fix: assign stable cloud ride identity at creation

lib/database/database.dart

@@ -142,10 +142,23 @@ class AppDatabase extends _$AppDatabase {
     return created;
   }
 
-  Future<int> startRide() async {
+  Future<int> startRide({
-    final id = await into(rides).insert(RidesCompanion.insert(startTime: DateTime.now()));
+    DateTime? startTime,
-    await ensureCloudRideId(id);
+    int? motorcycleId,
-    return id;
+    int? motorcycleYear,
+    String? motorcycleMake,
+    String? motorcycleModel,
+    String? motorcycleVariant,
+  }) async {
+    return into(rides).insert(RidesCompanion.insert(
+      cloudRideId: Value(_newCloudRideId()),
+      startTime: startTime ?? DateTime.now(),
+      motorcycleId: Value(motorcycleId),
+      motorcycleYear: Value(motorcycleYear),
+      motorcycleMake: Value(motorcycleMake),
+      motorcycleModel: Value(motorcycleModel),
+      motorcycleVariant: Value(motorcycleVariant),
+    ));
   }
 
   Future<void> endRide(int rideId, RidesCompanion data) async {

lib/features/rides/ride_state_machine.dart

@@ -211,20 +211,21 @@ class RideStateMachine extends StateNotifier<RideSession> {
     } catch (_) {}
 
     final defaultBike = ref.read(defaultMotorcycleProvider);
-    final id = await db.into(db.rides).insert(RidesCompanion.insert(
+    final startTime = DateTime.now();
-      startTime: DateTime.now(),
+    final id = await db.startRide(
-      motorcycleId: drift.Value(defaultBike?.id),
+      startTime: startTime,
-      motorcycleYear: drift.Value(defaultBike?.year),
+      motorcycleId: defaultBike?.id,
-      motorcycleMake: drift.Value(defaultBike?.makeName),
+      motorcycleYear: defaultBike?.year,
-      motorcycleModel: drift.Value(defaultBike?.modelName),
+      motorcycleMake: defaultBike?.makeName,
-      motorcycleVariant: drift.Value(defaultBike?.variantName),
+      motorcycleModel: defaultBike?.modelName,
-    ));
+      motorcycleVariant: defaultBike?.variantName,
+    );
 
     state = state.copyWith(
       dbId: id,
       state: RideState.riding,
       healthStatus: RecordingHealthStatus.recordingActive,
-      startTime: DateTime.now(),
+      startTime: startTime,
       tripDistanceMiles: 0,
       topSpeedMph: 0,
       maxLeanLeft: 0,

test/cloud_ride_identity_migration_test.dart

@@ -35,6 +35,22 @@ void main() {
     expect(second, first);
   });
 
+  test('ensureCloudRideId repairs legacy null ride identity', () async {
+    final db = AppDatabase.forTesting(NativeDatabase.memory());
+    addTearDown(db.close);
+
+    final legacyRideId = await db.into(db.rides).insert(
+          RidesCompanion.insert(startTime: DateTime.utc(2026, 9, 1, 10)),
+        );
+    expect(await db.getCloudRideId(legacyRideId), isNull);
+
+    final repaired = await db.ensureCloudRideId(legacyRideId);
+
+    expect(repaired, startsWith('ride_'));
+    expect(await db.getCloudRideId(legacyRideId), repaired);
+    expect(await db.ensureCloudRideId(legacyRideId), repaired);
+  });
+
   test('real v5 rides migrate to their legacy MotorCloud identity', () async {
     final connection = NativeDatabase.memory(setup: (rawDb) {
       rawDb.execute('''

test/forensic_lifecycle_audit_test.dart

@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@ import 'package:motorcycle_dash/services/field_test/field_test_logger.dart';
 import 'package:motorcycle_dash/services/validation/telemetry_validator.dart';
 import 'package:motorcycle_dash/features/rides/ride_state_machine.dart';
 import 'package:motorcycle_dash/features/records/records_service.dart';
+import 'package:motorcycle_dash/features/garage/garage_providers.dart';
 
 class MockAudioAlertService extends Fake implements AudioAlertService {
   final List<String> spokenMessages = [];
@@ -177,6 +178,86 @@ void main() {
     expect(events.any((e) => e.eventType.contains('START') || e.eventType.contains('RIDE')), isTrue);
   });
 
+  test('RideStateMachine assigns stable cloud identity at ride creation', () async {
+    final bike = GarageMotorcycle(
+      id: 7,
+      year: 2024,
+      makeId: 'triumph',
+      makeName: 'Triumph',
+      modelId: 'street-triple',
+      modelName: 'Street Triple',
+      variantName: 'RS',
+      isDefault: true,
+      dateAdded: DateTime.utc(2026, 9, 1),
+      lastUpdated: DateTime.utc(2026, 9, 1),
+    );
+    final container = ProviderContainer(
+      overrides: [
+        sharedPreferencesProvider.overrideWithValue(prefs),
+        databaseProvider.overrideWithValue(db),
+        telemetryServiceProvider.overrideWithValue(fakeTelemetry),
+        audioAlertServiceProvider.overrideWithValue(mockAudio),
+        fieldTestLoggerProvider.overrideWithValue(logger),
+        defaultMotorcycleProvider.overrideWithValue(bike),
+      ],
+    );
+    addTearDown(container.dispose);
+
+    final notifier = container.read(rideStateMachineProvider.notifier);
+    await notifier.startRide();
+
+    final session = container.read(rideStateMachineProvider);
+    expect(session.dbId, isNotNull);
+
+    final ride = await (db.select(db.rides)..where((r) => r.id.equals(session.dbId!))).getSingle();
+    expect(ride.cloudRideId, isNotNull);
+    expect(ride.cloudRideId, startsWith('ride_'));
+    expect(ride.motorcycleId, bike.id);
+    expect(ride.motorcycleYear, bike.year);
+    expect(ride.motorcycleMake, bike.makeName);
+    expect(ride.motorcycleModel, bike.modelName);
+    expect(ride.motorcycleVariant, bike.variantName);
+
+    final ensured = await db.ensureCloudRideId(ride.id);
+    expect(ensured, ride.cloudRideId);
+    expect(await db.getCloudRideId(ride.id), ride.cloudRideId);
+  });
+
+  test('Interrupted ride recovery preserves existing cloud identity', () async {
+    final rideId = await db.startRide(startTime: DateTime.utc(2026, 9, 2, 12));
+    final cloudRideId = await db.getCloudRideId(rideId);
+    expect(cloudRideId, isNotNull);
+
+    await db.into(db.telemetrySamples).insert(
+          TelemetrySamplesCompanion.insert(
+            rideId: rideId,
+            timestamp: DateTime.utc(2026, 9, 2, 12, 5),
+          ),
+        );
+
+    final container = ProviderContainer(
+      overrides: [
+        sharedPreferencesProvider.overrideWithValue(prefs),
+        databaseProvider.overrideWithValue(db),
+        telemetryServiceProvider.overrideWithValue(fakeTelemetry),
+        audioAlertServiceProvider.overrideWithValue(mockAudio),
+        fieldTestLoggerProvider.overrideWithValue(logger),
+      ],
+    );
+    addTearDown(container.dispose);
+
+    container.read(rideStateMachineProvider.notifier);
+    await Future<void>.delayed(const Duration(milliseconds: 50));
+
+    final recovered = await (db.select(db.rides)..where((r) => r.id.equals(rideId))).getSingle();
+    expect(
+      recovered.endTime!.isAtSameMomentAs(DateTime.utc(2026, 9, 2, 12, 5)),
+      isTrue,
+    );
+    expect(recovered.cloudRideId, cloudRideId);
+    expect(await db.ensureCloudRideId(rideId), cloudRideId);
+  });
+
   test('Motion Safeguard: Moving vehicle auto-promotes READY state to active recording', () async {
     final container = ProviderContainer(
       overrides: [