diff --git a/src/Server/ZB.MOM.WW.OtOpcUa.Host/Program.cs b/src/Server/ZB.MOM.WW.OtOpcUa.Host/Program.cs
index b4faddb..69147d1 100644
--- a/src/Server/ZB.MOM.WW.OtOpcUa.Host/Program.cs
+++ b/src/Server/ZB.MOM.WW.OtOpcUa.Host/Program.cs
@@ -38,6 +38,9 @@ builder.Host.UseSerilog((ctx, lc) => lc
 builder.Services.AddOtOpcUaConfigDb(builder.Configuration);
 builder.Services.AddOtOpcUaCluster(builder.Configuration);
 
+if (hasDriver)
+    builder.Services.AddOtOpcUaRuntime();
+
 // Akka cluster bootstrap. Role-specific singletons are registered on the AkkaConfigurationBuilder
 // from inside the configurator lambda. AddAkka spins the ActorSystem at host start.
 builder.Services.AddAkka("otopcua", (ab, sp) =>
diff --git a/src/Server/ZB.MOM.WW.OtOpcUa.Runtime/Historian/HistorianAdapterActor.cs b/src/Server/ZB.MOM.WW.OtOpcUa.Runtime/Historian/HistorianAdapterActor.cs
index 7f5315d..2167426 100644
--- a/src/Server/ZB.MOM.WW.OtOpcUa.Runtime/Historian/HistorianAdapterActor.cs
+++ b/src/Server/ZB.MOM.WW.OtOpcUa.Runtime/Historian/HistorianAdapterActor.cs
@@ -1,32 +1,58 @@
 using Akka.Actor;
 using Akka.Event;
+using ZB.MOM.WW.OtOpcUa.Core.AlarmHistorian;
 
 namespace ZB.MOM.WW.OtOpcUa.Runtime.Historian;
 
 /// <summary>
-/// Wraps the named-pipe IPC to the Wonderware historian sidecar with a store-and-forward
-/// SQLite buffer for pipe outages. Engine wiring (named-pipe client + <c>SqliteStoreAndForwardSink</c>)
-/// is staged for follow-up F11.
+/// Thin actor wrapper around <see cref="IAlarmHistorianSink"/>. Engine code (ScriptedAlarmActor,
+/// Galaxy native alarm bridge, AB CIP ALMD reader) tells <see cref="AlarmHistorianEvent"/>s to this
+/// actor; the actor enqueues them on the sink fire-and-forget. Production deployments register
+/// <see cref="SqliteStoreAndForwardSink"/> against <c>IAlarmHistorianSink</c>; the sink owns the
+/// durable queue + drain-to-Wonderware-pipe loop. The actor here owns nothing operational beyond
+/// the message contract — its job is to keep the engine actors on Akka's mailbox without blocking
+/// them on disk I/O or pipe handshakes.
+///
+/// Query queue depth + drain health via <see cref="GetStatus"/>.
 /// </summary>
 public sealed class HistorianAdapterActor : ReceiveActor
 {
-    public sealed record HistoryRow(string Source, string AttributeId, object? Value, DateTime TimestampUtc);
-
-    private readonly ILoggingAdapter _log = Context.GetLogger();
-    private int _buffered;
-
-    public int BufferedCount => _buffered;
-
-    public static Props Props() => Akka.Actor.Props.Create(() => new HistorianAdapterActor());
-
-    public HistorianAdapterActor()
+    public sealed record GetStatus
     {
-        Receive<HistoryRow>(row =>
+        public static readonly GetStatus Instance = new();
+    }
+
+    private readonly IAlarmHistorianSink _sink;
+    private readonly ILoggingAdapter _log = Context.GetLogger();
+
+    public static Props Props(IAlarmHistorianSink? sink = null) =>
+        Akka.Actor.Props.Create(() => new HistorianAdapterActor(sink ?? NullAlarmHistorianSink.Instance));
+
+    public HistorianAdapterActor(IAlarmHistorianSink sink)
+    {
+        _sink = sink;
+
+        Receive<AlarmHistorianEvent>(evt =>
         {
-            // F11: dispatch to named-pipe sink; on disconnect → buffer in SQLite.
-            Interlocked.Increment(ref _buffered);
-            _log.Debug("Historian: buffered row for {Source}/{Attr} (sink wiring staged for F11)",
-                row.Source, row.AttributeId);
+            // Fire-and-forget: SqliteStoreAndForwardSink persists to local SQLite synchronously
+            // inside EnqueueAsync (it returns once the row is committed), so we don't block on
+            // network/pipe latency. Failures are surfaced via GetStatus's LastError + drain state.
+            _ = EnqueueAsync(evt);
         });
+
+        Receive<GetStatus>(_ => Sender.Tell(_sink.GetStatus()));
+    }
+
+    private async Task EnqueueAsync(AlarmHistorianEvent evt)
+    {
+        try
+        {
+            await _sink.EnqueueAsync(evt, CancellationToken.None);
+        }
+        catch (Exception ex)
+        {
+            _log.Error(ex, "Historian sink rejected event for {AlarmId} at {Ts}",
+                evt.AlarmId, evt.TimestampUtc);
+        }
     }
 }
diff --git a/src/Server/ZB.MOM.WW.OtOpcUa.Runtime/ServiceCollectionExtensions.cs b/src/Server/ZB.MOM.WW.OtOpcUa.Runtime/ServiceCollectionExtensions.cs
index bf410b8..8dd17ac 100644
--- a/src/Server/ZB.MOM.WW.OtOpcUa.Runtime/ServiceCollectionExtensions.cs
+++ b/src/Server/ZB.MOM.WW.OtOpcUa.Runtime/ServiceCollectionExtensions.cs
@@ -1,10 +1,14 @@
 using Akka.Actor;
 using Akka.Hosting;
 using Microsoft.EntityFrameworkCore;
+using Microsoft.Extensions.DependencyInjection;
+using Microsoft.Extensions.DependencyInjection.Extensions;
 using ZB.MOM.WW.OtOpcUa.Commons.Interfaces;
 using ZB.MOM.WW.OtOpcUa.Configuration;
+using ZB.MOM.WW.OtOpcUa.Core.AlarmHistorian;
 using ZB.MOM.WW.OtOpcUa.Runtime.Drivers;
 using ZB.MOM.WW.OtOpcUa.Runtime.Health;
+using ZB.MOM.WW.OtOpcUa.Runtime.Historian;
 
 namespace ZB.MOM.WW.OtOpcUa.Runtime;
 
@@ -14,11 +18,25 @@ public static class ServiceCollectionExtensions
 
     public const string DriverHostActorName = "driver-host";
     public const string DbHealthProbeActorName = "db-health";
+    public const string HistorianAdapterActorName = "historian-adapter";
+
+    /// <summary>
+    /// Registers shared runtime services. Currently binds <see cref="IAlarmHistorianSink"/>
+    /// to <see cref="NullAlarmHistorianSink"/> as the default; production deployments
+    /// override this with <c>SqliteStoreAndForwardSink</c> wrapping <c>WonderwareHistorianClient</c>.
+    /// Call this BEFORE <c>AddAkka</c>.
+    /// </summary>
+    public static IServiceCollection AddOtOpcUaRuntime(this IServiceCollection services)
+    {
+        services.TryAddSingleton<IAlarmHistorianSink>(NullAlarmHistorianSink.Instance);
+        return services;
+    }
 
     /// <summary>
     /// Spawns the per-node driver-role actors on the host's <see cref="ActorSystem"/>:
-    /// <see cref="DriverHostActor"/> (one per node) and <see cref="DbHealthProbeActor"/>
-    /// (consumed by the health endpoint + redundancy calc).
+    /// <see cref="DriverHostActor"/> (one per node), <see cref="DbHealthProbeActor"/>
+    /// (consumed by the health endpoint + redundancy calc), and
+    /// <see cref="HistorianAdapterActor"/> wrapping the registered <see cref="IAlarmHistorianSink"/>.
     ///
     /// Mirror of <c>WithOtOpcUaControlPlaneSingletons</c> for the driver role. Both must
     /// be registered on the same <see cref="AkkaConfigurationBuilder"/> as the cluster
@@ -26,8 +44,8 @@ public static class ServiceCollectionExtensions
     ///
     /// Wire from the fused Host's Program.cs when the node carries the <c>driver</c> role:
     /// <code>
-    /// if (hasDriver)
-    ///     ab.WithOtOpcUaRuntimeActors();
+    /// services.AddOtOpcUaRuntime();
+    /// services.AddAkka("otopcua", (ab, sp) => { ab.WithOtOpcUaClusterBootstrap(sp); if (hasDriver) ab.WithOtOpcUaRuntimeActors(); });
     /// </code>
     /// </summary>
     public static AkkaConfigurationBuilder WithOtOpcUaRuntimeActors(this AkkaConfigurationBuilder builder)
@@ -36,6 +54,8 @@ public static class ServiceCollectionExtensions
         {
             var dbFactory = resolver.GetService<IDbContextFactory<OtOpcUaConfigDbContext>>();
             var roleInfo = resolver.GetService<IClusterRoleInfo>();
+            // Fallback to NullAlarmHistorianSink if AddOtOpcUaRuntime wasn't called (e.g., test harnesses).
+            var historianSink = resolver.GetService<IAlarmHistorianSink>() ?? NullAlarmHistorianSink.Instance;
 
             var dbHealth = system.ActorOf(
                 DbHealthProbeActor.Props(dbFactory),
@@ -46,6 +66,11 @@ public static class ServiceCollectionExtensions
                 DriverHostActor.Props(dbFactory, roleInfo.LocalNode),
                 DriverHostActorName);
             registry.Register<DriverHostActorKey>(driverHost);
+
+            var historian = system.ActorOf(
+                HistorianAdapterActor.Props(historianSink),
+                HistorianAdapterActorName);
+            registry.Register<HistorianAdapterActorKey>(historian);
         });
 
         return builder;
@@ -55,3 +80,4 @@ public static class ServiceCollectionExtensions
 /// <summary>Marker key types used by <c>Akka.Hosting</c> to resolve runtime actors from the registry.</summary>
 public sealed class DriverHostActorKey { }
 public sealed class DbHealthProbeActorKey { }
+public sealed class HistorianAdapterActorKey { }
diff --git a/src/Server/ZB.MOM.WW.OtOpcUa.Runtime/ZB.MOM.WW.OtOpcUa.Runtime.csproj b/src/Server/ZB.MOM.WW.OtOpcUa.Runtime/ZB.MOM.WW.OtOpcUa.Runtime.csproj
index 2e4ca60..c051c39 100644
--- a/src/Server/ZB.MOM.WW.OtOpcUa.Runtime/ZB.MOM.WW.OtOpcUa.Runtime.csproj
+++ b/src/Server/ZB.MOM.WW.OtOpcUa.Runtime/ZB.MOM.WW.OtOpcUa.Runtime.csproj
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@
             the reflective-load design.
         -->
         <ProjectReference Include="..\..\Core\ZB.MOM.WW.OtOpcUa.Core.Abstractions\ZB.MOM.WW.OtOpcUa.Core.Abstractions.csproj"/>
+        <ProjectReference Include="..\..\Core\ZB.MOM.WW.OtOpcUa.Core.AlarmHistorian\ZB.MOM.WW.OtOpcUa.Core.AlarmHistorian.csproj"/>
     </ItemGroup>
 
     <ItemGroup>
diff --git a/tests/Server/ZB.MOM.WW.OtOpcUa.Runtime.Tests/Health/HealthProbeActorTests.cs b/tests/Server/ZB.MOM.WW.OtOpcUa.Runtime.Tests/Health/HealthProbeActorTests.cs
index 5b2e618..4ab7a15 100644
--- a/tests/Server/ZB.MOM.WW.OtOpcUa.Runtime.Tests/Health/HealthProbeActorTests.cs
+++ b/tests/Server/ZB.MOM.WW.OtOpcUa.Runtime.Tests/Health/HealthProbeActorTests.cs
@@ -1,9 +1,12 @@
+using System.Collections.Concurrent;
 using System.Net;
 using System.Net.Sockets;
 using Akka.Actor;
 using Shouldly;
 using Xunit;
 using ZB.MOM.WW.OtOpcUa.Commons.Types;
+using ZB.MOM.WW.OtOpcUa.Core.Abstractions;
+using ZB.MOM.WW.OtOpcUa.Core.AlarmHistorian;
 using ZB.MOM.WW.OtOpcUa.Runtime.Health;
 using ZB.MOM.WW.OtOpcUa.Runtime.Historian;
 using ZB.MOM.WW.OtOpcUa.Runtime.Tests.Harness;
@@ -61,14 +64,63 @@ public sealed class HealthProbeActorTests : RuntimeActorTestBase
     }
 
     [Fact]
-    public void HistorianAdapterActor_buffers_rows()
+    public void HistorianAdapterActor_forwards_events_to_injected_sink()
     {
-        var actor = Sys.ActorOf(HistorianAdapterActor.Props());
-        for (var i = 0; i < 5; i++)
-            actor.Tell(new HistorianAdapterActor.HistoryRow("driver-a", $"tag-{i}", i, DateTime.UtcNow));
+        var sink = new RecordingSink();
+        var actor = Sys.ActorOf(HistorianAdapterActor.Props(sink));
 
-        ExpectNoMsg(TimeSpan.FromMilliseconds(100));
-        // No direct readback of the count from a sealed actor — assert by Ask of a self-probe later
-        // when the engine wiring lands (F11). For now this asserts the actor accepts the contract.
+        for (var i = 0; i < 5; i++)
+            actor.Tell(new AlarmHistorianEvent(
+                AlarmId: $"alm-{i}",
+                EquipmentPath: "Plant/LineA",
+                AlarmName: $"Alarm{i}",
+                AlarmTypeName: "LimitAlarm",
+                Severity: AlarmSeverity.High,
+                EventKind: "Activated",
+                Message: $"Test alarm {i}",
+                User: "system",
+                Comment: null,
+                TimestampUtc: DateTime.UtcNow));
+
+        AwaitCondition(() => sink.Enqueued.Count == 5, TimeSpan.FromSeconds(2));
+        sink.Enqueued.Select(e => e.AlarmId).OrderBy(s => s).ShouldBe(
+            new[] { "alm-0", "alm-1", "alm-2", "alm-3", "alm-4" });
+    }
+
+    [Fact]
+    public async Task HistorianAdapterActor_returns_sink_status_via_GetStatus()
+    {
+        var sink = new RecordingSink();
+        var actor = Sys.ActorOf(HistorianAdapterActor.Props(sink));
+
+        actor.Tell(new AlarmHistorianEvent(
+            "alm-x", "Plant/LineB", "OffNormal", "OffNormalAlarm",
+            AlarmSeverity.Low, "Activated", "msg", "system", null, DateTime.UtcNow));
+        AwaitCondition(() => sink.Enqueued.Count == 1, TimeSpan.FromSeconds(2));
+
+        var status = await actor.Ask<HistorianSinkStatus>(
+            HistorianAdapterActor.GetStatus.Instance, TimeSpan.FromSeconds(2));
+
+        status.QueueDepth.ShouldBe(1);
+        status.DrainState.ShouldBe(HistorianDrainState.Idle);
+    }
+
+    private sealed class RecordingSink : IAlarmHistorianSink
+    {
+        public ConcurrentBag<AlarmHistorianEvent> Enqueued { get; } = [];
+
+        public Task EnqueueAsync(AlarmHistorianEvent evt, CancellationToken cancellationToken)
+        {
+            Enqueued.Add(evt);
+            return Task.CompletedTask;
+        }
+
+        public HistorianSinkStatus GetStatus() => new(
+            QueueDepth: Enqueued.Count,
+            DeadLetterDepth: 0,
+            LastDrainUtc: null,
+            LastSuccessUtc: null,
+            LastError: null,
+            DrainState: HistorianDrainState.Idle);
     }
 }
diff --git a/tests/Server/ZB.MOM.WW.OtOpcUa.Runtime.Tests/ServiceCollectionExtensionsTests.cs b/tests/Server/ZB.MOM.WW.OtOpcUa.Runtime.Tests/ServiceCollectionExtensionsTests.cs
index 33907eb..0d5d2a1 100644
--- a/tests/Server/ZB.MOM.WW.OtOpcUa.Runtime.Tests/ServiceCollectionExtensionsTests.cs
+++ b/tests/Server/ZB.MOM.WW.OtOpcUa.Runtime.Tests/ServiceCollectionExtensionsTests.cs
@@ -46,11 +46,14 @@ public sealed class ServiceCollectionExtensionsTests
         {
             var driverHost = host.Services.GetRequiredService<IRequiredActor<DriverHostActorKey>>();
             var dbHealth = host.Services.GetRequiredService<IRequiredActor<DbHealthProbeActorKey>>();
+            var historian = host.Services.GetRequiredService<IRequiredActor<HistorianAdapterActorKey>>();
 
             driverHost.ActorRef.ShouldNotBeNull();
             dbHealth.ActorRef.ShouldNotBeNull();
+            historian.ActorRef.ShouldNotBeNull();
             driverHost.ActorRef.Path.Name.ShouldBe(ServiceCollectionExtensions.DriverHostActorName);
             dbHealth.ActorRef.Path.Name.ShouldBe(ServiceCollectionExtensions.DbHealthProbeActorName);
+            historian.ActorRef.Path.Name.ShouldBe(ServiceCollectionExtensions.HistorianAdapterActorName);
         }
         finally
         {