diff --git a/docs/dht-distribution-design.md b/docs/dht-distribution-design.md
index 2c69ff90..a8fd7c48 100644
--- a/docs/dht-distribution-design.md
+++ b/docs/dht-distribution-design.md
@@ -1,6 +1,13 @@
 # DHT / Peer-Distributed Content Design
 
-**Status:** Design (no code yet) · **Date:** 2026-06-16 · **Author:** archipelago + Claude
+**Status:** partially implemented — **not** "no code yet" as this line previously
+read. `core/archipelago/src/swarm/` exists (`mod.rs`, `iroh_provider.rs`,
+`paid.rs`, `paid_alpn.rs`, `payment.rs`) along with `content_hash.rs`, behind the
+**default-off** `iroh-swarm` cargo feature (`Cargo.toml:21` — the iroh/iroh-blobs
+deps are optional and only pulled in by that feature). `config.swarm_enabled`
+gates it at runtime and also defaults off, so a stock build ships this inert.
+Treat the phases below as design; check the feature flag before assuming a phase
+is live. · **Date:** 2026-06-16 · **Author:** archipelago + Claude
 
 ## 1. Purpose
 
diff --git a/docs/phase4-streaming-ecash-plan.md b/docs/phase4-streaming-ecash-plan.md
index 16c7c8a3..cb0905c9 100644
--- a/docs/phase4-streaming-ecash-plan.md
+++ b/docs/phase4-streaming-ecash-plan.md
@@ -1,6 +1,15 @@
 # Phase 4+ — Paid swarm streaming & the IndeeHub "Archipelago" source
 
-**Status:** PLAN / design (2026-06-17) · **Branch:** `agent-trust-wip` · not implemented
+**Status:** PLAN / design (2026-06-17) · **Branch:** `agent-trust-wip` ·
+**partly implemented — "not implemented" was stale.** The paid-serving half
+landed on main: `core/archipelago/src/swarm/paid.rs` says in its own header that
+it is "DHT distribution plan, Phase 4 step F", with `paid_alpn.rs` and
+`payment.rs` alongside it, a `streaming::` module, and the
+`streaming.list-services` / `configure-service` / `toggle-service` / `pay` /
+`prepare-payment` RPCs. It is doubly default-off: the swarm needs the
+`iroh-swarm` cargo feature plus `config.swarm_enabled`, and serving stays free
+for everyone until the operator enables the `content-download` service. Check
+those gates before assuming any step below is live or dead.
 **Builds on:** `docs/dht-distribution-design.md` (Phases 0–3, swarm + Blossom), the
 Phase 3 swarm work just landed (`swarm/`, `content_hash.rs`, `trust/`).