Serialize always writes v2 ("HV2\0" | ver 2 | id | tag | kind | payload | status u32 | ts).
TryDeserialize reads v2 by magic, falls back to the legacy exact-length layout (also when the
magic matches but v2 validation fails), else returns false - never throws.
FasterLogHistorizationOutbox: RecoverState and PeekBatchAsync both use TryDeserialize. An
unreadable record is indexed under a synthetic id (FIFO truncation passes it), skipped by peek,
counted once (UnreadableCount), and dropped by peek once it reaches the head so it can never
pin the outbox.
Claude-Session: https://claude.ai/code/session_01Ef2ozxS7QPanGT8uoATbTe
Joseph Doherty
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