diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 8a73852..120565b 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -18,6 +18,9 @@ name = "consciousness"
 version.workspace = true
 edition.workspace = true
 
+[features]
+nightly-diagnostics = []
+
 [dependencies]
 anyhow = "1"
 html2md = "0.2"
diff --git a/src/bin/consciousness.rs b/src/bin/consciousness.rs
index 21e5087..b2303f4 100644
--- a/src/bin/consciousness.rs
+++ b/src/bin/consciousness.rs
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-#![feature(panic_backtrace_config)]
+#![cfg_attr(feature = "nightly-diagnostics", feature(panic_backtrace_config))]
 #![warn(unreachable_pub)]
 
 fn main() {
@@ -13,6 +13,8 @@ fn main() {
     if std::env::var_os("RUST_BACKTRACE").is_none() {
         unsafe { std::env::set_var("RUST_BACKTRACE", "1"); }
     }
+
+    #[cfg(feature = "nightly-diagnostics")]
     std::panic::set_backtrace_style(std::panic::BacktraceStyle::Short);
 
     // rustls 0.23 requires an explicit process-wide CryptoProvider
diff --git a/src/lib.rs b/src/lib.rs
index ccb4333..91ff333 100644
--- a/src/lib.rs
+++ b/src/lib.rs
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-#![feature(async_fn_track_caller)]
+#![cfg_attr(feature = "nightly-diagnostics", feature(async_fn_track_caller))]
 
 // consciousness — unified crate for memory, agents, and subconscious processes
 //
diff --git a/src/locks.rs b/src/locks.rs
index dda4cb2..fe02434 100644
--- a/src/locks.rs
+++ b/src/locks.rs
@@ -114,7 +114,7 @@ impl<T> TrackedMutex<T> {
         Self { inner: Mutex::new(value) }
     }
 
-    #[track_caller]
+    #[cfg_attr(feature = "nightly-diagnostics", track_caller)]
     pub async fn lock(&self) -> TrackedMutexGuard<'_, T> {
         let location = Location::caller();
         let guard = self.inner.lock().await;
@@ -125,7 +125,7 @@ impl<T> TrackedMutex<T> {
         }
     }
 
-    #[track_caller]
+    #[cfg_attr(feature = "nightly-diagnostics", track_caller)]
     pub fn try_lock(&self) -> Result<TrackedMutexGuard<'_, T>, tokio::sync::TryLockError> {
         let location = Location::caller();
         let guard = self.inner.try_lock()?;
@@ -171,7 +171,7 @@ impl<T> TrackedRwLock<T> {
         Self { inner: RwLock::new(value) }
     }
 
-    #[track_caller]
+    #[cfg_attr(feature = "nightly-diagnostics", track_caller)]
     pub async fn read(&self) -> TrackedRwLockReadGuard<'_, T> {
         let location = Location::caller();
         let guard = self.inner.read().await;
@@ -182,7 +182,7 @@ impl<T> TrackedRwLock<T> {
         }
     }
 
-    #[track_caller]
+    #[cfg_attr(feature = "nightly-diagnostics", track_caller)]
     pub async fn write(&self) -> TrackedRwLockWriteGuard<'_, T> {
         let location = Location::caller();
         let guard = self.inner.write().await;
diff --git a/src/main.rs b/src/main.rs
index f13448c..88b8703 100644
--- a/src/main.rs
+++ b/src/main.rs
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-#![feature(panic_backtrace_config)]
+#![cfg_attr(feature = "nightly-diagnostics", feature(panic_backtrace_config))]
 
 // poc-memory: graph-structured memory for AI assistants
 //
@@ -464,6 +464,7 @@ impl Run for AdminCmd {
 
 #[tokio::main]
 async fn main() {
+    #[cfg(feature = "nightly-diagnostics")]
     std::panic::set_backtrace_style(std::panic::BacktraceStyle::Short);
 
     // Handle --help ourselves for expanded subcommand display
@@ -495,4 +496,3 @@ async fn main() {
         process::exit(1);
     }
 }
-