diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index e566e53..74f1020 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -16,6 +16,14 @@ never breaks for consumers. `test/Fitz.PackageConsumer` asserts this on every CI
 
 ## [Unreleased]
 
+## [1.4.2] - 2026-09-21
+
+### Fixed
+
+- **`Cntryl.Fitz.Abstractions`:** expose `FitzErrorCodes.StreamConcurrencyConflict` (2001) and
+  `FitzErrorCodes.StreamSessionAlreadyActive` (2002), so callers can classify the broker's
+  structured stream write-contention responses without matching error text.
+
 ## [1.4.1] - 2026-09-21
 
 ### Added
diff --git a/Directory.Build.props b/Directory.Build.props
index d52ec64..a6ad2e9 100644
--- a/Directory.Build.props
+++ b/Directory.Build.props
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@
 
   <PropertyGroup Condition="'$(IsPackable)' != 'false'">
     <!-- Assembly identity stays fixed permanently; release only by advancing PackageVersion. -->
-    <PackageVersion>1.4.1</PackageVersion>
+    <PackageVersion>1.4.2</PackageVersion>
     <Version>$(PackageVersion)</Version>
     <AssemblyVersion>1.0.0.0</AssemblyVersion>
     <InformationalVersion>$(PackageVersion)</InformationalVersion>
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@
     <DebugType>portable</DebugType>
     <PackageReadmeFile>README.md</PackageReadmeFile>
     <PackageTags>fitz distributed-systems kv queue rpc lease notice stream schedule</PackageTags>
-    <PackageReleaseNotes>Adds bounded read-only primary-key paging for Cntryl.Fitz.Extensions directories. See CHANGELOG.md.</PackageReleaseNotes>
+    <PackageReleaseNotes>Exposes named stream write-contention error codes for broker codes 2001 and 2002. See CHANGELOG.md.</PackageReleaseNotes>
     <PackageOutputPath>$(MSBuildThisFileDirectory)artifacts\packages</PackageOutputPath>
   </PropertyGroup>
 
diff --git a/docs/guide.md b/docs/guide.md
index 6172761..a1a4b16 100644
--- a/docs/guide.md
+++ b/docs/guide.md
@@ -125,9 +125,10 @@ catch (RpcException ex) when (ex.DomainCode == FitzErrorCodes.RpcTimeout)
 }
 ```
 
-`FitzErrorCodes` lists every code the broker defines. Transport and lifecycle problems surface
-as `ConnectionException`, `AuthenticationException`, `RequestTimeoutException`,
-`RequestQueueFullException`, or `ProtocolException`.
+`FitzErrorCodes` exposes named constants for the broker codes the SDK classifies. Other
+structured domain codes remain available on an exception's `DomainCode`; never match error text.
+Transport and lifecycle problems surface as `ConnectionException`, `AuthenticationException`,
+`RequestTimeoutException`, `RequestQueueFullException`, or `ProtocolException`.
 
 Two exceptions sit outside that hierarchy and derive from `Exception` directly:
 `SubscriptionBackpressureException` and `AsyncHandlerOverflowException`. They are declared in
@@ -313,8 +314,11 @@ await session.CommitAsync(ct);
 ```
 
 `AppendAsync` takes the offset you expect to write at; a mismatch is an optimistic-concurrency
-failure, reported as `StreamException` with `DomainCode` 2001. Classify on that code, never on
-the message.
+failure, reported as `StreamException` with `DomainCode ==
+FitzErrorCodes.StreamConcurrencyConflict`. `BeginAsync` reports
+`FitzErrorCodes.StreamSessionAlreadyActive` when an append session currently owns the resource
+stream. These are distinct structured write-contention conditions; classify on the
+code, never on the message.
 
 Use `ReadPageAsync` when you need to see what the broker withheld: a `StreamReadPage` contains
 `StreamReadItem`s whose `Kind` distinguishes delivered records from filtered ones, so gaps in
diff --git a/src/Fitz.Abstractions/FitzErrorCodes.cs b/src/Fitz.Abstractions/FitzErrorCodes.cs
index af64482..21df8bd 100644
--- a/src/Fitz.Abstractions/FitzErrorCodes.cs
+++ b/src/Fitz.Abstractions/FitzErrorCodes.cs
@@ -30,6 +30,17 @@ public static class FitzErrorCodes
     /// </summary>
     public const uint KvSubscriptionLimit = 1013;
 
+    /// <summary>
+    /// An append operation found that the stream's committed position no longer matches its
+    /// expected position.
+    /// </summary>
+    public const uint StreamConcurrencyConflict = 2001;
+
+    /// <summary>
+    /// An append session is already active for the resource stream.
+    /// </summary>
+    public const uint StreamSessionAlreadyActive = 2002;
+
     /// <summary>
     /// The stream subscription selector was malformed or unsupported.
     /// </summary>
diff --git a/test/Fitz.Core.Tests/Unit/StreamErrorEnvelopeTests.cs b/test/Fitz.Core.Tests/Unit/StreamErrorEnvelopeTests.cs
index 8e56214..b4277ae 100644
--- a/test/Fitz.Core.Tests/Unit/StreamErrorEnvelopeTests.cs
+++ b/test/Fitz.Core.Tests/Unit/StreamErrorEnvelopeTests.cs
@@ -5,10 +5,20 @@ namespace Cntryl.Fitz.Core.Tests.Unit;
 
 public sealed class StreamErrorEnvelopeTests
 {
+    [Fact]
+    public void ShouldMatchWireProtocolGivenStreamWriteContentionCodesWhenValidated()
+    {
+        // Arrange
+        // Act
+        // Assert
+        Assert.Equal(2001u, FitzErrorCodes.StreamConcurrencyConflict);
+        Assert.Equal(2002u, FitzErrorCodes.StreamSessionAlreadyActive);
+    }
+
     [Theory]
-    [InlineData("APPEND", 2001u, "unrelated wording")]
-    [InlineData("COMMIT", 2001u, "unrelated wording")]
-    [InlineData("APPEND", 2002u, "concurrency conflict")]
+    [InlineData("APPEND", FitzErrorCodes.StreamConcurrencyConflict, "unrelated wording")]
+    [InlineData("COMMIT", FitzErrorCodes.StreamConcurrencyConflict, "unrelated wording")]
+    [InlineData("BEGIN", FitzErrorCodes.StreamSessionAlreadyActive, "unrelated wording")]
     [InlineData("COMMIT", 2012u, "backend unavailable")]
     [InlineData("BEGIN", 2003u, "session unavailable")]
     [InlineData("ROLLBACK", 2003u, "session unavailable")]
diff --git a/test/Fitz.PackageConsumer/Program.cs b/test/Fitz.PackageConsumer/Program.cs
index 4d6fe73..1303e7d 100644
--- a/test/Fitz.PackageConsumer/Program.cs
+++ b/test/Fitz.PackageConsumer/Program.cs
@@ -56,6 +56,16 @@
     throw new InvalidOperationException("RPC error code constants must cover the canonical 6001-6013 range.");
 }
 
+uint[] streamWriteContentionCodes =
+[
+    FitzErrorCodes.StreamConcurrencyConflict,
+    FitzErrorCodes.StreamSessionAlreadyActive,
+];
+if (!streamWriteContentionCodes.SequenceEqual(Enumerable.Range(2001, 2).Select(static code => (uint)code)))
+{
+    throw new InvalidOperationException("Stream write-contention error code constants must cover the canonical 2001-2002 range.");
+}
+
 
 static async Task CompilePreviewApiAsync(
     INoticeClient notice,