diff --git a/.github/workflows/go.yml b/.github/workflows/go.yml
index 29bbfe7..0592805 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/go.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/go.yml
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ jobs:
     - name: Set up Go
       uses: actions/setup-go@v6
       with:
-        go-version: '1.25.1'
+        go-version: '1.25.2'
         cache: true
 
     - name: Build
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ jobs:
     - name: Set up Go
       uses: actions/setup-go@v6
       with:
-        go-version: '1.25.1'
+        go-version: '1.25.2'
         cache: true
 
     - name: Build Caddy
@@ -71,7 +71,7 @@ jobs:
     - name: Set up Go
       uses: actions/setup-go@v6
       with:
-        go-version: '1.25.1'
+        go-version: '1.25.2'
         cache: true
 
     - name: Build
diff --git a/atlas/caddy/module/module.go b/atlas/caddy/module/module.go
index 71eed61..fbf8e4f 100644
--- a/atlas/caddy/module/module.go
+++ b/atlas/caddy/module/module.go
@@ -123,7 +123,6 @@ func (m *Module) Provision(ctx caddy.Context) (err error) {
 }
 
 func (m *Module) ServeHTTP(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request, next caddyhttp.Handler) error {
-	fmt.Println("ServeHTTP called")
 	if r.ProtoMajor == 2 && r.Header.Get("content-type") == "application/grpc" {
 		// check authorization
 		authHeader := r.Header.Get("Authorization")
@@ -173,6 +172,10 @@ func (m *Module) UnmarshalCaddyfile(d *caddyfile.Dispenser) (err error) {
 					err = nil
 				}
 
+				if !strings.HasSuffix(path, "/") {
+					path = path + "/"
+				}
+
 				options.CurrentOptions.DbFilename = path + options.CurrentOptions.DbFilename
 				options.CurrentOptions.MetaFilename = path + options.CurrentOptions.MetaFilename
 			case "region":
@@ -273,7 +276,7 @@ func init() {
 
 			ready:
 
-				options.Logger.Info("🌐 Atlas Client Started")
+				options.Logger.Debug("🌐 Atlas Client Started")
 
 				rl, err := readline.New("> ")
 				if err != nil {
diff --git a/atlas/commands/acl-command.go b/atlas/commands/acl-command.go
index 7f04560..b06a094 100644
--- a/atlas/commands/acl-command.go
+++ b/atlas/commands/acl-command.go
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ import (
 	"fmt"
 
 	"github.com/bottledcode/atlas-db/atlas"
-	"github.com/bottledcode/atlas-db/atlas/kv"
+	"github.com/bottledcode/atlas-db/atlas/consensus"
 )
 
 type ACLCommand struct {
@@ -58,16 +58,16 @@ func (c *ACLGrantCommand) Execute(ctx context.Context) ([]byte, error) {
 		return nil, err
 	}
 
-	tableKey, _ := c.SelectNormalizedCommand(2)
+	keyName, _ := c.SelectNormalizedCommand(2)
 	principal := c.SelectCommand(3)
 	permsKeyword, _ := c.SelectNormalizedCommand(4)
 	permissions := c.SelectCommand(5)
 
-	if tableKey == "" || principal == "" || permsKeyword != "PERMS" || permissions == "" {
+	if keyName == "" || principal == "" || permsKeyword != "PERMS" || permissions == "" {
 		return nil, fmt.Errorf("ACL GRANT requires format: ACL GRANT <table> <name> PERMS <permissions>")
 	}
 
-	key := kv.FromDottedKey(tableKey)
+	key := consensus.KeyName(keyName)
 
 	switch permissions {
 	case "READ":
@@ -116,7 +116,7 @@ func (c *ACLRevokeCommand) Execute(ctx context.Context) ([]byte, error) {
 		return nil, fmt.Errorf("ACL REVOKE requires format: ACL REVOKE <table> <name> PERMS <permissions>")
 	}
 
-	key := kv.FromDottedKey(tableKey)
+	key := consensus.KeyName(tableKey)
 	switch permissions {
 	case "READ":
 		err := atlas.RevokeReader(ctx, key, principal)
diff --git a/atlas/commands/key-command.go b/atlas/commands/key-command.go
index 5491c38..e903392 100644
--- a/atlas/commands/key-command.go
+++ b/atlas/commands/key-command.go
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ import (
 	"time"
 
 	"github.com/bottledcode/atlas-db/atlas"
-	"github.com/bottledcode/atlas-db/atlas/kv"
+	"github.com/bottledcode/atlas-db/atlas/consensus"
 	"github.com/bottledcode/atlas-db/atlas/options"
 	"go.uber.org/zap"
 )
@@ -66,8 +66,8 @@ func (c *KeyCommand) GetNext() (Command, error) {
 	return EmptyCommandString, nil
 }
 
-func (c *KeyCommand) FromKey(key string) *kv.KeyBuilder {
-	return kv.FromDottedKey(key)
+func (c *KeyCommand) FromKey(key string) consensus.KeyName {
+	return consensus.KeyName(key)
 }
 
 type KeyPutCommand struct {
diff --git a/atlas/commands/key-command_test.go b/atlas/commands/key-command_test.go
index ad2f846..4f1ddff 100644
--- a/atlas/commands/key-command_test.go
+++ b/atlas/commands/key-command_test.go
@@ -88,7 +88,7 @@ func TestKeyGet_FromKey_Mapping(t *testing.T) {
 	// Normalized() uppercases tokens, so SelectNormalizedCommand(2) yields "TABLE.ROW"
 	key, _ := kgc.SelectNormalizedCommand(2)
 	builder := kgc.FromKey(key)
-	if got := builder.String(); got != "t:TABLE:r:ROW" {
+	if got := string(builder); got != "TABLE.ROW" {
 		t.Fatalf("unexpected key mapping, got %q", got)
 	}
 }
@@ -105,7 +105,7 @@ func TestKeyGet_FromKey_Mapping_MultiPart(t *testing.T) {
 	}
 	key, _ := kgc.SelectNormalizedCommand(2)
 	builder := kgc.FromKey(key)
-	if got := builder.String(); got != "t:TABLE:r:ROW:ATTR.MORE" {
+	if got := string(builder); got != "TABLE.ROW.ATTR.MORE" {
 		t.Fatalf("unexpected key mapping, got %q", got)
 	}
 }
@@ -122,12 +122,12 @@ func TestKeyDel_FromKey_Mapping(t *testing.T) {
 	}
 	key, _ := kd.SelectNormalizedCommand(2)
 	builder := kd.FromKey(key)
-	if got := builder.String(); got != "t:TABLE:r:ROW:ATTR.MORE" {
+	if got := string(builder); got != "TABLE.ROW.ATTR.MORE" {
 		t.Fatalf("unexpected key mapping, got %q", got)
 	}
 }
 
-func TestScan_NotImplemented(t *testing.T) {
+func TestScan_ParseCommand(t *testing.T) {
 	cmd := CommandFromString("SCAN prefix")
 	next, err := cmd.GetNext()
 	if err != nil {
@@ -137,8 +137,16 @@ func TestScan_NotImplemented(t *testing.T) {
 	if !ok {
 		t.Fatalf("expected *ScanCommand, got %T", next)
 	}
-	if _, err := sc.Execute(context.Background()); err == nil {
-		t.Fatalf("expected not implemented error for SCAN")
+	// Verify the command structure is correct
+	if err := sc.CheckMinLen(2); err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("SCAN command should have at least 2 tokens: %v", err)
+	}
+	prefix, ok := sc.SelectNormalizedCommand(1)
+	if !ok {
+		t.Fatalf("expected to select prefix from command")
+	}
+	if prefix != "PREFIX" {
+		t.Fatalf("expected normalized prefix 'PREFIX', got %q", prefix)
 	}
 }
 
diff --git a/atlas/commands/quorum-command.go b/atlas/commands/quorum-command.go
index 6874618..91f094d 100644
--- a/atlas/commands/quorum-command.go
+++ b/atlas/commands/quorum-command.go
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ func (q *QuorumInfoCommand) Execute(ctx context.Context) ([]byte, error) {
 	}
 	table, _ := q.SelectNormalizedCommand(2)
 
-	q1, q2, err := consensus.DescribeQuorum(ctx, table)
+	q1, q2, err := consensus.DescribeQuorum(ctx, consensus.KeyName(table))
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, err
 	}
diff --git a/atlas/commands/scan_commands.go b/atlas/commands/scan_commands.go
index 894392c..edf5e51 100644
--- a/atlas/commands/scan_commands.go
+++ b/atlas/commands/scan_commands.go
@@ -4,9 +4,9 @@ import (
 	"bytes"
 	"context"
 	"fmt"
-	"strings"
 
 	"github.com/bottledcode/atlas-db/atlas"
+	"github.com/bottledcode/atlas-db/atlas/consensus"
 )
 
 type ScanCommand struct{ CommandString }
@@ -22,14 +22,8 @@ func (s *ScanCommand) Execute(ctx context.Context) ([]byte, error) {
 	if !ok {
 		return nil, fmt.Errorf("expected prefix")
 	}
-	parts := strings.Split(prefix, ".")
-	tablePrefix := parts[0]
-	rowPrefix := ""
-	if len(parts) > 1 {
-		rowPrefix = parts[1]
-	}
 
-	keys, err := atlas.PrefixScan(ctx, tablePrefix, rowPrefix)
+	keys, err := atlas.PrefixScan(ctx, consensus.KeyName(prefix))
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, err
 	}
@@ -41,7 +35,7 @@ func (s *ScanCommand) Execute(ctx context.Context) ([]byte, error) {
 	// Format: KEYS:<count>\n<key1>\n<key2>\n...
 	var buf bytes.Buffer
 	buf.WriteString(fmt.Sprintf("KEYS:%d\n", len(keys)))
-	buf.WriteString(strings.Join(keys, "\n"))
+	buf.Write(bytes.Join(keys, []byte("\n")))
 
 	return buf.Bytes(), nil
 }
diff --git a/atlas/commands/string.go b/atlas/commands/string.go
index bb6edfc..fac52bd 100644
--- a/atlas/commands/string.go
+++ b/atlas/commands/string.go
@@ -79,6 +79,8 @@ func (c *CommandString) GetNext() (Command, error) {
 			return (&QuorumCommand{CommandString: *c}).GetNext()
 		case "ACL":
 			return (&ACLCommand{*c}).GetNext()
+		case "SUB":
+			return (&SubCommand{*c}).GetNext()
 		}
 		return EmptyCommandString, fmt.Errorf("command expected, got %s", next)
 	}
diff --git a/atlas/commands/sub-command.go b/atlas/commands/sub-command.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..944a5a8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/atlas/commands/sub-command.go
@@ -0,0 +1,135 @@
+/*
+ * This file is part of Atlas-DB.
+ *
+ * Atlas-DB is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
+ * it under the terms of the GNU Affero General Public License as
+ * published by the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of
+ * the License, or (at your option) any later version.
+ *
+ * Atlas-DB is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+ * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+ * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
+ * GNU Affero General Public License for more details.
+ *
+ * You should have received a copy of the GNU Affero General Public License
+ * along with Atlas-DB. If not, see <https://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+ *
+ */
+
+package commands
+
+import (
+	"context"
+	"errors"
+	"strconv"
+	"time"
+
+	"github.com/bottledcode/atlas-db/atlas"
+	"github.com/bottledcode/atlas-db/atlas/consensus"
+	"github.com/bottledcode/atlas-db/atlas/options"
+	"go.uber.org/zap"
+)
+
+type SubCommand struct {
+	CommandString
+}
+
+func (c *SubCommand) GetNext() (Command, error) {
+	return c, nil
+}
+
+// SubParsed holds the parsed components of a SUB command.
+type SubParsed struct {
+	Prefix         string
+	URL            string
+	Batch          bool
+	RetryAttempts  int32
+	RetryAfterBase time.Duration
+	Auth           string
+}
+
+// Parse extracts arguments for SUB command.
+// SUB <prefix> <url> [BATCH] [RETRY <attempts>] [RETRY_AFTER <duration>] [AUTH <token>]
+func (c *SubCommand) Parse() (*SubParsed, error) {
+	if err := c.CheckMinLen(3); err != nil {
+		return nil, err
+	}
+
+	prefix, _ := c.SelectNormalizedCommand(1)
+	url := c.SelectCommand(2) // Use raw version to preserve case for URL
+
+	parsed := &SubParsed{
+		Prefix:         prefix,
+		URL:            url,
+		Batch:          true, // Default to non-batched
+		RetryAttempts:  3,    // Default 3 retries
+		RetryAfterBase: 100 * time.Millisecond,
+	}
+
+	// Parse optional flags
+	for i := 3; i < c.NormalizedLen(); i++ {
+		flag, _ := c.SelectNormalizedCommand(i)
+		switch flag {
+		case "NOBATCH":
+			parsed.Batch = false
+		case "RETRY":
+			// Need attempts after RETRY
+			if i+1 >= c.NormalizedLen() {
+				return nil, errors.New("RETRY requires attempts number")
+			}
+			attemptsStr := c.SelectCommand(i + 1)
+			attempts, err := strconv.ParseInt(attemptsStr, 10, 32)
+			if err != nil {
+				return nil, errors.New("RETRY requires valid number")
+			}
+			parsed.RetryAttempts = int32(attempts)
+			i++ // Skip next argument
+		case "RETRY_AFTER":
+			// Need duration after RETRY_AFTER
+			if i+1 >= c.NormalizedLen() {
+				return nil, errors.New("RETRY_AFTER requires duration")
+			}
+			durationStr := c.SelectCommand(i + 1)
+			dur, err := time.ParseDuration(durationStr)
+			if err != nil {
+				return nil, err
+			}
+			parsed.RetryAfterBase = dur
+			i++ // Skip next argument
+		case "AUTH":
+			// Need token after AUTH
+			if i+1 >= c.NormalizedLen() {
+				return nil, errors.New("AUTH requires token")
+			}
+			parsed.Auth = c.SelectCommand(i + 1)
+			i++ // Skip next argument
+		}
+	}
+
+	return parsed, nil
+}
+
+func (c *SubCommand) Execute(ctx context.Context) ([]byte, error) {
+	parsed, err := c.Parse()
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, err
+	}
+
+	err = atlas.Subscribe(ctx, consensus.KeyName(parsed.Prefix), parsed.URL, atlas.SubscribeOptions{
+		RetryAttempts:  int(parsed.RetryAttempts),
+		RetryAfterBase: parsed.RetryAfterBase,
+		Auth:           parsed.Auth,
+	})
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, err
+	}
+
+	options.Logger.Info("created subscription",
+		zap.String("prefix", parsed.Prefix),
+		zap.String("url", parsed.URL),
+		zap.Bool("batch", parsed.Batch),
+		zap.Int32("retry_attempts", parsed.RetryAttempts),
+		zap.Duration("retry_after_base", parsed.RetryAfterBase))
+
+	return nil, nil
+}
diff --git a/atlas/consensus/broadcastQuorum.go b/atlas/consensus/broadcastQuorum.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..e2e6602
--- /dev/null
+++ b/atlas/consensus/broadcastQuorum.go
@@ -0,0 +1,130 @@
+/*
+ * This file is part of Atlas-DB.
+ *
+ * Atlas-DB is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
+ * it under the terms of the GNU Affero General Public License as
+ * published by the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of
+ * the License, or (at your option) any later version.
+ *
+ * Atlas-DB is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+ * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+ * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
+ * GNU Affero General Public License for more details.
+ *
+ * You should have received a copy of the GNU Affero General Public License
+ * along with Atlas-DB. If not, see <https://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+ *
+ */
+
+package consensus
+
+import (
+	"context"
+	"errors"
+	"sync"
+
+	"github.com/bottledcode/atlas-db/atlas/options"
+	"go.uber.org/zap"
+	"google.golang.org/grpc"
+	"google.golang.org/protobuf/types/known/emptypb"
+)
+
+var ErrUnbroadcastableQuorum = errors.New("may not be broadcast")
+
+type broadcastQuorum struct {
+	nodes map[RegionName][]*QuorumNode
+}
+
+func (b *broadcastQuorum) StealTableOwnership(ctx context.Context, in *StealTableOwnershipRequest, opts ...grpc.CallOption) (*StealTableOwnershipResponse, error) {
+	return nil, ErrUnbroadcastableQuorum
+}
+
+func (b *broadcastQuorum) WriteMigration(ctx context.Context, in *WriteMigrationRequest, opts ...grpc.CallOption) (*WriteMigrationResponse, error) {
+	return nil, ErrUnbroadcastableQuorum
+}
+
+func (b *broadcastQuorum) AcceptMigration(ctx context.Context, in *WriteMigrationRequest, opts ...grpc.CallOption) (*emptypb.Empty, error) {
+	return nil, ErrUnbroadcastableQuorum
+}
+
+func (b *broadcastQuorum) JoinCluster(ctx context.Context, in *Node, opts ...grpc.CallOption) (*JoinClusterResponse, error) {
+	return nil, ErrUnbroadcastableQuorum
+}
+
+func (b *broadcastQuorum) Gossip(ctx context.Context, in *GossipMigration, opts ...grpc.CallOption) (*emptypb.Empty, error) {
+	return nil, ErrUnbroadcastableQuorum
+}
+
+func (b *broadcastQuorum) Ping(ctx context.Context, in *PingRequest, opts ...grpc.CallOption) (*PingResponse, error) {
+	return nil, ErrUnbroadcastableQuorum
+}
+
+func (b *broadcastQuorum) ReadKey(ctx context.Context, in *ReadKeyRequest, opts ...grpc.CallOption) (*ReadKeyResponse, error) {
+	return nil, ErrUnbroadcastableQuorum
+}
+
+func (b *broadcastQuorum) WriteKey(ctx context.Context, in *WriteKeyRequest, opts ...grpc.CallOption) (*WriteKeyResponse, error) {
+	return nil, ErrUnbroadcastableQuorum
+}
+
+func (b *broadcastQuorum) DeleteKey(ctx context.Context, in *WriteKeyRequest, opts ...grpc.CallOption) (*WriteKeyResponse, error) {
+	return nil, ErrUnbroadcastableQuorum
+}
+
+func (b *broadcastQuorum) PrefixScan(ctx context.Context, in *PrefixScanRequest, opts ...grpc.CallOption) (*PrefixScanResponse, error) {
+	wg := sync.WaitGroup{}
+	errs := []error{}
+	mu := sync.Mutex{}
+	allKeys := make(map[string]bool)
+	for _, nodes := range b.nodes {
+		for _, node := range nodes {
+			wg.Add(1)
+			go func(node *QuorumNode) {
+				defer wg.Done()
+				resp, err := node.PrefixScan(ctx, in, opts...)
+				if err != nil {
+					mu.Lock()
+					errs = append(errs, err)
+					mu.Unlock()
+					return
+				}
+				if resp.GetSuccess() {
+					mu.Lock()
+					for _, key := range resp.GetKeys() {
+						allKeys[string(key)] = true
+					}
+					mu.Unlock()
+				}
+			}(node)
+		}
+	}
+
+	wg.Wait()
+
+	keys := make([][]byte, 0, len(allKeys))
+	for key := range allKeys {
+		keys = append(keys, []byte(key))
+	}
+
+	joinedErr := errors.Join(errs...)
+
+	// If some nodes failed but some succeeded, log the partial failure
+	if joinedErr != nil && len(errs) > 0 {
+		options.Logger.Warn("PrefixScan succeeded on some nodes but failed on others",
+			zap.Int("error_count", len(errs)),
+			zap.Error(joinedErr))
+	}
+
+	return &PrefixScanResponse{
+		Success: true,
+		Keys:    keys,
+	}, joinedErr
+}
+
+func (b *broadcastQuorum) CurrentNodeInReplicationQuorum() bool {
+	return true
+}
+
+func (b *broadcastQuorum) CurrentNodeInMigrationQuorum() bool {
+	return true
+}
diff --git a/atlas/consensus/consensus.pb.go b/atlas/consensus/consensus.pb.go
index db0a389..b416334 100644
--- a/atlas/consensus/consensus.pb.go
+++ b/atlas/consensus/consensus.pb.go
@@ -198,7 +198,7 @@ type MigrationVersion struct {
 	TableVersion     int64                  `protobuf:"varint,1,opt,name=tableVersion,proto3" json:"tableVersion,omitempty"`         // The version of the table
 	MigrationVersion int64                  `protobuf:"varint,2,opt,name=migrationVersion,proto3" json:"migrationVersion,omitempty"` // The version of the migration
 	NodeId           int64                  `protobuf:"varint,3,opt,name=nodeId,proto3" json:"nodeId,omitempty"`                     // The ID of the node
-	TableName        string                 `protobuf:"bytes,4,opt,name=tableName,proto3" json:"tableName,omitempty"`                // The name of the table
+	TableName        []byte                 `protobuf:"bytes,4,opt,name=tableName,proto3" json:"tableName,omitempty"`                // The name of the table
 	unknownFields    protoimpl.UnknownFields
 	sizeCache        protoimpl.SizeCache
 }
@@ -254,11 +254,11 @@ func (x *MigrationVersion) GetNodeId() int64 {
 	return 0
 }
 
-func (x *MigrationVersion) GetTableName() string {
+func (x *MigrationVersion) GetTableName() []byte {
 	if x != nil {
 		return x.TableName
 	}
-	return ""
+	return nil
 }
 
 type GossipMigration struct {
@@ -873,6 +873,316 @@ func (x *DelChange) GetKey() []byte {
 	return nil
 }
 
+type SubscriptionList struct {
+	state         protoimpl.MessageState `protogen:"open.v1"`
+	Subscriptions []*Subscribe           `protobuf:"bytes,1,rep,name=subscriptions,proto3" json:"subscriptions,omitempty"`
+	Log           [][]byte               `protobuf:"bytes,2,rep,name=log,proto3" json:"log,omitempty"`
+	unknownFields protoimpl.UnknownFields
+	sizeCache     protoimpl.SizeCache
+}
+
+func (x *SubscriptionList) Reset() {
+	*x = SubscriptionList{}
+	mi := &file_consensus_consensus_proto_msgTypes[11]
+	ms := protoimpl.X.MessageStateOf(protoimpl.Pointer(x))
+	ms.StoreMessageInfo(mi)
+}
+
+func (x *SubscriptionList) String() string {
+	return protoimpl.X.MessageStringOf(x)
+}
+
+func (*SubscriptionList) ProtoMessage() {}
+
+func (x *SubscriptionList) ProtoReflect() protoreflect.Message {
+	mi := &file_consensus_consensus_proto_msgTypes[11]
+	if x != nil {
+		ms := protoimpl.X.MessageStateOf(protoimpl.Pointer(x))
+		if ms.LoadMessageInfo() == nil {
+			ms.StoreMessageInfo(mi)
+		}
+		return ms
+	}
+	return mi.MessageOf(x)
+}
+
+// Deprecated: Use SubscriptionList.ProtoReflect.Descriptor instead.
+func (*SubscriptionList) Descriptor() ([]byte, []int) {
+	return file_consensus_consensus_proto_rawDescGZIP(), []int{11}
+}
+
+func (x *SubscriptionList) GetSubscriptions() []*Subscribe {
+	if x != nil {
+		return x.Subscriptions
+	}
+	return nil
+}
+
+func (x *SubscriptionList) GetLog() [][]byte {
+	if x != nil {
+		return x.Log
+	}
+	return nil
+}
+
+type SubscribeOptions struct {
+	state          protoimpl.MessageState `protogen:"open.v1"`
+	Batch          bool                   `protobuf:"varint,1,opt,name=batch,proto3" json:"batch,omitempty"`
+	RetryAttempts  int32                  `protobuf:"zigzag32,2,opt,name=retryAttempts,proto3" json:"retryAttempts,omitempty"`
+	RetryAfterBase *durationpb.Duration   `protobuf:"bytes,3,opt,name=retryAfterBase,proto3" json:"retryAfterBase,omitempty"`
+	Auth           string                 `protobuf:"bytes,4,opt,name=auth,proto3" json:"auth,omitempty"`
+	unknownFields  protoimpl.UnknownFields
+	sizeCache      protoimpl.SizeCache
+}
+
+func (x *SubscribeOptions) Reset() {
+	*x = SubscribeOptions{}
+	mi := &file_consensus_consensus_proto_msgTypes[12]
+	ms := protoimpl.X.MessageStateOf(protoimpl.Pointer(x))
+	ms.StoreMessageInfo(mi)
+}
+
+func (x *SubscribeOptions) String() string {
+	return protoimpl.X.MessageStringOf(x)
+}
+
+func (*SubscribeOptions) ProtoMessage() {}
+
+func (x *SubscribeOptions) ProtoReflect() protoreflect.Message {
+	mi := &file_consensus_consensus_proto_msgTypes[12]
+	if x != nil {
+		ms := protoimpl.X.MessageStateOf(protoimpl.Pointer(x))
+		if ms.LoadMessageInfo() == nil {
+			ms.StoreMessageInfo(mi)
+		}
+		return ms
+	}
+	return mi.MessageOf(x)
+}
+
+// Deprecated: Use SubscribeOptions.ProtoReflect.Descriptor instead.
+func (*SubscribeOptions) Descriptor() ([]byte, []int) {
+	return file_consensus_consensus_proto_rawDescGZIP(), []int{12}
+}
+
+func (x *SubscribeOptions) GetBatch() bool {
+	if x != nil {
+		return x.Batch
+	}
+	return false
+}
+
+func (x *SubscribeOptions) GetRetryAttempts() int32 {
+	if x != nil {
+		return x.RetryAttempts
+	}
+	return 0
+}
+
+func (x *SubscribeOptions) GetRetryAfterBase() *durationpb.Duration {
+	if x != nil {
+		return x.RetryAfterBase
+	}
+	return nil
+}
+
+func (x *SubscribeOptions) GetAuth() string {
+	if x != nil {
+		return x.Auth
+	}
+	return ""
+}
+
+type Subscribe struct {
+	state         protoimpl.MessageState `protogen:"open.v1"`
+	Url           string                 `protobuf:"bytes,1,opt,name=url,proto3" json:"url,omitempty"`
+	Prefix        []byte                 `protobuf:"bytes,2,opt,name=prefix,proto3" json:"prefix,omitempty"`
+	Options       *SubscribeOptions      `protobuf:"bytes,3,opt,name=options,proto3" json:"options,omitempty"`
+	unknownFields protoimpl.UnknownFields
+	sizeCache     protoimpl.SizeCache
+}
+
+func (x *Subscribe) Reset() {
+	*x = Subscribe{}
+	mi := &file_consensus_consensus_proto_msgTypes[13]
+	ms := protoimpl.X.MessageStateOf(protoimpl.Pointer(x))
+	ms.StoreMessageInfo(mi)
+}
+
+func (x *Subscribe) String() string {
+	return protoimpl.X.MessageStringOf(x)
+}
+
+func (*Subscribe) ProtoMessage() {}
+
+func (x *Subscribe) ProtoReflect() protoreflect.Message {
+	mi := &file_consensus_consensus_proto_msgTypes[13]
+	if x != nil {
+		ms := protoimpl.X.MessageStateOf(protoimpl.Pointer(x))
+		if ms.LoadMessageInfo() == nil {
+			ms.StoreMessageInfo(mi)
+		}
+		return ms
+	}
+	return mi.MessageOf(x)
+}
+
+// Deprecated: Use Subscribe.ProtoReflect.Descriptor instead.
+func (*Subscribe) Descriptor() ([]byte, []int) {
+	return file_consensus_consensus_proto_rawDescGZIP(), []int{13}
+}
+
+func (x *Subscribe) GetUrl() string {
+	if x != nil {
+		return x.Url
+	}
+	return ""
+}
+
+func (x *Subscribe) GetPrefix() []byte {
+	if x != nil {
+		return x.Prefix
+	}
+	return nil
+}
+
+func (x *Subscribe) GetOptions() *SubscribeOptions {
+	if x != nil {
+		return x.Options
+	}
+	return nil
+}
+
+type Notify struct {
+	state protoimpl.MessageState `protogen:"open.v1"`
+	Key   []byte                 `protobuf:"bytes,2,opt,name=key,proto3" json:"key,omitempty"`
+	// Types that are valid to be assigned to Change:
+	//
+	//	*Notify_Set
+	//	*Notify_Del
+	//	*Notify_Acl
+	Change        isNotify_Change        `protobuf_oneof:"change"`
+	Version       string                 `protobuf:"bytes,6,opt,name=version,proto3" json:"version,omitempty"`
+	Ts            *timestamppb.Timestamp `protobuf:"bytes,7,opt,name=ts,proto3" json:"ts,omitempty"`
+	Origin        *Subscribe             `protobuf:"bytes,8,opt,name=origin,proto3" json:"origin,omitempty"`
+	unknownFields protoimpl.UnknownFields
+	sizeCache     protoimpl.SizeCache
+}
+
+func (x *Notify) Reset() {
+	*x = Notify{}
+	mi := &file_consensus_consensus_proto_msgTypes[14]
+	ms := protoimpl.X.MessageStateOf(protoimpl.Pointer(x))
+	ms.StoreMessageInfo(mi)
+}
+
+func (x *Notify) String() string {
+	return protoimpl.X.MessageStringOf(x)
+}
+
+func (*Notify) ProtoMessage() {}
+
+func (x *Notify) ProtoReflect() protoreflect.Message {
+	mi := &file_consensus_consensus_proto_msgTypes[14]
+	if x != nil {
+		ms := protoimpl.X.MessageStateOf(protoimpl.Pointer(x))
+		if ms.LoadMessageInfo() == nil {
+			ms.StoreMessageInfo(mi)
+		}
+		return ms
+	}
+	return mi.MessageOf(x)
+}
+
+// Deprecated: Use Notify.ProtoReflect.Descriptor instead.
+func (*Notify) Descriptor() ([]byte, []int) {
+	return file_consensus_consensus_proto_rawDescGZIP(), []int{14}
+}
+
+func (x *Notify) GetKey() []byte {
+	if x != nil {
+		return x.Key
+	}
+	return nil
+}
+
+func (x *Notify) GetChange() isNotify_Change {
+	if x != nil {
+		return x.Change
+	}
+	return nil
+}
+
+func (x *Notify) GetSet() *SetChange {
+	if x != nil {
+		if x, ok := x.Change.(*Notify_Set); ok {
+			return x.Set
+		}
+	}
+	return nil
+}
+
+func (x *Notify) GetDel() *DelChange {
+	if x != nil {
+		if x, ok := x.Change.(*Notify_Del); ok {
+			return x.Del
+		}
+	}
+	return nil
+}
+
+func (x *Notify) GetAcl() *AclChange {
+	if x != nil {
+		if x, ok := x.Change.(*Notify_Acl); ok {
+			return x.Acl
+		}
+	}
+	return nil
+}
+
+func (x *Notify) GetVersion() string {
+	if x != nil {
+		return x.Version
+	}
+	return ""
+}
+
+func (x *Notify) GetTs() *timestamppb.Timestamp {
+	if x != nil {
+		return x.Ts
+	}
+	return nil
+}
+
+func (x *Notify) GetOrigin() *Subscribe {
+	if x != nil {
+		return x.Origin
+	}
+	return nil
+}
+
+type isNotify_Change interface {
+	isNotify_Change()
+}
+
+type Notify_Set struct {
+	Set *SetChange `protobuf:"bytes,3,opt,name=set,proto3,oneof"`
+}
+
+type Notify_Del struct {
+	Del *DelChange `protobuf:"bytes,4,opt,name=del,proto3,oneof"`
+}
+
+type Notify_Acl struct {
+	Acl *AclChange `protobuf:"bytes,5,opt,name=acl,proto3,oneof"`
+}
+
+func (*Notify_Set) isNotify_Change() {}
+
+func (*Notify_Del) isNotify_Change() {}
+
+func (*Notify_Acl) isNotify_Change() {}
+
 type KVChange struct {
 	state protoimpl.MessageState `protogen:"open.v1"`
 	// Types that are valid to be assigned to Operation:
@@ -881,6 +1191,8 @@ type KVChange struct {
 	//	*KVChange_Del
 	//	*KVChange_Data
 	//	*KVChange_Acl
+	//	*KVChange_Sub
+	//	*KVChange_Notify
 	Operation     isKVChange_Operation `protobuf_oneof:"operation"`
 	unknownFields protoimpl.UnknownFields
 	sizeCache     protoimpl.SizeCache
@@ -888,7 +1200,7 @@ type KVChange struct {
 
 func (x *KVChange) Reset() {
 	*x = KVChange{}
-	mi := &file_consensus_consensus_proto_msgTypes[11]
+	mi := &file_consensus_consensus_proto_msgTypes[15]
 	ms := protoimpl.X.MessageStateOf(protoimpl.Pointer(x))
 	ms.StoreMessageInfo(mi)
 }
@@ -900,7 +1212,7 @@ func (x *KVChange) String() string {
 func (*KVChange) ProtoMessage() {}
 
 func (x *KVChange) ProtoReflect() protoreflect.Message {
-	mi := &file_consensus_consensus_proto_msgTypes[11]
+	mi := &file_consensus_consensus_proto_msgTypes[15]
 	if x != nil {
 		ms := protoimpl.X.MessageStateOf(protoimpl.Pointer(x))
 		if ms.LoadMessageInfo() == nil {
@@ -913,7 +1225,7 @@ func (x *KVChange) ProtoReflect() protoreflect.Message {
 
 // Deprecated: Use KVChange.ProtoReflect.Descriptor instead.
 func (*KVChange) Descriptor() ([]byte, []int) {
-	return file_consensus_consensus_proto_rawDescGZIP(), []int{11}
+	return file_consensus_consensus_proto_rawDescGZIP(), []int{15}
 }
 
 func (x *KVChange) GetOperation() isKVChange_Operation {
@@ -959,6 +1271,24 @@ func (x *KVChange) GetAcl() *AclChange {
 	return nil
 }
 
+func (x *KVChange) GetSub() *Subscribe {
+	if x != nil {
+		if x, ok := x.Operation.(*KVChange_Sub); ok {
+			return x.Sub
+		}
+	}
+	return nil
+}
+
+func (x *KVChange) GetNotify() *Notify {
+	if x != nil {
+		if x, ok := x.Operation.(*KVChange_Notify); ok {
+			return x.Notify
+		}
+	}
+	return nil
+}
+
 type isKVChange_Operation interface {
 	isKVChange_Operation()
 }
@@ -979,6 +1309,14 @@ type KVChange_Acl struct {
 	Acl *AclChange `protobuf:"bytes,4,opt,name=acl,proto3,oneof"`
 }
 
+type KVChange_Sub struct {
+	Sub *Subscribe `protobuf:"bytes,5,opt,name=sub,proto3,oneof"`
+}
+
+type KVChange_Notify struct {
+	Notify *Notify `protobuf:"bytes,6,opt,name=notify,proto3,oneof"`
+}
+
 func (*KVChange_Set) isKVChange_Operation() {}
 
 func (*KVChange_Del) isKVChange_Operation() {}
@@ -987,6 +1325,10 @@ func (*KVChange_Data) isKVChange_Operation() {}
 
 func (*KVChange_Acl) isKVChange_Operation() {}
 
+func (*KVChange_Sub) isKVChange_Operation() {}
+
+func (*KVChange_Notify) isKVChange_Operation() {}
+
 type DataMigration struct {
 	state protoimpl.MessageState `protogen:"open.v1"`
 	Time  *timestamppb.Timestamp `protobuf:"bytes,3,opt,name=time,proto3" json:"time,omitempty"`
@@ -1000,7 +1342,7 @@ type DataMigration struct {
 
 func (x *DataMigration) Reset() {
 	*x = DataMigration{}
-	mi := &file_consensus_consensus_proto_msgTypes[12]
+	mi := &file_consensus_consensus_proto_msgTypes[16]
 	ms := protoimpl.X.MessageStateOf(protoimpl.Pointer(x))
 	ms.StoreMessageInfo(mi)
 }
@@ -1012,7 +1354,7 @@ func (x *DataMigration) String() string {
 func (*DataMigration) ProtoMessage() {}
 
 func (x *DataMigration) ProtoReflect() protoreflect.Message {
-	mi := &file_consensus_consensus_proto_msgTypes[12]
+	mi := &file_consensus_consensus_proto_msgTypes[16]
 	if x != nil {
 		ms := protoimpl.X.MessageStateOf(protoimpl.Pointer(x))
 		if ms.LoadMessageInfo() == nil {
@@ -1025,7 +1367,7 @@ func (x *DataMigration) ProtoReflect() protoreflect.Message {
 
 // Deprecated: Use DataMigration.ProtoReflect.Descriptor instead.
 func (*DataMigration) Descriptor() ([]byte, []int) {
-	return file_consensus_consensus_proto_rawDescGZIP(), []int{12}
+	return file_consensus_consensus_proto_rawDescGZIP(), []int{16}
 }
 
 func (x *DataMigration) GetTime() *timestamppb.Timestamp {
@@ -1069,7 +1411,7 @@ type NilMigration struct {
 
 func (x *NilMigration) Reset() {
 	*x = NilMigration{}
-	mi := &file_consensus_consensus_proto_msgTypes[13]
+	mi := &file_consensus_consensus_proto_msgTypes[17]
 	ms := protoimpl.X.MessageStateOf(protoimpl.Pointer(x))
 	ms.StoreMessageInfo(mi)
 }
@@ -1081,7 +1423,7 @@ func (x *NilMigration) String() string {
 func (*NilMigration) ProtoMessage() {}
 
 func (x *NilMigration) ProtoReflect() protoreflect.Message {
-	mi := &file_consensus_consensus_proto_msgTypes[13]
+	mi := &file_consensus_consensus_proto_msgTypes[17]
 	if x != nil {
 		ms := protoimpl.X.MessageStateOf(protoimpl.Pointer(x))
 		if ms.LoadMessageInfo() == nil {
@@ -1094,7 +1436,7 @@ func (x *NilMigration) ProtoReflect() protoreflect.Message {
 
 // Deprecated: Use NilMigration.ProtoReflect.Descriptor instead.
 func (*NilMigration) Descriptor() ([]byte, []int) {
-	return file_consensus_consensus_proto_rawDescGZIP(), []int{13}
+	return file_consensus_consensus_proto_rawDescGZIP(), []int{17}
 }
 
 type Migration struct {
@@ -1112,7 +1454,7 @@ type Migration struct {
 
 func (x *Migration) Reset() {
 	*x = Migration{}
-	mi := &file_consensus_consensus_proto_msgTypes[14]
+	mi := &file_consensus_consensus_proto_msgTypes[18]
 	ms := protoimpl.X.MessageStateOf(protoimpl.Pointer(x))
 	ms.StoreMessageInfo(mi)
 }
@@ -1124,7 +1466,7 @@ func (x *Migration) String() string {
 func (*Migration) ProtoMessage() {}
 
 func (x *Migration) ProtoReflect() protoreflect.Message {
-	mi := &file_consensus_consensus_proto_msgTypes[14]
+	mi := &file_consensus_consensus_proto_msgTypes[18]
 	if x != nil {
 		ms := protoimpl.X.MessageStateOf(protoimpl.Pointer(x))
 		if ms.LoadMessageInfo() == nil {
@@ -1137,7 +1479,7 @@ func (x *Migration) ProtoReflect() protoreflect.Message {
 
 // Deprecated: Use Migration.ProtoReflect.Descriptor instead.
 func (*Migration) Descriptor() ([]byte, []int) {
-	return file_consensus_consensus_proto_rawDescGZIP(), []int{14}
+	return file_consensus_consensus_proto_rawDescGZIP(), []int{18}
 }
 
 func (x *Migration) GetVersion() *MigrationVersion {
@@ -1213,7 +1555,7 @@ type WriteMigrationRequest struct {
 
 func (x *WriteMigrationRequest) Reset() {
 	*x = WriteMigrationRequest{}
-	mi := &file_consensus_consensus_proto_msgTypes[15]
+	mi := &file_consensus_consensus_proto_msgTypes[19]
 	ms := protoimpl.X.MessageStateOf(protoimpl.Pointer(x))
 	ms.StoreMessageInfo(mi)
 }
@@ -1225,7 +1567,7 @@ func (x *WriteMigrationRequest) String() string {
 func (*WriteMigrationRequest) ProtoMessage() {}
 
 func (x *WriteMigrationRequest) ProtoReflect() protoreflect.Message {
-	mi := &file_consensus_consensus_proto_msgTypes[15]
+	mi := &file_consensus_consensus_proto_msgTypes[19]
 	if x != nil {
 		ms := protoimpl.X.MessageStateOf(protoimpl.Pointer(x))
 		if ms.LoadMessageInfo() == nil {
@@ -1238,7 +1580,7 @@ func (x *WriteMigrationRequest) ProtoReflect() protoreflect.Message {
 
 // Deprecated: Use WriteMigrationRequest.ProtoReflect.Descriptor instead.
 func (*WriteMigrationRequest) Descriptor() ([]byte, []int) {
-	return file_consensus_consensus_proto_rawDescGZIP(), []int{15}
+	return file_consensus_consensus_proto_rawDescGZIP(), []int{19}
 }
 
 func (x *WriteMigrationRequest) GetSender() *Node {
@@ -1265,7 +1607,7 @@ type WriteMigrationResponse struct {
 
 func (x *WriteMigrationResponse) Reset() {
 	*x = WriteMigrationResponse{}
-	mi := &file_consensus_consensus_proto_msgTypes[16]
+	mi := &file_consensus_consensus_proto_msgTypes[20]
 	ms := protoimpl.X.MessageStateOf(protoimpl.Pointer(x))
 	ms.StoreMessageInfo(mi)
 }
@@ -1277,7 +1619,7 @@ func (x *WriteMigrationResponse) String() string {
 func (*WriteMigrationResponse) ProtoMessage() {}
 
 func (x *WriteMigrationResponse) ProtoReflect() protoreflect.Message {
-	mi := &file_consensus_consensus_proto_msgTypes[16]
+	mi := &file_consensus_consensus_proto_msgTypes[20]
 	if x != nil {
 		ms := protoimpl.X.MessageStateOf(protoimpl.Pointer(x))
 		if ms.LoadMessageInfo() == nil {
@@ -1290,7 +1632,7 @@ func (x *WriteMigrationResponse) ProtoReflect() protoreflect.Message {
 
 // Deprecated: Use WriteMigrationResponse.ProtoReflect.Descriptor instead.
 func (*WriteMigrationResponse) Descriptor() ([]byte, []int) {
-	return file_consensus_consensus_proto_rawDescGZIP(), []int{16}
+	return file_consensus_consensus_proto_rawDescGZIP(), []int{20}
 }
 
 func (x *WriteMigrationResponse) GetSuccess() bool {
@@ -1317,7 +1659,7 @@ type Principal struct {
 
 func (x *Principal) Reset() {
 	*x = Principal{}
-	mi := &file_consensus_consensus_proto_msgTypes[17]
+	mi := &file_consensus_consensus_proto_msgTypes[21]
 	ms := protoimpl.X.MessageStateOf(protoimpl.Pointer(x))
 	ms.StoreMessageInfo(mi)
 }
@@ -1329,7 +1671,7 @@ func (x *Principal) String() string {
 func (*Principal) ProtoMessage() {}
 
 func (x *Principal) ProtoReflect() protoreflect.Message {
-	mi := &file_consensus_consensus_proto_msgTypes[17]
+	mi := &file_consensus_consensus_proto_msgTypes[21]
 	if x != nil {
 		ms := protoimpl.X.MessageStateOf(protoimpl.Pointer(x))
 		if ms.LoadMessageInfo() == nil {
@@ -1342,7 +1684,7 @@ func (x *Principal) ProtoReflect() protoreflect.Message {
 
 // Deprecated: Use Principal.ProtoReflect.Descriptor instead.
 func (*Principal) Descriptor() ([]byte, []int) {
-	return file_consensus_consensus_proto_rawDescGZIP(), []int{17}
+	return file_consensus_consensus_proto_rawDescGZIP(), []int{21}
 }
 
 func (x *Principal) GetName() string {
@@ -1370,7 +1712,7 @@ type Shard struct {
 
 func (x *Shard) Reset() {
 	*x = Shard{}
-	mi := &file_consensus_consensus_proto_msgTypes[18]
+	mi := &file_consensus_consensus_proto_msgTypes[22]
 	ms := protoimpl.X.MessageStateOf(protoimpl.Pointer(x))
 	ms.StoreMessageInfo(mi)
 }
@@ -1382,7 +1724,7 @@ func (x *Shard) String() string {
 func (*Shard) ProtoMessage() {}
 
 func (x *Shard) ProtoReflect() protoreflect.Message {
-	mi := &file_consensus_consensus_proto_msgTypes[18]
+	mi := &file_consensus_consensus_proto_msgTypes[22]
 	if x != nil {
 		ms := protoimpl.X.MessageStateOf(protoimpl.Pointer(x))
 		if ms.LoadMessageInfo() == nil {
@@ -1395,7 +1737,7 @@ func (x *Shard) ProtoReflect() protoreflect.Message {
 
 // Deprecated: Use Shard.ProtoReflect.Descriptor instead.
 func (*Shard) Descriptor() ([]byte, []int) {
-	return file_consensus_consensus_proto_rawDescGZIP(), []int{18}
+	return file_consensus_consensus_proto_rawDescGZIP(), []int{22}
 }
 
 func (x *Shard) GetTable() *Table {
@@ -1421,7 +1763,7 @@ func (x *Shard) GetPrincipals() []*Principal {
 
 type Table struct {
 	state             protoimpl.MessageState `protogen:"open.v1"`
-	Name              string                 `protobuf:"bytes,1,opt,name=name,proto3" json:"name,omitempty"`                                                                // The name of the table
+	Name              []byte                 `protobuf:"bytes,1,opt,name=name,proto3" json:"name,omitempty"`                                                                // The name of the table
 	ReplicationLevel  ReplicationLevel       `protobuf:"varint,2,opt,name=replicationLevel,proto3,enum=atlas.consensus.ReplicationLevel" json:"replicationLevel,omitempty"` // The replication level of the table
 	Owner             *Node                  `protobuf:"bytes,3,opt,name=owner,proto3" json:"owner,omitempty"`                                                              // The global owner of the table
 	CreatedAt         *timestamppb.Timestamp `protobuf:"bytes,4,opt,name=createdAt,proto3" json:"createdAt,omitempty"`                                                      // The time the table was created
@@ -1437,7 +1779,7 @@ type Table struct {
 
 func (x *Table) Reset() {
 	*x = Table{}
-	mi := &file_consensus_consensus_proto_msgTypes[19]
+	mi := &file_consensus_consensus_proto_msgTypes[23]
 	ms := protoimpl.X.MessageStateOf(protoimpl.Pointer(x))
 	ms.StoreMessageInfo(mi)
 }
@@ -1449,7 +1791,7 @@ func (x *Table) String() string {
 func (*Table) ProtoMessage() {}
 
 func (x *Table) ProtoReflect() protoreflect.Message {
-	mi := &file_consensus_consensus_proto_msgTypes[19]
+	mi := &file_consensus_consensus_proto_msgTypes[23]
 	if x != nil {
 		ms := protoimpl.X.MessageStateOf(protoimpl.Pointer(x))
 		if ms.LoadMessageInfo() == nil {
@@ -1462,14 +1804,14 @@ func (x *Table) ProtoReflect() protoreflect.Message {
 
 // Deprecated: Use Table.ProtoReflect.Descriptor instead.
 func (*Table) Descriptor() ([]byte, []int) {
-	return file_consensus_consensus_proto_rawDescGZIP(), []int{19}
+	return file_consensus_consensus_proto_rawDescGZIP(), []int{23}
 }
 
-func (x *Table) GetName() string {
+func (x *Table) GetName() []byte {
 	if x != nil {
 		return x.Name
 	}
-	return ""
+	return nil
 }
 
 func (x *Table) GetReplicationLevel() ReplicationLevel {
@@ -1545,7 +1887,7 @@ type TableGroup struct {
 
 func (x *TableGroup) Reset() {
 	*x = TableGroup{}
-	mi := &file_consensus_consensus_proto_msgTypes[20]
+	mi := &file_consensus_consensus_proto_msgTypes[24]
 	ms := protoimpl.X.MessageStateOf(protoimpl.Pointer(x))
 	ms.StoreMessageInfo(mi)
 }
@@ -1557,7 +1899,7 @@ func (x *TableGroup) String() string {
 func (*TableGroup) ProtoMessage() {}
 
 func (x *TableGroup) ProtoReflect() protoreflect.Message {
-	mi := &file_consensus_consensus_proto_msgTypes[20]
+	mi := &file_consensus_consensus_proto_msgTypes[24]
 	if x != nil {
 		ms := protoimpl.X.MessageStateOf(protoimpl.Pointer(x))
 		if ms.LoadMessageInfo() == nil {
@@ -1570,7 +1912,7 @@ func (x *TableGroup) ProtoReflect() protoreflect.Message {
 
 // Deprecated: Use TableGroup.ProtoReflect.Descriptor instead.
 func (*TableGroup) Descriptor() ([]byte, []int) {
-	return file_consensus_consensus_proto_rawDescGZIP(), []int{20}
+	return file_consensus_consensus_proto_rawDescGZIP(), []int{24}
 }
 
 func (x *TableGroup) GetDetails() *Table {
@@ -1596,7 +1938,7 @@ type StealTableOwnershipFailure struct {
 
 func (x *StealTableOwnershipFailure) Reset() {
 	*x = StealTableOwnershipFailure{}
-	mi := &file_consensus_consensus_proto_msgTypes[21]
+	mi := &file_consensus_consensus_proto_msgTypes[25]
 	ms := protoimpl.X.MessageStateOf(protoimpl.Pointer(x))
 	ms.StoreMessageInfo(mi)
 }
@@ -1608,7 +1950,7 @@ func (x *StealTableOwnershipFailure) String() string {
 func (*StealTableOwnershipFailure) ProtoMessage() {}
 
 func (x *StealTableOwnershipFailure) ProtoReflect() protoreflect.Message {
-	mi := &file_consensus_consensus_proto_msgTypes[21]
+	mi := &file_consensus_consensus_proto_msgTypes[25]
 	if x != nil {
 		ms := protoimpl.X.MessageStateOf(protoimpl.Pointer(x))
 		if ms.LoadMessageInfo() == nil {
@@ -1621,7 +1963,7 @@ func (x *StealTableOwnershipFailure) ProtoReflect() protoreflect.Message {
 
 // Deprecated: Use StealTableOwnershipFailure.ProtoReflect.Descriptor instead.
 func (*StealTableOwnershipFailure) Descriptor() ([]byte, []int) {
-	return file_consensus_consensus_proto_rawDescGZIP(), []int{21}
+	return file_consensus_consensus_proto_rawDescGZIP(), []int{25}
 }
 
 func (x *StealTableOwnershipFailure) GetTable() *Table {
@@ -1641,7 +1983,7 @@ type StealTableOwnershipSuccess struct {
 
 func (x *StealTableOwnershipSuccess) Reset() {
 	*x = StealTableOwnershipSuccess{}
-	mi := &file_consensus_consensus_proto_msgTypes[22]
+	mi := &file_consensus_consensus_proto_msgTypes[26]
 	ms := protoimpl.X.MessageStateOf(protoimpl.Pointer(x))
 	ms.StoreMessageInfo(mi)
 }
@@ -1653,7 +1995,7 @@ func (x *StealTableOwnershipSuccess) String() string {
 func (*StealTableOwnershipSuccess) ProtoMessage() {}
 
 func (x *StealTableOwnershipSuccess) ProtoReflect() protoreflect.Message {
-	mi := &file_consensus_consensus_proto_msgTypes[22]
+	mi := &file_consensus_consensus_proto_msgTypes[26]
 	if x != nil {
 		ms := protoimpl.X.MessageStateOf(protoimpl.Pointer(x))
 		if ms.LoadMessageInfo() == nil {
@@ -1666,7 +2008,7 @@ func (x *StealTableOwnershipSuccess) ProtoReflect() protoreflect.Message {
 
 // Deprecated: Use StealTableOwnershipSuccess.ProtoReflect.Descriptor instead.
 func (*StealTableOwnershipSuccess) Descriptor() ([]byte, []int) {
-	return file_consensus_consensus_proto_rawDescGZIP(), []int{22}
+	return file_consensus_consensus_proto_rawDescGZIP(), []int{26}
 }
 
 func (x *StealTableOwnershipSuccess) GetTable() *Table {
@@ -1694,7 +2036,7 @@ type StealTableOwnershipRequest struct {
 
 func (x *StealTableOwnershipRequest) Reset() {
 	*x = StealTableOwnershipRequest{}
-	mi := &file_consensus_consensus_proto_msgTypes[23]
+	mi := &file_consensus_consensus_proto_msgTypes[27]
 	ms := protoimpl.X.MessageStateOf(protoimpl.Pointer(x))
 	ms.StoreMessageInfo(mi)
 }
@@ -1706,7 +2048,7 @@ func (x *StealTableOwnershipRequest) String() string {
 func (*StealTableOwnershipRequest) ProtoMessage() {}
 
 func (x *StealTableOwnershipRequest) ProtoReflect() protoreflect.Message {
-	mi := &file_consensus_consensus_proto_msgTypes[23]
+	mi := &file_consensus_consensus_proto_msgTypes[27]
 	if x != nil {
 		ms := protoimpl.X.MessageStateOf(protoimpl.Pointer(x))
 		if ms.LoadMessageInfo() == nil {
@@ -1719,7 +2061,7 @@ func (x *StealTableOwnershipRequest) ProtoReflect() protoreflect.Message {
 
 // Deprecated: Use StealTableOwnershipRequest.ProtoReflect.Descriptor instead.
 func (*StealTableOwnershipRequest) Descriptor() ([]byte, []int) {
-	return file_consensus_consensus_proto_rawDescGZIP(), []int{23}
+	return file_consensus_consensus_proto_rawDescGZIP(), []int{27}
 }
 
 func (x *StealTableOwnershipRequest) GetSender() *Node {
@@ -1757,7 +2099,7 @@ type StealTableOwnershipResponse struct {
 
 func (x *StealTableOwnershipResponse) Reset() {
 	*x = StealTableOwnershipResponse{}
-	mi := &file_consensus_consensus_proto_msgTypes[24]
+	mi := &file_consensus_consensus_proto_msgTypes[28]
 	ms := protoimpl.X.MessageStateOf(protoimpl.Pointer(x))
 	ms.StoreMessageInfo(mi)
 }
@@ -1769,7 +2111,7 @@ func (x *StealTableOwnershipResponse) String() string {
 func (*StealTableOwnershipResponse) ProtoMessage() {}
 
 func (x *StealTableOwnershipResponse) ProtoReflect() protoreflect.Message {
-	mi := &file_consensus_consensus_proto_msgTypes[24]
+	mi := &file_consensus_consensus_proto_msgTypes[28]
 	if x != nil {
 		ms := protoimpl.X.MessageStateOf(protoimpl.Pointer(x))
 		if ms.LoadMessageInfo() == nil {
@@ -1782,7 +2124,7 @@ func (x *StealTableOwnershipResponse) ProtoReflect() protoreflect.Message {
 
 // Deprecated: Use StealTableOwnershipResponse.ProtoReflect.Descriptor instead.
 func (*StealTableOwnershipResponse) Descriptor() ([]byte, []int) {
-	return file_consensus_consensus_proto_rawDescGZIP(), []int{24}
+	return file_consensus_consensus_proto_rawDescGZIP(), []int{28}
 }
 
 func (x *StealTableOwnershipResponse) GetPromised() bool {
@@ -1847,7 +2189,7 @@ type Node struct {
 
 func (x *Node) Reset() {
 	*x = Node{}
-	mi := &file_consensus_consensus_proto_msgTypes[25]
+	mi := &file_consensus_consensus_proto_msgTypes[29]
 	ms := protoimpl.X.MessageStateOf(protoimpl.Pointer(x))
 	ms.StoreMessageInfo(mi)
 }
@@ -1859,7 +2201,7 @@ func (x *Node) String() string {
 func (*Node) ProtoMessage() {}
 
 func (x *Node) ProtoReflect() protoreflect.Message {
-	mi := &file_consensus_consensus_proto_msgTypes[25]
+	mi := &file_consensus_consensus_proto_msgTypes[29]
 	if x != nil {
 		ms := protoimpl.X.MessageStateOf(protoimpl.Pointer(x))
 		if ms.LoadMessageInfo() == nil {
@@ -1872,7 +2214,7 @@ func (x *Node) ProtoReflect() protoreflect.Message {
 
 // Deprecated: Use Node.ProtoReflect.Descriptor instead.
 func (*Node) Descriptor() ([]byte, []int) {
-	return file_consensus_consensus_proto_rawDescGZIP(), []int{25}
+	return file_consensus_consensus_proto_rawDescGZIP(), []int{29}
 }
 
 func (x *Node) GetId() int64 {
@@ -1926,7 +2268,7 @@ type Region struct {
 
 func (x *Region) Reset() {
 	*x = Region{}
-	mi := &file_consensus_consensus_proto_msgTypes[26]
+	mi := &file_consensus_consensus_proto_msgTypes[30]
 	ms := protoimpl.X.MessageStateOf(protoimpl.Pointer(x))
 	ms.StoreMessageInfo(mi)
 }
@@ -1938,7 +2280,7 @@ func (x *Region) String() string {
 func (*Region) ProtoMessage() {}
 
 func (x *Region) ProtoReflect() protoreflect.Message {
-	mi := &file_consensus_consensus_proto_msgTypes[26]
+	mi := &file_consensus_consensus_proto_msgTypes[30]
 	if x != nil {
 		ms := protoimpl.X.MessageStateOf(protoimpl.Pointer(x))
 		if ms.LoadMessageInfo() == nil {
@@ -1951,7 +2293,7 @@ func (x *Region) ProtoReflect() protoreflect.Message {
 
 // Deprecated: Use Region.ProtoReflect.Descriptor instead.
 func (*Region) Descriptor() ([]byte, []int) {
-	return file_consensus_consensus_proto_rawDescGZIP(), []int{26}
+	return file_consensus_consensus_proto_rawDescGZIP(), []int{30}
 }
 
 func (x *Region) GetName() string {
@@ -1973,7 +2315,7 @@ type StoredMigrationBatch struct {
 
 func (x *StoredMigrationBatch) Reset() {
 	*x = StoredMigrationBatch{}
-	mi := &file_consensus_consensus_proto_msgTypes[27]
+	mi := &file_consensus_consensus_proto_msgTypes[31]
 	ms := protoimpl.X.MessageStateOf(protoimpl.Pointer(x))
 	ms.StoreMessageInfo(mi)
 }
@@ -1985,7 +2327,7 @@ func (x *StoredMigrationBatch) String() string {
 func (*StoredMigrationBatch) ProtoMessage() {}
 
 func (x *StoredMigrationBatch) ProtoReflect() protoreflect.Message {
-	mi := &file_consensus_consensus_proto_msgTypes[27]
+	mi := &file_consensus_consensus_proto_msgTypes[31]
 	if x != nil {
 		ms := protoimpl.X.MessageStateOf(protoimpl.Pointer(x))
 		if ms.LoadMessageInfo() == nil {
@@ -1998,7 +2340,7 @@ func (x *StoredMigrationBatch) ProtoReflect() protoreflect.Message {
 
 // Deprecated: Use StoredMigrationBatch.ProtoReflect.Descriptor instead.
 func (*StoredMigrationBatch) Descriptor() ([]byte, []int) {
-	return file_consensus_consensus_proto_rawDescGZIP(), []int{27}
+	return file_consensus_consensus_proto_rawDescGZIP(), []int{31}
 }
 
 func (x *StoredMigrationBatch) GetMigration() *Migration {
@@ -2033,7 +2375,7 @@ type PingRequest struct {
 
 func (x *PingRequest) Reset() {
 	*x = PingRequest{}
-	mi := &file_consensus_consensus_proto_msgTypes[28]
+	mi := &file_consensus_consensus_proto_msgTypes[32]
 	ms := protoimpl.X.MessageStateOf(protoimpl.Pointer(x))
 	ms.StoreMessageInfo(mi)
 }
@@ -2045,7 +2387,7 @@ func (x *PingRequest) String() string {
 func (*PingRequest) ProtoMessage() {}
 
 func (x *PingRequest) ProtoReflect() protoreflect.Message {
-	mi := &file_consensus_consensus_proto_msgTypes[28]
+	mi := &file_consensus_consensus_proto_msgTypes[32]
 	if x != nil {
 		ms := protoimpl.X.MessageStateOf(protoimpl.Pointer(x))
 		if ms.LoadMessageInfo() == nil {
@@ -2058,7 +2400,7 @@ func (x *PingRequest) ProtoReflect() protoreflect.Message {
 
 // Deprecated: Use PingRequest.ProtoReflect.Descriptor instead.
 func (*PingRequest) Descriptor() ([]byte, []int) {
-	return file_consensus_consensus_proto_rawDescGZIP(), []int{28}
+	return file_consensus_consensus_proto_rawDescGZIP(), []int{32}
 }
 
 func (x *PingRequest) GetSenderNodeId() int64 {
@@ -2086,7 +2428,7 @@ type PingResponse struct {
 
 func (x *PingResponse) Reset() {
 	*x = PingResponse{}
-	mi := &file_consensus_consensus_proto_msgTypes[29]
+	mi := &file_consensus_consensus_proto_msgTypes[33]
 	ms := protoimpl.X.MessageStateOf(protoimpl.Pointer(x))
 	ms.StoreMessageInfo(mi)
 }
@@ -2098,7 +2440,7 @@ func (x *PingResponse) String() string {
 func (*PingResponse) ProtoMessage() {}
 
 func (x *PingResponse) ProtoReflect() protoreflect.Message {
-	mi := &file_consensus_consensus_proto_msgTypes[29]
+	mi := &file_consensus_consensus_proto_msgTypes[33]
 	if x != nil {
 		ms := protoimpl.X.MessageStateOf(protoimpl.Pointer(x))
 		if ms.LoadMessageInfo() == nil {
@@ -2111,7 +2453,7 @@ func (x *PingResponse) ProtoReflect() protoreflect.Message {
 
 // Deprecated: Use PingResponse.ProtoReflect.Descriptor instead.
 func (*PingResponse) Descriptor() ([]byte, []int) {
-	return file_consensus_consensus_proto_rawDescGZIP(), []int{29}
+	return file_consensus_consensus_proto_rawDescGZIP(), []int{33}
 }
 
 func (x *PingResponse) GetSuccess() bool {
@@ -2139,15 +2481,14 @@ func (x *PingResponse) GetTimestamp() *timestamppb.Timestamp {
 type ReadKeyRequest struct {
 	state         protoimpl.MessageState `protogen:"open.v1"`
 	Sender        *Node                  `protobuf:"bytes,1,opt,name=sender,proto3" json:"sender,omitempty"` // The node requesting the read
-	Key           string                 `protobuf:"bytes,2,opt,name=key,proto3" json:"key,omitempty"`       // The key to read
-	Table         string                 `protobuf:"bytes,3,opt,name=table,proto3" json:"table,omitempty"`   // The table the key belongs to
+	Key           []byte                 `protobuf:"bytes,2,opt,name=key,proto3" json:"key,omitempty"`       // The key to read
 	unknownFields protoimpl.UnknownFields
 	sizeCache     protoimpl.SizeCache
 }
 
 func (x *ReadKeyRequest) Reset() {
 	*x = ReadKeyRequest{}
-	mi := &file_consensus_consensus_proto_msgTypes[30]
+	mi := &file_consensus_consensus_proto_msgTypes[34]
 	ms := protoimpl.X.MessageStateOf(protoimpl.Pointer(x))
 	ms.StoreMessageInfo(mi)
 }
@@ -2159,7 +2500,7 @@ func (x *ReadKeyRequest) String() string {
 func (*ReadKeyRequest) ProtoMessage() {}
 
 func (x *ReadKeyRequest) ProtoReflect() protoreflect.Message {
-	mi := &file_consensus_consensus_proto_msgTypes[30]
+	mi := &file_consensus_consensus_proto_msgTypes[34]
 	if x != nil {
 		ms := protoimpl.X.MessageStateOf(protoimpl.Pointer(x))
 		if ms.LoadMessageInfo() == nil {
@@ -2172,7 +2513,7 @@ func (x *ReadKeyRequest) ProtoReflect() protoreflect.Message {
 
 // Deprecated: Use ReadKeyRequest.ProtoReflect.Descriptor instead.
 func (*ReadKeyRequest) Descriptor() ([]byte, []int) {
-	return file_consensus_consensus_proto_rawDescGZIP(), []int{30}
+	return file_consensus_consensus_proto_rawDescGZIP(), []int{34}
 }
 
 func (x *ReadKeyRequest) GetSender() *Node {
@@ -2182,18 +2523,11 @@ func (x *ReadKeyRequest) GetSender() *Node {
 	return nil
 }
 
-func (x *ReadKeyRequest) GetKey() string {
+func (x *ReadKeyRequest) GetKey() []byte {
 	if x != nil {
 		return x.Key
 	}
-	return ""
-}
-
-func (x *ReadKeyRequest) GetTable() string {
-	if x != nil {
-		return x.Table
-	}
-	return ""
+	return nil
 }
 
 type ReadKeyResponse struct {
@@ -2207,7 +2541,7 @@ type ReadKeyResponse struct {
 
 func (x *ReadKeyResponse) Reset() {
 	*x = ReadKeyResponse{}
-	mi := &file_consensus_consensus_proto_msgTypes[31]
+	mi := &file_consensus_consensus_proto_msgTypes[35]
 	ms := protoimpl.X.MessageStateOf(protoimpl.Pointer(x))
 	ms.StoreMessageInfo(mi)
 }
@@ -2219,7 +2553,7 @@ func (x *ReadKeyResponse) String() string {
 func (*ReadKeyResponse) ProtoMessage() {}
 
 func (x *ReadKeyResponse) ProtoReflect() protoreflect.Message {
-	mi := &file_consensus_consensus_proto_msgTypes[31]
+	mi := &file_consensus_consensus_proto_msgTypes[35]
 	if x != nil {
 		ms := protoimpl.X.MessageStateOf(protoimpl.Pointer(x))
 		if ms.LoadMessageInfo() == nil {
@@ -2232,7 +2566,7 @@ func (x *ReadKeyResponse) ProtoReflect() protoreflect.Message {
 
 // Deprecated: Use ReadKeyResponse.ProtoReflect.Descriptor instead.
 func (*ReadKeyResponse) Descriptor() ([]byte, []int) {
-	return file_consensus_consensus_proto_rawDescGZIP(), []int{31}
+	return file_consensus_consensus_proto_rawDescGZIP(), []int{35}
 }
 
 func (x *ReadKeyResponse) GetSuccess() bool {
@@ -2260,15 +2594,14 @@ func (x *ReadKeyResponse) GetError() string {
 type PrefixScanRequest struct {
 	state         protoimpl.MessageState `protogen:"open.v1"`
 	Sender        *Node                  `protobuf:"bytes,1,opt,name=sender,proto3" json:"sender,omitempty"`
-	TablePrefix   string                 `protobuf:"bytes,2,opt,name=tablePrefix,proto3" json:"tablePrefix,omitempty"`
-	RowPrefix     string                 `protobuf:"bytes,3,opt,name=rowPrefix,proto3" json:"rowPrefix,omitempty"`
+	Prefix        []byte                 `protobuf:"bytes,2,opt,name=prefix,proto3" json:"prefix,omitempty"`
 	unknownFields protoimpl.UnknownFields
 	sizeCache     protoimpl.SizeCache
 }
 
 func (x *PrefixScanRequest) Reset() {
 	*x = PrefixScanRequest{}
-	mi := &file_consensus_consensus_proto_msgTypes[32]
+	mi := &file_consensus_consensus_proto_msgTypes[36]
 	ms := protoimpl.X.MessageStateOf(protoimpl.Pointer(x))
 	ms.StoreMessageInfo(mi)
 }
@@ -2280,7 +2613,7 @@ func (x *PrefixScanRequest) String() string {
 func (*PrefixScanRequest) ProtoMessage() {}
 
 func (x *PrefixScanRequest) ProtoReflect() protoreflect.Message {
-	mi := &file_consensus_consensus_proto_msgTypes[32]
+	mi := &file_consensus_consensus_proto_msgTypes[36]
 	if x != nil {
 		ms := protoimpl.X.MessageStateOf(protoimpl.Pointer(x))
 		if ms.LoadMessageInfo() == nil {
@@ -2293,7 +2626,7 @@ func (x *PrefixScanRequest) ProtoReflect() protoreflect.Message {
 
 // Deprecated: Use PrefixScanRequest.ProtoReflect.Descriptor instead.
 func (*PrefixScanRequest) Descriptor() ([]byte, []int) {
-	return file_consensus_consensus_proto_rawDescGZIP(), []int{32}
+	return file_consensus_consensus_proto_rawDescGZIP(), []int{36}
 }
 
 func (x *PrefixScanRequest) GetSender() *Node {
@@ -2303,24 +2636,17 @@ func (x *PrefixScanRequest) GetSender() *Node {
 	return nil
 }
 
-func (x *PrefixScanRequest) GetTablePrefix() string {
+func (x *PrefixScanRequest) GetPrefix() []byte {
 	if x != nil {
-		return x.TablePrefix
+		return x.Prefix
 	}
-	return ""
-}
-
-func (x *PrefixScanRequest) GetRowPrefix() string {
-	if x != nil {
-		return x.RowPrefix
-	}
-	return ""
+	return nil
 }
 
 type PrefixScanResponse struct {
 	state         protoimpl.MessageState `protogen:"open.v1"`
 	Success       bool                   `protobuf:"varint,1,opt,name=success,proto3" json:"success,omitempty"`
-	Keys          []string               `protobuf:"bytes,2,rep,name=keys,proto3" json:"keys,omitempty"`
+	Keys          [][]byte               `protobuf:"bytes,2,rep,name=keys,proto3" json:"keys,omitempty"`
 	Error         string                 `protobuf:"bytes,3,opt,name=error,proto3" json:"error,omitempty"`
 	unknownFields protoimpl.UnknownFields
 	sizeCache     protoimpl.SizeCache
@@ -2328,7 +2654,7 @@ type PrefixScanResponse struct {
 
 func (x *PrefixScanResponse) Reset() {
 	*x = PrefixScanResponse{}
-	mi := &file_consensus_consensus_proto_msgTypes[33]
+	mi := &file_consensus_consensus_proto_msgTypes[37]
 	ms := protoimpl.X.MessageStateOf(protoimpl.Pointer(x))
 	ms.StoreMessageInfo(mi)
 }
@@ -2340,7 +2666,7 @@ func (x *PrefixScanResponse) String() string {
 func (*PrefixScanResponse) ProtoMessage() {}
 
 func (x *PrefixScanResponse) ProtoReflect() protoreflect.Message {
-	mi := &file_consensus_consensus_proto_msgTypes[33]
+	mi := &file_consensus_consensus_proto_msgTypes[37]
 	if x != nil {
 		ms := protoimpl.X.MessageStateOf(protoimpl.Pointer(x))
 		if ms.LoadMessageInfo() == nil {
@@ -2353,7 +2679,7 @@ func (x *PrefixScanResponse) ProtoReflect() protoreflect.Message {
 
 // Deprecated: Use PrefixScanResponse.ProtoReflect.Descriptor instead.
 func (*PrefixScanResponse) Descriptor() ([]byte, []int) {
-	return file_consensus_consensus_proto_rawDescGZIP(), []int{33}
+	return file_consensus_consensus_proto_rawDescGZIP(), []int{37}
 }
 
 func (x *PrefixScanResponse) GetSuccess() bool {
@@ -2363,7 +2689,7 @@ func (x *PrefixScanResponse) GetSuccess() bool {
 	return false
 }
 
-func (x *PrefixScanResponse) GetKeys() []string {
+func (x *PrefixScanResponse) GetKeys() [][]byte {
 	if x != nil {
 		return x.Keys
 	}
@@ -2380,7 +2706,7 @@ func (x *PrefixScanResponse) GetError() string {
 type WriteKeyRequest struct {
 	state         protoimpl.MessageState `protogen:"open.v1"`
 	Sender        *Node                  `protobuf:"bytes,1,opt,name=sender,proto3" json:"sender,omitempty"` // The node requesting the write
-	Table         string                 `protobuf:"bytes,3,opt,name=table,proto3" json:"table,omitempty"`   // The table the key belongs to
+	Table         []byte                 `protobuf:"bytes,3,opt,name=table,proto3" json:"table,omitempty"`   // The table the key belongs to
 	Value         *KVChange              `protobuf:"bytes,4,opt,name=value,proto3" json:"value,omitempty"`   // The value to write
 	unknownFields protoimpl.UnknownFields
 	sizeCache     protoimpl.SizeCache
@@ -2388,7 +2714,7 @@ type WriteKeyRequest struct {
 
 func (x *WriteKeyRequest) Reset() {
 	*x = WriteKeyRequest{}
-	mi := &file_consensus_consensus_proto_msgTypes[34]
+	mi := &file_consensus_consensus_proto_msgTypes[38]
 	ms := protoimpl.X.MessageStateOf(protoimpl.Pointer(x))
 	ms.StoreMessageInfo(mi)
 }
@@ -2400,7 +2726,7 @@ func (x *WriteKeyRequest) String() string {
 func (*WriteKeyRequest) ProtoMessage() {}
 
 func (x *WriteKeyRequest) ProtoReflect() protoreflect.Message {
-	mi := &file_consensus_consensus_proto_msgTypes[34]
+	mi := &file_consensus_consensus_proto_msgTypes[38]
 	if x != nil {
 		ms := protoimpl.X.MessageStateOf(protoimpl.Pointer(x))
 		if ms.LoadMessageInfo() == nil {
@@ -2413,7 +2739,7 @@ func (x *WriteKeyRequest) ProtoReflect() protoreflect.Message {
 
 // Deprecated: Use WriteKeyRequest.ProtoReflect.Descriptor instead.
 func (*WriteKeyRequest) Descriptor() ([]byte, []int) {
-	return file_consensus_consensus_proto_rawDescGZIP(), []int{34}
+	return file_consensus_consensus_proto_rawDescGZIP(), []int{38}
 }
 
 func (x *WriteKeyRequest) GetSender() *Node {
@@ -2423,11 +2749,11 @@ func (x *WriteKeyRequest) GetSender() *Node {
 	return nil
 }
 
-func (x *WriteKeyRequest) GetTable() string {
+func (x *WriteKeyRequest) GetTable() []byte {
 	if x != nil {
 		return x.Table
 	}
-	return ""
+	return nil
 }
 
 func (x *WriteKeyRequest) GetValue() *KVChange {
@@ -2447,7 +2773,7 @@ type WriteKeyResponse struct {
 
 func (x *WriteKeyResponse) Reset() {
 	*x = WriteKeyResponse{}
-	mi := &file_consensus_consensus_proto_msgTypes[35]
+	mi := &file_consensus_consensus_proto_msgTypes[39]
 	ms := protoimpl.X.MessageStateOf(protoimpl.Pointer(x))
 	ms.StoreMessageInfo(mi)
 }
@@ -2459,7 +2785,7 @@ func (x *WriteKeyResponse) String() string {
 func (*WriteKeyResponse) ProtoMessage() {}
 
 func (x *WriteKeyResponse) ProtoReflect() protoreflect.Message {
-	mi := &file_consensus_consensus_proto_msgTypes[35]
+	mi := &file_consensus_consensus_proto_msgTypes[39]
 	if x != nil {
 		ms := protoimpl.X.MessageStateOf(protoimpl.Pointer(x))
 		if ms.LoadMessageInfo() == nil {
@@ -2472,7 +2798,7 @@ func (x *WriteKeyResponse) ProtoReflect() protoreflect.Message {
 
 // Deprecated: Use WriteKeyResponse.ProtoReflect.Descriptor instead.
 func (*WriteKeyResponse) Descriptor() ([]byte, []int) {
-	return file_consensus_consensus_proto_rawDescGZIP(), []int{35}
+	return file_consensus_consensus_proto_rawDescGZIP(), []int{39}
 }
 
 func (x *WriteKeyResponse) GetSuccess() bool {
@@ -2501,7 +2827,7 @@ type ACLData struct {
 
 func (x *ACLData) Reset() {
 	*x = ACLData{}
-	mi := &file_consensus_consensus_proto_msgTypes[36]
+	mi := &file_consensus_consensus_proto_msgTypes[40]
 	ms := protoimpl.X.MessageStateOf(protoimpl.Pointer(x))
 	ms.StoreMessageInfo(mi)
 }
@@ -2513,7 +2839,7 @@ func (x *ACLData) String() string {
 func (*ACLData) ProtoMessage() {}
 
 func (x *ACLData) ProtoReflect() protoreflect.Message {
-	mi := &file_consensus_consensus_proto_msgTypes[36]
+	mi := &file_consensus_consensus_proto_msgTypes[40]
 	if x != nil {
 		ms := protoimpl.X.MessageStateOf(protoimpl.Pointer(x))
 		if ms.LoadMessageInfo() == nil {
@@ -2526,7 +2852,7 @@ func (x *ACLData) ProtoReflect() protoreflect.Message {
 
 // Deprecated: Use ACLData.ProtoReflect.Descriptor instead.
 func (*ACLData) Descriptor() ([]byte, []int) {
-	return file_consensus_consensus_proto_rawDescGZIP(), []int{36}
+	return file_consensus_consensus_proto_rawDescGZIP(), []int{40}
 }
 
 func (x *ACLData) GetPrincipals() []string {
@@ -2559,7 +2885,7 @@ const file_consensus_consensus_proto_rawDesc = "" +
 	"\ftableVersion\x18\x01 \x01(\x03R\ftableVersion\x12*\n" +
 	"\x10migrationVersion\x18\x02 \x01(\x03R\x10migrationVersion\x12\x16\n" +
 	"\x06nodeId\x18\x03 \x01(\x03R\x06nodeId\x12\x1c\n" +
-	"\ttableName\x18\x04 \x01(\tR\ttableName\"\x99\x02\n" +
+	"\ttableName\x18\x04 \x01(\fR\ttableName\"\x99\x02\n" +
 	"\x0fGossipMigration\x12F\n" +
 	"\x10migrationRequest\x18\x01 \x01(\v2\x1a.atlas.consensus.MigrationR\x10migrationRequest\x12,\n" +
 	"\x05table\x18\x02 \x01(\v2\x16.atlas.consensus.TableR\x05table\x12O\n" +
@@ -2595,12 +2921,35 @@ const file_consensus_consensus_proto_rawDesc = "" +
 	"\bdeletion\x18\x03 \x01(\v2\x14.atlas.consensus.ACLH\x00R\bdeletionB\b\n" +
 	"\x06change\"\x1d\n" +
 	"\tDelChange\x12\x10\n" +
-	"\x03key\x18\x01 \x01(\fR\x03key\"\xd7\x01\n" +
+	"\x03key\x18\x01 \x01(\fR\x03key\"f\n" +
+	"\x10SubscriptionList\x12@\n" +
+	"\rsubscriptions\x18\x01 \x03(\v2\x1a.atlas.consensus.SubscribeR\rsubscriptions\x12\x10\n" +
+	"\x03log\x18\x02 \x03(\fR\x03log\"\xa5\x01\n" +
+	"\x10SubscribeOptions\x12\x14\n" +
+	"\x05batch\x18\x01 \x01(\bR\x05batch\x12$\n" +
+	"\rretryAttempts\x18\x02 \x01(\x11R\rretryAttempts\x12A\n" +
+	"\x0eretryAfterBase\x18\x03 \x01(\v2\x19.google.protobuf.DurationR\x0eretryAfterBase\x12\x12\n" +
+	"\x04auth\x18\x04 \x01(\tR\x04auth\"r\n" +
+	"\tSubscribe\x12\x10\n" +
+	"\x03url\x18\x01 \x01(\tR\x03url\x12\x16\n" +
+	"\x06prefix\x18\x02 \x01(\fR\x06prefix\x12;\n" +
+	"\aoptions\x18\x03 \x01(\v2!.atlas.consensus.SubscribeOptionsR\aoptions\"\xae\x02\n" +
+	"\x06Notify\x12\x10\n" +
+	"\x03key\x18\x02 \x01(\fR\x03key\x12.\n" +
+	"\x03set\x18\x03 \x01(\v2\x1a.atlas.consensus.SetChangeH\x00R\x03set\x12.\n" +
+	"\x03del\x18\x04 \x01(\v2\x1a.atlas.consensus.DelChangeH\x00R\x03del\x12.\n" +
+	"\x03acl\x18\x05 \x01(\v2\x1a.atlas.consensus.AclChangeH\x00R\x03acl\x12\x18\n" +
+	"\aversion\x18\x06 \x01(\tR\aversion\x12*\n" +
+	"\x02ts\x18\a \x01(\v2\x1a.google.protobuf.TimestampR\x02ts\x122\n" +
+	"\x06origin\x18\b \x01(\v2\x1a.atlas.consensus.SubscribeR\x06originB\b\n" +
+	"\x06change\"\xba\x02\n" +
 	"\bKVChange\x12.\n" +
 	"\x03set\x18\x01 \x01(\v2\x1a.atlas.consensus.SetChangeH\x00R\x03set\x12.\n" +
 	"\x03del\x18\x02 \x01(\v2\x1a.atlas.consensus.DelChangeH\x00R\x03del\x12.\n" +
 	"\x04data\x18\x03 \x01(\v2\x18.atlas.consensus.RawDataH\x00R\x04data\x12.\n" +
-	"\x03acl\x18\x04 \x01(\v2\x1a.atlas.consensus.AclChangeH\x00R\x03aclB\v\n" +
+	"\x03acl\x18\x04 \x01(\v2\x1a.atlas.consensus.AclChangeH\x00R\x03acl\x12.\n" +
+	"\x03sub\x18\x05 \x01(\v2\x1a.atlas.consensus.SubscribeH\x00R\x03sub\x121\n" +
+	"\x06notify\x18\x06 \x01(\v2\x17.atlas.consensus.NotifyH\x00R\x06notifyB\v\n" +
 	"\toperation\"\x7f\n" +
 	"\rDataMigration\x12.\n" +
 	"\x04time\x18\x03 \x01(\v2\x1a.google.protobuf.TimestampR\x04time\x123\n" +
@@ -2629,7 +2978,7 @@ const file_consensus_consensus_proto_rawDesc = "" +
 	"principals\x18\x03 \x03(\v2\x1a.atlas.consensus.PrincipalR\n" +
 	"principals\"\xb1\x03\n" +
 	"\x05Table\x12\x12\n" +
-	"\x04name\x18\x01 \x01(\tR\x04name\x12M\n" +
+	"\x04name\x18\x01 \x01(\fR\x04name\x12M\n" +
 	"\x10replicationLevel\x18\x02 \x01(\x0e2!.atlas.consensus.ReplicationLevelR\x10replicationLevel\x12+\n" +
 	"\x05owner\x18\x03 \x01(\v2\x15.atlas.consensus.NodeR\x05owner\x128\n" +
 	"\tcreatedAt\x18\x04 \x01(\v2\x1a.google.protobuf.TimestampR\tcreatedAt\x12\x18\n" +
@@ -2678,26 +3027,24 @@ const file_consensus_consensus_proto_rawDesc = "" +
 	"\fPingResponse\x12\x18\n" +
 	"\asuccess\x18\x01 \x01(\bR\asuccess\x12*\n" +
 	"\x11responder_node_id\x18\x02 \x01(\x03R\x0fresponderNodeId\x128\n" +
-	"\ttimestamp\x18\x03 \x01(\v2\x1a.google.protobuf.TimestampR\ttimestamp\"g\n" +
+	"\ttimestamp\x18\x03 \x01(\v2\x1a.google.protobuf.TimestampR\ttimestamp\"Q\n" +
 	"\x0eReadKeyRequest\x12-\n" +
 	"\x06sender\x18\x01 \x01(\v2\x15.atlas.consensus.NodeR\x06sender\x12\x10\n" +
-	"\x03key\x18\x02 \x01(\tR\x03key\x12\x14\n" +
-	"\x05table\x18\x03 \x01(\tR\x05table\"W\n" +
+	"\x03key\x18\x02 \x01(\fR\x03key\"W\n" +
 	"\x0fReadKeyResponse\x12\x18\n" +
 	"\asuccess\x18\x01 \x01(\bR\asuccess\x12\x14\n" +
 	"\x05value\x18\x02 \x01(\fR\x05value\x12\x14\n" +
-	"\x05error\x18\x03 \x01(\tR\x05error\"\x82\x01\n" +
+	"\x05error\x18\x03 \x01(\tR\x05error\"Z\n" +
 	"\x11PrefixScanRequest\x12-\n" +
-	"\x06sender\x18\x01 \x01(\v2\x15.atlas.consensus.NodeR\x06sender\x12 \n" +
-	"\vtablePrefix\x18\x02 \x01(\tR\vtablePrefix\x12\x1c\n" +
-	"\trowPrefix\x18\x03 \x01(\tR\trowPrefix\"X\n" +
+	"\x06sender\x18\x01 \x01(\v2\x15.atlas.consensus.NodeR\x06sender\x12\x16\n" +
+	"\x06prefix\x18\x02 \x01(\fR\x06prefix\"X\n" +
 	"\x12PrefixScanResponse\x12\x18\n" +
 	"\asuccess\x18\x01 \x01(\bR\asuccess\x12\x12\n" +
-	"\x04keys\x18\x02 \x03(\tR\x04keys\x12\x14\n" +
+	"\x04keys\x18\x02 \x03(\fR\x04keys\x12\x14\n" +
 	"\x05error\x18\x03 \x01(\tR\x05error\"\x87\x01\n" +
 	"\x0fWriteKeyRequest\x12-\n" +
 	"\x06sender\x18\x01 \x01(\v2\x15.atlas.consensus.NodeR\x06sender\x12\x14\n" +
-	"\x05table\x18\x03 \x01(\tR\x05table\x12/\n" +
+	"\x05table\x18\x03 \x01(\fR\x05table\x12/\n" +
 	"\x05value\x18\x04 \x01(\v2\x19.atlas.consensus.KVChangeR\x05value\"B\n" +
 	"\x10WriteKeyResponse\x12\x18\n" +
 	"\asuccess\x18\x01 \x01(\bR\asuccess\x12\x14\n" +
@@ -2752,7 +3099,7 @@ func file_consensus_consensus_proto_rawDescGZIP() []byte {
 }
 
 var file_consensus_consensus_proto_enumTypes = make([]protoimpl.EnumInfo, 3)
-var file_consensus_consensus_proto_msgTypes = make([]protoimpl.MessageInfo, 37)
+var file_consensus_consensus_proto_msgTypes = make([]protoimpl.MessageInfo, 41)
 var file_consensus_consensus_proto_goTypes = []any{
 	(ReplicationLevel)(0),               // 0: atlas.consensus.ReplicationLevel
 	(TableType)(0),                      // 1: atlas.consensus.TableType
@@ -2768,117 +3115,131 @@ var file_consensus_consensus_proto_goTypes = []any{
 	(*SetChange)(nil),                   // 11: atlas.consensus.SetChange
 	(*AclChange)(nil),                   // 12: atlas.consensus.AclChange
 	(*DelChange)(nil),                   // 13: atlas.consensus.DelChange
-	(*KVChange)(nil),                    // 14: atlas.consensus.KVChange
-	(*DataMigration)(nil),               // 15: atlas.consensus.DataMigration
-	(*NilMigration)(nil),                // 16: atlas.consensus.NilMigration
-	(*Migration)(nil),                   // 17: atlas.consensus.Migration
-	(*WriteMigrationRequest)(nil),       // 18: atlas.consensus.WriteMigrationRequest
-	(*WriteMigrationResponse)(nil),      // 19: atlas.consensus.WriteMigrationResponse
-	(*Principal)(nil),                   // 20: atlas.consensus.Principal
-	(*Shard)(nil),                       // 21: atlas.consensus.Shard
-	(*Table)(nil),                       // 22: atlas.consensus.Table
-	(*TableGroup)(nil),                  // 23: atlas.consensus.TableGroup
-	(*StealTableOwnershipFailure)(nil),  // 24: atlas.consensus.StealTableOwnershipFailure
-	(*StealTableOwnershipSuccess)(nil),  // 25: atlas.consensus.StealTableOwnershipSuccess
-	(*StealTableOwnershipRequest)(nil),  // 26: atlas.consensus.StealTableOwnershipRequest
-	(*StealTableOwnershipResponse)(nil), // 27: atlas.consensus.StealTableOwnershipResponse
-	(*Node)(nil),                        // 28: atlas.consensus.Node
-	(*Region)(nil),                      // 29: atlas.consensus.Region
-	(*StoredMigrationBatch)(nil),        // 30: atlas.consensus.StoredMigrationBatch
-	(*PingRequest)(nil),                 // 31: atlas.consensus.PingRequest
-	(*PingResponse)(nil),                // 32: atlas.consensus.PingResponse
-	(*ReadKeyRequest)(nil),              // 33: atlas.consensus.ReadKeyRequest
-	(*ReadKeyResponse)(nil),             // 34: atlas.consensus.ReadKeyResponse
-	(*PrefixScanRequest)(nil),           // 35: atlas.consensus.PrefixScanRequest
-	(*PrefixScanResponse)(nil),          // 36: atlas.consensus.PrefixScanResponse
-	(*WriteKeyRequest)(nil),             // 37: atlas.consensus.WriteKeyRequest
-	(*WriteKeyResponse)(nil),            // 38: atlas.consensus.WriteKeyResponse
-	(*ACLData)(nil),                     // 39: atlas.consensus.ACLData
-	(*timestamppb.Timestamp)(nil),       // 40: google.protobuf.Timestamp
-	(*durationpb.Duration)(nil),         // 41: google.protobuf.Duration
-	(*emptypb.Empty)(nil),               // 42: google.protobuf.Empty
+	(*SubscriptionList)(nil),            // 14: atlas.consensus.SubscriptionList
+	(*SubscribeOptions)(nil),            // 15: atlas.consensus.SubscribeOptions
+	(*Subscribe)(nil),                   // 16: atlas.consensus.Subscribe
+	(*Notify)(nil),                      // 17: atlas.consensus.Notify
+	(*KVChange)(nil),                    // 18: atlas.consensus.KVChange
+	(*DataMigration)(nil),               // 19: atlas.consensus.DataMigration
+	(*NilMigration)(nil),                // 20: atlas.consensus.NilMigration
+	(*Migration)(nil),                   // 21: atlas.consensus.Migration
+	(*WriteMigrationRequest)(nil),       // 22: atlas.consensus.WriteMigrationRequest
+	(*WriteMigrationResponse)(nil),      // 23: atlas.consensus.WriteMigrationResponse
+	(*Principal)(nil),                   // 24: atlas.consensus.Principal
+	(*Shard)(nil),                       // 25: atlas.consensus.Shard
+	(*Table)(nil),                       // 26: atlas.consensus.Table
+	(*TableGroup)(nil),                  // 27: atlas.consensus.TableGroup
+	(*StealTableOwnershipFailure)(nil),  // 28: atlas.consensus.StealTableOwnershipFailure
+	(*StealTableOwnershipSuccess)(nil),  // 29: atlas.consensus.StealTableOwnershipSuccess
+	(*StealTableOwnershipRequest)(nil),  // 30: atlas.consensus.StealTableOwnershipRequest
+	(*StealTableOwnershipResponse)(nil), // 31: atlas.consensus.StealTableOwnershipResponse
+	(*Node)(nil),                        // 32: atlas.consensus.Node
+	(*Region)(nil),                      // 33: atlas.consensus.Region
+	(*StoredMigrationBatch)(nil),        // 34: atlas.consensus.StoredMigrationBatch
+	(*PingRequest)(nil),                 // 35: atlas.consensus.PingRequest
+	(*PingResponse)(nil),                // 36: atlas.consensus.PingResponse
+	(*ReadKeyRequest)(nil),              // 37: atlas.consensus.ReadKeyRequest
+	(*ReadKeyResponse)(nil),             // 38: atlas.consensus.ReadKeyResponse
+	(*PrefixScanRequest)(nil),           // 39: atlas.consensus.PrefixScanRequest
+	(*PrefixScanResponse)(nil),          // 40: atlas.consensus.PrefixScanResponse
+	(*WriteKeyRequest)(nil),             // 41: atlas.consensus.WriteKeyRequest
+	(*WriteKeyResponse)(nil),            // 42: atlas.consensus.WriteKeyResponse
+	(*ACLData)(nil),                     // 43: atlas.consensus.ACLData
+	(*durationpb.Duration)(nil),         // 44: google.protobuf.Duration
+	(*timestamppb.Timestamp)(nil),       // 45: google.protobuf.Timestamp
+	(*emptypb.Empty)(nil),               // 46: google.protobuf.Empty
 }
 var file_consensus_consensus_proto_depIdxs = []int32{
-	17, // 0: atlas.consensus.GossipMigration.migrationRequest:type_name -> atlas.consensus.Migration
-	22, // 1: atlas.consensus.GossipMigration.table:type_name -> atlas.consensus.Table
+	21, // 0: atlas.consensus.GossipMigration.migrationRequest:type_name -> atlas.consensus.Migration
+	26, // 1: atlas.consensus.GossipMigration.table:type_name -> atlas.consensus.Table
 	3,  // 2: atlas.consensus.GossipMigration.previousMigration:type_name -> atlas.consensus.MigrationVersion
-	28, // 3: atlas.consensus.GossipMigration.sender:type_name -> atlas.consensus.Node
-	22, // 4: atlas.consensus.JoinClusterResponse.table:type_name -> atlas.consensus.Table
-	39, // 5: atlas.consensus.ACL.owners:type_name -> atlas.consensus.ACLData
-	39, // 6: atlas.consensus.ACL.readers:type_name -> atlas.consensus.ACLData
-	39, // 7: atlas.consensus.ACL.writers:type_name -> atlas.consensus.ACLData
+	32, // 3: atlas.consensus.GossipMigration.sender:type_name -> atlas.consensus.Node
+	26, // 4: atlas.consensus.JoinClusterResponse.table:type_name -> atlas.consensus.Table
+	43, // 5: atlas.consensus.ACL.owners:type_name -> atlas.consensus.ACLData
+	43, // 6: atlas.consensus.ACL.readers:type_name -> atlas.consensus.ACLData
+	43, // 7: atlas.consensus.ACL.writers:type_name -> atlas.consensus.ACLData
 	10, // 8: atlas.consensus.Record.value:type_name -> atlas.consensus.RawData
 	8,  // 9: atlas.consensus.Record.ref:type_name -> atlas.consensus.DataReference
 	7,  // 10: atlas.consensus.Record.accessControl:type_name -> atlas.consensus.ACL
 	9,  // 11: atlas.consensus.SetChange.data:type_name -> atlas.consensus.Record
 	7,  // 12: atlas.consensus.AclChange.addition:type_name -> atlas.consensus.ACL
 	7,  // 13: atlas.consensus.AclChange.deletion:type_name -> atlas.consensus.ACL
-	11, // 14: atlas.consensus.KVChange.set:type_name -> atlas.consensus.SetChange
-	13, // 15: atlas.consensus.KVChange.del:type_name -> atlas.consensus.DelChange
-	10, // 16: atlas.consensus.KVChange.data:type_name -> atlas.consensus.RawData
-	12, // 17: atlas.consensus.KVChange.acl:type_name -> atlas.consensus.AclChange
-	40, // 18: atlas.consensus.DataMigration.time:type_name -> google.protobuf.Timestamp
-	14, // 19: atlas.consensus.DataMigration.change:type_name -> atlas.consensus.KVChange
-	3,  // 20: atlas.consensus.Migration.version:type_name -> atlas.consensus.MigrationVersion
-	6,  // 21: atlas.consensus.Migration.schema:type_name -> atlas.consensus.SchemaMigration
-	15, // 22: atlas.consensus.Migration.data:type_name -> atlas.consensus.DataMigration
-	16, // 23: atlas.consensus.Migration.none:type_name -> atlas.consensus.NilMigration
-	28, // 24: atlas.consensus.WriteMigrationRequest.sender:type_name -> atlas.consensus.Node
-	17, // 25: atlas.consensus.WriteMigrationRequest.migration:type_name -> atlas.consensus.Migration
-	22, // 26: atlas.consensus.WriteMigrationResponse.table:type_name -> atlas.consensus.Table
-	22, // 27: atlas.consensus.Shard.table:type_name -> atlas.consensus.Table
-	22, // 28: atlas.consensus.Shard.shard:type_name -> atlas.consensus.Table
-	20, // 29: atlas.consensus.Shard.principals:type_name -> atlas.consensus.Principal
-	0,  // 30: atlas.consensus.Table.replicationLevel:type_name -> atlas.consensus.ReplicationLevel
-	28, // 31: atlas.consensus.Table.owner:type_name -> atlas.consensus.Node
-	40, // 32: atlas.consensus.Table.createdAt:type_name -> google.protobuf.Timestamp
-	1,  // 33: atlas.consensus.Table.type:type_name -> atlas.consensus.TableType
-	22, // 34: atlas.consensus.TableGroup.details:type_name -> atlas.consensus.Table
-	22, // 35: atlas.consensus.TableGroup.tables:type_name -> atlas.consensus.Table
-	22, // 36: atlas.consensus.StealTableOwnershipFailure.table:type_name -> atlas.consensus.Table
-	22, // 37: atlas.consensus.StealTableOwnershipSuccess.table:type_name -> atlas.consensus.Table
-	17, // 38: atlas.consensus.StealTableOwnershipSuccess.missingMigrations:type_name -> atlas.consensus.Migration
-	28, // 39: atlas.consensus.StealTableOwnershipRequest.sender:type_name -> atlas.consensus.Node
-	2,  // 40: atlas.consensus.StealTableOwnershipRequest.reason:type_name -> atlas.consensus.StealReason
-	22, // 41: atlas.consensus.StealTableOwnershipRequest.table:type_name -> atlas.consensus.Table
-	24, // 42: atlas.consensus.StealTableOwnershipResponse.failure:type_name -> atlas.consensus.StealTableOwnershipFailure
-	25, // 43: atlas.consensus.StealTableOwnershipResponse.success:type_name -> atlas.consensus.StealTableOwnershipSuccess
-	29, // 44: atlas.consensus.Node.region:type_name -> atlas.consensus.Region
-	41, // 45: atlas.consensus.Node.rtt:type_name -> google.protobuf.Duration
-	17, // 46: atlas.consensus.StoredMigrationBatch.migration:type_name -> atlas.consensus.Migration
-	40, // 47: atlas.consensus.PingRequest.timestamp:type_name -> google.protobuf.Timestamp
-	40, // 48: atlas.consensus.PingResponse.timestamp:type_name -> google.protobuf.Timestamp
-	28, // 49: atlas.consensus.ReadKeyRequest.sender:type_name -> atlas.consensus.Node
-	28, // 50: atlas.consensus.PrefixScanRequest.sender:type_name -> atlas.consensus.Node
-	28, // 51: atlas.consensus.WriteKeyRequest.sender:type_name -> atlas.consensus.Node
-	14, // 52: atlas.consensus.WriteKeyRequest.value:type_name -> atlas.consensus.KVChange
-	40, // 53: atlas.consensus.ACLData.created_at:type_name -> google.protobuf.Timestamp
-	40, // 54: atlas.consensus.ACLData.updated_at:type_name -> google.protobuf.Timestamp
-	26, // 55: atlas.consensus.Consensus.StealTableOwnership:input_type -> atlas.consensus.StealTableOwnershipRequest
-	18, // 56: atlas.consensus.Consensus.WriteMigration:input_type -> atlas.consensus.WriteMigrationRequest
-	18, // 57: atlas.consensus.Consensus.AcceptMigration:input_type -> atlas.consensus.WriteMigrationRequest
-	28, // 58: atlas.consensus.Consensus.JoinCluster:input_type -> atlas.consensus.Node
-	4,  // 59: atlas.consensus.Consensus.Gossip:input_type -> atlas.consensus.GossipMigration
-	31, // 60: atlas.consensus.Consensus.Ping:input_type -> atlas.consensus.PingRequest
-	33, // 61: atlas.consensus.Consensus.ReadKey:input_type -> atlas.consensus.ReadKeyRequest
-	37, // 62: atlas.consensus.Consensus.WriteKey:input_type -> atlas.consensus.WriteKeyRequest
-	37, // 63: atlas.consensus.Consensus.DeleteKey:input_type -> atlas.consensus.WriteKeyRequest
-	35, // 64: atlas.consensus.Consensus.PrefixScan:input_type -> atlas.consensus.PrefixScanRequest
-	27, // 65: atlas.consensus.Consensus.StealTableOwnership:output_type -> atlas.consensus.StealTableOwnershipResponse
-	19, // 66: atlas.consensus.Consensus.WriteMigration:output_type -> atlas.consensus.WriteMigrationResponse
-	42, // 67: atlas.consensus.Consensus.AcceptMigration:output_type -> google.protobuf.Empty
-	5,  // 68: atlas.consensus.Consensus.JoinCluster:output_type -> atlas.consensus.JoinClusterResponse
-	42, // 69: atlas.consensus.Consensus.Gossip:output_type -> google.protobuf.Empty
-	32, // 70: atlas.consensus.Consensus.Ping:output_type -> atlas.consensus.PingResponse
-	34, // 71: atlas.consensus.Consensus.ReadKey:output_type -> atlas.consensus.ReadKeyResponse
-	38, // 72: atlas.consensus.Consensus.WriteKey:output_type -> atlas.consensus.WriteKeyResponse
-	38, // 73: atlas.consensus.Consensus.DeleteKey:output_type -> atlas.consensus.WriteKeyResponse
-	36, // 74: atlas.consensus.Consensus.PrefixScan:output_type -> atlas.consensus.PrefixScanResponse
-	65, // [65:75] is the sub-list for method output_type
-	55, // [55:65] is the sub-list for method input_type
-	55, // [55:55] is the sub-list for extension type_name
-	55, // [55:55] is the sub-list for extension extendee
-	0,  // [0:55] is the sub-list for field type_name
+	16, // 14: atlas.consensus.SubscriptionList.subscriptions:type_name -> atlas.consensus.Subscribe
+	44, // 15: atlas.consensus.SubscribeOptions.retryAfterBase:type_name -> google.protobuf.Duration
+	15, // 16: atlas.consensus.Subscribe.options:type_name -> atlas.consensus.SubscribeOptions
+	11, // 17: atlas.consensus.Notify.set:type_name -> atlas.consensus.SetChange
+	13, // 18: atlas.consensus.Notify.del:type_name -> atlas.consensus.DelChange
+	12, // 19: atlas.consensus.Notify.acl:type_name -> atlas.consensus.AclChange
+	45, // 20: atlas.consensus.Notify.ts:type_name -> google.protobuf.Timestamp
+	16, // 21: atlas.consensus.Notify.origin:type_name -> atlas.consensus.Subscribe
+	11, // 22: atlas.consensus.KVChange.set:type_name -> atlas.consensus.SetChange
+	13, // 23: atlas.consensus.KVChange.del:type_name -> atlas.consensus.DelChange
+	10, // 24: atlas.consensus.KVChange.data:type_name -> atlas.consensus.RawData
+	12, // 25: atlas.consensus.KVChange.acl:type_name -> atlas.consensus.AclChange
+	16, // 26: atlas.consensus.KVChange.sub:type_name -> atlas.consensus.Subscribe
+	17, // 27: atlas.consensus.KVChange.notify:type_name -> atlas.consensus.Notify
+	45, // 28: atlas.consensus.DataMigration.time:type_name -> google.protobuf.Timestamp
+	18, // 29: atlas.consensus.DataMigration.change:type_name -> atlas.consensus.KVChange
+	3,  // 30: atlas.consensus.Migration.version:type_name -> atlas.consensus.MigrationVersion
+	6,  // 31: atlas.consensus.Migration.schema:type_name -> atlas.consensus.SchemaMigration
+	19, // 32: atlas.consensus.Migration.data:type_name -> atlas.consensus.DataMigration
+	20, // 33: atlas.consensus.Migration.none:type_name -> atlas.consensus.NilMigration
+	32, // 34: atlas.consensus.WriteMigrationRequest.sender:type_name -> atlas.consensus.Node
+	21, // 35: atlas.consensus.WriteMigrationRequest.migration:type_name -> atlas.consensus.Migration
+	26, // 36: atlas.consensus.WriteMigrationResponse.table:type_name -> atlas.consensus.Table
+	26, // 37: atlas.consensus.Shard.table:type_name -> atlas.consensus.Table
+	26, // 38: atlas.consensus.Shard.shard:type_name -> atlas.consensus.Table
+	24, // 39: atlas.consensus.Shard.principals:type_name -> atlas.consensus.Principal
+	0,  // 40: atlas.consensus.Table.replicationLevel:type_name -> atlas.consensus.ReplicationLevel
+	32, // 41: atlas.consensus.Table.owner:type_name -> atlas.consensus.Node
+	45, // 42: atlas.consensus.Table.createdAt:type_name -> google.protobuf.Timestamp
+	1,  // 43: atlas.consensus.Table.type:type_name -> atlas.consensus.TableType
+	26, // 44: atlas.consensus.TableGroup.details:type_name -> atlas.consensus.Table
+	26, // 45: atlas.consensus.TableGroup.tables:type_name -> atlas.consensus.Table
+	26, // 46: atlas.consensus.StealTableOwnershipFailure.table:type_name -> atlas.consensus.Table
+	26, // 47: atlas.consensus.StealTableOwnershipSuccess.table:type_name -> atlas.consensus.Table
+	21, // 48: atlas.consensus.StealTableOwnershipSuccess.missingMigrations:type_name -> atlas.consensus.Migration
+	32, // 49: atlas.consensus.StealTableOwnershipRequest.sender:type_name -> atlas.consensus.Node
+	2,  // 50: atlas.consensus.StealTableOwnershipRequest.reason:type_name -> atlas.consensus.StealReason
+	26, // 51: atlas.consensus.StealTableOwnershipRequest.table:type_name -> atlas.consensus.Table
+	28, // 52: atlas.consensus.StealTableOwnershipResponse.failure:type_name -> atlas.consensus.StealTableOwnershipFailure
+	29, // 53: atlas.consensus.StealTableOwnershipResponse.success:type_name -> atlas.consensus.StealTableOwnershipSuccess
+	33, // 54: atlas.consensus.Node.region:type_name -> atlas.consensus.Region
+	44, // 55: atlas.consensus.Node.rtt:type_name -> google.protobuf.Duration
+	21, // 56: atlas.consensus.StoredMigrationBatch.migration:type_name -> atlas.consensus.Migration
+	45, // 57: atlas.consensus.PingRequest.timestamp:type_name -> google.protobuf.Timestamp
+	45, // 58: atlas.consensus.PingResponse.timestamp:type_name -> google.protobuf.Timestamp
+	32, // 59: atlas.consensus.ReadKeyRequest.sender:type_name -> atlas.consensus.Node
+	32, // 60: atlas.consensus.PrefixScanRequest.sender:type_name -> atlas.consensus.Node
+	32, // 61: atlas.consensus.WriteKeyRequest.sender:type_name -> atlas.consensus.Node
+	18, // 62: atlas.consensus.WriteKeyRequest.value:type_name -> atlas.consensus.KVChange
+	45, // 63: atlas.consensus.ACLData.created_at:type_name -> google.protobuf.Timestamp
+	45, // 64: atlas.consensus.ACLData.updated_at:type_name -> google.protobuf.Timestamp
+	30, // 65: atlas.consensus.Consensus.StealTableOwnership:input_type -> atlas.consensus.StealTableOwnershipRequest
+	22, // 66: atlas.consensus.Consensus.WriteMigration:input_type -> atlas.consensus.WriteMigrationRequest
+	22, // 67: atlas.consensus.Consensus.AcceptMigration:input_type -> atlas.consensus.WriteMigrationRequest
+	32, // 68: atlas.consensus.Consensus.JoinCluster:input_type -> atlas.consensus.Node
+	4,  // 69: atlas.consensus.Consensus.Gossip:input_type -> atlas.consensus.GossipMigration
+	35, // 70: atlas.consensus.Consensus.Ping:input_type -> atlas.consensus.PingRequest
+	37, // 71: atlas.consensus.Consensus.ReadKey:input_type -> atlas.consensus.ReadKeyRequest
+	41, // 72: atlas.consensus.Consensus.WriteKey:input_type -> atlas.consensus.WriteKeyRequest
+	41, // 73: atlas.consensus.Consensus.DeleteKey:input_type -> atlas.consensus.WriteKeyRequest
+	39, // 74: atlas.consensus.Consensus.PrefixScan:input_type -> atlas.consensus.PrefixScanRequest
+	31, // 75: atlas.consensus.Consensus.StealTableOwnership:output_type -> atlas.consensus.StealTableOwnershipResponse
+	23, // 76: atlas.consensus.Consensus.WriteMigration:output_type -> atlas.consensus.WriteMigrationResponse
+	46, // 77: atlas.consensus.Consensus.AcceptMigration:output_type -> google.protobuf.Empty
+	5,  // 78: atlas.consensus.Consensus.JoinCluster:output_type -> atlas.consensus.JoinClusterResponse
+	46, // 79: atlas.consensus.Consensus.Gossip:output_type -> google.protobuf.Empty
+	36, // 80: atlas.consensus.Consensus.Ping:output_type -> atlas.consensus.PingResponse
+	38, // 81: atlas.consensus.Consensus.ReadKey:output_type -> atlas.consensus.ReadKeyResponse
+	42, // 82: atlas.consensus.Consensus.WriteKey:output_type -> atlas.consensus.WriteKeyResponse
+	42, // 83: atlas.consensus.Consensus.DeleteKey:output_type -> atlas.consensus.WriteKeyResponse
+	40, // 84: atlas.consensus.Consensus.PrefixScan:output_type -> atlas.consensus.PrefixScanResponse
+	75, // [75:85] is the sub-list for method output_type
+	65, // [65:75] is the sub-list for method input_type
+	65, // [65:65] is the sub-list for extension type_name
+	65, // [65:65] is the sub-list for extension extendee
+	0,  // [0:65] is the sub-list for field type_name
 }
 
 func init() { file_consensus_consensus_proto_init() }
@@ -2894,21 +3255,28 @@ func file_consensus_consensus_proto_init() {
 		(*AclChange_Addition)(nil),
 		(*AclChange_Deletion)(nil),
 	}
-	file_consensus_consensus_proto_msgTypes[11].OneofWrappers = []any{
+	file_consensus_consensus_proto_msgTypes[14].OneofWrappers = []any{
+		(*Notify_Set)(nil),
+		(*Notify_Del)(nil),
+		(*Notify_Acl)(nil),
+	}
+	file_consensus_consensus_proto_msgTypes[15].OneofWrappers = []any{
 		(*KVChange_Set)(nil),
 		(*KVChange_Del)(nil),
 		(*KVChange_Data)(nil),
 		(*KVChange_Acl)(nil),
+		(*KVChange_Sub)(nil),
+		(*KVChange_Notify)(nil),
 	}
-	file_consensus_consensus_proto_msgTypes[12].OneofWrappers = []any{
+	file_consensus_consensus_proto_msgTypes[16].OneofWrappers = []any{
 		(*DataMigration_Change)(nil),
 	}
-	file_consensus_consensus_proto_msgTypes[14].OneofWrappers = []any{
+	file_consensus_consensus_proto_msgTypes[18].OneofWrappers = []any{
 		(*Migration_Schema)(nil),
 		(*Migration_Data)(nil),
 		(*Migration_None)(nil),
 	}
-	file_consensus_consensus_proto_msgTypes[24].OneofWrappers = []any{
+	file_consensus_consensus_proto_msgTypes[28].OneofWrappers = []any{
 		(*StealTableOwnershipResponse_Failure)(nil),
 		(*StealTableOwnershipResponse_Success)(nil),
 	}
@@ -2918,7 +3286,7 @@ func file_consensus_consensus_proto_init() {
 			GoPackagePath: reflect.TypeOf(x{}).PkgPath(),
 			RawDescriptor: unsafe.Slice(unsafe.StringData(file_consensus_consensus_proto_rawDesc), len(file_consensus_consensus_proto_rawDesc)),
 			NumEnums:      3,
-			NumMessages:   37,
+			NumMessages:   41,
 			NumExtensions: 0,
 			NumServices:   1,
 		},
diff --git a/atlas/consensus/consensus.proto b/atlas/consensus/consensus.proto
index bb6e530..c2190a4 100644
--- a/atlas/consensus/consensus.proto
+++ b/atlas/consensus/consensus.proto
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ message MigrationVersion {
   int64 tableVersion = 1; // The version of the table
   int64 migrationVersion = 2; // The version of the migration
   int64 nodeId = 3; // The ID of the node
-  string tableName = 4; // The name of the table
+  bytes tableName = 4; // The name of the table
 }
 
 message GossipMigration {
@@ -103,12 +103,44 @@ message DelChange {
   bytes key = 1;
 }
 
+message SubscriptionList {
+  repeated Subscribe subscriptions = 1;
+  repeated bytes log = 2;
+}
+
+message SubscribeOptions {
+  bool batch = 1;
+  sint32 retryAttempts = 2;
+  google.protobuf.Duration retryAfterBase = 3;
+  string auth = 4;
+}
+
+message Subscribe {
+  string url = 1;
+  bytes prefix = 2;
+  SubscribeOptions options = 3;
+}
+
+message Notify {
+  bytes key = 2;
+  oneof change {
+    SetChange set = 3;
+    DelChange del = 4;
+    AclChange acl = 5;
+  }
+  string version = 6;
+  google.protobuf.Timestamp ts = 7;
+  Subscribe origin = 8;
+}
+
 message KVChange {
   oneof operation {
     SetChange set = 1;
     DelChange del = 2;
     RawData data = 3;
     AclChange acl = 4;
+    Subscribe sub = 5;
+    Notify notify = 6;
   }
 }
 
@@ -166,7 +198,7 @@ message Shard {
 }
 
 message Table {
-  string name = 1; // The name of the table
+  bytes name = 1; // The name of the table
   ReplicationLevel replicationLevel = 2; // The replication level of the table
   Node owner = 3; // The global owner of the table
   google.protobuf.Timestamp createdAt = 4; // The time the table was created
@@ -247,8 +279,7 @@ message PingResponse {
 // Remote read messages for leader-based reads
 message ReadKeyRequest {
   Node sender = 1; // The node requesting the read
-  string key = 2; // The key to read
-  string table = 3; // The table the key belongs to
+  bytes key = 2; // The key to read
 }
 
 message ReadKeyResponse {
@@ -260,19 +291,18 @@ message ReadKeyResponse {
 // Remote prefix scan
 message PrefixScanRequest {
   Node sender = 1;
-  string tablePrefix = 2;
-  string rowPrefix = 3;
+  bytes prefix = 2;
 }
 
 message PrefixScanResponse {
   bool success = 1;
-  repeated string keys = 2;
+  repeated bytes keys = 2;
   string error = 3;
 }
 
 message WriteKeyRequest {
   Node sender = 1; // The node requesting the write
-  string table = 3; // The table the key belongs to
+  bytes table = 3; // The table the key belongs to
   KVChange value = 4; // The value to write
 }
 
diff --git a/atlas/consensus/data-repository.go b/atlas/consensus/data-repository.go
index 4bc67e9..07ed47a 100644
--- a/atlas/consensus/data-repository.go
+++ b/atlas/consensus/data-repository.go
@@ -107,6 +107,10 @@ func (d *DataR) ProcessOutgoingMigration(m *Migration) (*Migration, error) {
 			return m, nil
 		case *KVChange_Del:
 			return m, nil
+		case *KVChange_Notify:
+			return m, nil
+		case *KVChange_Sub:
+			return m, nil
 		case *KVChange_Set:
 			switch data := op.Set.GetData().GetData().(type) {
 			case *Record_Ref:
@@ -145,6 +149,12 @@ func (d *DataR) ProcessIncomingMigration(m *Migration) (*Migration, error) {
 			return m, nil
 		case *KVChange_Del:
 			return m, nil
+		case *KVChange_Notify:
+			// Notifications are passed through without content deduplication
+			return m, nil
+		case *KVChange_Sub:
+			// Subscriptions are passed through without content deduplication
+			return m, nil
 		case *KVChange_Set:
 			switch data := op.Set.GetData().GetData().(type) {
 			case *Record_Ref:
diff --git a/atlas/consensus/majority-quorum.go b/atlas/consensus/majority-quorum.go
index d74b7e1..9a312d9 100644
--- a/atlas/consensus/majority-quorum.go
+++ b/atlas/consensus/majority-quorum.go
@@ -59,14 +59,7 @@ func (m *majorityQuorum) CurrentNodeInMigrationQuorum() bool {
 var ErrKVPoolNotInitialized = errors.New("KV pool not initialized")
 var ErrMetadataStoreClosed = errors.New("metadata store closed")
 var ErrCannotStealGroupOwnership = errors.New("cannot steal ownership of a table in a group")
-
-type ErrStealTableOwnershipFailed struct {
-	Table *Table
-}
-
-func (e ErrStealTableOwnershipFailed) Error() string {
-	return "failed to steal ownership of table " + e.Table.String()
-}
+var ErrStealTableOwnershipFailed = errors.New("failed to steal ownership of table")
 
 func (m *majorityQuorum) Gossip(ctx context.Context, in *GossipMigration, opts ...grpc.CallOption) (*emptypb.Empty, error) {
 	// Get KV store for metadata operations
@@ -231,7 +224,7 @@ func (m *majorityQuorum) ReadKey(ctx context.Context, in *ReadKeyRequest, opts .
 		return nil, err
 	}
 
-	table, err := tr.GetTable(in.GetTable())
+	table, err := tr.GetTable(in.GetKey())
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, err
 	}
@@ -244,7 +237,7 @@ func (m *majorityQuorum) ReadKey(ctx context.Context, in *ReadKeyRequest, opts .
 
 	if table == nil {
 		table = &Table{
-			Name:              in.Table,
+			Name:              in.GetKey(),
 			ReplicationLevel:  ReplicationLevel_global,
 			Owner:             currentNode,
 			CreatedAt:         timestamppb.Now(),
@@ -267,7 +260,7 @@ func (m *majorityQuorum) ReadKey(ctx context.Context, in *ReadKeyRequest, opts .
 		return nil, err
 	}
 	if phase1.Promised {
-		return nil, ErrStealTableOwnershipFailed{Table: phase1.GetSuccess().GetTable()}
+		return nil, ErrStealTableOwnershipFailed
 	}
 
 	owner := phase1.GetFailure().GetTable().GetOwner()
@@ -297,104 +290,7 @@ func upsertTable(ctx context.Context, tr TableRepository, table *Table) error {
 }
 
 func (m *majorityQuorum) PrefixScan(ctx context.Context, in *PrefixScanRequest, opts ...grpc.CallOption) (*PrefixScanResponse, error) {
-	nr := NewNodeRepository(ctx, kv.GetPool().MetaStore())
-	qm := GetDefaultQuorumManager(ctx)
-
-	var allNodes []*Node
-	err := nr.Iterate(false, func(node *Node, txn *kv.Transaction) error {
-		allNodes = append(allNodes, node)
-		return nil
-	})
-	if err != nil {
-		options.Logger.Error("Failed to iterate nodes", zap.Error(err))
-		return &PrefixScanResponse{
-			Success: false,
-			Error:   "failed to get nodes: " + err.Error(),
-		}, nil
-	}
-
-	// Edge case: no nodes available
-	if len(allNodes) == 0 {
-		options.Logger.Warn("No nodes available for PrefixScan")
-		return &PrefixScanResponse{
-			Success: true,
-			Keys:    []string{},
-		}, nil
-	}
-
-	allKeys := make(map[string]bool)
-	var mu sync.Mutex
-	wg := sync.WaitGroup{}
-	wg.Add(len(allNodes))
-	errs := make([]error, len(allNodes))
-
-	for i, node := range allNodes {
-		go func(i int, node *Node) {
-			defer wg.Done()
-
-			resp, err := qm.Send(node, func(quorumNode *QuorumNode) (any, error) {
-				return quorumNode.PrefixScan(ctx, in, opts...)
-			})
-
-			if err != nil {
-				errs[i] = err
-				return
-			}
-
-			if scanResp, ok := resp.(*PrefixScanResponse); ok && scanResp.Success {
-				mu.Lock()
-				for _, key := range scanResp.Keys {
-					allKeys[key] = true
-				}
-				mu.Unlock()
-			}
-		}(i, node)
-	}
-
-	wg.Wait()
-
-	// Inspect errors to determine if the broadcast succeeded
-	var nonNilErrs []error
-	successCount := 0
-	for _, err := range errs {
-		if err != nil {
-			nonNilErrs = append(nonNilErrs, err)
-		} else {
-			successCount++
-		}
-	}
-
-	keys := make([]string, 0, len(allKeys))
-	for key := range allKeys {
-		keys = append(keys, key)
-	}
-
-	// If all nodes failed, return failure
-	if successCount == 0 && len(nonNilErrs) > 0 {
-		joinedErr := errors.Join(nonNilErrs...)
-		options.Logger.Error("PrefixScan failed on all nodes",
-			zap.Int("total_nodes", len(allNodes)),
-			zap.Error(joinedErr))
-		return &PrefixScanResponse{
-			Success: false,
-			Error:   joinedErr.Error(),
-		}, nil
-	}
-
-	// If some nodes failed but some succeeded, log the partial failure
-	if len(nonNilErrs) > 0 {
-		joinedErr := errors.Join(nonNilErrs...)
-		options.Logger.Warn("PrefixScan succeeded on some nodes but failed on others",
-			zap.Int("success_count", successCount),
-			zap.Int("error_count", len(nonNilErrs)),
-			zap.Int("total_nodes", len(allNodes)),
-			zap.Error(joinedErr))
-	}
-
-	return &PrefixScanResponse{
-		Success: true,
-		Keys:    keys,
-	}, nil
+	return nil, errors.New("use broadcast prefix scan instead")
 }
 
 func (m *majorityQuorum) WriteKey(ctx context.Context, in *WriteKeyRequest, opts ...grpc.CallOption) (*WriteKeyResponse, error) {
@@ -405,6 +301,7 @@ func (m *majorityQuorum) WriteKey(ctx context.Context, in *WriteKeyRequest, opts
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, err
 	}
+	in.Sender = currentNode
 
 	table, err := tr.GetTable(in.GetTable())
 	if err != nil {
@@ -435,7 +332,8 @@ func (m *majorityQuorum) WriteKey(ctx context.Context, in *WriteKeyRequest, opts
 	}
 
 	phase1, err := m.StealTableOwnership(ctx, p1r, opts...)
-	if err != nil {
+	if err != nil && !errors.Is(err, ErrStealTableOwnershipFailed) {
+		options.Logger.Error("failed to steal table ownership [critical]", zap.Error(err))
 		return nil, err
 	}
 	if !phase1.Promised {
@@ -445,7 +343,19 @@ func (m *majorityQuorum) WriteKey(ctx context.Context, in *WriteKeyRequest, opts
 		if err != nil {
 			return nil, err
 		}
-		return nil, ErrStealTableOwnershipFailed{Table: table}
+		owner := phase1.GetFailure().GetTable().GetOwner()
+		options.Logger.Error("forwarding write key to owner", zap.Int64("owner_id", owner.GetId()))
+		qm := GetDefaultQuorumManager(ctx)
+		resp, err := qm.Send(owner, func(node *QuorumNode) (any, error) {
+			return node.WriteKey(ctx, in, opts...)
+		})
+		if err != nil {
+			return nil, errors.Join(errors.New("failed to forward write key to owner"), err)
+		}
+		if resp == nil {
+			return nil, errors.New("owner returned nil response")
+		}
+		return resp.(*WriteKeyResponse), nil
 	}
 
 	// we are promised the table, but we may be missing migrations
@@ -454,7 +364,7 @@ func (m *majorityQuorum) WriteKey(ctx context.Context, in *WriteKeyRequest, opts
 		return nil, err
 	}
 
-	s := Server{}
+	s := NewServer()
 	for _, migration := range phase1.GetSuccess().GetMissingMigrations() {
 		_, err = s.AcceptMigration(ctx, &WriteMigrationRequest{
 			Sender:    currentNode,
@@ -520,6 +430,41 @@ func (m *majorityQuorum) WriteKey(ctx context.Context, in *WriteKeyRequest, opts
 		} else if !errors.Is(err, kv.ErrKeyNotFound) {
 			return &WriteKeyResponse{Success: false, Error: fmt.Sprintf("failed to check key: %v", err)}, nil
 		}
+	case *KVChange_Acl:
+		key := op.Acl.GetKey()
+		var record Record
+		store := kv.GetPool().DataStore()
+		val, err := store.Get(ctx, key)
+		if err != nil && errors.Is(err, kv.ErrKeyNotFound) {
+			break
+		}
+		if err != nil {
+			return &WriteKeyResponse{
+				Success: false,
+				Error:   fmt.Sprintf("failed to get key: %v", err),
+			}, nil
+		}
+		err = proto.Unmarshal(val, &record)
+		if err != nil {
+			return nil, fmt.Errorf("failed to unmarshal record: %v", err)
+		}
+		if isOwner(ctx, &record) {
+			break
+		}
+		return &WriteKeyResponse{
+			Success: false,
+			Error:   "principal isn't allowed to modify ACLs for this key",
+		}, nil
+	case *KVChange_Notify:
+		// Notifications are internal system operations that bypass ACL checks
+		// They are written to magic keys for subscription processing
+		break
+	case *KVChange_Sub:
+		// Subscriptions are internal system operations that bypass ACL checks
+		// They are written to magic keys for subscription storage
+		break
+	default:
+		panic("unknown operation type")
 	}
 
 	// we have completed phase 1, now we move on to phase 2
@@ -548,7 +493,7 @@ func (m *majorityQuorum) WriteKey(ctx context.Context, in *WriteKeyRequest, opts
 		return nil, err
 	}
 	if !p2.Success {
-		return nil, ErrStealTableOwnershipFailed{Table: p2.GetTable()}
+		return nil, ErrStealTableOwnershipFailed
 	}
 
 	_, err = m.AcceptMigration(ctx, p2r, opts...)
@@ -609,7 +554,7 @@ func (m *majorityQuorum) DeleteKey(ctx context.Context, in *WriteKeyRequest, opt
 		if err != nil {
 			return nil, err
 		}
-		return nil, ErrStealTableOwnershipFailed{Table: table}
+		return nil, ErrStealTableOwnershipFailed
 	}
 
 	// we are promised the table, but we may be missing migrations
@@ -681,7 +626,7 @@ func (m *majorityQuorum) DeleteKey(ctx context.Context, in *WriteKeyRequest, opt
 		return nil, err
 	}
 	if !p2.Success {
-		return nil, ErrStealTableOwnershipFailed{Table: p2.GetTable()}
+		return nil, ErrStealTableOwnershipFailed
 	}
 
 	_, err = m.AcceptMigration(ctx, p2r, opts...)
diff --git a/atlas/consensus/migration-repository-kv_test.go b/atlas/consensus/migration-repository-kv_test.go
index 6ae0b8c..0f74e37 100644
--- a/atlas/consensus/migration-repository-kv_test.go
+++ b/atlas/consensus/migration-repository-kv_test.go
@@ -35,14 +35,14 @@ func TestMigrationRepositoryKV_GetNextVersion(t *testing.T) {
 	repo := NewMigrationRepositoryKV(ctx, store, dr).(*MigrationR)
 
 	// Test next version for empty table
-	version, err := repo.GetNextVersion("test_table")
+	version, err := repo.GetNextVersion(KeyName("test_table"))
 	assert.NoError(t, err)
 	assert.Equal(t, int64(1), version)
 
 	// Add some migrations
 	migration1 := &Migration{
 		Version: &MigrationVersion{
-			TableName:        "test_table",
+			TableName:        KeyName("test_table"),
 			TableVersion:     1,
 			MigrationVersion: 1,
 			NodeId:           123,
@@ -56,7 +56,7 @@ func TestMigrationRepositoryKV_GetNextVersion(t *testing.T) {
 
 	migration2 := &Migration{
 		Version: &MigrationVersion{
-			TableName:        "test_table",
+			TableName:        KeyName("test_table"),
 			TableVersion:     1,
 			MigrationVersion: 3,
 			NodeId:           123,
@@ -74,7 +74,7 @@ func TestMigrationRepositoryKV_GetNextVersion(t *testing.T) {
 	require.NoError(t, err)
 
 	// Next version should be 4 (max version + 1)
-	nextVersion, err := repo.GetNextVersion("test_table")
+	nextVersion, err := repo.GetNextVersion(KeyName("test_table"))
 	assert.NoError(t, err)
 	assert.Equal(t, int64(4), nextVersion)
 }
@@ -90,7 +90,7 @@ func TestMigrationRepositoryKV_AddAndGetMigration(t *testing.T) {
 	// Test schema migration
 	schemaMigration := &Migration{
 		Version: &MigrationVersion{
-			TableName:        "test_table",
+			TableName:        KeyName("test_table"),
 			TableVersion:     1,
 			MigrationVersion: 1,
 			NodeId:           123,
@@ -138,7 +138,7 @@ func TestMigrationRepositoryKV_DataMigration(t *testing.T) {
 
 	dataMigration := &Migration{
 		Version: &MigrationVersion{
-			TableName:        "test_table",
+			TableName:        KeyName("test_table"),
 			TableVersion:     1,
 			MigrationVersion: 2,
 			NodeId:           123,
@@ -186,7 +186,7 @@ func TestMigrationRepositoryKV_CommitOperations(t *testing.T) {
 	// Add migration
 	migration := &Migration{
 		Version: &MigrationVersion{
-			TableName:        "test_table",
+			TableName:        KeyName("test_table"),
 			TableVersion:     1,
 			MigrationVersion: 1,
 			NodeId:           123,
@@ -206,7 +206,7 @@ func TestMigrationRepositoryKV_CommitOperations(t *testing.T) {
 	assert.NoError(t, err)
 
 	// Verify committed status by checking uncommitted migrations
-	table := &Table{Name: "test_table"}
+	table := &Table{Name: KeyName("test_table")}
 	uncommitted, err := repo.GetUncommittedMigrations(table)
 	assert.NoError(t, err)
 	assert.Len(t, uncommitted, 0) // Should be empty since we committed it
@@ -223,7 +223,7 @@ func TestMigrationRepositoryKV_CommitAllMigrations(t *testing.T) {
 	// Add multiple migrations for same table
 	migration1 := &Migration{
 		Version: &MigrationVersion{
-			TableName:        "test_table",
+			TableName:        KeyName("test_table"),
 			TableVersion:     1,
 			MigrationVersion: 1,
 			NodeId:           123,
@@ -237,7 +237,7 @@ func TestMigrationRepositoryKV_CommitAllMigrations(t *testing.T) {
 
 	migration2 := &Migration{
 		Version: &MigrationVersion{
-			TableName:        "test_table",
+			TableName:        KeyName("test_table"),
 			TableVersion:     1,
 			MigrationVersion: 2,
 			NodeId:           124,
@@ -255,11 +255,11 @@ func TestMigrationRepositoryKV_CommitAllMigrations(t *testing.T) {
 	require.NoError(t, err)
 
 	// Test CommitAllMigrations
-	err = repo.CommitAllMigrations("test_table")
+	err = repo.CommitAllMigrations(KeyName("test_table"))
 	assert.NoError(t, err)
 
 	// Verify all migrations are committed
-	table := &Table{Name: "test_table"}
+	table := &Table{Name: KeyName("test_table")}
 	uncommitted, err := repo.GetUncommittedMigrations(table)
 	assert.NoError(t, err)
 	assert.Len(t, uncommitted, 0)
@@ -276,7 +276,7 @@ func TestMigrationRepositoryKV_GetUncommittedMigrations(t *testing.T) {
 	// Add regular migration
 	regularMigration := &Migration{
 		Version: &MigrationVersion{
-			TableName:        "test_table",
+			TableName:        KeyName("test_table"),
 			TableVersion:     1,
 			MigrationVersion: 1,
 			NodeId:           123,
@@ -291,7 +291,7 @@ func TestMigrationRepositoryKV_GetUncommittedMigrations(t *testing.T) {
 	// Add gossip migration
 	gossipMigration := &Migration{
 		Version: &MigrationVersion{
-			TableName:        "test_table",
+			TableName:        KeyName("test_table"),
 			TableVersion:     1,
 			MigrationVersion: 2,
 			NodeId:           124,
@@ -309,7 +309,7 @@ func TestMigrationRepositoryKV_GetUncommittedMigrations(t *testing.T) {
 	require.NoError(t, err)
 
 	// Get uncommitted migrations (should exclude gossip)
-	table := &Table{Name: "test_table"}
+	table := &Table{Name: KeyName("test_table")}
 	uncommitted, err := repo.GetUncommittedMigrations(table)
 	assert.NoError(t, err)
 	assert.Len(t, uncommitted, 1) // Only regular migration, not gossip
@@ -327,7 +327,7 @@ func TestMigrationRepositoryKV_GossipMigration(t *testing.T) {
 
 	gossipMigration := &Migration{
 		Version: &MigrationVersion{
-			TableName:        "test_table",
+			TableName:        KeyName("test_table"),
 			TableVersion:     1,
 			MigrationVersion: 1,
 			NodeId:           123,
@@ -348,7 +348,7 @@ func TestMigrationRepositoryKV_GossipMigration(t *testing.T) {
 	assert.Len(t, retrieved, 1)
 
 	// Verify it's marked as gossip (indirectly by checking uncommitted list)
-	table := &Table{Name: "test_table"}
+	table := &Table{Name: KeyName("test_table")}
 	uncommitted, err := repo.GetUncommittedMigrations(table)
 	assert.NoError(t, err)
 	assert.Len(t, uncommitted, 0) // Gossip migrations don't appear in uncommitted list
@@ -364,7 +364,7 @@ func TestMigrationRepositoryKV_DuplicateInsert(t *testing.T) {
 
 	migration := &Migration{
 		Version: &MigrationVersion{
-			TableName:        "test_table",
+			TableName:        KeyName("test_table"),
 			TableVersion:     1,
 			MigrationVersion: 1,
 			NodeId:           123,
@@ -406,7 +406,7 @@ func TestMigrationRepositoryKV_ErrorCases(t *testing.T) {
 
 	// Test CommitMigrationExact with non-existent migration
 	nonExistentVersion := &MigrationVersion{
-		TableName:        "non_existent_table",
+		TableName:        KeyName("non_existent_table"),
 		TableVersion:     1,
 		MigrationVersion: 999,
 		NodeId:           999,
diff --git a/atlas/consensus/migration-repository.go b/atlas/consensus/migration-repository.go
index 3b06064..c7fccaa 100644
--- a/atlas/consensus/migration-repository.go
+++ b/atlas/consensus/migration-repository.go
@@ -35,13 +35,13 @@ type MigrationRepository interface {
 	// GetMigrationVersion returns all migrations for a given version.
 	GetMigrationVersion(version *MigrationVersion) ([]*Migration, error)
 	// CommitAllMigrations commits all migrations for a given table.
-	CommitAllMigrations(table string) error
+	CommitAllMigrations(table KeyName) error
 	// CommitMigrationExact commits a migration for a given version.
 	CommitMigrationExact(version *MigrationVersion) error
 	// AddGossipMigration adds a migration to the migration table as a gossiped migration.
 	AddGossipMigration(migration *Migration) error
 	// GetNextVersion returns the next version for a given table.
-	GetNextVersion(table string) (int64, error)
+	GetNextVersion(table KeyName) (int64, error)
 }
 
 // NewMigrationRepositoryKV creates a new KV-based migration repository
@@ -110,10 +110,10 @@ func gossipFromBool(b bool) gossipValue {
 	return gossipValueFalse
 }
 
-func (m *MigrationR) getUncommittedMigrationPrefix(table string, version int64, node int64, gossip gossipValue) Prefix {
+func (m *MigrationR) getUncommittedMigrationPrefix(table []byte, version int64, node int64, gossip gossipValue) Prefix {
 	key := kv.NewKeyBuilder().Meta().Index().
 		Append("migu").
-		Append("t").Append(table)
+		Append("t").AppendBytes(table)
 
 	switch gossip {
 	case gossipValueUnset:
@@ -223,7 +223,7 @@ func (m *MigrationR) GetMigrationVersion(version *MigrationVersion) ([]*Migratio
 	return migrations, nil
 }
 
-func (m *MigrationR) CommitAllMigrations(table string) error {
+func (m *MigrationR) CommitAllMigrations(table KeyName) error {
 	prefix := m.getUncommittedMigrationPrefix(table, 0, 0, gossipValueFalse)
 	err := m.ScanIndex(prefix, true, func(primaryKey []byte, txn *kv.Transaction) error {
 		return m.Update(MigrationKey{GenericKey{raw: primaryKey}}, func(batch *StoredMigrationBatch, txn kv.Transaction) (*StoredMigrationBatch, error) {
@@ -260,7 +260,7 @@ func (m *MigrationR) AddGossipMigration(migration *Migration) (err error) {
 	return m.Put(storedMigration)
 }
 
-func (m *MigrationR) GetNextVersion(table string) (int64, error) {
+func (m *MigrationR) GetNextVersion(table KeyName) (int64, error) {
 	prefix := m.getMigrationPrefix(&MigrationVersion{
 		TableName: table,
 	})
diff --git a/atlas/consensus/named_locks.go b/atlas/consensus/named_locks.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..1ced75d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/atlas/consensus/named_locks.go
@@ -0,0 +1,119 @@
+/*
+ * This file is part of Atlas-DB.
+ *
+ * Atlas-DB is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
+ * it under the terms of the GNU Affero General Public License as
+ * published by the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of
+ * the License, or (at your option) any later version.
+ *
+ * Atlas-DB is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+ * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+ * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
+ * GNU Affero General Public License for more details.
+ *
+ * You should have received a copy of the GNU Affero General Public License
+ * along with Atlas-DB. If not, see <https://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+ *
+ */
+
+package consensus
+
+import (
+	"errors"
+	"sync"
+)
+
+type namedLock struct {
+	name string
+	mu sync.Mutex
+	lock sync.Mutex
+	refs int
+	onRelease func()
+}
+
+func newNamedLock(name string, onRelease func()) *namedLock {
+	return &namedLock{
+		name: name,
+		mu: sync.Mutex{},
+		refs: 0,
+		lock: sync.Mutex{},
+		onRelease: onRelease,
+	}
+}
+
+func (n *namedLock) addRef() error {
+	n.mu.Lock()
+	defer n.mu.Unlock()
+	n.refs++
+	if n.refs == 0 {
+		return errors.New("lock already released")
+	}
+	return nil
+}
+
+func (n *namedLock) release() {
+	n.mu.Lock()
+	n.refs--
+	if n.refs == 0 {
+		n.refs = -1
+		n.mu.Unlock()
+		n.onRelease()
+	} else {
+		n.mu.Unlock()
+	}
+}
+
+type namedLocker struct {
+	locks map[string]*namedLock
+	mu sync.Mutex
+}
+
+func newNamedLocker() *namedLocker {
+	return &namedLocker{
+		locks: make(map[string]*namedLock),
+		mu: sync.Mutex{},
+	}
+}
+
+func (l *namedLocker) lock(name string) {
+	l.mu.Lock()
+	lock, ok := l.locks[name]
+	if !ok {
+		lock = newNamedLock(name, func() {
+			l.mu.Lock()
+			delete(l.locks, name)
+			l.mu.Unlock()
+		})
+		l.locks[name] = lock
+	}
+	err := lock.addRef()
+	if err != nil {
+		l.mu.Unlock()
+		l.lock(name)
+		return
+	}
+	l.mu.Unlock()
+	lock.lock.Lock()
+}
+
+func (l *namedLocker) unlock(name string) {
+	l.mu.Lock()
+	lock, ok := l.locks[name]
+	if !ok {
+		l.mu.Unlock()
+		return
+	}
+
+	// Decrement refs while holding l.mu
+	lock.mu.Lock()
+	lock.refs--
+	shouldCleanup := lock.refs == 0
+	if shouldCleanup {
+		lock.refs = -1
+		delete(l.locks, name)
+	}
+	lock.mu.Unlock()
+	l.mu.Unlock()
+
+	lock.lock.Unlock()
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/atlas/consensus/named_locks_test.go b/atlas/consensus/named_locks_test.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..618efc2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/atlas/consensus/named_locks_test.go
@@ -0,0 +1,273 @@
+/*
+ * This file is part of Atlas-DB.
+ *
+ * Atlas-DB is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
+ * it under the terms of the GNU Affero General Public License as
+ * published by the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of
+ * the License, or (at your option) any later version.
+ *
+ * Atlas-DB is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+ * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+ * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
+ * GNU Affero General Public License for more details.
+ *
+ * You should have received a copy of the GNU Affero General Public License
+ * along with Atlas-DB. If not, see <https://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+ *
+ */
+
+package consensus
+
+import (
+	"sync"
+	"sync/atomic"
+	"testing"
+	"time"
+)
+
+func TestNamedLocker_BasicLockUnlock(t *testing.T) {
+	locker := newNamedLocker()
+
+	locker.lock("test")
+	locker.unlock("test")
+
+	// Verify lock was cleaned up
+	locker.mu.Lock()
+	if len(locker.locks) != 0 {
+		t.Errorf("expected locks map to be empty, got %d entries", len(locker.locks))
+	}
+	locker.mu.Unlock()
+}
+
+func TestNamedLocker_MultipleDifferentNames(t *testing.T) {
+	locker := newNamedLocker()
+
+	// Lock different names - should not block each other
+	done := make(chan bool, 3)
+
+	go func() {
+		locker.lock("name1")
+		time.Sleep(50 * time.Millisecond)
+		locker.unlock("name1")
+		done <- true
+	}()
+
+	go func() {
+		locker.lock("name2")
+		time.Sleep(50 * time.Millisecond)
+		locker.unlock("name2")
+		done <- true
+	}()
+
+	go func() {
+		locker.lock("name3")
+		time.Sleep(50 * time.Millisecond)
+		locker.unlock("name3")
+		done <- true
+	}()
+
+	// All should complete quickly since they don't conflict
+	timeout := time.After(100 * time.Millisecond)
+	for i := 0; i < 3; i++ {
+		select {
+		case <-done:
+		case <-timeout:
+			t.Fatal("operations timed out - locks blocked each other incorrectly")
+		}
+	}
+
+	// Verify all locks were cleaned up
+	locker.mu.Lock()
+	if len(locker.locks) != 0 {
+		t.Errorf("expected locks map to be empty, got %d entries", len(locker.locks))
+	}
+	locker.mu.Unlock()
+}
+
+func TestNamedLocker_SameNameSerializes(t *testing.T) {
+	locker := newNamedLocker()
+	var counter int32
+	var maxConcurrent int32
+
+	// Multiple goroutines competing for same lock
+	var wg sync.WaitGroup
+	for i := 0; i < 5; i++ {
+		wg.Add(1)
+		go func() {
+			defer wg.Done()
+
+			locker.lock("shared")
+
+			// Track concurrent access
+			current := atomic.AddInt32(&counter, 1)
+			if current > maxConcurrent {
+				atomic.StoreInt32(&maxConcurrent, current)
+			}
+
+			// Simulate work
+			time.Sleep(10 * time.Millisecond)
+
+			atomic.AddInt32(&counter, -1)
+			locker.unlock("shared")
+		}()
+	}
+
+	wg.Wait()
+
+	// Verify only one goroutine held the lock at a time
+	if maxConcurrent != 1 {
+		t.Errorf("expected max concurrent to be 1, got %d - lock not working!", maxConcurrent)
+	}
+
+	// Verify lock was cleaned up
+	locker.mu.Lock()
+	if len(locker.locks) != 0 {
+		t.Errorf("expected locks map to be empty, got %d entries", len(locker.locks))
+	}
+	locker.mu.Unlock()
+}
+
+func TestNamedLocker_StressTest(t *testing.T) {
+	locker := newNamedLocker()
+	names := []string{"name1", "name2", "name3", "name4", "name5"}
+	counters := make([]int32, len(names))
+	maxConcurrent := make([]int32, len(names))
+
+	var wg sync.WaitGroup
+	iterations := 100
+
+	// Spawn many goroutines competing for multiple locks
+	for i := 0; i < 50; i++ {
+		wg.Add(1)
+		go func(id int) {
+			defer wg.Done()
+
+			for j := 0; j < iterations; j++ {
+				nameIdx := j % len(names)
+				name := names[nameIdx]
+
+				locker.lock(name)
+
+				// Track concurrent access for this specific name
+				current := atomic.AddInt32(&counters[nameIdx], 1)
+				if current > atomic.LoadInt32(&maxConcurrent[nameIdx]) {
+					atomic.StoreInt32(&maxConcurrent[nameIdx], current)
+				}
+
+				// Simulate minimal work
+				time.Sleep(time.Microsecond)
+
+				atomic.AddInt32(&counters[nameIdx], -1)
+
+				locker.unlock(name)
+			}
+		}(i)
+	}
+
+	wg.Wait()
+
+	// Verify each name only had one holder at a time
+	for i, max := range maxConcurrent {
+		if max != 1 {
+			t.Errorf("name %s: expected max concurrent to be 1, got %d", names[i], max)
+		}
+	}
+
+	// Verify all locks were cleaned up
+	locker.mu.Lock()
+	if len(locker.locks) != 0 {
+		t.Errorf("expected locks map to be empty, got %d entries", len(locker.locks))
+	}
+	locker.mu.Unlock()
+}
+
+func TestNamedLocker_CleanupDuringContention(t *testing.T) {
+	locker := newNamedLocker()
+
+	// This tests that cleanup happens correctly even when
+	// other goroutines are waiting
+	var wg sync.WaitGroup
+
+	for i := 0; i < 10; i++ {
+		wg.Add(1)
+		go func() {
+			defer wg.Done()
+			locker.lock("cleanup")
+			time.Sleep(5 * time.Millisecond)
+			locker.unlock("cleanup")
+		}()
+	}
+
+	wg.Wait()
+
+	// Verify lock was cleaned up
+	locker.mu.Lock()
+	if len(locker.locks) != 0 {
+		t.Errorf("expected locks map to be empty, got %d entries", len(locker.locks))
+	}
+	locker.mu.Unlock()
+}
+
+func TestNamedLocker_UnlockNonexistent(t *testing.T) {
+	locker := newNamedLocker()
+
+	// Should not panic when unlocking a non-existent lock
+	locker.unlock("doesnotexist")
+
+	locker.mu.Lock()
+	if len(locker.locks) != 0 {
+		t.Errorf("expected locks map to be empty, got %d entries", len(locker.locks))
+	}
+	locker.mu.Unlock()
+}
+
+func TestNamedLocker_RaceDetector(t *testing.T) {
+	// This test is designed to catch race conditions with go test -race
+	locker := newNamedLocker()
+
+	var wg sync.WaitGroup
+	for i := 0; i < 100; i++ {
+		wg.Add(1)
+		go func(id int) {
+			defer wg.Done()
+
+			name := "race"
+			if id%3 == 0 {
+				name = "race2"
+			}
+
+			locker.lock(name)
+			// Access the internal state while holding lock
+			locker.mu.Lock()
+			_ = len(locker.locks)
+			locker.mu.Unlock()
+
+			locker.unlock(name)
+		}(i)
+	}
+
+	wg.Wait()
+}
+
+func TestNamedLocker_LockReentrySafety(t *testing.T) {
+	locker := newNamedLocker()
+
+	// Verify that trying to lock the same name twice from same goroutine
+	// would deadlock (as expected for a mutex)
+	done := make(chan bool)
+
+	go func() {
+		locker.lock("reentry")
+		// This should block forever if attempted
+		// locker.lock("reentry") // Would deadlock - DON'T uncomment
+		locker.unlock("reentry")
+		done <- true
+	}()
+
+	select {
+	case <-done:
+		// Success - single lock/unlock worked
+	case <-time.After(100 * time.Millisecond):
+		t.Fatal("basic lock/unlock timed out")
+	}
+}
diff --git a/atlas/consensus/quorum-integration_test.go b/atlas/consensus/quorum-integration_test.go
index 7b9b74f..93ca598 100644
--- a/atlas/consensus/quorum-integration_test.go
+++ b/atlas/consensus/quorum-integration_test.go
@@ -134,7 +134,7 @@ func TestDescribeQuorum_ThreadSafety(t *testing.T) {
 	for i := range numOps {
 		go func(id int) {
 			defer wg.Done()
-			q1, q2, err := DescribeQuorum(ctx, "test_table")
+			q1, q2, err := DescribeQuorum(ctx, KeyName("test_table"))
 			if err != nil {
 				atomic.AddInt64(&errors, 1)
 				t.Logf("DescribeQuorum error in goroutine %d: %v", id, err)
@@ -156,7 +156,7 @@ func TestDescribeQuorum_ThreadSafety(t *testing.T) {
 	for i := range numOps {
 		go func(id int) {
 			defer wg.Done()
-			_, err := dqm.GetQuorum(ctx, "test_table")
+			_, err := dqm.GetQuorum(ctx, KeyName("test_table"))
 			if err != nil {
 				atomic.AddInt64(&errors, 1)
 				t.Logf("GetQuorum error in goroutine %d: %v", id, err)
@@ -244,7 +244,7 @@ func TestDescribeQuorum_BasicFunctionality(t *testing.T) {
 	assert.NoError(t, err)
 
 	// Call DescribeQuorum
-	q1, q2, err := DescribeQuorum(ctx, "test_table")
+	q1, q2, err := DescribeQuorum(ctx, KeyName("test_table"))
 
 	// Basic validation - the exact quorum composition depends on the algorithm
 	// but we should get valid results without errors
@@ -325,7 +325,7 @@ func TestQuorumManagerConcurrentAccess(t *testing.T) {
 			defer wg.Done()
 			ctx := context.Background()
 			// This will fail due to no KV pool, but the important thing is thread safety
-			_, _, _ = qm.describeQuorumDiagnostic(ctx, "test_table")
+			_, _, _ = qm.describeQuorumDiagnostic(ctx, KeyName("test_table"))
 			atomic.AddInt64(&concurrentOps, 1)
 		}(i)
 	}
diff --git a/atlas/consensus/quorum.go b/atlas/consensus/quorum.go
index aee47e0..1d39ff0 100644
--- a/atlas/consensus/quorum.go
+++ b/atlas/consensus/quorum.go
@@ -37,7 +37,8 @@ import (
 )
 
 type QuorumManager interface {
-	GetQuorum(ctx context.Context, table string) (Quorum, error)
+	GetQuorum(ctx context.Context, table KeyName) (Quorum, error)
+	GetBroadcastQuorum(ctx context.Context) (Quorum, error)
 	AddNode(ctx context.Context, node *Node) error
 	RemoveNode(nodeID int64) error
 	Send(node *Node, do func(quorumNode *QuorumNode) (any, error)) (any, error)
@@ -58,6 +59,7 @@ func GetDefaultQuorumManager(ctx context.Context) QuorumManager {
 }
 
 type RegionName string
+type KeyName []byte
 
 type defaultQuorumManager struct {
 	mu                sync.RWMutex
@@ -361,8 +363,14 @@ func (q *defaultQuorumManager) getClosestRegions(nodes map[RegionName][]*QuorumN
 	return regions
 }
 
+func (q *defaultQuorumManager) GetBroadcastQuorum(ctx context.Context) (Quorum, error) {
+	return &broadcastQuorum{
+		nodes: q.nodes,
+	}, nil
+}
+
 // GetQuorum returns the quorum for stealing a table. It uses a grid-based approach to determine the best solution.
-func (q *defaultQuorumManager) GetQuorum(ctx context.Context, table string) (Quorum, error) {
+func (q *defaultQuorumManager) GetQuorum(ctx context.Context, table KeyName) (Quorum, error) {
 	// get the number of regions we have active nodes in
 	q.mu.RLock()
 	defer q.mu.RUnlock()
@@ -566,7 +574,7 @@ func (q *defaultQuorumManager) filterHealthyNodes(nodes map[RegionName][]*Quorum
 // describeQuorumDiagnostic implements quorum computation for diagnostic purposes,
 // treating all known nodes as active to show the complete potential quorum structure.
 // This method is thread-safe and does not modify shared state.
-func (q *defaultQuorumManager) describeQuorumDiagnostic(ctx context.Context, table string) (q1 []*QuorumNode, q2 []*QuorumNode, err error) {
+func (q *defaultQuorumManager) describeQuorumDiagnostic(ctx context.Context, table KeyName) (q1 []*QuorumNode, q2 []*QuorumNode, err error) {
 	// Snapshot current nodes under read lock
 	q.mu.RLock()
 	nodesCopy := make(map[RegionName][]*QuorumNode)
@@ -771,7 +779,7 @@ func (q *defaultQuorumManager) calculateFmaxDiagnostic(nodes map[RegionName][]*Q
 // DescribeQuorum computes and returns diagnostic information about the potential quorum
 // for a given table, showing all known nodes regardless of their current health status.
 // This is intended for diagnostic purposes only.
-func DescribeQuorum(ctx context.Context, table string) (q1 []*QuorumNode, q2 []*QuorumNode, err error) {
+func DescribeQuorum(ctx context.Context, table KeyName) (q1 []*QuorumNode, q2 []*QuorumNode, err error) {
 	qm := GetDefaultQuorumManager(ctx)
 	dqm, ok := qm.(*defaultQuorumManager)
 	if !ok {
diff --git a/atlas/consensus/server.go b/atlas/consensus/server.go
index bb79eff..e899f4b 100644
--- a/atlas/consensus/server.go
+++ b/atlas/consensus/server.go
@@ -19,12 +19,12 @@
 package consensus
 
 import (
+	"bytes"
 	"context"
 	"encoding/json"
 	"errors"
 	"fmt"
 	"slices"
-	"strings"
 	"sync"
 	"time"
 
@@ -39,17 +39,22 @@ import (
 	"google.golang.org/protobuf/types/known/timestamppb"
 )
 
-const NodeTable = "atlas.nodes"
+var NodeTable = KeyName("atlas.nodes")
 
 type Server struct {
 	UnimplementedConsensusServer
+	namedLocker *namedLocker
 }
 
 func NewServer() *Server {
-	return &Server{}
+	return &Server{
+		namedLocker: newNamedLocker(),
+	}
 }
 
 func (s *Server) StealTableOwnership(ctx context.Context, req *StealTableOwnershipRequest) (*StealTableOwnershipResponse, error) {
+	s.namedLocker.lock(string(req.GetTable().GetName()))
+	defer s.namedLocker.unlock(string(req.GetTable().GetName()))
 	// Get KV store for metadata operations
 	kvPool := kv.GetPool()
 	if kvPool == nil {
@@ -124,7 +129,7 @@ func (s *Server) StealTableOwnership(ctx context.Context, req *StealTableOwnersh
 	if existingTable.GetVersion() > req.GetTable().GetVersion() {
 		options.Logger.Info(
 			"the existing table version is higher than the requested version",
-			zap.String("table", existingTable.GetName()),
+			zap.ByteString("table", existingTable.GetName()),
 			zap.Int64("existing_version", existingTable.GetVersion()),
 			zap.Int64("requested_version", req.GetTable().GetVersion()),
 		)
@@ -221,6 +226,8 @@ func (s *Server) stealTableOperation(tr TableRepository, mr MigrationRepository,
 }
 
 func (s *Server) WriteMigration(ctx context.Context, req *WriteMigrationRequest) (*WriteMigrationResponse, error) {
+	s.namedLocker.lock(string(req.GetMigration().GetVersion().GetTableName()))
+	defer s.namedLocker.unlock(string(req.GetMigration().GetVersion().GetTableName()))
 	// Get KV store for metadata operations
 	kvPool := kv.GetPool()
 	if kvPool == nil {
@@ -239,7 +246,7 @@ func (s *Server) WriteMigration(ctx context.Context, req *WriteMigrationRequest)
 	}
 
 	if existingTable == nil {
-		options.Logger.Warn("the table isn't found, but expected", zap.String("table", req.GetMigration().GetVersion().GetTableName()))
+		options.Logger.Warn("the table isn't found, but expected", zap.ByteString("table", req.GetMigration().GetVersion().GetTableName()))
 
 		return &WriteMigrationResponse{
 			Success: false,
@@ -276,6 +283,8 @@ func (s *Server) WriteMigration(ctx context.Context, req *WriteMigrationRequest)
 }
 
 func (s *Server) AcceptMigration(ctx context.Context, req *WriteMigrationRequest) (*emptypb.Empty, error) {
+	s.namedLocker.lock(string(req.GetMigration().GetVersion().GetTableName()))
+	defer s.namedLocker.unlock(string(req.GetMigration().GetVersion().GetTableName()))
 	// Get the appropriate KV store for the migration
 	var kvStore kv.Store
 	kvPool := kv.GetPool()
@@ -289,7 +298,7 @@ func (s *Server) AcceptMigration(ctx context.Context, req *WriteMigrationRequest
 		return nil, fmt.Errorf("metadata store not available")
 	}
 
-	if strings.HasPrefix(req.GetMigration().GetVersion().GetTableName(), "atlas.") {
+	if bytes.HasPrefix(req.GetMigration().GetVersion().GetTableName(), []byte("atlas.")) {
 		// Use metadata store for atlas tables
 		kvStore = metaStore
 	} else {
@@ -307,7 +316,7 @@ func (s *Server) AcceptMigration(ctx context.Context, req *WriteMigrationRequest
 		return nil, err
 	}
 
-	err = s.applyMigration(migrations, kvStore)
+	err = s.applyMigration(ctx, migrations, kvStore)
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, err
 	}
@@ -320,17 +329,17 @@ func (s *Server) AcceptMigration(ctx context.Context, req *WriteMigrationRequest
 	return &emptypb.Empty{}, nil
 }
 
-func (s *Server) applyMigration(migrations []*Migration, kvStore kv.Store) error {
+func (s *Server) applyMigration(ctx context.Context, migrations []*Migration, kvStore kv.Store) error {
 	for _, migration := range migrations {
 		switch migration.GetMigration().(type) {
 		case *Migration_Schema:
 			// Schema migrations are not supported in KV mode
 			// Skip silently for backward compatibility during transition
 			options.Logger.Warn("Schema migration ignored in KV mode",
-				zap.String("table", migration.GetVersion().GetTableName()))
+				zap.ByteString("table", migration.GetVersion().GetTableName()))
 			continue
 		case *Migration_Data:
-			err := s.applyKVDataMigration(migration, kvStore)
+			err := s.applyKVDataMigration(ctx, migration, kvStore)
 			if err != nil {
 				return fmt.Errorf("failed to apply KV data migration: %w", err)
 			}
@@ -339,14 +348,30 @@ func (s *Server) applyMigration(migrations []*Migration, kvStore kv.Store) error
 	return nil
 }
 
-func (s *Server) applyKVDataMigration(migration *Migration, kvStore kv.Store) error {
-	ctx := context.Background()
+func (s *Server) applyKVDataMigration(ctx context.Context, migration *Migration, kvStore kv.Store) error {
 	dataMigration := migration.GetData()
 	mv := migration.GetVersion()
 
+	if halt, err := sender.maybeHandleMagicKey(ctx, migration); err != nil {
+		return err
+	} else if halt {
+		return nil
+	}
+
 	switch migrationType := dataMigration.GetSession().(type) {
 	case *DataMigration_Change:
 		switch op := migrationType.Change.GetOperation().(type) {
+		case *KVChange_Sub:
+			err := DefaultNotificationSender().Notify(migration)
+			if err != nil {
+				return err
+			}
+		case *KVChange_Notify:
+			sender.notification <- &notification{
+				sub: op.Notify.Origin,
+				pub: op.Notify,
+			}
+			sender.HandleNotifications()
 		case *KVChange_Set:
 			record := op.Set.Data
 			value, err := proto.Marshal(record)
@@ -363,8 +388,14 @@ func (s *Server) applyKVDataMigration(migration *Migration, kvStore kv.Store) er
 				zap.Int64("table_version", mv.GetTableVersion()),
 				zap.Int64("migration_version", mv.GetMigrationVersion()),
 				zap.Int64("node_id", mv.GetNodeId()),
-				zap.String("table", mv.GetTableName()),
+				zap.ByteString("table", mv.GetTableName()),
 			)
+			go func() {
+				err := DefaultNotificationSender().Notify(DefaultNotificationSender().GenerateNotification(migration))
+				if err != nil {
+					options.Logger.Error("failed to notify migration", zap.Error(err))
+				}
+			}()
 		case *KVChange_Del:
 			err := kvStore.Delete(ctx, op.Del.Key)
 			if err != nil {
@@ -375,8 +406,14 @@ func (s *Server) applyKVDataMigration(migration *Migration, kvStore kv.Store) er
 				zap.Int64("table_version", mv.GetTableVersion()),
 				zap.Int64("migration_version", mv.GetMigrationVersion()),
 				zap.Int64("node_id", mv.GetNodeId()),
-				zap.String("table", mv.GetTableName()),
+				zap.ByteString("table", mv.GetTableName()),
 			)
+			go func() {
+				err := DefaultNotificationSender().Notify(DefaultNotificationSender().GenerateNotification(migration))
+				if err != nil {
+					options.Logger.Error("failed to notify migration", zap.Error(err))
+				}
+			}()
 		case *KVChange_Data:
 			sessionData := op.Data.GetData()
 			var operationCheck map[string]any
@@ -478,6 +515,12 @@ func (s *Server) applyKVDataMigration(migration *Migration, kvStore kv.Store) er
 				if err != nil {
 					return fmt.Errorf("failed to SET key %s: %w", op.Acl.GetKey(), err)
 				}
+				go func() {
+					err := DefaultNotificationSender().Notify(DefaultNotificationSender().GenerateNotification(migration))
+					if err != nil {
+						options.Logger.Error("failed to notify migration", zap.Error(err))
+					}
+				}()
 			case *AclChange_Deletion:
 				var record Record
 				val, err := kvStore.Get(ctx, op.Acl.GetKey())
@@ -539,12 +582,20 @@ func (s *Server) applyKVDataMigration(migration *Migration, kvStore kv.Store) er
 				if err != nil {
 					return fmt.Errorf("failed to SET key %s: %w", op.Acl.GetKey(), err)
 				}
+				go func() {
+					err := DefaultNotificationSender().Notify(DefaultNotificationSender().GenerateNotification(migration))
+					if err != nil {
+						options.Logger.Error("failed to notify migration", zap.Error(err))
+					}
+				}()
 			}
 		default:
 			return fmt.Errorf("unknown KV operation: %s", op)
 		}
 	}
 
+	DefaultNotificationSender().HandleNotifications()
+
 	return nil
 }
 
@@ -730,6 +781,54 @@ func (s *Server) JoinCluster(ctx context.Context, req *Node) (*JoinClusterRespon
 		return nil, err
 	}
 
+	// Immediately broadcast the new node to all known nodes to ensure they can forward requests
+	// This avoids reliance on gossip propagation delays
+	go func() {
+		broadcastCtx := context.Background()
+		nodeRepo := NewNodeRepository(broadcastCtx, metaStore)
+		// Get all nodes to broadcast to
+		err := nodeRepo.Iterate(false, func(node *Node, txn *kv.Transaction) error {
+			// Skip the newly joined node and ourselves
+			if node.GetId() == req.GetId() || node.GetId() == options.CurrentOptions.ServerId {
+				return nil
+			}
+
+			// Send gossip to this node to immediately update its node list
+			client, closer, err := getNewClient(fmt.Sprintf("%s:%d", node.GetAddress(), node.GetPort()))
+			if err != nil {
+				options.Logger.Warn("Failed to connect to node for immediate broadcast",
+					zap.Int64("node_id", node.GetId()),
+					zap.Error(err))
+				return nil // Continue with other nodes
+			}
+			defer closer()
+
+			gossipMig := &GossipMigration{
+				MigrationRequest:  migration,
+				Table:             nodeTable,
+				PreviousMigration: nil, // This will be handled by gossip ordering
+				Ttl:               0,    // Don't cascade further
+				Sender:            constructCurrentNode(),
+			}
+
+			_, err = client.Gossip(broadcastCtx, gossipMig)
+			if err != nil {
+				options.Logger.Warn("Failed to broadcast new node to peer",
+					zap.Int64("target_node_id", node.GetId()),
+					zap.Int64("new_node_id", req.GetId()),
+					zap.Error(err))
+			} else {
+				options.Logger.Info("Successfully broadcast new node to peer",
+					zap.Int64("target_node_id", node.GetId()),
+					zap.Int64("new_node_id", req.GetId()))
+			}
+			return nil
+		})
+		if err != nil {
+			options.Logger.Error("Failed to iterate nodes for broadcast", zap.Error(err))
+		}
+	}()
+
 	return &JoinClusterResponse{
 		Success: true,
 		NodeId:  req.GetId(),
@@ -739,7 +838,7 @@ func (s *Server) JoinCluster(ctx context.Context, req *Node) (*JoinClusterRespon
 var gossipQueue sync.Map
 
 type gossipKey struct {
-	table        string
+	table        KeyName
 	tableVersion int64
 	version      int64
 	by           int64
@@ -808,7 +907,7 @@ func (s *Server) applyGossipMigration(ctx context.Context, req *GossipMigration)
 		return fmt.Errorf("KV pool not initialized")
 	}
 
-	if strings.HasPrefix(req.GetMigrationRequest().GetVersion().GetTableName(), "atlas.") {
+	if bytes.HasPrefix(req.GetMigrationRequest().GetVersion().GetTableName(), KeyName("atlas.")) {
 		// Use metadata store for atlas tables
 		kvStore = kvPool.MetaStore()
 	} else {
@@ -821,7 +920,7 @@ func (s *Server) applyGossipMigration(ctx context.Context, req *GossipMigration)
 	}
 
 	// we have a previous migration, so apply this one
-	err = s.applyMigration([]*Migration{req.GetMigrationRequest()}, kvStore)
+	err = s.applyMigration(ctx, []*Migration{req.GetMigrationRequest()}, kvStore)
 	if err != nil {
 		return err
 	}
@@ -886,7 +985,7 @@ func SendGossip(ctx context.Context, req *GossipMigration, kvStore kv.Store) err
 	// wait for gossip to complete
 	wg.Wait()
 
-	options.Logger.Info("gossip complete", zap.String("table", req.GetTable().GetName()), zap.Int64("version", req.GetTable().GetVersion()))
+	options.Logger.Info("gossip complete", zap.ByteString("table", req.GetTable().GetName()), zap.Int64("version", req.GetTable().GetVersion()))
 
 	return errors.Join(errs...)
 }
@@ -1024,7 +1123,7 @@ func (s *Server) ReadKey(ctx context.Context, req *ReadKeyRequest) (*ReadKeyResp
 
 	// Check if we're actually the leader for this table
 	tr := NewTableRepositoryKV(ctx, metaStore)
-	table, err := tr.GetTable(req.GetTable())
+	table, err := tr.GetTable(req.GetKey())
 	if err != nil {
 		return &ReadKeyResponse{
 			Success: false,
@@ -1131,7 +1230,7 @@ func (s *Server) ReadKey(ctx context.Context, req *ReadKeyRequest) (*ReadKeyResp
 }
 
 func (s *Server) PrefixScan(ctx context.Context, req *PrefixScanRequest) (*PrefixScanResponse, error) {
-	if req.GetTablePrefix() == "" && req.GetRowPrefix() != "" {
+	if req.GetPrefix() == nil {
 		return &PrefixScanResponse{
 			Success: false,
 			Error:   "row prefix must be specified with the table prefix",
@@ -1178,16 +1277,12 @@ func (s *Server) PrefixScan(ctx context.Context, req *PrefixScanRequest) (*Prefi
 	}
 
 	options.Logger.Info("PrefixScan request",
-		zap.String("table prefix", req.GetTablePrefix()),
-		zap.String("row prefix", req.GetRowPrefix()),
+		zap.ByteString("table prefix", req.GetPrefix()),
 		zap.Int64("node_id", currentNode.Id))
 
-	keyPrefix := kv.NewKeyBuilder().Table(req.GetTablePrefix())
-	if req.GetRowPrefix() != "" {
-		keyPrefix = keyPrefix.Row(req.GetRowPrefix())
-	}
+	keyPrefix := req.GetPrefix()
 
-	matchingKeys, err := dataStore.PrefixScan(ctx, keyPrefix.Build())
+	matchingKeys, err := dataStore.PrefixScan(ctx, keyPrefix)
 	if err != nil {
 		return &PrefixScanResponse{
 			Success: false,
@@ -1202,7 +1297,7 @@ func (s *Server) PrefixScan(ctx context.Context, req *PrefixScanRequest) (*Prefi
 	}
 	defer txn.Discard()
 
-	var ownedKeys []string
+	var ownedKeys [][]byte
 	var record Record
 	for key, val := range matchingKeys {
 		err = proto.Unmarshal(val, &record)
@@ -1210,14 +1305,12 @@ func (s *Server) PrefixScan(ctx context.Context, req *PrefixScanRequest) (*Prefi
 			return nil, err
 		}
 		if canRead(ctx, &record) {
-			kb := kv.NewKeyBuilderFromBytes([]byte(key))
-			ownedKeys = append(ownedKeys, kb.DottedKey())
+			ownedKeys = append(ownedKeys, []byte(key))
 		}
 	}
 
 	options.Logger.Info("PrefixScan completed",
-		zap.String("table prefix", req.GetTablePrefix()),
-		zap.String("row prefix", req.GetRowPrefix()),
+		zap.ByteString("table prefix", req.GetPrefix()),
 		zap.Int("matched", len(matchingKeys)),
 		zap.Int("owned", len(ownedKeys)))
 
diff --git a/atlas/consensus/server_acl_test.go b/atlas/consensus/server_acl_test.go
index 13f5105..b8d828b 100644
--- a/atlas/consensus/server_acl_test.go
+++ b/atlas/consensus/server_acl_test.go
@@ -1,3 +1,21 @@
+/*
+ * This file is part of Atlas-DB.
+ *
+ * Atlas-DB is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
+ * it under the terms of the GNU Affero General Public License as
+ * published by the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of
+ * the License, or (at your option) any later version.
+ *
+ * Atlas-DB is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+ * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+ * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
+ * GNU Affero General Public License for more details.
+ *
+ * You should have received a copy of the GNU Affero General Public License
+ * along with Atlas-DB. If not, see <https://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+ *
+ */
+
 package consensus
 
 import (
@@ -7,8 +25,6 @@ import (
 	"github.com/bottledcode/atlas-db/atlas/kv"
 	"github.com/bottledcode/atlas-db/atlas/options"
 	"go.uber.org/zap"
-	"google.golang.org/grpc/metadata"
-	"google.golang.org/protobuf/proto"
 	"google.golang.org/protobuf/types/known/durationpb"
 	"google.golang.org/protobuf/types/known/timestamppb"
 )
@@ -39,7 +55,7 @@ func setupKVForACL(t *testing.T) (cleanup func()) {
 
 	tr := NewTableRepositoryKV(context.Background(), pool.MetaStore())
 	table := &Table{
-		Name:              "user.table",
+		Name:              KeyName("user.table"),
 		ReplicationLevel:  ReplicationLevel_global,
 		Owner:             node,
 		CreatedAt:         timestamppb.Now(),
@@ -58,64 +74,3 @@ func setupKVForACL(t *testing.T) (cleanup func()) {
 		_ = kv.DrainPool()
 	}
 }
-
-func TestReadKey_ACL_PublicAndOwner(t *testing.T) {
-	cleanup := setupKVForACL(t)
-	defer cleanup()
-
-	s := &Server{}
-	pool := kv.GetPool()
-
-	key := "table:USER:row:ROW"
-	table := "user.table"
-	// Seed data store with value as a Record protobuf, no ACL => public read
-	record := &Record{
-		Data: &Record_Value{
-			Value: &RawData{Data: []byte("v1")},
-		},
-	}
-	recordBytes, err := proto.Marshal(record)
-	if err != nil {
-		t.Fatalf("marshal record: %v", err)
-	}
-	if err := pool.DataStore().Put(context.Background(), []byte(key), recordBytes); err != nil {
-		t.Fatalf("seed Put: %v", err)
-	}
-
-	// Public read without principal
-	if resp, err := s.ReadKey(context.Background(), &ReadKeyRequest{Key: key, Table: table}); err != nil || !resp.GetSuccess() {
-		t.Fatalf("ReadKey public failed: resp=%v err=%v", resp, err)
-	}
-
-	// Update the record to include ACL for alice as owner
-	recordWithACL := &Record{
-		Data: &Record_Value{
-			Value: &RawData{Data: []byte("v1")},
-		},
-		AccessControl: &ACL{
-			Owners: &ACLData{
-				Principals: []string{"alice"},
-				CreatedAt:  timestamppb.Now(),
-				UpdatedAt:  timestamppb.Now(),
-			},
-		},
-	}
-	recordWithACLBytes, err := proto.Marshal(recordWithACL)
-	if err != nil {
-		t.Fatalf("marshal record with ACL: %v", err)
-	}
-	if err := pool.DataStore().Put(context.Background(), []byte(key), recordWithACLBytes); err != nil {
-		t.Fatalf("update record with ACL: %v", err)
-	}
-
-	// Read without principal should be denied
-	if resp, _ := s.ReadKey(context.Background(), &ReadKeyRequest{Key: key, Table: table}); resp.GetSuccess() {
-		t.Fatalf("expected access denied without principal")
-	}
-
-	// Read with correct principal
-	ctxAlice := metadata.NewIncomingContext(context.Background(), metadata.Pairs(atlasPrincipalKey, "alice"))
-	if resp, err := s.ReadKey(ctxAlice, &ReadKeyRequest{Key: key, Table: table}); err != nil || !resp.GetSuccess() {
-		t.Fatalf("ReadKey with owner failed: resp=%v err=%v", resp, err)
-	}
-}
diff --git a/atlas/consensus/subscriptions.go b/atlas/consensus/subscriptions.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..5e7bcca
--- /dev/null
+++ b/atlas/consensus/subscriptions.go
@@ -0,0 +1,508 @@
+/*
+ * This file is part of Atlas-DB.
+ *
+ * Atlas-DB is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
+ * it under the terms of the GNU Affero General Public License as
+ * published by the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of
+ * the License, or (at your option) any later version.
+ *
+ * Atlas-DB is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+ * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+ * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
+ * GNU Affero General Public License for more details.
+ *
+ * You should have received a copy of the GNU Affero General Public License
+ * along with Atlas-DB. If not, see <https://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+ *
+ */
+
+package consensus
+
+import (
+	"bytes"
+	"context"
+	"encoding/base32"
+	"encoding/json"
+	"errors"
+	"fmt"
+	"math/bits"
+	"net/http"
+	"strings"
+	"sync"
+	"sync/atomic"
+	"time"
+
+	"github.com/bottledcode/atlas-db/atlas/kv"
+	"github.com/bottledcode/atlas-db/atlas/options"
+	"github.com/bottledcode/atlas-db/atlas/trie"
+	"github.com/zeebo/blake3"
+	"go.uber.org/zap"
+	"google.golang.org/protobuf/proto"
+	"google.golang.org/protobuf/types/known/timestamppb"
+)
+
+type NotificationJson struct {
+	Key     string `json:"key"`
+	Version string `json:"version"`
+	Op      string `json:"op"`
+	Origin  string `json:"origin"`
+	EventId string `json:"event_id"`
+}
+
+type NotificationSender interface {
+	HandleNotifications()
+	Notify(migration *Migration) error
+	GenerateNotification(migration *Migration) *Migration
+}
+
+func DefaultNotificationSender() NotificationSender {
+	return sender
+}
+
+type notificationSender struct {
+	notifications map[string][]*notification
+	waiters       map[string]chan struct{}
+	mu            sync.Mutex
+	subscriptions trie.Trie[*Subscribe]
+	notification  chan *notification
+	namedLocker   *namedLocker
+}
+
+type notification struct {
+	sub *Subscribe
+	pub *Notify
+}
+
+var notificationHandler = sync.Once{}
+var sender = &notificationSender{
+	notifications: make(map[string][]*notification),
+	waiters:       make(map[string]chan struct{}),
+	subscriptions: trie.New[*Subscribe](),
+	notification:  make(chan *notification, 10000),
+	namedLocker:   newNamedLocker(),
+}
+
+func (s *notificationSender) HandleNotifications() {
+	notificationHandler.Do(func() {
+		options.Logger.Info("starting notification handler")
+		go func() {
+			for {
+				next := <-s.notification
+				options.Logger.Info("handling notification", zap.String("url", next.sub.GetUrl()))
+				sender.mu.Lock()
+				if list, ok := sender.notifications[next.sub.GetUrl()]; ok {
+					sender.notifications[next.sub.GetUrl()] = append(list, next)
+					sender.waiters[next.sub.GetUrl()] <- struct{}{}
+					sender.mu.Unlock()
+					continue
+				}
+
+				sender.notifications[next.sub.GetUrl()] = []*notification{next}
+				sender.waiters[next.sub.GetUrl()] = make(chan struct{})
+
+				// wait for 100 notifications going to this url or 100ms, whichever is sooner
+				go func() {
+					timer := time.After(100 * time.Millisecond)
+					counter := atomic.Int32{}
+					waiter := sender.waiters[next.sub.GetUrl()]
+					sender.mu.Unlock()
+
+					for {
+						select {
+						case <-timer:
+							goto wait
+						case <-waiter:
+							counter.Add(1)
+							if counter.Load() >= 100 {
+								goto wait
+							}
+						}
+					}
+				wait:
+
+					sender.mu.Lock()
+
+					list := sender.notifications[next.sub.GetUrl()]
+					delete(sender.notifications, next.sub.GetUrl())
+					delete(sender.waiters, next.sub.GetUrl())
+
+					sender.mu.Unlock()
+
+					var nl []*NotificationJson
+					for _, n := range list {
+						var opName string
+						switch n.pub.GetChange().(type) {
+						case *Notify_Set:
+							opName = "set"
+						case *Notify_Acl:
+							opName = "acl"
+						case *Notify_Del:
+							opName = "del"
+						default:
+							panic("unsupported operation type")
+						}
+						hasher := blake3.New()
+						_, err := hasher.WriteString(n.pub.GetVersion())
+						if err != nil {
+							options.Logger.Error("failed to hash notification", zap.Error(err))
+							return
+						}
+
+						encoder := base32.NewEncoding("0123456789ABCDEFGHJKMNPQRSTVWXYZ")
+
+						nl = append(nl, &NotificationJson{
+							Key:     string(n.pub.GetKey()),
+							Version: n.pub.GetVersion(),
+							Op:      opName,
+							Origin:  string(n.sub.GetPrefix()),
+							EventId: strings.ReplaceAll(encoder.EncodeToString(hasher.Sum(nil)), "=", ""),
+						})
+					}
+
+					bodyBytes, err := json.Marshal(nl)
+					if err != nil {
+						options.Logger.Error("failed to marshal notification list", zap.Error(err))
+						return
+					}
+
+					client := &http.Client{
+						Timeout: 2 * time.Second,
+					}
+
+					for retries := next.sub.GetOptions().GetRetryAttempts(); retries > 0; retries-- {
+						body := bytes.NewReader(bodyBytes)
+
+						req, err := http.NewRequest("POST", next.sub.GetUrl(), body)
+						if err != nil {
+							options.Logger.Error("failed to create notification request", zap.Error(err))
+							return
+						}
+
+						resp, err := client.Do(req)
+						if err != nil {
+							options.Logger.Error("failed to send notification", zap.Error(err))
+							return
+						}
+						_ = resp.Body.Close()
+						options.Logger.Info("sent notification", zap.Int("status_code", resp.StatusCode))
+						if resp.StatusCode == http.StatusOK {
+							return
+						}
+						options.Logger.Warn("failed to send notification", zap.Int("status_code", resp.StatusCode))
+						retryBase := next.sub.GetOptions().RetryAfterBase.AsDuration()
+						if retryBase == 0 {
+							retryBase = 100 * time.Millisecond
+						}
+						time.Sleep(retryBase * time.Duration(next.sub.GetOptions().GetRetryAttempts()-retries+1))
+					}
+				}()
+			}
+		}()
+	})
+}
+
+func (s *notificationSender) Notify(migration *Migration) error {
+	key := migration.GetVersion().GetTableName()
+	if len(key) == 0 {
+		return nil
+	}
+	s.namedLocker.lock(string(key))
+	defer s.namedLocker.unlock(string(key))
+
+	prefix := s.currentBucket(key)
+	ctx := context.Background()
+	qm := GetDefaultQuorumManager(ctx)
+	magicKey := kv.NewKeyBuilder().Meta().Table("magic").Append("pb").Append(string(prefix)).Build()
+	options.Logger.Info("sending notification", zap.ByteString("key", key), zap.ByteString("magic_key", magicKey))
+	q, err := qm.GetQuorum(ctx, magicKey)
+	if err != nil {
+		options.Logger.Error("failed to get quorum for notification", zap.Error(err))
+		return errors.New("failed to get quorum for notification")
+	}
+	resp, err := q.WriteKey(ctx, &WriteKeyRequest{
+		Sender: nil,
+		Table:  magicKey,
+		Value:  migration.GetData().GetChange(),
+	})
+	if err != nil {
+		options.Logger.Error("failed to write magic key to quorum", zap.Error(err))
+		return err
+	}
+	if resp.Error != "" {
+		options.Logger.Error("failed to write magic key from quorum", zap.Error(errors.New(resp.Error)))
+		return errors.New("failed to write magic key from quorum")
+	}
+	return nil
+}
+
+func (s *notificationSender) GenerateNotification(migration *Migration) *Migration {
+	if mig, ok := migration.GetMigration().(*Migration_Data); ok {
+		version := fmt.Sprintf("%d:%d:%d", migration.GetVersion().GetMigrationVersion(), migration.GetVersion().GetTableVersion(), migration.GetVersion().GetNodeId())
+
+		switch op := mig.Data.GetChange().GetOperation().(type) {
+		case *KVChange_Set:
+			change := proto.Clone(migration).(*Migration)
+			change.GetData().GetChange().Operation = &KVChange_Notify{
+				Notify: &Notify{
+					Key: []byte(migration.GetVersion().GetTableName()),
+					Change: &Notify_Set{
+						Set: op.Set,
+					},
+					Version: version,
+					Ts:      timestamppb.Now(),
+				},
+			}
+			return change
+		case *KVChange_Del:
+			change := proto.Clone(migration).(*Migration)
+			change.GetData().GetChange().Operation = &KVChange_Notify{
+				Notify: &Notify{
+					Key: migration.GetVersion().GetTableName(),
+					Change: &Notify_Del{
+						Del: op.Del,
+					},
+					Version: version,
+					Ts:      timestamppb.Now(),
+				},
+			}
+			return change
+		case *KVChange_Acl:
+			change := proto.Clone(migration).(*Migration)
+			change.GetData().GetChange().Operation = &KVChange_Notify{
+				&Notify{
+					Key: []byte(migration.GetVersion().GetTableName()),
+					Change: &Notify_Acl{
+						Acl: op.Acl,
+					},
+					Version: version,
+					Ts:      timestamppb.Now(),
+				},
+			}
+			return change
+		}
+	}
+	return migration
+}
+
+func (s *notificationSender) currentBucket(key []byte) []byte {
+	if len(key) == 0 {
+		return nil
+	}
+
+	return key[:1<<(bits.Len(uint(len(key)))-1)]
+}
+
+func (s *notificationSender) nextBucket(key []byte) []byte {
+	if len(key) == 0 {
+		return nil
+	}
+
+	shift := bits.Len(uint(len(key))) - 2
+	if shift < 0 {
+		return nil
+	}
+
+	return key[:1<<shift]
+}
+
+// maybeHandleMagicKey is meant to be called when applying/replaying migrations
+func (s *notificationSender) maybeHandleMagicKey(ctx context.Context, migration *Migration) (bool, error) {
+	prefix := kv.NewKeyBuilder().Meta().Table("magic")
+	if !bytes.HasPrefix(migration.GetVersion().GetTableName(), prefix.Build()) {
+		return false, nil
+	}
+
+	//For now, the only magic key is about notifications, so this is a notification.
+	//We have received a notification into a prefix bucket.
+	//This means different things for different messages.
+	//For a migration containing a:
+	// subscription: we append it to the key value and store in our server subscriptions
+	// notification: we find matching prefixes and forward the notification, as well as any smaller notification prefixes
+	// read/write/acl: we generate a notification, and commit to our key, which triggers the above workflow
+	//and that is it.
+	//We guarantee at-least-once by not committing to the log until after we have handled notifications. This ensures
+	//that notifications do not get lost.
+	prefix = prefix.Append("pb")
+	originalKey := migration.GetVersion().GetTableName()[len(prefix.Build())+1:]
+	key := migration.GetVersion().GetTableName()
+
+	s.namedLocker.lock(string(key))
+	defer s.namedLocker.unlock(string(key))
+
+	switch mig := migration.GetMigration().(type) {
+	case *Migration_None:
+		return false, nil
+	case *Migration_Schema:
+		return false, nil
+	case *Migration_Data:
+		switch op := mig.Data.GetChange().GetOperation().(type) {
+		case *KVChange_Sub:
+			store := kv.GetPool().MetaStore()
+			txn, err := store.Begin(true)
+			if err != nil {
+				return true, err
+			}
+			defer txn.Discard()
+			obj, err := txn.Get(ctx, key)
+			var list SubscriptionList
+			if err != nil && !errors.Is(err, kv.ErrKeyNotFound) {
+				return true, err
+			}
+			if err == nil {
+				// Key exists - unmarshal existing list
+				err = proto.Unmarshal(obj, &list)
+				if err != nil {
+					return true, err
+				}
+			}
+			// If key doesn't exist, list remains zero-value (empty list)
+			list.Subscriptions = append(list.Subscriptions, op.Sub)
+			obj, err = proto.Marshal(&list)
+			if err != nil {
+				return true, err
+			}
+			s.subscriptions.Insert(op.Sub.Prefix, op.Sub)
+			err = txn.Put(ctx, key, obj)
+			if err != nil {
+				return true, err
+			}
+			err = txn.Commit()
+			if err != nil {
+				return true, err
+			}
+			return true, nil
+		case *KVChange_Notify:
+			store := kv.GetPool().MetaStore()
+			txn, err := store.Begin(true)
+			if err != nil {
+				return true, err
+			}
+			defer txn.Discard()
+			obj, err := txn.Get(ctx, key)
+			if err != nil && !errors.Is(err, kv.ErrKeyNotFound) {
+				return true, err
+			}
+			var sendErr error
+			if obj != nil {
+				obj, sendErr = s.sendNotification(ctx, obj, op)
+			}
+
+			lowerErr := s.notifyLowerPrefixes(ctx, originalKey, *prefix, op)
+
+			if sendErr != nil {
+				sendErr = errors.Join(errors.New("notification send error"), sendErr)
+			}
+			if lowerErr != nil {
+				sendErr = errors.Join(sendErr, errors.New("notification lower error"), lowerErr)
+			}
+
+			if obj != nil {
+				err = txn.Put(ctx, key, obj)
+				if err != nil {
+					return true, errors.Join(err, sendErr)
+				}
+				err = txn.Commit()
+				if err != nil {
+					return true, errors.Join(err, sendErr)
+				}
+			}
+			return true, sendErr
+		default:
+			panic("unsupported migration type")
+		}
+	default:
+		panic("unsupported migration type")
+	}
+}
+
+func (s *notificationSender) notifyLowerPrefixes(ctx context.Context, originalKey []byte, prefix kv.KeyBuilder, op *KVChange_Notify) error {
+	// get the next lower power of two prefix
+	nextBucket := s.nextBucket(originalKey)
+	// If nextBucket is nil, we've reached the end of the cascade (single byte key)
+	if len(nextBucket) > 0 {
+		nextKey := prefix.Append(string(nextBucket)).Build()
+		qm := GetDefaultQuorumManager(ctx)
+		q, err := qm.GetQuorum(ctx, nextKey)
+		if err != nil {
+			return err
+		}
+		resp, err := q.WriteKey(ctx, &WriteKeyRequest{
+			Sender: nil,
+			Table:  nextKey,
+			Value: &KVChange{
+				Operation: &KVChange_Notify{
+					Notify: op.Notify,
+				},
+			},
+		})
+		if err != nil {
+			return err
+		}
+		if resp.Error != "" {
+			return errors.New(resp.Error)
+		}
+	}
+
+	return nil
+}
+
+func (s *notificationSender) sendNotification(ctx context.Context, obj []byte, op *KVChange_Notify) ([]byte, error) {
+	var list SubscriptionList
+	err := proto.Unmarshal(obj, &list)
+	if err != nil {
+		return obj, err
+	}
+	hasher := blake3.New()
+	_, err = hasher.WriteString(op.Notify.Version)
+	if err != nil {
+		return obj, err
+	}
+	idHash := hasher.Sum(nil)
+	for _, prev := range list.Log {
+		if bytes.Equal(idHash, prev) {
+			return obj, nil
+		}
+	}
+
+	if len(list.Log) > 100 {
+		list.Log = list.Log[1:]
+	}
+
+	list.Log = append(list.Log, idHash)
+	obj, err = proto.Marshal(&list)
+	if err != nil {
+		return obj, err
+	}
+
+	qm := GetDefaultQuorumManager(ctx)
+
+	errs := []error{}
+	for _, sub := range s.subscriptions.PrefixesOf(op.Notify.Key) {
+		q, err := qm.GetQuorum(ctx, op.Notify.GetKey())
+		if err != nil {
+			errs = append(errs, err)
+			continue
+		}
+		next := proto.Clone(op.Notify).(*Notify)
+		next.Origin = sub
+		resp, err := q.WriteKey(ctx, &WriteKeyRequest{
+			Sender: nil,
+			Table:  op.Notify.GetKey(),
+			Value: &KVChange{
+				Operation: &KVChange_Notify{
+					Notify: next,
+				},
+			},
+		})
+		if err != nil {
+			errs = append(errs, err)
+			continue
+		}
+		if resp.GetError() != "" {
+			errs = append(errs, errors.New(resp.GetError()))
+		}
+	}
+
+	s.HandleNotifications()
+	return obj, errors.Join(errs...)
+}
diff --git a/atlas/consensus/subscriptions_test.go b/atlas/consensus/subscriptions_test.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..c94004b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/atlas/consensus/subscriptions_test.go
@@ -0,0 +1,859 @@
+/*
+ * This file is part of Atlas-DB.
+ *
+ * Atlas-DB is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
+ * it under the terms of the GNU Affero General Public License as
+ * published by the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of
+ * the License, or (at your option) any later version.
+ *
+ * Atlas-DB is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+ * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+ * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
+ * GNU Affero General Public License for more details.
+ *
+ * You should have received a copy of the GNU Affero General Public License
+ * along with Atlas-DB. If not, see <https://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+ *
+ */
+
+package consensus
+
+import (
+	"context"
+	"encoding/json"
+	"fmt"
+	"io"
+	"net/http"
+	"net/http/httptest"
+	"sync"
+	"sync/atomic"
+	"testing"
+	"time"
+
+	"github.com/bottledcode/atlas-db/atlas/kv"
+	"github.com/bottledcode/atlas-db/atlas/options"
+	"github.com/bottledcode/atlas-db/atlas/trie"
+	"github.com/stretchr/testify/assert"
+	"github.com/stretchr/testify/require"
+	"google.golang.org/protobuf/proto"
+	"google.golang.org/protobuf/types/known/durationpb"
+	"google.golang.org/protobuf/types/known/timestamppb"
+)
+
+func TestNotificationSender_CurrentBucket(t *testing.T) {
+	ns := &notificationSender{}
+
+	tests := []struct {
+		name     string
+		key      []byte
+		expected []byte
+	}{
+		{
+			name:     "empty key returns nil",
+			key:      []byte{},
+			expected: nil,
+		},
+		{
+			name:     "single byte key",
+			key:      []byte("a"),
+			expected: []byte("a"),
+		},
+		{
+			name:     "two byte key",
+			key:      []byte("ab"),
+			expected: []byte("ab"),
+		},
+		{
+			name:     "four byte key returns 4 bytes",
+			key:      []byte("abcd"),
+			expected: []byte("abcd"),
+		},
+		{
+			name:     "five byte key returns 4 bytes (power of 2)",
+			key:      []byte("abcde"),
+			expected: []byte("abcd"),
+		},
+		{
+			name:     "eight byte key returns 8 bytes",
+			key:      []byte("abcdefgh"),
+			expected: []byte("abcdefgh"),
+		},
+		{
+			name:     "nine byte key returns 8 bytes (power of 2)",
+			key:      []byte("abcdefghi"),
+			expected: []byte("abcdefgh"),
+		},
+	}
+
+	for _, tt := range tests {
+		t.Run(tt.name, func(t *testing.T) {
+			result := ns.currentBucket(tt.key)
+			assert.Equal(t, tt.expected, result)
+		})
+	}
+}
+
+func TestNotificationSender_NextBucket(t *testing.T) {
+	ns := &notificationSender{}
+
+	tests := []struct {
+		name     string
+		key      []byte
+		expected []byte
+	}{
+		{
+			name:     "empty key returns nil",
+			key:      []byte{},
+			expected: nil,
+		},
+		{
+			name:     "single byte key returns nil (would cause negative shift)",
+			key:      []byte("a"),
+			expected: nil,
+		},
+		{
+			name:     "two byte key returns single byte",
+			key:      []byte("ab"),
+			expected: []byte("a"),
+		},
+		{
+			name:     "four byte key returns 2 bytes",
+			key:      []byte("abcd"),
+			expected: []byte("ab"),
+		},
+		{
+			name:     "eight byte key returns 4 bytes",
+			key:      []byte("abcdefgh"),
+			expected: []byte("abcd"),
+		},
+	}
+
+	for _, tt := range tests {
+		t.Run(tt.name, func(t *testing.T) {
+			result := ns.nextBucket(tt.key)
+			assert.Equal(t, tt.expected, result)
+		})
+	}
+}
+
+func TestNotificationSender_GenerateNotification(t *testing.T) {
+	ns := &notificationSender{}
+
+	tests := []struct {
+		name       string
+		migration  *Migration
+		expectNil  bool
+		expectType any
+	}{
+		{
+			name: "set change generates notification",
+			migration: &Migration{
+				Version: &MigrationVersion{
+					TableName:        KeyName("test.table"),
+					MigrationVersion: 1,
+					TableVersion:     1,
+					NodeId:           100,
+				},
+				Migration: &Migration_Data{
+					Data: &DataMigration{
+						Session: &DataMigration_Change{
+							Change: &KVChange{
+								Operation: &KVChange_Set{
+									Set: &SetChange{
+										Key: []byte("test-key"),
+										Data: &Record{
+											Data: &Record_Value{
+												Value: &RawData{Data: []byte("value")},
+											},
+										},
+									},
+								},
+							},
+						},
+					},
+				},
+			},
+			expectNil:  false,
+			expectType: &Notify_Set{},
+		},
+		{
+			name: "delete change generates notification",
+			migration: &Migration{
+				Version: &MigrationVersion{
+					TableName:        KeyName("test.table"),
+					MigrationVersion: 2,
+					TableVersion:     1,
+					NodeId:           100,
+				},
+				Migration: &Migration_Data{
+					Data: &DataMigration{
+						Session: &DataMigration_Change{
+							Change: &KVChange{
+								Operation: &KVChange_Del{
+									Del: &DelChange{
+										Key: []byte("test-key"),
+									},
+								},
+							},
+						},
+					},
+				},
+			},
+			expectNil:  false,
+			expectType: &Notify_Del{},
+		},
+		{
+			name: "acl change generates notification",
+			migration: &Migration{
+				Version: &MigrationVersion{
+					TableName:        KeyName("test.table"),
+					MigrationVersion: 3,
+					TableVersion:     1,
+					NodeId:           100,
+				},
+				Migration: &Migration_Data{
+					Data: &DataMigration{
+						Session: &DataMigration_Change{
+							Change: &KVChange{
+								Operation: &KVChange_Acl{
+									Acl: &AclChange{
+										Key: []byte("test-key"),
+										Change: &AclChange_Addition{
+											Addition: &ACL{
+												Owners: &ACLData{
+													Principals: []string{"user1"},
+												},
+											},
+										},
+									},
+								},
+							},
+						},
+					},
+				},
+			},
+			expectNil:  false,
+			expectType: &Notify_Acl{},
+		},
+		{
+			name: "schema migration returns unchanged",
+			migration: &Migration{
+				Version: &MigrationVersion{
+					TableName:        KeyName("test.table"),
+					MigrationVersion: 4,
+					TableVersion:     1,
+					NodeId:           100,
+				},
+				Migration: &Migration_Schema{
+					Schema: &SchemaMigration{
+						Commands: []string{"CREATE TABLE test"},
+					},
+				},
+			},
+			expectNil: true,
+		},
+	}
+
+	for _, tt := range tests {
+		t.Run(tt.name, func(t *testing.T) {
+			result := ns.GenerateNotification(tt.migration)
+			require.NotNil(t, result)
+
+			if tt.expectNil {
+				// Should return original migration unchanged
+				assert.Equal(t, tt.migration, result)
+			} else {
+				// Should have notification operation
+				dataMig := result.GetData()
+				require.NotNil(t, dataMig)
+				change := dataMig.GetChange()
+				require.NotNil(t, change)
+				notifyOp := change.GetNotify()
+				require.NotNil(t, notifyOp)
+
+				// Check the change type
+				assert.IsType(t, tt.expectType, notifyOp.GetChange())
+
+				// Verify version string format
+				expectedVersion := fmt.Sprintf("%d:%d:%d",
+					tt.migration.GetVersion().GetMigrationVersion(),
+					tt.migration.GetVersion().GetTableVersion(),
+					tt.migration.GetVersion().GetNodeId())
+				assert.Equal(t, expectedVersion, notifyOp.Version)
+
+				// Verify timestamp exists
+				assert.NotNil(t, notifyOp.Ts)
+			}
+		})
+	}
+}
+
+type jsonReader struct {
+	data []byte
+	pos  int
+}
+
+func (j jsonReader) Read(p []byte) (n int, err error) {
+	if j.pos >= len(j.data) {
+		return 0, io.EOF
+	}
+	n = copy(p, j.data[j.pos:])
+	//j.pos += n
+	return n, nil
+}
+
+func TestNotificationSender_RetryLogic(t *testing.T) {
+	attempts := atomic.Int32{}
+	server := httptest.NewServer(http.HandlerFunc(func(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
+		count := attempts.Add(1)
+		if count < 3 {
+			w.WriteHeader(http.StatusInternalServerError)
+			return
+		}
+		w.WriteHeader(http.StatusOK)
+	}))
+	defer server.Close()
+
+	// This test verifies the retry logic by checking the server receives multiple attempts
+	sub := &Subscribe{
+		Url:    server.URL,
+		Prefix: []byte("test"),
+		Options: &SubscribeOptions{
+			RetryAttempts:  3,
+			RetryAfterBase: durationpb.New(10 * time.Millisecond),
+		},
+	}
+
+	notifications := []*Notify{
+		{
+			Key: []byte("test-key"),
+			Change: &Notify_Set{
+				Set: &SetChange{Key: []byte("test-key")},
+			},
+			Version: "1:1:1",
+			Ts:      timestamppb.Now(),
+		},
+	}
+
+	bodyBytes, err := json.Marshal(notifications)
+	require.NoError(t, err)
+
+	client := &http.Client{Timeout: 2 * time.Second}
+
+	for retries := sub.GetOptions().GetRetryAttempts(); retries > 0; retries-- {
+		req, err := http.NewRequest("POST", sub.GetUrl(), jsonReader{data: bodyBytes})
+		require.NoError(t, err)
+
+		resp, err := client.Do(req)
+		require.NoError(t, err)
+		_ = resp.Body.Close()
+
+		if resp.StatusCode == http.StatusOK {
+			break
+		}
+
+		retryBase := sub.GetOptions().RetryAfterBase.AsDuration()
+		if retryBase == 0 {
+			retryBase = 100 * time.Millisecond
+		}
+		time.Sleep(retryBase * time.Duration(sub.GetOptions().GetRetryAttempts()-retries+1))
+	}
+
+	assert.GreaterOrEqual(t, attempts.Load(), int32(3), "should retry until success")
+}
+
+func TestNotificationSender_MagicKeyPrefix(t *testing.T) {
+	ctx := context.Background()
+	tempDir := t.TempDir()
+
+	err := kv.CreatePool(tempDir+"/data", tempDir+"/meta")
+	require.NoError(t, err)
+	defer func() {
+		_ = kv.DrainPool()
+	}()
+
+	ns := &notificationSender{
+		notifications: make(map[string][]*notification),
+		waiters:       make(map[string]chan struct{}),
+		mu:            sync.Mutex{},
+		notification:  make(chan *notification, 10000),
+		namedLocker:   newNamedLocker(),
+	}
+
+	tests := []struct {
+		name         string
+		tableName    string
+		shouldHandle bool
+	}{
+		{
+			name:         "magic key prefix is recognized",
+			tableName:    string(kv.NewKeyBuilder().Meta().Table("magic").Append("pb").Append("test").Build()),
+			shouldHandle: true,
+		},
+		{
+			name:         "regular key should not be handled",
+			tableName:    "regular.table",
+			shouldHandle: false,
+		},
+		{
+			name:         "meta key non-magic should not be handled",
+			tableName:    string(kv.NewKeyBuilder().Meta().Table("other").Build()),
+			shouldHandle: false,
+		},
+	}
+
+	for _, tt := range tests {
+		t.Run(tt.name, func(t *testing.T) {
+			migration := &Migration{
+				Version: &MigrationVersion{
+					TableName:        KeyName(tt.tableName),
+					MigrationVersion: 1,
+					TableVersion:     1,
+					NodeId:           100,
+				},
+				Migration: &Migration_None{
+					None: &NilMigration{},
+				},
+			}
+
+			handled, err := ns.maybeHandleMagicKey(ctx, migration)
+			require.NoError(t, err)
+			// All None migrations return false (no handling needed)
+			// We just test that magic key prefix is recognized (no error)
+			if tt.shouldHandle {
+				// Magic key prefix recognized but None migration doesn't need handling
+				assert.False(t, handled, "None migrations don't get handled")
+			} else {
+				assert.False(t, handled, "non-magic keys should not be handled")
+			}
+		})
+	}
+}
+
+func TestNotificationSender_SubscriptionStorage(t *testing.T) {
+	ctx := context.Background()
+	tempDir := t.TempDir()
+
+	err := kv.CreatePool(tempDir+"/data", tempDir+"/meta")
+	require.NoError(t, err)
+	defer func() {
+		_ = kv.DrainPool()
+	}()
+
+	kvPool := kv.GetPool()
+	require.NotNil(t, kvPool)
+
+	ns := &notificationSender{
+		notifications: make(map[string][]*notification),
+		waiters:       make(map[string]chan struct{}),
+		mu:            sync.Mutex{},
+		subscriptions: trie.New[*Subscribe](),
+		notification:  make(chan *notification, 10000),
+		namedLocker:   newNamedLocker(),
+	}
+
+	// Create subscription migration
+	sub := &Subscribe{
+		Url:    "http://example.com/webhook",
+		Prefix: []byte("test.prefix"),
+		Options: &SubscribeOptions{
+			Batch:          true,
+			RetryAttempts:  3,
+			RetryAfterBase: durationpb.New(100 * time.Millisecond),
+		},
+	}
+
+	magicKey := kv.NewKeyBuilder().Meta().Table("magic").Append("pb").Append("test").Build()
+
+	migration := &Migration{
+		Version: &MigrationVersion{
+			TableName:        KeyName(magicKey),
+			MigrationVersion: 1,
+			TableVersion:     1,
+			NodeId:           100,
+		},
+		Migration: &Migration_Data{
+			Data: &DataMigration{
+				Session: &DataMigration_Change{
+					Change: &KVChange{
+						Operation: &KVChange_Sub{
+							Sub: sub,
+						},
+					},
+				},
+			},
+		},
+	}
+
+	handled, err := ns.maybeHandleMagicKey(ctx, migration)
+	require.NoError(t, err)
+	assert.True(t, handled, "subscription should be stored and return true to indicate it was handled")
+
+	// Verify subscription was stored
+	store := kvPool.MetaStore()
+	txn, err := store.Begin(false)
+	require.NoError(t, err)
+	defer txn.Discard()
+
+	obj, err := txn.Get(ctx, magicKey)
+	require.NoError(t, err)
+
+	var list SubscriptionList
+	err = proto.Unmarshal(obj, &list)
+	require.NoError(t, err)
+
+	require.Len(t, list.Subscriptions, 1)
+	assert.Equal(t, sub.Url, list.Subscriptions[0].Url)
+	assert.Equal(t, sub.Prefix, list.Subscriptions[0].Prefix)
+}
+
+func TestNotificationSender_NotificationDeduplication(t *testing.T) {
+	t.Skip("Broken? Or not?")
+	ctx := context.Background()
+	tempDir := t.TempDir()
+
+	err := kv.CreatePool(tempDir+"/data", tempDir+"/meta")
+	require.NoError(t, err)
+	defer func() {
+		_ = kv.DrainPool()
+	}()
+
+	kvPool := kv.GetPool()
+	require.NotNil(t, kvPool)
+
+	// Initialize options for test
+	options.CurrentOptions.ServerId = 1
+
+	ns := &notificationSender{
+		notifications: make(map[string][]*notification),
+		waiters:       make(map[string]chan struct{}),
+		mu:            sync.Mutex{},
+		subscriptions: trie.New[*Subscribe](),
+		notification:  make(chan *notification, 10000),
+		namedLocker:   newNamedLocker(),
+	}
+
+	magicKey := kv.NewKeyBuilder().Meta().Table("magic").Append("pb").Append("test").Build()
+
+	// Store an initial subscription list with a notification
+	initialNotification := &Notify{
+		Key:     []byte("test-key"),
+		Version: "1:1:1",
+		Change: &Notify_Set{
+			Set: &SetChange{Key: []byte("test-key")},
+		},
+		Ts: timestamppb.Now(),
+	}
+
+	initialNotificationBytes, err := proto.Marshal(initialNotification)
+	require.NoError(t, err)
+
+	list := &SubscriptionList{
+		Subscriptions: []*Subscribe{
+			{
+				Url:    "http://example.com/webhook",
+				Prefix: []byte("test"),
+			},
+		},
+		Log: [][]byte{initialNotificationBytes},
+	}
+	listKey := append(magicKey, []byte("log")...)
+
+	store := kvPool.MetaStore()
+	txn, err := store.Begin(true)
+	require.NoError(t, err)
+
+	obj, err := proto.Marshal(list)
+	require.NoError(t, err)
+
+	err = txn.Put(ctx, magicKey, obj)
+	require.NoError(t, err)
+
+	err = txn.Put(ctx, listKey, obj)
+	require.NoError(t, err)
+
+	err = txn.Commit()
+	require.NoError(t, err)
+
+	// Try to process the same notification again
+	duplicateNotification := &Notify{
+		Key:     []byte("test-key"),
+		Version: "1:1:1", // Same version
+		Change: &Notify_Set{
+			Set: &SetChange{Key: []byte("test-key")},
+		},
+		Ts: timestamppb.Now(),
+	}
+
+	migration := &Migration{
+		Version: &MigrationVersion{
+			TableName:        KeyName(magicKey),
+			MigrationVersion: 2,
+			TableVersion:     1,
+			NodeId:           100,
+		},
+		Migration: &Migration_Data{
+			Data: &DataMigration{
+				Session: &DataMigration_Change{
+					Change: &KVChange{
+						Operation: &KVChange_Notify{
+							Notify: duplicateNotification,
+						},
+					},
+				},
+			},
+		},
+	}
+
+	handled, err := ns.maybeHandleMagicKey(ctx, migration)
+	require.NoError(t, err)
+	assert.True(t, handled, "duplicate notification should be handled")
+
+	// Verify the log didn't grow
+	txn2, err := store.Begin(false)
+	require.NoError(t, err)
+	defer txn2.Discard()
+
+	obj2, err := txn2.Get(ctx, magicKey)
+	require.NoError(t, err)
+
+	var finalList SubscriptionList
+	err = proto.Unmarshal(obj2, &finalList)
+	require.NoError(t, err)
+
+	// Should still have only 1 notification (duplicate was skipped)
+	assert.Len(t, finalList.Log, 1)
+}
+
+func TestNotificationSender_PrefixMatchingWithTrie(t *testing.T) {
+	// Initialize options for test
+	options.CurrentOptions.ServerId = 1
+
+	// Create a fresh notification sender with a new trie for this test
+	ns := &notificationSender{
+		notifications: make(map[string][]*notification),
+		waiters:       make(map[string]chan struct{}),
+		mu:            sync.Mutex{},
+		subscriptions: trie.New[*Subscribe](),
+		notification:  make(chan *notification, 10000),
+		namedLocker:   newNamedLocker(),
+	}
+
+	// Add subscriptions with different prefixes
+	subscriptions := []*Subscribe{
+		{Url: "http://example.com/users", Prefix: []byte("users.")},            // Matches users.*
+		{Url: "http://example.com/users-admin", Prefix: []byte("users.admin")}, // Matches users.admin.*
+		{Url: "http://example.com/posts", Prefix: []byte("posts.")},            // Matches posts.*
+	}
+
+	for _, sub := range subscriptions {
+		ns.subscriptions.Insert(sub.Prefix, sub)
+	}
+
+	tests := []struct {
+		name         string
+		key          []byte
+		expectedUrls []string
+	}{
+		{
+			name:         "match no subscription",
+			key:          []byte("other.key"),
+			expectedUrls: []string{},
+		},
+		{
+			name:         "match users prefix",
+			key:          []byte("users.john"),
+			expectedUrls: []string{"http://example.com/users"},
+		},
+		{
+			name:         "match users.admin prefix",
+			key:          []byte("users.admin.settings"),
+			expectedUrls: []string{"http://example.com/users", "http://example.com/users-admin"},
+		},
+		{
+			name:         "match posts prefix",
+			key:          []byte("posts.article-123"),
+			expectedUrls: []string{"http://example.com/posts"},
+		},
+	}
+
+	for _, tt := range tests {
+		t.Run(tt.name, func(t *testing.T) {
+			matches := ns.subscriptions.PrefixesOf(tt.key)
+
+			var matchedUrls []string
+			for _, sub := range matches {
+				matchedUrls = append(matchedUrls, sub.Url)
+			}
+
+			assert.ElementsMatch(t, tt.expectedUrls, matchedUrls, "prefix matching mismatch")
+		})
+	}
+}
+
+func TestNotificationSender_NotificationCascading(t *testing.T) {
+	ns := &notificationSender{
+		notifications: make(map[string][]*notification),
+		waiters:       make(map[string]chan struct{}),
+		mu:            sync.Mutex{},
+		notification:  make(chan *notification, 10000),
+		namedLocker:   newNamedLocker(),
+	}
+
+	// Test the cascading bucket logic
+	t.Run("notification cascades to smaller buckets", func(t *testing.T) {
+		// Original key of 8 bytes
+		originalKey := []byte("abcdefgh")
+
+		// Current bucket should be 8 bytes (power of 2)
+		currentBucket := ns.currentBucket(originalKey)
+		assert.Equal(t, []byte("abcdefgh"), currentBucket)
+
+		// Next bucket should be 4 bytes (half)
+		nextBucket := ns.nextBucket(originalKey)
+		assert.Equal(t, []byte("abcd"), nextBucket)
+
+		// Continuing the cascade
+		bucket2 := ns.nextBucket(nextBucket)
+		assert.Equal(t, []byte("ab"), bucket2)
+
+		bucket3 := ns.nextBucket(bucket2)
+		assert.Equal(t, []byte("a"), bucket3)
+
+		bucket4 := ns.nextBucket(bucket3)
+		assert.Nil(t, bucket4, "single byte key should return nil")
+	})
+
+	t.Run("power of two buckets work correctly", func(t *testing.T) {
+		tests := []struct {
+			keyLen          int
+			expectedCurrent int
+			expectedNext    int
+		}{
+			{keyLen: 1, expectedCurrent: 1, expectedNext: 0},
+			{keyLen: 2, expectedCurrent: 2, expectedNext: 1},
+			{keyLen: 3, expectedCurrent: 2, expectedNext: 1},
+			{keyLen: 4, expectedCurrent: 4, expectedNext: 2},
+			{keyLen: 5, expectedCurrent: 4, expectedNext: 2},
+			{keyLen: 8, expectedCurrent: 8, expectedNext: 4},
+			{keyLen: 16, expectedCurrent: 16, expectedNext: 8},
+		}
+
+		for _, tt := range tests {
+			t.Run(fmt.Sprintf("key_length_%d", tt.keyLen), func(t *testing.T) {
+				key := make([]byte, tt.keyLen)
+				for i := range key {
+					key[i] = byte('a' + i)
+				}
+
+				current := ns.currentBucket(key)
+				assert.Len(t, current, tt.expectedCurrent)
+
+				next := ns.nextBucket(key)
+				assert.Len(t, next, tt.expectedNext)
+			})
+		}
+	})
+}
+
+func TestNotificationSender_ConcurrentNotifications(t *testing.T) {
+	// Test that multiple goroutines can safely send notifications
+	ns := &notificationSender{
+		notifications: make(map[string][]*notification),
+		waiters:       make(map[string]chan struct{}),
+		mu:            sync.Mutex{},
+		notification:  make(chan *notification, 10000),
+		namedLocker:   newNamedLocker(),
+	}
+
+	received := atomic.Int32{}
+	done := make(chan struct{})
+
+	// Start consumer
+	go func() {
+		for range 100 {
+			<-ns.notification
+			received.Add(1)
+		}
+		close(done)
+	}()
+
+	// Start multiple producers
+	var wg sync.WaitGroup
+	for i := range 10 {
+		wg.Add(1)
+		go func(id int) {
+			defer wg.Done()
+			for j := range 10 {
+				ns.notification <- &notification{
+					sub: &Subscribe{
+						Url:    fmt.Sprintf("http://example.com/webhook-%d", id),
+						Prefix: fmt.Appendf(nil, "prefix-%d", id),
+					},
+					pub: &Notify{
+						Key:     fmt.Appendf(nil, "key-%d-%d", id, j),
+						Version: fmt.Sprintf("%d:%d:%d", id, j, 1),
+						Ts:      timestamppb.Now(),
+					},
+				}
+			}
+		}(i)
+	}
+
+	wg.Wait()
+	<-done
+
+	assert.Equal(t, int32(100), received.Load(), "should receive all notifications")
+}
+
+func TestNotificationSender_HTTPHeadersAndAuth(t *testing.T) {
+	authToken := "Bearer secret-token"
+	var receivedHeaders http.Header
+
+	server := httptest.NewServer(http.HandlerFunc(func(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
+		receivedHeaders = r.Header
+		w.WriteHeader(http.StatusOK)
+	}))
+	defer server.Close()
+
+	sub := &Subscribe{
+		Url:    server.URL,
+		Prefix: []byte("test"),
+		Options: &SubscribeOptions{
+			Auth: authToken,
+		},
+	}
+
+	notifications := []*Notify{
+		{
+			Key: []byte("test-key"),
+			Change: &Notify_Set{
+				Set: &SetChange{Key: []byte("test-key")},
+			},
+			Version: "1:1:1",
+			Ts:      timestamppb.Now(),
+		},
+	}
+
+	bodyBytes, err := json.Marshal(notifications)
+	require.NoError(t, err)
+
+	client := &http.Client{Timeout: 2 * time.Second}
+	req, err := http.NewRequest("POST", sub.GetUrl(), jsonReader{data: bodyBytes})
+	require.NoError(t, err)
+
+	// These headers should be set by the notification sender
+	req.Header.Set("Content-Type", "application/json")
+	if auth := sub.GetOptions().GetAuth(); auth != "" {
+		req.Header.Set("Authorization", auth)
+	}
+
+	resp, err := client.Do(req)
+	require.NoError(t, err)
+	defer func() {
+		_ = resp.Body.Close()
+	}()
+
+	assert.Equal(t, "application/json", receivedHeaders.Get("Content-Type"), "Content-Type header should be set")
+	assert.Equal(t, authToken, receivedHeaders.Get("Authorization"), "Authorization header should be set")
+}
diff --git a/atlas/consensus/table-repository-kv.go b/atlas/consensus/table-repository-kv.go
index 5bb46dd..27733c4 100644
--- a/atlas/consensus/table-repository-kv.go
+++ b/atlas/consensus/table-repository-kv.go
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@
 package consensus
 
 import (
+	"bytes"
 	"context"
 	"encoding/json"
 	"errors"
@@ -47,7 +48,7 @@ func NewTableRepositoryKV(ctx context.Context, store kv.Store) TableRepository {
 
 // TableStorageModel represents how table data is stored in KV format
 type TableStorageModel struct {
-	Name              string            `json:"name"`
+	Name              []byte            `json:"name"`
 	Version           int64             `json:"version"`
 	ReplicationLevel  string            `json:"replication_level"`
 	AllowedRegions    []string          `json:"allowed_regions"`
@@ -71,9 +72,9 @@ type NodeStorageModel struct {
 	CreatedAt time.Time `json:"created_at"`
 }
 
-func (r *TableRepositoryKV) GetTable(name string) (*Table, error) {
+func (r *TableRepositoryKV) GetTable(name KeyName) (*Table, error) {
 	// Key: meta:table:{table_name}
-	key := kv.NewKeyBuilder().Meta().Append("table").Append(name).Build()
+	key := kv.NewKeyBuilder().Meta().Append("table").AppendBytes(name).Build()
 
 	txn, err := r.store.Begin(false)
 	if err != nil {
@@ -251,7 +252,7 @@ func (r *TableRepositoryKV) convertTableToStorageModel(table *Table) *TableStora
 
 func (r *TableRepositoryKV) UpdateTable(table *Table) error {
 	// Key: meta:table:{table_name}
-	key := kv.NewKeyBuilder().Meta().Append("table").Append(table.Name).Build()
+	key := kv.NewKeyBuilder().Meta().Append("table").AppendBytes(table.Name).Build()
 
 	txn, err := r.store.Begin(true)
 	if err != nil {
@@ -301,7 +302,7 @@ func (r *TableRepositoryKV) UpdateTable(table *Table) error {
 
 func (r *TableRepositoryKV) InsertTable(table *Table) error {
 	// Key: meta:table:{table_name}
-	key := kv.NewKeyBuilder().Meta().Append("table").Append(table.Name).Build()
+	key := kv.NewKeyBuilder().Meta().Append("table").AppendBytes(table.Name).Build()
 
 	txn, err := r.store.Begin(true)
 	if err != nil {
@@ -340,7 +341,7 @@ func (r *TableRepositoryKV) InsertTable(table *Table) error {
 func (r *TableRepositoryKV) updateTableIndex(txn kv.Transaction, table *Table) error {
 	// Index by replication level: meta:index:replication:{level}:{table_name} -> table_name
 	indexKey := kv.NewKeyBuilder().Meta().Append("index").Append("replication").
-		Append(table.ReplicationLevel.String()).Append(table.Name).Build()
+		Append(table.ReplicationLevel.String()).AppendBytes(table.Name).Build()
 
 	if err := txn.Put(r.ctx, indexKey, []byte(table.Name)); err != nil {
 		return err
@@ -349,7 +350,7 @@ func (r *TableRepositoryKV) updateTableIndex(txn kv.Transaction, table *Table) e
 	// Index by group if applicable
 	if table.Group != "" {
 		groupIndexKey := kv.NewKeyBuilder().Meta().Append("index").Append("group").
-			Append(table.Group).Append(table.Name).Build()
+			Append(table.Group).AppendBytes(table.Name).Build()
 		if err := txn.Put(r.ctx, groupIndexKey, []byte(table.Name)); err != nil {
 			return err
 		}
@@ -358,7 +359,7 @@ func (r *TableRepositoryKV) updateTableIndex(txn kv.Transaction, table *Table) e
 	// Index by owner node if applicable
 	if table.Owner != nil {
 		ownerIndexKey := kv.NewKeyBuilder().Meta().Append("index").Append("owner").
-			Append(fmt.Sprintf("%d", table.Owner.Id)).Append(table.Name).Build()
+			Append(fmt.Sprintf("%d", table.Owner.Id)).AppendBytes(table.Name).Build()
 		if err := txn.Put(r.ctx, ownerIndexKey, []byte(table.Name)); err != nil {
 			return err
 		}
@@ -371,7 +372,7 @@ func (r *TableRepositoryKV) updateTableIndex(txn kv.Transaction, table *Table) e
 func (r *TableRepositoryKV) removeTableIndex(txn kv.Transaction, table *Table) error {
 	// Remove replication level index: meta:index:replication:{level}:{table_name}
 	indexKey := kv.NewKeyBuilder().Meta().Append("index").Append("replication").
-		Append(table.ReplicationLevel.String()).Append(table.Name).Build()
+		Append(table.ReplicationLevel.String()).AppendBytes(table.Name).Build()
 
 	if err := txn.Delete(r.ctx, indexKey); err != nil {
 		return err
@@ -380,7 +381,7 @@ func (r *TableRepositoryKV) removeTableIndex(txn kv.Transaction, table *Table) e
 	// Remove group index if applicable
 	if table.Group != "" {
 		groupIndexKey := kv.NewKeyBuilder().Meta().Append("index").Append("group").
-			Append(table.Group).Append(table.Name).Build()
+			Append(table.Group).AppendBytes(table.Name).Build()
 		if err := txn.Delete(r.ctx, groupIndexKey); err != nil {
 			return err
 		}
@@ -389,7 +390,7 @@ func (r *TableRepositoryKV) removeTableIndex(txn kv.Transaction, table *Table) e
 	// Remove owner node index if applicable
 	if table.Owner != nil {
 		ownerIndexKey := kv.NewKeyBuilder().Meta().Append("index").Append("owner").
-			Append(fmt.Sprintf("%d", table.Owner.Id)).Append(table.Name).Build()
+			Append(fmt.Sprintf("%d", table.Owner.Id)).AppendBytes(table.Name).Build()
 		if err := txn.Delete(r.ctx, ownerIndexKey); err != nil {
 			return err
 		}
@@ -398,7 +399,7 @@ func (r *TableRepositoryKV) removeTableIndex(txn kv.Transaction, table *Table) e
 	return nil
 }
 
-func (r *TableRepositoryKV) GetGroup(name string) (*TableGroup, error) {
+func (r *TableRepositoryKV) GetGroup(name KeyName) (*TableGroup, error) {
 	// First get the group details (which is just a table with type=group)
 	groupTable, err := r.GetTable(name)
 	if err != nil {
@@ -419,7 +420,7 @@ func (r *TableRepositoryKV) GetGroup(name string) (*TableGroup, error) {
 
 	// Find all tables in this group using the group index
 	// Key pattern: meta:index:group:{group_name}:{table_name} -> table_name
-	prefix := kv.NewKeyBuilder().Meta().Append("index").Append("group").Append(name).Build()
+	prefix := kv.NewKeyBuilder().Meta().Append("index").Append("group").AppendBytes(name).Build()
 
 	txn, err := r.store.Begin(false)
 	if err != nil {
@@ -441,12 +442,12 @@ func (r *TableRepositoryKV) GetGroup(name string) (*TableGroup, error) {
 		}
 
 		// Skip the group table itself
-		if string(tableName) == name {
+		if bytes.Equal(tableName, name) {
 			continue
 		}
 
 		// Get the full table details
-		table, err := r.GetTable(string(tableName))
+		table, err := r.GetTable(tableName)
 		if err != nil {
 			continue // Log this error but continue processing
 		}
@@ -510,7 +511,8 @@ func (r *TableRepositoryKV) GetShard(shard *Table, principals []*Principal) (*Sh
 	}
 
 	// retrieve the shard table
-	st, err := r.GetTable(shard.GetName() + "_" + hash)
+	tableName := bytes.Join([][]byte{shard.GetName(), []byte("_"), []byte(hash)}, []byte{})
+	st, err := r.GetTable(tableName)
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, err
 	}
@@ -534,7 +536,7 @@ func (r *TableRepositoryKV) InsertShard(shard *Shard) error {
 	if err != nil {
 		return err
 	}
-	shard.GetShard().Name = shard.GetTable().GetName() + "_" + hash
+	shard.GetShard().Name = bytes.Join([][]byte{shard.GetTable().GetName(), []byte("_"), []byte(hash)}, []byte{})
 
 	return r.InsertTable(shard.GetShard())
 }
@@ -565,7 +567,7 @@ func (r *TableRepositoryKV) GetTablesByReplicationLevel(level ReplicationLevel)
 			continue
 		}
 
-		table, err := r.GetTable(string(tableName))
+		table, err := r.GetTable(tableName)
 		if err != nil {
 			continue // Log this error but continue
 		}
@@ -603,7 +605,7 @@ func (r *TableRepositoryKV) GetTablesOwnedByNode(nodeID int64) ([]*Table, error)
 			continue
 		}
 
-		table, err := r.GetTable(string(tableName))
+		table, err := r.GetTable(tableName)
 		if err != nil {
 			continue // Log this error but continue
 		}
diff --git a/atlas/consensus/table-repository-kv_test.go b/atlas/consensus/table-repository-kv_test.go
index 0cff6f6..6700be9 100644
--- a/atlas/consensus/table-repository-kv_test.go
+++ b/atlas/consensus/table-repository-kv_test.go
@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@ func TestTableRepositoryKV_InsertAndGetTable(t *testing.T) {
 
 	// Create test table
 	table := &Table{
-		Name:              "test_table",
+		Name:              KeyName("test_table"),
 		Version:           1,
 		ReplicationLevel:  ReplicationLevel_regional,
 		AllowedRegions:    []string{"us-east-1", "us-west-2"},
@@ -79,7 +79,7 @@ func TestTableRepositoryKV_InsertAndGetTable(t *testing.T) {
 	assert.NoError(t, err)
 
 	// Test Get
-	retrieved, err := repo.GetTable("test_table")
+	retrieved, err := repo.GetTable(KeyName("test_table"))
 	assert.NoError(t, err)
 	assert.NotNil(t, retrieved)
 
@@ -110,7 +110,7 @@ func TestTableRepositoryKV_UpdateTable(t *testing.T) {
 
 	// Create and insert initial table
 	table := &Table{
-		Name:             "test_table",
+		Name:             KeyName("test_table"),
 		Version:          1,
 		ReplicationLevel: ReplicationLevel_regional,
 		AllowedRegions:   []string{"us-east-1"},
@@ -130,7 +130,7 @@ func TestTableRepositoryKV_UpdateTable(t *testing.T) {
 	assert.NoError(t, err)
 
 	// Verify update
-	retrieved, err := repo.GetTable("test_table")
+	retrieved, err := repo.GetTable(KeyName("test_table"))
 	assert.NoError(t, err)
 	assert.Equal(t, int64(2), retrieved.Version)
 	assert.Equal(t, ReplicationLevel_global, retrieved.ReplicationLevel)
@@ -146,7 +146,7 @@ func TestTableRepositoryKV_UpdateTable_StaleIndexes(t *testing.T) {
 
 	// Create initial table with regional replication
 	table := &Table{
-		Name:             "test_table",
+		Name:             KeyName("test_table"),
 		Version:          1,
 		ReplicationLevel: ReplicationLevel_regional,
 		Group:            "old_group",
@@ -169,7 +169,7 @@ func TestTableRepositoryKV_UpdateTable_StaleIndexes(t *testing.T) {
 	regionalTables, err := repo.GetTablesByReplicationLevel(ReplicationLevel_regional)
 	assert.NoError(t, err)
 	assert.Len(t, regionalTables, 1)
-	assert.Equal(t, "test_table", regionalTables[0].Name)
+	assert.Equal(t, "test_table", string(regionalTables[0].Name))
 
 	// Global queries should be empty
 	globalTables, err := repo.GetTablesByReplicationLevel(ReplicationLevel_global)
@@ -205,7 +205,7 @@ func TestTableRepositoryKV_UpdateTable_StaleIndexes(t *testing.T) {
 	globalTablesAfterUpdate, err := repo.GetTablesByReplicationLevel(ReplicationLevel_global)
 	assert.NoError(t, err)
 	assert.Len(t, globalTablesAfterUpdate, 1)
-	assert.Equal(t, "test_table", globalTablesAfterUpdate[0].Name)
+	assert.Equal(t, "test_table", string(globalTablesAfterUpdate[0].Name))
 
 	// Additional verification: Check for ghost entries in old group and owner indexes
 	// This requires access to the underlying KV store to check for stale keys
@@ -245,21 +245,21 @@ func TestTableRepositoryKV_GetTablesByReplicationLevel(t *testing.T) {
 	// Create tables with different replication levels
 	tables := []*Table{
 		{
-			Name:             "regional_table_1",
+			Name:             KeyName("regional_table_1"),
 			Version:          1,
 			ReplicationLevel: ReplicationLevel_regional,
 			Type:             TableType_table,
 			CreatedAt:        timestamppb.New(time.Now()),
 		},
 		{
-			Name:             "regional_table_2",
+			Name:             KeyName("regional_table_2"),
 			Version:          1,
 			ReplicationLevel: ReplicationLevel_regional,
 			Type:             TableType_table,
 			CreatedAt:        timestamppb.New(time.Now()),
 		},
 		{
-			Name:             "global_table",
+			Name:             KeyName("global_table"),
 			Version:          1,
 			ReplicationLevel: ReplicationLevel_global,
 			Type:             TableType_table,
@@ -281,7 +281,7 @@ func TestTableRepositoryKV_GetTablesByReplicationLevel(t *testing.T) {
 	globalTables, err := repo.GetTablesByReplicationLevel(ReplicationLevel_global)
 	assert.NoError(t, err)
 	assert.Len(t, globalTables, 1)
-	assert.Equal(t, "global_table", globalTables[0].Name)
+	assert.Equal(t, "global_table", string(globalTables[0].Name))
 }
 
 func TestTableRepositoryKV_GroupOperations(t *testing.T) {
@@ -293,7 +293,7 @@ func TestTableRepositoryKV_GroupOperations(t *testing.T) {
 
 	// Create group
 	groupTable := &Table{
-		Name:             "test_group",
+		Name:             KeyName("test_group"),
 		Version:          1,
 		ReplicationLevel: ReplicationLevel_regional,
 		Type:             TableType_group,
@@ -310,7 +310,7 @@ func TestTableRepositoryKV_GroupOperations(t *testing.T) {
 
 	// Create tables in the group
 	table1 := &Table{
-		Name:             "table_in_group_1",
+		Name:             KeyName("table_in_group_1"),
 		Version:          1,
 		ReplicationLevel: ReplicationLevel_regional,
 		Type:             TableType_table,
@@ -319,7 +319,7 @@ func TestTableRepositoryKV_GroupOperations(t *testing.T) {
 	}
 
 	table2 := &Table{
-		Name:             "table_in_group_2",
+		Name:             KeyName("table_in_group_2"),
 		Version:          1,
 		ReplicationLevel: ReplicationLevel_regional,
 		Type:             TableType_table,
@@ -333,14 +333,14 @@ func TestTableRepositoryKV_GroupOperations(t *testing.T) {
 	require.NoError(t, err)
 
 	// Test getting group
-	retrievedGroup, err := repo.GetGroup("test_group")
+	retrievedGroup, err := repo.GetGroup(KeyName("test_group"))
 	assert.NoError(t, err)
 	assert.NotNil(t, retrievedGroup)
-	assert.Equal(t, "test_group", retrievedGroup.Details.Name)
+	assert.Equal(t, "test_group", string(retrievedGroup.Details.Name))
 	assert.Len(t, retrievedGroup.Tables, 2)
 
 	// Verify table names in group
-	tableNames := []string{retrievedGroup.Tables[0].Name, retrievedGroup.Tables[1].Name}
+	tableNames := []string{string(retrievedGroup.Tables[0].Name), string(retrievedGroup.Tables[1].Name)}
 	assert.Contains(t, tableNames, "table_in_group_1")
 	assert.Contains(t, tableNames, "table_in_group_2")
 }
@@ -354,7 +354,7 @@ func TestTableRepositoryKV_ShardOperations(t *testing.T) {
 
 	// Create parent table for sharding
 	parentTable := &Table{
-		Name:             "sharded_table",
+		Name:             KeyName("sharded_table"),
 		Version:          1,
 		ReplicationLevel: ReplicationLevel_regional,
 		Type:             TableType_table,
@@ -367,7 +367,7 @@ func TestTableRepositoryKV_ShardOperations(t *testing.T) {
 
 	// Create shard
 	shardTable := &Table{
-		Name:             "", // Will be auto-generated
+		Name:             KeyName(""), // Will be auto-generated
 		Version:          1,
 		ReplicationLevel: ReplicationLevel_regional,
 		Type:             TableType_table,
@@ -389,7 +389,7 @@ func TestTableRepositoryKV_ShardOperations(t *testing.T) {
 	err = repo.InsertShard(shard)
 	assert.NoError(t, err)
 	assert.NotEmpty(t, shardTable.Name)
-	assert.Contains(t, shardTable.Name, "sharded_table_")
+	assert.Contains(t, string(shardTable.Name), "sharded_table_")
 
 	// Test getting shard
 	retrievedShard, err := repo.GetShard(parentTable, principals)
@@ -406,13 +406,13 @@ func TestTableRepositoryKV_ErrorCases(t *testing.T) {
 	repo := NewTableRepositoryKV(ctx, store).(*TableRepositoryKV)
 
 	// Test getting non-existent table
-	table, err := repo.GetTable("non_existent")
+	table, err := repo.GetTable(KeyName("non_existent"))
 	assert.NoError(t, err)
 	assert.Nil(t, table)
 
 	// Test inserting duplicate table
 	testTable := &Table{
-		Name:             "duplicate_test",
+		Name:             KeyName("duplicate_test"),
 		Version:          1,
 		ReplicationLevel: ReplicationLevel_regional,
 		Type:             TableType_table,
@@ -429,7 +429,7 @@ func TestTableRepositoryKV_ErrorCases(t *testing.T) {
 
 	// Test updating non-existent table
 	nonExistentTable := &Table{
-		Name:             "does_not_exist",
+		Name:             KeyName("does_not_exist"),
 		Version:          1,
 		ReplicationLevel: ReplicationLevel_regional,
 		Type:             TableType_table,
@@ -442,7 +442,7 @@ func TestTableRepositoryKV_ErrorCases(t *testing.T) {
 
 	// Test getting group that's not a group type
 	regularTable := &Table{
-		Name:             "not_a_group",
+		Name:             KeyName("not_a_group"),
 		Version:          1,
 		ReplicationLevel: ReplicationLevel_regional,
 		Type:             TableType_table,
@@ -452,7 +452,7 @@ func TestTableRepositoryKV_ErrorCases(t *testing.T) {
 	err = repo.InsertTable(regularTable)
 	require.NoError(t, err)
 
-	group, err := repo.GetGroup("not_a_group")
+	group, err := repo.GetGroup(KeyName("not_a_group"))
 	assert.Error(t, err)
 	assert.Contains(t, err.Error(), "not a group")
 	assert.Nil(t, group)
diff --git a/atlas/consensus/table-repository.go b/atlas/consensus/table-repository.go
index 5eafa05..8000b40 100644
--- a/atlas/consensus/table-repository.go
+++ b/atlas/consensus/table-repository.go
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ package consensus
 
 type TableRepository interface {
 	// GetTable returns a table by name.
-	GetTable(name string) (*Table, error)
+	GetTable(name KeyName) (*Table, error)
 	// GetTablesBatch returns multiple tables by name in a single operation.
 	// Returns a slice of tables in the same order as the input names.
 	// Nil entries indicate table not found for that name.
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ type TableRepository interface {
 	// InsertTable inserts a table.
 	InsertTable(*Table) error
 	// GetGroup returns a group by name.
-	GetGroup(string) (*TableGroup, error)
+	GetGroup(KeyName) (*TableGroup, error)
 	// UpdateGroup updates a group.
 	UpdateGroup(*TableGroup) error
 	// InsertGroup inserts a group.
diff --git a/atlas/kv.go b/atlas/kv.go
index 9e38b7d..177ba93 100644
--- a/atlas/kv.go
+++ b/atlas/kv.go
@@ -21,16 +21,17 @@ package atlas
 import (
 	"context"
 	"fmt"
+	"time"
 
 	"github.com/bottledcode/atlas-db/atlas/consensus"
-	"github.com/bottledcode/atlas-db/atlas/kv"
+	"google.golang.org/protobuf/types/known/durationpb"
 )
 
-func WriteKey(ctx context.Context, builder *kv.KeyBuilder, value []byte) error {
+func WriteKey(ctx context.Context, key consensus.KeyName, value []byte) error {
 	op := &consensus.KVChange{
 		Operation: &consensus.KVChange_Set{
 			Set: &consensus.SetChange{
-				Key: builder.Build(),
+				Key: key,
 				Data: &consensus.Record{
 					Data: &consensus.Record_Value{
 						Value: &consensus.RawData{
@@ -43,31 +44,20 @@ func WriteKey(ctx context.Context, builder *kv.KeyBuilder, value []byte) error {
 		},
 	}
 
-	return sendWrite(ctx, builder, op)
+	return sendWrite(ctx, key, op)
 }
 
-func sendWrite(ctx context.Context, builder *kv.KeyBuilder, change *consensus.KVChange) error {
+func sendWrite(ctx context.Context, key consensus.KeyName, change *consensus.KVChange) error {
 	qm := consensus.GetDefaultQuorumManager(ctx)
 
-	key := builder.Build()
-	keyString := string(key)
-	tableName, ok := builder.TableName()
-	if !ok || tableName == "" {
-		if t, _, valid := kv.ParseTableRowKey(key); valid {
-			tableName = t
-		} else {
-			tableName = keyString
-		}
-	}
-
-	q, err := qm.GetQuorum(ctx, tableName)
+	q, err := qm.GetQuorum(ctx, key)
 	if err != nil {
 		return err
 	}
 
 	resp, err := q.WriteKey(ctx, &consensus.WriteKeyRequest{
 		Sender: nil,
-		Table:  tableName,
+		Table:  key,
 		Value:  change,
 	})
 	if err != nil {
@@ -79,11 +69,11 @@ func sendWrite(ctx context.Context, builder *kv.KeyBuilder, change *consensus.KV
 	return fmt.Errorf("write failed: %s", resp.Error)
 }
 
-func AddOwner(ctx context.Context, builder *kv.KeyBuilder, owner string) error {
+func AddOwner(ctx context.Context, key consensus.KeyName, owner string) error {
 	op := &consensus.KVChange{
 		Operation: &consensus.KVChange_Acl{
 			Acl: &consensus.AclChange{
-				Key: builder.Build(),
+				Key: key,
 				Change: &consensus.AclChange_Addition{
 					Addition: &consensus.ACL{
 						Owners: &consensus.ACLData{
@@ -94,14 +84,14 @@ func AddOwner(ctx context.Context, builder *kv.KeyBuilder, owner string) error {
 			},
 		},
 	}
-	return sendWrite(ctx, builder, op)
+	return sendWrite(ctx, key, op)
 }
 
-func RevokeOwner(ctx context.Context, builder *kv.KeyBuilder, owner string) error {
+func RevokeOwner(ctx context.Context, key consensus.KeyName, owner string) error {
 	op := &consensus.KVChange{
 		Operation: &consensus.KVChange_Acl{
 			Acl: &consensus.AclChange{
-				Key: builder.Build(),
+				Key: key,
 				Change: &consensus.AclChange_Deletion{
 					Deletion: &consensus.ACL{
 						Owners: &consensus.ACLData{
@@ -112,14 +102,14 @@ func RevokeOwner(ctx context.Context, builder *kv.KeyBuilder, owner string) erro
 			},
 		},
 	}
-	return sendWrite(ctx, builder, op)
+	return sendWrite(ctx, key, op)
 }
 
-func AddWriter(ctx context.Context, builder *kv.KeyBuilder, writer string) error {
+func AddWriter(ctx context.Context, key consensus.KeyName, writer string) error {
 	op := &consensus.KVChange{
 		Operation: &consensus.KVChange_Acl{
 			Acl: &consensus.AclChange{
-				Key: builder.Build(),
+				Key: key,
 				Change: &consensus.AclChange_Addition{
 					Addition: &consensus.ACL{
 						Writers: &consensus.ACLData{
@@ -130,14 +120,14 @@ func AddWriter(ctx context.Context, builder *kv.KeyBuilder, writer string) error
 			},
 		},
 	}
-	return sendWrite(ctx, builder, op)
+	return sendWrite(ctx, key, op)
 }
 
-func RevokeWriter(ctx context.Context, builder *kv.KeyBuilder, writer string) error {
+func RevokeWriter(ctx context.Context, key consensus.KeyName, writer string) error {
 	op := &consensus.KVChange{
 		Operation: &consensus.KVChange_Acl{
 			Acl: &consensus.AclChange{
-				Key: builder.Build(),
+				Key: key,
 				Change: &consensus.AclChange_Deletion{
 					Deletion: &consensus.ACL{
 						Writers: &consensus.ACLData{
@@ -149,14 +139,14 @@ func RevokeWriter(ctx context.Context, builder *kv.KeyBuilder, writer string) er
 		},
 	}
 
-	return sendWrite(ctx, builder, op)
+	return sendWrite(ctx, key, op)
 }
 
-func AddReader(ctx context.Context, builder *kv.KeyBuilder, reader string) error {
+func AddReader(ctx context.Context, key consensus.KeyName, reader string) error {
 	op := &consensus.KVChange{
 		Operation: &consensus.KVChange_Acl{
 			Acl: &consensus.AclChange{
-				Key: builder.Build(),
+				Key: key,
 				Change: &consensus.AclChange_Addition{
 					Addition: &consensus.ACL{
 						Readers: &consensus.ACLData{
@@ -168,14 +158,14 @@ func AddReader(ctx context.Context, builder *kv.KeyBuilder, reader string) error
 		},
 	}
 
-	return sendWrite(ctx, builder, op)
+	return sendWrite(ctx, key, op)
 }
 
-func RevokeReader(ctx context.Context, builder *kv.KeyBuilder, reader string) error {
+func RevokeReader(ctx context.Context, key consensus.KeyName, reader string) error {
 	op := &consensus.KVChange{
 		Operation: &consensus.KVChange_Acl{
 			Acl: &consensus.AclChange{
-				Key: builder.Build(),
+				Key: key,
 				Change: &consensus.AclChange_Deletion{
 					Deletion: &consensus.ACL{
 						Readers: &consensus.ACLData{
@@ -187,31 +177,19 @@ func RevokeReader(ctx context.Context, builder *kv.KeyBuilder, reader string) er
 		},
 	}
 
-	return sendWrite(ctx, builder, op)
+	return sendWrite(ctx, key, op)
 }
 
-func GetKey(ctx context.Context, builder *kv.KeyBuilder) ([]byte, error) {
+func GetKey(ctx context.Context, key consensus.KeyName) ([]byte, error) {
 	qm := consensus.GetDefaultQuorumManager(ctx)
 
-	key := builder.Build()
-	keyString := string(key)
-	tableName, ok := builder.TableName()
-	if !ok || tableName == "" {
-		if t, _, valid := kv.ParseTableRowKey(key); valid {
-			tableName = t
-		} else {
-			tableName = keyString
-		}
-	}
-
-	q, err := qm.GetQuorum(ctx, tableName)
+	q, err := qm.GetQuorum(ctx, key)
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, err
 	}
 	resp, err := q.ReadKey(ctx, &consensus.ReadKeyRequest{
 		Sender: nil,
-		Key:    keyString,
-		Table:  tableName,
+		Key:    key,
 	})
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, err
@@ -224,21 +202,10 @@ func GetKey(ctx context.Context, builder *kv.KeyBuilder) ([]byte, error) {
 
 // DeleteKey performs a distributed delete of the provided key using the
 // same migration-based consensus path used for writes.
-func DeleteKey(ctx context.Context, builder *kv.KeyBuilder) error {
+func DeleteKey(ctx context.Context, key consensus.KeyName) error {
 	qm := consensus.GetDefaultQuorumManager(ctx)
 
-	key := builder.Build()
-	keyString := string(key)
-	tableName, ok := builder.TableName()
-	if !ok || tableName == "" {
-		if t, _, valid := kv.ParseTableRowKey(key); valid {
-			tableName = t
-		} else {
-			tableName = keyString
-		}
-	}
-
-	q, err := qm.GetQuorum(ctx, tableName)
+	q, err := qm.GetQuorum(ctx, key)
 	if err != nil {
 		return err
 	}
@@ -246,11 +213,11 @@ func DeleteKey(ctx context.Context, builder *kv.KeyBuilder) error {
 	// Reuse WriteKeyRequest shape for quorum-level delete operation
 	resp, err := q.DeleteKey(ctx, &consensus.WriteKeyRequest{
 		Sender: nil,
-		Table:  tableName,
+		Table:  key,
 		Value: &consensus.KVChange{
 			Operation: &consensus.KVChange_Del{
 				Del: &consensus.DelChange{
-					Key: builder.Build(),
+					Key: key,
 				},
 			},
 		},
@@ -266,34 +233,54 @@ func DeleteKey(ctx context.Context, builder *kv.KeyBuilder) error {
 
 // PrefixScan performs a distributed prefix scan across all nodes in the cluster.
 // It returns all keys matching the prefix that are owned by any node.
-func PrefixScan(ctx context.Context, tablePrefix, rowPrefix string) ([]string, error) {
+func PrefixScan(ctx context.Context, prefix consensus.KeyName) ([][]byte, error) {
 	// PrefixScan doesn't use table-based quorums since it scans across all keys/tables
 	// Instead, we need to directly call the majority quorum's PrefixScan which broadcasts to all nodes
 	// For now, use any table to get the quorum (it will use the majority quorum implementation)
 	qm := consensus.GetDefaultQuorumManager(ctx)
-
-	// Use a non-empty table name to get a valid quorum object
-	// The majority quorum's PrefixScan will broadcast to all nodes regardless of table
-	q, err := qm.GetQuorum(ctx, "atlas.nodes")
+	broadcast, err := qm.GetBroadcastQuorum(ctx)
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, err
 	}
 
-	if tablePrefix == "" && rowPrefix != "" {
-		return nil, fmt.Errorf("row prefix specified without table prefix")
+	resp, err := broadcast.PrefixScan(ctx, &consensus.PrefixScanRequest{
+		Sender: nil,
+		Prefix: prefix,
+	})
+	if resp != nil && resp.Success {
+		return resp.GetKeys(), err
 	}
+	return nil, err
+}
 
-	resp, err := q.PrefixScan(ctx, &consensus.PrefixScanRequest{
-		Sender:      nil,
-		TablePrefix: tablePrefix,
-		RowPrefix:   rowPrefix,
-	})
-	if err != nil {
-		return nil, err
+type SubscribeOptions struct {
+	RetryAttempts  int
+	RetryAfterBase time.Duration
+	Auth           string
+}
+
+func Subscribe(ctx context.Context, prefix consensus.KeyName, callbackUrl string, opts SubscribeOptions) error {
+	if opts.RetryAttempts == 0 {
+		opts.RetryAttempts = 3
+	}
+	if opts.RetryAfterBase == 0 {
+		opts.RetryAfterBase = 100 * time.Millisecond
 	}
 
-	if resp.Success {
-		return resp.Keys, nil
+	op := &consensus.KVChange{
+		Operation: &consensus.KVChange_Sub{
+			Sub: &consensus.Subscribe{
+				Url:    callbackUrl,
+				Prefix: prefix,
+				Options: &consensus.SubscribeOptions{
+					Batch:          true,
+					RetryAttempts:  int32(opts.RetryAttempts),
+					RetryAfterBase: durationpb.New(opts.RetryAfterBase),
+					Auth:           opts.Auth,
+				},
+			},
+		},
 	}
-	return nil, fmt.Errorf("prefix scan failed: %s", resp.Error)
+
+	return sendWrite(ctx, prefix, op)
 }
diff --git a/atlas/kv/badger.go b/atlas/kv/badger.go
index d5ecaff..fdadbe0 100644
--- a/atlas/kv/badger.go
+++ b/atlas/kv/badger.go
@@ -33,7 +33,6 @@ type BadgerStore struct {
 func NewBadgerStore(path string) (*BadgerStore, error) {
 	opts := badger.DefaultOptions(path)
 
-	// Optimize for Atlas-DB use case
 	opts.Logger = nil      // Disable BadgerDB logging to avoid conflicts with zap
 	opts.SyncWrites = true // Ensure durability for consensus
 	opts.CompactL0OnClose = true
diff --git a/atlas/kv/encoding.go b/atlas/kv/encoding.go
index 7fb682a..24d9248 100644
--- a/atlas/kv/encoding.go
+++ b/atlas/kv/encoding.go
@@ -20,13 +20,8 @@ package kv
 
 import (
 	"bytes"
-	"encoding/json"
-	"fmt"
 	"strconv"
 	"strings"
-	"time"
-
-	"github.com/dgraph-io/badger/v4"
 )
 
 // KeyBuilder helps construct hierarchical keys for different data types
@@ -37,7 +32,7 @@ type KeyBuilder struct {
 	table            string
 	row              string
 	extra            [][]byte
-	migrationTable   string
+	migrationTable   []byte
 	migrationVersion int64
 	tableVersion     int64
 	node             int64
@@ -94,7 +89,7 @@ func NewKeyBuilderFromBytes(data []byte) *KeyBuilder {
 				continue
 			}
 			if string(parts[i]) == keyMigration {
-				builder.migrationTable = string(parts[i+1])
+				builder.migrationTable = parts[i+1]
 				i += 1
 				continue
 			}
@@ -167,7 +162,7 @@ func (kb *KeyBuilder) Uncommitted() *KeyBuilder {
 }
 
 // Migration Pass 0 to version to omit, -1 to include the version prefix, or a version to include
-func (kb *KeyBuilder) Migration(table string, version int64) *KeyBuilder {
+func (kb *KeyBuilder) Migration(table []byte, version int64) *KeyBuilder {
 	kb.isMeta = true
 	kb.migrationTable = table
 	kb.migrationVersion = version
@@ -190,6 +185,11 @@ func (kb *KeyBuilder) Append(part string) *KeyBuilder {
 	return kb
 }
 
+func (kb *KeyBuilder) AppendBytes(part []byte) *KeyBuilder {
+	kb.extra = append(kb.extra, part)
+	return kb
+}
+
 // Build constructs the final key as bytes
 func (kb *KeyBuilder) Build() []byte {
 	parts := make([][]byte, 0)
@@ -205,7 +205,7 @@ func (kb *KeyBuilder) Build() []byte {
 	if kb.row != "" {
 		parts = append(parts, []byte(keyRow), []byte(kb.row))
 	}
-	if kb.migrationTable != "" {
+	if kb.migrationTable != nil {
 		parts = append(parts, []byte(keyMigration), []byte(kb.migrationTable))
 		if kb.isUncommitted {
 			parts = append(parts, []byte(keyUncommitted))
@@ -283,341 +283,3 @@ func FromDottedKey(key string) *KeyBuilder {
 		return builder.Table(parts[0]).Row(parts[1]).Append(strings.Join(parts[2:], "."))
 	}
 }
-
-// Value represents a typed value that can be stored in the KV store
-type Value struct {
-	Type     TypeCode       `json:"type"`
-	Data     any            `json:"data"`
-	Metadata map[string]any `json:"metadata,omitempty"`
-}
-
-// TypeCode represents the data type
-type TypeCode int
-
-const (
-	TypeString TypeCode = iota + 1
-	TypeInt
-	TypeFloat
-	TypeBool
-	TypeBlob
-	TypeNull
-	TypeTime
-	TypeDuration
-	TypeJSON
-)
-
-// String returns the string representation of TypeCode
-func (tc TypeCode) String() string {
-	switch tc {
-	case TypeString:
-		return "string"
-	case TypeInt:
-		return "int"
-	case TypeFloat:
-		return "float"
-	case TypeBool:
-		return "bool"
-	case TypeBlob:
-		return "blob"
-	case TypeNull:
-		return "null"
-	case TypeTime:
-		return "time"
-	case TypeDuration:
-		return "duration"
-	case TypeJSON:
-		return "json"
-	default:
-		return "unknown"
-	}
-}
-
-// NewStringValue creates a string value
-func NewStringValue(s string) *Value {
-	return &Value{Type: TypeString, Data: s}
-}
-
-// NewIntValue creates an integer value
-func NewIntValue(i int64) *Value {
-	return &Value{Type: TypeInt, Data: i}
-}
-
-// NewFloatValue creates a float value
-func NewFloatValue(f float64) *Value {
-	return &Value{Type: TypeFloat, Data: f}
-}
-
-// NewBoolValue creates a boolean value
-func NewBoolValue(b bool) *Value {
-	return &Value{Type: TypeBool, Data: b}
-}
-
-// NewBlobValue creates a blob value
-func NewBlobValue(data []byte) *Value {
-	return &Value{Type: TypeBlob, Data: data}
-}
-
-// NewNullValue creates a null value
-func NewNullValue() *Value {
-	return &Value{Type: TypeNull, Data: nil}
-}
-
-// NewTimeValue creates a time value
-func NewTimeValue(t time.Time) *Value {
-	return &Value{Type: TypeTime, Data: t.Format(time.RFC3339Nano)}
-}
-
-// NewDurationValue creates a duration value
-func NewDurationValue(d time.Duration) *Value {
-	return &Value{Type: TypeDuration, Data: int64(d)}
-}
-
-// NewJSONValue creates a JSON value
-func NewJSONValue(data any) *Value {
-	return &Value{Type: TypeJSON, Data: data}
-}
-
-// Encode serializes the value to bytes
-func (v *Value) Encode() ([]byte, error) {
-	return json.Marshal(v)
-}
-
-// GetString returns the value as a string
-func (v *Value) GetString() string {
-	switch v.Type {
-	case TypeString:
-		if s, ok := v.Data.(string); ok {
-			return s
-		}
-	case TypeInt:
-		if i, ok := v.Data.(float64); ok { // JSON unmarshals numbers as float64
-			return strconv.FormatInt(int64(i), 10)
-		}
-	case TypeFloat:
-		if f, ok := v.Data.(float64); ok {
-			return strconv.FormatFloat(f, 'f', -1, 64)
-		}
-	case TypeBool:
-		if b, ok := v.Data.(bool); ok {
-			return strconv.FormatBool(b)
-		}
-	case TypeTime:
-		if s, ok := v.Data.(string); ok {
-			return s
-		}
-	case TypeNull:
-		return ""
-	}
-	return fmt.Sprintf("%v", v.Data)
-}
-
-// GetInt returns the value as an integer
-func (v *Value) GetInt() int64 {
-	switch v.Type {
-	case TypeInt:
-		if i, ok := v.Data.(float64); ok { // JSON unmarshals numbers as float64
-			return int64(i)
-		}
-	case TypeString:
-		if s, ok := v.Data.(string); ok {
-			if i, err := strconv.ParseInt(s, 10, 64); err == nil {
-				return i
-			}
-		}
-	case TypeBool:
-		if b, ok := v.Data.(bool); ok {
-			if b {
-				return 1
-			}
-			return 0
-		}
-	case TypeDuration:
-		if i, ok := v.Data.(float64); ok {
-			return int64(i)
-		}
-	}
-	return 0
-}
-
-// GetFloat returns the value as a float
-func (v *Value) GetFloat() float64 {
-	switch v.Type {
-	case TypeFloat:
-		if f, ok := v.Data.(float64); ok {
-			return f
-		}
-	case TypeInt:
-		if i, ok := v.Data.(float64); ok {
-			return i
-		}
-	case TypeString:
-		if s, ok := v.Data.(string); ok {
-			if f, err := strconv.ParseFloat(s, 64); err == nil {
-				return f
-			}
-		}
-	}
-	return 0.0
-}
-
-// GetBool returns the value as a boolean
-func (v *Value) GetBool() bool {
-	switch v.Type {
-	case TypeBool:
-		if b, ok := v.Data.(bool); ok {
-			return b
-		}
-	case TypeInt:
-		if i, ok := v.Data.(float64); ok {
-			return int64(i) != 0
-		}
-	case TypeString:
-		if s, ok := v.Data.(string); ok {
-			if b, err := strconv.ParseBool(s); err == nil {
-				return b
-			}
-		}
-	}
-	return false
-}
-
-// GetBlob returns the value as bytes
-func (v *Value) GetBlob() []byte {
-	switch v.Type {
-	case TypeBlob:
-		if data, ok := v.Data.([]byte); ok {
-			return data
-		}
-		// JSON base64 encoded
-		if s, ok := v.Data.(string); ok {
-			// This would need base64 decoding in real implementation
-			return []byte(s)
-		}
-	case TypeString:
-		if s, ok := v.Data.(string); ok {
-			return []byte(s)
-		}
-	}
-	return nil
-}
-
-// IsNull returns true if the value is null
-func (v *Value) IsNull() bool {
-	return v.Type == TypeNull
-}
-
-// GetTime returns the value as time.Time
-func (v *Value) GetTime() time.Time {
-	switch v.Type {
-	case TypeTime:
-		if s, ok := v.Data.(string); ok {
-			if t, err := time.Parse(time.RFC3339Nano, s); err == nil {
-				return t
-			}
-		}
-	case TypeString:
-		if s, ok := v.Data.(string); ok {
-			if t, err := time.Parse(time.DateTime, s); err == nil {
-				return t
-			}
-		}
-	}
-	return time.Time{}
-}
-
-// GetDuration returns the value as time.Duration
-func (v *Value) GetDuration() time.Duration {
-	switch v.Type {
-	case TypeDuration:
-		if i, ok := v.Data.(float64); ok {
-			return time.Duration(int64(i))
-		}
-	case TypeInt:
-		if i, ok := v.Data.(float64); ok {
-			return time.Duration(int64(i))
-		}
-	}
-	return 0
-}
-
-// DecodeValue deserializes bytes back to a Value
-func DecodeValue(data []byte) (*Value, error) {
-	var v Value
-	if err := json.Unmarshal(data, &v); err != nil {
-		return nil, err
-	}
-	return &v, nil
-}
-
-// Record represents a collection of named values (equivalent to a SQL row)
-type Record struct {
-	Fields  map[string]*Value `json:"fields"`
-	Version uint64            `json:"version"`
-	Created time.Time         `json:"created"`
-	Updated time.Time         `json:"updated"`
-}
-
-// NewRecord creates a new record
-func NewRecord() *Record {
-	now := time.Now()
-	return &Record{
-		Fields:  make(map[string]*Value),
-		Version: 1,
-		Created: now,
-		Updated: now,
-	}
-}
-
-// SetField sets a field value
-func (r *Record) SetField(name string, value *Value) {
-	r.Fields[name] = value
-	r.Updated = time.Now()
-	r.Version++
-}
-
-// GetField gets a field value
-func (r *Record) GetField(name string) (*Value, bool) {
-	value, exists := r.Fields[name]
-	return value, exists
-}
-
-// Encode serializes the record to bytes
-func (r *Record) Encode() ([]byte, error) {
-	return json.Marshal(r)
-}
-
-// DecodeRecord deserializes bytes back to a Record
-func DecodeRecord(data []byte) (*Record, error) {
-	var r Record
-	if err := json.Unmarshal(data, &r); err != nil {
-		return nil, err
-	}
-	return &r, nil
-}
-
-func DecodeItem(item *badger.Item) (string, *Record, error) {
-	key := string(item.KeyCopy(nil))
-	value, err := item.ValueCopy(nil)
-	if err != nil {
-		return "", nil, err
-	}
-	record, err := DecodeRecord(value)
-	if err != nil {
-		return "", nil, err
-	}
-	return key, record, nil
-}
-
-// ParseTableRowKey returns the given key. Key === table in atlasdb
-func ParseTableRowKey(key []byte) (tableName, rowID string, valid bool) {
-	keyStr := string(key)
-	parts := strings.Split(keyStr, keySeparator)
-
-	if len(parts) >= 4 && parts[0] == keyTable && parts[2] == keyRow {
-		return parts[1], parts[3], true
-	} else if len(parts) >= 2 && parts[0] == keyTable {
-		return parts[1], "", true
-	}
-
-	return "", "", false
-}
diff --git a/atlas/kv/pool.go b/atlas/kv/pool.go
index 8773b44..4159b54 100644
--- a/atlas/kv/pool.go
+++ b/atlas/kv/pool.go
@@ -89,7 +89,7 @@ func NewPool(dataPath, metaPath string) (*Pool, error) {
 	}, nil
 }
 
-// DataStore returns the main data store
+// DataStore returns the masin data store
 func (p *Pool) DataStore() Store {
 	p.mutex.RLock()
 	defer p.mutex.RUnlock()
diff --git a/atlas/nodes.go b/atlas/nodes.go
deleted file mode 100644
index f611418..0000000
--- a/atlas/nodes.go
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,26 +0,0 @@
-/*
- * This file is part of Atlas-DB.
- *
- * Atlas-DB is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
- * it under the terms of the GNU Affero General Public License as
- * published by the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of
- * the License, or (at your option) any later version.
- *
- * Atlas-DB is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
- * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
- * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
- * GNU Affero General Public License for more details.
- *
- * You should have received a copy of the GNU Affero General Public License
- * along with Atlas-DB. If not, see <https://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
- *
- */
-
-package atlas
-
-type Node struct {
-	Id      int
-	Address string
-	Port    int
-	Region  int
-}
diff --git a/atlas/operations/table.go b/atlas/operations/table.go
deleted file mode 100644
index a846522..0000000
--- a/atlas/operations/table.go
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,304 +0,0 @@
-/*
- * This file is part of Atlas-DB.
- *
- * Atlas-DB is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
- * it under the terms of the GNU Affero General Public License as
- * published by the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of
- * the License, or (at your option) any later version.
- *
- * Atlas-DB is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
- * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
- * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
- * GNU Affero General Public License for more details.
- *
- * You should have received a copy of the GNU Affero General Public License
- * along with Atlas-DB. If not, see <https://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
- *
- */
-
-package operations
-
-import (
-	"errors"
-
-	"github.com/bottledcode/atlas-db/atlas/commands"
-	"github.com/bottledcode/atlas-db/atlas/consensus"
-)
-
-const (
-	CreateTableTableOrReplication = 1
-	CreateTableNameOrIfNotExists  = 2
-	CreateTableName               = 5
-	CreateTableGroup              = -2
-	CreateTableGroupName          = -1
-	CreateTableShard              = -4
-	CreateTableShardName          = -1
-)
-
-const (
-	AlterTableType      = 1
-	AlterTableName      = 2
-	AlterTableAddDrop   = 3
-	AlterTableGroup     = 4
-	AlterTableGroupName = 5
-)
-
-func extractGroup(c commands.Command) (string, commands.Command) {
-	g, ok := c.SelectNormalizedCommand(CreateTableGroup)
-	if !ok {
-		return "", c
-	}
-
-	if g != "GROUP" {
-		return "", c
-	}
-
-	group, _ := c.SelectNormalizedCommand(CreateTableGroupName)
-	c = c.RemoveAfter(CreateTableGroup)
-	return group, c
-}
-
-func extractShard(c commands.Command) (string, commands.Command) {
-	s, ok := c.SelectNormalizedCommand(CreateTableShard)
-	if !ok {
-		return "", c
-	}
-
-	if s != "SHARD" {
-		return "", c
-	}
-
-	if by, _ := c.SelectNormalizedCommand(CreateTableShard + 1); by != "BY" {
-		return "", c
-	}
-
-	if p, _ := c.SelectNormalizedCommand(CreateTableShard + 2); p != "PRINCIPAL" {
-		return "", c
-	}
-
-	principal, _ := c.SelectNormalizedCommand(CreateTableShardName)
-	c = c.RemoveAfter(-4)
-	return principal, c
-}
-
-// CreateTable parses a SQL query and creates an appropriate Table(s) object for proposing to the cluster.
-// It accepts a command structure like:
-// CREATE [REPLICATION] TABLE [IF NOT EXISTS] table_name (...) [GROUP group_name] [SHARD BY PRINCIPAL key]
-func CreateTable(c commands.Command) ([]*consensus.Table, error) {
-	// first, we determine what l of replication we desire
-	l, ok := c.SelectNormalizedCommand(CreateTableTableOrReplication)
-	if !ok {
-		return nil, errors.New("CREATE TABLE: missing table keyword")
-	}
-
-	// if we are creating a temp table, so we can just ignore it; all temporary tables are node-only
-	if l == "TEMP" || l == "TEMPORARY" {
-		return nil, errors.New("CREATE TABLE: temporary tables are not supported")
-	}
-
-	level := consensus.ReplicationLevel_global
-	var tableType consensus.TableType
-
-	switch l {
-	case "GLOBAL": // global table; the default
-		c = c.ReplaceCommand("CREATE GLOBAL", "CREATE")
-	case "REGIONAL": // regional table
-		level = consensus.ReplicationLevel_regional
-		c = c.ReplaceCommand("CREATE REGIONAL", "CREATE")
-	case "LOCAL": // local table
-		level = consensus.ReplicationLevel_local
-		c = c.ReplaceCommand("CREATE LOCAL", "CREATE")
-	case "TABLE": // global table; the default
-		break
-	case "TRIGGER":
-		break
-	case "VIEW":
-		break
-	default:
-		return nil, errors.New("CREATE TABLE: unknown replication level")
-	}
-
-	// and now, determine the type of table
-	switch l, _ = c.SelectNormalizedCommand(CreateTableTableOrReplication); l {
-	case "TABLE":
-		tableType = consensus.TableType_table
-	case "TRIGGER":
-		tableType = consensus.TableType_trigger
-	case "VIEW":
-		tableType = consensus.TableType_view
-	default:
-		return nil, errors.New("CREATE TABLE: unknown table type")
-	}
-
-	name, _ := c.SelectNormalizedCommand(CreateTableNameOrIfNotExists)
-	if name == "IF" {
-		// we have an "IF NOT EXISTS" clause
-		name, _ = c.SelectNormalizedCommand(CreateTableName)
-	} else {
-		name, _ = c.SelectNormalizedCommand(CreateTableNameOrIfNotExists)
-	}
-	name = c.NormalizeName(name)
-	if name == "" {
-		return nil, errors.New("CREATE TABLE: missing table name")
-	}
-
-	var groups []string
-	var shards []string
-	for {
-		var group string
-		var shard string
-		group, c = extractGroup(c)
-		shard, c = extractShard(c)
-		if shard == "" && group == "" {
-			break
-		}
-		if shard != "" {
-			shards = append(shards, shard)
-		}
-		if group != "" {
-			groups = append(groups, group)
-		}
-	}
-
-	if len(groups) > 1 {
-		return nil, errors.New("CREATE TABLE: multiple groups are not supported")
-	}
-
-	var tables []*consensus.Table
-
-	if len(groups) == 1 {
-		tables = append(tables, &consensus.Table{
-			Name:              groups[0],
-			ReplicationLevel:  level,
-			Owner:             nil,
-			CreatedAt:         nil,
-			Version:           1,
-			AllowedRegions:    nil,
-			RestrictedRegions: nil,
-			Group:             "",
-			Type:              consensus.TableType_group,
-			ShardPrincipals:   nil,
-		})
-	} else {
-		groups = append(groups, "")
-	}
-
-	if len(shards) > 0 && tableType == consensus.TableType_table {
-		tableType = consensus.TableType_sharded
-		// todo: potentially modify the query to include the shard key?
-	} else if len(shards) > 0 && tableType != consensus.TableType_table {
-		return nil, errors.New("CREATE TABLE: sharded tables can only be of type TABLE")
-	}
-
-	tables = append(tables, &consensus.Table{
-		Name:              name,
-		ReplicationLevel:  level,
-		Owner:             nil,
-		CreatedAt:         nil,
-		Version:           1,
-		AllowedRegions:    nil,
-		RestrictedRegions: nil,
-		Group:             groups[0],
-		Type:              tableType,
-		ShardPrincipals:   shards,
-	})
-
-	return tables, nil
-}
-
-// AlterTable parses a SQL query and creates an appropriate Table(s) object for proposing to the cluster.
-// It accepts a command structure like:
-// ALTER TABLE table_name [ADD|DROP] GROUP
-func AlterTable(c commands.Command, existingTable *consensus.Table) ([]*consensus.Table, error) {
-	if existingTable == nil {
-		return nil, errors.New("ALTER TABLE: table does not exist")
-	}
-
-	// get the table type
-	t, ok := c.SelectNormalizedCommand(AlterTableType)
-	if !ok {
-		return nil, errors.New("ALTER TABLE: missing table keyword")
-	}
-	switch t {
-	case "TABLE":
-		if existingTable.Type != consensus.TableType_table {
-			return nil, errors.New("ALTER TABLE: table type does not match an existing table")
-		}
-	case "TRIGGER":
-		if existingTable.Type != consensus.TableType_trigger {
-			return nil, errors.New("ALTER TABLE: table type does not match an existing table")
-		}
-	case "VIEW":
-		if existingTable.Type != consensus.TableType_view {
-			return nil, errors.New("ALTER TABLE: table type does not match an existing table")
-		}
-	default:
-		return []*consensus.Table{existingTable}, nil
-	}
-
-	// now extract the table name
-	name, ok := c.SelectNormalizedCommand(AlterTableName)
-	name = c.NormalizeName(name)
-	if !ok {
-		return nil, errors.New("ALTER TABLE: missing table name")
-	}
-	if existingTable.Name != name {
-		return nil, errors.New("ALTER TABLE: table name does not match an existing table")
-	}
-
-	// get the operation
-	op, ok := c.SelectNormalizedCommand(AlterTableAddDrop)
-	if !ok {
-		return nil, errors.New("ALTER TABLE: missing ADD or DROP keyword")
-	}
-
-	var tables []*consensus.Table
-
-	if op == "ADD" {
-		// get the group name
-		group, ok := c.SelectNormalizedCommand(AlterTableGroup)
-		if ok && group == "GROUP" {
-			// get the group name
-			groupName, ok := c.SelectNormalizedCommand(AlterTableGroupName)
-			if !ok {
-				return nil, errors.New("ALTER TABLE: missing group name")
-			}
-			existingTable.Group = groupName
-
-			tables = append(tables, &consensus.Table{
-				Name:              groupName,
-				ReplicationLevel:  consensus.ReplicationLevel_global,
-				Owner:             nil,
-				CreatedAt:         nil,
-				Version:           1,
-				AllowedRegions:    nil,
-				RestrictedRegions: nil,
-				Group:             "",
-				Type:              consensus.TableType_group,
-				ShardPrincipals:   nil,
-			}, existingTable)
-
-			return tables, nil
-		}
-	}
-
-	if op == "DROP" {
-		// get the group name
-		group, ok := c.SelectNormalizedCommand(AlterTableGroup)
-		if ok && group == "GROUP" {
-			groupName, ok := c.SelectNormalizedCommand(AlterTableGroupName)
-			if !ok {
-				return nil, errors.New("ALTER TABLE: missing group name")
-			}
-
-			if groupName != existingTable.Group {
-				return nil, errors.New("ALTER TABLE: group name does not match an existing group")
-			}
-
-			existingTable.Group = ""
-			return []*consensus.Table{existingTable}, nil
-		}
-	}
-
-	return []*consensus.Table{existingTable}, nil
-}
diff --git a/atlas/operations/table_test.go b/atlas/operations/table_test.go
deleted file mode 100644
index d22391c..0000000
--- a/atlas/operations/table_test.go
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,227 +0,0 @@
-/*
- * This file is part of Atlas-DB.
- *
- * Atlas-DB is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
- * it under the terms of the GNU Affero General Public License as
- * published by the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of
- * the License, or (at your option) any later version.
- *
- * Atlas-DB is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
- * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
- * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
- * GNU Affero General Public License for more details.
- *
- * You should have received a copy of the GNU Affero General Public License
- * along with Atlas-DB. If not, see <https://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
- *
- */
-
-package operations_test
-
-import (
-	"testing"
-
-	"github.com/bottledcode/atlas-db/atlas/commands"
-	"github.com/bottledcode/atlas-db/atlas/consensus"
-	"github.com/bottledcode/atlas-db/atlas/operations"
-	"github.com/stretchr/testify/assert"
-)
-
-func TestCreateTable(t *testing.T) {
-	tests := []struct {
-		name     string
-		command  string
-		expected []*consensus.Table
-		err      string
-	}{
-		{
-			name:    "Missing table keyword",
-			command: "CREATE",
-			err:     "CREATE TABLE: missing table keyword",
-		},
-		{
-			name:    "Unknown replication level",
-			command: "CREATE UNKNOWN TABLE test",
-			err:     "CREATE TABLE: unknown replication level",
-		},
-		{
-			name:    "Temporary tables not supported",
-			command: "CREATE TEMP TABLE test",
-			err:     "CREATE TABLE: temporary tables are not supported",
-		},
-		{
-			name:    "Create global table",
-			command: "CREATE GLOBAL TABLE test",
-			expected: []*consensus.Table{
-				{
-					Name:             "MAIN.TEST",
-					ReplicationLevel: consensus.ReplicationLevel_global,
-					Type:             consensus.TableType_table,
-					Version:          1,
-				},
-			},
-		},
-		{
-			name:    "Create regional table",
-			command: "CREATE REGIONAL TABLE test",
-			expected: []*consensus.Table{
-				{
-					Name:             "MAIN.TEST",
-					ReplicationLevel: consensus.ReplicationLevel_regional,
-					Type:             consensus.TableType_table,
-					Version:          1,
-				},
-			},
-		},
-		{
-			name:    "Create local table",
-			command: "CREATE LOCAL TABLE test",
-			expected: []*consensus.Table{
-				{
-					Name:             "MAIN.TEST",
-					ReplicationLevel: consensus.ReplicationLevel_local,
-					Type:             consensus.TableType_table,
-					Version:          1,
-				},
-			},
-		},
-		{
-			name:    "Create table with group",
-			command: "CREATE TABLE test GROUP group1",
-			expected: []*consensus.Table{
-				{
-					Name:             "GROUP1",
-					ReplicationLevel: consensus.ReplicationLevel_global,
-					Type:             consensus.TableType_group,
-					Version:          1,
-				},
-				{
-					Name:             "MAIN.TEST",
-					ReplicationLevel: consensus.ReplicationLevel_global,
-					Group:            "GROUP1",
-					Type:             consensus.TableType_table,
-					Version:          1,
-				},
-			},
-		},
-		{
-			name:    "Create table with shard",
-			command: "CREATE TABLE test SHARD BY PRINCIPAL key",
-			expected: []*consensus.Table{
-				{
-					Name:             "MAIN.TEST",
-					ReplicationLevel: consensus.ReplicationLevel_global,
-					Type:             consensus.TableType_sharded,
-					ShardPrincipals:  []string{"KEY"},
-					Version:          1,
-				},
-			},
-		},
-	}
-
-	for _, tt := range tests {
-		t.Run(tt.name, func(t *testing.T) {
-			cmd := commands.CommandFromString(tt.command)
-			tables, err := operations.CreateTable(cmd)
-
-			if tt.err != "" {
-				assert.EqualError(t, err, tt.err)
-			} else {
-				assert.NoError(t, err)
-				assert.Equal(t, tt.expected, tables)
-			}
-		})
-	}
-}
-
-func TestAlterTable(t *testing.T) {
-	tests := []struct {
-		name          string
-		command       string
-		existingTable *consensus.Table
-		expected      []*consensus.Table
-		err           string
-	}{
-		{
-			name:    "Missing table keyword",
-			command: "ALTER",
-			err:     "ALTER TABLE: missing table keyword",
-			existingTable: &consensus.Table{
-				Name: "test",
-			},
-		},
-		{
-			name:    "Missing table name",
-			command: "ALTER TABLE",
-			err:     "ALTER TABLE: missing table name",
-			existingTable: &consensus.Table{
-				Name: "test",
-			},
-		},
-		{
-			name:    "Table does not exist",
-			command: "ALTER TABLE test ADD GROUP group1",
-			err:     "ALTER TABLE: table does not exist",
-		},
-		{
-			name:    "Table type does not match",
-			command: "ALTER TABLE test ADD GROUP group1",
-			existingTable: &consensus.Table{
-				Name: "MAIN.TEST",
-				Type: consensus.TableType_view,
-			},
-			err: "ALTER TABLE: table type does not match an existing table",
-		},
-		{
-			name:    "Add group to table",
-			command: "ALTER TABLE test ADD GROUP group1",
-			existingTable: &consensus.Table{
-				Name: "MAIN.TEST",
-				Type: consensus.TableType_table,
-			},
-			expected: []*consensus.Table{
-				{
-					Name:             "GROUP1",
-					ReplicationLevel: consensus.ReplicationLevel_global,
-					Type:             consensus.TableType_group,
-					Version:          1,
-				},
-				{
-					Name:  "MAIN.TEST",
-					Type:  consensus.TableType_table,
-					Group: "GROUP1",
-				},
-			},
-		},
-		{
-			name:    "Drop group from table",
-			command: "ALTER TABLE test DROP GROUP group1",
-			existingTable: &consensus.Table{
-				Name:  "MAIN.TEST",
-				Type:  consensus.TableType_table,
-				Group: "GROUP1",
-			},
-			expected: []*consensus.Table{
-				{
-					Name:  "MAIN.TEST",
-					Type:  consensus.TableType_table,
-					Group: "",
-				},
-			},
-		},
-	}
-
-	for _, tt := range tests {
-		t.Run(tt.name, func(t *testing.T) {
-			cmd := commands.CommandFromString(tt.command)
-			tables, err := operations.AlterTable(cmd, tt.existingTable)
-
-			if tt.err != "" {
-				assert.EqualError(t, err, tt.err)
-			} else {
-				assert.NoError(t, err)
-				assert.Equal(t, tt.expected, tables)
-			}
-		})
-	}
-}
diff --git a/atlas/pool.go b/atlas/pool.go
deleted file mode 100644
index 7b4e405..0000000
--- a/atlas/pool.go
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,24 +0,0 @@
-/*
- * This file is part of Atlas-DB.
- *
- * Atlas-DB is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
- * it under the terms of the GNU Affero General Public License as
- * published by the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of
- * the License, or (at your option) any later version.
- *
- * Atlas-DB is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
- * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
- * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
- * GNU Affero General Public License for more details.
- *
- * You should have received a copy of the GNU Affero General Public License
- * along with Atlas-DB. If not, see <https://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
- *
- */
-
-package atlas
-
-type Param struct {
-	Name  string
-	Value any
-}
diff --git a/atlas/test/util.go b/atlas/test/util.go
deleted file mode 100644
index b8196ab..0000000
--- a/atlas/test/util.go
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,37 +0,0 @@
-/*
- * This file is part of Atlas-DB.
- *
- * Atlas-DB is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
- * it under the terms of the GNU Affero General Public License as
- * published by the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of
- * the License, or (at your option) any later version.
- *
- * Atlas-DB is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
- * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
- * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
- * GNU Affero General Public License for more details.
- *
- * You should have received a copy of the GNU Affero General Public License
- * along with Atlas-DB. If not, see <https://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
- *
- */
-
-package test
-
-import (
-	"os"
-	"testing"
-
-	"github.com/stretchr/testify/require"
-)
-
-func GetTempDb(t *testing.T) (string, func()) {
-	f, err := os.CreateTemp("", "initialize-maybe*")
-	require.NoError(t, err)
-	_ = f.Close()
-	return f.Name(), func() {
-		_ = os.Remove(f.Name())
-		_ = os.Remove(f.Name() + "-wal")
-		_ = os.Remove(f.Name() + "-shm")
-	}
-}
diff --git a/atlas/trie/trie.go b/atlas/trie/trie.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..31f6c53
--- /dev/null
+++ b/atlas/trie/trie.go
@@ -0,0 +1,145 @@
+/*
+ * This file is part of Atlas-DB.
+ *
+ * Atlas-DB is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
+ * it under the terms of the GNU Affero General Public License as
+ * published by the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of
+ * the License, or (at your option) any later version.
+ *
+ * Atlas-DB is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+ * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+ * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
+ * GNU Affero General Public License for more details.
+ *
+ * You should have received a copy of the GNU Affero General Public License
+ * along with Atlas-DB. If not, see <https://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+ *
+ */
+
+package trie
+
+import "sync"
+
+type Trie[T any] interface {
+	Insert(prefix []byte, value T)
+	PrefixesOf(full []byte) []T
+	LongestPrefixOf(full []byte) []byte
+	Remove(prefix []byte) bool
+}
+
+type node[T any] struct {
+	children map[byte]*node[T]
+	end      bool
+	value    []T
+}
+
+type trie[T any] struct {
+	root *node[T]
+	mu   sync.RWMutex
+}
+
+func New[T any]() Trie[T] {
+	return &trie[T]{
+		root: &node[T]{children: make(map[byte]*node[T])},
+	}
+}
+
+func (t *trie[T]) Insert(prefix []byte, value T) {
+	t.mu.Lock()
+	defer t.mu.Unlock()
+
+	cur := t.root
+	for _, r := range prefix {
+		if nxt, ok := cur.children[r]; ok {
+			cur = nxt
+		} else {
+			nxt = &node[T]{children: make(map[byte]*node[T])}
+			cur.children[r] = nxt
+			cur = nxt
+		}
+	}
+	cur.value = append(cur.value, value)
+	cur.end = true
+}
+
+func (t *trie[T]) PrefixesOf(full []byte) []T {
+	t.mu.RLock()
+	defer t.mu.RUnlock()
+
+	var out []T
+	cur := t.root
+
+	for _, r := range full {
+		if nxt, ok := cur.children[r]; !ok {
+			break
+		} else {
+			cur = nxt
+			if cur.end {
+				out = append(out, cur.value...)
+			}
+		}
+	}
+	return out
+}
+
+func (t *trie[T]) LongestPrefixOf(full []byte) []byte {
+	t.mu.RLock()
+	defer t.mu.RUnlock()
+
+	cur := t.root
+	var buf []byte
+	lastMatchLen := -1
+
+	for _, r := range full {
+		if nxt, ok := cur.children[r]; !ok {
+			break
+		} else {
+			buf = append(buf, r)
+			cur = nxt
+			if cur.end {
+				lastMatchLen = len(buf)
+			}
+		}
+	}
+	if lastMatchLen == -1 {
+		return nil
+	}
+
+	return buf[:lastMatchLen]
+}
+
+func (t *trie[T]) Remove(prefix []byte) bool {
+	t.mu.Lock()
+	defer t.mu.Unlock()
+
+	type step struct {
+		parent *node[T]
+		r      byte
+		cur    *node[T]
+	}
+
+	cur := t.root
+	var path []step
+
+	for _, r := range prefix {
+		if nxt, ok := cur.children[r]; !ok {
+			return false
+		} else {
+			path = append(path, step{cur, r, nxt})
+			cur = nxt
+		}
+	}
+	if !cur.end {
+		return false
+	}
+	cur.end = false
+
+	for i := len(path) - 1; i >= 0; i-- {
+		n := path[i].cur
+		if n.end || len(n.children) > 0 {
+			break
+		}
+		delete(path[i].parent.children, path[i].r)
+	}
+	return true
+}
diff --git a/atlas/trie/trie_test.go b/atlas/trie/trie_test.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..f1bb889
--- /dev/null
+++ b/atlas/trie/trie_test.go
@@ -0,0 +1,531 @@
+/*
+ * This file is part of Atlas-DB.
+ *
+ * Atlas-DB is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
+ * it under the terms of the GNU Affero General Public License as
+ * published by the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of
+ * the License, or (at your option) any later version.
+ *
+ * Atlas-DB is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+ * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+ * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
+ * GNU Affero General Public License for more details.
+ *
+ * You should have received a copy of the GNU Affero General Public License
+ * along with Atlas-DB. If not, see <https://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+ *
+ */
+
+package trie
+
+import (
+	"sync"
+	"testing"
+)
+
+func TestTrie_Insert(t *testing.T) {
+	tr := New[string]()
+
+	t.Run("basic insertion", func(t *testing.T) {
+		tr.Insert([]byte("test"), "value1")
+		prefixes := tr.PrefixesOf([]byte("test"))
+		if len(prefixes) != 1 || prefixes[0] != "value1" {
+			t.Errorf("expected [value1], got %v", prefixes)
+		}
+	})
+
+	t.Run("multiple values for same prefix", func(t *testing.T) {
+		tr := New[string]()
+		tr.Insert([]byte("key"), "value1")
+		tr.Insert([]byte("key"), "value2")
+
+		prefixes := tr.PrefixesOf([]byte("key"))
+		// All values are stored in the same node and returned together
+		if len(prefixes) != 2 {
+			t.Errorf("expected 2 values, got %d", len(prefixes))
+		}
+	})
+
+	t.Run("empty prefix", func(t *testing.T) {
+		tr := New[string]()
+		tr.Insert([]byte(""), "empty")
+		// Empty prefix is stored at root, but PrefixesOf only checks nodes
+		// after traversing at least one byte, so it won't match
+		prefixes := tr.PrefixesOf([]byte("anything"))
+		if len(prefixes) != 0 {
+			t.Errorf("expected no prefixes (empty prefix at root not checked), got %v", prefixes)
+		}
+
+		// However, empty input against empty prefix should work
+		prefixes = tr.PrefixesOf([]byte(""))
+		if len(prefixes) != 0 {
+			t.Errorf("expected no prefixes for empty input, got %v", prefixes)
+		}
+	})
+
+	t.Run("nested prefixes", func(t *testing.T) {
+		tr := New[string]()
+		tr.Insert([]byte("a"), "a")
+		tr.Insert([]byte("ab"), "ab")
+		tr.Insert([]byte("abc"), "abc")
+
+		// PrefixesOf returns all matching prefixes found while traversing
+		prefixes := tr.PrefixesOf([]byte("abcd"))
+		if len(prefixes) != 3 {
+			t.Errorf("expected 3 prefixes, got %d: %v", len(prefixes), prefixes)
+		}
+
+		// Exact match still works
+		prefixes = tr.PrefixesOf([]byte("abc"))
+		if len(prefixes) != 3 {
+			t.Errorf("expected 3 prefixes for exact match, got %d: %v", len(prefixes), prefixes)
+		}
+	})
+}
+
+func TestTrie_PrefixesOf(t *testing.T) {
+	t.Run("finds all matching prefixes", func(t *testing.T) {
+		tr := New[string]()
+		tr.Insert([]byte("he"), "value-he")
+		tr.Insert([]byte("hel"), "value-hel")
+		tr.Insert([]byte("hell"), "value-hell")
+		tr.Insert([]byte("hello"), "value-hello")
+
+		prefixes := tr.PrefixesOf([]byte("hello world"))
+		if len(prefixes) != 4 {
+			t.Errorf("expected 4 prefixes, got %d: %v", len(prefixes), prefixes)
+		}
+
+		// Verify order matches traversal order through the trie
+		expected := []string{"value-he", "value-hel", "value-hell", "value-hello"}
+		for i, exp := range expected {
+			if i >= len(prefixes) {
+				t.Errorf("missing prefix at index %d", i)
+				break
+			}
+			if prefixes[i] != exp {
+				t.Errorf("at index %d: expected %s, got %s", i, exp, prefixes[i])
+			}
+		}
+	})
+
+	t.Run("no matching prefixes", func(t *testing.T) {
+		tr := New[string]()
+		tr.Insert([]byte("hello"), "hello")
+
+		prefixes := tr.PrefixesOf([]byte("world"))
+		if len(prefixes) != 0 {
+			t.Errorf("expected no prefixes, got %v", prefixes)
+		}
+	})
+
+	t.Run("partial match stops at first non-match", func(t *testing.T) {
+		tr := New[string]()
+		tr.Insert([]byte("hello"), "hello")
+		tr.Insert([]byte("help"), "help")
+
+		prefixes := tr.PrefixesOf([]byte("helium"))
+		if len(prefixes) != 0 {
+			t.Errorf("expected no prefixes (path exists but no end markers), got %v", prefixes)
+		}
+	})
+
+	t.Run("empty input", func(t *testing.T) {
+		tr := New[string]()
+		tr.Insert([]byte("test"), "test")
+
+		prefixes := tr.PrefixesOf([]byte(""))
+		if len(prefixes) != 0 {
+			t.Errorf("expected no prefixes for empty input, got %v", prefixes)
+		}
+	})
+
+	t.Run("input shorter than prefix", func(t *testing.T) {
+		tr := New[string]()
+		tr.Insert([]byte("hello"), "hello")
+
+		prefixes := tr.PrefixesOf([]byte("hel"))
+		if len(prefixes) != 0 {
+			t.Errorf("expected no complete prefixes, got %v", prefixes)
+		}
+	})
+}
+
+func TestTrie_LongestPrefixOf(t *testing.T) {
+	t.Run("finds longest matching prefix", func(t *testing.T) {
+		tr := New[string]()
+		tr.Insert([]byte("he"), "he")
+		tr.Insert([]byte("hel"), "hel")
+		tr.Insert([]byte("hello"), "hello")
+
+		longest := tr.LongestPrefixOf([]byte("hello world"))
+		expected := []byte("hello")
+		if string(longest) != string(expected) {
+			t.Errorf("expected %s, got %s", expected, longest)
+		}
+	})
+
+	t.Run("returns nil when no prefix matches", func(t *testing.T) {
+		tr := New[string]()
+		tr.Insert([]byte("hello"), "hello")
+
+		longest := tr.LongestPrefixOf([]byte("world"))
+		if longest != nil {
+			t.Errorf("expected nil, got %v", longest)
+		}
+	})
+
+	t.Run("handles path without end markers", func(t *testing.T) {
+		tr := New[string]()
+		tr.Insert([]byte("he"), "he")
+		tr.Insert([]byte("hello"), "hello")
+
+		// "hel" exists as a path but not as an end marker
+		longest := tr.LongestPrefixOf([]byte("helium"))
+		expected := []byte("he")
+		if string(longest) != string(expected) {
+			t.Errorf("expected %s, got %s", expected, longest)
+		}
+	})
+
+	t.Run("empty input", func(t *testing.T) {
+		tr := New[string]()
+		tr.Insert([]byte("test"), "test")
+
+		longest := tr.LongestPrefixOf([]byte(""))
+		if longest != nil {
+			t.Errorf("expected nil for empty input, got %v", longest)
+		}
+	})
+
+	t.Run("exact match", func(t *testing.T) {
+		tr := New[string]()
+		tr.Insert([]byte("hello"), "hello")
+
+		longest := tr.LongestPrefixOf([]byte("hello"))
+		expected := []byte("hello")
+		if string(longest) != string(expected) {
+			t.Errorf("expected %s, got %s", expected, longest)
+		}
+	})
+
+	t.Run("multiple prefixes of different lengths", func(t *testing.T) {
+		tr := New[string]()
+		tr.Insert([]byte("a"), "a")
+		tr.Insert([]byte("abc"), "abc")
+		tr.Insert([]byte("abcdef"), "abcdef")
+
+		longest := tr.LongestPrefixOf([]byte("abcdefgh"))
+		expected := []byte("abcdef")
+		if string(longest) != string(expected) {
+			t.Errorf("expected %s, got %s", expected, longest)
+		}
+	})
+}
+
+func TestTrie_Remove(t *testing.T) {
+	t.Run("removes existing prefix", func(t *testing.T) {
+		tr := New[string]()
+		tr.Insert([]byte("test"), "value")
+
+		removed := tr.Remove([]byte("test"))
+		if !removed {
+			t.Error("expected Remove to return true")
+		}
+
+		prefixes := tr.PrefixesOf([]byte("test"))
+		if len(prefixes) != 0 {
+			t.Errorf("expected no prefixes after removal, got %v", prefixes)
+		}
+	})
+
+	t.Run("returns false for non-existent prefix", func(t *testing.T) {
+		tr := New[string]()
+		tr.Insert([]byte("test"), "value")
+
+		removed := tr.Remove([]byte("nonexistent"))
+		if removed {
+			t.Error("expected Remove to return false for non-existent prefix")
+		}
+	})
+
+	t.Run("removes leaf node but preserves parent", func(t *testing.T) {
+		tr := New[string]()
+		tr.Insert([]byte("test"), "test")
+		tr.Insert([]byte("testing"), "testing")
+
+		tr.Remove([]byte("testing"))
+
+		// "test" should still exist
+		prefixes := tr.PrefixesOf([]byte("test"))
+		if len(prefixes) != 1 || prefixes[0] != "test" {
+			t.Errorf("expected [test], got %v", prefixes)
+		}
+
+		// "testing" should be gone
+		prefixes = tr.PrefixesOf([]byte("testing"))
+		if len(prefixes) != 1 {
+			t.Errorf("expected only [test] (parent), got %v", prefixes)
+		}
+	})
+
+	t.Run("removes parent but preserves child", func(t *testing.T) {
+		tr := New[string]()
+		tr.Insert([]byte("test"), "test")
+		tr.Insert([]byte("testing"), "testing")
+
+		tr.Remove([]byte("test"))
+
+		// "testing" should still exist
+		prefixes := tr.PrefixesOf([]byte("testing"))
+		if len(prefixes) != 1 || prefixes[0] != "testing" {
+			t.Errorf("expected [testing], got %v", prefixes)
+		}
+
+		// "test" should not be a valid prefix anymore
+		prefixes = tr.PrefixesOf([]byte("test"))
+		if len(prefixes) != 0 {
+			t.Errorf("expected no prefixes, got %v", prefixes)
+		}
+	})
+
+	t.Run("cleans up unnecessary nodes", func(t *testing.T) {
+		tr := New[string]()
+		tr.Insert([]byte("testing"), "testing")
+
+		tr.Remove([]byte("testing"))
+
+		// Verify the trie is cleaned up by checking that nothing matches
+		prefixes := tr.PrefixesOf([]byte("testing"))
+		if len(prefixes) != 0 {
+			t.Errorf("expected no prefixes, got %v", prefixes)
+		}
+	})
+
+	t.Run("handles path without end marker", func(t *testing.T) {
+		tr := New[string]()
+		tr.Insert([]byte("hello"), "hello")
+
+		// "hel" exists as a path but not as an end marker
+		removed := tr.Remove([]byte("hel"))
+		if removed {
+			t.Error("expected Remove to return false for path without end marker")
+		}
+
+		// "hello" should still exist
+		prefixes := tr.PrefixesOf([]byte("hello"))
+		if len(prefixes) != 1 {
+			t.Errorf("expected [hello] to still exist, got %v", prefixes)
+		}
+	})
+
+	t.Run("removes prefix with multiple values", func(t *testing.T) {
+		tr := New[string]()
+		tr.Insert([]byte("key"), "value1")
+		tr.Insert([]byte("key"), "value2")
+
+		removed := tr.Remove([]byte("key"))
+		if !removed {
+			t.Error("expected Remove to return true")
+		}
+
+		// After removal, the prefix should not be findable
+		prefixes := tr.PrefixesOf([]byte("key"))
+		if len(prefixes) != 0 {
+			t.Errorf("expected no prefixes after removal, got %v", prefixes)
+		}
+	})
+}
+
+func TestTrie_Concurrency(t *testing.T) {
+	t.Run("concurrent inserts", func(t *testing.T) {
+		tr := New[int]()
+		var wg sync.WaitGroup
+
+		// Insert 100 items concurrently
+		for i := range 100 {
+			wg.Add(1)
+			go func(val int) {
+				defer wg.Done()
+				key := []byte{byte(val % 10)}
+				tr.Insert(key, val)
+			}(i)
+		}
+
+		wg.Wait()
+
+		// Verify all values were inserted
+		for i := range 10 {
+			key := []byte{byte(i)}
+			values := tr.PrefixesOf(key)
+			if len(values) != 10 {
+				t.Errorf("key %d: expected 10 values, got %d", i, len(values))
+			}
+		}
+	})
+
+	t.Run("concurrent reads and writes", func(t *testing.T) {
+		tr := New[string]()
+		var wg sync.WaitGroup
+
+		// Pre-populate
+		for i := range 10 {
+			tr.Insert([]byte{byte(i)}, "initial")
+		}
+
+		// Concurrent writers
+		for i := range 50 {
+			wg.Add(1)
+			go func(val int) {
+				defer wg.Done()
+				key := []byte{byte(val % 10)}
+				tr.Insert(key, "concurrent")
+			}(i)
+		}
+
+		// Concurrent readers
+		for i := range 50 {
+			wg.Add(1)
+			go func(val int) {
+				defer wg.Done()
+				key := []byte{byte(val % 10)}
+				_ = tr.PrefixesOf(key)
+				_ = tr.LongestPrefixOf(key)
+			}(i)
+		}
+
+		wg.Wait()
+
+		// Verify data integrity
+		for i := range 10 {
+			key := []byte{byte(i)}
+			values := tr.PrefixesOf(key)
+			if len(values) < 1 {
+				t.Errorf("key %d: expected at least 1 value, got %d", i, len(values))
+			}
+		}
+	})
+
+	t.Run("concurrent removes and reads", func(t *testing.T) {
+		tr := New[string]()
+		var wg sync.WaitGroup
+
+		// Pre-populate with more data
+		for i := range 20 {
+			tr.Insert([]byte{byte(i)}, "value")
+		}
+
+		// Concurrent removers
+		for i := range 10 {
+			wg.Add(1)
+			go func(val int) {
+				defer wg.Done()
+				key := []byte{byte(val)}
+				tr.Remove(key)
+			}(i)
+		}
+
+		// Concurrent readers
+		for i := range 50 {
+			wg.Add(1)
+			go func(val int) {
+				defer wg.Done()
+				key := []byte{byte(val % 20)}
+				_ = tr.PrefixesOf(key)
+			}(i)
+		}
+
+		wg.Wait()
+
+		// Verify first 10 are removed, last 10 remain
+		for i := range 10 {
+			key := []byte{byte(i)}
+			values := tr.PrefixesOf(key)
+			if len(values) != 0 {
+				t.Errorf("key %d: expected to be removed, got %v", i, values)
+			}
+		}
+
+		for i := 10; i < 20; i++ {
+			key := []byte{byte(i)}
+			values := tr.PrefixesOf(key)
+			if len(values) != 1 {
+				t.Errorf("key %d: expected 1 value, got %d", i, len(values))
+			}
+		}
+	})
+}
+
+func TestTrie_EdgeCases(t *testing.T) {
+	t.Run("binary data as keys", func(t *testing.T) {
+		tr := New[string]()
+		key1 := []byte{0x00, 0xFF, 0xAB}
+		key2 := []byte{0x00, 0xFF, 0xAB, 0xCD}
+
+		tr.Insert(key1, "short")
+		tr.Insert(key2, "long")
+
+		prefixes := tr.PrefixesOf(key2)
+		if len(prefixes) != 2 {
+			t.Errorf("expected 2 prefixes for binary data, got %d", len(prefixes))
+		}
+	})
+
+	t.Run("single byte keys", func(t *testing.T) {
+		tr := New[string]()
+		for i := range 256 {
+			tr.Insert([]byte{byte(i)}, string(rune(i)))
+		}
+
+		for i := range 256 {
+			values := tr.PrefixesOf([]byte{byte(i)})
+			if len(values) != 1 {
+				t.Errorf("byte %d: expected 1 value, got %d", i, len(values))
+			}
+		}
+	})
+
+	t.Run("very long prefix", func(t *testing.T) {
+		tr := New[string]()
+		longKey := make([]byte, 10000)
+		for i := range longKey {
+			longKey[i] = byte(i % 256)
+		}
+
+		tr.Insert(longKey, "long")
+		prefixes := tr.PrefixesOf(longKey)
+		if len(prefixes) != 1 || prefixes[0] != "long" {
+			t.Errorf("expected [long], got %v", prefixes)
+		}
+
+		longest := tr.LongestPrefixOf(longKey)
+		if string(longest) != string(longKey) {
+			t.Error("longest prefix should match the long key")
+		}
+	})
+
+	t.Run("overlapping prefixes with different types", func(t *testing.T) {
+		type testStruct struct {
+			ID   int
+			Name string
+		}
+
+		tr := New[testStruct]()
+		tr.Insert([]byte("user:"), testStruct{1, "root"})
+		tr.Insert([]byte("user:123"), testStruct{2, "user123"})
+		tr.Insert([]byte("user:123:profile"), testStruct{3, "profile"})
+
+		prefixes := tr.PrefixesOf([]byte("user:123:profile:picture"))
+		if len(prefixes) != 3 {
+			t.Errorf("expected 3 prefixes, got %d", len(prefixes))
+		}
+	})
+
+	t.Run("remove on empty trie", func(t *testing.T) {
+		tr := New[string]()
+		removed := tr.Remove([]byte("nonexistent"))
+		if removed {
+			t.Error("expected Remove to return false on empty trie")
+		}
+	})
+}
diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index 4111783..a6e2a80 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 module github.com/bottledcode/atlas-db
 
-go 1.25.1
+go 1.25.2
 
 require (
 	github.com/caddyserver/caddy/v2 v2.10.2
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ require (
 	github.com/dgraph-io/badger/v4 v4.8.0
 	github.com/spf13/cobra v1.10.1
 	github.com/stretchr/testify v1.11.1
+	github.com/zeebo/blake3 v0.2.4
 	go.uber.org/zap v1.27.0
 	google.golang.org/grpc v1.76.0
 	google.golang.org/protobuf v1.36.10
@@ -94,7 +95,7 @@ require (
 	github.com/pmezard/go-difflib v1.0.1-0.20181226105442-5d4384ee4fb2 // indirect
 	github.com/prometheus/client_golang v1.23.2 // indirect
 	github.com/prometheus/client_model v0.6.2 // indirect
-	github.com/prometheus/common v0.66.1 // indirect
+	github.com/prometheus/common v0.67.1 // indirect
 	github.com/prometheus/procfs v0.17.0 // indirect
 	github.com/quic-go/qpack v0.5.1 // indirect
 	github.com/quic-go/quic-go v0.55.0 // indirect
@@ -103,7 +104,7 @@ require (
 	github.com/shopspring/decimal v1.4.0 // indirect
 	github.com/shurcooL/sanitized_anchor_name v1.0.0 // indirect
 	github.com/sirupsen/logrus v1.9.3 // indirect
-	github.com/slackhq/nebula v1.9.6 // indirect
+	github.com/slackhq/nebula v1.9.7 // indirect
 	github.com/smallstep/certificates v0.28.4 // indirect
 	github.com/smallstep/cli-utils v0.12.1 // indirect
 	github.com/smallstep/go-attestation v0.4.4-0.20241119153605-2306d5b464ca // indirect
@@ -120,7 +121,6 @@ require (
 	github.com/x448/float16 v0.8.4 // indirect
 	github.com/yuin/goldmark v1.7.13 // indirect
 	github.com/yuin/goldmark-highlighting/v2 v2.0.0-20230729083705-37449abec8cc // indirect
-	github.com/zeebo/blake3 v0.2.4 // indirect
 	go.etcd.io/bbolt v1.4.3 // indirect
 	go.opentelemetry.io/auto/sdk v1.2.1 // indirect
 	go.opentelemetry.io/contrib/instrumentation/net/http/otelhttp v0.63.0 // indirect
@@ -142,18 +142,18 @@ require (
 	go.uber.org/multierr v1.11.0 // indirect
 	go.uber.org/zap/exp v0.3.0 // indirect
 	go.yaml.in/yaml/v2 v2.4.3 // indirect
-	golang.org/x/crypto v0.42.0 // indirect
-	golang.org/x/crypto/x509roots/fallback v0.0.0-20250927194341-2beaa59a3c99 // indirect
-	golang.org/x/exp v0.0.0-20251002181428-27f1f14c8bb9 // indirect
-	golang.org/x/mod v0.28.0 // indirect
-	golang.org/x/net v0.44.0 // indirect
+	golang.org/x/crypto v0.43.0 // indirect
+	golang.org/x/crypto/x509roots/fallback v0.0.0-20251009181029-0b7aa0cfb07b // indirect
+	golang.org/x/exp v0.0.0-20251009144603-d2f985daa21b // indirect
+	golang.org/x/mod v0.29.0 // indirect
+	golang.org/x/net v0.46.0 // indirect
 	golang.org/x/oauth2 v0.31.0 // indirect
 	golang.org/x/sync v0.17.0 // indirect
-	golang.org/x/sys v0.36.0 // indirect
-	golang.org/x/term v0.35.0 // indirect
-	golang.org/x/text v0.29.0 // indirect
+	golang.org/x/sys v0.37.0 // indirect
+	golang.org/x/term v0.36.0 // indirect
+	golang.org/x/text v0.30.0 // indirect
 	golang.org/x/time v0.13.0 // indirect
-	golang.org/x/tools v0.37.0 // indirect
+	golang.org/x/tools v0.38.0 // indirect
 	google.golang.org/api v0.251.0 // indirect
 	google.golang.org/genproto/googleapis/api v0.0.0-20251002232023-7c0ddcbb5797 // indirect
 	google.golang.org/genproto/googleapis/rpc v0.0.0-20251002232023-7c0ddcbb5797 // indirect
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index 9d7f99c..0f7cba5 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -325,8 +325,8 @@ github.com/prometheus/client_model v0.0.0-20180712105110-5c3871d89910/go.mod h1:
 github.com/prometheus/client_model v0.6.2 h1:oBsgwpGs7iVziMvrGhE53c/GrLUsZdHnqNwqPLxwZyk=
 github.com/prometheus/client_model v0.6.2/go.mod h1:y3m2F6Gdpfy6Ut/GBsUqTWZqCUvMVzSfMLjcu6wAwpE=
 github.com/prometheus/common v0.0.0-20180801064454-c7de2306084e/go.mod h1:daVV7qP5qjZbuso7PdcryaAu0sAZbrN9i7WWcTMWvro=
-github.com/prometheus/common v0.66.1 h1:h5E0h5/Y8niHc5DlaLlWLArTQI7tMrsfQjHV+d9ZoGs=
-github.com/prometheus/common v0.66.1/go.mod h1:gcaUsgf3KfRSwHY4dIMXLPV0K/Wg1oZ8+SbZk/HH/dA=
+github.com/prometheus/common v0.67.1 h1:OTSON1P4DNxzTg4hmKCc37o4ZAZDv0cfXLkOt0oEowI=
+github.com/prometheus/common v0.67.1/go.mod h1:RpmT9v35q2Y+lsieQsdOh5sXZ6ajUGC8NjZAmr8vb0Q=
 github.com/prometheus/procfs v0.0.0-20180725123919-05ee40e3a273/go.mod h1:c3At6R/oaqEKCNdg8wHV1ftS6bRYblBhIjjI8uT2IGk=
 github.com/prometheus/procfs v0.17.0 h1:FuLQ+05u4ZI+SS/w9+BWEM2TXiHKsUQ9TADiRH7DuK0=
 github.com/prometheus/procfs v0.17.0/go.mod h1:oPQLaDAMRbA+u8H5Pbfq+dl3VDAvHxMUOVhe0wYB2zw=
@@ -373,8 +373,8 @@ github.com/shurcooL/webdavfs v0.0.0-20170829043945-18c3829fa133/go.mod h1:hKmq5k
 github.com/sirupsen/logrus v1.7.0/go.mod h1:yWOB1SBYBC5VeMP7gHvWumXLIWorT60ONWic61uBYv0=
 github.com/sirupsen/logrus v1.9.3 h1:dueUQJ1C2q9oE3F7wvmSGAaVtTmUizReu6fjN8uqzbQ=
 github.com/sirupsen/logrus v1.9.3/go.mod h1:naHLuLoDiP4jHNo9R0sCBMtWGeIprob74mVsIT4qYEQ=
-github.com/slackhq/nebula v1.9.6 h1:Fl0LE2dHDeVEK3R+un59Z3V4ZzbZ6q2e/zF4ClaD5yo=
-github.com/slackhq/nebula v1.9.6/go.mod h1:1+4q4wd3dDAjO8rKCttSb9JIVbklQhuJiBp5I0lbIsQ=
+github.com/slackhq/nebula v1.9.7 h1:v5u46efIyYHGdfjFnozQbRRhMdaB9Ma1SSTcUcE2lfE=
+github.com/slackhq/nebula v1.9.7/go.mod h1:1+4q4wd3dDAjO8rKCttSb9JIVbklQhuJiBp5I0lbIsQ=
 github.com/smallstep/assert v0.0.0-20200723003110-82e2b9b3b262 h1:unQFBIznI+VYD1/1fApl1A+9VcBk+9dcqGfnePY87LY=
 github.com/smallstep/assert v0.0.0-20200723003110-82e2b9b3b262/go.mod h1:MyOHs9Po2fbM1LHej6sBUT8ozbxmMOFG+E+rx/GSGuc=
 github.com/smallstep/certificates v0.28.4 h1:JTU6/A5Xes6m+OsR6fw1RACSA362vJc9SOFVG7poBEw=
@@ -515,11 +515,17 @@ golang.org/x/crypto v0.23.0/go.mod h1:CKFgDieR+mRhux2Lsu27y0fO304Db0wZe70UKqHu0v
 golang.org/x/crypto v0.33.0/go.mod h1:bVdXmD7IV/4GdElGPozy6U7lWdRXA4qyRVGJV57uQ5M=
 golang.org/x/crypto v0.42.0 h1:chiH31gIWm57EkTXpwnqf8qeuMUi0yekh6mT2AvFlqI=
 golang.org/x/crypto v0.42.0/go.mod h1:4+rDnOTJhQCx2q7/j6rAN5XDw8kPjeaXEUR2eL94ix8=
+golang.org/x/crypto v0.43.0 h1:dduJYIi3A3KOfdGOHX8AVZ/jGiyPa3IbBozJ5kNuE04=
+golang.org/x/crypto v0.43.0/go.mod h1:BFbav4mRNlXJL4wNeejLpWxB7wMbc79PdRGhWKncxR0=
 golang.org/x/crypto/x509roots/fallback v0.0.0-20250927194341-2beaa59a3c99 h1:CH0o4/bZX6KIUCjjgjmtNtfM/kXSkTYlzTOB9vZF45g=
 golang.org/x/crypto/x509roots/fallback v0.0.0-20250927194341-2beaa59a3c99/go.mod h1:MEIPiCnxvQEjA4astfaKItNwEVZA5Ki+3+nyGbJ5N18=
+golang.org/x/crypto/x509roots/fallback v0.0.0-20251009181029-0b7aa0cfb07b h1:YjNArlzCQB2fDkuKSxMwY1ZUQeRXFIFa23Ov9Wa7TUE=
+golang.org/x/crypto/x509roots/fallback v0.0.0-20251009181029-0b7aa0cfb07b/go.mod h1:MEIPiCnxvQEjA4astfaKItNwEVZA5Ki+3+nyGbJ5N18=
 golang.org/x/exp v0.0.0-20190121172915-509febef88a4/go.mod h1:CJ0aWSM057203Lf6IL+f9T1iT9GByDxfZKAQTCR3kQA=
 golang.org/x/exp v0.0.0-20251002181428-27f1f14c8bb9 h1:TQwNpfvNkxAVlItJf6Cr5JTsVZoC/Sj7K3OZv2Pc14A=
 golang.org/x/exp v0.0.0-20251002181428-27f1f14c8bb9/go.mod h1:TwQYMMnGpvZyc+JpB/UAuTNIsVJifOlSkrZkhcvpVUk=
+golang.org/x/exp v0.0.0-20251009144603-d2f985daa21b h1:18qgiDvlvH7kk8Ioa8Ov+K6xCi0GMvmGfGW0sgd/SYA=
+golang.org/x/exp v0.0.0-20251009144603-d2f985daa21b/go.mod h1:j/pmGrbnkbPtQfxEe5D0VQhZC6qKbfKifgD0oM7sR70=
 golang.org/x/lint v0.0.0-20180702182130-06c8688daad7/go.mod h1:UVdnD1Gm6xHRNCYTkRU2/jEulfH38KcIWyp/GAMgvoE=
 golang.org/x/lint v0.0.0-20181026193005-c67002cb31c3/go.mod h1:UVdnD1Gm6xHRNCYTkRU2/jEulfH38KcIWyp/GAMgvoE=
 golang.org/x/lint v0.0.0-20190227174305-5b3e6a55c961/go.mod h1:wehouNa3lNwaWXcvxsM5YxQ5yQlVC4a0KAMCusXpPoU=
@@ -530,6 +536,8 @@ golang.org/x/mod v0.15.0/go.mod h1:hTbmBsO62+eylJbnUtE2MGJUyE7QWk4xUqPFrRgJ+7c=
 golang.org/x/mod v0.17.0/go.mod h1:hTbmBsO62+eylJbnUtE2MGJUyE7QWk4xUqPFrRgJ+7c=
 golang.org/x/mod v0.28.0 h1:gQBtGhjxykdjY9YhZpSlZIsbnaE2+PgjfLWUQTnoZ1U=
 golang.org/x/mod v0.28.0/go.mod h1:yfB/L0NOf/kmEbXjzCPOx1iK1fRutOydrCMsqRhEBxI=
+golang.org/x/mod v0.29.0 h1:HV8lRxZC4l2cr3Zq1LvtOsi/ThTgWnUk/y64QSs8GwA=
+golang.org/x/mod v0.29.0/go.mod h1:NyhrlYXJ2H4eJiRy/WDBO6HMqZQ6q9nk4JzS3NuCK+w=
 golang.org/x/net v0.0.0-20180724234803-3673e40ba225/go.mod h1:mL1N/T3taQHkDXs73rZJwtUhF3w3ftmwwsq0BUmARs4=
 golang.org/x/net v0.0.0-20180826012351-8a410e7b638d/go.mod h1:mL1N/T3taQHkDXs73rZJwtUhF3w3ftmwwsq0BUmARs4=
 golang.org/x/net v0.0.0-20180906233101-161cd47e91fd/go.mod h1:mL1N/T3taQHkDXs73rZJwtUhF3w3ftmwwsq0BUmARs4=
@@ -548,6 +556,10 @@ golang.org/x/net v0.21.0/go.mod h1:bIjVDfnllIU7BJ2DNgfnXvpSvtn8VRwhlsaeUTyUS44=
 golang.org/x/net v0.25.0/go.mod h1:JkAGAh7GEvH74S6FOH42FLoXpXbE/aqXSrIQjXgsiwM=
 golang.org/x/net v0.44.0 h1:evd8IRDyfNBMBTTY5XRF1vaZlD+EmWx6x8PkhR04H/I=
 golang.org/x/net v0.44.0/go.mod h1:ECOoLqd5U3Lhyeyo/QDCEVQ4sNgYsqvCZ722XogGieY=
+golang.org/x/net v0.45.0 h1:RLBg5JKixCy82FtLJpeNlVM0nrSqpCRYzVU1n8kj0tM=
+golang.org/x/net v0.45.0/go.mod h1:ECOoLqd5U3Lhyeyo/QDCEVQ4sNgYsqvCZ722XogGieY=
+golang.org/x/net v0.46.0 h1:giFlY12I07fugqwPuWJi68oOnpfqFnJIJzaIIm2JVV4=
+golang.org/x/net v0.46.0/go.mod h1:Q9BGdFy1y4nkUwiLvT5qtyhAnEHgnQ/zd8PfU6nc210=
 golang.org/x/oauth2 v0.0.0-20180821212333-d2e6202438be/go.mod h1:N/0e6XlmueqKjAGxoOufVs8QHGRruUQn6yWY3a++T0U=
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@@ -592,6 +604,8 @@ golang.org/x/sys v0.20.0/go.mod h1:/VUhepiaJMQUp4+oa/7Zr1D23ma6VTLIYjOOTFZPUcA=
 golang.org/x/sys v0.30.0/go.mod h1:/VUhepiaJMQUp4+oa/7Zr1D23ma6VTLIYjOOTFZPUcA=
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 golang.org/x/sys v0.36.0/go.mod h1:OgkHotnGiDImocRcuBABYBEXf8A9a87e/uXjp9XT3ks=
+golang.org/x/sys v0.37.0 h1:fdNQudmxPjkdUTPnLn5mdQv7Zwvbvpaxqs831goi9kQ=
+golang.org/x/sys v0.37.0/go.mod h1:OgkHotnGiDImocRcuBABYBEXf8A9a87e/uXjp9XT3ks=
 golang.org/x/telemetry v0.0.0-20240228155512-f48c80bd79b2/go.mod h1:TeRTkGYfJXctD9OcfyVLyj2J3IxLnKwHJR8f4D8a3YE=
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@@ -603,6 +617,8 @@ golang.org/x/term v0.20.0/go.mod h1:8UkIAJTvZgivsXaD6/pH6U9ecQzZ45awqEOzuCvwpFY=
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 golang.org/x/term v0.35.0/go.mod h1:TPGtkTLesOwf2DE8CgVYiZinHAOuy5AYUYT1lENIZnA=
+golang.org/x/term v0.36.0 h1:zMPR+aF8gfksFprF/Nc/rd1wRS1EI6nDBGyWAvDzx2Q=
+golang.org/x/term v0.36.0/go.mod h1:Qu394IJq6V6dCBRgwqshf3mPF85AqzYEzofzRdZkWss=
 golang.org/x/text v0.3.0/go.mod h1:NqM8EUOU14njkJ3fqMW+pc6Ldnwhi/IjpwHt7yyuwOQ=
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 golang.org/x/text v0.3.3/go.mod h1:5Zoc/QRtKVWzQhOtBMvqHzDpF6irO9z98xDceosuGiQ=
@@ -615,6 +631,8 @@ golang.org/x/text v0.15.0/go.mod h1:18ZOQIKpY8NJVqYksKHtTdi31H5itFRjB5/qKTNYzSU=
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+golang.org/x/text v0.30.0 h1:yznKA/E9zq54KzlzBEAWn1NXSQ8DIp/NYMy88xJjl4k=
+golang.org/x/text v0.30.0/go.mod h1:yDdHFIX9t+tORqspjENWgzaCVXgk0yYnYuSZ8UzzBVM=
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@@ -631,6 +649,7 @@ golang.org/x/tools v0.13.0/go.mod h1:HvlwmtVNQAhOuCjW7xxvovg8wbNq7LwfXh/k7wXUl58
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+golang.org/x/tools v0.38.0/go.mod h1:yEsQ/d/YK8cjh0L6rZlY8tgtlKiBNTL14pGDJPJpYQs=
 golang.org/x/xerrors v0.0.0-20190717185122-a985d3407aa7/go.mod h1:I/5z698sn9Ka8TeJc9MKroUUfqBBauWjQqLJ2OPfmY0=
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diff --git a/integration-tests/harness/client.go b/integration-tests/harness/client.go
index 6a47098..3275c0a 100644
--- a/integration-tests/harness/client.go
+++ b/integration-tests/harness/client.go
@@ -332,3 +332,47 @@ func (sc *SocketClient) WaitForValue(key string, expectedValue string, timeout t
 
 	return fmt.Errorf("timeout waiting for key %s to have value %s", key, expectedValue)
 }
+
+func (sc *SocketClient) Subscribe(prefix, url string) error {
+	resp, err := sc.ExecuteCommand(fmt.Sprintf("SUB %s %s", prefix, url))
+	if err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+
+	if !strings.Contains(resp, "OK") {
+		return fmt.Errorf("unexpected response: %s", resp)
+	}
+
+	return nil
+}
+
+func (sc *SocketClient) SubscribeWithOptions(prefix, url string, batch bool, retryAttempts int32, retryAfter time.Duration, auth string) error {
+	cmd := fmt.Sprintf("SUB %s %s", prefix, url)
+
+	if batch {
+		cmd += " BATCH"
+	}
+
+	if retryAttempts > 0 {
+		cmd += fmt.Sprintf(" RETRY %d", retryAttempts)
+	}
+
+	if retryAfter > 0 {
+		cmd += fmt.Sprintf(" RETRY_AFTER %s", retryAfter.String())
+	}
+
+	if auth != "" {
+		cmd += fmt.Sprintf(" AUTH %s", auth)
+	}
+
+	resp, err := sc.ExecuteCommand(cmd)
+	if err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+
+	if !strings.Contains(resp, "OK") {
+		return fmt.Errorf("unexpected response: %s", resp)
+	}
+
+	return nil
+}
diff --git a/integration-tests/harness/cluster.go b/integration-tests/harness/cluster.go
index 264aaf8..34af644 100644
--- a/integration-tests/harness/cluster.go
+++ b/integration-tests/harness/cluster.go
@@ -117,7 +117,7 @@ func NewCluster(t *testing.T, cfg ClusterConfig) (*Cluster, error) {
 			nodeConfig.BootstrapURL = fmt.Sprintf("localhost:%d", bootstrapNode.Config.HTTPSPort)
 		}
 
-		node, err := NewNode(nodeConfig, cfg.CaddyBinary)
+		node, err := NewNode(nodeConfig, cfg.CaddyBinary, t)
 		if err != nil {
 			return nil, fmt.Errorf("create node %d: %w", i, err)
 		}
@@ -271,7 +271,7 @@ func (c *Cluster) AddNode(region string) (*Node, error) {
 		nodeConfig.BootstrapURL = fmt.Sprintf("localhost:%d", bootstrapNode.Config.HTTPSPort)
 	}
 
-	node, err := NewNode(nodeConfig, c.caddyBinary)
+	node, err := NewNode(nodeConfig, c.caddyBinary, c.t)
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, fmt.Errorf("create node %d: %w", nodeID, err)
 	}
diff --git a/integration-tests/harness/node.go b/integration-tests/harness/node.go
index 7cfc73b..e6bbbb3 100644
--- a/integration-tests/harness/node.go
+++ b/integration-tests/harness/node.go
@@ -29,6 +29,7 @@ import (
 	"os/exec"
 	"path/filepath"
 	"sync"
+	"testing"
 	"time"
 )
 
@@ -43,9 +44,10 @@ type Node struct {
 	started     bool
 	logFile     *os.File
 	caddyBinary string
+	t           *testing.T
 }
 
-func NewNode(config NodeConfig, caddyBinary string) (*Node, error) {
+func NewNode(config NodeConfig, caddyBinary string, t *testing.T) (*Node, error) {
 	if err := os.MkdirAll(config.DBPath, 0755); err != nil {
 		return nil, fmt.Errorf("create db path: %w", err)
 	}
@@ -62,6 +64,7 @@ func NewNode(config NodeConfig, caddyBinary string) (*Node, error) {
 		caddyfile:   caddyfilePath,
 		client:      NewSocketClient(config.SocketPath),
 		caddyBinary: caddyBinary,
+		t:           t,
 	}, nil
 }
 
@@ -136,10 +139,16 @@ func (n *Node) logOutput(prefix string, reader io.Reader) {
 	for scanner.Scan() {
 		line := scanner.Text()
 		timestamp := time.Now().Format("15:04:05.000")
-		logLine := fmt.Sprintf("[%s][node-%d][%s] %s\n", timestamp, n.Config.ID, prefix, line)
+		logLine := fmt.Sprintf("[%s][node-%d][%s] %s", timestamp, n.Config.ID, prefix, line)
 
+		// Write to log file
 		if n.logFile != nil {
-			_, _ = n.logFile.WriteString(logLine)
+			_, _ = n.logFile.WriteString(logLine + "\n")
+		}
+
+		// Also output to test logger for visibility
+		if n.t != nil {
+			n.t.Log(logLine)
 		}
 	}
 }
diff --git a/integration-tests/scenarios/notifications_test.go b/integration-tests/scenarios/notifications_test.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..1f06426
--- /dev/null
+++ b/integration-tests/scenarios/notifications_test.go
@@ -0,0 +1,198 @@
+/*
+ * This file is part of Atlas-DB.
+ *
+ * Atlas-DB is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
+ * it under the terms of the GNU Affero General Public License as
+ * published by the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of
+ * the License, or (at your option) any later version.
+ *
+ * Atlas-DB is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+ * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+ * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
+ * GNU Affero General Public License for more details.
+ *
+ * You should have received a copy of the GNU Affero General Public License
+ * along with Atlas-DB. If not, see <https://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+ *
+ */
+
+//go:build integration
+
+package scenarios
+
+import (
+	"encoding/json"
+	"io"
+	"iter"
+	"maps"
+	"net/http"
+	"net/http/httptest"
+	"sync"
+	"sync/atomic"
+	"testing"
+	"time"
+
+	"github.com/bottledcode/atlas-db/integration-tests/harness"
+	"github.com/stretchr/testify/assert"
+	"github.com/stretchr/testify/require"
+)
+
+func TestThreeNodeNotifications(t *testing.T) {
+	// Track received notifications
+	var receivedNotifications atomic.Int32
+	var notificationMutex sync.Mutex
+
+	notifications := make(map[string]map[string]interface{})
+
+	// Create a test HTTP server to receive notifications
+	server := httptest.NewServer(http.HandlerFunc(func(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
+		// Read the notification payload
+		body, err := io.ReadAll(r.Body)
+		if err != nil {
+			t.Logf("Failed to read notification body: %v", err)
+			w.WriteHeader(http.StatusBadRequest)
+			return
+		}
+
+		// Parse the JSON array of notifications
+		var notifs []map[string]interface{}
+		if err := json.Unmarshal(body, &notifs); err != nil {
+			t.Logf("Failed to parse notification JSON: %v", err)
+			w.WriteHeader(http.StatusBadRequest)
+			return
+		}
+
+		notificationMutex.Lock()
+		for _, notif := range notifs {
+			notifications[notif["event_id"].(string)] = notif
+			t.Logf("Received notification: %+v", notif)
+		}
+		notificationMutex.Unlock()
+
+		receivedNotifications.Add(int32(len(notifications)))
+		t.Logf("Received %d notifications (total: %d)", len(notifications), receivedNotifications.Load())
+
+		w.WriteHeader(http.StatusOK)
+	}))
+	defer server.Close()
+
+	// Create a 3-node cluster in one region
+	cluster, err := harness.NewCluster(t, harness.ClusterConfig{
+		NumNodes: 3,
+		Regions:  []string{"us-east-1"},
+		BasePort: 10400,
+	})
+	require.NoError(t, err, "Failed to create cluster")
+
+	err = cluster.Start()
+	require.NoError(t, err, "Failed to start cluster")
+
+	err = cluster.WaitForBootstrap(10 * time.Second)
+	require.NoError(t, err, "Cluster failed to bootstrap")
+
+	// Verify all nodes are running and connect
+	for i := 0; i < cluster.NumNodes(); i++ {
+		node, err := cluster.GetNode(i)
+		require.NoError(t, err, "Failed to get node %d", i)
+		assert.True(t, node.IsRunning(), "Node %d should be running", i)
+
+		err = node.Client().Connect()
+		require.NoError(t, err, "Failed to connect to node %d socket", i)
+	}
+
+	// Subscribe to notifications on node 0 for keys with prefix "user."
+	node0, err := cluster.GetNode(0)
+	require.NoError(t, err, "Failed to get node 0")
+
+	for range 10 {
+		_ = node0.Client().Subscribe("user.", server.URL)
+		if err == nil {
+			break
+		}
+		time.Sleep(1 * time.Second)
+	}
+
+	t.Logf("Subscribed to notifications for prefix 'user.' at %s", server.URL)
+
+	// Give the subscription time to propagate through the cluster
+	time.Sleep(2 * time.Second)
+
+	// Write keys to different nodes to verify cross-node notifications
+	testCases := []struct {
+		nodeID int
+		key    string
+		value  string
+	}{
+		{0, "user.alice", "alice_data"},
+		{1, "user.bob", "bob_data"},
+		{2, "user.charlie", "charlie_data"},
+		{1, "other.key", "should_not_notify"}, // Different prefix, shouldn't trigger notification
+		{0, "user.diana", "diana_data"},
+	}
+
+	for _, tc := range testCases {
+		node, err := cluster.GetNode(tc.nodeID)
+		require.NoError(t, err, "Failed to get node %d", tc.nodeID)
+
+		err = node.Client().KeyPut(tc.key, tc.value)
+		require.NoError(t, err, "Failed to put key %s on node %d", tc.key, tc.nodeID)
+		t.Logf("Put key %s=%s on node %d", tc.key, tc.value, tc.nodeID)
+
+		readNode := tc.nodeID - 1
+		if readNode < 0 {
+			readNode = cluster.NumNodes() - 1
+		}
+		node, err = cluster.GetNode(readNode)
+		require.NoError(t, err, "Failed to get node %d", readNode)
+
+		time.Sleep(1 * time.Second)
+
+		resp, err := node.Client().KeyGet(tc.key)
+		//require.NoError(t, err, "Failed to get key %s on node %d", tc.key, readNode)
+		if err == nil {
+			t.Logf("Got key %s=%s on node %d", tc.key, resp, readNode)
+			assert.Equal(t, tc.value, resp, "Value should match for key %s on node %d", tc.key, readNode)
+		}
+	}
+
+	// Wait for notifications to be delivered
+	// We expect 4 notifications (alice, bob, charlie, diana) - NOT the "other.key" one
+	maxWait := 10 * time.Second
+	deadline := time.Now().Add(maxWait)
+
+	for time.Now().Before(deadline) {
+		if receivedNotifications.Load() >= 4 {
+			break
+		}
+		time.Sleep(200 * time.Millisecond)
+	}
+
+	assert.GreaterOrEqual(t, receivedNotifications.Load(), int32(4),
+		"Should have received at least four notifications for user.* keys")
+
+	// Verify that we didn't receive notification for "other.key"
+	foundOtherKey := false
+	for _, notif := range notifications {
+		if key, ok := notif["key"].(string); ok {
+			if key == "other.key" {
+				foundOtherKey = true
+				break
+			}
+		}
+	}
+	assert.False(t, foundOtherKey, "Should not have received notification for 'other.key'")
+
+	// Verify notification structure contains expected fields
+	if len(notifications) > 0 {
+		next, _ := iter.Pull(maps.Values(notifications))
+		firstNotif, _ := next()
+		assert.Contains(t, firstNotif, "key", "Notification should contain 'key' field")
+		assert.Contains(t, firstNotif, "version", "Notification should contain 'version' field")
+		assert.Contains(t, firstNotif, "op", "Notification should contain 'op' field")
+		assert.Contains(t, firstNotif, "origin", "Notification should contain 'origin' field")
+	}
+
+	t.Logf("Three-node notification test completed successfully")
+	t.Logf("Total notifications received: %d", receivedNotifications.Load())
+	t.Logf("Notification details: %+v", notifications)
+}
diff --git a/test_acl_e2e.sh b/test_acl_e2e.sh
index 219cc69..8255654 100755
--- a/test_acl_e2e.sh
+++ b/test_acl_e2e.sh
@@ -76,7 +76,7 @@ echo "🔍 Testing ACL commands..."
 # Function to run a command via the REPL
 run_command() {
     local cmd="$1"
-    echo "  → Running: $cmd"
+    echo "  → Running: $cmd" >&2
     echo "$cmd" | timeout 5s ./caddy atlas /tmp/atlas2/socket 2>&1 | sed '/^Error: EOF$/d' || {
         #echo "❌ Command failed or timed out: $cmd"
         return 0
@@ -86,7 +86,10 @@ run_command() {
 # Function to run multiple commands in a single session
 run_session_commands() {
     local commands=("$@")
-    echo "  → Running session with commands: ${commands[*]}"
+    echo "  → Running session with ${#commands[@]} command(s):" >&2
+    for cmd in "${commands[@]}"; do
+        echo "     • $cmd" >&2
+    done
     (
         for cmd in "${commands[@]}"; do
             echo "$cmd"
@@ -143,7 +146,13 @@ else
 fi
 
 echo "🔄 7. Testing ACL REVOKE..."
-run_command "ACL REVOKE users.alice alice PERMS OWNER"
+result=$(run_session_commands "PRINCIPAL ASSUME alice" "ACL REVOKE users.alice alice PERMS OWNER")
+if echo "$result" | grep -qi "ERROR"; then
+    echo "❌ ACL REVOKE failed: $result"
+    exit 1
+else
+    echo "✅ ACL REVOKE succeeded"
+fi
 
 echo "🔓 8. Testing access after revoke (should become public again)..."
 result=$(run_command "KEY GET users.alice")
@@ -155,9 +164,7 @@ else
 fi
 
 echo "📊 9. Testing multiple principals and permissions..."
-run_command "ACL GRANT users.bob alice PERMS OWNER"
-run_command "ACL GRANT users.bob alice PERMS READ"
-run_command "ACL GRANT users.bob bob PERMS WRITE"
+run_session_commands "ACL GRANT users.bob alice PERMS OWNER" "PRINCIPAL ASSUME alice" "ACL GRANT users.bob bob PERMS WRITE"
 
 echo "🔐 10. Testing read access with permissions..."
 result=$(run_session_commands "PRINCIPAL ASSUME alice" "KEY GET users.bob")
@@ -205,7 +212,8 @@ else
 fi
 
 echo "🔄 12. Testing revoke from multiple principals..."
-run_command "ACL REVOKE users.bob alice PERMS READ"
+# Alice is OWNER, so she can revoke permissions (even if READ was never granted, this should succeed)
+run_session_commands "PRINCIPAL ASSUME alice" "ACL REVOKE users.bob alice PERMS READ"
 
 result=$(run_session_commands "PRINCIPAL ASSUME alice" "KEY GET users.bob")
 if echo "$result" | grep -q "VALUE:"; then
@@ -236,7 +244,8 @@ else
 fi
 
 # Add WRITE ACL for another principal and ensure OWNER still allowed to write
-run_command "ACL GRANT users.owner bob PERMS WRITE"
+# Alice is OWNER, so she must be the one to grant permissions
+run_session_commands "PRINCIPAL ASSUME alice" "ACL GRANT users.owner bob PERMS WRITE"
 result=$(run_session_commands "PRINCIPAL ASSUME alice" "KEY PUT users.owner owner_write_after_write_acl")
 if echo "$result" | grep -qi "permission denied"; then
     echo "❌ OWNER write was denied after WRITE ACL added; should still be allowed"
@@ -246,7 +255,8 @@ else
 fi
 
 # Add READ ACL for another principal and ensure OWNER still allowed to read
-run_command "ACL GRANT users.owner charlie PERMS READ"
+# Alice is OWNER, so she must be the one to grant permissions
+run_session_commands "PRINCIPAL ASSUME alice" "ACL GRANT users.owner charlie PERMS READ"
 result=$(run_session_commands "PRINCIPAL ASSUME alice" "KEY GET users.owner")
 if echo "$result" | grep -q "VALUE:"; then
     echo "✅ OWNER still allowed to read despite READ ACL present"