diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index f37bc7f4..d7a707c8 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "data-monorepo",
-  "version": "0.10.11",
+  "version": "0.10.12",
   "private": true,
   "engines": {
     "node": ">=24"
diff --git a/packages/data-ai/.claude-plugin/plugin.json b/packages/data-ai/.claude-plugin/plugin.json
index 474eeba1..162a262f 100644
--- a/packages/data-ai/.claude-plugin/plugin.json
+++ b/packages/data-ai/.claude-plugin/plugin.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "adobe-data-ai",
-  "version": "0.10.11",
+  "version": "0.10.12",
   "description": "Architecture skills for @adobe/data — data-oriented modelling, archetype iteration, hot-path performance, and related conventions.",
   "author": {
     "name": "Adobe"
diff --git a/packages/data-ai/package.json b/packages/data-ai/package.json
index 8ea3f9b5..000ea6ba 100644
--- a/packages/data-ai/package.json
+++ b/packages/data-ai/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "@adobe/data-ai",
-  "version": "0.10.11",
+  "version": "0.10.12",
   "description": "Cross-agent architecture skills for @adobe/data — installable as a Claude Code plugin or copied into any Agent-Skills-compatible agent (Cursor, Codex).",
   "type": "module",
   "private": false,
diff --git a/packages/data-gpu/package.json b/packages/data-gpu/package.json
index 9200669b..68f415c0 100644
--- a/packages/data-gpu/package.json
+++ b/packages/data-gpu/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "@adobe/data-gpu",
-  "version": "0.10.11",
+  "version": "0.10.12",
   "description": "Adobe data WebGPU plugins and types for graphics and compute",
   "type": "module",
   "private": false,
diff --git a/packages/data-lit-todo/src/features/main/services/main-service/action-database/actions/drag-todo.test.ts b/packages/data-lit-todo/src/features/main/services/main-service/action-database/actions/drag-todo.test.ts
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..3283cf36
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/data-lit-todo/src/features/main/services/main-service/action-database/actions/drag-todo.test.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,65 @@
+// © 2026 Adobe. MIT License. See /LICENSE for details.
+import { describe, it, expect } from "vitest";
+import { Database } from "@adobe/data/ecs";
+import type { DragState } from "@adobe/data-lit";
+import { ServiceDatabase } from "../../service-database/service-database.js";
+import { dragTodo } from "./drag-todo.js";
+
+// `dragTodo` is the "drag UI op" — conformance intentionally skips it (see
+// `transactions.md`), so this is its only coverage. It is the one place the
+// `useDragGenerator` → action → transaction mapping (including the cancel
+// reset) actually lives.
+
+// A stand-in row height; `services/` must not import the real UI constant.
+const ROW_HEIGHT = 48;
+
+async function* dragStates(...states: DragState[]): AsyncGenerator<DragState> {
+  for (const state of states) yield state;
+}
+
+describe("dragTodo action", () => {
+  it("streams a live offset on move, then reorders on the final drop", async () => {
+    const db = Database.create(ServiceDatabase.plugin);
+    const entity = db.transactions.createTodo({ name: "a" });
+    const other = db.transactions.createTodo({ name: "b" });
+
+    await dragTodo(db, {
+      entity,
+      index: 0,
+      rowHeight: ROW_HEIGHT,
+      drag: dragStates(
+        { type: "move", delta: [0, 10], position: [0, 10] },
+        {
+          type: "end",
+          delta: [0, ROW_HEIGHT],
+          position: [0, ROW_HEIGHT],
+        },
+      ),
+    });
+
+    const after = db.read(entity);
+    expect(after?.dragPosition).toBeNull();
+    // dragged from index 0 to index 1 — now orders after "b".
+    expect(after?.order).toBeGreaterThan(db.read(other)!.order!);
+  });
+
+  it("abandons the drag with no reorder on cancel", async () => {
+    const db = Database.create(ServiceDatabase.plugin);
+    const entity = db.transactions.createTodo({ name: "a" });
+    const before = db.read(entity)!;
+
+    await dragTodo(db, {
+      entity,
+      index: 0,
+      rowHeight: ROW_HEIGHT,
+      drag: dragStates(
+        { type: "move", delta: [0, 10], position: [0, 10] },
+        { type: "cancel" },
+      ),
+    });
+
+    const after = db.read(entity);
+    expect(after?.dragPosition).toBeNull();
+    expect(after?.order).toBe(before.order);
+  });
+});
diff --git a/packages/data-lit-todo/src/features/main/services/main-service/action-database/actions/drag-todo.ts b/packages/data-lit-todo/src/features/main/services/main-service/action-database/actions/drag-todo.ts
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..0d47ab5d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/data-lit-todo/src/features/main/services/main-service/action-database/actions/drag-todo.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,41 @@
+// © 2026 Adobe. MIT License. See /LICENSE for details.
+import type { Entity } from "@adobe/data/ecs";
+import type { DragState } from "@adobe/data-lit";
+import type { ServiceDatabase } from "../../service-database/service-database.js";
+
+// `useDragGenerator` hands us the raw pointer stream; this action maps each
+// yielded `DragState` frame to the `dragTodo` transaction's args and drives
+// the transaction directly with that mapped async generator, so every frame —
+// including the final drop — commits as one coalesced, undoable step. A
+// cancelled gesture yields a `dragPosition: null` frame with no `finalIndex`,
+// which abandons the drag without reordering.
+//
+// `rowHeight` is a UI layout measure passed in by the caller (never imported —
+// `services/` must not depend on `ui/`), used to convert the final pixel offset
+// into a list-index delta.
+export const dragTodo = (
+  db: ServiceDatabase,
+  args: {
+    readonly entity: Entity;
+    readonly index: number;
+    readonly rowHeight: number;
+    readonly drag: AsyncGenerator<DragState>;
+  },
+) => {
+  const { entity, index, rowHeight, drag } = args;
+  return db.transactions.dragTodo(async function* () {
+    for await (const state of drag) {
+      if (state.type === "move") {
+        yield { entity, dragPosition: state.delta[1] };
+      } else if (state.type === "end") {
+        yield {
+          entity,
+          dragPosition: state.delta[1],
+          finalIndex: index + Math.round(state.delta[1] / rowHeight),
+        };
+      } else if (state.type === "cancel") {
+        yield { entity, dragPosition: null };
+      }
+    }
+  });
+};
diff --git a/packages/data-lit-todo/src/features/main/services/main-service/action-database/actions/index.ts b/packages/data-lit-todo/src/features/main/services/main-service/action-database/actions/index.ts
index b9746cb3..e4787154 100644
--- a/packages/data-lit-todo/src/features/main/services/main-service/action-database/actions/index.ts
+++ b/packages/data-lit-todo/src/features/main/services/main-service/action-database/actions/index.ts
@@ -7,3 +7,4 @@ export * from "./delete-todo.js";
 export * from "./delete-all-todos.js";
 export * from "./toggle-display-completed.js";
 export * from "./reorder-todo.js";
+export * from "./drag-todo.js";
diff --git a/packages/data-lit-todo/src/features/main/services/main-service/action-database/actions/reorder-todo.ts b/packages/data-lit-todo/src/features/main/services/main-service/action-database/actions/reorder-todo.ts
index c236d909..19fcb878 100644
--- a/packages/data-lit-todo/src/features/main/services/main-service/action-database/actions/reorder-todo.ts
+++ b/packages/data-lit-todo/src/features/main/services/main-service/action-database/actions/reorder-todo.ts
@@ -3,9 +3,10 @@ import type { Entity } from "@adobe/data/ecs";
 import type { ServiceDatabase } from "../../service-database/service-database.js";
 
 // Move a todo to `toIndex` — the programmatic counterpart of the drag UI (which
-// dispatches the richer `dragTodo` transaction directly). Reproduces
-// `State.reorderTodo` as a single final-drop `dragTodo` commit, so it is the
-// same-named action that conforms the `reorderTodo` transition.
+// drives the same `dragTodo` transaction through the richer `dragTodo` action,
+// streamed frame-by-frame from `useDragGenerator`). Reproduces `State.reorderTodo`
+// as a single final-drop `dragTodo` commit, so it is the same-named action that
+// conforms the `reorderTodo` transition.
 export const reorderTodo = (
   db: ServiceDatabase,
   { id, toIndex }: { id: Entity; toIndex: number },
diff --git a/packages/data-lit-todo/src/features/main/services/main-service/transaction-database/transactions/drag-todo.ts b/packages/data-lit-todo/src/features/main/services/main-service/transaction-database/transactions/drag-todo.ts
index 6e53e2fb..f2c4aafa 100644
--- a/packages/data-lit-todo/src/features/main/services/main-service/transaction-database/transactions/drag-todo.ts
+++ b/packages/data-lit-todo/src/features/main/services/main-service/transaction-database/transactions/drag-todo.ts
@@ -8,11 +8,16 @@ import { normalizeOrder, selectOrderedTodos } from "./order/index.js";
 // `type DragTodoInput = Parameters<typeof dragTodo>[1]`.
 type DragTodoInput = {
   readonly entity: Entity;
-  /** Live vertical pixel offset from the todo's resting position. */
-  readonly dragPosition: number;
+  /**
+   * Live vertical pixel offset from the todo's resting position. `null`
+   * abandons the drag with no reorder — the same shape a cancelled gesture
+   * yields as its final frame.
+   */
+  readonly dragPosition: number | null;
   /**
    * Target index within the currently visible list. Present only on the final
-   * frame of a drag; while omitted the drag is still in progress.
+   * frame of a drag; while omitted the drag is still in progress (or was
+   * cancelled).
    */
   readonly finalIndex?: number;
 };
@@ -24,8 +29,10 @@ type DragTodoInput = {
  * a fractional `order` between its new visible neighbours, clears
  * `dragPosition`, then normalizes every todo back to contiguous integers.
  *
- * Intended to be driven by `useDragTransaction`, which invokes it with an
- * `AsyncArgsProvider` so all frames commit as one undoable step.
+ * Intended to be driven by the `dragTodo` action, which maps a
+ * `useDragGenerator` stream into this shape and drives this transaction with
+ * the resulting async generator so every frame — including the final drop —
+ * commits as one undoable step.
  */
 export const dragTodo = (t: CoreDatabase.Store, input: DragTodoInput): void => {
   t.undoable = { coalesce: false };
diff --git a/packages/data-lit-todo/src/features/main/ui/todo-row/todo-row-element.ts b/packages/data-lit-todo/src/features/main/ui/todo-row/todo-row-element.ts
index fa60cc1f..df080ce3 100644
--- a/packages/data-lit-todo/src/features/main/ui/todo-row/todo-row-element.ts
+++ b/packages/data-lit-todo/src/features/main/ui/todo-row/todo-row-element.ts
@@ -1,17 +1,12 @@
 // © 2026 Adobe. MIT License. See /LICENSE for details.
 import { customElement, property } from "lit/decorators.js";
 import type { Entity } from "@adobe/data/ecs";
-import { useObservableValues, useState, useDragTransaction } from "@adobe/data-lit";
+import { useObservableValues, useState, useDragGenerator } from "@adobe/data-lit";
 import { TodoElement } from "../todo-element.js";
 import { styles } from "./todo-row.css.js";
 import { TODO_ROW_HEIGHT } from "./todo-row.constants.js";
-import type { dragTodo } from "../../services/main-service/transaction-database/transactions/drag-todo.js";
 import * as presentation from "./todo-row-presentation.js";
 
-// The transaction owns this shape and doesn't export it; infer it from the
-// function's second parameter rather than importing a type.
-type DragTodoInput = Parameters<typeof dragTodo>[1];
-
 const tagName = "todo-row";
 
 declare global {
@@ -40,29 +35,24 @@ export class TodoRowElement extends TodoElement {
     );
     const todo = values?.todo;
 
-    // Dragging is a lifecycle/pointer concern, so it lives in the element (not
-    // the pure presentation). A single coalesced transaction spans the whole
-    // gesture: `move` frames record the live pixel offset, `end` commits the
-    // reorder. Drag is a continuous manipulation, so it calls the transaction
-    // directly rather than an analytics-wrapped action.
+    // Dragging is a lifecycle/pointer concern, so the pointer stream is
+    // captured here — but mapping it into transaction args is logic, and
+    // belongs to the `dragTodo` action, not this element (`element.md`: no
+    // shape-building in a callback). `useDragGenerator` hands the action a
+    // raw `DragState` generator; the action drives the `dragTodo` transaction
+    // with it directly, so the whole gesture — every live frame plus the
+    // final drop — commits as one coalesced, undoable step.
     const { entity, index } = this;
-    useDragTransaction<DragTodoInput>(
-      {
-        transaction: this.service.transactions.dragTodo,
-        update: (value) => {
-          if (value.type === "move") {
-            return { entity, dragPosition: value.delta[1] };
-          }
-          if (value.type === "end") {
-            return {
-              entity,
-              dragPosition: value.delta[1],
-              finalIndex: index + Math.round(value.delta[1] / TODO_ROW_HEIGHT),
-            };
-          }
-        },
-      },
-      [this.service.transactions.dragTodo, entity, index],
+    useDragGenerator(
+      {},
+      [this.service.actions.dragTodo, entity, index],
+      (drag) =>
+        this.service.actions.dragTodo({
+          entity,
+          index,
+          rowHeight: TODO_ROW_HEIGHT,
+          drag,
+        }),
     );
 
     return presentation.render({
diff --git a/packages/data-lit/package.json b/packages/data-lit/package.json
index 7ff4755f..0835d003 100644
--- a/packages/data-lit/package.json
+++ b/packages/data-lit/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "@adobe/data-lit",
-  "version": "0.10.11",
+  "version": "0.10.12",
   "description": "Adobe data Lit bindings - hooks, elements, decorators",
   "type": "module",
   "private": false,
diff --git a/packages/data-persistence/package.json b/packages/data-persistence/package.json
index 5ef892b3..340525e4 100644
--- a/packages/data-persistence/package.json
+++ b/packages/data-persistence/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
     "name": "@adobe/data-persistence",
-    "version": "0.10.11",
+    "version": "0.10.12",
     "description": "Worker-based incremental persistence layer for @adobe/data ECS over OPFS (browser) and node:fs (server).",
     "type": "module",
     "sideEffects": false,
diff --git a/packages/data-react/package.json b/packages/data-react/package.json
index 9549cfa3..a3861eed 100644
--- a/packages/data-react/package.json
+++ b/packages/data-react/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "@adobe/data-react",
-  "version": "0.10.11",
+  "version": "0.10.12",
   "description": "Adobe data React bindings — hooks and context for ECS database",
   "type": "module",
   "private": false,
diff --git a/packages/data-rpc/package.json b/packages/data-rpc/package.json
index f1fd1019..6977f610 100644
--- a/packages/data-rpc/package.json
+++ b/packages/data-rpc/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
     "name": "@adobe/data-rpc",
-    "version": "0.10.11",
+    "version": "0.10.12",
     "description": "Schema-driven, bidirectional projection of @adobe/data async data services across a boundary (iframe / MessagePort / Worker). Only Data crosses the wire.",
     "type": "module",
     "sideEffects": false,
diff --git a/packages/data-solid/package.json b/packages/data-solid/package.json
index 7732ee0a..14ded1bf 100644
--- a/packages/data-solid/package.json
+++ b/packages/data-solid/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "@adobe/data-solid",
-  "version": "0.10.11",
+  "version": "0.10.12",
   "description": "Adobe data SolidJS bindings — context and provider for ECS database",
   "type": "module",
   "private": false,
diff --git a/packages/data-sync/package.json b/packages/data-sync/package.json
index cd64ff15..51427f4e 100644
--- a/packages/data-sync/package.json
+++ b/packages/data-sync/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
     "name": "@adobe/data-sync",
-    "version": "0.10.11",
+    "version": "0.10.12",
     "description": "Multi-user real-time synchronisation for @adobe/data ECS — server, client, and in-process loopback.",
     "type": "module",
     "sideEffects": false,
diff --git a/packages/data-testing/package.json b/packages/data-testing/package.json
index fca8c8d0..a884cd8a 100644
--- a/packages/data-testing/package.json
+++ b/packages/data-testing/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "@adobe/data-testing",
-  "version": "0.10.11",
+  "version": "0.10.12",
   "description": "Conformance-testing utilities (Match + Conformance runners) for @adobe/data ECS features",
   "type": "module",
   "sideEffects": false,
diff --git a/packages/data/package.json b/packages/data/package.json
index 9f78831f..41a08568 100644
--- a/packages/data/package.json
+++ b/packages/data/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "@adobe/data",
-  "version": "0.10.11",
+  "version": "0.10.12",
   "description": "Adobe data oriented programming library",
   "type": "module",
   "sideEffects": false,