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+# ADR: Block Role Override Seam
+
+**Date:** 2026-07-05
+**Status:** Draft (next version)
+
+## Context
+
+OCR figure/table matching is never perfect. Rather than building a GUI for manual adjustment, we can insert a **data seam** between structured block building and render: allow an agent or user to override a block's `role` via a sidecar patch file, then let the existing render pipeline consume the corrected roles.
+
+## Decision
+
+Introduce `override_role_patch.json` (sidecar per paper):
+
+```json
+{
+  "version": 1,
+  "overrides": [
+    {"block_id": "p7_b3", "role": "figure_caption"},
+    {"block_id": "p9_b1", "role": "section_heading"}
+  ]
+}
+```
+
+Rebuild Phase 3→4 reads this file and applies overrides to structured blocks in memory before render. No changes to matching logic, figure inventory, or render.
+
+### Scope (v1)
+
+**Figure caption matching only.** Not text flow correction (ref zone contamination, heading misplacement). Rationale:
+- Agent can 100% confirm a caption mismatch from fulltext + cropped image
+- User can describe "page X 'Figure Y.' text should be a figure caption"
+- Text flow correction requires position understanding, not just role change
+
+### Block Identification
+
+`block_id` (`p{N}_{label}`) is stable across rebuild. For user→agent handoff, natural language ("page 7, the 'Figure 3.' paragraph") is resolved to `block_id` by matching `page` + block `text` prefix.
+
+### Consumer Tools and Quality Signals
+
+Deferred. Quality indicators (`build_quality_indicators`, `evaluate_readiness`) remain unwired until the override seam is implemented — quality signals without a remediation path cause user frustration.
+
+## Open Questions
+
+- Override + rebuild cycle: does a rebuild re-derive roles and then apply override on top? Yes — override patches after structured block building, not instead of it.
+- Backward compat: missing `override_role_patch.json` = no-op.
+- Figure inventory consistency: if a block's role changes to `figure_caption`, does the figure inventory need updating? Current render doesn't read figure inventory for captions embedded in structured blocks — it reads block role directly. But this needs verification before v1.
+
+
+## Related Decisions (Architecture Review 2026-07-05)
+
+### #2 Meta Divergence — FIXED
+`_rebuild_one_paper` now writes `meta["ocr_health_overall"]` from the rebuild health report, matching `postprocess_ocr_result`. Commit in feat/rebuild-speed.
+
+### #3 Consumer Tools and Quality Signals
+Deferred to role-override v1. Quality signals without a remediation path for the user cause frustration. Once role override gives users a way to fix mismatches, quality signals can gate downstream consumers (context, embed) meaningfully.
+
+### #4 Health Report Richness
+Keep all 60+ fields — they feed quality indicators when the module is wired in. No reduction.
+
+### #5 PDF Lines Cache — REJECTED
+Rebuild will continue to extract PDF lines from the source PDF each run. The cost is acceptable (~100ms per paper) and caching adds complexity for marginal gain. Role override will work with the current extraction.
+
+### #6 Integration Tests
+Deferred to role-override v1. Wire quality module first, then add 3 integration tests for the health → indicators → readiness flow.
diff --git a/paperforge/worker/ocr_rebuild.py b/paperforge/worker/ocr_rebuild.py
index c8d3035e..1877594b 100644
--- a/paperforge/worker/ocr_rebuild.py
+++ b/paperforge/worker/ocr_rebuild.py
@@ -503,7 +503,7 @@ def _rebuild_one_paper(vault: Path, key: str) -> dict:
 
         write_decision_log(paper_root / "health" / "decision_log.jsonl", collect_decisions(structured))
 
-        return markdown
+        return markdown, health_report.get("overall", "unknown")
 
     # ── Phase 5: indexes, version flags, write meta ──
     def _phase5_finalize(
@@ -511,6 +511,7 @@ def _rebuild_one_paper(vault: Path, key: str) -> dict:
         structured: list[dict],
         markdown: str,
         span_meta_patch: dict,
+        health_overall: str = "unknown",
     ) -> None:
         """Rebuild indexes, apply version flags, write meta.json."""
         from paperforge.worker.ocr_index import build_role_indexes, write_role_index
@@ -544,6 +545,7 @@ def _rebuild_one_paper(vault: Path, key: str) -> dict:
         _status, _err = validate_ocr_meta(paths_dict, meta)
         meta["ocr_status"] = _status
         meta["error"] = _err if _err else ""
+        meta["ocr_health_overall"] = health_overall
         write_json(artifacts.meta_json, meta)
 
     # ── Execute phases ──
@@ -563,15 +565,13 @@ def _rebuild_one_paper(vault: Path, key: str) -> dict:
     table_inventory = phase3_result["table_inventory"]
     reader_payload = phase3_result["reader_payload"]
 
-    markdown = _phase4_render_health(
+    markdown, health_overall = _phase4_render_health(
         structured, resolved, figure_inventory, table_inventory,
         reader_payload, doc_structure, ocr_meta, source_pdf_path,
     )
 
-    _phase5_finalize(resolved, structured, markdown, span_meta_patch)
-
+    _phase5_finalize(resolved, structured, markdown, span_meta_patch, health_overall=health_overall)
     return {"key": key, "status": "ok"}
-
 def _run_parallel_rebuild(vault: Path, keys: list[str], workers: int, checkpoint_dir: Path | None) -> list[dict]:
     """Run rebuild in parallel using a process pool."""
     from concurrent.futures import ProcessPoolExecutor, as_completed