A transient SQLite error during boot made companion_load_channels/
contacts/messages swallow the exception and return [], which is
indistinguishable from "no data". The Public-channel backfill then ran
over the empty store, so clients saw their channels wiped and later
saves could overwrite the persisted state.
- companion_load_{contacts,channels,messages} now return None on error
vs [] for genuinely empty, and log the companion hash
- add companion_count_{channels,messages} helpers
- extract shared _restore_companion_state used by both the boot and
hot-reload companion paths; each load is cross-checked against the
table's row count for the hash, retried once after a short delay,
and raises CompanionStateLoadError if it still cannot load, aborting
companion init (and the Public backfill) instead of starting empty
- log restored row counts per companion; log when the channel store
rejects a persisted channel (unchecked channels.set return)
- trim_companion_contacts_to_fit refuses to trim on a failed load
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