diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci.yml b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
index 96515e7..b993502 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
@@ -14,16 +14,16 @@ jobs:
     runs-on: macos-15
     steps:
       - name: Check out source
-        uses: actions/checkout@v4
+        uses: actions/checkout@v6
 
       - name: Set up JDK 17
-        uses: actions/setup-java@v4
+        uses: actions/setup-java@v5
         with:
           distribution: temurin
           java-version: 17
 
       - name: Set up Gradle
-        uses: gradle/actions/setup-gradle@v4
+        uses: gradle/actions/setup-gradle@v6
 
       - name: Run Android and Apple Silicon checks
         run: ./gradlew clean check apiCheck koverVerify --stacktrace
@@ -53,16 +53,16 @@ jobs:
     runs-on: macos-15-intel
     steps:
       - name: Check out source
-        uses: actions/checkout@v4
+        uses: actions/checkout@v6
 
       - name: Set up JDK 17
-        uses: actions/setup-java@v4
+        uses: actions/setup-java@v5
         with:
           distribution: temurin
           java-version: 17
 
       - name: Set up Gradle
-        uses: gradle/actions/setup-gradle@v4
+        uses: gradle/actions/setup-gradle@v6
 
       - name: Run Intel simulator checks
         run: |
diff --git a/.github/workflows/publish.yml b/.github/workflows/publish.yml
index 819f14e..ae320b1 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/publish.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/publish.yml
@@ -13,16 +13,16 @@ jobs:
     runs-on: macos-15-intel
     steps:
       - name: Check out source
-        uses: actions/checkout@v4
+        uses: actions/checkout@v6
 
       - name: Set up JDK 17
-        uses: actions/setup-java@v4
+        uses: actions/setup-java@v5
         with:
           distribution: temurin
           java-version: 17
 
       - name: Set up Gradle
-        uses: gradle/actions/setup-gradle@v4
+        uses: gradle/actions/setup-gradle@v6
 
       - name: Run Intel simulator checks
         run: |
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ jobs:
     runs-on: macos-15
     steps:
       - name: Check out source
-        uses: actions/checkout@v4
+        uses: actions/checkout@v6
         with:
           fetch-depth: 0
 
@@ -47,13 +47,13 @@ jobs:
           git merge-base --is-ancestor "$GITHUB_SHA" origin/main
 
       - name: Set up JDK 17
-        uses: actions/setup-java@v4
+        uses: actions/setup-java@v5
         with:
           distribution: temurin
           java-version: 17
 
       - name: Set up Gradle
-        uses: gradle/actions/setup-gradle@v4
+        uses: gradle/actions/setup-gradle@v6
 
       - name: Extract version
         id: version
@@ -98,4 +98,4 @@ jobs:
           ORG_GRADLE_PROJECT_signingInMemoryKey: ${{ secrets.SIGNING_KEY }}
           ORG_GRADLE_PROJECT_signingInMemoryKeyId: ${{ secrets.SIGNING_KEY_ID }}
           ORG_GRADLE_PROJECT_signingInMemoryKeyPassword: ${{ secrets.SIGNING_KEY_PASSWORD }}
-        run: ./gradlew publishAllPublicationsToMavenCentralRepository -PVERSION_NAME=${{ steps.version.outputs.value }} --stacktrace
+        run: ./gradlew publishAndReleaseToMavenCentral -PVERSION_NAME=${{ steps.version.outputs.value }} --stacktrace
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 0110363..10b5ff8 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -10,10 +10,23 @@ Gbéewá is the library name. Its repository and artifact use `gbeewa`, and its
 
 Gbéewá delivers typed, transient results to app-wired Compose Multiplatform consumers. It does not own navigation, identify a previous destination, or select a destination. A mounted consumer can receive a result on the same screen or after any navigation change while the shared result store remains alive.
 
+The library uses a common runtime API. It does not require KSP, code generation, or a navigation-framework compiler plugin.
+
 Quanti Pixels authors, maintains, and publishes this library. The library originated from the result mechanism in Yétúndé The Alárìná.
 
 Version `0.1.0` supports Android and iOS. Future platform targets are added by request.
 
+## Why Gbéewá
+
+- **Omni-directional delivery:** Deliver current-to-previous, current-to-next, or current-to-current. Shared store ownership, key equality, and consumption timing select the receiver.
+- **Typed result lanes:** Use `ResultKey<T>` instead of shared string keys and manual payload casts.
+- **Parameterized keys:** Use data-class keys to isolate concurrent requests or screen instances.
+- **Pure runtime API:** Add no KSP processor or generated navigation wrapper.
+- **Framework agnostic:** Use the same contract with Navigation 2, Navigation 3, Decompose, Voyager, or app-owned navigation.
+- **Compose Multiplatform:** Use the same common API on Android and iOS.
+
+Gbéewá provides transient, one-consumer result delivery. It is not a broadcast channel or a replacement for durable application state.
+
 ## Navigation direction
 
 `Result` describes the outcome of an action. It does not define a navigation direction.
@@ -21,11 +34,22 @@ Version `0.1.0` supports Android and iOS. Future platform targets are added by r
 `ResultStore.put` stores one pending value under a key. It does not address a screen. The first eligible consumer that uses a `ResultConsumer` backed by the same store and an equal key consumes that value. Therefore, a publication can deliver in these directions:
 
 - current to previous: publish, then pop;
-- current to current: publish while the consumer remains mounted;
+- current to current: publish while the consumer remains mounted, including between sibling composables that share the store;
 - current to next: publish, then push a screen that consumes the key.
 
 Other route relationships use the same rules. Navigation direction does not select the receiver. Shared `ResultStore` ownership, key equality, and consumption timing select it. Delivery is not a broadcast. If more than one consumer can observe an equal key, only the first consumer receives the pending value. A mounted consumer can consume it before a later screen enters composition. Use request-specific or parameterized keys when the receiver must be unambiguous.
 
+```text
+Producer A ── put(ResultKey<T>, value) ──► ResultStore
+                                                │
+                              equal key + first eligible consumer
+                                                │
+                                                ▼
+                              Consumer B or a later destination
+```
+
+The producer and consumer can be on the same screen, on different mounted screens, or on screens separated by a navigation change. The diagram shows one-result consumption. It does not show a broadcast channel.
+
 ## Samples
 
 The runnable Android and iOS showcase uses two flows derived from Yétúndé:
@@ -221,6 +245,30 @@ class AppResultViewModel : ViewModel() {
 
 Provide `resultConsumer` through `LocalResultConsumer`. Capture `resultStore` in route callbacks, or pass it to producers when the application chooses direct exposure. A `ViewModel` preserves this in-memory owner across Android configuration changes. It does not restore pending results after process death.
 
+Apps that use Compose Runtime 1.10.0 or later can instead keep a composition-owned store with [`retain`](https://developer.android.com/reference/kotlin/androidx/compose/runtime/retain/retain.composable). Add the `androidx.compose.runtime:runtime-retain` artifact to the app, then retain the store at the application or navigation root:
+
+```kotlin
+import androidx.compose.runtime.Composable
+import androidx.compose.runtime.CompositionLocalProvider
+import androidx.compose.runtime.remember
+import androidx.compose.runtime.retain.retain
+import com.quantipixels.gbeewa.LocalResultConsumer
+import com.quantipixels.gbeewa.ResultConsumer
+import com.quantipixels.gbeewa.ResultStore
+
+@Composable
+fun App() {
+    val resultStore = retain { ResultStore() }
+    val resultConsumer = remember(resultStore) { ResultConsumer(resultStore) }
+
+    CompositionLocalProvider(LocalResultConsumer provides resultConsumer) {
+        AppNavigation(resultStore)
+    }
+}
+```
+
+On Android, Compose installs a lifecycle-aware retained-values store at the composition root. It keeps `resultStore` in memory when an activity is recreated for a configuration change. Use a `ViewModel` when the store belongs to an app-owned lifecycle outside composition. Neither option restores pending results after process death.
+
 ## Receive a result
 
 The application also chooses where the receive API appears. Install `ResultEffect` in a route when screen content must remain unaware of Gbéewá. Install it directly in a screen when that coupling is useful:
diff --git a/gradle/libs.versions.toml b/gradle/libs.versions.toml
index af7ddbd..243b4f7 100644
--- a/gradle/libs.versions.toml
+++ b/gradle/libs.versions.toml
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ kover = "0.9.8"
 navigation2 = "2.9.0-beta03"
 voyager = "1.1.0-beta03"
 activity-compose = "1.10.1"
-vanniktech-maven-publish = "0.34.0"
+vanniktech-maven-publish = "0.35.0"
 
 [libraries]
 decompose = { module = "com.arkivanov.decompose:decompose", version.ref = "decompose" }
diff --git a/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.jar b/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.jar
index 7f93135..9bbc975 100644
Binary files a/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.jar and b/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.jar differ
diff --git a/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.properties b/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.properties
index bc6b57a..37f853b 100644
--- a/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.properties
+++ b/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.properties
@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
-#Mon Apr 07 21:32:33 IST 2025
 distributionBase=GRADLE_USER_HOME
 distributionPath=wrapper/dists
-distributionUrl=https\://services.gradle.org/distributions/gradle-8.11.1-bin.zip
+distributionUrl=https\://services.gradle.org/distributions/gradle-8.13-bin.zip
 networkTimeout=10000
 validateDistributionUrl=true
 zipStoreBase=GRADLE_USER_HOME
diff --git a/gradlew b/gradlew
index 1aa94a4..faf9300 100755
--- a/gradlew
+++ b/gradlew
@@ -15,6 +15,8 @@
 # See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
 # limitations under the License.
 #
+# SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
+#
 
 ##############################################################################
 #
@@ -55,7 +57,7 @@
 #       Darwin, MinGW, and NonStop.
 #
 #   (3) This script is generated from the Groovy template
-#       https://github.com/gradle/gradle/blob/HEAD/subprojects/plugins/src/main/resources/org/gradle/api/internal/plugins/unixStartScript.txt
+#       https://github.com/gradle/gradle/blob/HEAD/platforms/jvm/plugins-application/src/main/resources/org/gradle/api/internal/plugins/unixStartScript.txt
 #       within the Gradle project.
 #
 #       You can find Gradle at https://github.com/gradle/gradle/.
@@ -84,7 +86,7 @@ done
 # shellcheck disable=SC2034
 APP_BASE_NAME=${0##*/}
 # Discard cd standard output in case $CDPATH is set (https://github.com/gradle/gradle/issues/25036)
-APP_HOME=$( cd "${APP_HOME:-./}" > /dev/null && pwd -P ) || exit
+APP_HOME=$( cd -P "${APP_HOME:-./}" > /dev/null && printf '%s\n' "$PWD" ) || exit
 
 # Use the maximum available, or set MAX_FD != -1 to use that value.
 MAX_FD=maximum
@@ -203,7 +205,7 @@ fi
 DEFAULT_JVM_OPTS='"-Xmx64m" "-Xms64m"'
 
 # Collect all arguments for the java command:
-#   * DEFAULT_JVM_OPTS, JAVA_OPTS, JAVA_OPTS, and optsEnvironmentVar are not allowed to contain shell fragments,
+#   * DEFAULT_JVM_OPTS, JAVA_OPTS, and optsEnvironmentVar are not allowed to contain shell fragments,
 #     and any embedded shellness will be escaped.
 #   * For example: A user cannot expect ${Hostname} to be expanded, as it is an environment variable and will be
 #     treated as '${Hostname}' itself on the command line.
diff --git a/gradlew.bat b/gradlew.bat
index 93e3f59..9d21a21 100644
--- a/gradlew.bat
+++ b/gradlew.bat
@@ -13,6 +13,8 @@
 @rem See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
 @rem limitations under the License.
 @rem
+@rem SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
+@rem
 
 @if "%DEBUG%"=="" @echo off
 @rem ##########################################################################
@@ -43,11 +45,11 @@ set JAVA_EXE=java.exe
 %JAVA_EXE% -version >NUL 2>&1
 if %ERRORLEVEL% equ 0 goto execute
 
-echo.
-echo ERROR: JAVA_HOME is not set and no 'java' command could be found in your PATH.
-echo.
-echo Please set the JAVA_HOME variable in your environment to match the
-echo location of your Java installation.
+echo. 1>&2
+echo ERROR: JAVA_HOME is not set and no 'java' command could be found in your PATH. 1>&2
+echo. 1>&2
+echo Please set the JAVA_HOME variable in your environment to match the 1>&2
+echo location of your Java installation. 1>&2
 
 goto fail
 
@@ -57,11 +59,11 @@ set JAVA_EXE=%JAVA_HOME%/bin/java.exe
 
 if exist "%JAVA_EXE%" goto execute
 
-echo.
-echo ERROR: JAVA_HOME is set to an invalid directory: %JAVA_HOME%
-echo.
-echo Please set the JAVA_HOME variable in your environment to match the
-echo location of your Java installation.
+echo. 1>&2
+echo ERROR: JAVA_HOME is set to an invalid directory: %JAVA_HOME% 1>&2
+echo. 1>&2
+echo Please set the JAVA_HOME variable in your environment to match the 1>&2
+echo location of your Java installation. 1>&2
 
 goto fail