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-<!--
-This body IS the spec for the change. It is reviewed alongside the diff and is
-the permanent record of why — there is no change file to write.
-
-Trivial PR (typo, dep bump, formatter, CI tweak, mechanical rename)? Delete this
-whole template and ship a conventional-commit title.
--->
-
-## Why
-
-The problem or need. What is wrong, missing, or costly today — not what you did
-about it.
-
-## Design
-
-The approach, and the trade-off it takes. Show a sketch if the design needs code;
-never the full diff-to-be. Most PRs fit well under ~700 words — length must buy
-information.
-
-## Non-goals
-
-What this deliberately does **not** do, and why. This is the scope boundary that
-stops "why didn't you also fix X" in review and six months from now.
-
-## Verification
-
-How you know it works: the tests added, `just test` (the dockerized suite against
-Postgres 17, 100% line coverage — the gate), `just lint-ci`, and `just bench-check`
-with the numbers if the change claims a performance effect. State the numbers, not
-"benchmarked".
-
----
-
-### Before merging
-
-- [ ] **Behaviour changed?** If a wrong change here could pass silently, pin it with
-      a test whose name is the claim and whose docstring opens `INVARIANT:` and says
-      what breaks it. Do **not** write prose about mechanism — there is no page for
-      it. See the "Where a fact goes" section of [`AGENTS.md`](../AGENTS.md).
-- [ ] **Adding a fact anywhere?** Run the admission check: derivable from
-      `faststream_outbox/` → don't write it; enforceable → a test; a user needs it →
-      `docs/`; otherwise it does not get written.
-- [ ] **Rejected an alternative** with reasoning that would otherwise be
-      re-litigated? File it as an ADR in [`docs/adr/`](../docs/adr/), numbered
-      `NNNN-slug.md` — not here.
-- [ ] **Found real work you are not doing now?** Open a GitHub issue,
-      self-contained enough to pick up cold — not here.
-- [ ] `just lint-ci` and `just test` pass.
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 ## Workflow
 
-**The spec for a change is its PR body**, not a committed file.
-[`.github/PULL_REQUEST_TEMPLATE.md`](.github/PULL_REQUEST_TEMPLATE.md) carries the shape (why,
-design, non-goals, verification); it is reviewed with the diff. There is no change file and no lane
-to choose. A trivial PR (typo, dep bump, formatter) deletes the template and ships a
-conventional-commit title.
-
 Two things outlive the PR, and there are exactly two places to put them: an alternative **rejected**
 with reasoning becomes an ADR in [`docs/adr/`](docs/adr/) (`NNNN-slug.md`, sequential), and real work
 **not scheduled** becomes a GitHub issue. There is no third state and no truth-home directory — a