diff --git a/docs/subsystems/persistence.i18n.yaml b/docs/subsystems/persistence.i18n.yaml
index 41a22ac2b4..1c442fb1a2 100644
--- a/docs/subsystems/persistence.i18n.yaml
+++ b/docs/subsystems/persistence.i18n.yaml
@@ -2,5 +2,5 @@
 # side as of the last confirmed-consistent state. Both languages carry equal authority;
 # after editing either side, bring the other along and re-record with:
 #   pnpm run verify-translation-pairing --write docs/subsystems/persistence.md
-persistence.md: 62729a66154f1b1656ac7575f0fcbb3099544c3d
-persistence.zh.md: 1e0a9869291e212c8a4942514ab541cabb57783c
+persistence.md: fd694161ed8ae4c364de5c22d8eb06f1b0a91aec
+persistence.zh.md: b616b282204e946e18e90271d1eaeb2d4ed70fc3
diff --git a/docs/subsystems/persistence.md b/docs/subsystems/persistence.md
index 62729a6615..fd694161ed 100644
--- a/docs/subsystems/persistence.md
+++ b/docs/subsystems/persistence.md
@@ -270,7 +270,7 @@ abstract locate(meta: SessionHeader): SessionLocation | undefined
  * @returns the raw artifact plus its parsed header, or `undefined` when the
  * session is absent or the backend owns no per-session artifact.
  */
-async readRaw(_id: SessionId, signal?: AbortSignal): Promise<SessionRawArtifact | undefined>
+readRaw(_id: SessionId, signal?: AbortSignal): Promise<SessionRawArtifact | undefined>
 
 /**
  * Register a new session's metadata. A backend MAY defer the physical write
diff --git a/docs/subsystems/persistence.zh.md b/docs/subsystems/persistence.zh.md
index 1e0a986929..b616b28220 100644
--- a/docs/subsystems/persistence.zh.md
+++ b/docs/subsystems/persistence.zh.md
@@ -270,7 +270,7 @@ abstract locate(meta: SessionHeader): SessionLocation | undefined
  * @returns the raw artifact plus its parsed header, or `undefined` when the
  * session is absent or the backend owns no per-session artifact.
  */
-async readRaw(_id: SessionId, signal?: AbortSignal): Promise<SessionRawArtifact | undefined>
+readRaw(_id: SessionId, signal?: AbortSignal): Promise<SessionRawArtifact | undefined>
 
 /**
  * Register a new session's metadata. A backend MAY defer the physical write
diff --git a/packages/self-modification/tool-cordis/src/api-catalog.ts b/packages/self-modification/tool-cordis/src/api-catalog.ts
index df61dec22a..5774aa74f9 100644
--- a/packages/self-modification/tool-cordis/src/api-catalog.ts
+++ b/packages/self-modification/tool-cordis/src/api-catalog.ts
@@ -701,7 +701,7 @@ export const SERVICE_API: readonly ServiceApiEntry[] = [
         jsDoc: '/**\n * Resolve this backend\'s independent local artifact for a session without\n * reading, creating, flushing, or otherwise materializing it. Backends such\n * as SQLite that do not own one artifact per session return `undefined`.\n * @param meta - the immutable session header whose artifact is requested.\n * @returns the backend-specific absolute location, when one exists.\n */',
       },
       {
-        signature: 'async readRaw(_id: SessionId, signal?: AbortSignal): Promise<SessionRawArtifact | undefined>',
+        signature: 'readRaw(_id: SessionId, signal?: AbortSignal): Promise<SessionRawArtifact | undefined>',
         jsDoc: '/**\n * Read a session\'s backend-owned artifact text verbatim — the exact durable\n * bytes the backend wrote (decoded from its physical encoding, e.g. a\n * decompressed JSONL). The returned `content` is the raw text, not a\n * reconstruction from parsed events, so it preserves backend-specific\n * serialization (chunk packing, key order, line breaks). Backends without a\n * per-session artifact (SQLite) inherit the `undefined` default.\n * @param _id - the persisted session to read (unused by the default: no\n * per-session artifact).\n * @param signal - optional cancellation for backend read work.\n * @returns the raw artifact plus its parsed header, or `undefined` when the\n * session is absent or the backend owns no per-session artifact.\n */',
       },
       {