diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index ee8835b5..5a78c60a 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -23,3 +23,4 @@ rich>=14.0.0
 
 typing_extensions>=4.14.0
 google-genai>=2.12.1
+google-cloud-datastore==2.26.0
diff --git a/services/guardian/execution/production_composition.py b/services/guardian/execution/production_composition.py
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..8595fc41
--- /dev/null
+++ b/services/guardian/execution/production_composition.py
@@ -0,0 +1,36 @@
+"""Production composition for Guardian execution authority.
+
+Production execution authority consumption must use persistent,
+transactional storage. Failure to construct the Datastore client is
+intentionally propagated: production must never silently fall back to
+process-local in-memory consumption state.
+"""
+
+from google.cloud import datastore
+
+from services.guardian.execution.authorization_consumption_store import (
+    DatastoreAuthorizationConsumptionStore,
+)
+from services.guardian.execution.execution_layer import (
+    AutonomousExecutionLayer,
+)
+
+
+def build_authorization_consumption_store():
+    """Build the production authorization-consumption store."""
+
+    client = datastore.Client()
+
+    return DatastoreAuthorizationConsumptionStore(
+        client=client,
+    )
+
+
+def build_execution_layer():
+    """Build the production Guardian execution layer."""
+
+    store = build_authorization_consumption_store()
+
+    return AutonomousExecutionLayer(
+        authorization_consumption=store,
+    )
diff --git a/services/guardian/tests/execution/test_production_authorization_composition.py b/services/guardian/tests/execution/test_production_authorization_composition.py
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..bac3b8b8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/services/guardian/tests/execution/test_production_authorization_composition.py
@@ -0,0 +1,74 @@
+import pytest
+
+from services.guardian.execution.authorization_consumption_store import (
+    DatastoreAuthorizationConsumptionStore,
+)
+
+
+def test_production_composition_uses_datastore_store(monkeypatch):
+    from services.guardian.execution import production_composition
+
+    sentinel_client = object()
+
+    monkeypatch.setattr(
+        production_composition.datastore,
+        "Client",
+        lambda: sentinel_client,
+    )
+
+    store = (
+        production_composition
+        .build_authorization_consumption_store()
+    )
+
+    assert isinstance(
+        store,
+        DatastoreAuthorizationConsumptionStore,
+    )
+    assert store._client is sentinel_client
+
+
+def test_production_execution_layer_receives_datastore_store(
+    monkeypatch,
+):
+    from services.guardian.execution import production_composition
+
+    sentinel_client = object()
+
+    monkeypatch.setattr(
+        production_composition.datastore,
+        "Client",
+        lambda: sentinel_client,
+    )
+
+    engine = production_composition.build_execution_layer()
+
+    assert isinstance(
+        engine.authorization_consumption,
+        DatastoreAuthorizationConsumptionStore,
+    )
+    assert (
+        engine.authorization_consumption._client
+        is sentinel_client
+    )
+
+
+def test_production_composition_does_not_fallback_to_memory(
+    monkeypatch,
+):
+    from services.guardian.execution import production_composition
+
+    def fail_client():
+        raise RuntimeError("DATASTORE_UNAVAILABLE")
+
+    monkeypatch.setattr(
+        production_composition.datastore,
+        "Client",
+        fail_client,
+    )
+
+    with pytest.raises(
+        RuntimeError,
+        match="DATASTORE_UNAVAILABLE",
+    ):
+        production_composition.build_execution_layer()