diff --git a/crates/types/src/ir/asap.rs b/crates/types/src/ir/asap.rs
index 90b23946..16945d92 100644
--- a/crates/types/src/ir/asap.rs
+++ b/crates/types/src/ir/asap.rs
@@ -54,10 +54,11 @@ pub enum ASAPOp<C = Rc<OperatorNode>> {
         child: C,
         evaluation: PopulationStatistic,
     },
-    // ── Reserved: migrated but unimplemented (§1.3 of the proposal) ──
+    /// Merge compatible partial states for the same grouping and family.
     SummaryMerge {
         children: Vec<C>,
     },
+    // ── Reserved: migrated but unimplemented ──
     SummarySubtract {
         left: C,
         right: C,
@@ -192,11 +193,7 @@ impl ASAPOp {
         use ASAPOp::*;
         matches!(
             self,
-            SummaryMerge { .. }
-                | SummarySubtract { .. }
-                | SummaryDelete { .. }
-                | SummaryJoin { .. }
-                | Extension { .. }
+            SummarySubtract { .. } | SummaryDelete { .. } | SummaryJoin { .. } | Extension { .. }
         )
     }
 
@@ -208,6 +205,14 @@ impl ASAPOp {
     pub fn produced_state(&self) -> Option<&FieldDataType> {
         match self {
             ASAPOp::SummaryAgg { family, .. } | ASAPOp::SummaryJoin { family, .. } => Some(family),
+            ASAPOp::SummaryMerge { children } => children.first().and_then(|child| {
+                child
+                    .schema
+                    .fields
+                    .iter()
+                    .find(|field| !field.is_plain())
+                    .map(|field| &field.dtype)
+            }),
             _ => None,
         }
     }
@@ -411,8 +416,11 @@ impl ASAPOp {
                     .output_schema()?
                 }
             }
-            SummaryMerge { .. }
-            | SummarySubtract { .. }
+            SummaryMerge { children } => {
+                self.validate_inputs()?;
+                children[0].schema.clone()
+            }
+            SummarySubtract { .. }
             | SummaryDelete { .. }
             | SummaryJoin { .. }
             | Extension { .. } => return Err(Self::unimplemented()),
@@ -450,6 +458,40 @@ impl ASAPOp {
             }
         };
         match self {
+            SummaryMerge { children } => {
+                let Some(first) = children.first() else {
+                    return Err(SchemaDerivationError::InvalidScalarSignature(
+                        "summary merge requires at least one state input".into(),
+                    ));
+                };
+                // Matching state parameters and grouping positions are necessary;
+                // matching names alone cannot prove two states compatible.
+                if first
+                    .schema
+                    .fields
+                    .iter()
+                    .filter(|field| !field.is_plain())
+                    .count()
+                    != 1
+                {
+                    return Err(SchemaDerivationError::InvalidScalarSignature(
+                        "summary merge requires exactly one state column".into(),
+                    ));
+                }
+                for child in children {
+                    needs_state(child, "SummaryMerge")?;
+                    if child.schema != first.schema {
+                        return Err(SchemaDerivationError::InvalidScalarSignature(
+                            "summary merge inputs must have identical state and grouping schemas"
+                                .into(),
+                        ));
+                    }
+                }
+                // Equal schemas cannot tell a KLL over `latency` from one over
+                // `size`, nor prove the inputs disjoint; summary coverage (#646)
+                // decides whether a structurally valid merge is semantically valid.
+                Ok(())
+            }
             SummaryEstimate {
                 summary_input,
                 query,
diff --git a/crates/types/tests/summary_merge_structure.rs b/crates/types/tests/summary_merge_structure.rs
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..7b7993ff
--- /dev/null
+++ b/crates/types/tests/summary_merge_structure.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,93 @@
+//! Window composition merges compatible summary states without consuming raw rows.
+use asap_types::{
+    ir::operator_properties::{Reduction, Source},
+    ir::{ASAPOp, NonASAPOp, Operator, OperatorNode, SchemaDerivationError},
+    post_asap::{GroupingStrategy, SketchAlgorithm, SketchKind, SketchParams, SummaryUpdate},
+    pre_asap::{ColumnRef, DataType, Field, FieldDataType, Schema},
+};
+use std::rc::Rc;
+fn state(k: u32) -> Rc<OperatorNode> {
+    state_with(FieldDataType::Sketch(
+        SketchKind::new(SketchAlgorithm::Kll, SketchParams::Kll { k }),
+        Default::default(),
+    ))
+}
+
+fn state_with(family: FieldDataType) -> Rc<OperatorNode> {
+    let scan = OperatorNode::new_shared(Operator::NonASAP(NonASAPOp::Scan {
+        source: Source::Table {
+            table_ref: "latencies".into(),
+        },
+        predicates: vec![],
+        schema: Schema::new(vec![Field::plain("value", DataType::Float64, false)]),
+    }))
+    .unwrap();
+    let summary = OperatorNode::new(Operator::ASAP(ASAPOp::SummaryAgg {
+        child: scan,
+        family,
+        input: SummaryUpdate::column(ColumnRef::SampleValue),
+        reduction: Reduction::by(vec![]),
+        grouping: GroupingStrategy::default(),
+        filter: None,
+    }))
+    .unwrap();
+    std::rc::Rc::new(
+        summary
+            .with_coverage(asap_types::ir::summary_coverage::SummaryCoverage {
+                source: Source::Table {
+                    table_ref: "latencies".into(),
+                },
+                regions: vec![asap_types::ir::summary_coverage::CoverageRegion {
+                    time_ms: Some(0..1),
+                    population: Default::default(),
+                }],
+            })
+            .unwrap(),
+    )
+}
+/// Two KLL panes compose into one typed logical state without timing assignment.
+#[test]
+fn compatible_panes_merge_structurally() {
+    let root = OperatorNode::new_shared(Operator::ASAP(ASAPOp::SummaryMerge {
+        children: vec![state(200), shifted_state(200, 1, 2)],
+    }))
+    .unwrap();
+    root.validate_structure().unwrap();
+    assert_eq!(root.schema.fields.len(), 1);
+}
+/// An empty merge, raw rows and differently sized state cannot masquerade as compatible panes.
+#[test]
+fn incompatible_merge_inputs_fail() {
+    for children in [
+        vec![],
+        vec![state(200), state(300)],
+        vec![state(200).children()[0].clone()],
+    ] {
+        assert!(
+            OperatorNode::new_shared(Operator::ASAP(ASAPOp::SummaryMerge { children })).is_err()
+        );
+    }
+}
+
+fn shifted_state(k: u32, start: i64, end: i64) -> Rc<OperatorNode> {
+    shifted(&state(k), start, end)
+}
+
+fn shifted(state: &Rc<OperatorNode>, start: i64, end: i64) -> Rc<OperatorNode> {
+    let mut node = (**state).clone();
+    let region = &mut node.coverage.as_mut().unwrap().regions[0];
+    region.time_ms = Some(start..end);
+    Rc::new(node)
+}
+
+fn merge(children: Vec<Rc<OperatorNode>>) -> Result<Rc<OperatorNode>, SchemaDerivationError> {
+    OperatorNode::new_shared(Operator::ASAP(ASAPOp::SummaryMerge { children }))
+}
+
+/// A merge is a state, so merges nest structurally.
+#[test]
+fn merges_nest() {
+    let inner = merge(vec![state(200)]).unwrap();
+    let outer = merge(vec![inner, shifted_state(200, 1, 2)]).unwrap();
+    outer.validate_structure().unwrap();
+}