diff --git a/deps.edn b/deps.edn
index 01ad835..8bfdbec 100644
--- a/deps.edn
+++ b/deps.edn
@@ -37,6 +37,10 @@
   ;; Kafka
   org.apache.kafka/kafka-clients                    {:mvn/version "3.6.1"}
 
+  ;; Compression for storage artifacts
+  org.apache.commons/commons-compress               {:mvn/version "1.24.0"}
+  org.lz4/lz4-java                                  {:mvn/version "1.8.0"}
+
   ;; Datastores
   
   ;; Rocks 
diff --git a/example/app_lifecycle_example.clj b/example/app_lifecycle_example.clj
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..c72f68d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/example/app_lifecycle_example.clj
@@ -0,0 +1,131 @@
+(ns genegraph.app-lifecycle-example
+  (:require [genegraph.framework.app :as app]
+            [genegraph.framework.protocol :as p]
+            [genegraph.framework.event :as event]
+            [genegraph.framework.storage :as storage]
+            [genegraph.framework.kafka.admin :as kafka-admin]
+            [io.pedestal.log :as log]
+            [io.pedestal.interceptor :as interceptor]
+            [clojure.data.json :as json]))
+
+(def publish-interceptor
+  (interceptor/interceptor
+   {:name ::publish-interceptor
+    :enter (fn [e]
+             (log/info :fn :publish-interceptor)
+             (event/publish e (:payload e)))}))
+
+(def cg-interceptor
+  (interceptor/interceptor
+   {:name ::cg-interceptor
+    :enter (fn [e]
+             (log/info :fn :cg-interceptor
+                       :payload (::event/data e)
+                       :key (::event/key e)
+                       :stored-value (storage/read (get-in e [::storage/storage :test-rocksdb])
+                                                   (::event/key e)))
+             e)}))
+
+(def base-interceptor
+  (interceptor/interceptor
+   {:name ::cg-interceptor
+    :enter (fn [e]
+             (log/info :fn :base-interceptor
+                       :payload (::event/data e)
+                       :key (::event/key e))
+             (event/store e :test-rocksdb (::event/key e) (::event/data e)))}))
+
+
+(def ccloud-example-app-def
+  {:type :genegraph-app
+   :kafka-clusters {:ccloud
+                    {:type :kafka-cluster
+                     :kafka-user "User:2189780"
+                     :common-config {"ssl.endpoint.identification.algorithm" "https"
+                                     "sasl.mechanism" "PLAIN"
+                                     "request.timeout.ms" "20000"
+                                     "bootstrap.servers" "pkc-4yyd6.us-east1.gcp.confluent.cloud:9092"
+                                     "retry.backoff.ms" "500"
+                                     "security.protocol" "SASL_SSL"
+                                     "sasl.jaas.config" (System/getenv "DX_JAAS_CONFIG_DEV")}
+                     :consumer-config {"key.deserializer"
+                                       "org.apache.kafka.common.serialization.StringDeserializer"
+                                       "value.deserializer"
+                                       "org.apache.kafka.common.serialization.StringDeserializer"}
+                     :producer-config {"key.serializer"
+                                       "org.apache.kafka.common.serialization.StringSerializer"
+                                       "value.serializer"
+                                       "org.apache.kafka.common.serialization.StringSerializer"}}}
+   :storage {:test-rocksdb
+             {:type :rocksdb
+              :name :test-rocksdb
+              :path "/users/tristan/data/genegraph-neo/test-rocks"}}
+   :topics {:test-topic
+            {:name :test-topic
+             :type :kafka-consumer-group-topic
+             :kafka-consumer-group "testcg9"
+             :kafka-cluster :ccloud
+             :serialization :json
+             :kafka-topic "genegraph-test"}
+            :test-base
+            {:name :test-base
+             :type :kafka-reader-topic
+             :kafka-cluster :ccloud
+             :serialization :json
+             :kafka-topic "genegraph-test-base"}
+            :publish-to-test
+            {:name :publish-to-test
+             :type :simple-queue-topic}}
+   :processors {:test-processor
+                {:subscribe :test-topic
+                 :name :genegraph-test-processor
+                 :type :processor
+                 :kafka-cluster :ccloud
+                 :interceptors [cg-interceptor]}
+                :test-publisher
+                {:name :genegraph-test-publisher
+                 :subscribe :publish-to-test
+                 :kafka-cluster :ccloud
+                 :type :processor
+                 :interceptors [publish-interceptor]}
+                :test-base-processor
+                {:name :genegraph-test-base-processor
+                 :subscribe :test-base
+                 :kafka-cluster :ccloud
+                 :type :processor
+                 :backing-store :test-rocksdb
+                 :interceptors [base-interceptor]}}})
+
+(comment
+  (def ccloud-example-app (p/init ccloud-example-app-def))
+  (kafka-admin/admin-actions-by-cluster ccloud-example-app)
+  (kafka-admin/configure-kafka-for-app! ccloud-example-app)
+  (p/start ccloud-example-app)
+  (p/stop ccloud-example-app)
+
+  (p/publish (get-in ccloud-example-app [:topics :publish-to-test])
+             {::event/key "k2"
+              ::event/data {:b :b}
+              :payload {::event/topic :test-base
+                        ::event/key "k4"
+                        ::event/data {:d :d}}})
+
+  (p/publish (get-in ccloud-example-app [:topics :publish-to-test])
+             {::event/key "k2"
+              ::event/data {:b :b}
+              :payload {::event/topic :test-topic
+                        ::event/key "k4"
+                        ::event/data {:c :c}}})
+
+  (-> ccloud-example-app
+      :storage
+      :test-rocksdb
+      :instance
+      deref
+      (storage/read "k3"))
+
+  (-> ccloud-example-app
+      :topics
+      :test-topic
+      genegraph.framework.kafka/topic-up-to-date?)
+  )
diff --git a/src/genegraph/framework/app.clj b/src/genegraph/framework/app.clj
index ca414a8..49eb7ab 100644
--- a/src/genegraph/framework/app.clj
+++ b/src/genegraph/framework/app.clj
@@ -169,6 +169,11 @@
   (log/info :source (:source e)
             :type (:type e)))
 
+(defmethod p/log-event :component-state-update [e]
+  (log/info :source (:source e)
+            :type (:type e)
+            :state (:state e)))
+
 ;;;;;
 ;; Stuff for testing
 ;;;;;
diff --git a/src/genegraph/framework/kafka.clj b/src/genegraph/framework/kafka.clj
index e8ccd68..bb4afe7 100644
--- a/src/genegraph/framework/kafka.clj
+++ b/src/genegraph/framework/kafka.clj
@@ -84,6 +84,12 @@
         local-offset @(:initial-local-offset topic)
         cg-offset @(:initial-consumer-group-offset topic)
         last-offset @(:end-offset-at-start topic)]
+    (log/info :fn :topic-up-to-date?
+              :topic (:name topic)
+              :last-completed-offset last-completed-offset
+              :local-offset local-offset
+              :cg-offset cg-offset
+              :last-offset last-offset)
     (or  (and last-completed-offset (<= last-offset last-completed-offset))
          (and (if local-offset (<= last-offset local-offset) true)
               (if cg-offset (<= last-offset cg-offset) true)))))
@@ -100,6 +106,7 @@
 (defn handle-event-status-updates [topic event]
   (let [status @(::event/completion-promise event)]
     (swap! (:state topic) assoc :last-completed-offset (::event/offset event))
+    (deliver-up-to-date-event-if-needed topic)
     (log/info :fn ::handle-event-status-updates
               :offset (::event/offset event)
               :status status)))
@@ -121,8 +128,10 @@
   ;; Per Kafka docs, end offset reported by the consumer is
   ;; always the next offset *past* the last record in the
   ;; topic partition, we want the offset of the last record,
-  ;; so decrement by one.
-  (-> (.endOffsets consumer (.assignment consumer)) first val dec))
+  ;; so decrement by two.
+  ;; Unclear why Kafka offsets now increment by twos rather than ones,
+  ;; but they do...
+  (-> (.endOffsets consumer (.assignment consumer)) first val (- 2)))
 
 (defn poll-kafka-consumer
   "default method to poll a Kafka consumer for new records.
diff --git a/src/genegraph/framework/processor.clj b/src/genegraph/framework/processor.clj
index d6b3f86..00adc78 100644
--- a/src/genegraph/framework/processor.clj
+++ b/src/genegraph/framework/processor.clj
@@ -164,12 +164,12 @@
     nil))
 
 
-(defn init-kafka-producer! [{:keys [producer kafka-cluster name]}]
+(defn init-kafka-producer! [{:keys [producer kafka-cluster] :as p}]
   (if kafka-cluster
     (deliver producer
              (kafka/create-producer
               kafka-cluster
-              {"transactional.id" name
+              {"transactional.id" (name (:name p))
                "max.request.size" (int (* 1024 1024 10))}))
     (deliver producer nil)))
 
diff --git a/src/genegraph/framework/storage.clj b/src/genegraph/framework/storage.clj
index 4e1e457..fa2ac9f 100644
--- a/src/genegraph/framework/storage.clj
+++ b/src/genegraph/framework/storage.clj
@@ -1,6 +1,19 @@
 (ns genegraph.framework.storage
   (:require [clojure.java.io :as io])
-  (:import [java.io ByteArrayInputStream])
+  (:import [java.io
+            ByteArrayInputStream BufferedOutputStream BufferedInputStream]
+           [java.nio.file
+            Path Files StandardCopyOption LinkOption]
+           [java.nio.file.attribute FileAttribute]
+           [org.apache.commons.compress.archivers.tar
+            TarArchiveEntry TarArchiveOutputStream TarArchiveInputStream]
+           [org.apache.commons.compress.archivers ArchiveEntry]
+           [org.apache.commons.compress.compressors.lz4
+            BlockLZ4CompressorOutputStream BlockLZ4CompressorInputStream]
+           [org.apache.commons.compress.compressors.gzip
+            GzipCompressorOutputStream GzipCompressorInputStream]
+           [net.jpountz.lz4
+            LZ4FrameInputStream LZ4FrameOutputStream LZ4Factory])
   (:refer-clojure :exclude [read]))
 
 (defprotocol HasInstance
@@ -43,6 +56,62 @@
         (string? source) (ByteArrayInputStream. (.getBytes source))
         :else (io/input-stream source)))
 
+;; Loosely moddeled from https://mkyong.com/java/how-to-create-tar-gz-in-java/
+;; using lz4 instead of gzx
+
+(defn store-archive [local-path storage-handle]
+  (let [local-path-obj (Path/of local-path (make-array String 0))]
+    (with-open [os (-> storage-handle
+                       as-handle
+                       io/output-stream
+                       BufferedOutputStream.
+                       LZ4FrameOutputStream.
+                       TarArchiveOutputStream.)]
+      (run! (fn [f]
+              (.putArchiveEntry
+               os
+               (TarArchiveEntry.
+                f
+                (str
+                 (.relativize local-path-obj
+                              (Path/of (.getPath f)
+                                       (make-array String 0))))))
+              (io/copy f os)
+              (.closeArchiveEntry os))
+            (filter #(.isFile %) (file-seq (io/file local-path)))))))
+
+(comment
+  (store-archive "/Users/tristan/data/genegraph-neo/test-rocks-snapshot"
+                 {:type :gcs
+                  :bucket "genegraph-framework-dev"
+                  :path "test-tarball.tar.gz"})
+  )
+
+(defn restore-archive [target-path storage-handle]
+  (let [base-path (Path/of target-path (make-array String 0))]
+    (with-open [is (-> storage-handle
+                       as-handle
+                       io/input-stream
+                       BufferedInputStream.
+                       LZ4FrameInputStream.
+                       TarArchiveInputStream.)]
+      (loop [entry (.getNextEntry is)]
+        (when entry
+          (let [file-path (.resolve base-path (.getName entry))
+                parent-path (.getParent file-path)]
+            (when (Files/notExists parent-path (make-array LinkOption 0))
+              (Files/createDirectories parent-path (make-array FileAttribute 0)))
+            (io/copy is (.toFile file-path)))
+          (recur (.getNextEntry is)))))))
+
+(comment
+  (restore-archive
+   "/Users/tristan/data/genegraph-neo/test-rocks-restore"
+   {:type :file
+    :base "/users/tristan/data/genegraph-neo"
+    :path "test-tarball.tar.lz4"})
+  )
+
 (comment
   (as-handle {:type :file
               :base "/users/tristan/data"
diff --git a/src/genegraph/framework/storage/rocksdb.clj b/src/genegraph/framework/storage/rocksdb.clj
index 8749059..035c35c 100644
--- a/src/genegraph/framework/storage/rocksdb.clj
+++ b/src/genegraph/framework/storage/rocksdb.clj
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
             [taoensso.nippy :as nippy]
             [clojure.java.io :as io]
             [digest])
-  (:import (org.rocksdb Options ReadOptions RocksDB Slice CompressionType)
+  (:import (org.rocksdb Options ReadOptions RocksDB Slice CompressionType Checkpoint)
            java.util.Arrays
            java.nio.ByteBuffer
            java.io.ByteArrayOutputStream))
@@ -17,6 +17,28 @@
                   (.setCreateIfMissing true)
                   (.setCompressionType CompressionType/LZ4_COMPRESSION)) path))
 
+(defn create-checkpoint [rocksdb path]
+  (doto (Checkpoint/create rocksdb)
+    (.createCheckpoint path)
+    .close))
+
+(comment
+  (def rtest
+    (p/init {:name :rocks-test
+             :type :rocksdb
+             :path "/Users/tristan/data/genegraph-neo/test-rocks"}))
+
+  (p/start rtest)
+  @(:instance rtest)
+  (create-checkpoint @(:instance rtest)
+                     "/Users/tristan/data/genegraph-neo/test-rocks-snapshot")
+
+  (def c (Checkpoint/create @(:instance rtest)))
+  (.createCheckpoint c "/Users/tristan/data/genegraph-neo/test-rocks-snapshot-2")
+  (.close c)
+  
+  )
+
 (defrecord RocksDBInstance [name
                             type
                             path
@@ -34,7 +56,16 @@
     this)
   (stop [this]
     (.close @instance)
-    this))
+    this)
+
+  storage/Snapshot
+  (store-snapshot [this storage-handle]
+
+    )
+  (restore-snapshot [this storage-handle])
+  )
+
+(System/getProperty "java.io.tmpdir")
 
 (defmethod p/init :rocksdb [db-def]
   (map->RocksDBInstance