diff --git a/commons/ARCHITECTURE.md b/commons/ARCHITECTURE.md
index b28e0bee01..01aec760b2 100644
--- a/commons/ARCHITECTURE.md
+++ b/commons/ARCHITECTURE.md
@@ -253,10 +253,18 @@ These are intentionally *documented*, not silently tolerated. Fix opportunistica
   namespaces expected to grow; do not fold them into `util` just for size.
 - **`onchain`** (on-chain zap splitting) is `quartz`-adjacent but un-numbered;
   leave readable unless a clear NIP number lands.
-- **`model/cache/LocalCache` is `jvmAndroid`, not `commonMain`**, because it
-  spills NIP-95 blobs through `java.io.File`. Promoting it needs an okio (or
-  `expect`) sink behind `LocalCacheHost.nip95BlobDir`; nothing else in the
-  move-group blocks iOS.
+- **`model/cache/EventCache` is `jvmAndroid`, not `commonMain`.** The NIP-95
+  `java.io.File` spill is the obvious blocker but not the binding one: the
+  cache's own storage, `LargeSoftCache`, is `jvmAndroid`
+  (`WeakReference` + `ConcurrentSkipListMap`), as are the two
+  `*ListMatchingFilter` observables, `MintDirectoryIndex` and
+  `NwcPaymentTracker`. Promoting the cache means promoting those first.
+  Most of it has answers already in the tree — `commons.util.WeakReference`
+  is an expect/actual, and quartz's `commonMain` has `ConcurrentMap`,
+  `ConcurrentSet` and `LargeCache` — so the genuinely new work is an okio (or
+  `expect`) blob sink and getting `java.util.SortedSet` out of
+  `EventCache.filter`'s signature, which has no common equivalent. See the
+  audit in `commons/plans/2026-08-30-commons-migration-sweep.md`.
 
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diff --git a/commons/plans/2026-08-30-commons-migration-sweep.md b/commons/plans/2026-08-30-commons-migration-sweep.md
index 043c23fd6f..84f9780e06 100644
--- a/commons/plans/2026-08-30-commons-migration-sweep.md
+++ b/commons/plans/2026-08-30-commons-migration-sweep.md
@@ -1000,3 +1000,66 @@ GC-eligible on Desktop, as they already are on Android.
 **The test suite is not sufficient for this step.** 62 tests cover the consume
 path well, but nothing covers a stale render. Run the desktop app against a
 real relay before calling part B done.
+
+
+### Can `EventCache` go to `commonMain`? — audit (2026-09-21)
+
+Short answer: yes in principle, but it is a **port, not a move**, and the
+earlier note in this file ("needs an okio sink … nothing else in the
+move-group blocks iOS") was wrong. The file sink is the visible blocker; the
+binding one is that the cache's own storage is `jvmAndroid`.
+
+`commons` really does build `iosArm64`/`iosSimulatorArm64`, so this is a real
+constraint rather than a hypothetical one.
+
+**What must move with it** (`EventCache` cannot go alone):
+
+| Dependency | Why it is `jvmAndroid` |
+|---|---|
+| `LargeSoftCache` — `users`, `notes`, `addressables` | `java.lang.ref.WeakReference`, `ConcurrentSkipListMap`, `BiConsumer` |
+| `EventListMatchingFilter`, `NoteListMatchingFilter` | `SortedSet`, `ConcurrentHashMap`, `ConcurrentSkipListSet` |
+| `MintDirectoryIndex` | `ConcurrentHashMap` |
+| `NwcPaymentTracker` | `ConcurrentHashMap`, `AtomicInteger` |
+| `DvmHeartbeatRegistry`, `OnchainZapResolver` | `ConcurrentHashMap` |
+| `LocalCacheHost` | `java.io.File` |
+
+**Most of it already has an answer in the tree:**
+
+- `commons.util.WeakReference` is already an `expect`/`actual`, and its KDoc
+  already anticipates `kotlin.native.ref.WeakReference` for iOS.
+- quartz `commonMain` already ships `ConcurrentMap`, `ConcurrentSet`,
+  `ConcurrentHashCache` and `LargeCache` — so every `ConcurrentHashMap` /
+  `ConcurrentSkipListSet` above is a swap, not a design problem.
+- `LargeSoftCache`'s skip-list ordering is **not** load-bearing: its whole
+  surface is `get`/`put`/`remove`/`size`/`containsKey`/`keys`/`forEach`, with
+  no ordered read. `ConcurrentSkipListMap` is there for lock-free concurrency,
+  so quartz's `ConcurrentMap` should substitute — worth confirming nothing
+  iterates expecting order before relying on that.
+- `AtomicInteger` → `kotlin.concurrent.atomics`; `BiConsumer` → a function
+  type; the `dateFormatter` call is one log line and can go.
+- `androidx.collection.LruCache` in `AntiSpamFilter` is already KMP —
+  `commonMain` uses it in `blurhash/CosineCache` and `relays/EOSE`.
+
+**The two pieces of genuinely new work:**
+
+1. **NIP-95 blob sink.** `EventCache.consume(FileStorageEvent)` writes through
+   `java.io.File`/`FileOutputStream`. Needs okio or an `expect` sink behind
+   `LocalCacheHost.nip95BlobDir`.
+2. **`java.util.SortedSet` in the public API.** `EventCache.filter(Filter)`
+   returns one, and both `*ListMatchingFilter` observables take
+   `(Filter) -> SortedSet<Note>`. Kotlin has no common `SortedSet`, so this is
+   a signature change rippling into `CacheSearch`, both observables and
+   `LocalCacheSearchParityTest`.
+
+**Recommended order** (bottom-up; each step is independently shippable):
+
+1. `LargeSoftCache` → `commonMain` on the existing `WeakReference` expect plus
+   quartz's `ConcurrentMap`. This is the keystone — everything else is behind it.
+2. The `ConcurrentHashMap`/`ConcurrentSkipListSet` holders, mechanically.
+3. `SortedSet` out of `EventCache.filter`'s signature.
+4. The NIP-95 sink.
+5. `EventCache` + `LocalCacheHost` themselves.
+
+**Not on part B's critical path.** Desktop is JVM, so retiring
+`DesktopLocalCache` needs none of this. The payoff here is an iOS front end
+later, not anything queued now.