feat(consistency): add minimize_latency and fully_consistent modes

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• Queries had no way to ask for head-of-log reads: a caller without a version could only choose between stale eventual reads and misusing exact_version, which fails as soon as any other write lands.
• Leaving the requirement unset was the only way to express eventual consistency, which hides intent in code review, logs, and traces.
• The existing documentation did not state which event sourcing counter (stream version or global position) a version refers to, leaving services to guess and clients to pass the wrong one.

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PR Summary

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Adds new proto oneof arms (backward compatible) but changes documented version semantics and server behavior expectations; mis-implementing fully_consistent or mismatched stream/global counters can cause wrong freshness or unsatisfiable requests.

Overview
Extends trogon.consistency.v1alpha1.Consistency with two new requirement modes: minimize_latency (explicit “no wait / stale OK”, same as unset) and fully_consistent (wait until the projection catches the log head observed at request time, for callers without a version).

Proto and docs now describe four SpiceDB-aligned modes with guarantees, caching, failures, and when to use each. version is documented as an int64 log position (stream revision or global position—must match the target projection’s checkpoint), not an opaque token; examples drop stream_version/uint64 in favor of version.

Server guidance is expanded: atomic position-with-result for retries, fully_consistent limits, NOT_FOUND handling under waiting modes, updated error metadata, and tracing attributes for all modes.

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Walkthrough

The consistency protocol adds minimize_latency and fully_consistent. The documentation describes four consistency modes, their position requirements, waiting and cache behavior, failure outcomes, and operational guidance.

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Consistency modes

Layer / File(s)	Summary
Consistency mode protocol contract proto/trogon/consistency/v1alpha1/consistency.proto	The Consistency oneof adds minimize_latency and fully_consistent. The protocol documentation specifies the default behavior and explains when timeout and retry-delay fields are ignored.
Mode semantics and position requirements docs/explanation/consistency-pattern.md	The guide distinguishes stream versions, global positions, and projection checkpoints. It compares all four modes by freshness, waiting, cache eligibility, and outcomes.
Request and server guidance docs/explanation/consistency-pattern.md	The guide updates client mode selection, server limits, retry and timeout handling, observability, trade-offs, usage guidance, and references.

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Estimated code review effort: 2 (Simple) | ~12 minutes

Change: Feature

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Clarify the server guidance before merging: it can return data that misses the requested consistency guarantee or turn a valid NOT_FOUND response into UNAVAILABLE.

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Title check	✅ Passed	The title clearly summarizes the addition of the minimize_latency and fully_consistent consistency modes.
Description check	✅ Passed	The description explains the consistency gaps addressed by the changes, including head-of-log reads and version-counter ambiguity.
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Review comments at @docs/explanation/consistency-pattern.md:
- Line 170: Update the consistency guidance for NOT_FOUND under min_version,
exact_version, and fully_consistent: retry only while the result position is
below the required position, and return NOT_FOUND once that position is
satisfied. Keep retrying until timeout only for results that have not yet
reached the required position.
- Around line 156-158: Update the consistency-check sequence so each query is
bound to a projection snapshot and eligibility is checked against that
snapshot’s position, not a later checkpoint. Return results only when that
position satisfies min_version, fully_consistent, or exact_version; for
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