> **HISTORICAL (docs triage 2026-10-14).** The child-VM birthing plan and its acceptance record; built and live since (M7.1).
> Instead: docs/reference/M7.1.md and docs/fabric/. Moved here from `docs/birthing/README.md`.

# docs/working/archive/historical/2026-07-birthing/

Design and status for VM "birthing" — the mechanism by which Hera (the Tripod
governor) spawns Hermes and Artemis as child VMs at boot. See
`docs/working/archive/superseded/2026-08-tripod/TRIPOD.md` for the architectural contract this
work implements.

- **[PLAN.md](PLAN.md)** — Birthing plan for the initial three-VM constellation
  (Hera/Hermes/Artemis). Marked DRAFT, requires Captain Bob approval before
  implementation.
- **[STATUS.md](STATUS.md)** — Current work status: execution model (single
  OS process, no threads/fork, VMs share one heap and address space, the C
  call stack doubles as the execution stack), the birth-graph vs.
  execution-stack distinction, and phase completion tracking.
- **[acceptance-logs/](acceptance-logs/)** — Three-architecture QEMU
  acceptance test logs and summary for the lifecycle words (`BIRTH KILL
  START STOP USE`).

## See also

- [`docs/working/archive/superseded/2026-08-tripod/README.md`](../03-architecture/tripod/README.md)
- [Project root](../../README.md)