diff --git a/apps/server/src/entry-flow.ts b/apps/server/src/entry-flow.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..271d262
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+++ b/apps/server/src/entry-flow.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,184 @@
+import { randomUUID } from "node:crypto";
+import { and, eq, laneDevices, sessions, type Db } from "@parking/db";
+import {
+  NoPrinterAvailableError,
+  printWithFailover,
+  registry,
+  type AccessControlDevice,
+  type PrinterDevice,
+  type PrinterInstance,
+  type TicketData,
+} from "@parking/devices";
+import type { FastifyBaseLogger } from "fastify";
+import type { DeviceInputEvent } from "./device-events.js";
+import type { EventLog } from "./event-log.js";
+import type { LaneMap } from "./lane-map.js";
+
+// The transient ENTRY flow: a button press → print a ticket → sign a vehicle_entry
+// → open the barrier. This is the step the device layer left dangling
+// (wiki/concepts/device-input-flow.md "the entry flow itself is the next build").
+//
+// Two invariants from the threat model + safety analysis:
+//   1. SIGNED BEFORE OPEN — the vehicle_entry is appended to the signed ledger
+//      BEFORE pulseOpen fires; an open with no matching signed event is the fraud
+//      signal (wiki/concepts/append-only-event-chain.md).
+//   2. HOLD ON PRINT FAILURE — a transient with no ticket can't pay on exit, so if
+//      all printers are down we do NOT open. We sign an `anomaly` (attempt, ticket
+//      unprinted) and leave the barrier closed; the operator handles the held car.
+//      Crucially, NO vehicle_entry is written in that case — we never record an
+//      "entered" event for a car that didn't get in (decision 2026-06-15).
+//
+// Ordering, therefore: print → (ok) sign vehicle_entry → pulseOpen → cache session.
+//                                (fail) sign anomaly, stop.
+
+/** Map a 1-based entry input to the relay/door it opens. Default: same channel. */
+function doorForInput(input: number): number {
+  return input;
+}
+
+export class EntryFlow {
+  readonly #db: Db;
+  readonly #log: EventLog;
+  readonly #laneMap: LaneMap;
+  readonly #logger: FastifyBaseLogger;
+  /** Guard against double-fire from the same physical press (on edge only). */
+  readonly #inFlight = new Set<string>();
+
+  constructor(db: Db, log: EventLog, laneMap: LaneMap, logger: FastifyBaseLogger) {
+    this.#db = db;
+    this.#log = log;
+    this.#laneMap = laneMap;
+    this.#logger = logger;
+  }
+
+  /** Handle a device input edge. Acts only on the rising ("on") edge of an entry
+   *  button in a lane that has an access (barrier) device. */
+  async onInput(e: DeviceInputEvent): Promise<void> {
+    if (e.edge !== "on") return; // release edge is just telemetry
+
+    const lane = this.#laneMap.laneFor(e.deviceId);
+    if (lane == null) return; // unmapped device — telemetry already recorded, no entry
+
+    // Only treat this as an entry trigger if the firing device IS the lane's
+    // access controller (a reader/printer input edge isn't an entry button).
+    const access = await this.#loadAccess(lane, e.deviceId);
+    if (!access) return;
+
+    const key = `${e.deviceId}:${e.input}`;
+    if (this.#inFlight.has(key)) return; // ignore re-fire while one is processing
+    this.#inFlight.add(key);
+    try {
+      await this.#runEntry(lane, e.input, access);
+    } catch (err) {
+      this.#logger.error(`entry-flow failed (lane ${lane}): ${(err as Error).message}`);
+    } finally {
+      this.#inFlight.delete(key);
+    }
+  }
+
+  async #runEntry(lane: number, input: number, access: AccessControlDevice): Promise<void> {
+    const ticketId = newTicketId();
+    const issuedAt = new Date().toISOString();
+    const printers = await this.#loadPrinters(lane);
+
+    // 1. PRINT FIRST. The ticket is the transient's session key — no ticket, no entry.
+    const ticket: TicketData = { ticketId, lane, issuedAt };
+    try {
+      const printedBy = await printWithFailover(printers, "entry-dispenser", (d: PrinterDevice) =>
+        d.printTicket(ticket),
+      );
+      this.#logger.info(`entry ticket ${ticketId} printed on ${printedBy} (lane ${lane})`);
+    } catch (err) {
+      // HOLD: do not open, do not record a vehicle_entry. Sign an anomaly so the
+      // failed attempt is in the tamper-evident record for the operator.
+      const reason =
+        err instanceof NoPrinterAvailableError ? err.message : (err as Error).message;
+      await this.#log.append({
+        type: "anomaly",
+        lane,
+        identity: ticketId,
+        payload: { reason: `entry held — ticket not printed: ${reason}`, ticketPrinted: false },
+      });
+      this.#logger.warn(`entry HELD on lane ${lane}: ${reason} (barrier NOT opened)`);
+      return;
+    }
+
+    // 2. SIGN the vehicle_entry — BEFORE the relay fires (the core invariant).
+    await this.#log.append({
+      type: "vehicle_entry",
+      lane,
+      direction: "entry",
+      source: "ticket",
+      identity: ticketId,
+      payload: { sessionRef: ticketId, ticketPrinted: true },
+      occurredAt: issuedAt,
+    });
+
+    // 3. OPEN the barrier (intent only; the barrier owns the close).
+    await access.pulseOpen(doorForInput(input));
+
+    // 4. Update the session projection cache (rebuildable from the ledger; this is
+    //    just a fast read-model, never the source of truth).
+    try {
+      this.#db
+        .insert(sessions)
+        .values({ id: ticketId, lane, identity: ticketId, source: "ticket", enteredAt: issuedAt, state: "open" })
+        .run();
+    } catch (err) {
+      // Cache miss is non-fatal — the ledger is authoritative and the projection
+      // can be rebuilt. Log it; don't fail the (already-open) entry.
+      this.#logger.error(`session-cache insert failed for ${ticketId}: ${(err as Error).message}`);
+    }
+  }
+
+  /** The lane's access device, but only if it's the one that fired (the entry
+   *  button). Returns a live adapter or null. */
+  async #loadAccess(lane: number, deviceId: string): Promise<AccessControlDevice | null> {
+    const row = await this.#db
+      .select()
+      .from(laneDevices)
+      .where(and(eq(laneDevices.id, deviceId), eq(laneDevices.category, "access")))
+      .get();
+    if (!row || !row.enabled || row.lane !== lane) return null;
+    const driver = registry.get(row.driverId);
+    if (!driver) return null;
+    try {
+      return driver.create(row.config as never) as AccessControlDevice;
+    } catch {
+      return null;
+    }
+  }
+
+  /** Build live printer instances for a lane (for failover selection). */
+  async #loadPrinters(lane: number): Promise<PrinterInstance[]> {
+    const rows = await this.#db
+      .select()
+      .from(laneDevices)
+      .where(and(eq(laneDevices.category, "printer"), eq(laneDevices.lane, lane)))
+      .all();
+    const out: PrinterInstance[] = [];
+    for (const row of rows) {
+      if (!row.enabled) continue;
+      const driver = registry.get(row.driverId);
+      if (!driver) continue;
+      const cfg = row.config as Record<string, unknown>;
+      const role = cfg.role === "booth-receipt" ? "booth-receipt" : "entry-dispenser";
+      try {
+        out.push({
+          id: row.id,
+          role,
+          failoverRank: typeof cfg.failoverRank === "number" ? cfg.failoverRank : 0,
+          device: driver.create(cfg as never) as PrinterDevice,
+        });
+      } catch {
+        // skip a printer whose config won't build
+      }
+    }
+    return out;
+  }
+}
+
+/** Opaque, unguessable transient ticket id (wiki/concepts/ticket-encoding.md). */
+function newTicketId(): string {
+  return `T-${randomUUID()}`;
+}
diff --git a/apps/server/src/server.ts b/apps/server/src/server.ts
index c464865..32d8c2f 100644
--- a/apps/server/src/server.ts
+++ b/apps/server/src/server.ts
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ import { randomUUID } from "node:crypto";
 import { createDb, deviceEvents as deviceEventsTable, type Db } from "@parking/db";
 import { TOKEN_COOKIE, requireJwtSecret } from "./auth.js";
 import { deviceEvents } from "./device-events.js";
+import { EntryFlow } from "./entry-flow.js";
 import { EventLog } from "./event-log.js";
 import { LaneMap } from "./lane-map.js";
 import { PrinterMonitor } from "./printer-monitor.js";
@@ -79,6 +80,17 @@ export async function buildServer(opts: BuildOptions = {}): Promise<FastifyInsta
   // See wiki/decisions/event-streams-split.md.
   const eventLog = new EventLog(db, buildSigner(app.log));
   await eventRoutes(app, db, eventLog);
+
+  // Entry flow: a button press → print ticket → signed vehicle_entry → pulseOpen.
+  // Subscribes to the SAME input bus as the telemetry writer below; the two are
+  // independent (telemetry always records; the entry flow acts only on an access
+  // device's rising edge). See wiki/concepts/device-input-flow.md + parking-session.md.
+  const entryFlow = new EntryFlow(db, eventLog, laneMap, app.log);
+  const unsubscribeEntry = deviceEvents.onInput((e) => {
+    void entryFlow.onInput(e);
+  });
+  app.addHook("onClose", async () => unsubscribeEntry());
+
   const unsubscribeInput = deviceEvents.onInput((e) => {
     // Resolve which lane the device belongs to. -1 marks "device fired but isn't
     // mapped to a lane" (assigned without a lane, or a stale id) — still recorded