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diff --git a/hst/instance.go b/hst/instance.go
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+package hst
+
+import (
+	"crypto/rand"
+	"encoding/binary"
+	"encoding/hex"
+	"errors"
+	"fmt"
+	"time"
+)
+
+// An ID is a unique identifier held by a running hakurei container.
+type ID [16]byte
+
+// ErrIdentifierLength is returned when encountering a [hex] representation of [ID] with unexpected length.
+var ErrIdentifierLength = errors.New("identifier string has unexpected length")
+
+// IdentifierDecodeError is returned by [ID.UnmarshalText] to provide relevant error descriptions.
+type IdentifierDecodeError struct{ Err error }
+
+func (e IdentifierDecodeError) Unwrap() error { return e.Err }
+func (e IdentifierDecodeError) Error() string {
+	var invalidByteError hex.InvalidByteError
+	switch {
+	case errors.As(e.Err, &invalidByteError):
+		return fmt.Sprintf("got invalid byte %#U in identifier", rune(invalidByteError))
+	case errors.Is(e.Err, hex.ErrLength):
+		return "odd length identifier hex string"
+
+	default:
+		return e.Err.Error()
+	}
+}
+
+// String returns the [hex] string representation of [ID].
+func (a *ID) String() string { return hex.EncodeToString(a[:]) }
+
+// CreationTime returns the point in time [ID] was created.
+func (a *ID) CreationTime() time.Time {
+	return time.Unix(0, int64(binary.BigEndian.Uint64(a[:8]))).UTC()
+}
+
+// NewInstanceID creates a new unique [ID].
+func NewInstanceID(id *ID) error { return newInstanceID(id, uint64(time.Now().UnixNano())) }
+
+// newInstanceID creates a new unique [ID] with the specified timestamp.
+func newInstanceID(id *ID, p uint64) error {
+	binary.BigEndian.PutUint64(id[:8], p)
+	_, err := rand.Read(id[8:])
+	return err
+}
+
+// MarshalText encodes the [hex] representation of [ID].
+func (a *ID) MarshalText() (text []byte, err error) {
+	text = make([]byte, hex.EncodedLen(len(a)))
+	hex.Encode(text, a[:])
+	return
+}
+
+// UnmarshalText decodes a [hex] representation of [ID].
+func (a *ID) UnmarshalText(text []byte) error {
+	dl := hex.DecodedLen(len(text))
+	if dl != len(a) {
+		return IdentifierDecodeError{ErrIdentifierLength}
+	}
+	_, err := hex.Decode(a[:], text)
+	if err == nil {
+		return nil
+	}
+	return IdentifierDecodeError{err}
+}
+
+// A State describes a running hakurei container.
+type State struct {
+	// Unique instance id, created by [NewInstanceID].
+	ID ID `json:"instance"`
+	// Shim process pid. Runs as the target user.
+	PID int `json:"pid"`
+	// Configuration used to start the container.
+	Config *Config `json:"config"`
+
+	// Point in time the shim process was created.
+	Time time.Time `json:"time"`
+}