diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index ffea54a..238165f 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -19,8 +19,7 @@ Listing, reading, writing, creating directories, renaming and deleting are
 supported. Reads and writes stream in pieces of at most 1 MiB, so a file of any
 size moves without either side holding it whole. Conditional writes use
 `If-Match` and `If-None-Match`, which servers that return etags honour. Change
-polling and publishing are not supported, and a rename never replaces an
-existing target.
+polling is not supported, and a rename never replaces an existing target.
 
 ## Building
 
diff --git a/src/lib.rs b/src/lib.rs
index ad50eae..8011633 100644
--- a/src/lib.rs
+++ b/src/lib.rs
@@ -52,13 +52,10 @@ fn transport(error: host::HostError) -> ErrorCode {
   }
 }
 
-/// The path a locator names. This provider addresses by path only, because
-/// WebDAV has no identity separate from the URL.
-fn route(target: &Locator) -> Result<String, ErrorCode> {
-  match target {
-    Locator::Path(path) => Ok(path.clone()),
-    Locator::Id(_) => Err(ErrorCode::InvalidInput),
-  }
+/// The path a locator names, the only way the contract addresses a resource.
+fn route(target: &Locator) -> String {
+  let Locator::Path(path) = target;
+  path.clone()
 }
 
 fn session<T>(
@@ -143,7 +140,6 @@ fn info_of(found: &dav::Found) -> FileInfo {
     },
     size: found.length,
     revision: found.etag.clone(),
-    id: None,
   }
 }
 
@@ -194,7 +190,6 @@ impl GuestWriter for DavWriter {
       kind: EntryKind::File,
       size: 0,
       revision,
-      id: None,
     }))
   }
 }
@@ -236,8 +231,6 @@ impl Guest for Webdav {
       // will refuse the header rather than silently overwrite.
       conditional_write: true,
       watch: false,
-      staged_write: false,
-      publishable: false,
       virtual_directories: false,
     })
   }
@@ -247,7 +240,7 @@ impl Guest for Webdav {
   }
 
   fn stat(target: Locator) -> Result<FileInfo, ErrorCode> {
-    let path = route(&target)?;
+    let path = route(&target);
     let body = exchange(
       host::Method::Propfind,
       &path,
@@ -266,7 +259,7 @@ impl Guest for Webdav {
     cursor: Option<String>,
     limit: u32,
   ) -> Result<ListPage, ErrorCode> {
-    let path = route(&target)?;
+    let path = route(&target);
     let start: usize = match cursor {
       Some(value) => value.parse().map_err(|_| ErrorCode::InvalidInput)?,
       None => 0,
@@ -296,7 +289,7 @@ impl Guest for Webdav {
   }
 
   fn open_read(target: Locator, offset: u64) -> Result<Reader, ErrorCode> {
-    let path = route(&target)?;
+    let path = route(&target);
     let call = begin(
       host::Method::Get,
       &path,
@@ -320,7 +313,7 @@ impl Guest for Webdav {
     condition: WriteCondition,
     _size_hint: Option<u64>,
   ) -> Result<Writer, ErrorCode> {
-    let path = route(&target)?;
+    let path = route(&target);
     let guard = match condition {
       WriteCondition::CreateOnly => Some(host::Header {
         name: "if-none-match".to_owned(),
@@ -340,13 +333,12 @@ impl Guest for Webdav {
   }
 
   fn mkdir(target: Locator) -> Result<FileInfo, ErrorCode> {
-    let path = route(&target)?;
+    let path = route(&target);
     exchange(host::Method::Mkcol, &path, Vec::new(), &[])?;
     Ok(FileInfo {
       kind: EntryKind::Directory,
       size: 0,
       revision: None,
-      id: None,
     })
   }
 
@@ -354,7 +346,7 @@ impl Guest for Webdav {
     target: Locator,
     destination: String,
   ) -> Result<FileInfo, ErrorCode> {
-    let path = route(&target)?;
+    let path = route(&target);
     let to = session(|session| Ok(dav::url(&session.root, &destination)))?;
     exchange(
       host::Method::Move,
@@ -377,7 +369,7 @@ impl Guest for Webdav {
   }
 
   fn remove(target: Locator) -> Result<(), ErrorCode> {
-    let path = route(&target)?;
+    let path = route(&target);
     exchange(host::Method::Delete, &path, Vec::new(), &[])?;
     Ok(())
   }
@@ -385,10 +377,6 @@ impl Guest for Webdav {
   fn poll(_cursor: Option<String>) -> Result<ChangePage, ErrorCode> {
     Err(ErrorCode::Unsupported)
   }
-
-  fn publish() -> Result<Option<String>, ErrorCode> {
-    Err(ErrorCode::Unsupported)
-  }
 }
 
 sdk::export!(Webdav with_types_in sdk);
diff --git a/wit/filesystem.wit b/wit/filesystem.wit
index 560695e..4529372 100644
--- a/wit/filesystem.wit
+++ b/wit/filesystem.wit
@@ -74,9 +74,6 @@ interface host {
     variant setting { text(string), secret(string), toggle(bool) }
     /// Reads configuration or a session-only credential for this connection.
     config: func(key: string) -> option<setting>;
-    /// Reports that the current access token was rejected. The host refreshes
-    /// it once; a second rejection surfaces to the caller as denied.
-    invalidate-token: func();
 
     /// Emits a diagnostic event. Never include secrets or private document data.
     log: func(level: log-level, message: string);
@@ -101,36 +98,28 @@ interface provider {
 
     /// An opaque version token, at most 4096 UTF-8 bytes.
     type revision = string;
-    /// An opaque backend identity, at most 4096 UTF-8 bytes. The host never
-    /// parses, orders, or shows one, and never keeps one past the connection,
-    /// because a backend may reuse it.
-    type resource-id = string;
 
-    /// How one resource is named. A provider that hands out ids must accept
-    /// them back; one that does not may reject every id as invalid-input.
-    variant locator { path(string), id(resource-id) }
+    /// How one resource is named: a path within the connection root.
+    variant locator { path(string) }
 
     /// Optional operations. False capabilities must return unsupported.
-    /// Conditional-write promises atomic create-only and revision comparisons,
-    /// and cannot be combined with staged-write, where nothing to compare
-    /// exists until a publish lands. Virtual-directories says a directory is
-    /// only ever a prefix of something stored, as in a flat object store: the
-    /// host then never offers to create an empty one, warns that removing the
-    /// last child removes the folder, and does not call a vanished folder an
-    /// error. Such a provider may still accept mkdir by writing a marker, and
-    /// must answer unsupported when asked to rename a directory.
+    /// Conditional-write promises atomic create-only and revision comparisons.
+    /// Virtual-directories says a directory is only ever a prefix of something
+    /// stored, as in a flat object store: the host then never offers to create
+    /// an empty one, warns that removing the last child removes the folder,
+    /// and does not call a vanished folder an error. Such a provider may still
+    /// accept mkdir by writing a marker, and must answer unsupported when
+    /// asked to rename a directory.
     record capabilities {
         write: bool, mkdir: bool, rename: bool, remove: bool,
         conditional-write: bool, watch: bool,
-        staged-write: bool, publishable: bool,
         virtual-directories: bool,
     }
-    /// Byte length, an opaque revision, and a backend identity, each if known.
+    /// Byte length and an opaque revision, each if known.
     record file-info {
         kind: entry-kind,
         size: u64,
         revision: option<revision>,
-        id: option<resource-id>,
     }
     /// One child name, without slashes, dot segments, or control characters.
     record entry { name: string, info: file-info }
@@ -198,10 +187,6 @@ interface provider {
     /// Polls for a bounded change page if the watch capability is present. No
     /// background callback or persistent subscription is installed by the host.
     poll: func(cursor: option<string>) -> result<change-page, error-code>;
-    /// Makes every staged write visible as one new root, if the publishable
-    /// capability is present, and names it, for example as a content
-    /// identifier. A none result means the publish needs another call.
-    publish: func() -> result<option<revision>, error-code>;
 }
 
 /// Memona filesystem extension ABI 0.1.0, distributed as a WebAssembly component.