export type ApiQueryPriority = 'normal' | 'background';
export interface ApiQueryPriorityLogger {
    info(message: string): void;
    warn(message: string): void;
}
/** Resolve the reversible API-read lane, defaulting fail-safe to background. */
export declare function resolveApiQueryPriority(raw: string | undefined): ApiQueryPriority;
/**
 * Resolve and log the API-query lane once during daemon startup.
 *
 * Empty/unset values intentionally select the protective background lane.
 * Non-empty typos also fail safe, but are warned so an operator cannot believe
 * an incident override took effect when it did not.
 */
export declare function configureApiQueryPriority(raw: string | undefined, logger: ApiQueryPriorityLogger): ApiQueryPriority;
export declare function getApiQueryPriority(): ApiQueryPriority;
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