diff --git a/docs/architecture/career-profile-model.md b/docs/architecture/career-profile-model.md
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@@ -7,6 +7,27 @@
 > Companion to `docs/architecture/current.md` §4a (profile/career separation) and
 > `docs/decisions/ADR-002-job-application-model.md`. Verified against code on 2026-07-18.
 
+> ## Implementation status (2026-07-18) — SHIPPED
+>
+> The model below is implemented on `main` and verified against the live database:
+> - **Entities** (`Models/CareerEntities.cs`): `CareerExperience`, `CareerEducation`, `CareerSkill`,
+>   `CareerProject`, `CareerCertification`, `CareerLanguage` — relational children of `CareerProfile`;
+>   long tail in `CareerProfile.LongTailJson`. Migration `AddCareerProfileRelationalChildren`
+>   (applied cleanly on the real dev DB and the running container).
+> - **Projection** (`CareerProfileService` + `CareerProfileMapper`): relational is the source of
+>   truth; `SaveVersionAsync` syncs children + long tail; `LoadStructuredAsync` reads relationally
+>   with lazy backfill from the blob; the `ProfileCvStructureJson` blob is kept as the derived
+>   projection.
+> - **API** (`CareerProfileController`, `/api/career/profile`): GET/PUT profile, GET completeness,
+>   GET versions, POST version restore. Validation via `CareerProfileValidator` (abuse limits).
+> - **Frontend** (`/career`): reads/writes the relational API, profile-completeness overview,
+>   version-history restore.
+> - **Tests**: 23 career-focused backend tests (round-trip, item-key stability, replace-all,
+>   backfill, completeness, validation, versioning/restore) + frontend save/completeness tests.
+>
+> Not yet done (later): promote the long tail to relational if needed; a full section-by-section UX
+> redesign of the editor; the eventual removal of the derived blob once every reader flips.
+
 ---
 
 ## 1. Where we start (F1, on `main`)
diff --git a/docs/implementation-roadmap.md b/docs/implementation-roadmap.md
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@@ -72,9 +72,17 @@ Goal: the guide's "users should always understand where they are, what they can
 
 Goal: one professional source of truth that can actually feed outputs.
 
+> **Foundation SHIPPED 2026-07-18** (commits `9c8644e`…`a1dd447`). The relational master career
+> profile is built, tested (23 backend + frontend tests), migrated (verified on the live DB), wired
+> to `/career`, with completeness overview + version-history restore. See
+> `docs/architecture/career-profile-model.md` (Implementation status). Tasks 3.1, 3.3, 3.4 and the
+> versioning/validation goals are delivered. Remaining below: 3.2 (long-tail-as-relational, deferred
+> — currently JSON), 3.5 (CV variants — Phase 4), 3.6 (retention), plus a full section-by-section UX
+> redesign of the editor (polish; the functional workspace exists).
+
 | # | Task | Priority | Difficulty | Dependencies | Expected value |
 |---|---|---|---|---|---|
-| 3.1 | **Model Experience/Education/Skills/Projects relationally**; keep the long tail (awards, publications, organisations, references, custom sections) as a JSON blob. **Decided 2026-07-17** — no longer an open question. | **P1** | **L** | 1.9 | Buys queryable skills (needed for real matching + keyword gaps), section-level history, and concurrent-edit safety. Hybrid avoids a full rewrite of `StructuredCvProfile`. **Check task 1.9 first** — orphan `CareerProfiles`/`CvVersions` tables suggest this was attempted before. |
+| 3.1 | ✅ **DONE** — Experience/Education/Skills/Projects/Certifications/Languages are relational children of `CareerProfile`; long tail is JSON. Projection service keeps the blob as a derived read-model; lazy backfill from existing data. | **P1** | **L** | 1.9 | Delivered. Queryable structured career data is now the source of truth; the blob is derived. |
 | 3.2 | **Add the missing profile sections** — Awards, Publications, Organisations, References | **P1** | **S** | 3.1 | The guide names them; `StructuredCvProfile` has no home for them beyond generic `OtherSections`. These are the blob half of 3.1. |
 | 3.3 | **Real Career Workspace page** — replace the 36-line tab facade | **P1** | **M** | 2.1, 2.2 | Currently a wrapper around `ProfilePage`. |
 | 3.4 | **Separate Career Profile from Master CV** | **P1** | **M** | 3.1 | The glossary is explicit — "The career profile is NOT a CV"; Master CV is a *generated representation*. Code has one blob. Getting this wrong makes Phase 4 impossible. |