diff --git a/gitnexus/src/cli/clean.ts b/gitnexus/src/cli/clean.ts
index 3086b73e5..91b6c8f76 100644
--- a/gitnexus/src/cli/clean.ts
+++ b/gitnexus/src/cli/clean.ts
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ import {
   type RegistryEntry,
 } from '../storage/repo-manager.js';
 import { requireDeletableStoragePath, StorageDeletionError } from '../storage/storage-resolver.js';
-import { formatStaleSlotLine } from './stale-branch-format.js';
+import { formatSlotSize, formatStaleSlotLine } from './stale-branch-format.js';
 import { listLocalHeads } from '../storage/git.js';
 import {
   isContainedBranchDir,
@@ -157,11 +157,6 @@ const cleanStaleBranchSlots = async (force: boolean): Promise<void> => {
   }
 };
 
-const formatBytes = (bytes: number): string =>
-  bytes >= 1024 * 1024
-    ? `${(bytes / (1024 * 1024)).toFixed(1)} MB`
-    : `${Math.ceil(bytes / 1024)} KB`;
-
 const reportReclaim = (result: ReclaimResult | null): void => {
   if (!result) return;
   if (result.removed.length > 0) {
@@ -222,14 +217,14 @@ export const cleanCommand = async (options?: {
     }
     if (!options.force) {
       console.log(
-        t('clean.localIndex.preview', { path: legacy.dir, size: formatBytes(legacy.bytes) }),
+        t('clean.localIndex.preview', { path: legacy.dir, size: formatSlotSize(legacy.bytes) }),
       );
       console.log(`\n${t('common.runForceConfirm')}`);
       return;
     }
     await removeLegacyLocalIndex(repo.repoPath, repo.storagePath);
     console.log(
-      t('clean.localIndex.deleted', { path: legacy.dir, size: formatBytes(legacy.bytes) }),
+      t('clean.localIndex.deleted', { path: legacy.dir, size: formatSlotSize(legacy.bytes) }),
     );
     return;
   }
diff --git a/gitnexus/src/cli/status.ts b/gitnexus/src/cli/status.ts
index c45d31084..15a6c1a4a 100644
--- a/gitnexus/src/cli/status.ts
+++ b/gitnexus/src/cli/status.ts
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@
 
 import { resolveGraphPath, storeRootOfCheckoutSlot } from '../storage/shared-store.js';
 import { describeSharedGraph, findLegacyLocalIndex } from '../storage/shared-store-lifecycle.js';
+import { formatSlotSize } from './stale-branch-format.js';
 import path from 'path';
 import {
   getStoragePaths,
@@ -413,7 +414,7 @@ export const statusCommand = async (options: StatusOptions = {}) => {
     console.log(
       t('status.legacyLocalIndex', {
         path: legacyLocalIndex.dir,
-        size: `${Math.ceil(legacyLocalIndex.bytes / 1024)} KB`,
+        size: formatSlotSize(legacyLocalIndex.bytes),
       }),
     );
   }
diff --git a/gitnexus/src/core/run-analyze.ts b/gitnexus/src/core/run-analyze.ts
index d2c851234..826d2f3be 100644
--- a/gitnexus/src/core/run-analyze.ts
+++ b/gitnexus/src/core/run-analyze.ts
@@ -182,8 +182,8 @@ import {
   publishSharedGraph,
   resolveOptedInStore,
   seedSharedSlot,
-  withStoreLock,
 } from './shared-store-analyze.js';
+import { withStoreLock } from '../storage/shared-store-lifecycle.js';
 import { DEFAULT_PDG_MAX_FUNCTION_LINES } from './ingestion/cfg/collect.js';
 import {
   DEFAULT_MAX_CFG_EDGES_PER_FUNCTION,
diff --git a/gitnexus/src/core/shared-store-analyze.ts b/gitnexus/src/core/shared-store-analyze.ts
index d269a0052..4a76d3ad5 100644
--- a/gitnexus/src/core/shared-store-analyze.ts
+++ b/gitnexus/src/core/shared-store-analyze.ts
@@ -20,7 +20,6 @@ import { constants as fsConstants } from 'fs';
 import fs from 'fs/promises';
 import path from 'path';
 import { acquireIndexLock } from '../storage/index-lock.js';
-import { withStoreLock } from '../storage/shared-store-lifecycle.js';
 import { commitDistanceToHead, getRemoteUrl, isWorkingTreeDirty } from '../storage/git.js';
 import {
   readRegistry,
@@ -33,13 +32,14 @@ import {
   commitGraphDir,
   resolveGraphPath,
   resolveSharedStore,
-  SHARED_STORE_POINTER,
   sharedStoreLayout,
   storeRootOfCheckoutSlot,
   type SharedStoreLayout,
 } from '../storage/shared-store.js';
 import {
   reclaimAfterSlotRemoval,
+  removeSharedStorePointer,
+  withStoreLock,
   writeSharedStorePointer,
 } from '../storage/shared-store-lifecycle.js';
 import { GITNEXUS_DIR, INDEX_METADATA_FILE, LBUG_DIRECTORY } from '../storage/storage-constants.js';
@@ -101,6 +101,22 @@ const exists = (p: string): Promise<boolean> =>
     () => false,
   );
 
+/**
+ * Copy a graph file to `dest` via a unique `lbug.new.<id>` temp (swept by the
+ * slot lock if this process dies mid-copy), cloning copy-on-write where the
+ * filesystem supports it. On failure the temp is removed and the error thrown.
+ */
+const cloneGraphFile = async (source: string, dest: string): Promise<void> => {
+  const tmp = `${dest}.new.${randomUUID()}`;
+  try {
+    await fs.copyFile(source, tmp, fsConstants.COPYFILE_FICLONE);
+    await fs.rename(tmp, dest);
+  } catch (err) {
+    await fs.rm(tmp, { force: true }).catch(() => {});
+    throw err;
+  }
+};
+
 interface CommitGraph {
   dir: string;
   commit: string;
@@ -175,13 +191,9 @@ const seedFromLocalIndex = async (
   try {
     if (lock.lockFree || (await inspectLbugSidecars(sourceGraph)).kind !== 'clean') return false;
     await fs.mkdir(slot, { recursive: true });
-    const own = path.join(slot, LBUG_DIRECTORY);
-    const tmp = `${own}.new.${randomUUID()}`;
     try {
-      await fs.copyFile(sourceGraph, tmp, fsConstants.COPYFILE_FICLONE);
-      await fs.rename(tmp, own);
+      await cloneGraphFile(sourceGraph, path.join(slot, LBUG_DIRECTORY));
     } catch (err) {
-      await fs.rm(tmp, { force: true }).catch(() => {});
       log(`Shared store: could not copy ${sourceGraph} (${(err as Error).message}).`);
       return false;
     }
@@ -245,14 +257,10 @@ export const ensurePrivateSharedGraph = async (slot: string, log: Log): Promise<
   const meta = await loadMeta(slot);
   if (!meta) return true;
   if (!(await exists(own))) {
-    // `lbug.new.<id>` is swept by the slot lock if this process dies mid-copy.
-    const tmp = `${own}.new.${randomUUID()}`;
     const started = Date.now();
     try {
-      await fs.copyFile(pointed, tmp, fsConstants.COPYFILE_FICLONE);
-      await fs.rename(tmp, own);
+      await cloneGraphFile(pointed, own);
     } catch (err) {
-      await fs.rm(tmp, { force: true }).catch(() => {});
       const reason = (err as NodeJS.ErrnoException).code ?? (err as Error).message;
       log(`Shared store: shared graph unavailable (${reason}); doing a full build.`);
       return false;
@@ -346,8 +354,6 @@ export const publishSharedGraph = async (
   await writeSharedStorePointer(repoPath, layout);
 };
 
-export { withStoreLock };
-
 /**
  * Store for a checkout that is not a linked worktree: the store named by
  * `--share-with`, or the one its registry entry already points into. Clones
@@ -414,7 +420,7 @@ export const leaveSharedStore = async (
   log: Log,
 ): Promise<void> => {
   await fs.rm(previousSlot, { recursive: true, force: true });
-  await fs.rm(path.join(repoPath, GITNEXUS_DIR, SHARED_STORE_POINTER), { force: true });
+  await removeSharedStorePointer(repoPath);
   await reclaimAfterSlotRemoval(previousSlot);
   log(`Shared store: left ${previousSlot}.`);
 };
diff --git a/gitnexus/src/storage/shared-store-lifecycle.ts b/gitnexus/src/storage/shared-store-lifecycle.ts
index 3b694b00a..994505d44 100644
--- a/gitnexus/src/storage/shared-store-lifecycle.ts
+++ b/gitnexus/src/storage/shared-store-lifecycle.ts
@@ -148,7 +148,7 @@ export const reclaimAfterSlotRemoval = async (
   }
 };
 
-/** Graph directory a checkout slot reads, for reporting. */
+/** Whether a checkout slot reads a shared commit graph or its own private graph. */
 export const describeSharedGraph = (
   graphPath: string,
   storagePath: string,
diff --git a/gitnexus/src/storage/storage-resolver.ts b/gitnexus/src/storage/storage-resolver.ts
index 483ddc85e..5d796fbed 100644
--- a/gitnexus/src/storage/storage-resolver.ts
+++ b/gitnexus/src/storage/storage-resolver.ts
@@ -405,9 +405,8 @@ const inspectCodeIndexDB = async (
   // owning one; `resolveGraphPath` only returns a path inside the same store's
   // commit graphs, else the slot's own graph.
   const graphPath = resolveGraphPath(resolved);
-  const target = graphPath === lbugPath ? lbugPath : graphPath;
   try {
-    await fsp.access(target);
+    await fsp.access(graphPath);
     return { present: true };
   } catch (error) {
     const code = (error as NodeJS.ErrnoException)?.code;
diff --git a/gitnexus/test/integration/shared-store-cache.test.ts b/gitnexus/test/integration/shared-store-cache.test.ts
index cc1cda64f..78830a30c 100644
--- a/gitnexus/test/integration/shared-store-cache.test.ts
+++ b/gitnexus/test/integration/shared-store-cache.test.ts
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ import { existsSync } from 'fs';
 import fs from 'fs/promises';
 import path from 'path';
 import { afterEach, beforeEach, describe, expect, it } from 'vitest';
-import { withStoreLock } from '../../src/core/shared-store-analyze.js';
+import { withStoreLock } from '../../src/storage/shared-store-lifecycle.js';
 import { loadMeta } from '../../src/storage/repo-manager.js';
 import {
   resolveSharedStore,