diff --git a/src/ScadaLink.AuditLog/Site/Telemetry/CachedCallLifecycleBridge.cs b/src/ScadaLink.AuditLog/Site/Telemetry/CachedCallLifecycleBridge.cs
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+using Microsoft.Extensions.Logging;
+using ScadaLink.Commons.Entities.Audit;
+using ScadaLink.Commons.Interfaces.Services;
+using ScadaLink.Commons.Messages.Integration;
+using ScadaLink.Commons.Types;
+using ScadaLink.Commons.Types.Enums;
+
+namespace ScadaLink.AuditLog.Site.Telemetry;
+
+/// <summary>
+/// Audit Log #23 (M3 Bundle E — Tasks E4/E5): translates per-attempt
+/// notifications from the store-and-forward retry loop into one (or two)
+/// <see cref="CachedCallTelemetry"/> packets and pushes them through
+/// <see cref="ICachedCallTelemetryForwarder"/>.
+/// </summary>
+/// <remarks>
+/// <para>
+/// The S&amp;F loop's <see cref="ICachedCallLifecycleObserver"/> reports a
+/// single coarse outcome per attempt; the audit pipeline however models the
+/// lifecycle as TWO rows on terminal outcomes — an <c>Attempted</c>
+/// (<see cref="AuditKind.ApiCallCached"/> / <see cref="AuditKind.DbWriteCached"/>)
+/// row capturing the per-attempt mechanics, plus a <see cref="AuditKind.CachedResolve"/>
+/// row marking the terminal state for downstream consumers. The bridge fans
+/// out per outcome:
+/// </para>
+/// <list type="bullet">
+///   <item><description><c>TransientFailure</c> -> one Attempted(Failed) row.</description></item>
+///   <item><description><c>Delivered</c> -> Attempted(Delivered) + CachedResolve(Delivered).</description></item>
+///   <item><description><c>PermanentFailure</c> -> Attempted(Failed) + CachedResolve(Parked).</description></item>
+///   <item><description><c>ParkedMaxRetries</c> -> Attempted(Failed) + CachedResolve(Parked).</description></item>
+/// </list>
+/// <para>
+/// <b>Best-effort emission (alog.md §7):</b> the bridge itself never throws;
+/// the underlying forwarder swallows + logs its own failures.
+/// </para>
+/// </remarks>
+public sealed class CachedCallLifecycleBridge : ICachedCallLifecycleObserver
+{
+    private readonly ICachedCallTelemetryForwarder _forwarder;
+    private readonly ILogger<CachedCallLifecycleBridge> _logger;
+
+    public CachedCallLifecycleBridge(
+        ICachedCallTelemetryForwarder forwarder,
+        ILogger<CachedCallLifecycleBridge> logger)
+    {
+        _forwarder = forwarder ?? throw new ArgumentNullException(nameof(forwarder));
+        _logger = logger ?? throw new ArgumentNullException(nameof(logger));
+    }
+
+    /// <inheritdoc/>
+    public async Task OnAttemptCompletedAsync(
+        CachedCallAttemptContext context, CancellationToken ct = default)
+    {
+        ArgumentNullException.ThrowIfNull(context);
+
+        try
+        {
+            await EmitAttemptedAsync(context, ct).ConfigureAwait(false);
+
+            if (IsTerminal(context.Outcome))
+            {
+                await EmitResolveAsync(context, ct).ConfigureAwait(false);
+            }
+        }
+        catch (Exception ex)
+        {
+            // Defensive — both EmitX paths call the forwarder which is itself
+            // best-effort. A throw here is unexpected, but the alog.md §7
+            // contract requires we never propagate.
+            _logger.LogWarning(ex,
+                "CachedCallLifecycleBridge: unexpected throw for {TrackedOperationId} (Outcome {Outcome})",
+                context.TrackedOperationId, context.Outcome);
+        }
+    }
+
+    private async Task EmitAttemptedAsync(CachedCallAttemptContext context, CancellationToken ct)
+    {
+        // Per-attempt row: kind discriminates channel, status carries the
+        // per-attempt result.
+        var kind = ChannelToAttemptKind(context.Channel);
+        var status = context.Outcome == CachedCallAttemptOutcome.Delivered
+            ? AuditStatus.Attempted
+            : AuditStatus.Attempted;
+        // (Note: per the M3 brief and alog.md §4 the per-attempt row always
+        // carries Status=Attempted; success vs. failure is captured by the
+        // companion HttpStatus / ErrorMessage fields, NOT by flipping the
+        // status. CachedResolve carries the terminal Status.)
+
+        var packet = BuildPacket(
+            context,
+            kind: kind,
+            status: status,
+            // Operational status mirror — for the per-attempt row the
+            // operational state is the running status; the bridge always
+            // writes "Attempted" so reconciliation can't roll back.
+            operationalStatus: "Attempted",
+            terminalAtUtc: null,
+            lastError: context.LastError,
+            httpStatus: context.HttpStatus);
+
+        await _forwarder.ForwardAsync(packet, ct).ConfigureAwait(false);
+    }
+
+    private async Task EmitResolveAsync(CachedCallAttemptContext context, CancellationToken ct)
+    {
+        var (auditStatus, operationalStatus) = TerminalOutcomeToStatuses(context.Outcome);
+
+        var packet = BuildPacket(
+            context,
+            kind: AuditKind.CachedResolve,
+            status: auditStatus,
+            operationalStatus: operationalStatus,
+            terminalAtUtc: context.OccurredAtUtc,
+            lastError: context.LastError,
+            httpStatus: context.HttpStatus);
+
+        await _forwarder.ForwardAsync(packet, ct).ConfigureAwait(false);
+    }
+
+    private static CachedCallTelemetry BuildPacket(
+        CachedCallAttemptContext context,
+        AuditKind kind,
+        AuditStatus status,
+        string operationalStatus,
+        DateTime? terminalAtUtc,
+        string? lastError,
+        int? httpStatus)
+    {
+        var channel = ChannelStringToEnum(context.Channel);
+
+        return new CachedCallTelemetry(
+            Audit: new AuditEvent
+            {
+                EventId = Guid.NewGuid(),
+                OccurredAtUtc = DateTime.SpecifyKind(context.OccurredAtUtc, DateTimeKind.Utc),
+                Channel = channel,
+                Kind = kind,
+                CorrelationId = context.TrackedOperationId.Value,
+                SourceSiteId = string.IsNullOrEmpty(context.SourceSite) ? null : context.SourceSite,
+                SourceInstanceId = context.SourceInstanceId,
+                SourceScript = null, // Not threaded through S&F; left null on retry-loop rows.
+                Target = context.Target,
+                Status = status,
+                HttpStatus = httpStatus,
+                DurationMs = context.DurationMs,
+                ErrorMessage = lastError,
+                ForwardState = AuditForwardState.Pending,
+            },
+            Operational: new SiteCallOperational(
+                TrackedOperationId: context.TrackedOperationId,
+                Channel: context.Channel,
+                Target: context.Target,
+                SourceSite: context.SourceSite,
+                Status: operationalStatus,
+                RetryCount: context.RetryCount,
+                LastError: lastError,
+                HttpStatus: httpStatus,
+                CreatedAtUtc: DateTime.SpecifyKind(context.CreatedAtUtc, DateTimeKind.Utc),
+                UpdatedAtUtc: DateTime.SpecifyKind(context.OccurredAtUtc, DateTimeKind.Utc),
+                TerminalAtUtc: terminalAtUtc is null
+                    ? null
+                    : DateTime.SpecifyKind(terminalAtUtc.Value, DateTimeKind.Utc)));
+    }
+
+    private static AuditKind ChannelToAttemptKind(string channel) => channel switch
+    {
+        "ApiOutbound" => AuditKind.ApiCallCached,
+        "DbOutbound" => AuditKind.DbWriteCached,
+        // Defensive default — the S&F observer is filtered to cached-call
+        // categories so this branch shouldn't fire in practice.
+        _ => AuditKind.ApiCallCached,
+    };
+
+    private static AuditChannel ChannelStringToEnum(string channel) => channel switch
+    {
+        "ApiOutbound" => AuditChannel.ApiOutbound,
+        "DbOutbound" => AuditChannel.DbOutbound,
+        _ => AuditChannel.ApiOutbound,
+    };
+
+    private static (AuditStatus auditStatus, string operationalStatus) TerminalOutcomeToStatuses(
+        CachedCallAttemptOutcome outcome) => outcome switch
+    {
+        CachedCallAttemptOutcome.Delivered =>
+            (AuditStatus.Delivered, "Delivered"),
+        CachedCallAttemptOutcome.PermanentFailure =>
+            (AuditStatus.Parked, "Parked"),
+        CachedCallAttemptOutcome.ParkedMaxRetries =>
+            (AuditStatus.Parked, "Parked"),
+        // TransientFailure isn't terminal — see IsTerminal — but the switch
+        // is exhaustive so we route it through Failed for safety.
+        CachedCallAttemptOutcome.TransientFailure =>
+            (AuditStatus.Failed, "Failed"),
+        _ => (AuditStatus.Failed, "Failed"),
+    };
+
+    private static bool IsTerminal(CachedCallAttemptOutcome outcome) => outcome switch
+    {
+        CachedCallAttemptOutcome.Delivered => true,
+        CachedCallAttemptOutcome.PermanentFailure => true,
+        CachedCallAttemptOutcome.ParkedMaxRetries => true,
+        CachedCallAttemptOutcome.TransientFailure => false,
+        _ => false,
+    };
+}
diff --git a/tests/ScadaLink.AuditLog.Tests/Site/Telemetry/CachedCallLifecycleBridgeTests.cs b/tests/ScadaLink.AuditLog.Tests/Site/Telemetry/CachedCallLifecycleBridgeTests.cs
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+using Microsoft.Extensions.Logging.Abstractions;
+using NSubstitute;
+using ScadaLink.AuditLog.Site.Telemetry;
+using ScadaLink.Commons.Interfaces.Services;
+using ScadaLink.Commons.Messages.Integration;
+using ScadaLink.Commons.Types;
+using ScadaLink.Commons.Types.Enums;
+
+namespace ScadaLink.AuditLog.Tests.Site.Telemetry;
+
+/// <summary>
+/// Bundle E Tasks E4/E5 bridge tests. The bridge ingests
+/// <see cref="CachedCallAttemptContext"/> notifications from the S&amp;F
+/// retry loop and routes them through <see cref="ICachedCallTelemetryForwarder"/>
+/// as one or two <see cref="CachedCallTelemetry"/> packets:
+/// <list type="bullet">
+///   <item><description>Per-attempt: one <c>ApiCallCached</c>/<c>DbWriteCached</c> Attempted row.</description></item>
+///   <item><description>Terminal (Delivered/PermanentFailure/ParkedMaxRetries): adds a CachedResolve row carrying the terminal Status.</description></item>
+/// </list>
+/// </summary>
+public class CachedCallLifecycleBridgeTests
+{
+    private readonly ICachedCallTelemetryForwarder _forwarder = Substitute.For<ICachedCallTelemetryForwarder>();
+    private readonly TrackedOperationId _id = TrackedOperationId.New();
+
+    private CachedCallLifecycleBridge CreateSut() => new(
+        _forwarder, NullLogger<CachedCallLifecycleBridge>.Instance);
+
+    private CachedCallAttemptContext Ctx(
+        CachedCallAttemptOutcome outcome,
+        string channel = "ApiOutbound",
+        int retryCount = 1,
+        string? lastError = null,
+        int? httpStatus = null) =>
+        new(
+            TrackedOperationId: _id,
+            Channel: channel,
+            Target: "ERP.GetOrder",
+            SourceSite: "site-77",
+            Outcome: outcome,
+            RetryCount: retryCount,
+            LastError: lastError,
+            HttpStatus: httpStatus,
+            CreatedAtUtc: new DateTime(2026, 5, 20, 9, 0, 0, DateTimeKind.Utc),
+            OccurredAtUtc: new DateTime(2026, 5, 20, 10, 0, 0, DateTimeKind.Utc),
+            DurationMs: 42,
+            SourceInstanceId: "Plant.Pump42");
+
+    [Fact]
+    public async Task TransientFailure_EmitsOneAttemptedRow_NoResolve()
+    {
+        var captured = new List<CachedCallTelemetry>();
+        _forwarder.ForwardAsync(Arg.Do<CachedCallTelemetry>(t => captured.Add(t)), Arg.Any<CancellationToken>())
+            .Returns(Task.CompletedTask);
+
+        var sut = CreateSut();
+        await sut.OnAttemptCompletedAsync(Ctx(
+            CachedCallAttemptOutcome.TransientFailure,
+            retryCount: 2,
+            lastError: "HTTP 503",
+            httpStatus: 503));
+
+        var packet = Assert.Single(captured);
+        Assert.Equal(AuditKind.ApiCallCached, packet.Audit.Kind);
+        Assert.Equal(AuditStatus.Attempted, packet.Audit.Status);
+        Assert.Equal(503, packet.Audit.HttpStatus);
+        Assert.Equal("HTTP 503", packet.Audit.ErrorMessage);
+        Assert.Equal(_id.Value, packet.Audit.CorrelationId);
+        Assert.Equal("Attempted", packet.Operational.Status);
+        Assert.Equal(2, packet.Operational.RetryCount);
+        Assert.Null(packet.Operational.TerminalAtUtc);
+    }
+
+    [Fact]
+    public async Task Delivered_EmitsAttemptedRow_AndCachedResolveDelivered()
+    {
+        var captured = new List<CachedCallTelemetry>();
+        _forwarder.ForwardAsync(Arg.Do<CachedCallTelemetry>(t => captured.Add(t)), Arg.Any<CancellationToken>())
+            .Returns(Task.CompletedTask);
+
+        var sut = CreateSut();
+        await sut.OnAttemptCompletedAsync(Ctx(CachedCallAttemptOutcome.Delivered));
+
+        Assert.Equal(2, captured.Count);
+
+        var attempted = captured[0];
+        Assert.Equal(AuditKind.ApiCallCached, attempted.Audit.Kind);
+        Assert.Equal(AuditStatus.Attempted, attempted.Audit.Status);
+        Assert.Equal("Attempted", attempted.Operational.Status);
+        Assert.Null(attempted.Operational.TerminalAtUtc);
+
+        var resolve = captured[1];
+        Assert.Equal(AuditKind.CachedResolve, resolve.Audit.Kind);
+        Assert.Equal(AuditStatus.Delivered, resolve.Audit.Status);
+        Assert.Equal("Delivered", resolve.Operational.Status);
+        Assert.NotNull(resolve.Operational.TerminalAtUtc);
+        Assert.Equal(_id.Value, resolve.Audit.CorrelationId);
+    }
+
+    [Fact]
+    public async Task PermanentFailure_EmitsAttempted_AndCachedResolveParked()
+    {
+        var captured = new List<CachedCallTelemetry>();
+        _forwarder.ForwardAsync(Arg.Do<CachedCallTelemetry>(t => captured.Add(t)), Arg.Any<CancellationToken>())
+            .Returns(Task.CompletedTask);
+
+        var sut = CreateSut();
+        await sut.OnAttemptCompletedAsync(Ctx(
+            CachedCallAttemptOutcome.PermanentFailure,
+            lastError: "Permanent failure (handler returned false)"));
+
+        Assert.Equal(2, captured.Count);
+        Assert.Equal(AuditKind.ApiCallCached, captured[0].Audit.Kind);
+        Assert.Equal(AuditKind.CachedResolve, captured[1].Audit.Kind);
+        Assert.Equal(AuditStatus.Parked, captured[1].Audit.Status);
+        Assert.Equal("Parked", captured[1].Operational.Status);
+    }
+
+    [Fact]
+    public async Task ParkedMaxRetries_EmitsAttempted_AndCachedResolveParked()
+    {
+        var captured = new List<CachedCallTelemetry>();
+        _forwarder.ForwardAsync(Arg.Do<CachedCallTelemetry>(t => captured.Add(t)), Arg.Any<CancellationToken>())
+            .Returns(Task.CompletedTask);
+
+        var sut = CreateSut();
+        await sut.OnAttemptCompletedAsync(Ctx(CachedCallAttemptOutcome.ParkedMaxRetries));
+
+        Assert.Equal(2, captured.Count);
+        Assert.Equal(AuditKind.CachedResolve, captured[1].Audit.Kind);
+        Assert.Equal(AuditStatus.Parked, captured[1].Audit.Status);
+    }
+
+    [Fact]
+    public async Task DbChannel_MapsToDbWriteCachedKind_AndDbOutboundChannel()
+    {
+        var captured = new List<CachedCallTelemetry>();
+        _forwarder.ForwardAsync(Arg.Do<CachedCallTelemetry>(t => captured.Add(t)), Arg.Any<CancellationToken>())
+            .Returns(Task.CompletedTask);
+
+        var sut = CreateSut();
+        await sut.OnAttemptCompletedAsync(Ctx(
+            CachedCallAttemptOutcome.Delivered, channel: "DbOutbound"));
+
+        Assert.Equal(2, captured.Count);
+        Assert.Equal(AuditKind.DbWriteCached, captured[0].Audit.Kind);
+        Assert.Equal(AuditChannel.DbOutbound, captured[0].Audit.Channel);
+        Assert.Equal("DbOutbound", captured[0].Operational.Channel);
+        Assert.Equal(AuditKind.CachedResolve, captured[1].Audit.Kind);
+        Assert.Equal(AuditChannel.DbOutbound, captured[1].Audit.Channel);
+    }
+
+    [Fact]
+    public async Task BridgeDoesNotThrow_WhenForwarderThrows()
+    {
+        _forwarder
+            .ForwardAsync(Arg.Any<CachedCallTelemetry>(), Arg.Any<CancellationToken>())
+            .Returns(Task.FromException(new InvalidOperationException("forwarder down")));
+
+        var sut = CreateSut();
+
+        // Must not throw — best-effort emission.
+        await sut.OnAttemptCompletedAsync(Ctx(CachedCallAttemptOutcome.Delivered));
+    }
+
+    [Fact]
+    public async Task BridgePopulatesProvenance_FromAttemptContext()
+    {
+        CachedCallTelemetry? captured = null;
+        _forwarder.ForwardAsync(Arg.Do<CachedCallTelemetry>(t => captured = t), Arg.Any<CancellationToken>())
+            .Returns(Task.CompletedTask);
+
+        var sut = CreateSut();
+        await sut.OnAttemptCompletedAsync(Ctx(
+            CachedCallAttemptOutcome.TransientFailure,
+            retryCount: 3,
+            lastError: "transient",
+            httpStatus: 500));
+
+        Assert.NotNull(captured);
+        Assert.Equal("site-77", captured!.Audit.SourceSiteId);
+        Assert.Equal("Plant.Pump42", captured.Audit.SourceInstanceId);
+        Assert.Equal("ERP.GetOrder", captured.Audit.Target);
+        Assert.Equal(42, captured.Audit.DurationMs);
+        Assert.Equal(_id.Value, captured.Audit.CorrelationId);
+    }
+}
diff --git a/tests/ScadaLink.SiteRuntime.Tests/Scripts/DatabaseCachedWriteEmissionTests.cs b/tests/ScadaLink.SiteRuntime.Tests/Scripts/DatabaseCachedWriteEmissionTests.cs
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+++ b/tests/ScadaLink.SiteRuntime.Tests/Scripts/DatabaseCachedWriteEmissionTests.cs
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+using Microsoft.Extensions.Logging.Abstractions;
+using Moq;
+using ScadaLink.Commons.Entities.Audit;
+using ScadaLink.Commons.Interfaces.Services;
+using ScadaLink.Commons.Messages.Integration;
+using ScadaLink.Commons.Types;
+using ScadaLink.Commons.Types.Enums;
+using ScadaLink.SiteRuntime.Scripts;
+
+namespace ScadaLink.SiteRuntime.Tests.Scripts;
+
+/// <summary>
+/// Audit Log #23 — M3 Bundle E (Task E6): every script-initiated
+/// <c>Database.CachedWrite</c> emits exactly one <c>CachedSubmit</c>
+/// combined-telemetry packet at enqueue time on the <c>DbOutbound</c>
+/// channel, returns a fresh <see cref="TrackedOperationId"/>, and threads
+/// the id into the database gateway so the store-and-forward retry loop can
+/// emit per-attempt + terminal telemetry under the same id.
+/// </summary>
+public class DatabaseCachedWriteEmissionTests
+{
+    private sealed class CapturingForwarder : ICachedCallTelemetryForwarder
+    {
+        public List<CachedCallTelemetry> Telemetry { get; } = new();
+        public Exception? ThrowOnForward { get; set; }
+
+        public Task ForwardAsync(CachedCallTelemetry telemetry, CancellationToken ct = default)
+        {
+            if (ThrowOnForward != null)
+            {
+                return Task.FromException(ThrowOnForward);
+            }
+            Telemetry.Add(telemetry);
+            return Task.CompletedTask;
+        }
+    }
+
+    private const string SiteId = "site-77";
+    private const string InstanceName = "Plant.Pump42";
+    private const string SourceScript = "ScriptActor:WriteAudit";
+
+    private static ScriptRuntimeContext.DatabaseHelper CreateHelper(
+        IDatabaseGateway gateway,
+        ICachedCallTelemetryForwarder? forwarder)
+    {
+        return new ScriptRuntimeContext.DatabaseHelper(
+            gateway,
+            InstanceName,
+            NullLogger.Instance,
+            siteId: SiteId,
+            sourceScript: SourceScript,
+            cachedForwarder: forwarder);
+    }
+
+    [Fact]
+    public async Task CachedWrite_EmitsSubmitTelemetry_OnEnqueue_KindCachedSubmit_ChannelDbOutbound()
+    {
+        var gateway = new Mock<IDatabaseGateway>();
+        gateway
+            .Setup(g => g.CachedWriteAsync(
+                "myDb", "INSERT INTO t VALUES (1)",
+                It.IsAny<IReadOnlyDictionary<string, object?>?>(),
+                InstanceName,
+                It.IsAny<CancellationToken>(),
+                It.IsAny<TrackedOperationId?>()))
+            .Returns(Task.CompletedTask);
+        var forwarder = new CapturingForwarder();
+
+        var helper = CreateHelper(gateway.Object, forwarder);
+        var trackedId = await helper.CachedWrite("myDb", "INSERT INTO t VALUES (1)");
+
+        Assert.NotEqual(default, trackedId);
+        var packet = Assert.Single(forwarder.Telemetry);
+
+        Assert.Equal(AuditChannel.DbOutbound, packet.Audit.Channel);
+        Assert.Equal(AuditKind.CachedSubmit, packet.Audit.Kind);
+        Assert.Equal(AuditStatus.Submitted, packet.Audit.Status);
+        Assert.Equal("myDb", packet.Audit.Target);
+        Assert.Equal(trackedId.Value, packet.Audit.CorrelationId);
+
+        Assert.Equal(trackedId, packet.Operational.TrackedOperationId);
+        Assert.Equal("DbOutbound", packet.Operational.Channel);
+        Assert.Equal("myDb", packet.Operational.Target);
+        Assert.Equal(SiteId, packet.Operational.SourceSite);
+        Assert.Equal("Submitted", packet.Operational.Status);
+        Assert.Equal(0, packet.Operational.RetryCount);
+        Assert.Null(packet.Operational.TerminalAtUtc);
+    }
+
+    [Fact]
+    public async Task CachedWrite_ProvenancePopulated()
+    {
+        var gateway = new Mock<IDatabaseGateway>();
+        gateway
+            .Setup(g => g.CachedWriteAsync(
+                It.IsAny<string>(), It.IsAny<string>(),
+                It.IsAny<IReadOnlyDictionary<string, object?>?>(),
+                It.IsAny<string?>(),
+                It.IsAny<CancellationToken>(),
+                It.IsAny<TrackedOperationId?>()))
+            .Returns(Task.CompletedTask);
+        var forwarder = new CapturingForwarder();
+
+        var helper = CreateHelper(gateway.Object, forwarder);
+        await helper.CachedWrite("myDb", "INSERT INTO t VALUES (1)");
+
+        var packet = Assert.Single(forwarder.Telemetry);
+        Assert.Equal(SiteId, packet.Audit.SourceSiteId);
+        Assert.Equal(InstanceName, packet.Audit.SourceInstanceId);
+        Assert.Equal(SourceScript, packet.Audit.SourceScript);
+        Assert.Equal(SiteId, packet.Operational.SourceSite);
+    }
+
+    [Fact]
+    public async Task CachedWrite_ReturnsTrackedOperationId_ThreadsIdToGateway()
+    {
+        var gateway = new Mock<IDatabaseGateway>();
+        gateway
+            .Setup(g => g.CachedWriteAsync(
+                It.IsAny<string>(), It.IsAny<string>(),
+                It.IsAny<IReadOnlyDictionary<string, object?>?>(),
+                It.IsAny<string?>(),
+                It.IsAny<CancellationToken>(),
+                It.IsAny<TrackedOperationId?>()))
+            .Returns(Task.CompletedTask);
+        var forwarder = new CapturingForwarder();
+
+        var helper = CreateHelper(gateway.Object, forwarder);
+        var trackedId = await helper.CachedWrite("myDb", "INSERT INTO t VALUES (1)");
+
+        Assert.NotEqual(default, trackedId);
+        gateway.Verify(g => g.CachedWriteAsync(
+            "myDb", "INSERT INTO t VALUES (1)",
+            It.IsAny<IReadOnlyDictionary<string, object?>?>(),
+            InstanceName,
+            It.IsAny<CancellationToken>(),
+            trackedId),
+            Times.Once);
+    }
+
+    [Fact]
+    public async Task CachedWrite_ForwarderThrows_StillReturnsTrackedOperationId()
+    {
+        var gateway = new Mock<IDatabaseGateway>();
+        gateway
+            .Setup(g => g.CachedWriteAsync(
+                It.IsAny<string>(), It.IsAny<string>(),
+                It.IsAny<IReadOnlyDictionary<string, object?>?>(),
+                It.IsAny<string?>(),
+                It.IsAny<CancellationToken>(),
+                It.IsAny<TrackedOperationId?>()))
+            .Returns(Task.CompletedTask);
+        var forwarder = new CapturingForwarder
+        {
+            ThrowOnForward = new InvalidOperationException("simulated forwarder outage"),
+        };
+
+        var helper = CreateHelper(gateway.Object, forwarder);
+        var trackedId = await helper.CachedWrite("myDb", "INSERT INTO t VALUES (1)");
+
+        Assert.NotEqual(default, trackedId);
+        gateway.Verify(g => g.CachedWriteAsync(
+            "myDb", "INSERT INTO t VALUES (1)",
+            It.IsAny<IReadOnlyDictionary<string, object?>?>(),
+            InstanceName,
+            It.IsAny<CancellationToken>(),
+            trackedId),
+            Times.Once);
+    }
+}