## [Unreleased]

## [0.3.0] - 2026-06-08

### Added

- **`spt daemon start`** — bring the daemon up in the background, idempotently.

# Changelog

All notable **user-facing** changes to `spt` — what a person running the CLI
notices or does differently. The `## [<version>]` section of each release
becomes that release's GitHub Release notes verbatim (see
`docs/RELEASE-RUNBOOK.md`). This project follows
[Keep a Changelog](https://keepachangelog.com) and semantic versioning
(pre-1.0: breaking changes bump the minor).

## [Unreleased]

### Added

- **`spt daemon start`** — bring the daemon up in the background, idempotently. When `spt` is installed as a service (the Linux per-user service, or the Windows logon task), `start` and `stop` now drive *that* service instead of a stray hand-started daemon — so the two never fight each other for the connection. `spt daemon start` on an already-running daemon just says so and does nothing.

### Changed

- **`spt daemon stop` is service-aware.** If a managed service owns the daemon, `stop` asks the service manager to stop it cleanly (so it doesn't immediately restart), instead of signalling the process directly. A hand-started daemon still stops the same way as before.
- **`spt daemon run` is now strictly foreground on every platform** — it stays attached to your terminal until you stop it (the form the installed service uses). For a background daemon, use `spt daemon start`. On Windows, running `daemon run` from an elevated shell now refuses with a hint rather than silently disappearing into the background.
- **`spt daemon status` shows what manages the daemon** — whether a service owns it (and is active) or it was started by hand.

### Performance

- **`spt subnet status --nodes` is much faster when several nodes are offline.** It now checks all the quiet nodes at once, so the view comes back in about the time of a single check instead of stacking the wait up node by node.

### Fixed

- **A peer's name no longer disappears when it goes offline.** Once you've seen another node's hostname in `spt subnet status --nodes`, it now stays shown even after that node goes offline — previously the name reverted to a bare key after the node went quiet for a while. The name is only forgotten when you explicitly `spt subnet prune` that node.

## [0.2.0] - 2026-06-08

### Added

- **`spt endpoint` command group.** A single home for everything you do to an endpoint: `spt endpoint fork`, `suspend`, `wake`, `shutdown`, `rename`, `stop`, and `digest` all live here now. (See **Changed** — this is where these moved from.)
- **`spt endpoint list`** — one combined view of every endpoint you can see, grouped by subnet, with your own endpoint pinned at the top.
  - `spt endpoint list --local` shows just this machine's endpoints.
  - `spt endpoint list --subnet <name>` filters to one subnet.
  - `spt endpoint list --detail` adds each endpoint's description blurb.
- **`spt endpoint description [set]`** — read or write an endpoint's description blurb (bare command shows it, `set` writes it).
- **`spt endpoint access`** — per-endpoint access control (`allow` / `revoke` / `open` / `list`), scoped to the individual endpoint.
- **`spt daemon` command group:**
  - `spt daemon status` (or bare `spt daemon`) — a node status view: whether the daemon is running, its background-sync health, your subnets, and your local endpoints.
  - `spt daemon stop` — cleanly stops the running daemon.
  - `spt daemon run` — runs the daemon in the foreground (previously a hidden command).
- **Pause and resume a subnet without stopping the daemon:**
  - `spt subnet detach <name>` — stop advertising and connecting for that subnet (peers see you go offline for it) while everything else keeps running.
  - `spt subnet attach <name>` — start serving it again.
  - Add `--save` to either to make that choice the default the next time the daemon starts.
  - `spt subnet status` now shows a per-subnet state for each subnet (serving / detached / no connection).
- **Leave a subnet:** `spt subnet leave <name>` removes the subnet and its trust completely from this node.
- **Clean up dead nodes:** `spt subnet prune <node>` removes a stale node's trust so this machine stops trying to reach it. You can name the node by its hostname label, a key prefix, or the full key; it refuses if the name is ambiguous or refers to yourself.
- **Node names in `spt subnet status --nodes`.** Each node now shows its hostname label and can be addressed as `@<hostname>` in commands. Nodes that aren't running any endpoints still show their hostname instead of a bare key.
- **Automatic re-pair cleanup.** If you reinstall or regenerate a node's identity and pair it again from the same machine under the same name, its old, now-dead identity is removed automatically during pairing — no manual prune needed.
- **Firewall setup on Windows.** The installer (when run elevated) now adds the inbound network rule `spt` needs so other nodes can reach you. If it wasn't added, `spt subnet status` and the "coming online" banner now tell you the rule is missing and print the exact command to add it.
- **Starts on boot.** The installer now registers `spt` to start automatically — at login on Windows, and as a per-user service on Linux — so your node is reachable after a reboot without running a command first.

### Changed

- **BREAKING — commands have been reorganized; old spellings no longer work (no aliases).** If a command isn't found, check its new home below. The agent-messaging commands you use most are unchanged: `spt send`, `spt ring`, `spt ready`, `spt whoami`, and `spt how-to` all stay where they are, as does top-level `spt notif`.
  - These endpoint commands moved **under `spt endpoint`**: `fork`, `suspend`, `wake`, `shutdown`, `rename`, `stop`, `digest`. For example, `spt fork …` is now `spt endpoint fork …`.
  - The old `resources` view is gone; its listing is now `spt endpoint list --detail` and its per-endpoint blurb is now `spt endpoint description`.
  - `spt notify …` moved to `spt subnet notify [message] [--target <subnet>]`. With no `--target`, it sends to your home subnet; if you have no home subnet and don't pass `--target`, it refuses rather than guessing.
  - Stopping/checking the daemon moved under `spt daemon` (`spt daemon stop`, `spt daemon status`).
- **`spt subnet status` tells the truth about a stopped daemon.** A node with no subnets now reads "this node is standalone" and no longer implies messaging works while the daemon is down. If the background sync has stalled, the status view says so instead of looking healthy.
- **Cleaner node listing.** In `spt subnet status --nodes`, a normally-named node now shows just its hostname (e.g. `KITSUBITO`) instead of `KITSUBITO (43a51d9a…)`; the extra key prefix only appears when two nodes share the same hostname and need telling apart.
- **`spt subnet` hints tidied.** The "hint:" lines now appear only on the bare `spt subnet` overview, not in `spt subnet status` (so the status view is clean to read).
- **Pairing works on machines with a wrong clock.** Pairing now checks network time and tolerates a node whose system clock is off by more than a minute (which previously made pairing fail silently). If network time can't be reached, it falls back to the local clock as before; it never changes your system clock.
- **Faster first sync after joining or restarting.** `spt` now remembers peers' last known addresses, so after a join — or after the daemon restarts — other nodes reappear in `spt subnet status --nodes` in seconds instead of taking up to a minute.
- **Endpoints going online/offline show up almost immediately.** When an endpoint starts or stops, peers now see the change in `spt subnet status --nodes` within seconds instead of waiting for the next sync cycle.

### Fixed

- **`spt subnet status --nodes` no longer hangs on a dead peer.** Checking a node that has gone away used to stall the command for ~30 seconds; it's now bounded to a couple of seconds, and the command prints "Checking remote nodes…" so the brief wait is expected.
- **Detached/unreachable peers now read as offline.** A peer you've detached from a subnet (or that has stopped serving it) is correctly shown offline in `spt subnet status --nodes`, instead of appearing online indefinitely just because its machine is up.
- **Messages from other agents now arrive properly formatted.** Incoming messages on the listener stream now include the full envelope with the sender's name, instead of showing as a raw, unwrapped line.
- **`sudo spt …` now works on Linux user installs.** When `spt` is installed to your user directory, elevation guidance that said to "run as administrator/root" used to dead-end with `sudo: spt: command not found`. The installer now also makes `spt` reachable under `sudo`, and on an interactive terminal `spt` re-runs itself with `sudo` automatically; otherwise it prints a command that actually works.
- **Elevated `spt` on Linux runs under your account, not root.** The first time you run an elevated `spt`, it asks once which account should own the daemon and its data, remembers that choice, and every later `sudo spt` runs the daemon and stores state under that account — never as root.
- **`spt daemon stop` on Windows now finds the daemon it started.** A daemon launched through Windows' elevation prompt could end up using the wrong home directory, so `spt daemon stop` reported "daemon not running" while a daemon kept running. It now keeps the right home directory across that elevation step.
- **Removed a confusing internal status line.** `spt` no longer prints the internal "DEELEVATED: running as uid …" notice during normal use.
- **Stale node rows clear out on their own.** Nodes that haven't been heard from in a while are now removed from the listing automatically, so old/dead entries stop cluttering `spt subnet status`.

## [0.1.1] - 2026-06-07

Maintenance fixes following the first public release. (This changelog was
introduced in 0.2.0; 0.1.1 and earlier are summarized here for completeness.)

## [0.1.0] - 2026-06-06

First public release of `spt`.


Regen docs + scan for other hardcoded `0.2.0` refs that need bumping:


Bash

cd "C:/Users/decid/Documents/projects/spt-core" && echo "=== 0.2.0 refs (tracked, excl Cargo.lock/target) ==="; git grep -n "0\.2\.0" -- ':!Cargo.lock' ':!CHANGELOG.md' | head -40

find hardcoded version refs


=== 0.2.0 refs (tracked, excl Cargo.lock/target) ===
DAEMON-LIFECYCLE-PLAN.md:111:- v0.2.0 already registered the systemd unit on kitsubito + the scheduled-task


Only a historical planning-doc mention — version is centralized. Regen docs + build (updates Cargo.lock):


cd "C:/Users/decid/Documents/projects/spt-core" && cargo run -p xtask -- gen 2>&1 | tail -3; echo "=== changed ==="; git status -s | head; echo "=== lock version ==="; grep -A1 '^name = "spt"$' Cargo.lock | head -2

regen + show changes + lock


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until grep -qE "lock version|changed|error|Finished" "C:/Users/decid/AppData/Local/Temp/claude/C--Users-decid-Documents-projects-spt-core/afad552a-7216-48d3-ba81-3c8294f2a399/tasks/buu7ee3cn.output" 2>/dev/null && grep -qE "name = " "C:/Users/decid/AppData/Local/Temp/claude/C--Users-decid-Documents-projects-spt-core/afad552a-7216-48d3-ba81-3c8294f2a399/tasks/buu7ee3cn.output"; do sleep 4; done; cat "C:/Users/decid/AppData/Local/Temp/claude/C--Users-decid-Documents-projects-spt-core/afad552a-7216-48d3-ba81-3c8294f2a399/tasks/buu7ee3cn.output"

read regen result


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<status>completed</status>
<summary>Background command "regen + show changes + lock" completed (exit code 0)</summary>
</task-notification>


    Finished `dev` profile [unoptimized + debuginfo] target(s) in 27.25s
     Running `target\debug\xtask.exe gen`
xtask gen: wrote C:\Users\decid\Documents\projects\spt-core\docs-site/src/cli/reference.md
=== changed ===
 M CHANGELOG.md
 M Cargo.lock
 M Cargo.toml
=== lock version ===
name = "spt"
version = "0.3.0"


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<status>completed</status>
<summary>Background command "regen + show changes + lock" completed (exit code 0)</summary>
</task-notification>


Cargo.lock → 0.3.0; reference.md unchanged (version not embedded in help). Land green — run gate battery:


cd "C:/Users/decid/Documents/projects/spt-core" && cargo run -p xtask -- check 2>&1 | tail -2; echo "XTASK=done"; traceable-reqs check >/tmp/tr.out 2>&1; echo "TR_EXIT=$?"; tail -1 /tmp/tr.out

docs-drift + traceable-reqs


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cd "C:/Users/decid/Documents/projects/spt-core" && cargo test -p spt --bin spt -p spt-daemon 2>&1 | grep -E "test result|error\[|error:" | tail -8

spt + spt-daemon tests


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until grep -qE "TR_EXIT=" "C:/Users/decid/AppData/Local/Temp/claude/C--Users-decid-Documents-projects-spt-core/afad552a-7216-48d3-ba81-3c8294f2a399/tasks/b69236zjg.output" 2>/dev/null; do sleep 3; done; cat "C:/Users/decid/AppData/Local/Temp/claude/C--Users-decid-Documents-projects-spt-core/afad552a-7216-48d3-ba81-3c8294f2a399/tasks/b69236zjg.output"

read docs+tr result


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<status>completed</status>
<summary>Background command "docs-drift + traceable-reqs" completed (exit code 0)</summary>
</task-notification>


     Running `target\debug\xtask.exe check`
xtask check: OK
XTASK=done
TR_EXIT=0
       Platform-targeted update sets and debug rollout: signed multi-platform update metadata, recipient platform selection, channel-scoped monotonic counters, debug-channel opt-in via release-key overlay, local staging plus pull-based peer propagation, and maintainer-only convergence tooling (ADR-0016)


Prompt:
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<task-id>b69236zjg</task-id>
<tool-use-id>toolu_01Dod1WxLyK7JYadeKJYw1Nd</tool-use-id>
<output-file>C:\Users\decid\AppData\Local\Temp\claude\C--Users-decid-Documents-projects-spt-core\afad552a-7216-48d3-ba81-3c8294f2a399\tasks\b69236zjg.output</output-file>
<status>completed</status>
<summary>Background command "docs-drift + traceable-reqs" completed (exit code 0)</summary>
</task-notification>


<task-notification>
<task-id>blez53hio</task-id>
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<output-file>C:\Users\decid\AppData\Local\Temp\claude\C--Users-decid-Documents-projects-spt-core\afad552a-7216-48d3-ba81-3c8294f2a399\tasks\blez53hio.output</output-file>
<status>completed</status>
<summary>Background command "spt + spt-daemon tests" completed (exit code 0)</summary>
</task-notification>


xtask check OK, traceable-reqs EXIT=0. Wait for tests:


until grep -qE "test result|error" "C:/Users/decid/AppData/Local/Temp/claude/C--Users-decid-Documents-projects-spt-core/afad552a-7216-48d3-ba81-3c8294f2a399/tasks/blez53hio.output" 2>/dev/null; do sleep 5; done; cat "C:/Users/decid/AppData/Local/Temp/claude/C--Users-decid-Documents-projects-spt-core/afad552a-7216-48d3-ba81-3c8294f2a399/tasks/blez53hio.output"

read test result


test result: ok. 105 passed; 0 failed; 0 ignored; 0 measured; 0 filtered out; finished in 28.90s


Prompt:
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<task-id>blez53hio</task-id>
<tool-use-id>toolu_01EH1HZL4NMZK1ihBNWuLwoq</tool-use-id>
<output-file>C:\Users\decid\AppData\Local\Temp\claude\C--Users-decid-Documents-projects-spt-core\afad552a-7216-48d3-ba81-3c8294f2a399\tasks\blez53hio.output</output-file>
<status>completed</status>
<summary>Background command "spt + spt-daemon tests" completed (exit code 0)</summary>
</task-notification>


Green (105 spt-bin; spt-daemon green at prior commit, bump is inert). Commit release-prep on dev-freeform:


cd "C:/Users/decid/Documents/projects/spt-core" && git add Cargo.toml Cargo.lock CHANGELOG.md && git commit -q -F - <<'EOF'
release: v0.3.0

Bump workspace version 0.2.0 → 0.3.0; promote CHANGELOG [Unreleased] → [0.3.0]
- 2026-06-08 (the GitHub Release body source). Ships the daemon-lifecycle UX
(service-aware start/stop, foreground-consistent run) and the concurrent
`subnet status --nodes` liveness probes.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.8 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>
EOF
git log --oneline -1

commit release prep


warning: in the working copy of 'CHANGELOG.md', LF will be replaced by CRLF the next time Git touches it
warning: in the working copy of 'Cargo.lock', LF will be replaced by CRLF the next time Git touches it
warning: in the working copy of 'Cargo.toml', LF will be replaced by CRLF the next time Git touches it
35d1672 release: v0.3.0


Release-prep `35d1672` on dev-freeform. Now FF `main` → push → tag. Merge first:


cd "C:/Users/decid/Documents/projects/spt-core" && git checkout main 2>&1 | tail -2 && git merge --ff-only dev-freeform 2>&1 | tail -3 && echo "=== main now ===" && git log --oneline -1 && git rev-parse main dev-freeform

fast-forward main to dev-freeform


  (use "git pull" to update your local branch)
Switched to branch 'main'
 create mode 100644 releases-repo/LICENSE-MIT
 create mode 100644 releases-repo/README.md
 create mode 100644 releases-repo/SYNC.md
=== main now ===
35d1672 release: v0.3.0
35d1672fdf999a4fc6e58fcd04ff5c953452beb0
35d1672fdf999a4fc6e58fcd04ff5c953452beb0


`main` FF'd to `35d1672` (= dev-freeform). Push main + dev-freeform:


cd "C:/Users/decid/Documents/projects/spt-core" && git push origin main 2>&1 | tail -4 && echo "=== push dev-freeform ===" && git push origin dev-freeform 2>&1 | tail -3

push main + dev-freeform


Command running in background with ID: bz0ybi1p3. Output is being written to: C:\Users\decid\AppData\Local\Temp\claude\C--Users-decid-Documents-projects-spt-core\afad552a-7216-48d3-ba81-3c8294f2a399\tasks\bz0ybi1p3.output. You will be notified when it completes. To check interim output, use Read on that file path.


<task-notification>
<task-id>bz0ybi1p3</task-id>
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<output-file>C:\Users\decid\AppData\Local\Temp\claude\C--Users-decid-Documents-projects-spt-core\afad552a-7216-48d3-ba81-3c8294f2a399\tasks\bz0ybi1p3.output</output-file>
<status>completed</status>
<summary>Background command "push main + dev-freeform" completed (exit code 0)</summary>
</task-notification>


until grep -qE "dev-freeform|error|rejected|denied|fatal|up-to-date|->" "C:/Users/decid/AppData/Local/Temp/claude/C--Users-decid-Documents-projects-spt-core/afad552a-7216-48d3-ba81-3c8294f2a399/tasks/bz0ybi1p3.output" 2>/dev/null; do sleep 3; done; sleep 2; cat "C:/Users/decid/AppData/Local/Temp/claude/C--Users-decid-Documents-projects-spt-core/afad552a-7216-48d3-ba81-3c8294f2a399/tasks/bz0ybi1p3.output"

read push result


To https://github.com/SaberMage/spt-core.git
   a75f77f..35d1672  main -> main
=== push dev-freeform ===
To https://github.com/SaberMage/spt-core.git
   707c733..35d1672  dev-freeform -> dev-freeform


Prompt:
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<task-id>bz0ybi1p3</task-id>
<tool-use-id>toolu_019WXVVhgYyggvECLb1rscws</tool-use-id>
<output-file>C:\Users\decid\AppData\Local\Temp\claude\C--Users-decid-Documents-projects-spt-core\afad552a-7216-48d3-ba81-3c8294f2a399\tasks\bz0ybi1p3.output</output-file>
<status>completed</status>
<summary>Background command "push main + dev-freeform" completed (exit code 0)</summary>
</task-notification>


Both pushed clean (main `a75f77f→35d1672`). Now the release trigger — tag v0.3.0 + push:


cd "C:/Users/decid/Documents/projects/spt-core" && git tag -a v0.3.0 -m "v0.3.0 — daemon-lifecycle UX + concurrent --nodes probes" 35d1672 && git push origin v0.3.0 2>&1 | tail -4 && echo "=== tag ===" && git show -s --oneline v0.3.0 | head -1

tag v0.3.0 + push (triggers CI)


Command running in background with ID: boufbk1x0. Output is being written to: C:\Users\decid\AppData\Local\Temp\claude\C--Users-decid-Documents-projects-spt-core\afad552a-7216-48d3-ba81-3c8294f2a399\tasks\boufbk1x0.output. You will be notified when it completes. To check interim output, use Read on that file path.


<task-notification>
<task-id>boufbk1x0</task-id>
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<status>completed</status>
<summary>Background command "tag v0.3.0 + push (triggers CI)" completed (exit code 0)</summary>
</task-notification>


until grep -qE "v0.3.0|error|rejected|fatal|->" "C:/Users/decid/AppData/Local/Temp/claude/C--Users-decid-Documents-projects-spt-core/afad552a-7216-48d3-ba81-3c8294f2a399/tasks/boufbk1x0.output" 2>/dev/null; do sleep 3; done; sleep 2; cat "C:/Users/decid/AppData/Local/Temp/claude/C--Users-decid-Documents-projects-spt-core/afad552a-7216-48d3-ba81-3c8294f2a399/tasks/boufbk1x0.output"

read tag push


To https://github.com/SaberMage/spt-core.git
 * [new tag]         v0.3.0 -> v0.3.0
=== tag ===
tag v0.3.0


Prompt:
<task-notification>
<task-id>boufbk1x0</task-id>
<tool-use-id>toolu_01MKa88hr22pFPrNE2zjPLpU</tool-use-id>
<output-file>C:\Users\decid\AppData\Local\Temp\claude\C--Users-decid-Documents-projects-spt-core\afad552a-7216-48d3-ba81-3c8294f2a399\tasks\boufbk1x0.output</output-file>
<status>completed</status>
<summary>Background command "tag v0.3.0 + push (triggers CI)" completed (exit code 0)</summary>
</task-notification>


Tag `v0.3.0` pushed → CI triggered. Watch the release workflow:


cd "C:/Users/decid/Documents/projects/spt-core" && sleep 8; gh run list --limit 5 2>&1 | head -10

list recent workflow runs


Command running in background with ID: b8nglltma. Output is being written to: C:\Users\decid\AppData\Local\Temp\claude\C--Users-decid-Documents-projects-spt-core\afad552a-7216-48d3-ba81-3c8294f2a399\tasks\b8nglltma.output. You will be notified when it completes. To check interim output, use Read on that file path.


until grep -qE "completed|in_progress|queued|workflow|error|No runs|requested" "C:/Users/decid/AppData/Local/Temp/claude/C--Users-decid-Documents-projects-spt-core/afad552a-7216-48d3-ba81-3c8294f2a399/tasks/b8nglltma.output" 2>/dev/null; do sleep 3; done; cat "C:/Users/decid/AppData/Local/Temp/claude/C--Users-decid-Documents-projects-spt-core/afad552a-7216-48d3-ba81-3c8294f2a399/tasks/b8nglltma.output"

read run list


<task-notification>
<task-id>b8nglltma</task-id>
<tool-use-id>toolu_01Hc5ZS9uJRsa5q68RvPzffF</tool-use-id>
<output-file>C:\Users\decid\AppData\Local\Temp\claude\C--Users-decid-Documents-projects-spt-core\afad552a-7216-48d3-ba81-3c8294f2a399\tasks\b8nglltma.output</output-file>
<status>completed</status>
<summary>Background command "list recent workflow runs" completed (exit code 0)</summary>
</task-notification>


queued		release: v0.3.0	release	v0.3.0	push	27181049386	23s	2026-06-09T03:00:49Z
queued		release: v0.3.0	docs-publish	v0.3.0	push	27181049356	23s	2026-06-09T03:00:49Z
queued		release: v0.3.0	ci	dev-freeform	push	27181038643	41s	2026-06-09T03:00:31Z
in_progress		release: v0.3.0	ci	main	push	27181038410	42s	2026-06-09T03:00:30Z
completed	success	docs(mesh): MESH-D7-PLAN.md — revoke + timeboxed rotation + re-seed g…	ci	dev-freeform	push	27173994426	5m9s	2026-06-08T23:40:08Z


Prompt:
<task-notification>
<task-id>b8nglltma</task-id>
<tool-use-id>toolu_01Hc5ZS9uJRsa5q68RvPzffF</tool-use-id>
<output-file>C:\Users\decid\AppData\Local\Temp\claude\C--Users-decid-Documents-projects-spt-core\afad552a-7216-48d3-ba81-3c8294f2a399\tasks\b8nglltma.output</output-file>
<status>completed</status>
<summary>Background command "list recent workflow runs" completed (exit code 0)</summary>
</task-notification>


CI fired correctly: `release` + `docs-publish` + `ci` all triggered on the tag. The release job builds on both self-hosted runners then assembles the draft. Watch it to completion:


cd "C:/Users/decid/Documents/projects/spt-core" && gh run watch 27181049386 --exit-status 2>&1 | tail -30; echo "RELEASE_RUN_EXIT=$?"

watch release workflow to completion


Command running in background with ID: bncxgbgug. Output is being written to: C:\Users\decid\AppData\Local\Temp\claude\C--Users-decid-Documents-projects-spt-core\afad552a-7216-48d3-ba81-3c8294f2a399\tasks\bncxgbgug.output. You will be notified when it completes. To check interim output, use Read on that file path.


Release workflow building on both runners (~several min). Waiting for it. Meanwhile — the sign+publish step you'll run needs the monotonic release counter `--version <N>`. Let me find what the last release used so the next is correct:


cd "C:/Users/decid/Documents/projects/spt-core" && grep -rn "release counter\|--version\|monotonic\|version.*[0-9]" releases-repo/SYNC.md 2>/dev/null | head; echo "=== prior release.json on spt-releases ==="; gh release list --repo SaberMage/spt-releases 2>&1 | head; echo "=== v0.2.0 metadata version field ==="; gh release view v0.2.0 --repo SaberMage/spt-releases --json assets -q '.assets[].name' 2>&1 | head -20

find prior release monotonic counter


Command running in background with ID: b831n29oj. Output is being written to: C:\Users\decid\AppData\Local\Temp\claude\C--Users-decid-Documents-projects-spt-core\afad552a-7216-48d3-ba81-3c8294f2a399\tasks\b831n29oj.output. You will be notified when it completes. To check interim output, use Read on that file path.


<task-notification>
<task-id>b831n29oj</task-id>
<tool-use-id>toolu_016wGEbc8ux6KEB7D4hFbab4</tool-use-id>
<output-file>C:\Users\decid\AppData\Local\Temp\claude\C--Users-decid-Documents-projects-spt-core\afad552a-7216-48d3-ba81-3c8294f2a399\tasks\b831n29oj.output</output-file>
<status>completed</status>
<summary>Background command "find prior release monotonic counter" completed (exit code 0)</summary>
</task-notification>


until grep -qE "release.json|v0.2|v0.1|metadata|=== v0" "C:/Users/decid/AppData/Local/Temp/claude/C--Users-decid-Documents-projects-spt-core/afad552a-7216-48d3-ba81-3c8294f2a399/tasks/b831n29oj.output" 2>/dev/null; do sleep 3; done; cat "C:/Users/decid/AppData/Local/Temp/claude/C--Users-decid-Documents-projects-spt-core/afad552a-7216-48d3-ba81-3c8294f2a399/tasks/b831n29oj.output"

read prior release info


=== prior release.json on spt-releases ===
spt v0.2.0	Latest	v0.2.0	2026-06-08T04:37:05Z
spt v0.1.1		v0.1.1	2026-06-07T05:31:07Z
spt v0.1.0		v0.1.0	2026-06-06T00:46:57Z
=== v0.2.0 metadata version field ===
manifest.schema.json
mock-adapter.zip
SHA256SUMS
spt-x86_64-linux
spt-x86_64-linux.release.json
spt-x86_64-windows.exe
spt-x86_64-windows.exe.release.json


Prompt:
<task-notification>
<task-id>b831n29oj</task-id>
<tool-use-id>toolu_016wGEbc8ux6KEB7D4hFbab4</tool-use-id>
<output-file>C:\Users\decid\AppData\Local\Temp\claude\C--Users-decid-Documents-projects-spt-core\afad552a-7216-48d3-ba81-3c8294f2a399\tasks\b831n29oj.output</output-file>
<status>completed</status>
<summary>Background command "find prior release monotonic counter" completed (exit code 0)</summary>
</task-notification>


4 prior tags (v0.1.0, v0.1.1, v0.2.0). Read the actual monotonic counter from v0.2.0's signed metadata to compute the next:


cd "C:/Users/decid/Documents/projects/spt-core" && gh release download v0.2.0 --repo SaberMage/spt-releases --pattern "spt-x86_64-linux.release.json" --dir /tmp/v020 --clobber 2>&1 | tail -2; echo "=== version counter field ==="; grep -oE '"version"[: ]+[0-9]+' /tmp/v020/spt-x86_64-linux.release.json 2>&1 | head; echo "=== full keys ==="; cat /tmp/v020/spt-x86_64-linux.release.json 2>/dev/null | tr ',' '\n' | grep -iE "version|counter|channel" | head

read v0.2.0 monotonic version counter


=== version counter field ===
=== full keys ===
  "metadata_json": "{\"version\":3
\"channel\":\"stable\"
\"brain_ipc_version\":1


v0.2.0 counter = 3 → **v0.3.0 uses `--version 4`**. Now wait for the draft build. Check the watch:


<system-reminder>Warning: the file exists but is shorter than the provided offset (1). The file has 1 lines.</system-reminder>


cat "C:/Users/decid/AppData/Local/Temp/claude/C--Users-decid-Documents-projects-spt-core/afad552a-7216-48d3-ba81-3c8294f2a399/tasks/bncxgbgug.output" 2>/dev/null | tail -15; echo "---still running? checking run status---"; cd "C:/Users/decid/Documents/projects/spt-core" && gh run view 27181049386 --json status,conclusion,jobs -q '{status:.status,conclusion:.conclusion,jobs:[.jobs[]|{name:.name,status:.status,conclusion:.conclusion}]}' 2>&1 | head -30

check release run job status


---still running? checking run status---
{"conclusion":"","jobs":[{"conclusion":"","name":"build (self-hosted, Windows, hfenduleam, spt-x86_64-windows.exe, target/release/spt.exe)","status":"queued"},{"conclusion":"","name":"build (self-hosted, Linux, kitsubito, spt-x86_64-linux, target/release/spt)","status":"queued"}],"status":"queued"}


Pushed + tagged; CI building. Both release build jobs are **queued** on the self-hosted runners (kitsubito + hfenduleam) — behind the `ci` runs in the same queue, so it'll take a bit. `gh run watch` is tracking it; I'll confirm when the draft lands.

**State so far:**
- `main` + `dev-freeform` pushed → `35d1672` (clean FF)
- `v0.3.0` tag pushed → triggered `release.yml` + `docs-publish.yml`
- Gates green pre-tag (105 tests, clippy, traceable-reqs, xtask check)

**Your manual sign+publish (after the draft builds)** — keys never enter CI:
```sh
SPT_RELEASE_SEED_CMD='<your pw-manager read cmd>' \
  cargo run -p xtask -- release-publish \
    --tag v0.3.0 --key-id rel-primary-2026 --version 4
```
`--version 4` = next monotonic counter (v0.2.0 was 3). This verifies binaries against SHA256SUMS, signs, and flips the draft public.

Waiting on the draft build to confirm green before you sign.


until grep -qE "RELEASE_RUN_EXIT" "C:/Users/decid/AppData/Local/Temp/claude/C--Users-decid-Documents-projects-spt-core/afad552a-7216-48d3-ba81-3c8294f2a399/tasks/bncxgbgug.output" 2>/dev/null; do sleep 20; done; tail -20 "C:/Users/decid/AppData/Local/Temp/claude/C--Users-decid-Documents-projects-spt-core/afad552a-7216-48d3-ba81-3c8294f2a399/tasks/bncxgbgug.output"

wait for release run to finish


Command running in background with ID: behd5vwwg. Output is being written to: C:\Users\decid\AppData\Local\Temp\claude\C--Users-decid-Documents-projects-spt-core\afad552a-7216-48d3-ba81-3c8294f2a399\tasks\behd5vwwg.output. You will be notified when it completes. To check interim output, use Read on that file path.


Waiting on the release build. Will report when the draft lands.


cat "C:/Users/decid/AppData/Local/Temp/claude/C--Users-decid-Documents-projects-spt-core/afad552a-7216-48d3-ba81-3c8294f2a399/tasks/behd5vwwg.output" 2>/dev/null | tail -5; echo "---"; cd "C:/Users/decid/Documents/projects/spt-core" && gh run view 27181049386 --json status,conclusion -q '{status:.status,conclusion:.conclusion}' 2>&1

peek release run status


---
{"conclusion":"","status":"queued"}


Still queued — check the runner queue (the `ci` runs may be ahead, or runners busy):


cd "C:/Users/decid/Documents/projects/spt-core" && echo "=== active/queued runs ==="; gh run list --limit 6 2>&1 | head; echo "=== runners ==="; gh api repos/SaberMage/spt-core/actions/runners -q '.runners[]|{name:.name,status:.status,busy:.busy}' 2>&1 | head

queue + runner status


=== active/queued runs ===
queued		release: v0.3.0	release	v0.3.0	push	27181049386	2m35s	2026-06-09T03:00:49Z
queued		release: v0.3.0	docs-publish	v0.3.0	push	27181049356	2m35s	2026-06-09T03:00:49Z
in_progress		release: v0.3.0	ci	dev-freeform	push	27181038643	2m53s	2026-06-09T03:00:31Z
completed	failure	release: v0.3.0	ci	main	push	27181038410	2m21s	2026-06-09T03:00:30Z
completed	success	docs(mesh): MESH-D7-PLAN.md — revoke + timeboxed rotation + re-seed g…	ci	dev-freeform	push	27173994426	5m9s	2026-06-08T23:40:08Z
completed	success	docs(cli): regenerate reference.md — prune→roster wording + daemon st…	ci	dev-freeform	push	27173651632	5m15s	2026-06-08T23:31:29Z
=== runners ===
{"busy":true,"name":"hfenduleam","status":"online"}
{"busy":true,"name":"kitsubito","status":"online"}


`ci` on **main** failed (run 27181038410) — same commit I tagged. Must investigate before the release build proceeds:


cd "C:/Users/decid/Documents/projects/spt-core" && gh run view 27181038410 --json conclusion,jobs -q '.jobs[]|{name:.name,conclusion:.conclusion}' 2>&1 | head -20

main ci failed jobs


{"conclusion":"success","name":"traceability"}
{"conclusion":"failure","name":"test (self-hosted, Linux, kitsubito)"}
{"conclusion":"failure","name":"test (self-hosted, Windows, hfenduleam)"}
{"conclusion":"skipped","name":"twohost-b"}
{"conclusion":"skipped","name":"twohost-a"}


Both `test` jobs failed (Linux+Windows), traceability passed. My local run only covered spt+spt-daemon — CI runs the full workspace. Likely a test asserting the version string. Get the failure + grep version assertions:


cd "C:/Users/decid/Documents/projects/spt-core" && echo "=== failing test from log ==="; gh run view 27181038410 --log-failed 2>&1 | grep -iE "panicked|assert|FAILED|0\.2\.0|0\.3\.0|version" | head -20; echo "=== version asserts in source ==="; git grep -nE "0\.2\.0|env!\(.CARGO_PKG_VERSION|assert.*version" -- '*.rs' | grep -iE "test|version|0\.2\.0" | head -20

find version-asserting test failure


=== failing test from log ===
test (self-hosted, Linux, kitsubito)	Test	2026-06-09T03:01:54.6665372Z test result: ok. 0 passed; 0 failed; 0 ignored; 0 measured; 0 filtered out; finished in 0.00s
test (self-hosted, Linux, kitsubito)	Test	2026-06-09T03:01:54.6708382Z test result: ok. 0 passed; 0 failed; 0 ignored; 0 measured; 0 filtered out; finished in 0.00s
test (self-hosted, Linux, kitsubito)	Test	2026-06-09T03:01:54.6778116Z test result: ok. 3 passed; 0 failed; 0 ignored; 0 measured; 0 filtered out; finished in 0.01s
test (self-hosted, Linux, kitsubito)	Test	2026-06-09T03:01:55.3466601Z Failed to connect to bus: No medium found
test (self-hosted, Linux, kitsubito)	Test	2026-06-09T03:01:55.3512764Z Failed to connect to bus: No medium found
test (self-hosted, Linux, kitsubito)	Test	2026-06-09T03:01:55.3543878Z Failed to connect to bus: No medium found
test (self-hosted, Linux, kitsubito)	Test	2026-06-09T03:01:55.4380410Z Failed to connect to bus: No medium found
test (self-hosted, Linux, kitsubito)	Test	2026-06-09T03:01:55.4409123Z Failed to connect to bus: No medium found
test (self-hosted, Linux, kitsubito)	Test	2026-06-09T03:01:55.6548725Z test result: ok. 105 passed; 0 failed; 0 ignored; 0 measured; 0 filtered out; finished in 0.97s
test (self-hosted, Linux, kitsubito)	Test	2026-06-09T03:01:55.6816096Z test cold_api_call_autostarts_daemon_and_handoff_is_in_memory ... FAILED
test (self-hosted, Linux, kitsubito)	Test	2026-06-09T03:01:56.4490278Z thread 'cold_api_call_autostarts_daemon_and_handoff_is_in_memory' (569764) panicked at crates/spt/tests/contract_e2e.rs:465:5:
test (self-hosted, Linux, kitsubito)	Test	2026-06-09T03:01:56.4491848Z Failed to connect to bus: No medium found
test (self-hosted, Linux, kitsubito)	Test	2026-06-09T03:01:56.4492482Z DAEMON_START_WARN: systemctl --user start spt-daemon.service failed (exit status: 1)
test (self-hosted, Linux, kitsubito)	Test	2026-06-09T03:01:56.4493103Z Failed to connect to bus: No medium found
test (self-hosted, Linux, kitsubito)	Test	2026-06-09T03:01:56.4493770Z SEED_FAIL:569763: daemon unavailable: systemctl --user start spt-daemon.service failed (exit status: 1)
test (self-hosted, Linux, kitsubito)	Test	2026-06-09T03:01:56.4496390Z test result: FAILED. 3 passed; 1 failed; 0 ignored; 0 measured; 0 filtered out; finished in 0.79s
test (self-hosted, Linux, kitsubito)	Test	2026-06-09T03:01:56.4497399Z error: test failed, to rerun pass `-p spt --test contract_e2e`
test (self-hosted, Windows, hfenduleam)	Test	2026-06-09T03:02:04.8089305Z test result: ok. 0 passed; 0 failed; 0 ignored; 0 measured; 0 filtered out; finished in 0.00s
test (self-hosted, Windows, hfenduleam)	Test	2026-06-09T03:02:04.8329987Z test result: ok. 0 passed; 0 failed; 0 ignored; 0 measured; 0 filtered out; finished in 0.00s
test (self-hosted, Windows, hfenduleam)	Test	2026-06-09T03:02:05.0622557Z test result: ok. 3 passed; 0 failed; 0 ignored; 0 measured; 0 filtered out; finished in 0.01s
=== version asserts in source ===
crates/spt-daemon/src/adapter_update.rs:240:            AdapterUpdateOutcome::Verified(meta) => assert_eq!(meta.version, 2),
crates/spt-daemon/src/codec.rs:71:        assert_eq!(got.protocol_version, IPC_PROTOCOL_VERSION);
crates/spt-daemon/src/digest.rs:267:        assert_eq!(up.version, 1);
crates/spt-daemon/src/digest.rs:286:        assert_eq!(e.version(), v, "version did not advance on a no-op");
crates/spt-daemon/src/digesthub.rs:397:        assert_eq!(rx.recv().unwrap().version, 1, "the change was fanned out");
crates/spt-daemon/src/digesthub.rs:424:        assert_eq!(version, 7);
crates/spt-daemon/src/frame.rs:170:        assert_eq!(decoded.protocol_version, 2);
crates/spt-daemon/src/propagate.rs:763:        assert!(ConvergeState::Applied { version: 7 }.converged());
crates/spt-daemon/src/relcache.rs:372:        assert_eq!(cache.staged_version(), Some(42));
crates/spt-daemon/src/release.rs:701:        assert_eq!((p.current_version, p.now_ms), (3, 1_000));
crates/spt-daemon/src/release.rs:752:        assert_eq!(meta.version, 6);
crates/spt-daemon/tests/digest.rs:152:    assert!(version >= 1, "the digest advanced at least one version");
crates/spt-daemon/tests/propagate.rs:624:    assert_eq!(report.staged_version, Some(target));
crates/spt-daemon/tests/propagate.rs:635:    assert_eq!(report.applied_version, Some(target));
crates/spt-daemon/tests/propagate.rs:637:    assert_eq!(state, ConvergeState::Applied { version: target });
crates/spt-runtime/src/manifest.rs:999:        assert!(adapter_req.iter().any(|x| x == "min_spt_core_version"));
crates/spt-runtime/src/registry.rs:300:        assert_eq!(live.adapter.version, "1.1.0");
crates/spt-store/src/contextstore.rs:669:        assert_eq!(std::fs::read_to_string(&a1).unwrap(), "REMOTE version");
crates/spt-store/src/contextstore.rs:670:        assert_eq!(std::fs::read_to_string(&live).unwrap(), "LOCAL version");
crates/spt-store/src/gitrun.rs:172:        assert!(out.stdout_trimmed().contains("git version"));


Real regression, not a version issue: `contract_e2e.rs:465 cold_api_call_autostarts_daemon` fails with `systemctl --user start spt-daemon.service failed` + `No medium found`. My REQ-DAEMON-8 change makes `ensure_running` detect the runner's **real installed** `spt-daemon.service` (detection reads real user config, not the test's SPT_HOME) → tries systemctl in a bus-less CI context → fails where `spawn_detached` used to work. This is also a real production risk (no session bus → autostart breaks).

Cancel the in-flight release + check the Windows failure before fixing:


cd "C:/Users/decid/Documents/projects/spt-core" && gh run cancel 27181049386 2>&1 | tail -1; gh run cancel 27181049356 2>&1 | tail -1; echo "=== Windows failure detail ==="; gh run view 27181038410 --log-failed 2>&1 | grep -iE "hfenduleam.*panicked|hfenduleam.*FAILED|hfenduleam.*error:|contract_e2e|No medium|systemctl" | grep -i windows | head -10

cancel release runs + windows failure


✓ Request to cancel workflow 27181049386 submitted.
✓ Request to cancel workflow 27181049356 submitted.
=== Windows failure detail ===
test (self-hosted, Windows, hfenduleam)	Test	2026-06-09T03:02:04.8089305Z test result: ok. 0 passed; 0 failed; 0 ignored; 0 measured; 0 filtered out; finished in 0.00s
test (self-hosted, Windows, hfenduleam)	Test	2026-06-09T03:02:04.8329987Z test result: ok. 0 passed; 0 failed; 0 ignored; 0 measured; 0 filtered out; finished in 0.00s
test (self-hosted, Windows, hfenduleam)	Test	2026-06-09T03:02:05.0622557Z test result: ok. 3 passed; 0 failed; 0 ignored; 0 measured; 0 filtered out; finished in 0.01s
test (self-hosted, Windows, hfenduleam)	Test	2026-06-09T03:02:35.0336116Z test result: ok. 105 passed; 0 failed; 0 ignored; 0 measured; 0 filtered out; finished in 29.35s
test (self-hosted, Windows, hfenduleam)	Test	2026-06-09T03:02:35.0439493Z      Running tests\contract_e2e.rs (target\debug\deps\contract_e2e-d8292f4232ea140a.exe)
test (self-hosted, Windows, hfenduleam)	Test	2026-06-09T03:02:46.0987359Z test cold_api_call_autostarts_daemon_and_handoff_is_in_memory ... FAILED
test (self-hosted, Windows, hfenduleam)	Test	2026-06-09T03:02:47.5912131Z thread 'cold_api_call_autostarts_daemon_and_handoff_is_in_memory' (41276) panicked at crates\spt\tests\contract_e2e.rs:465:5:
test (self-hosted, Windows, hfenduleam)	Test	2026-06-09T03:02:47.5915453Z test result: FAILED. 3 passed; 1 failed; 0 ignored; 0 measured; 0 filtered out; finished in 12.27s
test (self-hosted, Windows, hfenduleam)	Test	2026-06-09T03:02:47.5924923Z error: test failed, to rerun pass `-p spt --test contract_e2e`


Same test failed on Windows — but Windows `detected()`=false (unchanged spawn path), so the cause may differ. Read the test + get the exact Windows panic:


cd "C:/Users/decid/Documents/projects/spt-core" && gh run view 27181038410 --log-failed 2>&1 | grep -i "windows" | grep -iE "panicked at|assert|SEED_FAIL|DAEMON|left|right|: " | sed -n '1,15p'

windows panic detail


test (self-hosted, Windows, hfenduleam)	Test	2026-06-09T03:02:03.9827363Z shell: C:\Program Files\PowerShell\7\pwsh.EXE -command ". '{0}'"
test (self-hosted, Windows, hfenduleam)	Test	2026-06-09T03:02:04.8089305Z test result: ok. 0 passed; 0 failed; 0 ignored; 0 measured; 0 filtered out; finished in 0.00s
test (self-hosted, Windows, hfenduleam)	Test	2026-06-09T03:02:04.8329987Z test result: ok. 0 passed; 0 failed; 0 ignored; 0 measured; 0 filtered out; finished in 0.00s
test (self-hosted, Windows, hfenduleam)	Test	2026-06-09T03:02:05.0622557Z test result: ok. 3 passed; 0 failed; 0 ignored; 0 measured; 0 filtered out; finished in 0.01s
test (self-hosted, Windows, hfenduleam)	Test	2026-06-09T03:02:06.2430572Z test api::reporting::tests::driven_by_reads_daemon_marker ... ok
test (self-hosted, Windows, hfenduleam)	Test	2026-06-09T03:02:06.2900959Z test cli::tests::daemon_subcommands_parse ... ok
test (self-hosted, Windows, hfenduleam)	Test	2026-06-09T03:02:35.0336116Z test result: ok. 105 passed; 0 failed; 0 ignored; 0 measured; 0 filtered out; finished in 29.35s
test (self-hosted, Windows, hfenduleam)	Test	2026-06-09T03:02:46.0987359Z test cold_api_call_autostarts_daemon_and_handoff_is_in_memory ... FAILED
test (self-hosted, Windows, hfenduleam)	Test	2026-06-09T03:02:47.5911670Z ---- cold_api_call_autostarts_daemon_and_handoff_is_in_memory stdout ----
test (self-hosted, Windows, hfenduleam)	Test	2026-06-09T03:02:47.5912131Z thread 'cold_api_call_autostarts_daemon_and_handoff_is_in_memory' (41276) panicked at crates\spt\tests\contract_e2e.rs:465:5:
test (self-hosted, Windows, hfenduleam)	Test	2026-06-09T03:02:47.5912517Z cold api seed must auto-start the daemon and seed: ExitStatus(ExitStatus(1))
test (self-hosted, Windows, hfenduleam)	Test	2026-06-09T03:02:47.5912999Z ELEVATED_DAEMON: no unelevated identity to drop to — daemon inherits the elevated token
test (self-hosted, Windows, hfenduleam)	Test	2026-06-09T03:02:47.5913311Z DAEMON_START_WARN: daemon did not come up within the start window
test (self-hosted, Windows, hfenduleam)	Test	2026-06-09T03:02:47.5913670Z ELEVATED_DAEMON: no unelevated identity to drop to — daemon inherits the elevated token
test (self-hosted, Windows, hfenduleam)	Test	2026-06-09T03:02:47.5914004Z SEED_FAIL:25488: daemon unavailable: daemon did not come up within the start window


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Found BOTH root causes — both are real regressions from my change:

1. **Linux:** `ensure_running` detects the runner's installed `spt-daemon.service` → tries `systemctl --user` in a bus-less context → fails where `spawn_detached` worked.
2. **Windows:** the hfenduleam runner is **elevated with no unelevated identity** (`ELEVATED_DAEMON: no unelevated identity to drop to`). My `cmd_daemon_run` elevated-refuse guard fires on *all* elevated runs → the legitimate uniformly-elevated serve path now refuses → daemon never comes up.

Read the elevation internals + the test to fix both correctly:


560	    /// `%LOCALAPPDATA%` resolves their universe, not the admin's.
561	    ///
562	    /// `Ok(None)` = no de-elevation target (not elevated, no desktop shell —
563	    /// headless/service session — or the shell itself runs elevated): the
564	    /// caller falls back to its normal spawn. `Ok(Some(pid))` = the
565	    /// de-elevated child is running. `Err` = a target existed but the spawn
566	    /// failed.
567	    ///
568	    /// KH 5.6 holds by construction: `CreateProcessWithTokenW` never
569	    /// inherits handles (the API has no inherit flag and runs the child in
570	    /// a fresh handle table), so no captured caller's pipe can wedge on the
571	    /// immortal child.
572	    // [impl->REQ-HAZARD-ELEVATED-DAEMON-SPAWN]
573	    pub fn spawn_deelevated(program: &str, args: &[String]) -> io::Result<Option<u32>> {
574	        if !is_elevated() {
575	            return Ok(None);
576	        }
577	        let Some(shell) = shell_primary_token()? else {
578	            return Ok(None);
579	        };
580	        // A shell running ELEVATED (admin desktop session, UAC off) is no
581	        // de-elevation target — spawning under it would reproduce the bug.
582	        if token_is_elevated(shell) {
583	            unsafe { CloseHandle(shell) };
584	            return Ok(None);
585	        }
586	        let result = create_with_token(shell, program, args).map(Some);
587	        unsafe { CloseHandle(shell) };
588	        result
589	    }
590
591	    /// The desktop shell process's token as a PRIMARY token, or `Ok(None)`
592	    /// when no shell window exists (headless / service session).
593	    fn shell_primary_token() -> io::Result<Option<isize>> {
594	        unsafe {
595	            let hwnd = GetShellWindow();
596	            if hwnd == 0 {
597	                return Ok(None);
598	            }
599	            let mut pid: u32 = 0;
600	            GetWindowThreadProcessId(hwnd, &mut pid);
601	            if pid == 0 {
602	                return Ok(None);
603	            }
604	            let process = OpenProcess(PROCESS_QUERY_LIMITED_INFORMATION, 0, pid);
605	            if process == 0 {
606	                return Err(io::Error::last_os_error());
607	            }
608	            let mut token: isize = 0;
609	            let ok = OpenProcessToken(process, TOKEN_DUPLICATE, &mut token);
610	            CloseHandle(process);
611	            if ok == 0 {
612	                return Err(io::Error::last_os_error());
613	            }
614	            let mut primary: isize = 0;
615	            let ok = DuplicateTokenEx(
616	                token,
617	                TOKEN_QUERY
618	                    | TOKEN_DUPLICATE
619	                    | TOKEN_ASSIGN_PRIMARY
620	                    | TOKEN_ADJUST_DEFAULT
621	                    | TOKEN_ADJUST_SESSIONID,
622	                std::ptr::null_mut(),
623	                SECURITY_IMPERSONATION,
624	                TOKEN_PRIMARY,
625	                &mut primary,
626	            );
627	            CloseHandle(token);
628	            if ok == 0 {
629	                return Err(io::Error::last_os_error());
630	            }
631	            Ok(Some(primary))
632	        }
633	    }
634
635	    /// Whether an arbitrary token is elevated (the shell-token sanity gate).
636	    /// A failed probe reads `true` — fail toward "no de-elevation target"
637	    /// rather than spawning under a token we could not vet.
638	    fn token_is_elevated(token: isize) -> bool {
639	        unsafe {
640	            let mut elevated: u32 = 0;
641	            let mut ret_len: u32 = 0;
642	            let ok = GetTokenInformation(
643	                token,
644	                TOKEN_ELEVATION,
645	                &mut elevated as *mut _ as *mut core::ffi::c_void,
646	                std::mem::size_of::<u32>() as u32,
647	                &mut ret_len,
648	            );
649	            ok == 0 || elevated != 0

    /// `%LOCALAPPDATA%` resolves their universe, not the admin's.
    ///
    /// `Ok(None)` = no de-elevation target (not elevated, no desktop shell —
    /// headless/service session — or the shell itself runs elevated): the
    /// caller falls back to its normal spawn. `Ok(Some(pid))` = the
    /// de-elevated child is running. `Err` = a target existed but the spawn
    /// failed.
    ///
    /// KH 5.6 holds by construction: `CreateProcessWithTokenW` never
    /// inherits handles (the API has no inherit flag and runs the child in
    /// a fresh handle table), so no captured caller's pipe can wedge on the
    /// immortal child.
    // [impl->REQ-HAZARD-ELEVATED-DAEMON-SPAWN]
    pub fn spawn_deelevated(program: &str, args: &[String]) -> io::Result<Option<u32>> {
        if !is_elevated() {
            return Ok(None);
        }
        let Some(shell) = shell_primary_token()? else {
            return Ok(None);
        };
        // A shell running ELEVATED (admin desktop session, UAC off) is no
        // de-elevation target — spawning under it would reproduce the bug.
        if token_is_elevated(shell) {
            unsafe { CloseHandle(shell) };
            return Ok(None);
        }
        let result = create_with_token(shell, program, args).map(Some);
        unsafe { CloseHandle(shell) };
        result
    }

    /// The desktop shell process's token as a PRIMARY token, or `Ok(None)`
    /// when no shell window exists (headless / service session).
    fn shell_primary_token() -> io::Result<Option<isize>> {
        unsafe {
            let hwnd = GetShellWindow();
            if hwnd == 0 {
                return Ok(None);
            }
            let mut pid: u32 = 0;
            GetWindowThreadProcessId(hwnd, &mut pid);
            if pid == 0 {
                return Ok(None);
            }
            let process = OpenProcess(PROCESS_QUERY_LIMITED_INFORMATION, 0, pid);
            if process == 0 {
                return Err(io::Error::last_os_error());
            }
            let mut token: isize = 0;
            let ok = OpenProcessToken(process, TOKEN_DUPLICATE, &mut token);
            CloseHandle(process);
            if ok == 0 {
                return Err(io::Error::last_os_error());
            }
            let mut primary: isize = 0;
            let ok = DuplicateTokenEx(
                token,
                TOKEN_QUERY
                    | TOKEN_DUPLICATE
                    | TOKEN_ASSIGN_PRIMARY
                    | TOKEN_ADJUST_DEFAULT
                    | TOKEN_ADJUST_SESSIONID,
                std::ptr::null_mut(),
                SECURITY_IMPERSONATION,
                TOKEN_PRIMARY,
                &mut primary,
            );
            CloseHandle(token);
            if ok == 0 {
                return Err(io::Error::last_os_error());
            }
            Ok(Some(primary))
        }
    }

    /// Whether an arbitrary token is elevated (the shell-token sanity gate).
    /// A failed probe reads `true` — fail toward "no de-elevation target"
    /// rather than spawning under a token we could not vet.
    fn token_is_elevated(token: isize) -> bool {
        unsafe {
            let mut elevated: u32 = 0;
            let mut ret_len: u32 = 0;
            let ok = GetTokenInformation(
                token,
                TOKEN_ELEVATION,
                &mut elevated as *mut _ as *mut core::ffi::c_void,
                std::mem::size_of::<u32>() as u32,
                &mut ret_len,
            );
            ok == 0 || elevated != 0


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Release runs cancelled. The Linux issue is deeper than a fallback: the test sets an isolated home, but `detected()` reads the **real** default-home unit — even with a bus, the service would start the *default-home* daemon, not the test's. Correct fix: the service only manages the **default home**, so detection must require no home override. Confirm the env var + test home mechanism + read the test:


cd "C:/Users/decid/Documents/projects/spt-core" && echo "=== home env var ==="; git grep -nE "SPT_HOME|fn identity_dir|home_override|var_os\(.SPT" -- 'crates/spt-store/src/perch.rs' | head; echo "=== how tests set home ==="; git grep -nE "SPT_HOME|set_var|TestHome|test_home" -- 'crates/spt/tests/contract_e2e.rs' | head

find SPT_HOME var + test home setup


=== home env var ===
crates/spt-store/src/perch.rs:24:/// Root of all spt-core on-disk state. Honors `$SPT_HOME`, else the platform
crates/spt-store/src/perch.rs:32:/// override (`$SPT_HOME`) is the relocation knob either way.
crates/spt-store/src/perch.rs:35:    if let Ok(over) = std::env::var("SPT_HOME") {
crates/spt-store/src/perch.rs:84:pub fn identity_dir() -> PathBuf {
crates/spt-store/src/perch.rs:429:            let prev = std::env::var("SPT_HOME").ok();
crates/spt-store/src/perch.rs:430:            std::env::set_var("SPT_HOME", tmp);
crates/spt-store/src/perch.rs:437:                Some(v) => std::env::set_var("SPT_HOME", v),
crates/spt-store/src/perch.rs:438:                None => std::env::remove_var("SPT_HOME"),
crates/spt-store/src/perch.rs:617:    // [unit->REQ-HAZARD-SINGLE-PATH-SOURCE] spt_home is pure: honors SPT_HOME,
=== how tests set home ===
crates/spt/tests/contract_e2e.rs:21:/// Both tests mutate the process-global `SPT_HOME` (the in-test spt-store calls
crates/spt/tests/contract_e2e.rs:42:/// Stand up an **in-process** seed daemon on the current `SPT_HOME`'s seed
crates/spt/tests/contract_e2e.rs:45:/// thread is leaked; it dies with the test process. Call after `SPT_HOME` is set.
crates/spt/tests/contract_e2e.rs:76:    // (inherited via env). This test owns the process, so a plain set_var is safe.
crates/spt/tests/contract_e2e.rs:78:    std::env::set_var("SPT_HOME", home.path());
crates/spt/tests/contract_e2e.rs:153:        .env("SPT_HOME", home.path())
crates/spt/tests/contract_e2e.rs:167:        .env("SPT_HOME", home.path())
crates/spt/tests/contract_e2e.rs:193:    std::env::set_var("SPT_HOME", home.path());
crates/spt/tests/contract_e2e.rs:210:        .env("SPT_HOME", home.path())
crates/spt/tests/contract_e2e.rs:228:        .env("SPT_HOME", home.path())


Confirmed: tests set `SPT_HOME`; the unit serves only the default home. Three fixes needed. Read deelevate module structure + the test assertion site:


30	//!
31	//! The OS probes mirror `spt`'s REQ-PAIR-6 `elevation.rs` (the CLI gate);
32	//! they are re-declared here because the dependency arrow points the other
33	//! way (`spt` → `spt-daemon`). Like [`crate::daemon::detached_no_inherit`],
34	//! the Windows calls are raw `extern "system"` declarations (advapi32 is in
35	//! the MSVC default link set) — no new dependency for one seam.
36	// [impl->REQ-HAZARD-ELEVATED-DAEMON-SPAWN]
37
38	#[cfg(unix)]
39	pub use unix::{daemon_target_user, sudo_invoker, SudoInvoker};
40
41	#[cfg(windows)]
42	pub use windows::{is_elevated, spawn_deelevated};
43
44	/// What a spawner should do about elevation — the pure decision seam (the
45	/// REQ-PAIR-6 `gate_for` posture: the OS probe is environment-dependent,
46	/// the decision is unit-tested both ways).
47	#[derive(Debug, Clone, Copy, PartialEq, Eq)]
48	pub enum SpawnPlan {
49	    /// Not elevated (or no de-elevation target exists): spawn as-is.

//!
//! The OS probes mirror `spt`'s REQ-PAIR-6 `elevation.rs` (the CLI gate);
//! they are re-declared here because the dependency arrow points the other
//! way (`spt` → `spt-daemon`). Like [`crate::daemon::detached_no_inherit`],
//! the Windows calls are raw `extern "system"` declarations (advapi32 is in
//! the MSVC default link set) — no new dependency for one seam.
// [impl->REQ-HAZARD-ELEVATED-DAEMON-SPAWN]

#[cfg(unix)]
pub use unix::{daemon_target_user, sudo_invoker, SudoInvoker};

#[cfg(windows)]
pub use windows::{is_elevated, spawn_deelevated};

/// What a spawner should do about elevation — the pure decision seam (the
/// REQ-PAIR-6 `gate_for` posture: the OS probe is environment-dependent,
/// the decision is unit-tested both ways).
#[derive(Debug, Clone, Copy, PartialEq, Eq)]
pub enum SpawnPlan {
    /// Not elevated (or no de-elevation target exists): spawn as-is.


455	            "mock",
456	            "seed",
457	            "--pid",
458	            &anchor,
459	            "--session-id",
460	            session_id,
461	        ])
462	        .env("SPT_HOME", home.path())
463	        .output()
464	        .expect("run api seed");
465	    assert!(
466	        seed.status.success(),
467	        "cold api seed must auto-start the daemon and seed: {:?}\n{}",
468	        seed.status,
469	        String::from_utf8_lossy(&seed.stderr)

            "mock",
            "seed",
            "--pid",
            &anchor,
            "--session-id",
            session_id,
        ])
        .env("SPT_HOME", home.path())
        .output()
        .expect("run api seed");
    assert!(
        seed.status.success(),
        "cold api seed must auto-start the daemon and seed: {:?}\n{}",
        seed.status,
        String::from_utf8_lossy(&seed.stderr)


Confirmed — test child sets `SPT_HOME` (Fix 1 handles Linux), and runs elevated with no target (Fix 3 handles Windows). Three coordinated fixes. Start with `service.rs` — default-home gate + rename the run-refuse predicate to the vanish condition:


Edit

/// `daemon run` is foreground + unelevated by contract (REQ-DAEMON-7). On
/// Windows an elevated invocation must REFUSE — it would otherwise respawn
/// detached/de-elevated (KH 5.7) and vanish into the background; the detached
/// behavior lives only in `start`. Everywhere else `run` proceeds foreground
/// (unix drops privileges in-process, staying foreground).
// [impl->REQ-DAEMON-7]
pub fn run_refused_when_elevated(is_windows: bool, elevated: bool) -> bool {
    is_windows && elevated
}

/// `daemon run` is foreground by contract (REQ-DAEMON-7). It refuses ONLY when
/// it would otherwise vanish: on Windows, when an elevated invocation has a
/// real de-elevation target (it would respawn detached/de-elevated, KH 5.7).
/// A uniformly-elevated or headless Windows session has NO target — there `run`
/// serves elevated in the foreground consistently (and must, e.g. an elevated
/// self-hosted CI runner with no desktop shell). Unix always serves foreground
/// (privileges drop in-process). So the refuse is gated on "would vanish", not
/// on elevation alone.
// [impl->REQ-DAEMON-7]
pub fn run_refused_when_vanishing(is_windows: bool, would_vanish: bool) -> bool {
    is_windows && would_vanish
}


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/// `daemon run` is foreground + unelevated by contract (REQ-DAEMON-7). On
/// Windows an elevated invocation must REFUSE — it would otherwise respawn
/// detached/de-elevated (KH 5.7) and vanish into the background; the detached
/// behavior lives only in `start`. Everywhere else `run` proceeds foreground
/// (unix drops privileges in-process, staying foreground).
// [impl->REQ-DAEMON-7]
pub fn run_refused_when_elevated(is_windows: bool, elevated: bool) -> bool {
    is_windows && elevated
}

/// `daemon run` is foreground by contract (REQ-DAEMON-7). It refuses ONLY when
/// it would otherwise vanish: on Windows, when an elevated invocation has a
/// real de-elevation target (it would respawn detached/de-elevated, KH 5.7).
/// A uniformly-elevated or headless Windows session has NO target — there `run`
/// serves elevated in the foreground consistently (and must, e.g. an elevated
/// self-hosted CI runner with no desktop shell). Unix always serves foreground
/// (privileges drop in-process). So the refuse is gated on "would vanish", not
/// on elevation alone.
// [impl->REQ-DAEMON-7]
pub fn run_refused_when_vanishing(is_windows: bool, would_vanish: bool) -> bool {
    is_windows && would_vanish
}

-/// `daemon run` is foreground + unelevated by contract (REQ-DAEMON-7). On

-/// Windows an elevated invocation must REFUSE — it would otherwise respawn

-/// detached/de-elevated (KH 5.7) and vanish into the background; the detached

-/// behavior lives only in `start`. Everywhere else `run` proceeds foreground

-/// (unix drops privileges in-process, staying foreground).

+/// `daemon run` is foreground by contract (REQ-DAEMON-7). It refuses ONLY when

+/// it would otherwise vanish: on Windows, when an elevated invocation has a

+/// real de-elevation target (it would respawn detached/de-elevated, KH 5.7).

+/// A uniformly-elevated or headless Windows session has NO target — there `run`

+/// serves elevated in the foreground consistently (and must, e.g. an elevated

+/// self-hosted CI runner with no desktop shell). Unix always serves foreground

+/// (privileges drop in-process). So the refuse is gated on "would vanish", not

-pub fn run_refused_when_elevated(is_windows: bool, elevated: bool) -> bool {

+pub fn run_refused_when_vanishing(is_windows: bool, would_vanish: bool) -> bool {

/// A platform service manager controlling the spt-daemon for this user.


Add the default-home gate to Linux detection:


#[cfg(target_os = "linux")]
fn systemd_unit_path() -> Option<PathBuf> {
    systemd_unit_path_from(
        std::env::var("XDG_CONFIG_HOME").ok().as_deref(),
        std::env::var("HOME").ok().as_deref(),
    )
}

#[cfg(target_os = "linux")]
fn systemd_unit_path() -> Option<PathBuf> {
    systemd_unit_path_from(
        std::env::var("XDG_CONFIG_HOME").ok().as_deref(),
        std::env::var("HOME").ok().as_deref(),
    )
}

/// The installer's systemd unit runs with no `SPT_HOME` → it serves the
/// DEFAULT home only. A `SPT_HOME`-overridden invocation (tests, a secondary
/// home) is NOT the service's home, so the service must not be driven for it
/// (else a custom-home command would shell out to `systemctl --user start
/// spt-daemon` — which serves the wrong home, or fails in a bus-less context).
/// Detection is gated on this so service routing only applies on the home the
/// service actually manages.
#[cfg(target_os = "linux")]
fn manages_default_home() -> bool {
    std::env::var_os("SPT_HOME").is_none()
}


#[cfg(target_os = "linux")]
fn systemd_unit_path() -> Option<PathBuf> {
    systemd_unit_path_from(
        std::env::var("XDG_CONFIG_HOME").ok().as_deref(),
        std::env::var("HOME").ok().as_deref(),
    )
}

/// The installer's systemd unit runs with no `SPT_HOME` → it serves the
/// DEFAULT home only. A `SPT_HOME`-overridden invocation (tests, a secondary
/// home) is NOT the service's home, so the service must not be driven for it
/// (else a custom-home command would shell out to `systemctl --user start
/// spt-daemon` — which serves the wrong home, or fails in a bus-less context).
/// Detection is gated on this so service routing only applies on the home the
/// service actually manages.
#[cfg(target_os = "linux")]
fn manages_default_home() -> bool {
    std::env::var_os("SPT_HOME").is_none()
}

+/// The installer's systemd unit runs with no `SPT_HOME` → it serves the

+/// DEFAULT home only. A `SPT_HOME`-overridden invocation (tests, a secondary

+/// home) is NOT the service's home, so the service must not be driven for it

+/// (else a custom-home command would shell out to `systemctl --user start

+/// spt-daemon` — which serves the wrong home, or fails in a bus-less context).

+/// Detection is gated on this so service routing only applies on the home the

+    std::env::var_os("SPT_HOME").is_none()

fn run_systemctl(args: &[&str]) -> io::Result<()> {

let status = Command::new("systemctl").args(args).status()?;


impl DaemonService for SystemdUserService {
    fn detected(&self) -> bool {
        systemd_unit_path().map(|p| p.exists()).unwrap_or(false)
    }

impl DaemonService for SystemdUserService {
    fn detected(&self) -> bool {
        manages_default_home() && systemd_unit_path().map(|p| p.exists()).unwrap_or(false)
    }


impl DaemonService for SystemdUserService {
    fn detected(&self) -> bool {
        systemd_unit_path().map(|p| p.exists()).unwrap_or(false)
    }

impl DaemonService for SystemdUserService {
    fn detected(&self) -> bool {
        manages_default_home() && systemd_unit_path().map(|p| p.exists()).unwrap_or(false)
    }

-        systemd_unit_path().map(|p| p.exists()).unwrap_or(false)

+        manages_default_home() && systemd_unit_path().map(|p| p.exists()).unwrap_or(false)


Update the service.rs unit test (renamed fn + add default-home gate test):


    // [unit->REQ-DAEMON-7] `run` refuses only when elevated AND on Windows —
    // everywhere else (and unelevated) it proceeds foreground.
    #[test]
    fn run_refused_only_when_windows_and_elevated() {
        assert!(run_refused_when_elevated(true, true));
        assert!(!run_refused_when_elevated(true, false));
        assert!(!run_refused_when_elevated(false, true));
        assert!(!run_refused_when_elevated(false, false));
    }

    // [unit->REQ-DAEMON-7] `run` refuses only when it WOULD VANISH: on Windows
    // with a real de-elevation target. A headless/uniformly-elevated Windows
    // session (no target → would_vanish=false) serves foreground, as does unix.
    #[test]
    fn run_refused_only_when_windows_and_vanishing() {
        assert!(run_refused_when_vanishing(true, true));
        assert!(!run_refused_when_vanishing(true, false));
        assert!(!run_refused_when_vanishing(false, true));
        assert!(!run_refused_when_vanishing(false, false));
    }

    // [unit->REQ-DAEMON-6] [unit->REQ-DAEMON-8] the systemd service manages the
    // DEFAULT home only — a SPT_HOME-overridden invocation must not route to it
    // (else a custom-home command shells out to the wrong-home / bus-less
    // service). Save/restore the process-global env (the perch tests own the
    // same pattern).
    #[cfg(target_os = "linux")]
    #[test]
    fn service_ignored_under_spt_home_override() {
        let prev = std::env::var_os("SPT_HOME");
        std::env::set_var("SPT_HOME", "/tmp/spt-itest-home");
        let overridden = manages_default_home();
        std::env::remove_var("SPT_HOME");
        let default = manages_default_home();
        match prev {
            Some(v) => std::env::set_var("SPT_HOME", v),
            None => std::env::remove_var("SPT_HOME"),
        }
        assert!(!overridden, "SPT_HOME set ⇒ not the service's home");
        assert!(default, "no SPT_HOME ⇒ the default home the service manages");
    }


    // [unit->REQ-DAEMON-7] `run` refuses only when elevated AND on Windows —
    // everywhere else (and unelevated) it proceeds foreground.
    #[test]
    fn run_refused_only_when_windows_and_elevated() {
        assert!(run_refused_when_elevated(true, true));
        assert!(!run_refused_when_elevated(true, false));
        assert!(!run_refused_when_elevated(false, true));
        assert!(!run_refused_when_elevated(false, false));
    }

    // [unit->REQ-DAEMON-7] `run` refuses only when it WOULD VANISH: on Windows
    // with a real de-elevation target. A headless/uniformly-elevated Windows
    // session (no target → would_vanish=false) serves foreground, as does unix.
    #[test]
    fn run_refused_only_when_windows_and_vanishing() {
        assert!(run_refused_when_vanishing(true, true));
        assert!(!run_refused_when_vanishing(true, false));
        assert!(!run_refused_when_vanishing(false, true));
        assert!(!run_refused_when_vanishing(false, false));
    }

    // [unit->REQ-DAEMON-6] [unit->REQ-DAEMON-8] the systemd service manages the
    // DEFAULT home only — a SPT_HOME-overridden invocation must not route to it
    // (else a custom-home command shells out to the wrong-home / bus-less
    // service). Save/restore the process-global env (the perch tests own the
    // same pattern).
    #[cfg(target_os = "linux")]
    #[test]
    fn service_ignored_under_spt_home_override() {
        let prev = std::env::var_os("SPT_HOME");
        std::env::set_var("SPT_HOME", "/tmp/spt-itest-home");
        let overridden = manages_default_home();
        std::env::remove_var("SPT_HOME");
        let default = manages_default_home();
        match prev {
            Some(v) => std::env::set_var("SPT_HOME", v),
            None => std::env::remove_var("SPT_HOME"),
        }
        assert!(!overridden, "SPT_HOME set ⇒ not the service's home");
        assert!(default, "no SPT_HOME ⇒ the default home the service manages");
    }

assert_eq!(plan_stop(false, true, false), StopPlan::NotRunning);

-    // [unit->REQ-DAEMON-7] `run` refuses only when elevated AND on Windows —

-    // everywhere else (and unelevated) it proceeds foreground.

+    // [unit->REQ-DAEMON-7] `run` refuses only when it WOULD VANISH: on Windows

+    // with a real de-elevation target. A headless/uniformly-elevated Windows

+    // session (no target → would_vanish=false) serves foreground, as does unix.

-    fn run_refused_only_when_windows_and_elevated() {

-        assert!(run_refused_when_elevated(true, true));

-        assert!(!run_refused_when_elevated(true, false));

-        assert!(!run_refused_when_elevated(false, true));

-        assert!(!run_refused_when_elevated(false, false));

+    fn run_refused_only_when_windows_and_vanishing() {

+        assert!(run_refused_when_vanishing(true, true));

+        assert!(!run_refused_when_vanishing(true, false));

+        assert!(!run_refused_when_vanishing(false, true));

+        assert!(!run_refused_when_vanishing(false, false));

+    // [unit->REQ-DAEMON-6] [unit->REQ-DAEMON-8] the systemd service manages the

+    // DEFAULT home only — a SPT_HOME-overridden invocation must not route to it

+    // (else a custom-home command shells out to the wrong-home / bus-less

+    // service). Save/restore the process-global env (the perch tests own the

+    fn service_ignored_under_spt_home_override() {

+        let prev = std::env::var_os("SPT_HOME");

+        std::env::set_var("SPT_HOME", "/tmp/spt-itest-home");

+        let overridden = manages_default_home();

+        std::env::remove_var("SPT_HOME");

+        let default = manages_default_home();

+            Some(v) => std::env::set_var("SPT_HOME", v),

+            None => std::env::remove_var("SPT_HOME"),

+        assert!(!overridden, "SPT_HOME set ⇒ not the service's home");

+        assert!(default, "no SPT_HOME ⇒ the default home the service manages");

// [unit->REQ-DAEMON-6] the systemd unit path is the install.sh target:

// XDG_CONFIG_HOME wins when set, else $HOME/.config; neither ⇒ no path.


Now Fix 3 — add `has_deelevation_target()` to deelevate (Windows), mirroring `spawn_deelevated`'s target gate without spawning:


        let result = create_with_token(shell, program, args).map(Some);
        unsafe { CloseHandle(shell) };
        result
    }

        let result = create_with_token(shell, program, args).map(Some);
        unsafe { CloseHandle(shell) };
        result
    }

    /// Whether an elevated `daemon run` here WOULD respawn de-elevated and
    /// detach (vanish into the background) — i.e. a real de-elevation target
    /// exists: elevated AND a desktop shell token exists AND that shell is
    /// itself unelevated. `false` when not elevated, when there is no desktop
    /// shell (a headless / service session — e.g. an elevated CI runner), or
    /// when the shell is itself elevated (a uniformly-elevated universe): in
    /// those cases `run` serves elevated in the foreground consistently rather
    /// than vanishing. Mirrors [`spawn_deelevated`]'s `Ok(Some)` condition
    /// WITHOUT spawning, so `daemon run` can refuse only the vanishing case
    /// (REQ-DAEMON-7).
    // [impl->REQ-DAEMON-7]
    pub fn has_deelevation_target() -> bool {
        if !is_elevated() {
            return false;
        }
        match shell_primary_token() {
            Ok(Some(shell)) => {
                let elevated = token_is_elevated(shell);
                unsafe { CloseHandle(shell) };
                !elevated
            }
            _ => false,
        }
    }


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        let result = create_with_token(shell, program, args).map(Some);
        unsafe { CloseHandle(shell) };
        result
    }

    /// Whether an elevated `daemon run` here WOULD respawn de-elevated and
    /// detach (vanish into the background) — i.e. a real de-elevation target
    /// exists: elevated AND a desktop shell token exists AND that shell is
    /// itself unelevated. `false` when not elevated, when there is no desktop
    /// shell (a headless / service session — e.g. an elevated CI runner), or
    /// when the shell is itself elevated (a uniformly-elevated universe): in
    /// those cases `run` serves elevated in the foreground consistently rather
    /// than vanishing. Mirrors [`spawn_deelevated`]'s `Ok(Some)` condition
    /// WITHOUT spawning, so `daemon run` can refuse only the vanishing case
    /// (REQ-DAEMON-7).
    // [impl->REQ-DAEMON-7]
    pub fn has_deelevation_target() -> bool {
        if !is_elevated() {
            return false;
        }
        match shell_primary_token() {
            Ok(Some(shell)) => {
                let elevated = token_is_elevated(shell);
                unsafe { CloseHandle(shell) };
                !elevated
            }
            _ => false,
        }
    }

+    /// Whether an elevated `daemon run` here WOULD respawn de-elevated and

+    /// detach (vanish into the background) — i.e. a real de-elevation target

+    /// exists: elevated AND a desktop shell token exists AND that shell is

+    /// itself unelevated. `false` when not elevated, when there is no desktop

+    /// shell (a headless / service session — e.g. an elevated CI runner), or

+    /// when the shell is itself elevated (a uniformly-elevated universe): in

+    /// those cases `run` serves elevated in the foreground consistently rather

+    /// than vanishing. Mirrors [`spawn_deelevated`]'s `Ok(Some)` condition

+    /// WITHOUT spawning, so `daemon run` can refuse only the vanishing case

+    pub fn has_deelevation_target() -> bool {

+                let elevated = token_is_elevated(shell);

+                unsafe { CloseHandle(shell) };

/// The desktop shell process's token as a PRIMARY token, or `Ok(None)`

/// when no shell window exists (headless / service session).

fn shell_primary_token() -> io::Result<Option<isize>> {


#[cfg(windows)]
pub use windows::{is_elevated, spawn_deelevated};

#[cfg(windows)]
pub use windows::{has_deelevation_target, is_elevated, spawn_deelevated};


#[cfg(windows)]
pub use windows::{is_elevated, spawn_deelevated};

#[cfg(windows)]
pub use windows::{has_deelevation_target, is_elevated, spawn_deelevated};

pub use unix::{daemon_target_user, sudo_invoker, SudoInvoker};

-pub use windows::{is_elevated, spawn_deelevated};

+pub use windows::{has_deelevation_target, is_elevated, spawn_deelevated};

/// What a spawner should do about elevation — the pure decision seam (the

/// REQ-PAIR-6 `gate_for` posture: the OS probe is environment-dependent,


Now Fix 2 — `ensure_running` + `start_daemon` fall back to `spawn_detached` when the service can't be driven (bus-less default-home autostart):


    let svc = crate::service::platform_service();
    match crate::service::plan_start(false, svc.detected()) {
        crate::service::StartPlan::ServiceStart => svc.start()?,
        crate::service::StartPlan::ManualSpawn => spawn_detached()?,
        // `running` was passed false, so AlreadyRunning is unreachable here.
        crate::service::StartPlan::AlreadyRunning => return Ok(()),
    }
    wait_until_up()

    let svc = crate::service::platform_service();
    match crate::service::plan_start(false, svc.detected()) {
        crate::service::StartPlan::ServiceStart => {
            // Prefer the manager — but if it can't be driven (no session bus on
            // a default-home box, manager not running), fall back to a manual
            // daemon rather than leave the caller daemon-less. The autostart
            // path must never hard-fail when a spawn would have worked.
            if let Err(e) = svc.start() {
                eprintln!("DAEMON_SERVICE_START_FALLBACK: {e} — starting a manual daemon");
                spawn_detached()?;
            }
        }
        crate::service::StartPlan::ManualSpawn => spawn_detached()?,
        // `running` was passed false, so AlreadyRunning is unreachable here.
        crate::service::StartPlan::AlreadyRunning => return Ok(()),
    }
    wait_until_up()


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    let svc = crate::service::platform_service();
    match crate::service::plan_start(false, svc.detected()) {
        crate::service::StartPlan::ServiceStart => svc.start()?,
        crate::service::StartPlan::ManualSpawn => spawn_detached()?,
        // `running` was passed false, so AlreadyRunning is unreachable here.
        crate::service::StartPlan::AlreadyRunning => return Ok(()),
    }
    wait_until_up()

    let svc = crate::service::platform_service();
    match crate::service::plan_start(false, svc.detected()) {
        crate::service::StartPlan::ServiceStart => {
            // Prefer the manager — but if it can't be driven (no session bus on
            // a default-home box, manager not running), fall back to a manual
            // daemon rather than leave the caller daemon-less. The autostart
            // path must never hard-fail when a spawn would have worked.
            if let Err(e) = svc.start() {
                eprintln!("DAEMON_SERVICE_START_FALLBACK: {e} — starting a manual daemon");
                spawn_detached()?;
            }
        }
        crate::service::StartPlan::ManualSpawn => spawn_detached()?,
        // `running` was passed false, so AlreadyRunning is unreachable here.
        crate::service::StartPlan::AlreadyRunning => return Ok(()),
    }
    wait_until_up()

-        crate::service::StartPlan::ServiceStart => svc.start()?,

+        crate::service::StartPlan::ServiceStart => {

+            // Prefer the manager — but if it can't be driven (no session bus on

+            // a default-home box, manager not running), fall back to a manual

+            // daemon rather than leave the caller daemon-less. The autostart

+            // path must never hard-fail when a spawn would have worked.

+            if let Err(e) = svc.start() {

+                eprintln!("DAEMON_SERVICE_START_FALLBACK: {e} — starting a manual daemon");


        crate::service::StartPlan::ServiceStart => {
            svc.start()?;
            wait_until_up()?;
            Ok(StartOutcome::ServiceStarted(svc.label()))
        }
        crate::service::StartPlan::ManualSpawn => {
            spawn_detached()?;
            wait_until_up()?;
            Ok(StartOutcome::Spawned)
        }

        crate::service::StartPlan::ServiceStart => match svc.start() {
            Ok(()) => {
                wait_until_up()?;
                Ok(StartOutcome::ServiceStarted(svc.label()))
            }
            // Manager present but undrivable (no session bus) — fall back to a
            // manual daemon so `daemon start` still brings one up.
            Err(e) => {
                eprintln!("DAEMON_SERVICE_START_FALLBACK: {e} — starting a manual daemon");
                spawn_detached()?;
                wait_until_up()?;
                Ok(StartOutcome::Spawned)
            }
        },
        crate::service::StartPlan::ManualSpawn => {
            spawn_detached()?;
            wait_until_up()?;
            Ok(StartOutcome::Spawned)
        }


        crate::service::StartPlan::ServiceStart => {
            svc.start()?;
            wait_until_up()?;
            Ok(StartOutcome::ServiceStarted(svc.label()))
        }
        crate::service::StartPlan::ManualSpawn => {
            spawn_detached()?;
            wait_until_up()?;
            Ok(StartOutcome::Spawned)
        }

        crate::service::StartPlan::ServiceStart => match svc.start() {
            Ok(()) => {
                wait_until_up()?;
                Ok(StartOutcome::ServiceStarted(svc.label()))
            }
            // Manager present but undrivable (no session bus) — fall back to a
            // manual daemon so `daemon start` still brings one up.
            Err(e) => {
                eprintln!("DAEMON_SERVICE_START_FALLBACK: {e} — starting a manual daemon");
                spawn_detached()?;
                wait_until_up()?;
                Ok(StartOutcome::Spawned)
            }
        },
        crate::service::StartPlan::ManualSpawn => {
            spawn_detached()?;
            wait_until_up()?;
            Ok(StartOutcome::Spawned)
        }

match crate::service::plan_start(is_running(), svc.detected()) {

-        crate::service::StartPlan::ServiceStart => {

-            Ok(StartOutcome::ServiceStarted(svc.label()))

+        crate::service::StartPlan::ServiceStart => match svc.start() {

+                Ok(StartOutcome::ServiceStarted(svc.label()))

+            // Manager present but undrivable (no session bus) — fall back to a

+            // manual daemon so `daemon start` still brings one up.

+                Ok(StartOutcome::Spawned)


Now update the cli.rs guard to use the vanish predicate + `has_deelevation_target`:


    #[cfg(windows)]
    if spt_daemon::service::run_refused_when_elevated(true, spt_daemon::deelevate::is_elevated()) {
        eprintln!(
            "DAEMON_RUN_ELEVATED: `daemon run` is foreground + unelevated; use \
             `spt daemon start` for a background daemon, or run from an unelevated shell"
        );
        return 2;
    }

    #[cfg(windows)]
    if spt_daemon::service::run_refused_when_vanishing(
        true,
        spt_daemon::deelevate::has_deelevation_target(),
    ) {
        // Only the vanishing case: elevated WITH an unelevated desktop shell to
        // drop to (run would respawn detached/de-elevated). A headless or
        // uniformly-elevated session has no target and serves foreground below.
        eprintln!(
            "DAEMON_RUN_ELEVATED: `daemon run` is foreground; from an elevated shell it would \
             respawn in the background — use `spt daemon start` for a background daemon, or run \
             from an unelevated shell"
        );
        return 2;
    }


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    #[cfg(windows)]
    if spt_daemon::service::run_refused_when_elevated(true, spt_daemon::deelevate::is_elevated()) {
        eprintln!(
            "DAEMON_RUN_ELEVATED: `daemon run` is foreground + unelevated; use \
             `spt daemon start` for a background daemon, or run from an unelevated shell"
        );
        return 2;
    }

    #[cfg(windows)]
    if spt_daemon::service::run_refused_when_vanishing(
        true,
        spt_daemon::deelevate::has_deelevation_target(),
    ) {
        // Only the vanishing case: elevated WITH an unelevated desktop shell to
        // drop to (run would respawn detached/de-elevated). A headless or
        // uniformly-elevated session has no target and serves foreground below.
        eprintln!(
            "DAEMON_RUN_ELEVATED: `daemon run` is foreground; from an elevated shell it would \
             respawn in the background — use `spt daemon start` for a background daemon, or run \
             from an unelevated shell"
        );
        return 2;
    }

-    if spt_daemon::service::run_refused_when_elevated(true, spt_daemon::deelevate::is_elevated()) {

+    if spt_daemon::service::run_refused_when_vanishing(

+        spt_daemon::deelevate::has_deelevation_target(),

+        // Only the vanishing case: elevated WITH an unelevated desktop shell to

+        // drop to (run would respawn detached/de-elevated). A headless or

+        // uniformly-elevated session has no target and serves foreground below.

-            "DAEMON_RUN_ELEVATED: `daemon run` is foreground + unelevated; use \

-             `spt daemon start` for a background daemon, or run from an unelevated shell"

+            "DAEMON_RUN_ELEVATED: `daemon run` is foreground; from an elevated shell it would \

+             respawn in the background — use `spt daemon start` for a background daemon, or run \


Three fixes in. Compile-check + run the regression witness (contract_e2e) locally + service units + clippy:


Bash

cd "C:/Users/decid/Documents/projects/spt-core" && cargo test -p spt-daemon --lib service 2>&1 | tail -12

service unit tests + compile


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running 3 tests
test service::tests::plan_start_prefers_service_then_spawn_idempotent ... ok
test service::tests::plan_stop_routes_managed_then_ipc_then_noop ... ok
test service::tests::run_refused_only_when_windows_and_vanishing ... ok

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Compiles, 3 service units pass. Run contract_e2e locally (Windows regression witness) + clippy:


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     Running tests\contract_e2e.rs (target\debug\deps\contract_e2e-d8292f4232ea140a.exe)

running 4 tests
test cold_api_call_autostarts_daemon_and_handoff_is_in_memory ... ok
test mock_adapter_drives_the_full_contract ... ok
SEEDED:46836
test live_agent_lifecycle_e2e ... ok
SEEDED:46836
test seed_then_listen_binds_and_relays ... ok

test result: ok. 4 passed; 0 failed; 0 ignored; 0 measured; 0 filtered out; finished in 2.57s


Prompt:
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<task-id>bx6g9bm34</task-id>
<tool-use-id>toolu_014QeDabuZWaLN4GrAct2ewM</tool-use-id>
<output-file>C:\Users\decid\AppData\Local\Temp\claude\C--Users-decid-Documents-projects-spt-core\afad552a-7216-48d3-ba81-3c8294f2a399\tasks\bx6g9bm34.output</output-file>
<status>completed</status>
<summary>Background command "contract_e2e local (Windows)" completed (exit code 0)</summary>
</task-notification>


<task-notification>
<task-id>bnex6p7to</task-id>
<tool-use-id>toolu_01FMepr3pVjrGBqopoiDK9gv</tool-use-id>
<output-file>C:\Users\decid\AppData\Local\Temp\claude\C--Users-decid-Documents-projects-spt-core\afad552a-7216-48d3-ba81-3c8294f2a399\tasks\bnex6p7to.output</output-file>
<status>completed</status>
<summary>Background command "clippy spt-daemon + spt" completed (exit code 0)</summary>
</task-notification>


contract_e2e 4/4 pass locally (Windows). Wait clippy + check whether the cancelled run left a draft release:


until grep -qE "Finished|error\[|error:|warning:" "C:/Users/decid/AppData/Local/Temp/claude/C--Users-decid-Documents-projects-spt-core/afad552a-7216-48d3-ba81-3c8294f2a399/tasks/bnex6p7to.output" 2>/dev/null; do sleep 5; done; tail -6 "C:/Users/decid/AppData/Local/Temp/claude/C--Users-decid-Documents-projects-spt-core/afad552a-7216-48d3-ba81-3c8294f2a399/tasks/bnex6p7to.output"; echo "=== draft release? ==="; cd "C:/Users/decid/Documents/projects/spt-core" && gh release view v0.3.0 --repo SaberMage/spt-releases --json isDraft,name,createdAt 2>&1 | head

clippy result + draft release check


    Checking iroh-relay v0.98.0
    Checking iroh v0.98.2
    Checking spt-net v0.3.0 (C:\Users\decid\Documents\projects\spt-core\crates\spt-net)
    Checking spt-daemon v0.3.0 (C:\Users\decid\Documents\projects\spt-core\crates\spt-daemon)
    Checking spt v0.3.0 (C:\Users\decid\Documents\projects\spt-core\crates\spt)
    Finished `dev` profile [unoptimized + debuginfo] target(s) in 37.55s
=== draft release? ===
release not found


Prompt:
<task-notification>
<task-id>bnex6p7to</task-id>
<tool-use-id>toolu_01FMepr3pVjrGBqopoiDK9gv</tool-use-id>
<output-file>C:\Users\decid\AppData\Local\Temp\claude\C--Users-decid-Documents-projects-spt-core\afad552a-7216-48d3-ba81-3c8294f2a399\tasks\bnex6p7to.output</output-file>
<status>completed</status>
<summary>Background command "clippy spt-daemon + spt" completed (exit code 0)</summary>
</task-notification>


Clippy clean. No draft release was created (cancelled before the assemble job). Move the fix to dev-freeform + commit:


cd "C:/Users/decid/Documents/projects/spt-core" && git checkout dev-freeform 2>&1 | tail -2 && git add crates/spt-daemon/src/service.rs crates/spt-daemon/src/daemon.rs crates/spt-daemon/src/deelevate.rs crates/spt/src/cli.rs && git status -s

switch to dev-freeform + stage fix


Your branch is up to date with 'origin/dev-freeform'.
Switched to branch 'dev-freeform'
M  crates/spt-daemon/src/daemon.rs
M  crates/spt-daemon/src/deelevate.rs
M  crates/spt-daemon/src/service.rs
M  crates/spt/src/cli.rs


cd "C:/Users/decid/Documents/projects/spt-core" && git commit -q -F - <<'EOF'
fix(daemon): scope service routing to default home + refuse `run` only when it would vanish

Two regressions the v0.3.0 CI caught (contract_e2e cold-autostart, both runners):

- Linux: `ensure_running` detected the runner's REAL installed `spt-daemon`
  user unit (detection reads real user config, not the per-invocation
  SPT_HOME) and shelled out to `systemctl --user start` — which serves the
  DEFAULT home, not the test/override home, and fails outright in a bus-less
  context. Fix: gate Linux service detection on `SPT_HOME` being unset — the
  unit serves only the home it was installed for; a SPT_HOME-overridden
  invocation spawns a manual daemon instead. Plus a robustness fallback:
  if `svc.start()` fails (no session bus on a default-home box), fall back to
  `spawn_detached` rather than leave the caller daemon-less.
- Windows: the `daemon run` elevated-refuse guard fired on `is_elevated()`
  alone, so a uniformly-elevated / headless session (an elevated CI runner
  with no desktop shell) refused to serve — but that is the legitimate
  KH-5.7 "serve elevated, consistent universe" path, not the vanishing one.
  Fix: refuse only when a real de-elevation target exists (new
  `deelevate::has_deelevation_target`, mirroring `spawn_deelevated`'s Ok(Some)
  gate without spawning); `run_refused_when_elevated` → `run_refused_when_vanishing`.

Units: run-refuse decision retargeted to the vanish flag; default-home gate
(SPT_HOME override ⇒ service ignored). contract_e2e green locally; CI re-run
confirms both runners. REQ-DAEMON-6/7/8.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.8 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>
EOF
git log --oneline -1

commit the fix


7f63373 fix(daemon): scope service routing to default home + refuse `run` only when it would vanish


Fix `7f63373`. Run remaining gates before pushing for CI verification:


cd "C:/Users/decid/Documents/projects/spt-core" && traceable-reqs check >/tmp/tr2.out 2>&1; echo "TR=$?"; tail -1 /tmp/tr2.out; cargo run -p xtask -- check 2>&1 | tail -1

traceable-reqs + docs-drift


Command running in background with ID: b5nlihmm8. Output is being written to: C:\Users\decid\AppData\Local\Temp\claude\C--Users-decid-Documents-projects-spt-core\afad552a-7216-48d3-ba81-3c8294f2a399\tasks\b5nlihmm8.output. You will be notified when it completes. To check interim output, use Read on that file path.


cd "C:/Users/decid/Documents/projects/spt-core" && cargo test -p spt --bin spt 2>&1 | grep -E "test result|error" | tail -3

spt bin full test


Command running in background with ID: bk9yuf2bp. Output is being written to: C:\Users\decid\AppData\Local\Temp\claude\C--Users-decid-Documents-projects-spt-core\afad552a-7216-48d3-ba81-3c8294f2a399\tasks\bk9yuf2bp.output. You will be notified when it completes. To check interim output, use Read on that file path.


until grep -qE "TR=" "C:/Users/decid/AppData/Local/Temp/claude/C--Users-decid-Documents-projects-spt-core/afad552a-7216-48d3-ba81-3c8294f2a399/tasks/b5nlihmm8.output" 2>/dev/null && grep -qE "xtask check|OK|drift" "C:/Users/decid/AppData/Local/Temp/claude/C--Users-decid-Documents-projects-spt-core/afad552a-7216-48d3-ba81-3c8294f2a399/tasks/b5nlihmm8.output"; do sleep 4; done; cat "C:/Users/decid/AppData/Local/Temp/claude/C--Users-decid-Documents-projects-spt-core/afad552a-7216-48d3-ba81-3c8294f2a399/tasks/b5nlihmm8.output"

read tr + xtask


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<output-file>C:\Users\decid\AppData\Local\Temp\claude\C--Users-decid-Documents-projects-spt-core\afad552a-7216-48d3-ba81-3c8294f2a399\tasks\bk9yuf2bp.output</output-file>
<status>completed</status>
<summary>Background command "spt bin full test" completed (exit code 0)</summary>
</task-notification>