diff --git a/crates/kebab-app/src/lib.rs b/crates/kebab-app/src/lib.rs
index 69ea5fb..180f17d 100644
--- a/crates/kebab-app/src/lib.rs
+++ b/crates/kebab-app/src/lib.rs
@@ -74,21 +74,6 @@ pub use schema::{Capabilities, Models, SchemaV1, Stats, WireBlock, schema_with_c
 /// compatibility break.
 pub const NO_EXT_SENTINEL: &str = "<no-ext>";
 
-/// Parser-version label persisted in `documents.parser_version` for
-/// every Markdown file ingested through the `kb-parse-md` pipeline.
-/// Kept in lock-step with the literal used in the `kb-store-sqlite`
-/// idempotency / round-trip tests so the version label written by the
-/// app and the one used in cross-crate fixtures match.
-///
-/// p9-fb-07 bumped this from `pulldown-cmark-0.x` to `md-frontmatter-v2`
-/// because `kebab-normalize::derive_title` now applies a fallback chain
-/// (frontmatter → H1 → H2 → first paragraph → file stem) when the
-/// frontmatter title is blank. The bump invalidates `doc_id` for every
-/// pre-existing Markdown document, so a re-ingest is required for the
-/// new titles to land — this is the documented cascade behavior per
-/// design §9.
-const KEBAB_PARSE_MD_VERSION: &str = "md-frontmatter-v2";
-
 /// Caller-supplied knobs for one [`ask`] invocation.
 ///
 /// Re-exported from [`kebab_rag::AskOpts`] (P4-3 owns the type) so kb-cli's
@@ -333,7 +318,7 @@ pub fn ingest_with_config_opts(
             .context("kb-app::ingest: ensure Lance table")?;
     }
 
-    let parser_version = ParserVersion(KEBAB_PARSE_MD_VERSION.to_string());
+    let parser_version = ParserVersion(kebab_parse_md::PARSER_VERSION.to_string());
     let chunk_policy = chunk_policy_from_config(&app.config);
 
     // P6-4: build OCR / caption adapters once per ingest invocation,
diff --git a/crates/kebab-app/src/schema.rs b/crates/kebab-app/src/schema.rs
index c1f9ae0..80e2185 100644
--- a/crates/kebab-app/src/schema.rs
+++ b/crates/kebab-app/src/schema.rs
@@ -54,6 +54,8 @@ pub struct Stats {
 
 const KEBAB_VERSION: &str = env!("CARGO_PKG_VERSION");
 
+// Authoritative list of wire schemas this binary emits. Keep in sync with
+// `docs/wire-schema/v1/*.schema.json` and `kebab-cli::wire::wire_*` helpers.
 const WIRE_SCHEMAS: &[&str] = &[
     "answer.v1",
     "search_hit.v1",
diff --git a/crates/kebab-store-sqlite/src/store.rs b/crates/kebab-store-sqlite/src/store.rs
index d5f7b48..13691b3 100644
--- a/crates/kebab-store-sqlite/src/store.rs
+++ b/crates/kebab-store-sqlite/src/store.rs
@@ -79,9 +79,9 @@ impl SqliteStore {
     ///
     /// Unlike [`Self::open`], this does NOT create the file — if it is
     /// missing, returns a [`NotIndexed`] signal suitable for `error.v1`
-    /// translation. Stores returned by this method are intended for read-only
-    /// introspection (`schema_with_config`); use [`Self::open`] for any path
-    /// that calls `put_asset_with_bytes`.
+    /// translation. Opens read-write to support WAL pragmas; callers should
+    /// not issue mutations through this connection — use [`Self::open`] for
+    /// ingest paths.
     ///
     /// **Does not run migrations** — call [`Self::run_migrations`] next if
     /// you need the schema initialised.