diff --git a/system/crossmatch.md b/system/crossmatch.md
index a631f49..2464f62 100644
--- a/system/crossmatch.md
+++ b/system/crossmatch.md
@@ -137,8 +137,9 @@ The rebuild's service login holds table grants only; three SECURITY
 DEFINER functions owned by `rapidporole` provide the table operations
 (migration `20260924-04`, EXECUTE granted by `-06`):
 
-- `create_field_object_tables(field)`: `dev`'s creation, unlogged,
-  owner `rapidporole`, its four indexes (`aid` on both, the Q3C position
+- `create_field_object_tables(field)`: `dev`'s creation, owner
+  `rapidporole`, logged where `dev`'s tables are unlogged (migration
+  `20261013-01`), its four indexes (`aid` on both, the Q3C position
   index on `astroobjects`, `sid` on `merges`) and its grants, plus the
   rebuild's run columns, set-scoped keys and `result_set`/`run` indexes.
   An advisory lock serialises two stages making the same pair. A table
diff --git a/system/load.md b/system/load.md
index cf4bcde..5a276a3 100644
--- a/system/load.md
+++ b/system/load.md
@@ -88,8 +88,8 @@ EXECUTE granted by `-06`):
 
 - `create_sources_child_table(obs_date, sca)`: `dev`'s creation (`LIKE
   sources INCLUDING DEFAULTS INCLUDING CONSTRAINTS`, owner `rapidporole`,
-  unlogged, `INHERIT sources`), its eight indexes (`pid`, `expid`, `sca`,
-  `field`, `flags`, `mjdobs`, `sid`, and the Q3C position index), and its
+  `INHERIT sources`), its eight indexes (`pid`, `expid`, `sca`, `field`,
+  `flags`, `mjdobs`, `sid`, and the Q3C position index), and its
   grants to `rapidreadrole` and `rapidadminrole`, plus the rebuild's
   service login and `rapid_read` where those roles exist. An advisory
   lock serialises two loads making the same table. The function also
@@ -98,7 +98,11 @@ EXECUTE granted by `-06`):
   `run` for run deletion and by `result_set` for crossmatch. There is no
   per-child UNIQUE on `(pid, id, isdiffpos)`: scratch runs coexist over
   the same logical inputs by design, and the done check in `load`'s
-  inputs guards uniqueness within one run.
+  inputs guards uniqueness within one run. The table is logged, where
+  `dev` makes it unlogged (migration `20261013-01`): crash recovery
+  empties an unlogged table, and after rapid-db stopped uncleanly on
+  2026-10-02 the result sets still read complete with no rows behind
+  them, so re-running `load` did nothing.
 - `cluster_sources_child_table(obs_date, sca)`: `dev`'s CLUSTER on the
   position index and ANALYZE. The `maintain` stage calls it by default;
   `load` can call it per image through `[child_tables]
diff --git a/system/statistics.md b/system/statistics.md
index 63d34a4..4cab296 100644
--- a/system/statistics.md
+++ b/system/statistics.md
@@ -88,9 +88,10 @@ The stage runs in one transaction:
    without a disposition.
 3. Make `astroobjectsmeta_<field>` if it does not exist, through
    `create_astroobjectsmeta_child_table`. The function applies `dev`'s
-   fillfactor 70, unlogged storage, its `nsources` and Q3C `meanradec`
-   indexes and its grants, plus the rebuild's set-scoped UNIQUE and the
-   `run` and `result_set` indexes.
+   fillfactor 70, its `nsources` and Q3C `meanradec` indexes and its
+   grants, plus the rebuild's set-scoped UNIQUE and the `run` and
+   `result_set` indexes. The table is logged where `dev`'s is unlogged
+   (migration `20261013-01`).
 4. Query the membership:
 
    ```sql