# US06-03 — Preserve Offline Identity and Review Evidence

Epic: [E06](../E06-archive-lifecycle.md)

As a user, I want archived assets searchable and usable for deduplication while their
media is offline so new copies are not mistaken for unrelated photos.

## Acceptance criteria

- Availability distinguishes active, archived online/offline, and unexpectedly missing.
- Archived hashes remain in indexes and inventory scans do not prune offline assets.
- Protected comparison previews and evidence remain available under a durable policy.
- Exact and fuzzy active matches link to archived canonicals with appropriate review.

## Automated tests

- Integration tests toggle fake mounts, rescan, discover exact/fuzzy copies, review
  previews, and assert stable state across restart.

## Dependencies

- US06-02