diff --git a/core/journal/src/main/kotlin/com/correx/core/journal/DefaultDecisionJournalReducer.kt b/core/journal/src/main/kotlin/com/correx/core/journal/DefaultDecisionJournalReducer.kt
index a5d79485..9aa6b08b 100644
--- a/core/journal/src/main/kotlin/com/correx/core/journal/DefaultDecisionJournalReducer.kt
+++ b/core/journal/src/main/kotlin/com/correx/core/journal/DefaultDecisionJournalReducer.kt
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ package com.correx.core.journal
 import com.correx.core.events.events.ApprovalDecisionResolvedEvent
 import com.correx.core.events.events.ArtifactValidatedEvent
 import com.correx.core.events.events.ExecutionPlanLockedEvent
+import com.correx.core.events.events.JournalCompactedEvent
 import com.correx.core.events.events.InitialIntentEvent
 import com.correx.core.events.events.RetryAttemptedEvent
 import com.correx.core.events.events.StageFailedEvent
@@ -16,6 +17,15 @@ import com.correx.core.journal.model.DecisionRecord
 class DefaultDecisionJournalReducer : DecisionJournalReducer {
     override fun reduce(state: DecisionJournalState, event: StoredEvent): DecisionJournalState {
         if (event.payload is ExecutionPlanLockedEvent) return state.copy(planLocked = true)
+        if (event.payload is JournalCompactedEvent) {
+            val p = event.payload as JournalCompactedEvent
+            return state.copy(
+                compactedThroughSequence = p.coversThroughSequence,
+                summaryArtifactId = p.summaryArtifactId,
+                lowSalienceOmittedCount = state.lowSalienceOmittedCount + p.lowSalienceOmittedCount,
+                records = state.records.filter { it.sequence > p.coversThroughSequence },
+            )
+        }
         val record = when (val p = event.payload) {
             is InitialIntentEvent -> DecisionRecord(
                 sequence = event.sessionSequence,
diff --git a/core/journal/src/main/kotlin/com/correx/core/journal/model/DecisionJournalState.kt b/core/journal/src/main/kotlin/com/correx/core/journal/model/DecisionJournalState.kt
index 21365704..bb41a31c 100644
--- a/core/journal/src/main/kotlin/com/correx/core/journal/model/DecisionJournalState.kt
+++ b/core/journal/src/main/kotlin/com/correx/core/journal/model/DecisionJournalState.kt
@@ -1,9 +1,13 @@
 package com.correx.core.journal.model
 
+import com.correx.core.events.types.ArtifactId
 import kotlinx.serialization.Serializable
 
 @Serializable
 data class DecisionJournalState(
     val records: List<DecisionRecord> = emptyList(),
     val planLocked: Boolean = false,
+    val compactedThroughSequence: Long = -1L,
+    val summaryArtifactId: ArtifactId? = null,
+    val lowSalienceOmittedCount: Int = 0,
 )
diff --git a/core/journal/src/test/kotlin/com/correx/core/journal/DecisionJournalCompactionTest.kt b/core/journal/src/test/kotlin/com/correx/core/journal/DecisionJournalCompactionTest.kt
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..efb03ad3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/core/journal/src/test/kotlin/com/correx/core/journal/DecisionJournalCompactionTest.kt
@@ -0,0 +1,107 @@
+package com.correx.core.journal
+
+import com.correx.core.events.events.EventMetadata
+import com.correx.core.events.events.JournalCompactedEvent
+import com.correx.core.events.events.StoredEvent
+import com.correx.core.events.types.ArtifactId
+import com.correx.core.events.types.EventId
+import com.correx.core.events.types.SessionId
+import com.correx.core.journal.model.DecisionJournalState
+import com.correx.core.journal.model.DecisionKind
+import com.correx.core.journal.model.DecisionRecord
+import kotlinx.datetime.Instant
+import org.junit.jupiter.api.Assertions.assertEquals
+import org.junit.jupiter.api.Test
+
+class DecisionJournalCompactionTest {
+
+    private val reducer = DefaultDecisionJournalReducer()
+
+    private fun compactionEvent(
+        coversThroughSequence: Long,
+        summaryArtifactId: ArtifactId = ArtifactId("artifact-1"),
+        lowSalienceOmittedCount: Int = 0,
+        seq: Long = coversThroughSequence + 1,
+    ): StoredEvent = StoredEvent(
+        metadata = EventMetadata(
+            eventId = EventId("e-compact"),
+            sessionId = SessionId("s1"),
+            timestamp = Instant.parse("2026-01-01T00:00:00Z"),
+            schemaVersion = 1,
+            causationId = null,
+            correlationId = null,
+        ),
+        sequence = seq,
+        sessionSequence = seq,
+        payload = JournalCompactedEvent(
+            sessionId = SessionId("s1"),
+            coversThroughSequence = coversThroughSequence,
+            summaryArtifactId = summaryArtifactId,
+            lowSalienceOmittedCount = lowSalienceOmittedCount,
+        ),
+    )
+
+    private fun record(seq: Long) = DecisionRecord(
+        sequence = seq,
+        kind = DecisionKind.TRANSITION,
+        summary = "record-$seq",
+    )
+
+    @Test
+    fun `records at or below coversThroughSequence are purged`() {
+        val state = DecisionJournalState(
+            records = listOf(record(1), record(2), record(3), record(5)),
+        )
+        val result = reducer.reduce(state, compactionEvent(coversThroughSequence = 3, seq = 4))
+        assertEquals(listOf(record(5)), result.records)
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    fun `records above coversThroughSequence survive`() {
+        val state = DecisionJournalState(
+            records = listOf(record(10), record(20)),
+        )
+        val result = reducer.reduce(state, compactionEvent(coversThroughSequence = 5, seq = 6))
+        assertEquals(listOf(record(10), record(20)), result.records)
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    fun `compactedThroughSequence summaryArtifactId and lowSalienceOmittedCount update correctly`() {
+        val artifactId = ArtifactId("artifact-42")
+        val state = DecisionJournalState()
+        val result = reducer.reduce(
+            state,
+            compactionEvent(
+                coversThroughSequence = 7L,
+                summaryArtifactId = artifactId,
+                lowSalienceOmittedCount = 3,
+                seq = 8,
+            ),
+        )
+        assertEquals(7L, result.compactedThroughSequence)
+        assertEquals(artifactId, result.summaryArtifactId)
+        assertEquals(3, result.lowSalienceOmittedCount)
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    fun `lowSalienceOmittedCount accumulates across two compaction events`() {
+        val state = DecisionJournalState()
+        val afterFirst = reducer.reduce(
+            state,
+            compactionEvent(coversThroughSequence = 5, lowSalienceOmittedCount = 4, seq = 6),
+        )
+        val afterSecond = reducer.reduce(
+            afterFirst,
+            compactionEvent(coversThroughSequence = 10, lowSalienceOmittedCount = 6, seq = 11),
+        )
+        assertEquals(10, afterSecond.lowSalienceOmittedCount)
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    fun `empty records list survives a compaction event`() {
+        val state = DecisionJournalState()
+        val result = reducer.reduce(state, compactionEvent(coversThroughSequence = 100, seq = 101))
+        assertEquals(emptyList<DecisionRecord>(), result.records)
+        assertEquals(100L, result.compactedThroughSequence)
+    }
+}