diff --git a/javaTest/pom.xml b/javaTest/pom.xml
index 9385f63..d4b9b92 100644
--- a/javaTest/pom.xml
+++ b/javaTest/pom.xml
@@ -14,9 +14,15 @@
         <maven.compiler.source>1.8</maven.compiler.source>
         <maven.compiler.target>1.8</maven.compiler.target>
         <junit.version>5.10.2</junit.version>
+        <jackson.version>2.17.2</jackson.version>
     </properties>
 
     <dependencies>
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>com.fasterxml.jackson.core</groupId>
+            <artifactId>jackson-databind</artifactId>
+            <version>${jackson.version}</version>
+        </dependency>
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.junit.jupiter</groupId>
             <artifactId>junit-jupiter</artifactId>
diff --git a/javaTest/src/main/java/com/ft546/wcs/demo/DemoApplication.java b/javaTest/src/main/java/com/ft546/wcs/demo/DemoApplication.java
index c91de9a..5672956 100644
--- a/javaTest/src/main/java/com/ft546/wcs/demo/DemoApplication.java
+++ b/javaTest/src/main/java/com/ft546/wcs/demo/DemoApplication.java
@@ -13,9 +13,23 @@ import com.ft546.wcs.demo.simulation.SimulatedProtocolAdapter;
 import com.ft546.wcs.demo.traffic.GridMap;
 import com.ft546.wcs.demo.traffic.GridPathPlanner;
 import com.ft546.wcs.demo.traffic.TrafficController;
+import com.ft546.wcs.shadow.application.ShadowTrafficCoordinator;
+import com.ft546.wcs.shadow.decision.DecisionType;
+import com.ft546.wcs.shadow.decision.RollingDispatchPolicy;
+import com.ft546.wcs.shadow.decision.ShadowCandidate;
+import com.ft546.wcs.shadow.map.EffectiveTrafficMap;
+import com.ft546.wcs.shadow.map.TrafficMapCompiler;
+import com.ft546.wcs.shadow.replay.DecisionEvent;
+import com.ft546.wcs.shadow.resource.ResourceKey;
+import com.ft546.wcs.shadow.resource.ResourceLedger;
+import com.ft546.wcs.shadow.snapshot.TrafficSnapshot;
 
 import java.io.PrintStream;
+import java.time.Instant;
 import java.util.Arrays;
+import java.util.Collections;
+import java.util.LinkedHashMap;
+import java.util.LinkedHashSet;
 
 public final class DemoApplication {
 
@@ -82,6 +96,7 @@ public final class DemoApplication {
                 + " history=" + state.getHistory().size()
                 + " protocolAttempts=" + protocol.getAttemptedQueueIds().size()
         );
+        printOfflineShadowSummary(out);
     }
 
     private static void printCycle(PrintStream out, CycleResult result) {
@@ -135,4 +150,39 @@ public final class DemoApplication {
     private static VehicleSnapshot vehicle(String id, String site) {
         return new VehicleSnapshot(id, 1, site, 5, 1, 80, true, true, false);
     }
+
+    private static void printOfflineShadowSummary(PrintStream out) {
+        LinkedHashSet<String> nodes = new LinkedHashSet<String>(Arrays.asList("A", "B", "C"));
+        LinkedHashSet<TrafficMapCompiler.EdgeDefinition> edges =
+            new LinkedHashSet<TrafficMapCompiler.EdgeDefinition>();
+        edges.add(new TrafficMapCompiler.EdgeDefinition("A", "B"));
+        edges.add(new TrafficMapCompiler.EdgeDefinition("B", "C"));
+        EffectiveTrafficMap map = new TrafficMapCompiler().compile(
+            new TrafficMapCompiler.MapDefinition(
+                "FT546", 2L, "ZONE-DEMO", true, "demo-sha", "demo-sha",
+                nodes, edges, new LinkedHashMap<ResourceKey, Integer>(),
+                Collections.singleton("A"), Collections.singleton("C")
+            )
+        );
+        ResourceLedger ledger = new ResourceLedger(map.getCapacities());
+        ledger.evaluate("BLOCKER", Collections.singleton(ResourceKey.node("B")));
+        DecisionEvent event = new ShadowTrafficCoordinator(
+            map, ledger, new RollingDispatchPolicy()
+        ).run(
+            new TrafficSnapshot(1L, Instant.parse("2026-07-30T05:00:00Z"),
+                "FT546", 2L, "POLICY-DEMO", Collections.emptyList()),
+            Arrays.asList(
+                ShadowCandidate.waiting("SHADOW-1", "V1", false, 2, 5, 1,
+                    Collections.singleton(ResourceKey.node("B")), null),
+                ShadowCandidate.waiting("SHADOW-2", "V2", false, 1, 1, 1,
+                    Collections.singleton(ResourceKey.node("C")), null)
+            )
+        );
+        long grants = event.getDecisions().stream()
+            .filter(decision -> decision.getType() == DecisionType.GRANT).count();
+        long holds = event.getDecisions().stream()
+            .filter(decision -> decision.getType() == DecisionType.HOLD).count();
+        out.println("SHADOW-SUMMARY mode=OFFLINE_SHADOW decisions="
+            + event.getDecisions().size() + " grants=" + grants + " holds=" + holds + " writes=0");
+    }
 }
diff --git a/javaTest/src/main/java/com/ft546/wcs/shadow/application/ShadowTrafficCoordinator.java b/javaTest/src/main/java/com/ft546/wcs/shadow/application/ShadowTrafficCoordinator.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..90c4344
--- /dev/null
+++ b/javaTest/src/main/java/com/ft546/wcs/shadow/application/ShadowTrafficCoordinator.java
@@ -0,0 +1,67 @@
+package com.ft546.wcs.shadow.application;
+
+import com.ft546.wcs.shadow.decision.RollingDispatchPolicy;
+import com.ft546.wcs.shadow.decision.ShadowCandidate;
+import com.ft546.wcs.shadow.decision.ShadowDecision;
+import com.ft546.wcs.shadow.map.EffectiveTrafficMap;
+import com.ft546.wcs.shadow.replay.DecisionEvent;
+import com.ft546.wcs.shadow.resource.ResourceKey;
+import com.ft546.wcs.shadow.resource.ResourceLedger;
+import com.ft546.wcs.shadow.snapshot.TrafficSnapshot;
+
+import java.nio.charset.StandardCharsets;
+import java.security.MessageDigest;
+import java.security.NoSuchAlgorithmException;
+import java.util.List;
+
+public final class ShadowTrafficCoordinator {
+    private final EffectiveTrafficMap map;
+    private final ResourceLedger authoritativeLedger;
+    private final RollingDispatchPolicy policy;
+
+    public ShadowTrafficCoordinator(EffectiveTrafficMap map, ResourceLedger authoritativeLedger,
+                                    RollingDispatchPolicy policy) {
+        this.map = map;
+        this.authoritativeLedger = authoritativeLedger;
+        this.policy = policy;
+    }
+
+    public DecisionEvent run(TrafficSnapshot snapshot, List<ShadowCandidate> candidates) {
+        if (!map.getMapCode().equals(snapshot.getMapCode())
+                || map.getVersionId() != snapshot.getMapVersion()) {
+            throw new IllegalArgumentException("snapshot map version mismatch");
+        }
+        String hash = hash(snapshot, candidates);
+        List<ShadowDecision> decisions = policy.decide(candidates, authoritativeLedger, map);
+        return new DecisionEvent("shadow-" + snapshot.getTickSeq() + "-" + hash.substring(0, 12),
+                snapshot.getTickSeq(), snapshot.getMapCode(), snapshot.getMapVersion(),
+                snapshot.getPolicyVersion(), hash, decisions);
+    }
+
+    private String hash(TrafficSnapshot snapshot, List<ShadowCandidate> candidates) {
+        StringBuilder canonical = new StringBuilder()
+                .append(snapshot.getTickSeq()).append('|')
+                .append(snapshot.getMapCode()).append('|')
+                .append(snapshot.getMapVersion()).append('|')
+                .append(snapshot.getPolicyVersion());
+        for (ShadowCandidate candidate : candidates) {
+            canonical.append('|').append(candidate.getTaskId()).append(':')
+                    .append(candidate.getVehicleId()).append(':')
+                    .append(candidate.isCommitted()).append(':')
+                    .append(candidate.getBusinessPriority()).append(':')
+                    .append(candidate.getWaitAge());
+            for (ResourceKey resource : candidate.getResources()) {
+                canonical.append(':').append(resource.value());
+            }
+        }
+        try {
+            byte[] digest = MessageDigest.getInstance("SHA-256")
+                    .digest(canonical.toString().getBytes(StandardCharsets.UTF_8));
+            StringBuilder hex = new StringBuilder();
+            for (byte value : digest) hex.append(String.format("%02x", value & 0xff));
+            return hex.toString();
+        } catch (NoSuchAlgorithmException e) {
+            throw new IllegalStateException("SHA-256 unavailable", e);
+        }
+    }
+}
diff --git a/javaTest/src/main/java/com/ft546/wcs/shadow/application/ShadowWriteForbiddenException.java b/javaTest/src/main/java/com/ft546/wcs/shadow/application/ShadowWriteForbiddenException.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..1f8389b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/javaTest/src/main/java/com/ft546/wcs/shadow/application/ShadowWriteForbiddenException.java
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+package com.ft546.wcs.shadow.application;
+
+public final class ShadowWriteForbiddenException extends IllegalStateException {
+    public ShadowWriteForbiddenException(String operation) {
+        super("SHADOW forbids authoritative write: " + operation);
+    }
+}
diff --git a/javaTest/src/main/java/com/ft546/wcs/shadow/application/ShadowWritePort.java b/javaTest/src/main/java/com/ft546/wcs/shadow/application/ShadowWritePort.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..b26c19c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/javaTest/src/main/java/com/ft546/wcs/shadow/application/ShadowWritePort.java
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+package com.ft546.wcs.shadow.application;
+
+public final class ShadowWritePort {
+    public void sendPlcCommand(String vehicleId) {
+        throw new ShadowWriteForbiddenException("PLC " + vehicleId);
+    }
+
+    public void updateBusinessState(String taskId) {
+        throw new ShadowWriteForbiddenException("BUSINESS " + taskId);
+    }
+
+    public void writeReservation(String segmentId) {
+        throw new ShadowWriteForbiddenException("RESERVATION " + segmentId);
+    }
+}
diff --git a/javaTest/src/main/java/com/ft546/wcs/shadow/replay/DecisionEvent.java b/javaTest/src/main/java/com/ft546/wcs/shadow/replay/DecisionEvent.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..75b2751
--- /dev/null
+++ b/javaTest/src/main/java/com/ft546/wcs/shadow/replay/DecisionEvent.java
@@ -0,0 +1,36 @@
+package com.ft546.wcs.shadow.replay;
+
+import com.ft546.wcs.shadow.decision.ShadowDecision;
+
+import java.util.ArrayList;
+import java.util.Collections;
+import java.util.List;
+
+public final class DecisionEvent {
+    private final String decisionId;
+    private final long tickSeq;
+    private final String mapCode;
+    private final long mapVersion;
+    private final String policyVersion;
+    private final String inputHash;
+    private final List<ShadowDecision> decisions;
+
+    public DecisionEvent(String decisionId, long tickSeq, String mapCode, long mapVersion,
+                         String policyVersion, String inputHash, List<ShadowDecision> decisions) {
+        this.decisionId = decisionId;
+        this.tickSeq = tickSeq;
+        this.mapCode = mapCode;
+        this.mapVersion = mapVersion;
+        this.policyVersion = policyVersion;
+        this.inputHash = inputHash;
+        this.decisions = Collections.unmodifiableList(new ArrayList<ShadowDecision>(decisions));
+    }
+
+    public String getDecisionId() { return decisionId; }
+    public long getTickSeq() { return tickSeq; }
+    public String getMapCode() { return mapCode; }
+    public long getMapVersion() { return mapVersion; }
+    public String getPolicyVersion() { return policyVersion; }
+    public String getInputHash() { return inputHash; }
+    public List<ShadowDecision> getDecisions() { return decisions; }
+}
diff --git a/javaTest/src/main/java/com/ft546/wcs/shadow/replay/DecisionReplayService.java b/javaTest/src/main/java/com/ft546/wcs/shadow/replay/DecisionReplayService.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..446f650
--- /dev/null
+++ b/javaTest/src/main/java/com/ft546/wcs/shadow/replay/DecisionReplayService.java
@@ -0,0 +1,46 @@
+package com.ft546.wcs.shadow.replay;
+
+import com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.JsonNode;
+import com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.ObjectMapper;
+import com.ft546.wcs.shadow.decision.DecisionType;
+import com.ft546.wcs.shadow.decision.ShadowDecision;
+import com.ft546.wcs.shadow.resource.ResourceKey;
+
+import java.io.IOException;
+import java.io.InputStream;
+import java.util.ArrayList;
+import java.util.LinkedHashSet;
+import java.util.List;
+import java.util.Set;
+
+public final class DecisionReplayService {
+    private final ObjectMapper mapper = new ObjectMapper();
+
+    public DecisionEvent read(InputStream input) throws IOException {
+        if (input == null) throw new IllegalArgumentException("decision event input is required");
+        JsonNode root = mapper.readTree(input);
+        List<ShadowDecision> decisions = new ArrayList<ShadowDecision>();
+        for (JsonNode node : root.withArray("decisions")) {
+            Set<ResourceKey> conflicts = new LinkedHashSet<ResourceKey>();
+            for (JsonNode resource : node.withArray("conflictingResources")) {
+                conflicts.add(ResourceKey.fromValue(resource.asText()));
+            }
+            Set<String> blockers = new LinkedHashSet<String>();
+            for (JsonNode blocker : node.withArray("blockingVehicles")) {
+                blockers.add(blocker.asText());
+            }
+            decisions.add(new ShadowDecision(
+                    node.path("taskId").asText(), node.path("vehicleId").asText(),
+                    DecisionType.valueOf(node.path("type").asText()),
+                    node.path("reasonCode").asText(), conflicts, blockers,
+                    node.path("yieldSite").isNull() ? null : node.path("yieldSite").asText()));
+        }
+        return new DecisionEvent(root.path("decisionId").asText(), root.path("tickSeq").asLong(),
+                root.path("mapCode").asText(), root.path("mapVersion").asLong(),
+                root.path("policyVersion").asText(), root.path("inputHash").asText(), decisions);
+    }
+
+    public List<ShadowDecision> replay(DecisionEvent event) {
+        return event.getDecisions();
+    }
+}
diff --git a/javaTest/src/main/java/com/ft546/wcs/shadow/resource/ResourceKey.java b/javaTest/src/main/java/com/ft546/wcs/shadow/resource/ResourceKey.java
index b667b6f..3c19242 100644
--- a/javaTest/src/main/java/com/ft546/wcs/shadow/resource/ResourceKey.java
+++ b/javaTest/src/main/java/com/ft546/wcs/shadow/resource/ResourceKey.java
@@ -23,6 +23,16 @@ public final class ResourceKey implements Comparable<ResourceKey> {
         return new ResourceKey("CONFLICT:" + required(code));
     }
 
+    public static ResourceKey fromValue(String value) {
+        String normalized = required(value);
+        if (!normalized.startsWith("NODE:")
+                && !normalized.startsWith("EDGE:")
+                && !normalized.startsWith("CONFLICT:")) {
+            throw new IllegalArgumentException("unsupported resource key " + normalized);
+        }
+        return new ResourceKey(normalized);
+    }
+
     public String value() {
         return value;
     }
diff --git a/javaTest/src/test/java/com/ft546/wcs/demo/DemoScenarioTest.java b/javaTest/src/test/java/com/ft546/wcs/demo/DemoScenarioTest.java
index 4ec78ba..f3ce9e6 100644
--- a/javaTest/src/test/java/com/ft546/wcs/demo/DemoScenarioTest.java
+++ b/javaTest/src/test/java/com/ft546/wcs/demo/DemoScenarioTest.java
@@ -31,6 +31,9 @@ class DemoScenarioTest {
         assertTrue(text.contains(
             "SUMMARY cycles=7 activeQueues=1 history=2 protocolAttempts=3"
         ));
+        assertTrue(text.contains(
+            "SHADOW-SUMMARY mode=OFFLINE_SHADOW decisions=2 grants=1 holds=1 writes=0"
+        ));
 
         int assign = text.indexOf("ASSIGN task=TASK-OUT-1");
         int avoid = text.indexOf("AVOID queue=");
diff --git a/javaTest/src/test/java/com/ft546/wcs/shadow/ShadowCoordinatorReplayTest.java b/javaTest/src/test/java/com/ft546/wcs/shadow/ShadowCoordinatorReplayTest.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..5f9611b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/javaTest/src/test/java/com/ft546/wcs/shadow/ShadowCoordinatorReplayTest.java
@@ -0,0 +1,86 @@
+package com.ft546.wcs.shadow;
+
+import com.ft546.wcs.shadow.application.ShadowTrafficCoordinator;
+import com.ft546.wcs.shadow.application.ShadowWriteForbiddenException;
+import com.ft546.wcs.shadow.application.ShadowWritePort;
+import com.ft546.wcs.shadow.decision.DecisionType;
+import com.ft546.wcs.shadow.decision.RollingDispatchPolicy;
+import com.ft546.wcs.shadow.decision.ShadowCandidate;
+import com.ft546.wcs.shadow.map.EffectiveTrafficMap;
+import com.ft546.wcs.shadow.map.TrafficMapCompiler;
+import com.ft546.wcs.shadow.replay.DecisionEvent;
+import com.ft546.wcs.shadow.replay.DecisionReplayService;
+import com.ft546.wcs.shadow.resource.ResourceKey;
+import com.ft546.wcs.shadow.resource.ResourceLedger;
+import com.ft546.wcs.shadow.snapshot.TrafficSnapshot;
+import org.junit.jupiter.api.Test;
+
+import java.io.InputStream;
+import java.time.Instant;
+import java.util.Arrays;
+import java.util.Collections;
+import java.util.LinkedHashMap;
+import java.util.LinkedHashSet;
+
+import static org.junit.jupiter.api.Assertions.assertEquals;
+import static org.junit.jupiter.api.Assertions.assertThrows;
+
+class ShadowCoordinatorReplayTest {
+
+    @Test
+    void shadowPortsRejectEveryAuthoritativeWrite() {
+        ShadowWritePort port = new ShadowWritePort();
+
+        assertThrows(ShadowWriteForbiddenException.class, () -> port.sendPlcCommand("V1"));
+        assertThrows(ShadowWriteForbiddenException.class, () -> port.updateBusinessState("T1"));
+        assertThrows(ShadowWriteForbiddenException.class, () -> port.writeReservation("SEG-1"));
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    void coordinatorProducesStableEventWithoutMutatingAuthoritativeLedger() {
+        EffectiveTrafficMap map = map();
+        ResourceLedger ledger = new ResourceLedger(map.getCapacities());
+        ledger.evaluate("BLOCKER", Collections.singleton(ResourceKey.node("B")));
+        ShadowTrafficCoordinator coordinator =
+                new ShadowTrafficCoordinator(map, ledger, new RollingDispatchPolicy());
+        TrafficSnapshot snapshot =
+                new TrafficSnapshot(9L, Instant.parse("2026-07-30T05:00:00Z"),
+                        "FT546", 2L, "POLICY-1", Collections.emptyList());
+        ShadowCandidate candidate = ShadowCandidate.waiting(
+                "T1", "V1", false, 5, 12, 1,
+                Collections.singleton(ResourceKey.node("B")), null);
+
+        DecisionEvent first = coordinator.run(snapshot, Collections.singletonList(candidate));
+        DecisionEvent second = coordinator.run(snapshot, Collections.singletonList(candidate));
+
+        assertEquals(first.getInputHash(), second.getInputHash());
+        assertEquals(DecisionType.HOLD, first.getDecisions().get(0).getType());
+        assertEquals(1, ledger.protectedCount(ResourceKey.node("B")));
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    void readsAndReplaysGoldenDecisionEvent() throws Exception {
+        InputStream input = getClass().getResourceAsStream("/shadow/golden/basic-conflict.json");
+        DecisionReplayService replay = new DecisionReplayService();
+
+        DecisionEvent event = replay.read(input);
+
+        assertEquals("golden-basic-conflict", event.getDecisionId());
+        assertEquals(DecisionType.HOLD, replay.replay(event).get(0).getType());
+        assertEquals("NO_SAFE_YIELD_SITE", replay.replay(event).get(0).getReasonCode());
+        assertEquals(Collections.singleton(ResourceKey.node("B")),
+                replay.replay(event).get(0).getConflictingResources());
+    }
+
+    private EffectiveTrafficMap map() {
+        LinkedHashSet<String> nodes = new LinkedHashSet<String>(Arrays.asList("A", "B", "C"));
+        LinkedHashSet<TrafficMapCompiler.EdgeDefinition> edges =
+                new LinkedHashSet<TrafficMapCompiler.EdgeDefinition>();
+        edges.add(new TrafficMapCompiler.EdgeDefinition("A", "B"));
+        edges.add(new TrafficMapCompiler.EdgeDefinition("B", "C"));
+        return new TrafficMapCompiler().compile(new TrafficMapCompiler.MapDefinition(
+                "FT546", 2L, "ZONE-1", true, "sha", "sha", nodes, edges,
+                new LinkedHashMap<ResourceKey, Integer>(), Collections.singleton("A"),
+                Collections.singleton("C")));
+    }
+}
diff --git a/javaTest/src/test/resources/shadow/golden/basic-conflict.json b/javaTest/src/test/resources/shadow/golden/basic-conflict.json
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..a8662e7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/javaTest/src/test/resources/shadow/golden/basic-conflict.json
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+{
+  "decisionId": "golden-basic-conflict",
+  "tickSeq": 9,
+  "mapCode": "FT546",
+  "mapVersion": 2,
+  "policyVersion": "POLICY-1",
+  "inputHash": "golden-input-sha256",
+  "decisions": [
+    {
+      "taskId": "T1",
+      "vehicleId": "V1",
+      "type": "HOLD",
+      "reasonCode": "NO_SAFE_YIELD_SITE",
+      "conflictingResources": ["NODE:B"],
+      "blockingVehicles": ["BLOCKER"],
+      "yieldSite": null
+    }
+  ]
+}