diff --git a/quest/README.md b/quest/README.md
index aeeecaa..8d7f964 100644
--- a/quest/README.md
+++ b/quest/README.md
@@ -21,3 +21,4 @@ there first. A quest here that needs it waits on a pin quest, which
 - [m0: the studio](/quest/m0/README.md) - the native and wasm studio for creators who rely on OBS today
 - [m1: after the studio ships](/quest/m1/README.md) - viewers and a server compose a broadcast from its sources and a layout track, plus studio features held past m0
 - [m2: later](/quest/m2/README.md) - work with no consumer yet
+- [m3: someday](/quest/m3/README.md) - work no customer asks for, kept so its plans are not lost
diff --git a/quest/m0/README.md b/quest/m0/README.md
index 3d34c96..a92b9b9 100644
--- a/quest/m0/README.md
+++ b/quest/m0/README.md
@@ -60,7 +60,7 @@ cameras, packaging, signing) that one monorepo no longer pays off.
 - **Pin:** moq is a `moq` git submodule whose crates are path dependencies,
   as in moq.pro, so the studio compiles against one moq checkout.
 - **moq-scene** moved here with the app, its only consumer. The
-  [viewer-side composition](/quest/m2/compose/README.md) epic (now m2) moved whole:
+  [viewer-side composition](/quest/m3/compose/README.md) epic (now m3) moved whole:
   browser composition ships as a package from this repository layered on
   `@moq/watch`, and the server composite is a headless binary here rather
   than a moq-cli subcommand, so moq never depends on the studio.
@@ -77,7 +77,7 @@ broadcast reaches viewers, not the fallback. Sources are not published to the
 relay by default (decided 2026-11-03 on
 [moq-dev/studio#21](https://github.com/moq-dev/studio/pull/21)), because
 each encoding costs an encoder session and consumer GPUs have few, so the
-[viewer-side composition](/quest/m2/compose/README.md) epic moved to m1.
+[viewer-side composition](/quest/m3/compose/README.md) epic moved to m1.
 Overlays and animation render into the program here, and travel to viewers
 in the layout track only once that epic lands.
 
diff --git a/quest/m2/README.md b/quest/m2/README.md
index 069465b..73939c8 100644
--- a/quest/m2/README.md
+++ b/quest/m2/README.md
@@ -7,16 +7,11 @@ it.
 
 ## Plan
 
-Opened 2026-11-05 (maintainer, /quest-plan) for publishing a source
-independently, which no service uses yet. A quest moves up to m0 or m1 when a
-consumer appears.
-
-Viewer-side composition moved here from m1 on 2026-11-07 (maintainer, on
-[moq-dev/studio#97](https://github.com/moq-dev/studio/pull/97)): it composes
-from sources published independently, so it follows that quest.
+Opened 2026-11-05 (maintainer, /quest-plan). A quest moves up to m0 or m1
+when a consumer appears. Publishing a source independently and viewer-side
+composition moved on to [m3](/quest/m3/README.md) on 2026-11-07 (maintainer):
+no customer asks for them.
 
 ## Required
 
-- [Published independently](/quest/m2/publish-independently.md) - a source opts out of the program and publishes its own track for services that place it themselves
-- [Viewer-side composition](/quest/m2/compose/README.md) - independently published sources plus a layout track, composed by viewers and by a server
 - [Overlays drop their Blitz panic guard](/quest/m2/overlay-blitz-release.md) - the next Blitz release lets overlay checks parse without `catch_unwind`
diff --git a/quest/m3/README.md b/quest/m3/README.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..f47bc5e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/quest/m3/README.md
@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+# m3: someday
+
+## Goal
+
+Work no customer is asking for, kept so its plans are not lost. Nothing here
+is offered for work until a customer need moves it up.
+
+## Plan
+
+Opened 2026-11-07 (maintainer, /quest-spawn): publishing a source
+independently drives no customer demand, so it and the viewer-side
+composition epic that requires it moved here from m2.
+
+## Required
+
+- [Published independently](/quest/m3/publish-independently.md) - a source opts out of the program and publishes its own track for services that place it themselves
+- [Viewer-side composition](/quest/m3/compose/README.md) - independently published sources plus a layout track, composed by viewers and by a server
diff --git a/quest/m2/compose/README.md b/quest/m3/compose/README.md
similarity index 90%
rename from quest/m2/compose/README.md
rename to quest/m3/compose/README.md
index f36a81a..4e6a7f7 100644
--- a/quest/m2/compose/README.md
+++ b/quest/m3/compose/README.md
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ more encoder sessions than a consumer GPU has (decided 2026-11-03 on
 are not published to the relay by default: a source's own track encodes only
 while something in the studio uses it, such as an isolated recording or a
 replay, and reaches viewers only when the creator ticks
-[Published independently](/quest/m2/publish-independently.md). The Delivery
+[Published independently](/quest/m3/publish-independently.md). The Delivery
 and Cost bullets above, and this epic's parity goal, are deferred with it: a
 source published independently is left out of the program, so no picture a
 viewer composes from fetchable tracks matches the program today. When this
@@ -59,12 +59,12 @@ independent sources layered over it) and replan those bullets.
 Moved to m2 on 2026-11-07 (maintainer, on
 [moq-dev/studio#97](https://github.com/moq-dev/studio/pull/97)): nothing in m1
 can fetch a source's track, so nothing can read a layout. The layout waits on
-[Published independently](/quest/m2/publish-independently.md), and the
+[Published independently](/quest/m3/publish-independently.md), and the
 browser, server, and controls quests wait on it through the layout.
 
 ## Required
 
-- [Layout track](/quest/m2/compose/layout.md) - the live scene state as a hang JSON track on the media clock, specified in the hang draft
-- [Browser composition](/quest/m2/compose/browser.md) - `@moq/watch` composes a broadcast with a layout track through moq-scene's browser build
-- [Server composition](/quest/m2/compose/server.md) - a headless compositor renders the program from sources and layout, headless
-- [Viewer controls](/quest/m2/compose/controls.md) - viewers toggle elements and the layout's priorities steer what they fetch
+- [Layout track](/quest/m3/compose/layout.md) - the live scene state as a hang JSON track on the media clock, specified in the hang draft
+- [Browser composition](/quest/m3/compose/browser.md) - `@moq/watch` composes a broadcast with a layout track through moq-scene's browser build
+- [Server composition](/quest/m3/compose/server.md) - a headless compositor renders the program from sources and layout, headless
+- [Viewer controls](/quest/m3/compose/controls.md) - viewers toggle elements and the layout's priorities steer what they fetch
diff --git a/quest/m2/compose/browser.md b/quest/m3/compose/browser.md
similarity index 94%
rename from quest/m2/compose/browser.md
rename to quest/m3/compose/browser.md
index f14a32a..eac1e21 100644
--- a/quest/m2/compose/browser.md
+++ b/quest/m3/compose/browser.md
@@ -23,5 +23,5 @@ studio, compared within a stated tolerance.
 
 ## Required
 
-- [Layout track](/quest/m2/compose/layout.md) - what the browser composes
+- [Layout track](/quest/m3/compose/layout.md) - what the browser composes
 - [moq-video's browser backends are pinned](/quest/m0/pin-browser-video.md) - browser frames into wgpu
diff --git a/quest/m2/compose/controls.md b/quest/m3/compose/controls.md
similarity index 93%
rename from quest/m2/compose/controls.md
rename to quest/m3/compose/controls.md
index a4f664a..6e9406d 100644
--- a/quest/m2/compose/controls.md
+++ b/quest/m3/compose/controls.md
@@ -20,4 +20,4 @@ of them is on, at the highest priority among them.
 
 ## Required
 
-- [Browser composition](/quest/m2/compose/browser.md) - the viewer that exposes the toggles
+- [Browser composition](/quest/m3/compose/browser.md) - the viewer that exposes the toggles
diff --git a/quest/m2/compose/layout.md b/quest/m3/compose/layout.md
similarity index 95%
rename from quest/m2/compose/layout.md
rename to quest/m3/compose/layout.md
index 269204c..032c2c3 100644
--- a/quest/m2/compose/layout.md
+++ b/quest/m3/compose/layout.md
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ their scene went on program, so the layout says when that was on the media
 clock, and a viewer that joins late lands at the same point of them.
 
 Only sources the creator publishes independently
-([Published independently](/quest/m2/publish-independently.md)) have tracks a
+([Published independently](/quest/m3/publish-independently.md)) have tracks a
 viewer can fetch; the rest reach viewers only in the program.
 
 Decided 2026-11-05 (maintainer, /quest-plan): the layout serializes the
@@ -58,7 +58,7 @@ canvases and mixes they replaced.
 
 Decided 2026-11-07 (maintainer, on
 [moq-dev/studio#97](https://github.com/moq-dev/studio/pull/97)): this quest
-waits on [Published independently](/quest/m2/publish-independently.md), since
+waits on [Published independently](/quest/m3/publish-independently.md), since
 until then no viewer can fetch a track the layout names, and the epic moved to
 m2 with it. Once that lands, replan this quest around the epic's reference
 picture, which decides what the layout carries. Rejected: replanning now
@@ -68,4 +68,4 @@ it.
 
 ## Required
 
-- [Published independently](/quest/m2/publish-independently.md) - the source tracks a viewer can fetch, which the layout names
+- [Published independently](/quest/m3/publish-independently.md) - the source tracks a viewer can fetch, which the layout names
diff --git a/quest/m2/compose/server.md b/quest/m3/compose/server.md
similarity index 93%
rename from quest/m2/compose/server.md
rename to quest/m3/compose/server.md
index 296ae95..c0ab5e0 100644
--- a/quest/m2/compose/server.md
+++ b/quest/m3/compose/server.md
@@ -22,4 +22,4 @@ and document it in `README.md`.
 
 ## Required
 
-- [Layout track](/quest/m2/compose/layout.md) - what the server composes
+- [Layout track](/quest/m3/compose/layout.md) - what the server composes
diff --git a/quest/m2/publish-independently.md b/quest/m3/publish-independently.md
similarity index 90%
rename from quest/m2/publish-independently.md
rename to quest/m3/publish-independently.md
index b8c13e2..d528633 100644
--- a/quest/m2/publish-independently.md
+++ b/quest/m3/publish-independently.md
@@ -23,7 +23,8 @@ source among those on program (`Publish::set_on_program` in
 `rs/moq-scene/src/publish.rs`) keeps it encoding.
 
 Moved to m2 on 2026-11-05 (maintainer, /quest-plan): no service places
-sources itself yet, so it waits behind m0 and m1.
+sources itself yet, so it waits behind m0 and m1. Moved on to m3 on
+2026-11-07 (maintainer, /quest-spawn): it drives no customer demand.
 
 A source with its background removed (`background = "remove"`) keeps the
 background in its track, since H.264 carries no transparency. Publishing one
@@ -37,4 +38,4 @@ user does, so `README.md` documents them.
 
 ## Related
 
-- [Viewer-side composition](/quest/m2/compose/README.md) - the epic that composes from independently published sources
+- [Viewer-side composition](/quest/m3/compose/README.md) - the epic that composes from independently published sources