📝 clarify library async wrapper docs

docs/api/async-logger-to-library-async-logger.md

@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ name: async-logger-to-library-async-logger
 group: api
 category: facade
 update-time: 20260613
-description: Convert a full async logger into the narrower library-facing async facade.
+description: Convert a full async logger into the narrower library-facing async facade without rebuilding the underlying async state.
 key-word:
     - async
     - library
@@ -34,8 +34,9 @@ pub fn[S] AsyncLogger::to_library_async_logger(self : AsyncLogger[S]) -> Library
 Detailed rules explaining key parameters and behaviors
 
 - This conversion does not rebuild the queue, sink, or runtime state.
-- Target, min level, async config, and flush behavior are preserved.
+- Target, min level, async config, flush behavior, pending counts, and failure state are preserved because the same underlying async logger value is wrapped.
 - The returned facade keeps library-facing async operations including `log(...)`, `run()`, and `shutdown(...)`.
+- Async inspection helpers and broader composition APIs remain on the underlying `AsyncLogger[S]` and are intentionally hidden until `to_async_logger()` is used again.
 
 ### How to Use
 
@@ -51,6 +52,17 @@ let public_logger = logger.to_library_async_logger()
 
 In this example, `public_logger` keeps the same async behavior but exposes the library-facing facade.
 
+#### When Need To Narrow Surface Without Resetting Runtime State
+
+When an already-used async logger should be projected to a library boundary without changing its current state:
+```moonbit
+let full = build_async_logger(config)
+let public_logger = full.to_library_async_logger()
+ignore(public_logger.is_enabled(@bitlogger.Level::Info))
+```
+
+In this example, the projection changes the exposed type only; it does not rebuild queue or lifecycle state.
+
 ### Error Case
 
 e.g.:
@@ -58,8 +70,12 @@ e.g.:
 
 - The conversion does not clear pending items or reset runtime state.
 
+- If callers later need state helpers such as `pending_count()` or `state()`, they must unwrap again with `to_async_logger()`.
+
 ### Notes
 
 1. Use this when package boundaries should avoid exposing the full async logger type.
 
 2. This is a projection API, not a reconfiguration step.
+
+3. Use `build_library_async_logger(...)` or `build_library_async_text_logger(...)` when construction and narrowing should happen together from config.

docs/api/library-async-logger-new.md

@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ name: library-async-logger-new
 group: api
 category: facade
 update-time: 20260613
-description: Create a narrower library-facing async logger facade from any sink implementation.
+description: Create a narrower library-facing async logger facade by building a regular async logger and wrapping the same underlying state.
 key-word:
     - async
     - library
@@ -29,11 +29,11 @@ pub fn[S] LibraryAsyncLogger::new(
 
 #### input
 
-- `sink : S` - Any sink value implementing `@bitlogger.Sink`, such as `@bitlogger.console_sink()` or a composed sink.
+- `sink : S` - Underlying sink value that should receive drained records, such as `@bitlogger.console_sink()` or a composed sink.
 - `config : AsyncLoggerConfig` - Queue size, overflow behavior, batching, linger, and flush policy.
 - `min_level : Level` - Minimum enabled level. Messages below this threshold are ignored before enqueue.
 - `target : String` - Default target attached to emitted records unless later overridden.
-- `flush : (S) -> Int raise` - Flush callback used when async batch or shutdown policy needs explicit flushing.
+- `flush : (S) -> Int raise` - Flush callback used when async batch or shutdown policy needs explicit flushing, and allowed to raise if flushing fails.
 
 #### output
 
@@ -43,10 +43,12 @@ pub fn[S] LibraryAsyncLogger::new(
 
 Detailed rules explaining key parameters and behaviors
 
-- This API builds a regular `async_logger(...)` internally and then wraps it as `LibraryAsyncLogger`.
+- This API builds a regular `async_logger(...)` internally and then wraps that same value as `LibraryAsyncLogger`.
 - The returned facade intentionally exposes a smaller method set than the full `AsyncLogger[S]` type.
-- Queue settings, flush policy, and runtime state are preserved inside the wrapped async logger.
+- Queue settings, flush policy, target, minimum level, and runtime state are preserved inside the wrapped async logger.
-- Call `to_async_logger()` if later code must recover the full async logger surface.
+- This constructor does not start background draining by itself; `run()` is still the step that activates queue processing.
+- If the supplied flush callback later raises during async drain or shutdown, failure state is still recorded on the wrapped async logger.
+- Call `to_async_logger()` if later code must recover the broader async logger surface for state inspection or additional composition helpers.
 
 ### How to Use
 
@@ -77,6 +79,17 @@ let logger = LibraryAsyncLogger::new(
 
 In this example, the facade still keeps the queue-backed async behavior while hiding the full async logger type.
 
+#### When Need Full Async State Helpers Later
+
+When library-facing construction should still allow later access to the broader async helper set:
+```moonbit
+let logger = LibraryAsyncLogger::new(@bitlogger.console_sink(), target="lib.async")
+let full = logger.to_async_logger()
+ignore(full.pending_count())
+```
+
+In this example, construction starts from the narrower facade, but the same underlying async logger can still be recovered later.
+
 ### Error Case
 
 e.g.:
@@ -84,8 +97,12 @@ e.g.:
 
 - If later code needs methods outside the facade, it must unwrap with `to_async_logger()`.
 
+- Constructing the facade alone does not drain queued records; callers still need `run()` for active background processing.
+
 ### Notes
 
 1. This is the direct constructor counterpart to `async_logger(...)` for library-oriented async APIs.
 
 2. Prefer this when public package boundaries should stay narrower than `AsyncLogger[S]`.
+
+3. Use `async_logger(...)` directly when the full async lifecycle, state, and composition surface should stay public from the start.

docs/api/library-async-logger-to-async-logger.md

@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ name: library-async-logger-to-async-logger
 group: api
 category: facade
 update-time: 20260613
-description: Recover the underlying full async logger from the library-facing async facade.
+description: Recover the underlying full async logger from the library-facing async facade without rebuilding queue or lifecycle state.
 key-word:
     - async
     - library
@@ -34,8 +34,9 @@ pub fn[S] LibraryAsyncLogger::to_async_logger(self : LibraryAsyncLogger[S]) -> A
 Detailed rules explaining key parameters and behaviors
 
 - This conversion unwraps the existing async logger instead of rebuilding it.
-- Queue state, sink wiring, target, and flush policy remain the same.
+- Queue state, sink wiring, target, min level, flush policy, and current failure/lifecycle state remain the same.
 - Use this when code needs wider async logger APIs outside the library facade.
+- This is the step required for helpers such as `pending_count()`, `dropped_count()`, `state()`, `wait_idle()`, `has_failed()`, `last_error()`, or broader composition methods that are intentionally hidden by `LibraryAsyncLogger[S]`.
 
 ### How to Use
 
@@ -45,12 +46,23 @@ Here are some specific examples provided.
 
 When a library-facing async logger must be widened for additional async logger composition:
 ```moonbit
-let library_logger = LibraryAsyncLogger::new(console_sink(), target="lib.async")
+let library_logger = LibraryAsyncLogger::new(@bitlogger.console_sink(), target="lib.async")
 let full_logger = library_logger.to_async_logger().with_timestamp()
 ```
 
 In this example, the facade is unwrapped so the caller can access the full async logger API again.
 
+#### When Need Direct Async State Inspection
+
+When library-facing code later needs runtime diagnostics from the wrapped logger:
+```moonbit
+let full = library_logger.to_async_logger()
+ignore(full.pending_count())
+ignore(full.state())
+```
+
+In this example, unwrapping exposes the broader async inspection helpers on the same underlying logger state.
+
 ### Error Case
 
 e.g.:
@@ -58,8 +70,12 @@ e.g.:
 
 - Unwrapping does not start or stop the background runtime by itself.
 
+- Recovering the full async logger does not clear queue contents or reset failure state.
+
 ### Notes
 
 1. Use this only when the narrower async facade is no longer sufficient.
 
 2. This is the inverse projection of `AsyncLogger::to_library_async_logger()`.
+
+3. Use `LibraryAsyncLogger[S]` directly when the narrower package-facing surface is still sufficient.