diff --git a/dev/ACTIVE_TASK.json b/dev/ACTIVE_TASK.json
index 217f80f..3ba719e 100644
--- a/dev/ACTIVE_TASK.json
+++ b/dev/ACTIVE_TASK.json
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 {
-  "task_file": "dev/tasks/DEV-000156-fleet-execution-status-evidence.json",
-  "task_id": "DEV-000156",
+  "task_file": "dev/tasks/DEV-000157-postgres-restore-evidence.json",
+  "task_id": "DEV-000157",
   "task_revision": 1
 }
diff --git a/dev/tasks/DEV-000157-postgres-restore-evidence.json b/dev/tasks/DEV-000157-postgres-restore-evidence.json
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..ae6e68a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/dev/tasks/DEV-000157-postgres-restore-evidence.json
@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+{
+  "task_id": "DEV-000157",
+  "task_revision": 1,
+  "architecture_revision": "ADR-0010",
+  "base_repo_revision": "077f16e50ca22e14dbf00214005f0fe98a1c8308",
+  "risk_tier": "E",
+  "intent": "Capture fresh production PostgreSQL backup checksum and isolated restore verification evidence without changing the production database.",
+  "requirement_ids": ["WP-002", "AUDIT-RECOVERY-TRUTH"],
+  "allowed_change_scope": {"modules": [], "paths": ["docs/evidence/**", "dev/ACTIVE_TASK.json", "dev/tasks/DEV-000157-postgres-restore-evidence.json"]},
+  "forbidden_change_scope": {"paths": ["architecture/**", "security/**", "cmd/**", "modules/**", "contracts/**", "adapters/**", "database/**", "deploy/**", ".gitea/**"]},
+  "allowed_architecture_delta": {"new_cross_module_dependencies": 0, "new_canonical_owners": 0, "new_privileges": 0, "new_third_party_dependencies": 0, "new_database_owner_roles": 0},
+  "contracts": {"consume": ["backup artifact format", "restore verification output"], "may_change": []},
+  "semantic_owner": "none; evidence projection",
+  "canonical_state": [],
+  "state_transitions": ["evidence only; no production database mutation"],
+  "side_effects_and_privileges": ["isolated temporary restore container created and removed by the existing verifier"],
+  "persistence_and_migrations": ["immutable JSON evidence artifact only"],
+  "failure_retry_restart": ["checksum or restore failure is recorded as failure; no blind retry claim"],
+  "assumptions": ["the standard verifier uses tmpfs and cleans up its temporary container", "backup contents and credentials are not copied into repository evidence"],
+  "acceptance_scenarios": ["latest backup directory is selected", "checksums pass", "isolated restore reports expected schema/table counts", "production database remains untouched"],
+  "required_tests": ["JSON validation", "go test", "go vet", "preflight", "check-diff", "git diff --check", "independent", "CI"],
+  "terminal_gap_states": ["BLOCKED_BY_MISSING_CAPABILITY", "BLOCKED_BY_CONFLICT"]
+}
diff --git a/docs/evidence/wp-002-postgres-restore-2026-08-22-v1.json b/docs/evidence/wp-002-postgres-restore-2026-08-22-v1.json
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..17303b1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/docs/evidence/wp-002-postgres-restore-2026-08-22-v1.json
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+{
+  "evidence_id": "wp-002-postgres-restore-2026-08-22-v1",
+  "captured_at": "2026-08-22",
+  "production_host": "docker.cin.su",
+  "source": "standard read-only backup verifier",
+  "selected_backup": "20260822T001501Z",
+  "checksum": "OK",
+  "restore": {
+    "database": "assistant",
+    "schemas": 11,
+    "tables": 60,
+    "result": "verified"
+  },
+  "safety": "restore was performed in an isolated temporary PostgreSQL container and cleaned up by the verifier; production database was not restored over or modified",
+  "limitations": ["this evidence verifies the latest available backup artifact and isolated restore, not a full disaster-recovery cutover" ]
+}