diff --git a/src/ReleaseOrchestrator/__Libraries/StellaOps.ReleaseOrchestrator.Persistence/Postgres/PostgresAuditRepository.cs b/src/ReleaseOrchestrator/__Libraries/StellaOps.ReleaseOrchestrator.Persistence/Postgres/PostgresAuditRepository.cs
index 1afcfc55d..3caaaa19b 100644
--- a/src/ReleaseOrchestrator/__Libraries/StellaOps.ReleaseOrchestrator.Persistence/Postgres/PostgresAuditRepository.cs
+++ b/src/ReleaseOrchestrator/__Libraries/StellaOps.ReleaseOrchestrator.Persistence/Postgres/PostgresAuditRepository.cs
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 using Microsoft.Extensions.Logging;
 using Npgsql;
+using StellaOps.Audit.Emission;
 using StellaOps.ReleaseOrchestrator.Persistence.Domain;
 using StellaOps.ReleaseOrchestrator.Persistence.Hashing;
 using StellaOps.ReleaseOrchestrator.Persistence.Repositories;
@@ -98,17 +99,20 @@ public sealed class PostgresAuditRepository : IAuditRepository
     private readonly CanonicalJsonHasher _hasher;
     private readonly ILogger<PostgresAuditRepository> _logger;
     private readonly TimeProvider _timeProvider;
+    private readonly IAuditEventEmitter? _timelineEmitter;
 
     public PostgresAuditRepository(
         ReleaseOrchestratorDataSource dataSource,
         CanonicalJsonHasher hasher,
         ILogger<PostgresAuditRepository> logger,
-        TimeProvider? timeProvider = null)
+        TimeProvider? timeProvider = null,
+        IAuditEventEmitter? timelineEmitter = null)
     {
         _dataSource = dataSource ?? throw new ArgumentNullException(nameof(dataSource));
         _hasher = hasher ?? throw new ArgumentNullException(nameof(hasher));
         _logger = logger ?? throw new ArgumentNullException(nameof(logger));
         _timeProvider = timeProvider ?? TimeProvider.System;
+        _timelineEmitter = timelineEmitter;
     }
 
     public async Task<AuditEntry> AppendAsync(
@@ -198,6 +202,21 @@ public sealed class PostgresAuditRepository : IAuditRepository
             _logger.LogDebug("Audit entry {EntryId} appended for tenant {TenantId}, sequence {Sequence}",
                 entry.EntryId, tenantId, sequenceNumber);
 
+            // DEPRECATE-001: dual-write to Timeline. Fire-and-forget; hash chain is
+            // service-level evidence that stays local (not emitted) — only the audit
+            // event summary goes to Timeline for cross-service correlation.
+            if (_timelineEmitter is not null)
+            {
+                try
+                {
+                    await _timelineEmitter.EmitAsync(MapToTimelinePayload(entry), cancellationToken).ConfigureAwait(false);
+                }
+                catch (Exception ex)
+                {
+                    _logger.LogWarning(ex, "Failed to emit jobengine audit event to Timeline (local write succeeded, entryId={EntryId})", entry.EntryId);
+                }
+            }
+
             return entry;
         }
         catch
@@ -207,6 +226,53 @@ public sealed class PostgresAuditRepository : IAuditRepository
         }
     }
 
+    private static AuditEventPayload MapToTimelinePayload(AuditEntry entry)
+    {
+        var details = new Dictionary<string, object?>(StringComparer.Ordinal)
+        {
+            ["localEntryId"] = entry.EntryId,
+            ["sequenceNumber"] = entry.SequenceNumber,
+            ["contentHash"] = entry.ContentHash,
+            ["httpMethod"] = entry.HttpMethod,
+            ["requestPath"] = entry.RequestPath
+        };
+        if (!string.IsNullOrWhiteSpace(entry.OldState))
+        {
+            details["oldState"] = entry.OldState;
+        }
+        if (!string.IsNullOrWhiteSpace(entry.NewState))
+        {
+            details["newState"] = entry.NewState;
+        }
+
+        return new AuditEventPayload
+        {
+            Id = $"jobengine-{entry.EntryId}",
+            Timestamp = entry.OccurredAt,
+            Module = "jobengine",
+            Action = entry.EventType.ToString().ToLowerInvariant(),
+            Severity = "info",
+            Actor = new AuditActorPayload
+            {
+                Id = entry.ActorId ?? "jobengine-system",
+                Name = entry.ActorId ?? "jobengine-system",
+                Type = entry.ActorType.ToString().ToLowerInvariant(),
+                IpAddress = entry.ActorIp,
+                UserAgent = entry.UserAgent
+            },
+            Resource = new AuditResourcePayload
+            {
+                Type = entry.ResourceType ?? "jobengine_resource",
+                Id = entry.ResourceId.ToString()
+            },
+            Description = entry.Description ?? entry.EventType.ToString(),
+            Details = details,
+            CorrelationId = entry.CorrelationId,
+            TenantId = entry.TenantId,
+            Tags = new[] { "jobengine", entry.EventType.ToString().ToLowerInvariant() }
+        };
+    }
+
     public async Task<AuditEntry?> GetByIdAsync(
         string tenantId,
         Guid entryId,
diff --git a/src/ReleaseOrchestrator/__Libraries/StellaOps.ReleaseOrchestrator.Persistence/StellaOps.ReleaseOrchestrator.Persistence.csproj b/src/ReleaseOrchestrator/__Libraries/StellaOps.ReleaseOrchestrator.Persistence/StellaOps.ReleaseOrchestrator.Persistence.csproj
index ccee21a21..02afb28db 100644
--- a/src/ReleaseOrchestrator/__Libraries/StellaOps.ReleaseOrchestrator.Persistence/StellaOps.ReleaseOrchestrator.Persistence.csproj
+++ b/src/ReleaseOrchestrator/__Libraries/StellaOps.ReleaseOrchestrator.Persistence/StellaOps.ReleaseOrchestrator.Persistence.csproj
@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@
   </ItemGroup>
 
   <ItemGroup>
+    <ProjectReference Include="..\..\..\__Libraries\StellaOps.Audit.Emission\StellaOps.Audit.Emission.csproj" />
     <ProjectReference Include="..\..\..\__Libraries\StellaOps.Cryptography\StellaOps.Cryptography.csproj" />
     <ProjectReference Include="..\..\..\__Libraries\StellaOps.Infrastructure.Postgres\StellaOps.Infrastructure.Postgres.csproj" />
   </ItemGroup>