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Date:   Wed Mar 4 10:01:49 2026 +0300

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+**`docs/adr/0001-new-runtime.md`**
+```md
+# ADR 0001: Create a new runtime project instead of evolving the legacy ConfigManager model
+
+## Status
+
+Accepted
+
+## Context
+
+The previous generation of the application runtime was centered around a timer-driven execution model:
+- a manager loaded configuration
+- a worker loop periodically called `execute()`
+- applications placed most operational logic behind that entry point
+
+That model is adequate for simple periodic jobs, but it does not match the direction of the new platform.
+
+The new platform must support:
+- task sources
+- queue-driven processing
+- multiple parallel workers
+- trace propagation across producer/consumer boundaries
+- richer lifecycle and status management
+- health aggregation
+- future admin web interface
+- future authentication and user management
+
+These are platform concerns, not business concerns.
+
+We also want business applications to describe only business functionality and rely on the runtime for infrastructure behavior.
+
+## Decision
+
+We will create a new runtime project instead of implementing a `V3` directly inside the current legacy ConfigManager codebase.
+
+The new runtime will be built around a platform-oriented model with explicit concepts such as:
+- `RuntimeManager`
+- `ApplicationModule`
+- `TaskSource`
+- `TaskQueue`
+- `WorkerSupervisor`
+- `TaskHandler`
+- `TraceService`
+- `HealthRegistry`
+
+The old execute-centered model is treated as a previous-generation design and is not the architectural basis of the new runtime.
+
+## Rationale
+
+Creating a new runtime project gives us:
+- freedom to design the correct abstractions from the start
+- no pressure to preserve legacy contracts
+- cleaner boundaries between platform and business logic
+- simpler documentation and tests
+- lower long-term complexity than mixing old and new models in one codebase
+
+If we built this as `V3` inside the old project, we would likely inherit:
+- compatibility constraints
+- mixed abstractions
+- transitional adapters
+- conceptual confusion between periodic execution and event/queue processing
+
+The expected long-term cost of such coupling is higher than creating a clean new runtime.
+
+## Consequences
+
+### Positive
+
+- the platform can be modeled cleanly
+- business applications can integrate through explicit contracts
+- new runtime capabilities can be added without legacy pressure
+- mail_order_bot can become the first pilot application on the new runtime
+
+### Negative
+
+- some existing capabilities will need to be reintroduced in the new project
+- there will be a temporary period with both legacy and new runtime lines
+- migration requires explicit planning
+
+## Initial migration target
+
+The first application on the new runtime will be `mail_order_bot`.
+
+Initial runtime design for that application:
+- IMAP polling source
+- in-memory queue
+- parallel workers
+- business handler for email processing
+- message marked as read only after successful processing
+
+Later:
+- swap IMAP polling source for IMAP IDLE source
+- keep the queue and worker model unchanged
+
+## What we intentionally do not carry over
+
+We do not keep the old architecture as the central organizing principle:
+- no `execute()`-centric application model
+- no timer-loop as the main abstraction
+- no implicit mixing of lifecycle and business processing
+
+## Follow-up
+
+Next design work should define:
+- core platform contracts
+- package structure
+- runtime lifecycle
+- queue and worker interfaces
+- config model split between platform and application
+- pilot integration for `mail_order_bot`
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+# Mail Order Bot Migration Plan
+
+## Purpose
+
+This document describes how `mail_order_bot` will be adapted to the new runtime as the first pilot business application.
+
+## Scope
+
+This is not a full migration specification for all future applications.
+It is a practical first use case to validate the runtime architecture.
+
+## Current model
+
+The current application flow is tightly coupled:
+- the manager checks IMAP
+- unread emails are fetched
+- emails are processed synchronously
+- messages are marked as read after processing
+
+Polling and processing happen in one execution path.
+
+## Target model
+
+The new runtime-based flow should be:
+
+1. a mail source detects new tasks
+2. tasks are published to a queue
+3. workers consume tasks in parallel
+4. a domain handler processes each email
+5. successful tasks lead to `mark_as_read`
+6. failed tasks remain retriable
+
+## Phase 1
+
+### Source
+- IMAP polling source
+
+### Queue
+- in-memory task queue
+
+### Workers
+- 2 to 4 parallel workers initially
+
+### Handler
+- domain email processing handler built around the current processing logic
+
+### Delivery semantics
+- email is marked as read only after successful processing
+- unread state acts as the first safety mechanism against message loss
+
+## Why in-memory queue is acceptable at first
+
+For the first phase:
+- infrastructure complexity stays low
+- the runtime contracts can be tested quickly
+- unread emails in IMAP provide a simple recovery path after crashes
+
+This allows us to validate the runtime architecture before adopting an external broker.
+
+## Phase 2
+
+Replace:
+- IMAP polling source
+
+With:
+- IMAP IDLE source
+
+The queue, workers, and handler should remain unchanged.
+
+This is an explicit architectural goal:
+source replacement without redesigning the processing pipeline.
+
+## Domain responsibilities that remain inside mail_order_bot
+
+The runtime should not own:
+- email parsing rules
+- client resolution logic
+- attachment processing rules
+- order creation logic
+- client-specific behavior
+
+These remain in the business application.
+
+## Platform responsibilities used by mail_order_bot
+
+The new runtime should provide:
+- lifecycle
+- configuration
+- queue abstraction
+- worker orchestration
+- tracing
+- health checks
+- status/control APIs
+
+## Migration boundaries
+
+### Move into runtime
+- source orchestration
+- worker supervision
+- queue management
+- trace provisioning
+- health aggregation
+
+### Keep in mail_order_bot
+- email business handler
+- mail domain services
+- business pipeline
+- business-specific config validation beyond platform-level schema
+
+## Success criteria
+
+The migration is successful when:
+- mail polling is no longer tightly coupled to processing
+- workers can process emails in parallel
+- business logic is not moved into the runtime
+- replacing polling with IDLE is localized to the source layer
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+# PLBA
+
+`PLBA` is a reusable platform runtime for business applications.
+
+It solves platform concerns that should not live inside domain code:
+- application lifecycle
+- worker orchestration
+- configuration loading from YAML
+- tracing
+- health aggregation
+- runtime status reporting
+- HTTP control endpoints
+- logging configuration
+
+Business applications depend on `plba` as a package and implement only their own business behavior.
+
+## Architecture
+
+Current PLBA architecture is built around one core idea:
+- the runtime manages a set of application workers
+
+A worker is any runtime-managed active component with a unified lifecycle:
+- `start()`
+- `stop(force=False)`
+- `health()`
+- `status()`
+
+This means PLBA does not require separate platform categories like `source` and `consumer`.
+If an application needs polling, queue processing, listening, scheduled work, or another active loop, it is implemented as a worker.
+
+### Main runtime model
+
+1. application creates `RuntimeManager`
+2. runtime loads configuration
+3. runtime applies logging configuration
+4. application module registers workers and supporting services
+5. runtime starts all workers
+6. workers execute business-related loops or processing
+7. runtime aggregates health and status
+8. runtime stops workers gracefully or forcefully
+
+## Core concepts
+
+### `ApplicationModule`
+
+File: [application.py](/Users/alex/Dev_projects_v2/apps/plba/src/app_runtime/contracts/application.py)
+
+Describes a business application to the runtime.
+
+Responsibilities:
+- provide module name
+- register workers
+- register queues if needed
+- register handlers if needed
+- register health contributors
+- compose application-specific objects
+
+`ApplicationModule` does not run the application itself.
+It only declares how the application is assembled.
+
+### `Worker`
+
+File: [worker.py](/Users/alex/Dev_projects_v2/apps/plba/src/app_runtime/contracts/worker.py)
+
+The main runtime-managed contract.
+
+Responsibilities:
+- start its own execution
+- stop gracefully or forcefully
+- report health
+- report runtime status
+
+This is the main extension point for business applications.
+
+### `TaskQueue`
+
+File: [queue.py](/Users/alex/Dev_projects_v2/apps/plba/src/app_runtime/contracts/queue.py)
+
+Optional queue abstraction.
+
+Use it when application workers need buffered or decoupled processing.
+
+PLBA does not force every application to use a queue.
+Queue is one supported pattern, not the foundation of the whole platform.
+
+### `TaskHandler`
+
+File: [tasks.py](/Users/alex/Dev_projects_v2/apps/plba/src/app_runtime/contracts/tasks.py)
+
+Optional unit of business processing for one task.
+
+Useful when a worker follows queue-driven logic:
+- worker takes a task
+- handler executes business logic
+
+### `TraceService`
+
+File: [service.py](/Users/alex/Dev_projects_v2/apps/plba/src/app_runtime/tracing/service.py)
+
+Platform trace service.
+
+Responsibilities:
+- create trace contexts
+- resume trace from task metadata
+- write context records
+- write trace messages
+
+Business code should use it as a platform service and should not implement its own tracing infrastructure.
+
+### `HealthRegistry`
+
+File: [registry.py](/Users/alex/Dev_projects_v2/apps/plba/src/app_runtime/health/registry.py)
+
+Aggregates application health.
+
+PLBA uses three health states:
+- `ok` — all critical parts work
+- `degraded` — application still works, but there is a problem
+- `unhealthy` — application should not be considered operational
+
+### Runtime status
+
+File: [types.py](/Users/alex/Dev_projects_v2/apps/plba/src/app_runtime/core/types.py)
+
+Status is separate from health.
+
+Current runtime states:
+- `starting`
+- `idle`
+- `busy`
+- `stopping`
+- `stopped`
+
+Status is used for operational lifecycle decisions such as graceful shutdown.
+
+### `ControlPlaneService`
+
+Files:
+- [service.py](/Users/alex/Dev_projects_v2/apps/plba/src/app_runtime/control/service.py)
+- [http_channel.py](/Users/alex/Dev_projects_v2/apps/plba/src/app_runtime/control/http_channel.py)
+
+Provides control and observability endpoints.
+
+Currently supported:
+- health access
+- runtime start action
+- runtime stop action
+- runtime status action
+
+### `ConfigurationManager`
+
+Files:
+- [configuration.py](/Users/alex/Dev_projects_v2/apps/plba/src/app_runtime/core/configuration.py)
+- [file_loader.py](/Users/alex/Dev_projects_v2/apps/plba/src/app_runtime/config/file_loader.py)
+- [providers.py](/Users/alex/Dev_projects_v2/apps/plba/src/app_runtime/config/providers.py)
+
+Loads and merges configuration.
+
+Current built-in source:
+- YAML file provider
+
+### `LogManager`
+
+File: [manager.py](/Users/alex/Dev_projects_v2/apps/plba/src/app_runtime/logging/manager.py)
+
+Applies logging configuration from config.
+
+Current expectation:
+- logging config lives in the `log` section of YAML
+
+## Available platform services
+
+PLBA currently provides these reusable services.
+
+### 1. Runtime lifecycle
+
+Service:
+- `RuntimeManager`
+
+What it gives:
+- startup orchestration
+- worker registration and startup
+- graceful stop with timeout
+- force stop
+- status snapshot
+
+Example use:
+- start `mail_order_bot`
+- stop it after active email processing is drained
+
+### 2. Worker supervision
+
+Service:
+- `WorkerSupervisor`
+
+What it gives:
+- unified worker orchestration
+- aggregated worker statuses
+- aggregated worker health
+- stop coordination
+
+Example use:
+- run one polling worker and three processing workers in the same application
+
+### 3. Queue support
+
+Services:
+- `TaskQueue`
+- `InMemoryTaskQueue`
+- `QueueWorker`
+
+What it gives:
+- buffered processing
+- decoupling between task production and task consumption
+- worker concurrency for task handling
+
+Example use:
+- worker A polls IMAP and pushes tasks to queue
+- worker B processes queued email tasks with concurrency `3`
+
+### 4. Configuration
+
+Services:
+- `ConfigurationManager`
+- `FileConfigProvider`
+- `ConfigFileLoader`
+
+What it gives:
+- YAML config loading
+- config merging
+- access to platform and application config
+
+Example use:
+- load `platform` section for runtime
+- load `mail_order_bot` section for app-specific config
+
+### 5. Tracing
+
+Services:
+- `TraceService`
+- `TraceTransport`
+- `NoOpTraceTransport`
+
+What it gives:
+- trace context creation
+- trace propagation through task metadata
+- trace messages for processing steps
+
+Example use:
+- polling worker creates trace when it discovers a mail
+- processing worker resumes trace and writes business steps
+
+### 6. Health
+
+Services:
+- `HealthRegistry`
+- `WorkerHealth`
+
+What it gives:
+- per-worker health
+- aggregated application health
+- critical vs non-critical component handling
+
+Example use:
+- email processing workers are critical
+- optional diagnostic worker may be non-critical
+
+### 7. Status
+
+Services:
+- `WorkerStatus`
+- runtime aggregated state
+
+What it gives:
+- current activity visibility
+- ability to stop application only after in-flight work is completed
+
+Example use:
+- stop application only after processing workers become `idle` or `stopped`
+
+### 8. HTTP control
+
+Services:
+- `ControlPlaneService`
+- `HttpControlChannel`
+
+What it gives:
+- HTTP health/status/actions
+- operational integration point
+
+Example use:
+- inspect current health from orchestration
+- request graceful stop remotely
+
+## Public package API
+
+Public namespace is `plba`.
+
+Main imports for external applications:
+
+```python
+from plba import ApplicationModule, QueueWorker, RuntimeManager, create_runtime
+from plba.contracts import Task, TaskHandler, TaskQueue, Worker, WorkerHealth, WorkerStatus
+from plba.queue import InMemoryTaskQueue
+from plba.tracing import TraceService
+```
+
+## Example application pattern
+
+Minimal queue-based application:
+
+```python
+from plba import ApplicationModule, QueueWorker, Task, TaskHandler, create_runtime
+from plba.queue import InMemoryTaskQueue
+
+
+class ExampleHandler(TaskHandler):
+    def handle(self, task: Task) -> None:
+        print(task.payload)
+
+
+class ExampleModule(ApplicationModule):
+    @property
+    def name(self) -> str:
+        return "example"
+
+    def register(self, registry) -> None:
+        queue = InMemoryTaskQueue()
+        traces = registry.services.get("traces")
+
+        queue.publish(Task(name="incoming", payload={"hello": "world"}))
+
+        registry.add_queue("incoming", queue)
+        registry.add_worker(QueueWorker("example-worker", queue, ExampleHandler(), traces))
+
+
+runtime = create_runtime(
+    ExampleModule(),
+    config_path="config.yml",
+    enable_http_control=False,
+)
+runtime.start()
+```
+
+## Building business applications on PLBA
+
+These are the current rules for building business applications correctly.
+
+### 1. Keep platform and business concerns separate
+
+PLBA owns:
+- lifecycle
+- worker management
+- logging
+- trace infrastructure
+- health aggregation
+- HTTP control
+- config loading
+
+Business application owns:
+- business workflows
+- domain services
+- application-specific config schema
+- business task payloads
+- business error semantics
+
+### 2. Build app behavior from workers
+
+A business application should be described as a small set of workers.
+
+Typical examples:
+- polling worker
+- processing worker
+- reconciliation worker
+
+Do not introduce new worker types at platform level unless there is clear need for custom runtime behavior.
+
+### 3. Use queues only when they help
+
+Queue is optional.
+
+Use queue when:
+- one worker discovers work
+- another worker processes it
+- buffering or decoupling helps
+- concurrency is needed
+
+Do not force queue into applications that do not need it.
+
+### 4. Keep business logic out of worker lifecycle code
+
+Worker should orchestrate execution.
+Business rules should live in dedicated services and handlers.
+
+Good:
+- worker gets config
+- worker calls domain service
+- worker reports trace and status
+
+Bad:
+- worker contains all parsing, decision logic, integration rules, and persistence rules in one class
+
+### 5. Use trace as a platform service
+
+Business application should:
+- create meaningful trace steps
+- propagate trace through task metadata if queue is used
+- record business-relevant processing milestones
+
+Business application should not:
+- implement its own trace store
+- control trace transport directly unless explicitly needed
+
+### 6. Read config through PLBA
+
+Business application should not read YAML directly.
+
+Recommended flow:
+- PLBA loads config
+- application reads only its own config section
+- application converts it to typed app config object
+- services receive typed config object
+
+### 7. Distinguish health from status
+
+Use `health` for:
+- is application operational?
+
+Use `status` for:
+- what is application doing right now?
+
+This is important for graceful stop:
+- health may still be `ok`
+- status may be `busy`
+
+### 8. Design workers for graceful stop
+
+Workers should support:
+- stop accepting new work
+- finish current in-flight work when possible
+- report `busy`, `idle`, `stopping`, `stopped`
+
+This allows runtime to stop application safely.
+
+## Recommended repository model
+
+PLBA is intended to live in its own repository as a reusable package.
+
+Recommended setup:
+- repository `plba`: platform package only
+- repository `mail_order_bot`: business application depending on `plba`
+- repository `service_b`: business application depending on `plba`
+
+## Example: `mail_order_bot`
+
+Simple first version of `mail_order_bot` on PLBA:
+- `MailPollingWorker`, concurrency `1`
+- `EmailProcessingWorker`, concurrency `3`
+- shared `InMemoryTaskQueue`
+- domain services for mail parsing and order processing
+
+Flow:
+1. polling worker checks IMAP
+2. polling worker pushes email tasks into queue
+3. processing workers consume tasks
+4. processing workers execute domain logic
+5. runtime aggregates health and status
+
+This keeps `mail_order_bot` small, explicit, and aligned with current PLBA architecture.
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+# Architecture
+
+## Overview
+
+The runtime is built as a platform layer for business applications.
+
+It consists of four logical layers:
+- platform core
+- platform contracts
+- infrastructure adapters
+- business applications
+
+## Layers
+
+### Platform core
+
+The core contains long-lived runtime services:
+- `RuntimeManager`
+- `ConfigurationManager`
+- `WorkerSupervisor`
+- `TraceService`
+- `HealthRegistry`
+- `ControlPlaneService`
+- `ServiceContainer`
+
+The core is responsible for orchestration, not domain behavior.
+
+### Platform contracts
+
+Contracts define how business applications integrate with the runtime.
+
+Main contracts:
+- `ApplicationModule`
+- `TaskSource`
+- `TaskQueue`
+- `Worker`
+- `TaskHandler`
+- `ConfigProvider`
+- `HealthContributor`
+- `TraceFactory`
+
+These contracts must remain domain-agnostic.
+
+### Infrastructure adapters
+
+Adapters implement concrete runtime capabilities:
+- in-memory queue
+- Redis queue
+- file config loader
+- database config loader
+- polling source
+- IMAP IDLE source
+- HTTP control plane
+- trace transport adapters
+
+Adapters may change between applications and deployments.
+
+### Business applications
+
+Applications are built on top of the contracts and adapters.
+
+Examples:
+- `mail_order_bot`
+- future event-driven business services
+
+Applications contain:
+- domain models
+- domain handlers
+- application-specific configuration schema
+- source/handler composition
+
+## Core runtime components
+
+### RuntimeManager
+
+The main platform facade.
+
+Responsibilities:
+- bootstrap runtime
+- initialize services
+- register application modules
+- start and stop all runtime-managed components
+- expose status
+- coordinate graceful shutdown
+
+### ConfigurationManager
+
+Responsibilities:
+- load configuration
+- validate configuration
+- publish config updates
+- provide typed config access
+- notify subscribers on reload
+
+Configuration should be divided into:
+- platform config
+- application config
+- environment/runtime overrides
+
+### WorkerSupervisor
+
+Responsibilities:
+- register worker definitions
+- start worker pools
+- monitor worker health
+- restart failed workers when appropriate
+- manage parallelism and backpressure
+- expose worker-level status
+
+### TraceService
+
+Responsibilities:
+- create traces for operations
+- propagate trace context across source -> queue -> worker -> handler boundaries
+- provide trace factories to applications
+- remain transport-agnostic
+
+### HealthRegistry
+
+Responsibilities:
+- collect health from registered contributors
+- aggregate health into liveness/readiness/status views
+- expose structured runtime health
+
+### ControlPlaneService
+
+Responsibilities:
+- control endpoints
+- runtime state visibility
+- administrative actions
+- later authentication and user/session-aware access
+
+## Main runtime model
+
+The runtime should operate on this conceptual flow:
+
+1. runtime starts
+2. configuration is loaded
+3. services are initialized
+4. application modules register sources, queues, handlers, and workers
+5. task sources start producing tasks
+6. tasks are published into queues
+7. workers consume tasks
+8. handlers execute business logic
+9. traces and health are updated throughout the flow
+10. runtime stops gracefully on request
+
+## Contracts
+
+### ApplicationModule
+
+Describes a business application to the runtime.
+
+Responsibilities:
+- register domain services
+- register task sources
+- register queues
+- register worker pools
+- register handlers
+- declare config requirements
+- optionally register health contributors
+
+### TaskSource
+
+Produces tasks into queues.
+
+Examples:
+- IMAP polling source
+- IMAP IDLE source
+- webhook source
+- scheduled source
+
+Responsibilities:
+- start
+- stop
+- publish tasks
+- expose source status
+
+### TaskQueue
+
+A queue abstraction.
+
+Expected operations:
+- `publish(task)`
+- `consume()`
+- `ack(task)`
+- `nack(task, retry_delay=None)`
+- `stats()`
+
+The first implementation may be in-memory, but the interface should support future backends.
+
+### Worker
+
+Consumes tasks from a queue and passes them to a handler.
+
+Responsibilities:
+- obtain task from queue
+- open or resume trace context
+- call business handler
+- ack or nack the task
+- expose worker state
+
+### TaskHandler
+
+Executes business logic for one task.
+
+The runtime should not know what the handler does.
+It only knows that a task is processed.
+
+## Mail Order Bot as first application
+
+### Phase 1
+
+- source: IMAP polling
+- queue: in-memory queue
+- workers: parallel email processing workers
+- handler: domain email processing handler
+- mark message as read only after successful processing
+
+### Phase 2
+
+- source changes from polling to IMAP IDLE
+- queue and workers remain the same
+
+This demonstrates one of the architectural goals:
+the source can change without redesigning the rest of the processing pipeline.
+
+## Suggested package structure
+
+```text
+src/
+  app_runtime/
+    core/
+    contracts/
+    config/
+    workers/
+    queue/
+    tracing/
+    health/
+    control/
+    container/
+    adapters/
+  mail_order_bot_app/
+    module/
+    sources/
+    handlers/
+    services/
+    domain/
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+[build-system]
+requires = ["setuptools>=68"]
+build-backend = "setuptools.build_meta"
+
+[project]
+name = "plba"
+version = "0.1.0"
+description = "Platform runtime for business applications"
+readme = "README.md"
+requires-python = ">=3.12"
+dependencies = [
+    "fastapi>=0.129.0",
+    "PyYAML>=6.0.3",
+    "uvicorn>=0.41.0",
+]
+
+[tool.setuptools.packages.find]
+where = ["src"]
+
+[tool.pytest.ini_options]
+pythonpath = ["src"]
+testpaths = ["tests"]
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+from app_runtime.config.file_loader import ConfigFileLoader
+from app_runtime.config.providers import FileConfigProvider
+
+__all__ = ["ConfigFileLoader", "FileConfigProvider"]
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+++ b/src/app_runtime/config/file_loader.py
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+from __future__ import annotations
+
+import hashlib
+import json
+from pathlib import Path
+from typing import Any
+
+import yaml
+
+
+class ConfigFileLoader:
+    def __init__(self, path: str | Path) -> None:
+        self.path = Path(path)
+        self.config: Any = None
+        self.last_valid_config: Any = None
+        self._last_seen_hash: str | None = None
+
+    def read_text(self) -> str:
+        return self.path.read_text(encoding="utf-8")
+
+    def parse(self, data: str) -> Any:
+        suffix = self.path.suffix.lower()
+        if suffix in {".yml", ".yaml"}:
+            return yaml.safe_load(data)
+        return json.loads(data)
+
+    def load_sync(self) -> Any:
+        data = self.read_text()
+        parsed = self.parse(data)
+        self.config = parsed
+        self.last_valid_config = parsed
+        self._last_seen_hash = self._calculate_hash(data)
+        return parsed
+
+    def load_if_changed(self) -> tuple[bool, Any]:
+        data = self.read_text()
+        current_hash = self._calculate_hash(data)
+        if current_hash == self._last_seen_hash:
+            return False, self.config
+        parsed = self.parse(data)
+        self.config = parsed
+        self.last_valid_config = parsed
+        self._last_seen_hash = current_hash
+        return True, parsed
+
+    @staticmethod
+    def _calculate_hash(data: str) -> str:
+        return hashlib.sha256(data.encode("utf-8")).hexdigest()
diff --git a/src/app_runtime/config/providers.py b/src/app_runtime/config/providers.py
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+++ b/src/app_runtime/config/providers.py
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+from __future__ import annotations
+
+from pathlib import Path
+from typing import Any
+
+from app_runtime.config.file_loader import ConfigFileLoader
+from app_runtime.contracts.config import ConfigProvider
+
+
+class FileConfigProvider(ConfigProvider):
+    def __init__(self, path: str | Path) -> None:
+        self._loader = ConfigFileLoader(path)
+
+    @property
+    def loader(self) -> ConfigFileLoader:
+        return self._loader
+
+    def load(self) -> dict[str, Any]:
+        config = self._loader.load_sync()
+        if not isinstance(config, dict):
+            raise TypeError("Config root must be a mapping")
+        return dict(config)
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+++ b/src/app_runtime/contracts/__init__.py
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+__all__: list[str] = []
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diff --git a/src/app_runtime/contracts/application.py b/src/app_runtime/contracts/application.py
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+++ b/src/app_runtime/contracts/application.py
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+from __future__ import annotations
+
+from abc import ABC, abstractmethod
+
+from app_runtime.core.registration import ModuleRegistry
+
+
+class ApplicationModule(ABC):
+    @property
+    @abstractmethod
+    def name(self) -> str:
+        """Module name used for runtime status and diagnostics."""
+
+    @abstractmethod
+    def register(self, registry: ModuleRegistry) -> None:
+        """Register workers, queues, handlers, services, and health contributors."""
diff --git a/src/app_runtime/contracts/config.py b/src/app_runtime/contracts/config.py
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+++ b/src/app_runtime/contracts/config.py
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+from __future__ import annotations
+
+from abc import ABC, abstractmethod
+from typing import Any
+
+
+class ConfigProvider(ABC):
+    @abstractmethod
+    def load(self) -> dict[str, Any]:
+        """Return a config fragment."""
diff --git a/src/app_runtime/contracts/health.py b/src/app_runtime/contracts/health.py
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index 0000000..2ae01d3
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+++ b/src/app_runtime/contracts/health.py
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+from __future__ import annotations
+
+from abc import ABC, abstractmethod
+from app_runtime.contracts.worker import WorkerHealth
+
+
+class HealthContributor(ABC):
+    @abstractmethod
+    def health(self) -> WorkerHealth:
+        """Return contributor health state."""
diff --git a/src/app_runtime/contracts/queue.py b/src/app_runtime/contracts/queue.py
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+++ b/src/app_runtime/contracts/queue.py
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+from __future__ import annotations
+
+from abc import ABC, abstractmethod
+from typing import Any
+
+from app_runtime.contracts.tasks import Task
+
+
+class TaskQueue(ABC):
+    @abstractmethod
+    def publish(self, task: Task) -> None:
+        """Push a task into the queue."""
+
+    @abstractmethod
+    def consume(self, timeout: float = 0.1) -> Task | None:
+        """Return the next available task or None."""
+
+    @abstractmethod
+    def ack(self, task: Task) -> None:
+        """Confirm successful task processing."""
+
+    @abstractmethod
+    def nack(self, task: Task, retry_delay: float | None = None) -> None:
+        """Signal failed task processing."""
+
+    @abstractmethod
+    def stats(self) -> dict[str, Any]:
+        """Return transport-level queue statistics."""
diff --git a/src/app_runtime/contracts/tasks.py b/src/app_runtime/contracts/tasks.py
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+++ b/src/app_runtime/contracts/tasks.py
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+from __future__ import annotations
+
+from abc import ABC, abstractmethod
+from dataclasses import dataclass, field
+from typing import Any
+
+
+@dataclass(slots=True)
+class Task:
+    name: str
+    payload: dict[str, Any]
+    metadata: dict[str, Any] = field(default_factory=dict)
+
+
+class TaskHandler(ABC):
+    @abstractmethod
+    def handle(self, task: Task) -> None:
+        """Execute domain logic for a task."""
diff --git a/src/app_runtime/contracts/trace.py b/src/app_runtime/contracts/trace.py
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+++ b/src/app_runtime/contracts/trace.py
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+from __future__ import annotations
+
+from abc import ABC, abstractmethod
+from dataclasses import dataclass, field
+from datetime import datetime, timezone
+from typing import Any, Protocol
+
+
+def utc_now() -> datetime:
+    return datetime.now(timezone.utc)
+
+
+@dataclass(slots=True)
+class TraceContext:
+    trace_id: str
+    span_id: str
+    parent_span_id: str | None = None
+    attributes: dict[str, Any] | None = None
+
+
+class TraceContextFactory(ABC):
+    @abstractmethod
+    def new_root(self, operation: str) -> TraceContext:
+        """Create a new root trace context."""
+
+    @abstractmethod
+    def child_of(self, parent: TraceContext, operation: str) -> TraceContext:
+        """Create a child trace context."""
+
+
+@dataclass(frozen=True)
+class TraceContextRecord:
+    trace_id: str
+    alias: str
+    parent_id: str | None = None
+    type: str | None = None
+    event_time: datetime = field(default_factory=utc_now)
+    attrs: dict[str, Any] = field(default_factory=dict)
+
+
+@dataclass(frozen=True)
+class TraceLogMessage:
+    trace_id: str
+    step: str
+    status: str
+    message: str
+    level: str
+    event_time: datetime = field(default_factory=utc_now)
+    attrs: dict[str, Any] = field(default_factory=dict)
+
+
+class TraceTransport(Protocol):
+    def write_context(self, record: TraceContextRecord) -> None:
+        """Persist trace context record."""
+
+    def write_message(self, record: TraceLogMessage) -> None:
+        """Persist trace log message."""
diff --git a/src/app_runtime/contracts/worker.py b/src/app_runtime/contracts/worker.py
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+++ b/src/app_runtime/contracts/worker.py
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+from __future__ import annotations
+
+from abc import ABC, abstractmethod
+from dataclasses import dataclass, field
+from typing import Any, Literal
+
+
+HealthState = Literal["ok", "degraded", "unhealthy"]
+WorkerState = Literal["starting", "idle", "busy", "stopping", "stopped"]
+
+
+@dataclass(slots=True)
+class WorkerHealth:
+    name: str
+    status: HealthState
+    critical: bool
+    detail: str | None = None
+    meta: dict[str, Any] = field(default_factory=dict)
+
+
+@dataclass(slots=True)
+class WorkerStatus:
+    name: str
+    state: WorkerState
+    in_flight: int = 0
+    detail: str | None = None
+    meta: dict[str, Any] = field(default_factory=dict)
+
+
+class Worker(ABC):
+    @property
+    @abstractmethod
+    def name(self) -> str:
+        """Stable worker name for diagnostics."""
+
+    @property
+    @abstractmethod
+    def critical(self) -> bool:
+        """Whether this worker is required for healthy app operation."""
+
+    @abstractmethod
+    def start(self) -> None:
+        """Start worker execution."""
+
+    @abstractmethod
+    def stop(self, force: bool = False) -> None:
+        """Request graceful or immediate stop."""
+
+    @abstractmethod
+    def health(self) -> WorkerHealth:
+        """Return current health state."""
+
+    @abstractmethod
+    def status(self) -> WorkerStatus:
+        """Return current runtime status."""
diff --git a/src/app_runtime/control/__init__.py b/src/app_runtime/control/__init__.py
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+++ b/src/app_runtime/control/__init__.py
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+from app_runtime.control.base import ControlActionSet, ControlChannel
+from app_runtime.control.http_channel import HttpControlChannel
+from app_runtime.control.service import ControlPlaneService
+
+__all__ = ["ControlActionSet", "ControlChannel", "ControlPlaneService", "HttpControlChannel"]
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index 0000000..06e9566
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/app_runtime/control/base.py
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+from __future__ import annotations
+
+from abc import ABC, abstractmethod
+from collections.abc import Awaitable, Callable
+from dataclasses import dataclass
+
+from app_runtime.core.types import HealthPayload
+
+ActionHandler = Callable[[], Awaitable[str]]
+HealthHandler = Callable[[], Awaitable[HealthPayload]]
+
+
+@dataclass(slots=True)
+class ControlActionSet:
+    health: HealthHandler
+    start: ActionHandler
+    stop: ActionHandler
+    status: ActionHandler
+
+
+class ControlChannel(ABC):
+    @abstractmethod
+    async def start(self, actions: ControlActionSet) -> None:
+        """Start the control channel and bind handlers."""
+
+    @abstractmethod
+    async def stop(self) -> None:
+        """Stop the control channel and release resources."""
diff --git a/src/app_runtime/control/http_app.py b/src/app_runtime/control/http_app.py
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index 0000000..70aa5b1
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+++ b/src/app_runtime/control/http_app.py
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+from __future__ import annotations
+
+import time
+from collections.abc import Awaitable, Callable
+
+from fastapi import FastAPI, Request
+from fastapi.responses import JSONResponse
+
+from app_runtime.core.types import HealthPayload
+
+
+class HttpControlAppFactory:
+    def create(
+        self,
+        health_provider: Callable[[], Awaitable[HealthPayload]],
+        action_provider: Callable[[str], Awaitable[JSONResponse]],
+    ) -> FastAPI:
+        app = FastAPI(title="PLBA Control API")
+
+        @app.middleware("http")
+        async def log_api_call(request: Request, call_next):  # type: ignore[no-untyped-def]
+            started = time.monotonic()
+            response = await call_next(request)
+            response.headers["X-Response-Time-Ms"] = str(int((time.monotonic() - started) * 1000))
+            return response
+
+        @app.get("/health")
+        async def health() -> JSONResponse:
+            payload = await health_provider()
+            status_code = 200 if payload.get("status") == "ok" else 503
+            return JSONResponse(content=payload, status_code=status_code)
+
+        @app.get("/actions/{action}")
+        @app.post("/actions/{action}")
+        async def action(action: str) -> JSONResponse:
+            return await action_provider(action)
+
+        return app
diff --git a/src/app_runtime/control/http_channel.py b/src/app_runtime/control/http_channel.py
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index 0000000..9d5a374
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+++ b/src/app_runtime/control/http_channel.py
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+from __future__ import annotations
+
+import asyncio
+
+from fastapi.responses import JSONResponse
+
+from app_runtime.control.base import ControlActionSet, ControlChannel
+from app_runtime.control.http_app import HttpControlAppFactory
+from app_runtime.control.http_runner import UvicornThreadRunner
+
+
+class HttpControlChannel(ControlChannel):
+    def __init__(self, host: str, port: int, timeout: int) -> None:
+        self._timeout = timeout
+        self._runner = UvicornThreadRunner(host, port, timeout)
+        self._factory = HttpControlAppFactory()
+        self._actions: ControlActionSet | None = None
+
+    async def start(self, actions: ControlActionSet) -> None:
+        self._actions = actions
+        app = self._factory.create(self._health_response, self._action_response)
+        await self._runner.start(app)
+
+    async def stop(self) -> None:
+        await self._runner.stop()
+
+    @property
+    def port(self) -> int:
+        return self._runner.port
+
+    async def _health_response(self) -> dict[str, object]:
+        if self._actions is None:
+            return {"status": "unhealthy", "detail": "control actions are not configured"}
+        return await asyncio.wait_for(self._actions.health(), timeout=float(self._timeout))
+
+    async def _action_response(self, action: str) -> JSONResponse:
+        if self._actions is None:
+            return JSONResponse(content={"status": "error", "detail": f"{action} handler is not configured"}, status_code=404)
+        callbacks = {
+            "start": self._actions.start,
+            "stop": self._actions.stop,
+            "status": self._actions.status,
+        }
+        callback = callbacks.get(action)
+        if callback is None:
+            return JSONResponse(content={"status": "error", "detail": f"unsupported action: {action}"}, status_code=404)
+        try:
+            detail = await asyncio.wait_for(callback(), timeout=float(self._timeout))
+        except asyncio.TimeoutError:
+            return JSONResponse(content={"status": "error", "detail": f"{action} handler timeout"}, status_code=504)
+        except Exception as exc:
+            return JSONResponse(content={"status": "error", "detail": str(exc)}, status_code=500)
+        return JSONResponse(content={"status": "ok", "detail": detail or f"{action} action accepted"}, status_code=200)
diff --git a/src/app_runtime/control/http_runner.py b/src/app_runtime/control/http_runner.py
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index 0000000..bca3afd
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+++ b/src/app_runtime/control/http_runner.py
@@ -0,0 +1,61 @@
+from __future__ import annotations
+
+import asyncio
+from threading import Thread
+
+from fastapi import FastAPI
+from uvicorn import Config, Server
+
+
+class UvicornThreadRunner:
+    def __init__(self, host: str, port: int, timeout: int) -> None:
+        self._host = host
+        self._port = port
+        self._timeout = timeout
+        self._server: Server | None = None
+        self._thread: Thread | None = None
+        self._error: BaseException | None = None
+
+    async def start(self, app: FastAPI) -> None:
+        if self._thread is not None and self._thread.is_alive():
+            return
+        self._error = None
+        config = Config(app=app, host=self._host, port=self._port, log_level="warning")
+        self._server = Server(config)
+        self._thread = Thread(target=self._serve, name="plba-http-control", daemon=True)
+        self._thread.start()
+        await self._wait_until_started()
+
+    async def stop(self) -> None:
+        if self._server is None or self._thread is None:
+            return
+        self._server.should_exit = True
+        await asyncio.to_thread(self._thread.join, self._timeout)
+        self._server = None
+        self._thread = None
+
+    @property
+    def port(self) -> int:
+        if self._server is None or not getattr(self._server, "servers", None):
+            return self._port
+        socket = self._server.servers[0].sockets[0]
+        return int(socket.getsockname()[1])
+
+    async def _wait_until_started(self) -> None:
+        if self._server is None:
+            raise RuntimeError("Server is not initialized")
+        deadline = asyncio.get_running_loop().time() + max(float(self._timeout), 1.0)
+        while not self._server.started:
+            if self._error is not None:
+                raise RuntimeError("HTTP control server failed to start") from self._error
+            if asyncio.get_running_loop().time() >= deadline:
+                raise TimeoutError("HTTP control server startup timed out")
+            await asyncio.sleep(0.05)
+
+    def _serve(self) -> None:
+        if self._server is None:
+            return
+        try:
+            asyncio.run(self._server.serve())
+        except BaseException as exc:  # noqa: BLE001
+            self._error = exc
diff --git a/src/app_runtime/control/service.py b/src/app_runtime/control/service.py
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index 0000000..821e6c9
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+++ b/src/app_runtime/control/service.py
@@ -0,0 +1,52 @@
+from __future__ import annotations
+
+import asyncio
+from typing import TYPE_CHECKING
+
+from app_runtime.control.base import ControlActionSet, ControlChannel
+
+if TYPE_CHECKING:
+    from app_runtime.core.runtime import RuntimeManager
+
+
+class ControlPlaneService:
+    def __init__(self) -> None:
+        self._channels: list[ControlChannel] = []
+
+    def register_channel(self, channel: ControlChannel) -> None:
+        self._channels.append(channel)
+
+    def start(self, runtime: RuntimeManager) -> None:
+        if not self._channels:
+            return
+        asyncio.run(self._start_async(runtime))
+
+    def stop(self) -> None:
+        if not self._channels:
+            return
+        asyncio.run(self._stop_async())
+
+    def snapshot(self, runtime: RuntimeManager) -> dict[str, object]:
+        health = runtime.current_health()
+        return {
+            "runtime": {"state": runtime._state.value},
+            "modules": list(runtime.registry.modules),
+            "services": runtime.services.snapshot(),
+            "workers": runtime.workers.snapshot(),
+            "health": runtime.health.snapshot(runtime.workers.healths()) | {"status": health["status"]},
+            "config": runtime.configuration.get(),
+        }
+
+    async def _start_async(self, runtime: RuntimeManager) -> None:
+        actions = ControlActionSet(
+            health=runtime.health_status,
+            start=runtime.start_runtime,
+            stop=runtime.stop_runtime,
+            status=runtime.runtime_status,
+        )
+        for channel in self._channels:
+            await channel.start(actions)
+
+    async def _stop_async(self) -> None:
+        for channel in reversed(self._channels):
+            await channel.stop()
diff --git a/src/app_runtime/core/__init__.py b/src/app_runtime/core/__init__.py
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+++ b/src/app_runtime/core/__init__.py
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+__all__: list[str] = []
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diff --git a/src/app_runtime/core/configuration.py b/src/app_runtime/core/configuration.py
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index 0000000..1be970d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/app_runtime/core/configuration.py
@@ -0,0 +1,48 @@
+from __future__ import annotations
+
+from collections.abc import Callable
+from typing import Any
+
+from app_runtime.contracts.config import ConfigProvider
+
+
+class ConfigurationManager:
+    def __init__(self) -> None:
+        self._providers: list[ConfigProvider] = []
+        self._subscribers: list[Callable[[dict[str, Any]], None]] = []
+        self._config: dict[str, Any] = {}
+
+    def add_provider(self, provider: ConfigProvider) -> None:
+        self._providers.append(provider)
+
+    def subscribe(self, callback: Callable[[dict[str, Any]], None]) -> None:
+        self._subscribers.append(callback)
+
+    def load(self) -> dict[str, Any]:
+        merged: dict[str, Any] = {}
+        for provider in self._providers:
+            merged = self._deep_merge(merged, provider.load())
+        self._config = merged
+        return dict(self._config)
+
+    def reload(self) -> dict[str, Any]:
+        config = self.load()
+        for callback in self._subscribers:
+            callback(dict(config))
+        return config
+
+    def get(self) -> dict[str, Any]:
+        return dict(self._config)
+
+    def section(self, name: str, default: Any = None) -> Any:
+        return self._config.get(name, default)
+
+    def _deep_merge(self, left: dict[str, Any], right: dict[str, Any]) -> dict[str, Any]:
+        merged = dict(left)
+        for key, value in right.items():
+            current = merged.get(key)
+            if isinstance(current, dict) and isinstance(value, dict):
+                merged[key] = self._deep_merge(current, value)
+                continue
+            merged[key] = value
+        return merged
diff --git a/src/app_runtime/core/registration.py b/src/app_runtime/core/registration.py
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index 0000000..9be2a1e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/app_runtime/core/registration.py
@@ -0,0 +1,32 @@
+from __future__ import annotations
+
+from app_runtime.contracts.health import HealthContributor
+from app_runtime.contracts.queue import TaskQueue
+from app_runtime.contracts.tasks import TaskHandler
+from app_runtime.contracts.worker import Worker
+from app_runtime.core.service_container import ServiceContainer
+
+
+class ModuleRegistry:
+    def __init__(self, services: ServiceContainer) -> None:
+        self.services = services
+        self.queues: dict[str, TaskQueue] = {}
+        self.handlers: dict[str, TaskHandler] = {}
+        self.workers: list[Worker] = []
+        self.health_contributors: list[HealthContributor] = []
+        self.modules: list[str] = []
+
+    def register_module(self, name: str) -> None:
+        self.modules.append(name)
+
+    def add_queue(self, name: str, queue: TaskQueue) -> None:
+        self.queues[name] = queue
+
+    def add_handler(self, name: str, handler: TaskHandler) -> None:
+        self.handlers[name] = handler
+
+    def add_worker(self, worker: Worker) -> None:
+        self.workers.append(worker)
+
+    def add_health_contributor(self, contributor: HealthContributor) -> None:
+        self.health_contributors.append(contributor)
diff --git a/src/app_runtime/core/runtime.py b/src/app_runtime/core/runtime.py
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+++ b/src/app_runtime/core/runtime.py
@@ -0,0 +1,125 @@
+from __future__ import annotations
+
+from app_runtime.config.providers import FileConfigProvider
+from app_runtime.contracts.application import ApplicationModule
+from app_runtime.control.service import ControlPlaneService
+from app_runtime.core.configuration import ConfigurationManager
+from app_runtime.core.registration import ModuleRegistry
+from app_runtime.core.service_container import ServiceContainer
+from app_runtime.core.types import HealthPayload, LifecycleState
+from app_runtime.health.registry import HealthRegistry
+from app_runtime.logging.manager import LogManager
+from app_runtime.tracing.service import TraceService
+from app_runtime.workers.supervisor import WorkerSupervisor
+
+
+class RuntimeManager:
+    def __init__(
+        self,
+        configuration: ConfigurationManager | None = None,
+        services: ServiceContainer | None = None,
+        traces: TraceService | None = None,
+        health: HealthRegistry | None = None,
+        logs: LogManager | None = None,
+        workers: WorkerSupervisor | None = None,
+        control_plane: ControlPlaneService | None = None,
+    ) -> None:
+        self.configuration = configuration or ConfigurationManager()
+        self.services = services or ServiceContainer()
+        self.traces = traces or TraceService()
+        self.health = health or HealthRegistry()
+        self.logs = logs or LogManager()
+        self.workers = workers or WorkerSupervisor()
+        self.control_plane = control_plane or ControlPlaneService()
+        self.registry = ModuleRegistry(self.services)
+        self._started = False
+        self._state = LifecycleState.IDLE
+        self._core_registered = False
+        self._workers_registered = False
+        self._register_core_services()
+
+    def register_module(self, module: ApplicationModule) -> None:
+        self.registry.register_module(module.name)
+        module.register(self.registry)
+
+    def add_config_file(self, path: str) -> FileConfigProvider:
+        provider = FileConfigProvider(path)
+        self.configuration.add_provider(provider)
+        return provider
+
+    def start(self) -> None:
+        if self._started:
+            return
+        self._state = LifecycleState.STARTING
+        config = self.configuration.load()
+        self.logs.apply_config(config)
+        self._register_health_contributors()
+        self._register_workers()
+        self.workers.start()
+        self.control_plane.start(self)
+        self._started = True
+        self._refresh_state()
+
+    def stop(self, timeout: float = 30.0, force: bool = False, stop_control_plane: bool = True) -> None:
+        if not self._started:
+            return
+        self._state = LifecycleState.STOPPING
+        self.workers.stop(timeout=timeout, force=force)
+        if stop_control_plane:
+            self.control_plane.stop()
+        self._started = False
+        self._state = LifecycleState.STOPPED
+
+    def status(self) -> dict[str, object]:
+        self._refresh_state()
+        return self.control_plane.snapshot(self)
+
+    def current_health(self) -> HealthPayload:
+        self._refresh_state()
+        return self.health.payload(self._state, self.workers.healths())
+
+    async def health_status(self) -> HealthPayload:
+        return self.current_health()
+
+    async def start_runtime(self) -> str:
+        if self._started:
+            return "runtime already running"
+        self.start()
+        return "runtime started"
+
+    async def stop_runtime(self) -> str:
+        if not self._started:
+            return "runtime already stopped"
+        self.stop(stop_control_plane=False)
+        return "runtime stopped"
+
+    async def runtime_status(self) -> str:
+        self._refresh_state()
+        return self._state.value
+
+    def _register_core_services(self) -> None:
+        if self._core_registered:
+            return
+        self.services.register("configuration", self.configuration)
+        self.services.register("traces", self.traces)
+        self.services.register("health", self.health)
+        self.services.register("logs", self.logs)
+        self.services.register("workers", self.workers)
+        self.services.register("control_plane", self.control_plane)
+        self._core_registered = True
+
+    def _register_health_contributors(self) -> None:
+        for contributor in self.registry.health_contributors:
+            self.health.register(contributor)
+
+    def _register_workers(self) -> None:
+        if self._workers_registered:
+            return
+        for worker in self.registry.workers:
+            self.workers.register(worker)
+        self._workers_registered = True
+
+    def _refresh_state(self) -> None:
+        if not self._started or self._state == LifecycleState.STOPPING:
+            return
+        self._state = self.workers.lifecycle_state()
diff --git a/src/app_runtime/core/service_container.py b/src/app_runtime/core/service_container.py
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+++ b/src/app_runtime/core/service_container.py
@@ -0,0 +1,28 @@
+from __future__ import annotations
+
+from typing import Any
+
+
+class ServiceContainer:
+    def __init__(self) -> None:
+        self._services: dict[str, Any] = {}
+
+    def register(self, name: str, service: Any) -> None:
+        if name in self._services:
+            raise ValueError(f"Service '{name}' is already registered")
+        self._services[name] = service
+
+    def get(self, name: str) -> Any:
+        try:
+            return self._services[name]
+        except KeyError as exc:
+            raise KeyError(f"Service '{name}' is not registered") from exc
+
+    def require(self, name: str, expected_type: type[Any]) -> Any:
+        service = self.get(name)
+        if not isinstance(service, expected_type):
+            raise TypeError(f"Service '{name}' is not of type {expected_type.__name__}")
+        return service
+
+    def snapshot(self) -> dict[str, str]:
+        return {name: type(service).__name__ for name, service in self._services.items()}
diff --git a/src/app_runtime/core/types.py b/src/app_runtime/core/types.py
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+++ b/src/app_runtime/core/types.py
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+from __future__ import annotations
+
+from enum import Enum
+from typing import TypedDict
+
+
+class HealthPayload(TypedDict, total=False):
+    status: str
+    detail: str
+    state: str
+    components: list[dict[str, object]]
+
+
+class LifecycleState(str, Enum):
+    STARTING = "starting"
+    IDLE = "idle"
+    BUSY = "busy"
+    STOPPING = "stopping"
+    STOPPED = "stopped"
diff --git a/src/app_runtime/health/__init__.py b/src/app_runtime/health/__init__.py
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+++ b/src/app_runtime/health/__init__.py
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+from app_runtime.health.registry import HealthRegistry
+
+__all__ = ["HealthRegistry"]
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+++ b/src/app_runtime/health/registry.py
@@ -0,0 +1,56 @@
+from __future__ import annotations
+
+from app_runtime.contracts.health import HealthContributor
+from app_runtime.contracts.worker import WorkerHealth
+from app_runtime.core.types import HealthPayload, LifecycleState
+
+
+class HealthRegistry:
+    def __init__(self) -> None:
+        self._contributors: list[HealthContributor] = []
+
+    def register(self, contributor: HealthContributor) -> None:
+        self._contributors.append(contributor)
+
+    def contributor_healths(self) -> list[WorkerHealth]:
+        return [contributor.health() for contributor in self._contributors]
+
+    def snapshot(self, worker_healths: list[WorkerHealth]) -> dict[str, object]:
+        component_healths = worker_healths + self.contributor_healths()
+        return {
+            "status": self._aggregate_status(component_healths),
+            "components": [self._health_dict(item) for item in component_healths],
+        }
+
+    def payload(self, state: LifecycleState, worker_healths: list[WorkerHealth]) -> HealthPayload:
+        component_healths = worker_healths + self.contributor_healths()
+        if state == LifecycleState.STOPPED:
+            return {"status": "unhealthy", "detail": "state=stopped", "state": state.value}
+        if state in {LifecycleState.STARTING, LifecycleState.STOPPING}:
+            return {
+                "status": "degraded",
+                "detail": f"state={state.value}",
+                "state": state.value,
+                "components": [self._health_dict(item) for item in component_healths],
+            }
+        return {
+            "status": self._aggregate_status(component_healths),
+            "state": state.value,
+            "components": [self._health_dict(item) for item in component_healths],
+        }
+
+    def _aggregate_status(self, component_healths: list[WorkerHealth]) -> str:
+        if any(item.status == "unhealthy" and item.critical for item in component_healths):
+            return "unhealthy"
+        if any(item.status in {"degraded", "unhealthy"} for item in component_healths):
+            return "degraded"
+        return "ok"
+
+    def _health_dict(self, health: WorkerHealth) -> dict[str, object]:
+        return {
+            "name": health.name,
+            "status": health.status,
+            "critical": health.critical,
+            "detail": health.detail,
+            "meta": health.meta,
+        }
diff --git a/src/app_runtime/logging/__init__.py b/src/app_runtime/logging/__init__.py
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+++ b/src/app_runtime/logging/__init__.py
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+from app_runtime.logging.manager import LogManager
+
+__all__ = ["LogManager"]
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+++ b/src/app_runtime/logging/manager.py
@@ -0,0 +1,31 @@
+from __future__ import annotations
+
+import logging
+import logging.config
+
+
+class LogManager:
+    def __init__(self) -> None:
+        self._logger = logging.getLogger(__name__)
+        self._last_valid_config: dict | None = None
+
+    def apply_config(self, config: dict) -> None:
+        logging_config = config.get("log")
+        if not logging_config:
+            self._logger.warning("Config has no 'log' section; default logging remains active.")
+            return
+        try:
+            logging.config.dictConfig(logging_config)
+            self._last_valid_config = dict(logging_config)
+            self._logger.info("Logging configuration applied")
+        except Exception:
+            self._logger.exception("Failed to apply logging configuration")
+            self._restore_last_valid()
+
+    def _restore_last_valid(self) -> None:
+        if self._last_valid_config is None:
+            return
+        try:
+            logging.config.dictConfig(self._last_valid_config)
+        except Exception:
+            self._logger.exception("Failed to restore previous logging configuration")
diff --git a/src/app_runtime/queue/__init__.py b/src/app_runtime/queue/__init__.py
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+++ b/src/app_runtime/queue/__init__.py
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+from app_runtime.queue.in_memory import InMemoryTaskQueue
+
+__all__ = ["InMemoryTaskQueue"]
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+++ b/src/app_runtime/queue/in_memory.py
@@ -0,0 +1,43 @@
+from __future__ import annotations
+
+from queue import Empty, Queue
+
+from app_runtime.contracts.queue import TaskQueue
+from app_runtime.contracts.tasks import Task
+
+
+class InMemoryTaskQueue(TaskQueue):
+    def __init__(self) -> None:
+        self._queue: Queue[Task] = Queue()
+        self._published = 0
+        self._acked = 0
+        self._nacked = 0
+
+    def publish(self, task: Task) -> None:
+        self._published += 1
+        self._queue.put(task)
+
+    def consume(self, timeout: float = 0.1) -> Task | None:
+        try:
+            return self._queue.get(timeout=timeout)
+        except Empty:
+            return None
+
+    def ack(self, task: Task) -> None:
+        del task
+        self._acked += 1
+        self._queue.task_done()
+
+    def nack(self, task: Task, retry_delay: float | None = None) -> None:
+        del retry_delay
+        self._nacked += 1
+        self._queue.put(task)
+        self._queue.task_done()
+
+    def stats(self) -> dict[str, int]:
+        return {
+            "published": self._published,
+            "acked": self._acked,
+            "nacked": self._nacked,
+            "queued": self._queue.qsize(),
+        }
diff --git a/src/app_runtime/tracing/__init__.py b/src/app_runtime/tracing/__init__.py
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+++ b/src/app_runtime/tracing/__init__.py
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+from app_runtime.contracts.trace import TraceContext, TraceContextRecord, TraceLogMessage, TraceTransport
+from app_runtime.tracing.service import TraceManager, TraceService
+from app_runtime.tracing.store import ActiveTraceContext, TraceContextStore
+from app_runtime.tracing.transport import NoOpTraceTransport
+
+__all__ = [
+    "ActiveTraceContext",
+    "NoOpTraceTransport",
+    "TraceContext",
+    "TraceContextRecord",
+    "TraceContextStore",
+    "TraceLogMessage",
+    "TraceManager",
+    "TraceService",
+    "TraceTransport",
+]
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+++ b/src/app_runtime/tracing/service.py
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+from __future__ import annotations
+
+import logging
+from contextlib import contextmanager
+from typing import Any, Iterator
+from uuid import uuid4
+
+from app_runtime.contracts.trace import (
+    TraceContext,
+    TraceContextFactory,
+    TraceContextRecord,
+    TraceLogMessage,
+    TraceTransport,
+    utc_now,
+)
+from app_runtime.tracing.store import TraceContextStore
+from app_runtime.tracing.transport import NoOpTraceTransport
+
+
+class TraceRecordWriter:
+    def __init__(self, transport: TraceTransport) -> None:
+        self._logger = logging.getLogger(__name__)
+        self._transport = transport
+
+    def write_context(self, record: TraceContextRecord) -> None:
+        try:
+            self._transport.write_context(record)
+        except Exception:
+            self._logger.exception("Trace transport failed to write context %s", record.trace_id)
+
+    def write_message(self, record: TraceLogMessage) -> None:
+        try:
+            self._transport.write_message(record)
+        except Exception:
+            self._logger.exception("Trace transport failed to write message for %s", record.trace_id)
+
+
+class TraceService(TraceContextFactory):
+    def __init__(self, transport: TraceTransport | None = None, store: TraceContextStore | None = None) -> None:
+        self.transport = transport or NoOpTraceTransport()
+        self.store = store or TraceContextStore()
+        self._writer = TraceRecordWriter(self.transport)
+
+    def create_context(
+        self,
+        *,
+        alias: str,
+        parent_id: str | None = None,
+        kind: str | None = None,
+        attrs: dict[str, Any] | None = None,
+    ) -> str:
+        record = TraceContextRecord(
+            trace_id=uuid4().hex,
+            alias=str(alias or ""),
+            parent_id=parent_id,
+            type=kind,
+            event_time=utc_now(),
+            attrs=dict(attrs or {}),
+        )
+        self.store.push(record)
+        self._writer.write_context(record)
+        return record.trace_id
+
+    @contextmanager
+    def open_context(
+        self,
+        *,
+        alias: str,
+        parent_id: str | None = None,
+        kind: str | None = None,
+        attrs: dict[str, Any] | None = None,
+    ) -> Iterator[str]:
+        trace_id = self.create_context(alias=alias, parent_id=parent_id, kind=kind, attrs=attrs)
+        try:
+            yield trace_id
+        finally:
+            self.store.pop()
+
+    def current_trace_id(self) -> str | None:
+        return self.store.current_trace_id()
+
+    def close_context(self) -> str | None:
+        previous = self.store.pop()
+        return previous.record.trace_id if previous else None
+
+    def step(self, name: str) -> None:
+        self.store.set_step(str(name or ""))
+
+    def info(self, message: str, *, status: str, attrs: dict[str, Any] | None = None) -> None:
+        self._write_message("INFO", message, status, attrs)
+
+    def warning(self, message: str, *, status: str, attrs: dict[str, Any] | None = None) -> None:
+        self._write_message("WARNING", message, status, attrs)
+
+    def error(self, message: str, *, status: str, attrs: dict[str, Any] | None = None) -> None:
+        self._write_message("ERROR", message, status, attrs)
+
+    def exception(self, message: str, *, status: str = "failed", attrs: dict[str, Any] | None = None) -> None:
+        self._write_message("ERROR", message, status, attrs)
+
+    def new_root(self, operation: str) -> TraceContext:
+        trace_id = self.create_context(alias=operation, kind="source", attrs={"operation": operation})
+        return TraceContext(trace_id=trace_id, span_id=trace_id, attributes={"operation": operation})
+
+    def child_of(self, parent: TraceContext, operation: str) -> TraceContext:
+        trace_id = self.create_context(
+            alias=operation,
+            parent_id=parent.trace_id,
+            kind="worker",
+            attrs={"operation": operation},
+        )
+        return TraceContext(
+            trace_id=trace_id,
+            span_id=trace_id,
+            parent_span_id=parent.span_id,
+            attributes={"operation": operation},
+        )
+
+    def attach(self, task_metadata: dict[str, object], context: TraceContext) -> dict[str, object]:
+        updated = dict(task_metadata)
+        updated["trace_id"] = context.trace_id
+        updated["span_id"] = context.span_id
+        updated["parent_span_id"] = context.parent_span_id
+        return updated
+
+    def resume(self, task_metadata: dict[str, object], operation: str) -> TraceContext:
+        trace_id = str(task_metadata.get("trace_id") or uuid4().hex)
+        span_id = str(task_metadata.get("span_id") or trace_id)
+        parent_id = task_metadata.get("parent_span_id")
+        self.create_context(
+            alias=operation,
+            parent_id=str(parent_id) if parent_id else None,
+            kind="handler",
+            attrs=dict(task_metadata),
+        )
+        return TraceContext(
+            trace_id=trace_id,
+            span_id=span_id,
+            parent_span_id=str(parent_id) if parent_id else None,
+            attributes={"operation": operation},
+        )
+
+    def _write_message(
+        self,
+        level: str,
+        message: str,
+        status: str,
+        attrs: dict[str, Any] | None,
+    ) -> None:
+        active = self.store.current()
+        if active is None:
+            raise RuntimeError("Trace context is not bound. Call create_context() first.")
+        record = TraceLogMessage(
+            trace_id=active.record.trace_id,
+            step=active.step,
+            status=str(status or ""),
+            message=str(message or ""),
+            level=level,
+            event_time=utc_now(),
+            attrs=dict(attrs or {}),
+        )
+        self._writer.write_message(record)
+
+
+class TraceManager(TraceService):
+    """Compatibility alias during the transition from ConfigManager-shaped naming."""
diff --git a/src/app_runtime/tracing/store.py b/src/app_runtime/tracing/store.py
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+++ b/src/app_runtime/tracing/store.py
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+from __future__ import annotations
+
+from contextvars import ContextVar
+from dataclasses import dataclass, replace
+
+from app_runtime.contracts.trace import TraceContextRecord
+
+
+@dataclass(frozen=True)
+class ActiveTraceContext:
+    record: TraceContextRecord
+    step: str = ""
+
+
+class TraceContextStore:
+    def __init__(self) -> None:
+        self._current: ContextVar[ActiveTraceContext | None] = ContextVar("trace_current", default=None)
+        self._stack: ContextVar[tuple[ActiveTraceContext, ...]] = ContextVar("trace_stack", default=())
+
+    def current(self) -> ActiveTraceContext | None:
+        return self._current.get()
+
+    def current_trace_id(self) -> str | None:
+        active = self.current()
+        return active.record.trace_id if active else None
+
+    def push(self, record: TraceContextRecord) -> ActiveTraceContext:
+        active = self.current()
+        stack = self._stack.get()
+        if active is not None:
+            self._stack.set(stack + (active,))
+        updated = ActiveTraceContext(record=record)
+        self._current.set(updated)
+        return updated
+
+    def pop(self) -> ActiveTraceContext | None:
+        stack = self._stack.get()
+        if not stack:
+            self._current.set(None)
+            return None
+        previous = stack[-1]
+        self._stack.set(stack[:-1])
+        self._current.set(previous)
+        return previous
+
+    def set_step(self, step: str) -> ActiveTraceContext | None:
+        active = self.current()
+        if active is None:
+            return None
+        updated = replace(active, step=step)
+        self._current.set(updated)
+        return updated
diff --git a/src/app_runtime/tracing/transport.py b/src/app_runtime/tracing/transport.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..07416e7
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+++ b/src/app_runtime/tracing/transport.py
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+from __future__ import annotations
+
+from app_runtime.contracts.trace import TraceContextRecord, TraceLogMessage, TraceTransport
+
+
+class NoOpTraceTransport(TraceTransport):
+    def write_context(self, record: TraceContextRecord) -> None:
+        del record
+
+    def write_message(self, record: TraceLogMessage) -> None:
+        del record
diff --git a/src/app_runtime/workers/__init__.py b/src/app_runtime/workers/__init__.py
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+++ b/src/app_runtime/workers/__init__.py
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+from app_runtime.workers.queue_worker import QueueWorker
+from app_runtime.workers.supervisor import WorkerSupervisor
+
+__all__ = ["QueueWorker", "WorkerSupervisor"]
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diff --git a/src/app_runtime/workers/queue_worker.py b/src/app_runtime/workers/queue_worker.py
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index 0000000..8132e3c
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+++ b/src/app_runtime/workers/queue_worker.py
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+from __future__ import annotations
+
+from threading import Event, Lock, Thread
+
+from app_runtime.contracts.queue import TaskQueue
+from app_runtime.contracts.tasks import TaskHandler
+from app_runtime.contracts.worker import Worker, WorkerHealth, WorkerStatus
+from app_runtime.tracing.service import TraceService
+
+
+class QueueWorker(Worker):
+    def __init__(
+        self,
+        name: str,
+        queue: TaskQueue,
+        handler: TaskHandler,
+        traces: TraceService,
+        *,
+        concurrency: int = 1,
+        critical: bool = True,
+    ) -> None:
+        self._name = name
+        self._queue = queue
+        self._handler = handler
+        self._traces = traces
+        self._concurrency = concurrency
+        self._critical = critical
+        self._threads: list[Thread] = []
+        self._stop_requested = Event()
+        self._force_stop = Event()
+        self._lock = Lock()
+        self._started = False
+        self._in_flight = 0
+        self._processed = 0
+        self._failures = 0
+
+    @property
+    def name(self) -> str:
+        return self._name
+
+    @property
+    def critical(self) -> bool:
+        return self._critical
+
+    def start(self) -> None:
+        if any(thread.is_alive() for thread in self._threads):
+            return
+        self._threads.clear()
+        self._stop_requested.clear()
+        self._force_stop.clear()
+        self._started = True
+        for index in range(self._concurrency):
+            thread = Thread(target=self._run_loop, name=f"{self._name}-{index + 1}", daemon=True)
+            self._threads.append(thread)
+            thread.start()
+
+    def stop(self, force: bool = False) -> None:
+        self._stop_requested.set()
+        if force:
+            self._force_stop.set()
+
+    def health(self) -> WorkerHealth:
+        status = self.status()
+        if self._started and not self._stop_requested.is_set() and self._alive_threads() == 0:
+            return WorkerHealth(self.name, "unhealthy", self.critical, "worker threads are not running", status.meta)
+        if self._failures > 0:
+            return WorkerHealth(self.name, "degraded", self.critical, "worker has processing failures", status.meta)
+        return WorkerHealth(self.name, "ok", self.critical, meta=status.meta)
+
+    def status(self) -> WorkerStatus:
+        alive_threads = self._alive_threads()
+        with self._lock:
+            in_flight = self._in_flight
+            processed = self._processed
+            failures = self._failures
+        if self._started and alive_threads == 0:
+            state = "stopped"
+        elif self._stop_requested.is_set():
+            state = "stopping" if alive_threads > 0 else "stopped"
+        elif not self._started:
+            state = "stopped"
+        elif in_flight > 0:
+            state = "busy"
+        else:
+            state = "idle"
+        return WorkerStatus(
+            name=self.name,
+            state=state,
+            in_flight=in_flight,
+            meta={
+                "alive_threads": alive_threads,
+                "concurrency": self._concurrency,
+                "processed": processed,
+                "failures": failures,
+            },
+        )
+
+    def _run_loop(self) -> None:
+        while True:
+            if self._force_stop.is_set() or self._stop_requested.is_set():
+                return
+            task = self._queue.consume(timeout=0.1)
+            if task is None:
+                continue
+            with self._lock:
+                self._in_flight += 1
+            self._traces.resume(task.metadata, f"worker:{self.name}")
+            try:
+                self._handler.handle(task)
+            except Exception:
+                with self._lock:
+                    self._failures += 1
+                self._queue.nack(task)
+            else:
+                with self._lock:
+                    self._processed += 1
+                self._queue.ack(task)
+            finally:
+                with self._lock:
+                    self._in_flight -= 1
+                if self._stop_requested.is_set():
+                    return
+
+    def _alive_threads(self) -> int:
+        return sum(1 for thread in self._threads if thread.is_alive())
diff --git a/src/app_runtime/workers/supervisor.py b/src/app_runtime/workers/supervisor.py
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+++ b/src/app_runtime/workers/supervisor.py
@@ -0,0 +1,59 @@
+from __future__ import annotations
+
+from dataclasses import asdict
+from time import monotonic, sleep
+
+from app_runtime.contracts.worker import Worker, WorkerHealth, WorkerStatus
+from app_runtime.core.types import LifecycleState
+
+
+class WorkerSupervisor:
+    def __init__(self) -> None:
+        self._workers: list[Worker] = []
+
+    def register(self, worker: Worker) -> None:
+        self._workers.append(worker)
+
+    def start(self) -> None:
+        for worker in self._workers:
+            worker.start()
+
+    def stop(self, timeout: float = 30.0, force: bool = False) -> None:
+        for worker in self._workers:
+            worker.stop(force=force)
+        if force:
+            return
+        deadline = monotonic() + timeout
+        while True:
+            if all(status.state == "stopped" for status in self.statuses()):
+                return
+            if monotonic() >= deadline:
+                raise TimeoutError("Workers did not stop within the requested timeout")
+            sleep(0.05)
+
+    def snapshot(self) -> dict[str, object]:
+        return {
+            "registered": len(self._workers),
+            "workers": [asdict(status) for status in self.statuses()],
+        }
+
+    def healths(self) -> list[WorkerHealth]:
+        return [worker.health() for worker in self._workers]
+
+    def statuses(self) -> list[WorkerStatus]:
+        return [worker.status() for worker in self._workers]
+
+    def lifecycle_state(self) -> LifecycleState:
+        statuses = self.statuses()
+        if not statuses:
+            return LifecycleState.IDLE
+        states = {status.state for status in statuses}
+        if "stopping" in states:
+            return LifecycleState.STOPPING
+        if "starting" in states:
+            return LifecycleState.STARTING
+        if "busy" in states:
+            return LifecycleState.BUSY
+        if states == {"stopped"}:
+            return LifecycleState.STOPPED
+        return LifecycleState.IDLE
diff --git a/src/plba/__init__.py b/src/plba/__init__.py
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index 0000000..46f44cb
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+++ b/src/plba/__init__.py
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+from plba.bootstrap import create_runtime
+from plba.config import ConfigFileLoader, FileConfigProvider
+from plba.control import ControlActionSet, ControlChannel, ControlPlaneService, HttpControlChannel
+from plba.contracts import (
+    ApplicationModule,
+    ConfigProvider,
+    HealthContributor,
+    Task,
+    TaskHandler,
+    TaskQueue,
+    TraceContext,
+    TraceContextRecord,
+    TraceLogMessage,
+    TraceTransport,
+    Worker,
+    WorkerHealth,
+    WorkerStatus,
+)
+from plba.core import ConfigurationManager, RuntimeManager, ServiceContainer
+from plba.health import HealthRegistry
+from plba.logging import LogManager
+from plba.queue import InMemoryTaskQueue
+from plba.tracing import NoOpTraceTransport, TraceService
+from plba.workers import QueueWorker, WorkerSupervisor
+
+__all__ = [
+    "ApplicationModule",
+    "ConfigFileLoader",
+    "ConfigProvider",
+    "ConfigurationManager",
+    "ControlActionSet",
+    "ControlChannel",
+    "ControlPlaneService",
+    "create_runtime",
+    "FileConfigProvider",
+    "HealthContributor",
+    "HealthRegistry",
+    "HttpControlChannel",
+    "InMemoryTaskQueue",
+    "LogManager",
+    "NoOpTraceTransport",
+    "QueueWorker",
+    "RuntimeManager",
+    "ServiceContainer",
+    "Task",
+    "TaskHandler",
+    "TaskQueue",
+    "TraceContext",
+    "TraceContextRecord",
+    "TraceLogMessage",
+    "TraceService",
+    "TraceTransport",
+    "Worker",
+    "WorkerHealth",
+    "WorkerStatus",
+    "WorkerSupervisor",
+]
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diff --git a/src/plba/bootstrap.py b/src/plba/bootstrap.py
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index 0000000..80318da
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/plba/bootstrap.py
@@ -0,0 +1,29 @@
+from __future__ import annotations
+
+from app_runtime.control.http_channel import HttpControlChannel
+from app_runtime.core.runtime import RuntimeManager
+from app_runtime.contracts.application import ApplicationModule
+
+
+def create_runtime(
+    module: ApplicationModule,
+    *,
+    config_path: str | None = None,
+    enable_http_control: bool = False,
+    control_host: str = "127.0.0.1",
+    control_port: int = 8080,
+    control_timeout: int = 5,
+) -> RuntimeManager:
+    runtime = RuntimeManager()
+    if config_path is not None:
+        runtime.add_config_file(config_path)
+    if enable_http_control:
+        runtime.control_plane.register_channel(
+            HttpControlChannel(
+                host=control_host,
+                port=control_port,
+                timeout=control_timeout,
+            )
+        )
+    runtime.register_module(module)
+    return runtime
diff --git a/src/plba/config.py b/src/plba/config.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..eab5d39
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/plba/config.py
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+from app_runtime.config.file_loader import ConfigFileLoader
+from app_runtime.config.providers import FileConfigProvider
+
+__all__ = ["ConfigFileLoader", "FileConfigProvider"]
diff --git a/src/plba/contracts.py b/src/plba/contracts.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..e525433
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+++ b/src/plba/contracts.py
@@ -0,0 +1,28 @@
+from app_runtime.contracts.application import ApplicationModule
+from app_runtime.contracts.config import ConfigProvider
+from app_runtime.contracts.health import HealthContributor
+from app_runtime.contracts.queue import TaskQueue
+from app_runtime.contracts.tasks import Task, TaskHandler
+from app_runtime.contracts.trace import (
+    TraceContext,
+    TraceContextRecord,
+    TraceLogMessage,
+    TraceTransport,
+)
+from app_runtime.contracts.worker import Worker, WorkerHealth, WorkerStatus
+
+__all__ = [
+    "ApplicationModule",
+    "ConfigProvider",
+    "HealthContributor",
+    "Task",
+    "TaskHandler",
+    "TaskQueue",
+    "TraceContext",
+    "TraceContextRecord",
+    "TraceLogMessage",
+    "TraceTransport",
+    "Worker",
+    "WorkerHealth",
+    "WorkerStatus",
+]
diff --git a/src/plba/control.py b/src/plba/control.py
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+++ b/src/plba/control.py
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+from app_runtime.control.base import ControlActionSet, ControlChannel
+from app_runtime.control.http_channel import HttpControlChannel
+from app_runtime.control.service import ControlPlaneService
+
+__all__ = [
+    "ControlActionSet",
+    "ControlChannel",
+    "ControlPlaneService",
+    "HttpControlChannel",
+]
diff --git a/src/plba/core.py b/src/plba/core.py
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+++ b/src/plba/core.py
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+from app_runtime.core.configuration import ConfigurationManager
+from app_runtime.core.runtime import RuntimeManager
+from app_runtime.core.service_container import ServiceContainer
+
+__all__ = [
+    "ConfigurationManager",
+    "RuntimeManager",
+    "ServiceContainer",
+]
diff --git a/src/plba/health.py b/src/plba/health.py
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+++ b/src/plba/health.py
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+from app_runtime.health.registry import HealthRegistry
+
+__all__ = ["HealthRegistry"]
diff --git a/src/plba/logging.py b/src/plba/logging.py
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+++ b/src/plba/logging.py
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+from app_runtime.logging.manager import LogManager
+
+__all__ = ["LogManager"]
diff --git a/src/plba/queue.py b/src/plba/queue.py
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+++ b/src/plba/queue.py
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+from app_runtime.queue.in_memory import InMemoryTaskQueue
+
+__all__ = ["InMemoryTaskQueue"]
diff --git a/src/plba/tracing.py b/src/plba/tracing.py
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+++ b/src/plba/tracing.py
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+from app_runtime.tracing.service import TraceService
+from app_runtime.tracing.transport import NoOpTraceTransport
+
+__all__ = ["NoOpTraceTransport", "TraceService"]
diff --git a/src/plba/workers.py b/src/plba/workers.py
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+++ b/src/plba/workers.py
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+from app_runtime.workers.queue_worker import QueueWorker
+from app_runtime.workers.supervisor import WorkerSupervisor
+
+__all__ = ["QueueWorker", "WorkerSupervisor"]
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diff --git a/tests/test_runtime.py b/tests/test_runtime.py
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+++ b/tests/test_runtime.py
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+from __future__ import annotations
+
+import asyncio
+from dataclasses import dataclass, field
+from threading import Event, Thread
+from time import sleep
+
+from app_runtime.contracts.application import ApplicationModule
+from app_runtime.contracts.health import HealthContributor
+from app_runtime.contracts.tasks import Task, TaskHandler
+from app_runtime.contracts.worker import WorkerHealth
+from app_runtime.core.registration import ModuleRegistry
+from app_runtime.core.runtime import RuntimeManager
+from app_runtime.queue.in_memory import InMemoryTaskQueue
+from app_runtime.tracing.transport import NoOpTraceTransport
+from app_runtime.workers.queue_worker import QueueWorker
+
+
+@dataclass
+class CollectingHandler(TaskHandler):
+    processed: list[dict[str, object]] = field(default_factory=list)
+
+    def handle(self, task: Task) -> None:
+        self.processed.append(task.payload)
+
+
+class BlockingHandler(TaskHandler):
+    def __init__(self, started: Event, release: Event) -> None:
+        self._started = started
+        self._release = release
+
+    def handle(self, task: Task) -> None:
+        del task
+        self._started.set()
+        self._release.wait(timeout=2.0)
+
+
+class StaticHealthContributor(HealthContributor):
+    def health(self) -> WorkerHealth:
+        return WorkerHealth(name="example-module", status="ok", critical=False, meta={"kind": "test"})
+
+
+class ExampleModule(ApplicationModule):
+    def __init__(self) -> None:
+        self.handler = CollectingHandler()
+        self.queue = InMemoryTaskQueue()
+
+    @property
+    def name(self) -> str:
+        return "example"
+
+    def register(self, registry: ModuleRegistry) -> None:
+        traces = registry.services.get("traces")
+        registry.add_queue("incoming", self.queue)
+        registry.add_handler("collect", self.handler)
+        self.queue.publish(Task(name="incoming", payload={"id": 1}, metadata={}))
+        registry.add_worker(QueueWorker("collector", self.queue, self.handler, traces, concurrency=1))
+        registry.add_health_contributor(StaticHealthContributor())
+
+
+class BlockingModule(ApplicationModule):
+    def __init__(self, started: Event, release: Event) -> None:
+        self.queue = InMemoryTaskQueue()
+        self.handler = BlockingHandler(started, release)
+
+    @property
+    def name(self) -> str:
+        return "blocking"
+
+    def register(self, registry: ModuleRegistry) -> None:
+        traces = registry.services.get("traces")
+        self.queue.publish(Task(name="incoming", payload={"id": 1}, metadata={}))
+        registry.add_worker(QueueWorker("blocking-worker", self.queue, self.handler, traces, concurrency=1))
+
+
+class RecordingTransport(NoOpTraceTransport):
+    def __init__(self) -> None:
+        self.contexts: list[object] = []
+        self.messages: list[object] = []
+
+    def write_context(self, record) -> None:  # type: ignore[override]
+        self.contexts.append(record)
+
+    def write_message(self, record) -> None:  # type: ignore[override]
+        self.messages.append(record)
+
+
+def test_runtime_processes_tasks_and_exposes_status(tmp_path) -> None:
+    config_path = tmp_path / "config.yml"
+    config_path.write_text(
+        """
+platform:
+  workers: 1
+log:
+  version: 1
+  disable_existing_loggers: false
+  handlers:
+    console:
+      class: logging.StreamHandler
+  root:
+    level: INFO
+    handlers: [console]
+""".strip(),
+        encoding="utf-8",
+    )
+    runtime = RuntimeManager()
+    runtime.add_config_file(config_path)
+    module = ExampleModule()
+    runtime.register_module(module)
+
+    runtime.start()
+    sleep(0.2)
+    status = runtime.status()
+    runtime.stop()
+
+    assert module.handler.processed == [{"id": 1}]
+    assert status["modules"] == ["example"]
+    assert status["runtime"]["state"] == "idle"
+    assert status["health"]["status"] == "ok"
+    assert status["config"] == {"platform": {"workers": 1}, "log": status["config"]["log"]}
+
+
+def test_runtime_graceful_stop_waits_until_worker_finishes() -> None:
+    started = Event()
+    release = Event()
+    runtime = RuntimeManager()
+    runtime.register_module(BlockingModule(started, release))
+    runtime.start()
+    assert started.wait(timeout=1.0) is True
+    assert runtime.status()["runtime"]["state"] == "busy"
+
+    stop_thread = Thread(target=runtime.stop, kwargs={"timeout": 1.0}, daemon=True)
+    stop_thread.start()
+    sleep(0.1)
+    assert stop_thread.is_alive() is True
+
+    release.set()
+    stop_thread.join(timeout=1.0)
+    assert stop_thread.is_alive() is False
+    assert runtime.status()["runtime"]["state"] == "stopped"
+
+
+def test_trace_service_writes_contexts_and_messages() -> None:
+    from app_runtime.tracing.service import TraceService
+
+    transport = RecordingTransport()
+    manager = TraceService(transport=transport)
+
+    with manager.open_context(alias="worker", kind="task", attrs={"task": "incoming"}):
+        manager.step("parse")
+        manager.info("started", status="ok", attrs={"attempt": 1})
+
+    assert len(transport.contexts) == 1
+    assert len(transport.messages) == 1
+    assert transport.contexts[0].alias == "worker"
+    assert transport.messages[0].step == "parse"
+
+
+def test_http_control_channel_exposes_health_and_actions() -> None:
+    from app_runtime.control.base import ControlActionSet
+    from app_runtime.control.http_channel import HttpControlChannel
+
+    state = {"started": False}
+
+    async def health():
+        return {"status": "ok" if state["started"] else "unhealthy", "state": "idle" if state["started"] else "stopped"}
+
+    async def start_handler() -> str:
+        state["started"] = True
+        return "started"
+
+    async def stop_handler() -> str:
+        state["started"] = False
+        return "stopped"
+
+    async def status_handler() -> str:
+        return "idle" if state["started"] else "stopped"
+
+    async def scenario() -> None:
+        channel = HttpControlChannel("127.0.0.1", 0, 2)
+        await channel.start(
+            ControlActionSet(
+                health=health,
+                start=start_handler,
+                stop=stop_handler,
+                status=status_handler,
+            )
+        )
+
+        start_response = await channel._action_response("start")
+        assert start_response.status_code == 200
+        assert start_response.body == b'{"status":"ok","detail":"started"}'
+
+        health_payload = await channel._health_response()
+        assert health_payload["status"] == "ok"
+
+        status_response = await channel._action_response("status")
+        assert status_response.status_code == 200
+        assert status_response.body == b'{"status":"ok","detail":"idle"}'
+        await channel.stop()
+
+    asyncio.run(scenario())
+
+
+def test_public_plba_package_exports_runtime_builder(tmp_path) -> None:
+    from plba import ApplicationModule as PublicApplicationModule
+    from plba import QueueWorker as PublicQueueWorker
+    from plba import create_runtime
+
+    config_path = tmp_path / "config.yml"
+    config_path.write_text("platform: {}\n", encoding="utf-8")
+
+    class PublicExampleModule(PublicApplicationModule):
+        @property
+        def name(self) -> str:
+            return "public-example"
+
+        def register(self, registry: ModuleRegistry) -> None:
+            queue = InMemoryTaskQueue()
+            traces = registry.services.get("traces")
+            handler = CollectingHandler()
+            queue.publish(Task(name="incoming", payload={"id": 2}, metadata={}))
+            registry.add_worker(PublicQueueWorker("public-worker", queue, handler, traces))
+
+    runtime = create_runtime(PublicExampleModule(), config_path=str(config_path))
+    runtime.start()
+    sleep(0.2)
+    assert runtime.configuration.get() == {"platform": {}}
+    assert runtime.status()["workers"]["registered"] == 1
+    runtime.stop()
diff --git a/vision.md b/vision.md
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+++ b/vision.md
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+# Vision
+
+## Purpose
+
+This project provides a reusable runtime platform for business applications.
+
+The runtime exists to solve service and infrastructure concerns that are needed by many applications but do not belong to business logic:
+- start and stop
+- status and lifecycle
+- configuration
+- worker execution
+- trace propagation
+- health checks
+- control and administration
+- later authentication and user management
+
+The runtime should allow a business application to focus only on domain behavior.
+
+## Vision statement
+
+We build a platform where business applications are assembled from small domain modules, while the runtime consistently provides lifecycle, workers, tracing, configuration, and control-plane capabilities.
+
+## Problem
+
+In the previous generation, the execution model was centered around a single `execute()` entry point called by a timer loop.
+
+That model works for simple periodic jobs, but it becomes too narrow when we need:
+- queue-driven processing
+- multiple concurrent workers
+- independent task sources
+- richer health semantics
+- trace propagation across producer and consumer boundaries
+- reusable runtime patterns across different applications
+- future admin and authentication capabilities
+
+The old model couples orchestration and execution too tightly.
+
+## Desired future state
+
+The new runtime should provide:
+- a reusable lifecycle and orchestration core
+- a clean contract for business applications
+- support for sources, queues, workers, and handlers
+- explicit separation between platform and domain
+- trace and health as first-class platform services
+- the ability to evolve into an admin platform
+
+## Design principles
+
+### 1. Platform vs domain separation
+
+The runtime owns platform concerns.
+Applications own domain concerns.
+
+The runtime must not contain business rules such as:
+- email parsing policies
+- order creation logic
+- invoice decisions
+- client-specific rules
+
+### 2. Composition over inheritance
+
+Applications should be composed by registering modules and services in the runtime, not by inheriting a timer-driven class and overriding one method.
+
+### 3. Explicit task model
+
+Applications should model processing as:
+- task source
+- task queue
+- worker
+- handler
+
+This is more scalable than one monolithic execute loop.
+
+### 4. Parallelism as a first-class concern
+
+The runtime should supervise worker pools and concurrency safely instead of leaving this to ad hoc application code.
+
+### 5. Observability by default
+
+Trace, logs, metrics, and health should be available as platform services from the start.
+
+### 6. Evolvability
+
+The runtime should be able to support:
+- different queue backends
+- different task sources
+- different control planes
+- different admin capabilities
+without forcing business applications to change their domain code.
+
+## First target use case
+
+The first business application is `mail_order_bot`.
+
+Its business domain is:
+- fetching incoming mail
+- processing attachments
+- executing order-related pipelines
+
+Its platform/runtime needs are:
+- lifecycle management
+- polling or IMAP IDLE source
+- queueing
+- worker pools
+- tracing
+- health checks
+- future admin API
+
+This makes it a good pilot for the new runtime.
+
+## Success criteria
+
+We consider the runtime direction successful if:
+- `mail_order_bot` business logic can run on top of it without leaking infrastructure details into domain code
+- the runtime can manage concurrent workers
+- the runtime can support a queue-based flow
+- the runtime can expose status and health
+- the runtime can later host admin/auth features without redesigning the core