfs_compile);
                 _ = famwf.addCopyFile(thread_build.pkgidx, b.fmt("base/lib/thread{s}/pkgIndex.tcl", .{thread_build.version}));
                 _ = famwf.addCopyFile(thread_build.lib.getEmittedBin(), b.fmt("base/bin/{s}", .{thread_build.dll_file}));
                 _ = famwf.addCopyDirectory(tcllib_out, b.fmt("base/lib/tcllib{s}", .{tcllib_ver}), .{});
                 _ = famwf.addCopyDirectory(critcl_libout, "base/lib", .{}); //carries tcllibc/
-                if (ti == 1) {
+                if (fk.tree == 1) {
                     _ = famwf.addCopyDirectory(b.path("../tk9/library"), b.fmt("base/lib/{s}", .{tkb.libdir}), .{});
                     _ = famwf.addCopyFile(tkb.pkgidx, b.fmt("base/lib/{s}/pkgIndex.tcl", .{tkb.libdir}));
                     _ = famwf.addCopyFile(tkb.lib.getEmittedBin(), b.fmt("base/bin/{s}", .{tkb.dll_file}));
                     _ = famwf.addCopyDirectory(tklib_out, b.fmt("base/lib/tklib{s}", .{tklib_ver}), .{});
                 }
-                family_tree_base[ti] = fam_tcl_library.dirname();
+                family_tree_base[ki] = fam_tcl_library.dirname();
             }
-
-            const FamilyKit = struct {
-                variant: []const u8,
-                working_name: []const u8,
-                prefix_exe: *std.Build.Step.Compile,
-                tree: usize,
-            };
-            const family_kits = [_]FamilyKit{
-                .{ .variant = "plain", .working_name = b.fmt("tclsh{s}.exe", .{tcl_h_patchlevel}), .prefix_exe = tclsh_exe, .tree = 0 },
-                .{ .variant = "punk", .working_name = b.fmt("tclsh{s}-punk.exe", .{tcl_h_patchlevel}), .prefix_exe = tclsh_pr_exe, .tree = 0 },
-                .{ .variant = "punk-bi", .working_name = b.fmt("tclsh{s}-punk-bi.exe", .{tcl_h_patchlevel}), .prefix_exe = tclsh_pr_exe, .tree = 1 },
-            };
             var family_checks: [family_kits.len]*std.Build.Step = undefined;
             var family_installed: [family_kits.len][]const u8 = undefined;
             for (family_kits, 0..) |fk, ki| {
@@ -2419,9 +2542,9 @@ pub fn build(b: *std.Build) !void {
                 wrap.addArg("-outfile");
                 const wrapped = wrap.addOutputFileArg(fk.working_name);
                 wrap.addArg("-indir");
-                wrap.addDirectoryArg(family_tree_base[fk.tree]);
+                wrap.addDirectoryArg(family_tree_base[ki]);
                 wrap.addArg("-strip");
-                wrap.addDirectoryArg(family_tree_base[fk.tree]);
+                wrap.addDirectoryArg(family_tree_base[ki]);
                 wrap.addArg("-infile");
                 wrap.addArtifactArg(fk.prefix_exe);
                 const inst = b.addInstallFileWithDir(wrapped, .prefix, b.fmt("family/{s}", .{fk.working_name}));
@@ -2452,19 +2575,10 @@ pub fn build(b: *std.Build) !void {
             //family runtime executes real tooling from its attached batteries.
             //Depends on the checks: only verified kits get artifact records.
             //Publication to the real punkbin repo stays a deliberate user step.
-            //default 2: r1 of every (9.0.5, variant) pair was PUBLISHED to punkbin
-            //2026-07-22 and is immutable - subsequent assemblies (first content
-            //change: tclvfs forTcl9/1.5.0) emit as r2 until r2 is itself published
-            //and superseded. Bump this default whenever the current rev publishes.
-            const familyrev = b.option(u32, "familyrev", "assembly revision N for the -r<N> family artifact names (kit-family-artifacts; default 2 - r1 published 2026-07-22)") orelse 2;
+            //(familyrev + the schema v1 identity options and checkout uuids are
+            //declared above with the family staging - the embedded records need them)
             const family_artifacts_step = b.step("kit-family-artifacts", "emit punkbin-layout artifact copies (-r<N>) + toml metadata + sha1sums for the verified family kits -> <prefix>/family/punkbin/<target>");
             const artifacts_outdir = common.replaceAll(b, b.pathJoin(&.{ b.install_path, "family", "punkbin", "win32-x86_64" }), "\\", "/");
-            const uuid_tcl = common.manifestUuid(b, tcl_source_folder);
-            const uuid_thread = common.manifestUuid(b, "../tclthread");
-            const uuid_tclvfs = common.manifestUuid(b, "../tclvfs");
-            const uuid_tk = common.manifestUuid(b, "../tk9");
-            const uuid_tcllib = common.manifestUuid(b, "../tcllib");
-            const uuid_tklib = common.manifestUuid(b, "../tklib");
             const emit = b.addSystemCommand(&.{family_installed[0]});
             common.scrubTclEnv(emit);
             emit.has_side_effects = true;