1	---
2	name: v012-lifecycle-milestone
3	description: "v0.12.0 spt-hosted lifecycle & liveness reconciliation milestone (operator-mandated blocking, doyle dispatch) — 7 REQs, wave-by-wave, B2 keystone built"
4	metadata:
5	  node_type: memory
6	  type: project
7	  originSessionId: bf7260cd-fc4e-463b-9c46-b2ed704b4bab
8	---
9
10	**v0.12.0 spt-hosted LIFECYCLE & LIVENESS RECONCILIATION** — operator-mandated BLOCKING (endpoint run unusable: attach hangs, daemon stop doesn't stop). doyle dispatched 2026-06-17 (2-agent diagnosis). Branch **v0.12.0-lifecycle** off main@27e0619 (v0.11.0). todlando builds keystone-first in waves, doyle gates PER-WAVE, then deployah → v0.12.0 MINOR.
11
12	**UNIFYING ROOT:** info.json `status=online` is a ONE-WAY LATCH — set at establish (startup.rs:361/468), NEVER cleared vs real liveness (liveness.rs:80-93 is_perch_alive returns ONLINE for daemon-hosted). Every symptom falls out of this + stop/restart lifecycle not tearing-down/rehydrating.
13
14	**RELEASE IN FLIGHT: PR #25 (v0.12.0-lifecycle → main) CI GREEN BOTH RUNNERS @6de905b (run 27756305663) — awaiting doyle final re-gate → deployah resumes v0.12.0 (counter 25).** deployah pushed the stack + opened PR#25; first CI RED on Linux kitsubito = TEST-ONLY cross-platform bug (NOT my production code): dup-reap unit hardcoded prog="sh" but Ubuntu /bin/sh→dash symlink → exe_basename="dash" → basename gate failed. FIX @6de905b (doyle-dispatched, code-read PASS, ZERO prod change): (1) orphan_reap test derives expected prog from the psyche's OWN live exe_basename AFTER readiness poll (not hardcoded sh/cmd) — isolates the test to the ID-SPECIFIC cmdline gate; (2) harden unix marker spawn `sh -c 'sleep 30; : <marker>'` (two cmds, trailing builtin `:` → shell stays resident, no tail-exec-replace, /proc/cmdline keeps marker) in BOTH orphan_reap + proc.rs marker units; Windows spawns unchanged. Earlier Windows red = global C: disk-full (1.85TB outside workspace), cleared by operator reclaim → both green this run. **LESSON: this Git Bash has NO `jq` — a CI Monitor using external `jq` silently never settles; use `gh pr view --json X --jq '...'` (gh's BUILT-IN jq) or `gh pr checks`.**
15
16	**v0.12.0 STATE @464eaf7 (now @6de905b on PR#25) — ALL ITEMS GATE-PASS, READY TO RELEASE:** mandated-7 (B2·B1·H3·B3·Breap·B5, **B4 closed-SUBSUMED**) + psyche-reap + dup-reap + endpoint-purge @981dea2 + **ready-agent-resume @464eaf7 = doyle GATE-PASS 2026-06-18** (independently: read diff, confirmed append-dedup L99-100, ran new unit + int + positive anchor live_bind_firsthost in target-seam all green, traceable EXIT=0, FIX(2) SUBSUMED state-gate verified-at-code; int non-vacuous — diag shows carried session sess-resume-carry-42, state=ready_agent, hosted=0). todlando told CLEAR. **NEXT: drive deployah → v0.12.0 MINOR release, AWAITING operator GO** (publish is outward-facing/irreversible, all prior releases operator-gated; stack 11 ahead of main, unpushed). REQ-PICKER-ADAPTER-DESCRIPTION = deferred fast-follow (post-v0.12.0).
17	- **REQ-READY-AGENT-RESUME** @464eaf7 [doc,impl,unit,int]: offline ReadyAgent now shows in `endpoint run` picker Resume-from-history. ROOT: harness-hosted ready bind ReadyAgent::start_homed wrote info.json but never ledgered → 0 session rows → picker (gates on ledger rows) skipped it. **FIX(1)** start_homed appends Boot row on bind (mirror establish_perch:250, !sid.is_empty, best-effort). **FIX(2)=SUBSUMED (verified-at-code B4-style, ZERO code):** no-psyche discriminator for a ready endpoint is the livehost reconcile START-side STATE gate (livehost.rs:319 `info.state != LIVE_AGENT_STATE → continue`, skips a ready_agent perch) AHEAD of the adapter(325)/psyche_init(343) gates; cmd_endpoint_run type-agnostic; --resume carries session via {session_id}/[env] fill. unit start_ledgers_a_boot_session_row. int ready_bind_ledgers_and_reconcile_hosts_no_psyche (real `spt ready` bind w/ OWL_SESSION_ID ledgers carried session + reconcile_once hosts NO psyche EVEN with a live-capable psyche_init adapter resolved = inversion of live_bind_firsthost). NO `spt` subcommand → no xtask gen needed. **GOTCHA: targeted `cargo test -p spt --test contract_e2e` shows 2 FAIL (`mock_bin.exists()`) — contract_e2e needs the `mock-session` helper which lives in the `mock-adapter` PACKAGE, not spt; targeted --test won't build it. Pre-build `cargo build -p mock-adapter --bin mock-session`. NOT a regression.** Seam bar all green (clippy workspace, traceable EXIT=0, new unit+int, poll_envelope/contract/quickstart/live_bind_firsthost siblings).
18	- **REQ-ENDPOINT-PURGE** @981dea2 [doc(doyle@d8e7761),impl,unit,int]: `spt endpoint purge <id>` — EndpointCmd::Purge{id,--yes,--force} + cmd_endpoint_purge. Offline-only gate (--force=cmd_stop→bounded-wait-reconcile-unhost+psyche-reap→purge), SPT_ENDPOINT_ID self-guard, confirm unless --yes. Removes perch TREE (remove_dir_all owlery/<id>/ = nested {id}-psyche/{id}-w*/shells, all under it) + unregister_address + ContextStore::remove_endpoint + AccessStore::open + NEW VisibilityStore::remove_endpoint. Generalizes fork --delete-source behind rename's offline gate. **GOTCHA: xtask gen BUILDS spt respecting CARGO_TARGET_DIR but READS hardcoded target/debug/spt → under CARGO_TARGET_DIR=target-seam the gen reads a STALE binary, reference.md misses the new command. FIX: run `cargo run -p xtask -- gen` in DEFAULT target (where CI's xtask check reads).** unit purge_offline_gate_and_self_guard + int purge_removes_every_record (cli.rs bin tests — spt has NO lib, use `--bin spt`). Seam: clippy clean, traceable 247 EXIT=0, xtask check OK, 178 bin tests green.
19
20	**WAVE 5: psyche-reap @7449f5e GATE-PASS. dup-reap @909ad01 GATE-PASS + B4 CLOSED SUBSUMED (same commit). SCOPE GREW: operator added 2 more to v0.12.0 — READY-AGENT-RESUME + `spt endpoint purge` — doyle DESIGNS+MINTS+DISPATCHES those (NOT mine to start). So v0.12.0 = mandated-7 (B4 subsumed) + dup-reap + [ready-resume + purge pending doyle design]. After all gate → deployah → MINOR.**
21	- **REQ-HAZARD-BRAIN-RESTART-PSYCHE-DUP** @909ad01 [impl,unit,int]: brain restart left DUPLICATE psyche/endpoint (abrupt brain death → stop_host never runs, old psyche orphaned alive; new brain re-hosts + overwrites perch pid → old untracked til daemon-stop). FIX = reap_orphan_psyches at brain-start (spawn_live_host, BEFORE first reconcile): triple-gate psyche_orphan_should_reap = alive AND normalize_basename(exe)==adapter psyche prog AND process_cmdline(pid).contains("<id>-psyche"). **ID-SPECIFIC is load-bearing (doyle): basename-only WRONG-KILLS a sibling — all sibling agents share `claude` basename; a recycled pid on a sibling's claude matches basename alone. cmdline-contains-full-"<id>-psyche" is sibling+prefix-safe; FAILS SAFE (any None→decline; missed dup Breap-bounded, wrong-kill catastrophic).** CAVEAT (documented): cmdline carries id only if psyche_init bakes {id} (norm); non-{id}=safe-miss. NO start-time (doyle YAGNI). New spt_store::proc::{kill_pid scoped, process_cmdline (Win NtQueryInformationProcess class60 UNICODE_STRING / Linux /proc/cmdline)}. unit orphan_reap_..._spares_a_same_basename_sibling + process_cmdline_reads_a_live_arg_marker (Win FFI in-test). int brain_restart_leaves_exactly_one_psyche (real daemon, SINGLE-pid brain kill→respawn→P1 reaped+one P2).
22	- **B4 CLOSED SUBSUMED** (REQ-HAZARD-BRAIN-RESTART-LIFECYCLE-REHYDRATE, required_stages=[]): 5-axis evidence all-rebuilt-on-restart (config→with_config_in / pulse+psyche→spawn_live_host@230→reconcile_once / delivery→resume_sessions@797 / online-off→B2+B5 / shellwake→spawn_wake_host@219). Kept the id (not redefined) — the real residual = dup-reap (own id). doyle "win not miss".
23
24	**(prior wave-5 first half) psyche-reap @7449f5e GATE-PASS** — owned-Child reap (recycle-PROOF). B4 = axis-table SUBSUMED.

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Verified + re-gate PASS. deployah resuming the release; todlando cleared. (Memory already reflects PR#25 + the no-`jq`-in-Git-Bash CI lesson — noted.)

**Status:** v0.12.0 fully re-gated, CI green both runners @6de905b. deployah now: merge PR #25 → bump 0.11.0→0.12.0 → push main → CI → tag → sign → publish.

Holding for deployah's **CHANGELOG ping** (I vet before tag) → then publish + hashes → then I inform perri. Disk held this run; will flag you if the main-push build tightens C: again.


proceed to publish. be sure to inform perri once it lands, as she's waiting for it to be unblocked for her next steps. /trace your recent session logs if you don't remember what perri was trying to do…


<task-notification>
<task-id>b3ok5tzh4</task-id>
<summary>Monitor event: "« spt event »"</summary>
<event><EVENT type="msg" from="todlando">ACK re-gate PASS. v0.12.0 fully gated end-to-end, release in deployah's hands (counter 25). todlando CLEAR + idle. Ping if the release surfaces anything. 🦉</EVENT></event>
</task-notification>


<owl_reachability_notice>
You have an active owl perch. When spawning subagents or doing work, use run_in_background: true so you stay reachable for incoming messages.
</owl_reachability_notice>


CAVEMAN MODE ACTIVE (full). Drop articles/filler/pleasantries/hedging. Fragments OK. Code/commits/security: write normal.


todlando idle, no reply needed. Holding for deployah CHANGELOG vet ping.


<task-notification>
<task-id>b3ok5tzh4</task-id>
Monitor event: "« spt event »"
<event><EVENT-PART seq="1/6" id="834b9ec4" type="msg" from="deployah">RESUMED v0.12.0 — merged PR#25 (c19f6a1) → bump c17550d pushed → main CI running (run 27758011118, both runners). Tag held for CI green + your VET.

Authored [0.12.0] (you wanted to vet pre-tag). Exact release-notes body:

---
## [0.12.0] - 2026-06-18

A minor release fixing the live-agent </EVENT-PART>
<EVENT-PART seq="2/6" id="834b9ec4">lifecycle: running an agent, attaching to it, and stopping or restarting the daemon now behave correctly, and an agent's reported status reflects whether it is actually reachable.

### Added
- **`spt endpoint purge &lt;id&gt;`** — removes an offline endpoint's record and leftover files in one step (offline endpoints only).
- **Of</EVENT-PART>
<EVENT-PART seq="3/6" id="834b9ec4">fline agents now appear in the `spt endpoint run` resume-from-history picker,** so you can relaunch a previously-run agent instead of setting it up again.

### Fixed
- **An agent's status now reflects whether it is actually reachable.** A daemon-hosted agent whose session has gone away is now marked offline on the next check instead o</EVENT-PART>
<EVENT-PART seq="4/6" id="834b9ec4">f staying &quot;online&quot; indefinitely. Agents reached over a relay are unaffected.
- **Attaching to an agent no longer hangs on a dead or silent session.** `spt rc` now fails fast with a message instead of showing an endless blank screen, and stopping an endpoint marks it offline.
- **`spt daemon stop` now fully stops the daemon.** I</EVENT-PART>
<EVENT-PART seq="5/6" id="834b9ec4">t finishes releasing its sockets before reporting success, and it cleans up the agent and Psyche processes it launched instead of leaving them running.
- **Restarting the daemon no longer revives stale &quot;online&quot; agents** that are not actually running, and no longer leaves a duplicate Psyche behind.
---

No internal codes (</EVENT-PART>
<EVENT-PART seq="6/6" id="834b9ec4">no brain/broker/job-object/process-group/controllable/tick/REQ). &quot;Psyche&quot; kept (user-facing, as in v0.8.1/0.8.2). Reword? reply the edit; else thumbs-up → tag on CI green. MINOR, counter 25. Watching disk on the main build — will flag if it re-tightens.
-- deployah</EVENT-PART></event>
</task-notification>


deployah's v0.12.0 CHANGELOG. Vet rigorously (v0.8.0 lesson: read the committed file, don't trust the relay — truncation risk). Fetch + read CHANGELOG.md at the bump commit:


Bash

git fetch origin main 2>&1 | tail -1; echo "=== version at bump c17550d ==="; git show c17550d:Cargo.toml 2>/dev/null | grep -E "^version"; echo "=== CHANGELOG [0.12.0] section at c17550d ==="; git show c17550d:CHANGELOG.md 2>/dev/null | sed -n '/## \[0.12.0\]/,/## \[0.11.0\]/p' | head -40

Read committed CHANGELOG 0.12.0 section + version at bump commit


 * branch            main       -> FETCH_HEAD
=== version at bump c17550d ===
version = "0.12.0"
=== CHANGELOG [0.12.0] section at c17550d ===
## [0.12.0] - 2026-06-18

A minor release fixing the live-agent lifecycle: running an agent, attaching to it, and stopping or restarting the daemon now behave correctly, and an agent's reported status reflects whether it is actually reachable.

### Added

- **`spt endpoint purge <id>`** — removes an offline endpoint's record and leftover files in one step (offline endpoints only).
- **Offline agents now appear in the `spt endpoint run` resume-from-history picker,** so you can relaunch a previously-run agent instead of setting it up again.

### Fixed

- **An agent's status now reflects whether it is actually reachable.** A daemon-hosted agent whose session has gone away is now marked offline on the next check instead of staying "online" indefinitely. Agents reached over a relay are unaffected.
- **Attaching to an agent no longer hangs on a dead or silent session.** `spt rc` now fails fast with a message instead of showing an endless blank screen, and stopping an endpoint marks it offline.
- **`spt daemon stop` now fully stops the daemon.** It finishes releasing its sockets before reporting success, and it cleans up the agent and Psyche processes it launched instead of leaving them running.
- **Restarting the daemon no longer revives stale "online" agents** that are not actually running, and no longer leaves a duplicate Psyche behind.

## [0.11.0] - 2026-06-17


Committed CHANGELOG @c17550d matches the relay exactly (no truncation); version = 0.12.0. **Vet PASS** — every bullet maps to a shipped item, accurate, complete:
- Added: endpoint purge ✓, offline-in-resume-picker (ready-resume) ✓
- Fixed: status-reachability w/ relay-exempt (B2) ✓, attach fail-fast + stop-offline (B1+H3) ✓, daemon-stop barrier + process cleanup (B3+Breap) ✓, restart no-revive + no-dup-Psyche (B5+dup-reap) ✓
- B4 subsumed → no entry (correct); deferred PICKER-ADAPTER-DESCRIPTION correctly absent; no internal jargon (version-not-milestone rule); "Psyche" kept (consistent w/ v0.8.1/0.8.2); date correct; only new command (endpoint purge) present.

Approve:


$OWL send deployah <<'EOF'
CHANGELOG VET PASS 👍 — read the committed [0.12.0] section at c17550d (version=0.12.0 confirmed), matches your relay exactly, no truncation. Every bullet maps to a shipped item and is accurate:
- Added: endpoint purge + offline-in-resume-picker — both correct.
- Fixed: status-reachability (relay-exempt noted, matches the controllable gate ✓), attach fail-fast + stop-offline, daemon-stop socket-barrier + process cleanup, restart no-revive + no-duplicate-Psyche — all correct.
- B4 correctly has no entry (subsumed); deferred PICKER-ADAPTER-DESCRIPTION correctly absent; zero internal jargon (version-not-milestone); "Psyche" kept consistent with v0.8.1/0.8.2; date right; endpoint purge is the only new command and it's listed.
No reword. GREEN-LIGHT: tag on main CI green BOTH runners (run 27758011118), then sign + publish. Ping me the hashes on publish. Watch the disk on the main build as you flagged.
EOF

Approve CHANGELOG, green-light tag on CI green


➜ SENT:deployah


CHANGELOG vetted + approved. deployah: main CI green (run 27758011118) → tag → sign → publish → hashes.

Holding for publish. On publish → I inform perri (message scoped to the real v0.12.0 unblocks: attach-no-hang, daemon-stop-works + no orphan psyches, brain-restart no-dup/no-wedge, no phantom revival, status-reachability — her relay agents exempt; plus endpoint purge + offline-in-resume-picker).


<task-notification>
<task-id>b3ok5tzh4</task-id>
Monitor event: "« spt event »"
<event><EVENT-PART seq="1/4" id="ce6c4fdc" type="msg" from="deployah">HOLD tag — main bump CI (run 27758011118) RED, but FLIPPED + likely flaky:
- Windows hfenduleam test: PASS ✓ (disk reclaim held — operator's free worked).
- Linux kitsubito test: FAIL on a DIFFERENT test than the reap one:
    spt-daemon::broker spawn_env_reaches_child @ tests/broker.rs:382
    &quo</EVENT-PART>
<EVENT-PART seq="2/4" id="ce6c4fdc">t;injected SpawnReq.env must reach the child: &quot;&quot;&quot; (env arrived empty)
  n1-gate both PASS, traceability PASS.

Why I read it as FLAKY not real:
- This is the v0.11.0 F-013 env-inject test; my bump (c17550d) changes ONLY version + CHANGELOG + Cargo.lock first-party lines — cannot touch env propagation.
- It PASSE</EVENT-PART>
<EVENT-PART seq="3/4" id="ce6c4fdc">D at your re-gate run 27756305663 @6de905b on BOTH runners; c17550d = that merge (c19f6a1) + bump only.
- spawn_env_reaches_child is a process-spawn+env test → timing/PTY-sensitive under nextest parallelism on the loaded shared kitsubito box.

Action: I rerun ONLY the failed Linux test job (27758011118 job 82124746425) to confirm fl</EVENT-PART>
<EVENT-PART seq="4/4" id="ce6c4fdc">aky. Monitoring. If it goes green → tag on the now-both-green run. If it RE-FAILS deterministically → it's a real intermittent env-inject race (yours/todlando's), not mine, and I keep holding.

No tag, nothing published. Counter 25. Will report rerun result.
-- deployah</EVENT-PART></event>
</task-notification>


Main CI flipped: Windows now PASS (your disk-free worked), but Linux kitsubito FAIL on a **different** test — `broker::spawn_env_reaches_child` "env arrived empty". deployah reads it flaky (bump can't touch env propagation; passed @6de905b). Reasonable — but "env arrived empty" is the same *class* as perri's F-013 pain, so I won't rubber-stamp "flaky." Investigate the test myself to judge real-vs-flaky:


330	    send_hello(&mut conn, Role::Brain).expect("send hello");
331
332	    // A child that prints the injected env var, cross-OS.
333	    #[cfg(unix)]
334	    let (program, args) = (
335	        "sh".to_string(),
336	        vec!["-c".to_string(), "echo ENVCHECK=$SPT_ENDPOINT_ID".to_string()],
337	    );
338	    #[cfg(windows)]
339	    let (program, args) = (
340	        "cmd".to_string(),
341	        vec!["/c".to_string(), "echo ENVCHECK=%SPT_ENDPOINT_ID%".to_string()],
342	    );
343	    let mut env = std::collections::BTreeMap::new();
344	    env.insert("SPT_ENDPOINT_ID".to_string(), "wall-b".to_string());
345	    send(
346	        &mut conn,
347	        KIND_SPAWN,
348	        serde_json::to_value(SpawnReq {
349	            program,
350	            args,
351	            rows: 24,
352	            cols: 80,
353	            endpoint: "wall-b".to_string(),
354	            cwd: None,
355	            env,
356	        })
357	        .unwrap(),
358	    );
359
360	    let mut out = Vec::<u8>::new();
361	    let mut got = false;
362	    for _ in 0..400 {
363	        if String::from_utf8_lossy(&out).contains("ENVCHECK=wall-b") {
364	            got = true;
365	            break;
366	        }
367	        match read_frame(&mut conn) {
368	            Ok(f) if f.kind == KIND_OUTPUT => accumulate_output(&f, &mut out),
369	            Ok(f) if f.kind == KIND_EXIT => {
370	                // Drain any final output already buffered before deciding.
371	                if String::from_utf8_lossy(&out).contains("ENVCHECK=wall-b") {
372	                    got = true;
373	                }
374	                break;
375	            }
376	            Ok(_) => {}
377	            Err(_) => break,
378	        }
379	    }
380	    drop(conn);
381	    server.join().expect("server thread");
382	    assert!(
383	        got,
384	        "injected SpawnReq.env must reach the child: {:?}",
385	        String::from_utf8_lossy(&out)
386	    );
387	}
388
389	#[test]
390	fn spawn_env_reaches_child() {
391	    env_inject_test();
392	}
393
394	/// REQ-HAZARD-RC-ATTACH-FAILFAST path (c): a subscribe to a session whose child
395	/// has EXITED surfaces a prompt Exit (dead-not-reaped → dispatch_subscribe's
396	/// try_wait → Exit frame) or a clean "no such session" error (already reaped) —
397	/// NEVER silence (the infinite-blank hang an attach would otherwise show). Spawn a
398	/// child that exits immediately, then poll-subscribe and assert a prompt
399	/// non-silent reply.

    send_hello(&mut conn, Role::Brain).expect("send hello");

    // A child that prints the injected env var, cross-OS.
    #[cfg(unix)]
    let (program, args) = (
        "sh".to_string(),
        vec!["-c".to_string(), "echo ENVCHECK=$SPT_ENDPOINT_ID".to_string()],
    );
    #[cfg(windows)]
    let (program, args) = (
        "cmd".to_string(),
        vec!["/c".to_string(), "echo ENVCHECK=%SPT_ENDPOINT_ID%".to_string()],
    );
    let mut env = std::collections::BTreeMap::new();
    env.insert("SPT_ENDPOINT_ID".to_string(), "wall-b".to_string());
    send(
        &mut conn,
        KIND_SPAWN,
        serde_json::to_value(SpawnReq {
            program,
            args,
            rows: 24,
            cols: 80,
            endpoint: "wall-b".to_string(),
            cwd: None,
            env,
        })
        .unwrap(),
    );

    let mut out = Vec::<u8>::new();
    let mut got = false;
    for _ in 0..400 {
        if String::from_utf8_lossy(&out).contains("ENVCHECK=wall-b") {
            got = true;
            break;
        }
        match read_frame(&mut conn) {
            Ok(f) if f.kind == KIND_OUTPUT => accumulate_output(&f, &mut out),
            Ok(f) if f.kind == KIND_EXIT => {
                // Drain any final output already buffered before deciding.
                if String::from_utf8_lossy(&out).contains("ENVCHECK=wall-b") {
                    got = true;
                }
                break;
            }
            Ok(_) => {}
            Err(_) => break,
        }
    }
    drop(conn);
    server.join().expect("server thread");
    assert!(
        got,
        "injected SpawnReq.env must reach the child: {:?}",
        String::from_utf8_lossy(&out)
    );
}

#[test]
fn spawn_env_reaches_child() {
    env_inject_test();
}

/// REQ-HAZARD-RC-ATTACH-FAILFAST path (c): a subscribe to a session whose child
/// has EXITED surfaces a prompt Exit (dead-not-reaped → dispatch_subscribe's
/// try_wait → Exit frame) or a clean "no such session" error (already reaped) —
/// NEVER silence (the infinite-blank hang an attach would otherwise show). Spawn a
/// child that exits immediately, then poll-subscribe and assert a prompt
/// non-silent reply.


Decisive finding: the assert message shows `out=""` — **empty output, not empty env**. If env had arrived empty, the child would still echo `ENVCHECK=` (with empty value) and `out` would contain `"ENVCHECK="`. An *empty* `out` means **no output frame was captured at all** → the test's read loop hit `KIND_EXIT` (or a closed conn) before the fast `echo`'s `KIND_OUTPUT` frame arrived. That's a **PTY-output-vs-exit ordering race** in the test for a fast-exiting child under loaded-box nextest parallelism — **not** an env-propagation drop, and **not** perri's F-013/NO_PERCH class.

So: genuinely flaky, pre-existing v0.11.0 test (already shipped), bump can't touch it. deployah's read is correct, and I can pin *why*. Respond:


$OWL send deployah <<'EOF'
Investigated broker.rs:382 myself — CONCUR it's flaky, and I can pin the mechanism precisely (stronger than "probably flaky"):

The assert shows out="" — EMPTY OUTPUT, not empty env. If the env had actually arrived empty, the child `sh -c 'echo ENVCHECK=$SPT_ENDPOINT_ID'` would STILL echo "ENVCHECK=" (empty value) and out would contain "ENVCHECK=". An empty `out` means NO output frame was captured at all → the read loop saw KIND_EXIT (or a closed conn) BEFORE the fast echo's KIND_OUTPUT frame arrived. Classic PTY-output-vs-exit ordering race for a fast-exiting child, surfacing under nextest parallelism on the loaded shared kitsubito box. NOT an env-propagation drop, and NOT perri's F-013/NO_PERCH class (different layer entirely).

Confirmed not-a-regression: this is the v0.11.0 env-inject test (already shipped), bump c17550d touches only version+CHANGELOG+Cargo.lock-first-party, and it passed green both runners at my re-gate @6de905b.

VERDICT: rerun the failed Linux test job as you planned. On green → TAG on the now-both-green run (the structural analysis + green rerun is sufficient; the empty-out failure mode is an output-capture race, not env). If it RE-FAILS DETERMINISTICALLY, hold + ping me — that would change the picture.

NON-BLOCKING follow-up (do NOT hold v0.12.0 for it): the test has a latent ordering bug — it should drain OUTPUT frames after KIND_EXIT (small settle/continue-reading) so a fast child's output isn't missed. I'll log it to the flake ledger + queue a test-hardening fix post-release. Proceed.
EOF

Concur flaky w/ mechanism, authorize tag on green rerun, flag non-blocking follow-up


Verdict sent. Holding for deployah's Linux rerun.

**Status:**
- Your disk-free worked — Windows now PASS.
- Linux red = **flaky test** (`broker::spawn_env_reaches_child`), and I pinned the mechanism: `out=""` is *empty output*, not empty env — a PTY output-vs-exit ordering race for a fast `echo` child under loaded-box parallelism. **Not** an env-propagation bug, not perri's class, pre-existing v0.11.0 test. deployah rerunning the failed Linux job → tag on green.
- Queued a **non-blocking** post-release test-hardening (drain OUTPUT after EXIT so fast-child output isn't missed) — will log to flake ledger; does not hold v0.12.0.

Waiting on rerun → tag → sign → publish → hashes → then perri.


<task-notification>
<task-id>b3ok5tzh4</task-id>
Monitor event: "« spt event »"
<event><EVENT-PART seq="1/4" id="81fc54a0" type="msg" from="deployah">v0.12.0 PUBLISHED — counter 25, MINOR, no retag. Your hash check:

linux  spt-x86_64-linux        0458b5ae94a16207a61fddcfb10d1f087c95ea129c253d2af57454b8ca4df785
win    spt-x86_64-windows.exe  6699be3d4256ccc64ab34ecb51bae6fe56aa4e4fcc80019db969f6176de3b6cd

signed rel-primary-2026 (54188f12…), up</EVENT-PART>
<EVENT-PART seq="2/4" id="81fc54a0">date-set v25 &quot;0.12.0&quot; both platforms, draft→public, all 8 assets.
https://github.com/SaberMage/spt-releases/releases/tag/v0.12.0

Path to green: PR#25 merge (c19f6a1, incl reap fix 6de905b) → bump c17550d (CHANGELOG [0.12.0] = your VET PASS body verbatim + Cargo.lock 11 first-party only, no third-party shared 0.11.0) →</EVENT-PART>
<EVENT-PART seq="3/4" id="81fc54a0"> main CI: Windows GREEN (disk held), Linux flaked on spawn_env_reaches_child (your PTY output-vs-exit race) → Linux job rerun GREEN → both-green → tag → sign+publish.

The operator-mandated lifecycle milestone is LIVE. Your flagged non-blocking follow-up (drain OUTPUT after KIND_EXIT in that test) noted — queue the hardening fi</EVENT-PART>
<EVENT-PART seq="4/4" id="81fc54a0">x whenever.

SEVEN releases this revive session: v0.8.3→v0.8.4→v0.9.0→v0.9.1→v0.10.0→v0.11.0→v0.12.0. Publisher leg 19× clean (counter 7-25).
-- deployah</EVENT-PART></event>
</task-notification>


v0.12.0 **PUBLISHED** — counter 25, MINOR, clean no-retag. Hashes: linux `0458b5ae…`, win `6699be3d…`. The operator-mandated lifecycle milestone is LIVE.

Now: inform perri (your explicit ask) + record state.


$OWL send perri <<'EOF'
spt-core v0.12.0 is PUBLISHED (live now) — the lifecycle & liveness milestone. This is the one that restores endpoint-run / live-agent reliability, which directly unblocks your /sptc:live dogfooding.

Release: https://github.com/SaberMage/spt-releases/releases/tag/v0.12.0
Hashes (signed rel-primary-2026):
  linux  spt-x86_64-linux        0458b5ae94a16207a61fddcfb10d1f087c95ea129c253d2af57454b8ca4df785
  win    spt-x86_64-windows.exe  6699be3d4256ccc64ab34ecb51bae6fe56aa4e4fcc80019db969f6176de3b6cd

What v0.12.0 fixes that affect your live agents:
- Brain kill/restart no longer wedges everything or leaves a duplicate Psyche (the scenario that looked like yours).
- Attaching (spt rc) no longer hangs on a dead/silent session — it fails fast with a message.
- `spt daemon stop` now actually stops: it releases its sockets before returning AND reaps the agent + Psyche processes it launched (no orphans).
- Restarting the daemon no longer revives stale "online" agents that aren't really running.
- An agent's status now reflects real reachability (a daemon-hosted agent whose session died is marked offline next check, no more permanent "online"). IMPORTANT for you: agents reached over a RELAY are UNAFFECTED — your /sptc:live relay-hosted agents will NOT be wrongly marked offline.
- Bonus: `spt endpoint purge <id>` (clean up an offline endpoint in one step) + offline agents now appear in the `spt endpoint run` resume-from-history picker.

NOTE: the empty-[env]-inject / NO_PERCH fix you hard-repro'd (F-013) was NOT in this release — it already shipped in v0.11.0. So upgrading to v0.12.0 gets you that too if you were still on an older build.

Action: rebuild your adapter against v0.12.0 and re-run the lifecycle paths (attach, daemon stop, brain restart). Confirm the wedge/orphan/attach-hang behaviors are gone on your side. Your deferred non-blocking FINDING A (pointer-mode adapter un-extracted-manifest → ADAPTER_UNRESOLVED, registry.rs) is still queued separately — not in this release. Ping me with results or anything new.
EOF

Inform perri v0.12.0 published + unblocks


➜ SENT:perri


perri informed (delivered). Now record published state in memory:


Edit

**RELEASE IN FLIGHT: PR #25 (v0.12.0-lifecycle → main) CI GREEN BOTH RUNNERS @6de905b (run 27756305663) — awaiting doyle final re-gate → deployah resumes v0.12.0 (counter 25).** deployah pushed the stack + opened PR#25;

**v0.12.0 PUBLISHED 2026-06-18 (counter 25, MINOR, no retag).** Hashes (signed rel-primary-2026): linux `0458b5ae94a16207a61fddcfb10d1f087c95ea129c253d2af57454b8ca4df785` · win `6699be3d4256ccc64ab34ecb51bae6fe56aa4e4fcc80019db969f6176de3b6cd`. https://github.com/SaberMage/spt-releases/releases/tag/v0.12.0 . Path: PR#25 merge c19f6a1 (incl reap-fix 6de905b) → bump c17550d (CHANGELOG=doyle VET PASS body verbatim + Cargo.lock 11 first-party only) → main CI Windows green + Linux rerun green (flaked once on `broker::spawn_env_reaches_child` = PTY output-vs-exit race, out="" = no-output-captured NOT env-drop, NOT perri's F-013 class; non-blocking follow-up = drain OUTPUT after KIND_EXIT in that test) → tag → sign+publish. **doyle informed perri (delivered): lifecycle unblocks her /sptc:live (brain-restart no-wedge/no-dup, attach no-hang, daemon-stop reaps, no phantom revival, status-reachability with RELAY EXEMPT so her relay agents aren't wrongly offlined); F-013 NO_PERCH was v0.11.0 not this; her FINDING A pointer-adapter gap still queued separately.** deployah publisher leg 19× clean (counter 7-25); 7 releases this revive session v0.8.3→v0.12.0. **MILESTONE COMPLETE.** ORIGINAL IN-FLIGHT NOTES below. deployah pushed the stack + opened PR#25;


The file C:\Users\decid\.ccs\instances\bigscreen\projects\C--Users-decid-Documents-projects-spt-core\memory\v012-lifecycle-milestone.md has been updated successfully. (file state is current in your context — no need to Read it back)

**UNIFYING ROOT:** info.json `status=online` is a ONE-WAY LATCH — set at establish (startup.rs:361/468), NEVER cleared vs real liveness (liveness.rs:80-93 is_perch_alive returns ONLINE for daemon-hosted). Every symptom falls out of this + stop/restart lifecycle not tearing-down/rehydrating.

-**RELEASE IN FLIGHT: PR #25 (v0.12.0-lifecycle → main) CI GREEN BOTH RUNNERS @6de905b (run 27756305663) — awaiting doyle final re-gate → deployah resumes v0.12.0 (counter 25).** deployah pushed the stack + opened PR#25; first CI RED on Linux kitsubito = TEST-ONLY cross-platform bug (NOT my production code): dup-reap unit hardcoded prog="sh" but Ubuntu /bin/sh→dash symlink → exe_basename="dash" → basename gate failed. FIX @6de905b (doyle-dispatched, code-read PASS, ZERO prod change): (1) orphan_reap test derives expected prog from the psyche's OWN live exe_basename AFTER readiness poll (not hardcoded sh/cmd) — isolates the test to the ID-SPECIFIC cmdline gate; (2) harden unix marker spawn `sh -c 'sleep 30; : <marker>'` (two cmds, trailing builtin `:` → shell stays resident, no tail-exec-replace, /proc/cmdline keeps marker) in BOTH orphan_reap + proc.rs marker units; Windows spawns unchanged. Earlier Windows red = global C: disk-full (1.85TB outside workspace), cleared by operator reclaim → both green this run. **LESSON: this Git Bash has NO `jq` — a CI Monitor using external `jq` silently never settles; use `gh pr view --json X --jq '...'` (gh's BUILT-IN jq) or `gh pr checks`.**

+**v0.12.0 PUBLISHED 2026-06-18 (counter 25, MINOR, no retag).** Hashes (signed rel-primary-2026): linux `0458b5ae94a16207a61fddcfb10d1f087c95ea129c253d2af57454b8ca4df785` · win `6699be3d4256ccc64ab34ecb51bae6fe56aa4e4fcc80019db969f6176de3b6cd`. https://github.com/SaberMage/spt-releases/releases/tag/v0.12.0 . Path: PR#25 merge c19f6a1 (incl reap-fix 6de905b) → bump c17550d (CHANGELOG=doyle VET PASS body verbatim + Cargo.lock 11 first-party only) → main CI Windows green + Linux rerun green (flaked once on `broker::spawn_env_reaches_child` = PTY output-vs-exit race, out="" = no-output-captured NOT env-drop, NOT perri's F-013 class; non-blocking follow-up = drain OUTPUT after KIND_EXIT in that test) → tag → sign+publish. **doyle informed perri (delivered): lifecycle unblocks her /sptc:live (brain-restart no-wedge/no-dup, attach no-hang, daemon-stop reaps, no phantom revival, status-reachability with RELAY EXEMPT so her relay agents aren't wrongly offlined); F-013 NO_PERCH was v0.11.0 not this; her FINDING A pointer-adapter gap still queued separately.** deployah publisher leg 19× clean (counter 7-25); 7 releases this revive session v0.8.3→v0.12.0. **MILESTONE COMPLETE.** ORIGINAL IN-FLIGHT NOTES below. deployah pushed the stack + opened PR#25; first CI RED on Linux kitsubito = TEST-ONLY cross-platform bug (NOT my production code): dup-reap unit hardcoded prog="sh" but Ubuntu /bin/sh→dash symlink → exe_basename="dash" → basename gate failed. FIX @6de905b (doyle-dispatched, code-read PASS, ZERO prod change): (1) orphan_reap test derives expected prog from the psyche's OWN live exe_basename AFTER readiness poll (not hardcoded sh/cmd) — isolates the test to the ID-SPECIFIC cmdline gate; (2) harden unix marker spawn `sh -c 'sleep 30; : <marker>'` (two cmds, trailing builtin `:` → shell stays resident, no tail-exec-replace, /proc/cmdline keeps marker) in BOTH orphan_reap + proc.rs marker units; Windows spawns unchanged. Earlier Windows red = global C: disk-full (1.85TB outside workspace), cleared by operator reclaim → both green this run. **LESSON: this Git Bash has NO `jq` — a CI Monitor using external `jq` silently never settles; use `gh pr view --json X --jq '...'` (gh's BUILT-IN jq) or `gh pr checks`.**

**v0.12.0 STATE @464eaf7 (now @6de905b on PR#25) — ALL ITEMS GATE-PASS, READY TO RELEASE:** mandated-7 (B2·B1·H3·B3·Breap·B5, **B4 closed-SUBSUMED**) + psyche-reap + dup-reap + endpoint-purge @981dea2 + **ready-agent-resume @464eaf7 = doyle GATE-PASS 2026-06-18** (independently: read diff, confirmed append-dedup L99-100, ran new unit + int + positive anchor live_bind_firsthost in target-seam all green, traceable EXIT=0, FIX(2) SUBSUMED state-gate verified-at-code; int non-vacuous — diag shows carried session sess-resume-carry-42, state=ready_agent, hosted=0). todlando told CLEAR. **NEXT: drive deployah → v0.12.0 MINOR release, AWAITING operator GO** (publish is outward-facing/irreversible, all prior releases operator-gated; stack 11 ahead of main, unpushed). REQ-PICKER-ADAPTER-DESCRIPTION = deferred fast-follow (post-v0.12.0).

- **REQ-READY-AGENT-RESUME** @464eaf7 [doc,impl,unit,int]: offline ReadyAgent now shows in `endpoint run` picker Resume-from-history. ROOT: harness-hosted ready bind ReadyAgent::start_homed wrote info.json but never ledgered → 0 session rows → picker (gates on ledger rows) skipped it. **FIX(1)** start_homed appends Boot row on bind (mirror establish_perch:250, !sid.is_empty, best-effort). **FIX(2)=SUBSUMED (verified-at-code B4-style, ZERO code):** no-psyche discriminator for a ready endpoint is the livehost reconcile START-side STATE gate (livehost.rs:319 `info.state != LIVE_AGENT_STATE → continue`, skips a ready_agent perch) AHEAD of the adapter(325)/psyche_init(343) gates; cmd_endpoint_run type-agnostic; --resume carries session via {session_id}/[env] fill. unit start_ledgers_a_boot_session_row. int ready_bind_ledgers_and_reconcile_hosts_no_psyche (real `spt ready` bind w/ OWL_SESSION_ID ledgers carried session + reconcile_once hosts NO psyche EVEN with a live-capable psyche_init adapter resolved = inversion of live_bind_firsthost). NO `spt` subcommand → no xtask gen needed. **GOTCHA: targeted `cargo test -p spt --test contract_e2e` shows 2 FAIL (`mock_bin.exists()`) — contract_e2e needs the `mock-session` helper which lives in the `mock-adapter` PACKAGE, not spt; targeted --test won't build it. Pre-build `cargo build -p mock-adapter --bin mock-session`. NOT a regression.** Seam bar all green (clippy workspace, traceable EXIT=0, new unit+int, poll_envelope/contract/quickstart/live_bind_firsthost siblings).


Memory recorded. ACK deployah + wrap up:


Bash

$OWL send deployah <<'EOF'
Hashes received + recorded (linux 0458b5ae… / win 6699be3d…), v25 "0.12.0" both platforms, 8 assets public. Clean no-retag publish confirmed. v0.12.0 lifecycle milestone is LIVE — thanks for the 19× clean publisher leg (7 releases this revive session). I've informed perri (delivered) and recorded the milestone complete. Non-blocking test-hardening (drain OUTPUT after KIND_EXIT in broker::spawn_env_reaches_child) is logged as a follow-up; not yours to act on. You're clear.
EOF

ACK deployah publish + clear


## ✅ v0.12.0 SHIPPED — operator-mandated lifecycle milestone LIVE

**Published** counter 25, MINOR, clean no-retag:
- linux `0458b5ae…` · win `6699be3d…` · signed rel-primary-2026
- https://github.com/SaberMage/spt-releases/releases/tag/v0.12.0

**Full arc this session:**
1. Gated the last item (`REQ-READY-AGENT-RESUME`) — independent code-read + unit/int/anchor in target-seam + traceable.
2. GO → drove deployah.
3. Caught a **gate escape**: PR#25 red on Linux — diagnosed as test-only (Ubuntu `/bin/sh`→`dash` symlink broke a hardcoded basename), dispatched todlando the precise fix (zero prod change), re-gated via CI both-green.
4. Surfaced the **C: disk-full** blocker (global, not workspace) — you freed it, Windows went green; I freed 22 GB of my own gate scratch.
5. Vetted the CHANGELOG against the committed file (no truncation, every bullet maps to a shipped item, no internal jargon).
6. Pinned a CI flake (`broker::spawn_env_reaches_child`: `out=""` = output-vs-exit race, **not** env-drop, not perri's class) → rerun green → tag.
7. **Informed perri** (delivered): what v0.12.0 unblocks for her `/sptc:live` (brain-restart no-wedge/no-dup, attach no-hang, daemon-stop reaps, no phantom revival, status-reachability with **relay exempt**); clarified F-013/NO_PERCH was v0.11.0; her FINDING A pointer-adapter gap stays queued separately.

**Recorded:** milestone complete in memory.

**One queued non-blocking follow-up:** harden `broker::spawn_env_reaches_child` to drain OUTPUT frames after `KIND_EXIT` (kills the latent output-capture flake). Logged; want me to do that test fix now, or leave it for the next batch?


<task-notification>
<task-id>b3ok5tzh4</task-id>
Monitor event: "« spt event »"
<event><EVENT-PART seq="1/2" id="ad55c528" type="msg" from="deployah">ACK — v0.12.0 confirmed, standing down. Memory logged (v0120-published). Lifecycle milestone LIVE.

Revive session close-out: SEVEN releases v0.8.3 → v0.8.4 → v0.9.0 → v0.9.1 → v0.10.0 → v0.11.0 → v0.12.0 (counters 19-25), publisher leg 19× clean, zero retags. v0.12.0 held correctly on the two re</EVENT-PART>
<EVENT-PART seq="2/2" id="ad55c528">al gates (Windows disk-full infra + Linux reap fail) and shipped only after both cleared + flake-rerun green + your VET. Test-hardening follow-up noted as todlando's, not mine.

Back to idle/on-call. Thanks doyle.
-- deployah</EVENT-PART></event>
</task-notification>


deployah idle/on-call, no reply needed. v0.12.0 fully shipped and closed out.

Awaiting your call on the one open item: the non-blocking test-hardening (drain OUTPUT after `KIND_EXIT` in `broker::spawn_env_reaches_child`) — do it now, or batch it later?


please audit the v0.12.0 release changelog for everything done between it and v0.11.0. it seems a little off.


Auditing. Full commit range v0.11.0..v0.12.0 vs the published changelog — mapping every commit to a bullet, hunting for anything shipped-but-undocumented:


git fetch origin --tags 2>&1 | tail -1; echo "=== ALL commits v0.11.0..v0.12.0 (full subjects) ==="; git log v0.11.0..v0.12.0 --no-merges --format='%h %s' 2>/dev/null; echo; echo "=== merges in range ==="; git log v0.11.0..v0.12.0 --merges --format='%h %s' 2>/dev/null

List all commits between v0.11.0 and v0.12.0 tags


=== ALL commits v0.11.0..v0.12.0 (full subjects) ===
c17550d release: v0.12.0
6de905b v0.12.0 — fix CI: cross-platform orphan-reap + cmdline-marker test fixtures
464eaf7 v0.12.0 — REQ-READY-AGENT-RESUME: ledger the ready bind so offline ReadyAgents resume
c5cad76 v0.12.0: mint REQ-READY-AGENT-RESUME + REQ-PICKER-ADAPTER-DESCRIPTION (operator adds)
981dea2 v0.12.0 — REQ-ENDPOINT-PURGE: spt endpoint purge <id>
d8e7761 v0.12.0: mint REQ-ENDPOINT-PURGE + CONTEXT.md doc (operator add)
909ad01 v0.12.0 wave 5 — REQ-HAZARD-BRAIN-RESTART-PSYCHE-DUP + close B4 SUBSUMED
7449f5e v0.12.0 wave 5 — REQ-HAZARD-UNHOST-PSYCHE-REAP: reap the detached psyche on un-host
9e338f1 v0.12.0 wave 4 — B5 REQ-HAZARD-LIVEHOST-BOOT-LIVENESS-GATE
0c1e59e v0.12.0 wave 3 gate: grandchild reap unit (doyle condition)
026e9b4 v0.12.0 wave 3 — B3 daemon-stop-barrier + Breap daemon-stop-reap
78a13c2 v0.12.0 wave 2 fix — B1 path-(c) deadlocked every live attach; remove it
f85bf69 v0.12.0 wave 2 — B1 rc-attach-failfast + H3 endpoint-stop-offline
03b6398 v0.12.0 B2 keystone REQ-HAZARD-HOSTED-LIVENESS-RECONCILE: pull-reconcile clears the status=online latch
e2d6391 v0.12.0 lifecycle: mint 7 REQs registry-first (spt-hosted lifecycle & liveness reconciliation)

=== merges in range ===
c19f6a1 Merge pull request #25 from SaberMage/v0.12.0-lifecycle


All 14 functional commits are pure v0.12.0 lifecycle (nothing from v0.10/v0.11 bled in — range is clean). Mapping each to a changelog bullet, one looks under-covered. Reading the two stop/reap commit bodies to pin the user-facing distinction:


echo "=== 7449f5e UNHOST-PSYCHE-REAP body ==="; git show 7449f5e --no-patch --format='%b' 2>/dev/null | head -25; echo "=== 026e9b4 B3+Breap body ==="; git show 026e9b4 --no-patch --format='%b' 2>/dev/null | head -20

Read unhost-psyche-reap + Breap commit bodies for user-facing scope


=== 7449f5e UNHOST-PSYCHE-REAP body ===
On un-host (endpoint stop / signoff / B2+B5 offline) the brain joined the in-brain
pulse-driver THREAD but never killed the detached `{id}-psyche` HARNESS PROCESS, so
the Psyche orphaned — alive until the next daemon-stop (Breap). Operator-greenlit
fold-in. Activated [impl,unit,int].

FIX (owned-Child, recycle-PROOF — NOT a bare-pid kill that could hit a recycled
sibling on the shared box): additive owned-spawn at every layer, fire-and-forget
callers untouched.
- spt-runtime: AgentRuntime::spawn_session_owned → OwnedSession{pid, Child}; spawn_session
  now spawns-owned-then-drops (single detach path) for notif/echo/extractor.
- spt-live: spawn_and_bind_owned returns (PsycheHandle, Child); spawn_and_bind = owned-
  then-drop (unchanged detach); new spawn_psyche_owned for the hosted path. PsycheHandle
  struct unchanged (Clone intact — detached/resume/test share it).
- spt-daemon: BrainLifecycle::spawn_psyche_owned; HostedLife gains psyche_child:
  Option<Child>; host_one retains it; stop_host = child.kill() + child.wait() BY HANDLE.

GOTCHA #1 (caught by the seam, not a code-read): owning the handle made
confirm_residency_or_unhost's is_process_alive(perch_pid) read a FAST-EXITED psyche as
ALIVE on Windows (a held handle keeps the kernel object until wait()), masking the F-010
failure → livehost_nonresident_e2e RED. Fixed: residency now probes the owned child via
try_wait (new LiveSet::psyche_running) — handle-correct + recycle-proof. bootrace
(long-lived psyche) stayed green throughout; only the fast-exit residency test caught it.

unit (livehost): stop_host_reaps_the_detached_psyche_process (real stand-in terminated).
int (unhost_psyche_reap_e2e): real daemon hosts a resident psyche, `spt endpoint stop`
=== 026e9b4 B3+Breap body ===
Two stop-path hazards (REQ-HAZARD-DAEMON-STOP-BARRIER + REQ-HAZARD-DAEMON-STOP-REAP),
both arms of "daemon stop doesn't actually stop". Activated [impl,unit].

B3 (barrier): seedmap::request_stop returned on the KIND_STOPPING ack, which the
serve loop sends BEFORE it drops its listener — leaving a window where the socket
is still bound, so a following is_running ping (daemon start's liveness check) wins
and start falsely reports ALREADY_RUNNING. Fix: after the ack, poll ping() to
failure before returning, so an immediate restart is safe. Unit:
request_stop_barrier_holds_until_no_listener (post-return ping is Err, no poll).

Breap (reap): a stop orphaned ~8 claude-spt-psyche.exe / spt.exe — the Psyches are
spawned detached and the brain's livehost/shellwake stop flags were held "for
symmetry", never raised, so killing the daemon left the whole brain subtree running.
Fix: a BrainReaper container rooted at the brain subtree (never the daemon, so the
reap never self-terminates the daemon):
  * Windows: a kill-on-job-close Job object; each (re)spawned brain is assigned, its
    Psyches inherit the job; graceful stop calls TerminateJobObject.
  * Unix: the brain leads its own process group (pre_exec setpgid(0,0)); its
    descendants inherit it; graceful stop kill(-pgid, SIGKILL)s the group.
The graceful daemon-stop path now raises the supervisor stop flag FIRST (so it does


Audit done. Range v0.11.0..v0.12.0 is **clean** — all 14 functional commits are v0.12.0 lifecycle, nothing from v0.10/v0.11 leaked in. Mapped every commit to a changelog bullet. **One real gap** — and it's exactly what felt off:

## Gap: the un-host Psyche reap is missing

**`7449f5e` — REQ-HAZARD-UNHOST-PSYCHE-REAP** shipped but isn't in the changelog. What it does: on **un-host** — `spt endpoint stop`, **signoff**, or a liveness/offline transition — the brain now kills the detached `{id}-psyche` **process** (previously it only joined the in-brain thread, orphaning the Psyche until the next `daemon stop`). Int-tested: `spt endpoint stop` → Psyche reaped.

The published changelog only mentions Psyche-process cleanup under **`spt daemon stop`** ("cleans up the agent and Psyche processes it launched"). Stopping/signing-off a **single** agent reaping its Psyche is a distinct, user-visible behavior — **undocumented**.

**Everything else maps cleanly** (no over-claims, no false bullets):

| Commit | Bullet |
|---|---|
| B2 hosted-liveness (03b6398) | status reflects reachability ✓ |
| B1 attach-failfast + H3 (f85bf69, 78a13c2) | attach no-hang + stop marks offline ✓ |
| B3 barrier + Breap (026e9b4, 0c1e59e) | daemon stop releases sockets + cleans up processes ✓ |
| B5 boot-gate (9e338f1) | restart no-revive stale online ✓ |
| dup-reap (909ad01) | restart no duplicate Psyche ✓ |
| endpoint purge (981dea2) | Added ✓ |
| ready-resume (464eaf7) | Added ✓ |
| **unhost-psyche-reap (7449f5e)** | **— MISSING —** |

## Proposed fix (one added Fixed bullet)

> - **Stopping or signing off a single agent now also shuts down its Psyche.** Previously, stopping one agent (without stopping the whole daemon) left its Psyche process running until the next `spt daemon stop`; the Psyche is now reaped as soon as the agent is un-hosted.

**Mechanism:** edit `CHANGELOG.md` on main (new commit) + `gh release edit v0.12.0` notes body. **No retag, no rebuild, no re-sign** — binaries are correct, this is docs-only.

This is an outward-facing edit to a published release. Want me to proceed with the amend?


the changelog also claims "Offline agents now appear in the spt endpoint run resume-from-history picker, so you can relaunch a previously-run agent instead of setting it up again." --- wasn't that already in place before 0.12.0?


Good catch — you're right. Verifying the pre-existing behavior to be airtight:


echo "=== REQ-READY-AGENT-RESUME title (the scope) ==="; grep -A1 'id = "REQ-READY-AGENT-RESUME"' traceable-reqs.toml | head -2 | cut -c1-400; echo; echo "=== when did resume-from-history / project_history picker land? (before v0.12.0?) ==="; git log --oneline -S "Resume-from-history" --all 2>/dev/null | head; echo "--- project_history loader ---"; git log --oneline v0.9.1..v0.11.0 2>/dev/null | grep -iE "picker|project.hist|resume" | head

Confirm resume-picker pre-existed v0.12.0 + REQ scope is ready-only


=== REQ-READY-AGENT-RESUME title (the scope) ===
id = "REQ-READY-AGENT-RESUME"
title = "An offline ReadyAgent shows in `spt endpoint run`'s picker Resume-from-history and resumes correctly — closing the gap that today only LiveAgents do. ROOT: a harness-hosted ready bind (ReadyAgent::start_homed, ready.rs) writes info.json DIRECTLY and never appends the session ledger (unlike the shared establish_perch:250 live path), so a ready agent — though it has a session_id — pro

=== when did resume-from-history / project_history picker land? (before v0.12.0?) ===
464eaf7 v0.12.0 — REQ-READY-AGENT-RESUME: ledger the ready bind so offline ReadyAgents resume
c5cad76 v0.12.0: mint REQ-READY-AGENT-RESUME + REQ-PICKER-ADAPTER-DESCRIPTION (operator adds)
6e76f62 feat(picker): M12 W2 interactive `spt endpoint run` ratatui picker + spt-<id> shortcut
39fd73e docs(m12): JIT plan — bringup/picker/rc/adapter-UX, 5 waves + gate
--- project_history loader ---
acbc2b3 Merge pull request #23 from SaberMage/v0.10.0-picker-status
9e5cb8b v0.10.0 PICKER-4 rework (DRY ResourceRow) + PICKER-5: endpoint-list aligned table + node label
7bb83f2 v0.10.0 PICKER-2/3/4: project-history loader + self-owned reconcile + subnet node label
969b06e v0.10.0 PICKER-1: four-state endpoint status (amber harness-only + blue controlled)
577300d v0.10.0 picker base: mint REQ-PICKER-1..4 (registry-first)


the changelog also claims "Offline agents now appear in the spt endpoint run resume-from-history picker, so you can relaunch a previously-run agent instead of setting it up again." --- wasn't that alr…


Confirmed — you're right. Evidence:

- **REQ title verbatim:** *"An offline ReadyAgent shows in `spt endpoint run`'s picker Resume-from-history... closing the gap that today only LiveAgents do."* → live agents **already** appeared.
- **Picker predates v0.12.0:** the `spt endpoint run` ratatui picker landed in M12 (`6e76f62`), and the project-history loader was reworked in **v0.10.0** (`7bb83f2`). Resume-from-history is old.

So v0.12.0 did **not** add the resume picker, and offline *live* agents were already offered. The only thing v0.12.0 added: offline **ready** agents (message-listener agents from `spt ready`) — they never ledgered their session, so the picker couldn't see them. The bullet's "Offline agents now appear" **overstates** it (reads as if no offline agents appeared before).

## Two changelog corrections now

**1. Overstated — fix the resume bullet:**
> ~~Offline agents now appear in the `spt endpoint run` resume-from-history picker...~~
>
> → **Agents started with `spt ready` now appear in the `spt endpoint run` resume-from-history picker when offline.** Previously only live agents were offered there, so a message-listener agent couldn't be relaunched from history; now it can.

**2. Missing — add the un-host Psyche reap bullet** (from prior audit):
> - **Stopping or signing off a single agent now also shuts down its Psyche** (previously left running until the next `spt daemon stop`).

Both are docs-only: edit `CHANGELOG.md` on main + `gh release edit v0.12.0` notes. **No retag / rebuild / re-sign** — binaries unchanged.

Want me to apply both corrections to the published changelog + release notes? And worth a quick sweep of the remaining bullets for similar over/under-scoping before I edit — say the word and I'll re-vet all four Fixed + two Added bullets line-by-line first.


re-vet all, then apply when done


Re-vetting all six bullets against actual code (not just commit messages). Confirming the two load-bearing accuracy claims — F1's relay-exempt and F5's trigger scope:


echo "=== B2 controllable gate (F1 'relay unaffected') ==="; grep -n "controllable\|fn reconcile_hosted_liveness\|mark_offline\|Some(false)\|Some(true)" crates/spt-daemon/src/livehost.rs | head -20; echo; echo "=== stop_host call sites (F5 unhost reap triggers: stop / signoff / offline) ==="; grep -rn "stop_host\|unhost" crates/spt-daemon/src/livehost.rs | head -20

Verify B2 controllable gate + unhost reap trigger sites


=== B2 controllable gate (F1 'relay unaffected') ===
485:/// mark OFFLINE any spt-hosted (controllable) `status=online` `live_agent` perch
493:/// is online + controllable but ABSENT from it has a dead/exited harness → mark it
497:/// **Controllable gate (load-bearing):** only `controllable == Some(true)`
499:/// live agent (`api listen`, `controllable == Some(false)`) is legitimately online
501:/// NEVER marked offline by this pass. A `controllable == None` perch (legacy /
511:pub fn reconcile_hosted_liveness(owlery: &Path, live_sessions: &BTreeSet<String>) -> Vec<String> {
524:        if info.controllable != Some(true) {
525:            continue; // harness-hosted relay (Some(false)) / legacy (None) — exempt
530:            BrainLifecycle::mark_offline(&perch);
689:            // controllable perch is a phantom → offlined), the surviving sessions at
691:            // controllable==Some(true) gate inside keeps relay/legacy perches exempt.
810:    // spt-hosted (controllable==Some(true)) online live_agent perch with NO live
812:    // a session stays online; a harness-hosted relay (controllable==Some(false))
813:    // and a legacy (controllable==None) are EXEMPT (their liveness/phantom class is
818:            let seed = |id: &str, state: &str, controllable: Option<bool>| {
823:                rec.controllable = controllable;
827:            seed("alive", "live_agent", Some(true)); // has a session → stays
828:            seed("dead", "live_agent", Some(true)); // no session → offlined
829:            seed("relay", "live_agent", Some(false)); // harness-hosted relay → exempt
831:            seed("ready", "ready_agent", Some(true)); // not a live agent → ignored

=== stop_host call sites (F5 unhost reap triggers: stop / signoff / offline) ===
99:    /// (`stop_host`) so the detached Psyche process never orphans past its endpoint
226:    fn stop_host(&self, id: &str) {
282:        let unhost = if !perch.exists() {
290:        if unhost {
291:            set.stop_host(&id);
300:        confirm_residency_or_unhost(set, &id);
375:            // moved to confirm_residency_or_unhost's Resident arm, where a LIVE
378:            // Retain the OWNED child handle so stop_host reaps the Psyche process by
390:            // confirm_residency_or_unhost, not on bare spawn-Ok — see F-010 note above).
438:fn confirm_residency_or_unhost(set: &Arc<LiveSet>, id: &str) -> bool {
477:            set.stop_host(id);
503:/// residency-confirm arm's job ([`confirm_residency_or_unhost`]), not the
599:/// brain restart leaves the PRIOR brain's `{id}-psyche` processes ALIVE — `stop_host`
919:            set.stop_host("livee"); // teardown the driver thread
923:    // [unit->REQ-HAZARD-UNHOST-PSYCHE-REAP] stop_host reaps the detached Psyche
925:    // child stands in for the `{id}-psyche`; after stop_host it is terminated (no
928:    // (the Child was moved into HostedLife, killed + waited by stop_host) — after the
931:    fn stop_host_reaps_the_detached_psyche_process() {
946:            // until stopped — so stop_host's join completes promptly.
971:            set.stop_host("agent"); // joins the driver thread AND reaps the psyche child


Re-vet complete — all six bullets checked against code:

| Bullet | Verdict |
|---|---|
| **A1** `endpoint purge` | ✅ accurate (`--force` override unmentioned, fine for default) |
| **A2** resume picker | ❌ **overstated** — ready-only (live already worked) |
| **F1** status reachability | ✅ accurate — confirmed L524 `controllable != Some(true)` exempts relay(Some(false)) + legacy(None); "relay unaffected" covers the user-facing case |
| **F2** attach fail-fast + stop-offline | ✅ accurate |
| **F3** daemon stop barrier + reap | ✅ accurate |
| **F4** restart no-revive + no-dup-Psyche | ✅ accurate (dup-reap is brain-auto-restart shown as "daemon restart" — fair simplification, no jargon alt) |
| **F5** un-host Psyche reap | ❌ **missing** — confirmed L226/291/477 `stop_host` reaps the owned Psyche child on stop/signoff/offline |

**Net: two edits** — fix A2, add F5. Everything else stands.

Checking git state before applying:


echo "=== branch + status ==="; git branch --show-current; git status --short; echo "=== the M ready.rs — what's the diff? ==="; git diff --stat crates/spt-msg/src/ready.rs; echo "=== main vs origin/main ==="; git rev-list --count origin/main..origin/main 2>/dev/null; git log origin/main --oneline -2

Check working tree state + the leftover ready.rs modification


=== branch + status ===
v0.12.0-lifecycle
=== the M ready.rs — what's the diff? ===
=== main vs origin/main ===
0
c17550d release: v0.12.0
c19f6a1 Merge pull request #25 from SaberMage/v0.12.0-lifecycle


Working tree clean (the stale `M ready.rs` resolved into the commits). origin/main at c17550d. Applying the fix to main via a throwaway detached worktree (avoids any main-lock; absolute path per prior lesson).


WT="C:/Users/decid/Documents/projects/spt-core-clfix"; git worktree add --detach "$WT" origin/main 2>&1 | tail -3; echo "=== worktree CHANGELOG [0.12.0] head ==="; sed -n '/## \[0.12.0\]/,/## \[0.11.0\]/p' "$WT/CHANGELOG.md" | head -25

Create detached worktree on origin/main + show its CHANGELOG section


Preparing worktree (detached HEAD c17550d)
HEAD is now at c17550d release: v0.12.0
=== worktree CHANGELOG [0.12.0] head ===
## [0.12.0] - 2026-06-18

A minor release fixing the live-agent lifecycle: running an agent, attaching to it, and stopping or restarting the daemon now behave correctly, and an agent's reported status reflects whether it is actually reachable.

### Added

- **`spt endpoint purge <id>`** — removes an offline endpoint's record and leftover files in one step (offline endpoints only).
- **Offline agents now appear in the `spt endpoint run` resume-from-history picker,** so you can relaunch a previously-run agent instead of setting it up again.

### Fixed

- **An agent's status now reflects whether it is actually reachable.** A daemon-hosted agent whose session has gone away is now marked offline on the next check instead of staying "online" indefinitely. Agents reached over a relay are unaffected.
- **Attaching to an agent no longer hangs on a dead or silent session.** `spt rc` now fails fast with a message instead of showing an endless blank screen, and stopping an endpoint marks it offline.
- **`spt daemon stop` now fully stops the daemon.** It finishes releasing its sockets before reporting success, and it cleans up the agent and Psyche processes it launched instead of leaving them running.
- **Restarting the daemon no longer revives stale "online" agents** that are not actually running, and no longer leaves a duplicate Psyche behind.

## [0.11.0] - 2026-06-17


Worktree ready. Applying the two edits:


Edit

- **Offline agents now appear in the `spt endpoint run` resume-from-history picker,** so you can relaunch a previously-run agent instead of setting it up again.

- **Agents started with `spt ready` now appear in the `spt endpoint run` resume-from-history picker when offline.** Previously only live agents were offered there, so a message-listener agent couldn't be relaunched from history; now it can.


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1	# Changelog
2
3	All notable **user-facing** changes to `spt` — what a person running the CLI
4	notices or does differently. The `## [<version>]` section of each release
5	becomes that release's GitHub Release notes verbatim (see
6	`docs/RELEASE-RUNBOOK.md`). This project follows
7	[Keep a Changelog](https://keepachangelog.com) and semantic versioning
8	(pre-1.0: breaking changes bump the minor).
9
10	## [Unreleased]
11
12	## [0.12.0] - 2026-06-18
13
14	A minor release fixing the live-agent lifecycle: running an agent, attaching to it, and stopping or restarting the daemon now behave correctly, and an agent's reported status reflects whether it is actually reachable.
15
16	### Added
17
18	- **`spt endpoint purge <id>`** — removes an offline endpoint's record and leftover files in one step (offline endpoints only).
19	- **Offline agents now appear in the `spt endpoint run` resume-from-history picker,** so you can relaunch a previously-run agent instead of setting it up again.
20
21	### Fixed
22
23	- **An agent's status now reflects whether it is actually reachable.** A daemon-hosted agent whose session has gone away is now marked offline on the next check instead of staying "online" indefinitely. Agents reached over a relay are unaffected.
24	- **Attaching to an agent no longer hangs on a dead or silent session.** `spt rc` now fails fast with a message instead of showing an endless blank screen, and stopping an endpoint marks it offline.
25	- **`spt daemon stop` now fully stops the daemon.** It finishes releasing its sockets before reporting success, and it cleans up the agent and Psyche processes it launched instead of leaving them running.

# 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]

## [0.12.0] - 2026-06-18

A minor release fixing the live-agent lifecycle: running an agent, attaching to it, and stopping or restarting the daemon now behave correctly, and an agent's reported status reflects whether it is actually reachable.

### Added

- **`spt endpoint purge <id>`** — removes an offline endpoint's record and leftover files in one step (offline endpoints only).
- **Offline agents now appear in the `spt endpoint run` resume-from-history picker,** so you can relaunch a previously-run agent instead of setting it up again.

### Fixed

- **An agent's status now reflects whether it is actually reachable.** A daemon-hosted agent whose session has gone away is now marked offline on the next check instead of staying "online" indefinitely. Agents reached over a relay are unaffected.
- **Attaching to an agent no longer hangs on a dead or silent session.** `spt rc` now fails fast with a message instead of showing an endless blank screen, and stopping an endpoint marks it offline.
- **`spt daemon stop` now fully stops the daemon.** It finishes releasing its sockets before reporting success, and it cleans up the agent and Psyche processes it launched instead of leaving them running.


- **Offline agents now appear in the `spt endpoint run` resume-from-history picker,** so you can relaunch a previously-run agent instead of setting it up again.

- **Agents started with `spt ready` now appear in the `spt endpoint run` resume-from-history picker when offline.** Previously only live agents were offered there, so a message-listener agent couldn't be relaunched from history; now it can.


The file C:/Users/decid/Documents/projects/spt-core-clfix/CHANGELOG.md has been updated successfully. (file state is current in your context — no need to Read it back)

- **`spt endpoint purge <id>`** — removes an offline endpoint's record and leftover files in one step (offline endpoints only).

-- **Offline agents now appear in the `spt endpoint run` resume-from-history picker,** so you can relaunch a previously-run agent instead of setting it up again.

+- **Agents started with `spt ready` now appear in the `spt endpoint run` resume-from-history picker when offline.** Previously only live agents were offered there, so a message-listener agent couldn't be relaunched from history; now it can.


- **`spt daemon stop` now fully stops the daemon.** It finishes releasing its sockets before reporting success, and it cleans up the agent and Psyche processes it launched instead of leaving them running.
- **Restarting the daemon no longer revives stale "online" agents** that are not actually running, and no longer leaves a duplicate Psyche behind.

- **`spt daemon stop` now fully stops the daemon.** It finishes releasing its sockets before reporting success, and it cleans up the agent and Psyche processes it launched instead of leaving them running.
- **Stopping or signing off a single agent now also shuts down its Psyche.** Previously, stopping one agent (without stopping the whole daemon) left its Psyche process running until the next `spt daemon stop`; the Psyche is now reaped as soon as the agent is un-hosted.
- **Restarting the daemon no longer revives stale "online" agents** that are not actually running, and no longer leaves a duplicate Psyche behind.


- **`spt daemon stop` now fully stops the daemon.** It finishes releasing its sockets before reporting success, and it cleans up the agent and Psyche processes it launched instead of leaving them running.
- **Restarting the daemon no longer revives stale "online" agents** that are not actually running, and no longer leaves a duplicate Psyche behind.

- **`spt daemon stop` now fully stops the daemon.** It finishes releasing its sockets before reporting success, and it cleans up the agent and Psyche processes it launched instead of leaving them running.
- **Stopping or signing off a single agent now also shuts down its Psyche.** Previously, stopping one agent (without stopping the whole daemon) left its Psyche process running until the next `spt daemon stop`; the Psyche is now reaped as soon as the agent is un-hosted.
- **Restarting the daemon no longer revives stale "online" agents** that are not actually running, and no longer leaves a duplicate Psyche behind.

- **An agent's status now reflects whether it is actually reachable.** A daemon-hosted agent whose session has gone away is now marked offline on the next check instead of staying "online" indefinitely. Agents reached over a relay are unaffected.

- **Attaching to an agent no longer hangs on a dead or silent session.** `spt rc` now fails fast with a message instead of showing an endless blank screen, and stopping an endpoint marks it offline.

+- **Stopping or signing off a single agent now also shuts down its Psyche.** Previously, stopping one agent (without stopping the whole daemon) left its Psyche process running until the next `spt daemon stop`; the Psyche is now reaped as soon as the agent is un-hosted.


Both edits applied. Commit to main + push (docs-only, no retag):


Bash

WT="C:/Users/decid/Documents/projects/spt-core-clfix"; git -C "$WT" add CHANGELOG.md && git -C "$WT" commit -F - <<'EOF'
docs(changelog): correct v0.12.0 notes — scope resume-picker to ready agents + add un-host Psyche reap

The published [0.12.0] changelog had two inaccuracies (docs-only; binaries
unchanged, no retag):

- Overstated the resume-from-history item. The `spt endpoint run` picker and
  offline LIVE agents in it predate v0.12.0 (picker since M12, project-history
  loader reworked in v0.10.0). REQ-READY-AGENT-RESUME only added OFFLINE READY
  (message-listener, `spt ready`) agents, which never ledgered their session.
  Reworded to that scope.
- Omitted REQ-HAZARD-UNHOST-PSYCHE-REAP. Stopping or signing off a SINGLE agent
  now reaps its detached `{id}-psyche` process (previously orphaned until the
  next `spt daemon stop`). Added a Fixed bullet.

Co-authored by: doyle
EOF
echo "=== push ==="; git -C "$WT" push origin HEAD:main 2>&1 | tail -4

Commit changelog correction + push to main


[detached HEAD 5f9ea23] docs(changelog): correct v0.12.0 notes — scope resume-picker to ready agents + add un-host Psyche reap
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
=== push ===
To https://github.com/SaberMage/spt-core.git
   c17550d..5f9ea23  HEAD -> main


Pushed to main. Now sync the GitHub release notes (on `spt-releases`) to match — checking the current release body first:


gh release view v0.12.0 --repo SaberMage/spt-releases --json body -q .body 2>&1 | head -30

View current v0.12.0 release notes body on spt-releases


A minor release fixing the live-agent lifecycle: running an agent, attaching to it, and stopping or restarting the daemon now behave correctly, and an agent's reported status reflects whether it is actually reachable.

### Added

- **`spt endpoint purge <id>`** — removes an offline endpoint's record and leftover files in one step (offline endpoints only).
- **Offline agents now appear in the `spt endpoint run` resume-from-history picker,** so you can relaunch a previously-run agent instead of setting it up again.

### Fixed

- **An agent's status now reflects whether it is actually reachable.** A daemon-hosted agent whose session has gone away is now marked offline on the next check instead of staying "online" indefinitely. Agents reached over a relay are unaffected.
- **Attaching to an agent no longer hangs on a dead or silent session.** `spt rc` now fails fast with a message instead of showing an endless blank screen, and stopping an endpoint marks it offline.
- **`spt daemon stop` now fully stops the daemon.** It finishes releasing its sockets before reporting success, and it cleans up the agent and Psyche processes it launched instead of leaving them running.
- **Restarting the daemon no longer revives stale "online" agents** that are not actually running, and no longer leaves a duplicate Psyche behind.


Release body = the section minus the `##` header. Writing the corrected body + updating the release:


cat > /tmp/v0120-notes.md <<'EOF'
A minor release fixing the live-agent lifecycle: running an agent, attaching to it, and stopping or restarting the daemon now behave correctly, and an agent's reported status reflects whether it is actually reachable.

### Added

- **`spt endpoint purge <id>`** — removes an offline endpoint's record and leftover files in one step (offline endpoints only).
- **Agents started with `spt ready` now appear in the `spt endpoint run` resume-from-history picker when offline.** Previously only live agents were offered there, so a message-listener agent couldn't be relaunched from history; now it can.

### Fixed

- **An agent's status now reflects whether it is actually reachable.** A daemon-hosted agent whose session has gone away is now marked offline on the next check instead of staying "online" indefinitely. Agents reached over a relay are unaffected.
- **Attaching to an agent no longer hangs on a dead or silent session.** `spt rc` now fails fast with a message instead of showing an endless blank screen, and stopping an endpoint marks it offline.
- **`spt daemon stop` now fully stops the daemon.** It finishes releasing its sockets before reporting success, and it cleans up the agent and Psyche processes it launched instead of leaving them running.
- **Stopping or signing off a single agent now also shuts down its Psyche.** Previously, stopping one agent (without stopping the whole daemon) left its Psyche process running until the next `spt daemon stop`; the Psyche is now reaped as soon as the agent is un-hosted.
- **Restarting the daemon no longer revives stale "online" agents** that are not actually running, and no longer leaves a duplicate Psyche behind.
EOF
gh release edit v0.12.0 --repo SaberMage/spt-releases --notes-file /tmp/v0120-notes.md 2>&1 | tail -2
echo "=== verify added bullet present, old removed ==="; gh release view v0.12.0 --repo SaberMage/spt-releases --json body -q .body 2>&1 | grep -c "spt ready\|Stopping or signing off" ; echo "(expect 2)"

Update v0.12.0 release notes + verify both corrections present


https://github.com/SaberMage/spt-releases/releases/tag/v0.12.0
=== verify added bullet present, old removed ===
2
(expect 2)


Release notes updated (both corrections verified present). Cleanup worktree + notify deployah:


WT="C:/Users/decid/Documents/projects/spt-core-clfix"; git worktree remove "$WT" --force 2>&1 | tail -1; rm -f /tmp/v0120-notes.md; git worktree prune; echo "=== worktrees now ==="; git worktree list; echo "=== confirm main has the fix ==="; git fetch origin main 2>&1 | tail -1; git log origin/main --oneline -2

Remove throwaway worktree + confirm main updated


=== worktrees now ===
C:/Users/decid/Documents/projects/spt-core        6de905b [v0.12.0-lifecycle]
C:/Users/decid/Documents/projects/spt-core-doyle  70294ef [main]
=== confirm main has the fix ===
 * branch            main       -> FETCH_HEAD
5f9ea23 docs(changelog): correct v0.12.0 notes — scope resume-picker to ready agents + add un-host Psyche reap
c17550d release: v0.12.0


Done — main at `5f9ea23`, worktree cleaned. Notify deployah of the post-publish doc correction:


$OWL send deployah <<'EOF'
FYI — post-publish CHANGELOG correction on v0.12.0 (docs-only, NO retag, binaries untouched). Operator audited the notes; I found two inaccuracies and fixed both on main (5f9ea23) + updated the GitHub release notes on spt-releases to match:
1. The resume-from-history bullet was OVERSTATED — the picker + offline LIVE agents predate v0.12.0 (picker since M12, project-history loader v0.10.0); REQ-READY-AGENT-RESUME only added OFFLINE READY (message-listener) agents. Reworded to that scope.
2. Added a MISSING Fixed bullet for REQ-HAZARD-UNHOST-PSYCHE-REAP (stopping/signing off a single agent now reaps its detached Psyche — was omitted).
Release tag/assets/signatures all unchanged. Nothing for you to do — just so your records match the corrected notes. Lesson for future bumps: cross-check each CHANGELOG bullet's SCOPE against the commit range (a feature touched in the range may pre-date the release; name the specific delta).
EOF

Notify deployah of post-publish changelog correction


➜ SENT:deployah


## ✅ Changelog audited + corrected

Re-vetted all six bullets against code; **two were off**, both now fixed on main (`5f9ea23`) and on the GitHub release notes (verified live):

**1. Overstated → fixed (your catch):**
> ~~Offline agents now appear in the resume-from-history picker…~~
> → **Agents started with `spt ready` now appear in the `spt endpoint run` resume-from-history picker when offline.** Previously only live agents were offered there…

The picker and offline-*live*-agents-in-it predate v0.12.0 (picker since M12, project-history loader reworked v0.10.0). v0.12.0 only added offline **ready** agents.

**2. Missing → added:**
> **Stopping or signing off a single agent now also shuts down its Psyche.** Previously, stopping one agent (without stopping the whole daemon) left its Psyche process running until the next `spt daemon stop`; the Psyche is now reaped as soon as the agent is un-hosted.

(REQ-HAZARD-UNHOST-PSYCHE-REAP — was entirely absent.)

**The other four bullets verified accurate** against the code (F1 relay-exempt confirmed at `livehost.rs:524`; F2/F3/F4 map cleanly; A1 fine).

**Mechanism:** docs-only — `CHANGELOG.md` commit to main + `gh release edit` notes. **No retag, no rebuild, no re-sign**; binaries/signatures untouched. Worktree cleaned up. deployah notified (records + a lesson for future bumps: cross-check each bullet's *scope* against the commit range — a feature touched in-range may predate the release).

One still-open item from earlier: the non-blocking test-hardening (drain OUTPUT after `KIND_EXIT` in `broker::spawn_env_reaches_child`) — do it now or batch later?


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Monitor event: "« spt event »"
<event><EVENT-PART seq="1/3" id="1f731a98" type="msg" from="deployah">ACK — records updated to the corrected v0.12.0 notes (main 5f9ea23 + spt-releases notes; tag/assets/signatures unchanged, no retag, binaries untouched). Nothing to action.

Lesson taken, on me: I authored both misses —
1. resume-from-history bullet OVERSTATED (picker since M12 + project-history loader v0</EVENT-PART>
<EVENT-PART seq="2/3" id="1f731a98">.10.0 predate this release; the actual delta was ONLY offline READY/message-listener agents — REQ-READY-AGENT-RESUME).
2. dropped the un-host-psyche-reap Fixed bullet (folded only the brain-restart duplicate-Psyche half; single-agent stop/signoff detached-Psyche reap was its own user-facing delta).

Banking the rule for future bumps</EVENT-PART>
<EVENT-PART seq="3/3" id="1f731a98">: cross-check EACH CHANGELOG bullet's SCOPE against the commit range — a feature merely touched in the range may predate the release; name the specific delta, not the whole feature. Will apply on the next one.
-- deployah</EVENT-PART></event>
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You have an active owl perch. When spawning subagents or doing work, use run_in_background: true so you stay reachable for incoming messages.
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CAVEMAN MODE ACTIVE (full). Drop articles/filler/pleasantries/hedging. Fragments OK. Code/commits/security: write normal.


deployah banked the lesson. No reply needed. Saving the changelog-scope rule to memory (reusable for every future release gate):


Write

---
name: changelog-scope-vs-commit-range
description: "Release-changelog gating rule — cross-check each bullet's SCOPE against the commit range; a feature touched in-range may predate the release"
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When vetting a release CHANGELOG (doyle gates these pre-tag), cross-check EACH bullet's SCOPE against the actual commit range (`git log vPREV..vNEW`), not just "did this area change." A feature merely TOUCHED in the range may PRE-DATE the release — name the specific delta, not the whole feature.

**Why:** v0.12.0 shipped with two bullet errors (deployah authored, operator caught one, doyle audit caught both): (1) "Offline agents now appear in the resume-from-history picker" OVERSTATED — the picker (M12) + offline LIVE agents in it (v0.10.0 project-history loader) predate v0.12.0; the real delta was ONLY offline READY/message-listener agents (REQ-READY-AGENT-RESUME ledgering the `spt ready` bind). (2) DROPPED the un-host-psyche-reap bullet (REQ-HAZARD-UNHOST-PSYCHE-REAP) — folded only the brain-restart duplicate-Psyche half (dup-reap), but single-agent stop/signoff detached-Psyche reap was its own user-facing delta.

**How to apply:** (a) `git log vPREV..vNEW --no-merges` → map EVERY functional commit to a bullet; flag any commit with no bullet (a miss) and any bullet whose claim is broader than its commit (an overstatement). (b) For each bullet, verify the claim against CODE not commit-msg (e.g. v0.12.0 F1 relay-exempt confirmed at livehost.rs:524 controllable!=Some(true)). (c) A post-publish changelog/release-notes fix is docs-only — edit CHANGELOG.md on main + `gh release edit vX --repo SaberMage/spt-releases --notes-file`; NO retag/rebuild/re-sign (binaries+signatures untouched). The `## [version]` CHANGELOG.md section becomes the GH release body verbatim (minus the `##` header line) per docs/RELEASE-RUNBOOK.md. Related: [[public-docs-version-not-milestone]].


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---
name: changelog-scope-vs-commit-range
description: "Release-changelog gating rule — cross-check each bullet's SCOPE against the commit range; a feature touched in-range may predate the release"
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  originSessionId: 4a8de2fb-1ebb-4dce-b8fb-c6e4ed060c10
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When vetting a release CHANGELOG (doyle gates these pre-tag), cross-check EACH bullet's SCOPE against the actual commit range (`git log vPREV..vNEW`), not just "did this area change." A feature merely TOUCHED in the range may PRE-DATE the release — name the specific delta, not the whole feature.

**Why:** v0.12.0 shipped with two bullet errors (deployah authored, operator caught one, doyle audit caught both): (1) "Offline agents now appear in the resume-from-history picker" OVERSTATED — the picker (M12) + offline LIVE agents in it (v0.10.0 project-history loader) predate v0.12.0; the real delta was ONLY offline READY/message-listener agents (REQ-READY-AGENT-RESUME ledgering the `spt ready` bind). (2) DROPPED the un-host-psyche-reap bullet (REQ-HAZARD-UNHOST-PSYCHE-REAP) — folded only the brain-restart duplicate-Psyche half (dup-reap), but single-agent stop/signoff detached-Psyche reap was its own user-facing delta.

**How to apply:** (a) `git log vPREV..vNEW --no-merges` → map EVERY functional commit to a bullet; flag any commit with no bullet (a miss) and any bullet whose claim is broader than its commit (an overstatement). (b) For each bullet, verify the claim against CODE not commit-msg (e.g. v0.12.0 F1 relay-exempt confirmed at livehost.rs:524 controllable!=Some(true)). (c) A post-publish changelog/release-notes fix is docs-only — edit CHANGELOG.md on main + `gh release edit vX --repo SaberMage/spt-releases --notes-file`; NO retag/rebuild/re-sign (binaries+signatures untouched). The `## [version]` CHANGELOG.md section becomes the GH release body verbatim (minus the `##` header line) per docs/RELEASE-RUNBOOK.md. Related: [[public-docs-version-not-milestone]].


1	- [v0.12.0 lifecycle milestone](v012-lifecycle-milestone.md) — operator-mandated BLOCKING (endpoint run unusable). ROOT: status=online one-way latch never cleared vs liveness. 7 REQs, branch v0.12.0-lifecycle, waves B2→B1+H3→B3+Breap→B5→B4, doyle gates per-wave. B2 keystone (pull-reconcile clears latch, controllable-gated) BUILT @03b6398, wave-ready awaiting gate. Each root verified-at-code-first; full seam-bar every wave (livehost E2Es need scratch target dir)
2	- [pre-flight clippy --workspace](ci-clippy-preflight-workspace.md) — CI denies warnings workspace-wide (`clippy --workspace --all-targets -D warnings`); a `-p <crate>` local check misses sibling-crate lints → CI red round-trip (M11-W1: `-p spt` missed a `useless_vec` in spt-daemon's act-gate test). Pre-flight the exact CI invocation. CI only fires on PR (push branches=main/dev-freeform)
3	- [shared-seam change → run ALL seam tests](shared-seam-change-run-all-seam-tests.md) — a behavior change to a SHARED runtime seam can break SIBLING tests exercising it; targeted preflight on only the new tests misses them (CI's full suite catches it). v0.8.2 F-010 residency broke daemon_lifecycle_real_brain (NOOP fast-exit psyche) — ran the livehost E2Es but not that spt-daemon sibling. Grep+run ALL seam tests (run_brain/spawn_live_host/psyche_init/daemon run). Test-analog of [[ci-clippy-preflight-workspace]]
4	- [ccs Windows PTY-spawn fix](ccs-win-pty-program-resolve.md) — bare program (node CLI `ccs`) → portable-pty which picks extensionless shim → CreateProcessW os error 193. Fix: spt_term::winprog PATHEXT resolver (real-exe-first, .cmd/.bat→cmd /c, .ps1→powershell, Unix passthrough) at the single spawn_program_in chokepoint. REQ-HAZARD-WIN-PTY-PROGRAM-RESOLVE (doc+impl+unit+int), KNOWN-HAZARDS 5.12. PR #20 off main (v0.8.3), gate-green-local, awaiting operator merge/release (~v0.8.4). doyle solo in worktree. Lesson: NTFS case-insensitive — test exists-helper needed case/sep norm; PIPESTATUS not grep-gated `&&`

- [v0.12.0 lifecycle milestone](v012-lifecycle-milestone.md) — operator-mandated BLOCKING (endpoint run unusable). ROOT: status=online one-way latch never cleared vs liveness. 7 REQs, branch v0.12.0-lifecycle, waves B2→B1+H3→B3+Breap→B5→B4, doyle gates per-wave. B2 keystone (pull-reconcile clears latch, controllable-gated) BUILT @03b6398, wave-ready awaiting gate. Each root verified-at-code-first; full seam-bar every wave (livehost E2Es need scratch target dir)
- [pre-flight clippy --workspace](ci-clippy-preflight-workspace.md) — CI denies warnings workspace-wide (`clippy --workspace --all-targets -D warnings`); a `-p <crate>` local check misses sibling-crate lints → CI red round-trip (M11-W1: `-p spt` missed a `useless_vec` in spt-daemon's act-gate test). Pre-flight the exact CI invocation. CI only fires on PR (push branches=main/dev-freeform)
- [shared-seam change → run ALL seam tests](shared-seam-change-run-all-seam-tests.md) — a behavior change to a SHARED runtime seam can break SIBLING tests exercising it; targeted preflight on only the new tests misses them (CI's full suite catches it). v0.8.2 F-010 residency broke daemon_lifecycle_real_brain (NOOP fast-exit psyche) — ran the livehost E2Es but not that spt-daemon sibling. Grep+run ALL seam tests (run_brain/spawn_live_host/psyche_init/daemon run). Test-analog of [[ci-clippy-preflight-workspace]]
- [ccs Windows PTY-spawn fix](ccs-win-pty-program-resolve.md) — bare program (node CLI `ccs`) → portable-pty which picks extensionless shim → CreateProcessW os error 193. Fix: spt_term::winprog PATHEXT resolver (real-exe-first, .cmd/.bat→cmd /c, .ps1→powershell, Unix passthrough) at the single spawn_program_in chokepoint. REQ-HAZARD-WIN-PTY-PROGRAM-RESOLVE (doc+impl+unit+int), KNOWN-HAZARDS 5.12. PR #20 off main (v0.8.3), gate-green-local, awaiting operator merge/release (~v0.8.4). doyle solo in worktree. Lesson: NTFS case-insensitive — test exists-helper needed case/sep norm; PIPESTATUS not grep-gated `&&`


Updating the stale v0.12.0 index line (now shipped) + adding the changelog-scope pointer:


Edit

- [v0.12.0 lifecycle milestone](v012-lifecycle-milestone.md) — operator-mandated BLOCKING (endpoint run unusable). ROOT: status=online one-way latch never cleared vs liveness. 7 REQs, branch v0.12.0-lifecycle, waves B2→B1+H3→B3+Breap→B5→B4, doyle gates per-wave. B2 keystone (pull-reconcile clears latch, controllable-gated) BUILT @03b6398, wave-ready awaiting gate. Each root verified-at-code-first; full seam-bar every wave (livehost E2Es need scratch target dir)

- [v0.12.0 lifecycle milestone](v012-lifecycle-milestone.md) — SHIPPED 2026-06-18 (counter 25, MINOR). Operator-mandated BLOCKING: status=online latch reconciled vs liveness (controllable-gated, relay exempt) + stop/restart teardown/reap. 9 items all GATE-PASS; CI escape (Linux /bin/sh→dash basename in reap unit) caught+fixed @6de905b; post-publish changelog corrected (resume-picker = ready-only, +un-host-reap bullet). Roots verified-at-code-first; full seam-bar/wave
- [changelog scope vs commit range](changelog-scope-vs-commit-range.md) — gating a release CHANGELOG: map EVERY commit in `vPREV..vNEW` to a bullet (catch misses) + check each bullet's SCOPE isn't broader than its commit (catch overstatements — a touched feature may predate the release). v0.12.0 had both errors. Post-publish fix = docs-only (CHANGELOG.md on main + gh release edit notes), no retag


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1	- [v0.12.0 lifecycle milestone](v012-lifecycle-milestone.md) — operator-mandated BLOCKING (endpoint run unusable). ROOT: status=online one-way latch never cleared vs liveness. 7 REQs, branch v0.12.0-lifecycle, waves B2→B1+H3→B3+Breap→B5→B4, doyle gates per-wave. B2 keystone (pull-reconcile clears latch, controllable-gated) BUILT @03b6398, wave-ready awaiting gate. Each root verified-at-code-first; full seam-bar every wave (livehost E2Es need scratch target dir)
2	- [pre-flight clippy --workspace](ci-clippy-preflight-workspace.md) — CI denies warnings workspace-wide (`clippy --workspace --all-targets -D warnings`); a `-p <crate>` local check misses sibling-crate lints → CI red round-trip (M11-W1: `-p spt` missed a `useless_vec` in spt-daemon's act-gate test). Pre-flight the exact CI invocation. CI only fires on PR (push branches=main/dev-freeform)

- [v0.12.0 lifecycle milestone](v012-lifecycle-milestone.md) — operator-mandated BLOCKING (endpoint run unusable). ROOT: status=online one-way latch never cleared vs liveness. 7 REQs, branch v0.12.0-lifecycle, waves B2→B1+H3→B3+Breap→B5→B4, doyle gates per-wave. B2 keystone (pull-reconcile clears latch, controllable-gated) BUILT @03b6398, wave-ready awaiting gate. Each root verified-at-code-first; full seam-bar every wave (livehost E2Es need scratch target dir)
- [pre-flight clippy --workspace](ci-clippy-preflight-workspace.md) — CI denies warnings workspace-wide (`clippy --workspace --all-targets -D warnings`); a `-p <crate>` local check misses sibling-crate lints → CI red round-trip (M11-W1: `-p spt` missed a `useless_vec` in spt-daemon's act-gate test). Pre-flight the exact CI invocation. CI only fires on PR (push branches=main/dev-freeform)


- [v0.12.0 lifecycle milestone](v012-lifecycle-milestone.md) — operator-mandated BLOCKING (endpoint run unusable). ROOT: status=online one-way latch never cleared vs liveness. 7 REQs, branch v0.12.0-lifecycle, waves B2→B1+H3→B3+Breap→B5→B4, doyle gates per-wave. B2 keystone (pull-reconcile clears latch, controllable-gated) BUILT @03b6398, wave-ready awaiting gate. Each root verified-at-code-first; full seam-bar every wave (livehost E2Es need scratch target dir)

- [v0.12.0 lifecycle milestone](v012-lifecycle-milestone.md) — SHIPPED 2026-06-18 (counter 25, MINOR). Operator-mandated BLOCKING: status=online latch reconciled vs liveness (controllable-gated, relay exempt) + stop/restart teardown/reap. 9 items all GATE-PASS; CI escape (Linux /bin/sh→dash basename in reap unit) caught+fixed @6de905b; post-publish changelog corrected (resume-picker = ready-only, +un-host-reap bullet). Roots verified-at-code-first; full seam-bar/wave
- [changelog scope vs commit range](changelog-scope-vs-commit-range.md) — gating a release CHANGELOG: map EVERY commit in `vPREV..vNEW` to a bullet (catch misses) + check each bullet's SCOPE isn't broader than its commit (catch overstatements — a touched feature may predate the release). v0.12.0 had both errors. Post-publish fix = docs-only (CHANGELOG.md on main + gh release edit notes), no retag


The file C:\Users\decid\.ccs\instances\bigscreen\projects\C--Users-decid-Documents-projects-spt-core\memory\MEMORY.md has been updated successfully. (file state is current in your context — no need to Read it back)

- [v0.12.0 lifecycle milestone](v012-lifecycle-milestone.md) — SHIPPED 2026-06-18 (counter 25, MINOR). Operator-mandated BLOCKING: status=online latch reconciled vs liveness (controllable-gated, relay exempt) + stop/restart teardown/reap. 9 items all GATE-PASS; CI escape (Linux /bin/sh→dash basename in reap unit) caught+fixed @6de905b; post-publish changelog corrected (resume-picker = ready-only, +un-host-reap bullet). Roots verified-at-code-first; full seam-bar/wave
- [changelog scope vs commit range](changelog-scope-vs-commit-range.md) — gating a release CHANGELOG: map EVERY commit in `vPREV..vNEW` to a bullet (catch misses) + check each bullet's SCOPE isn't broader than its commit (catch overstatements — a touched feature may predate the release). v0.12.0 had both errors. Post-publish fix = docs-only (CHANGELOG.md on main + gh release edit notes), no retag

-- [v0.12.0 lifecycle milestone](v012-lifecycle-milestone.md) — operator-mandated BLOCKING (endpoint run unusable). ROOT: status=online one-way latch never cleared vs liveness. 7 REQs, branch v0.12.0-lifecycle, waves B2→B1+H3→B3+Breap→B5→B4, doyle gates per-wave. B2 keystone (pull-reconcile clears latch, controllable-gated) BUILT @03b6398, wave-ready awaiting gate. Each root verified-at-code-first; full seam-bar every wave (livehost E2Es need scratch target dir)

+- [v0.12.0 lifecycle milestone](v012-lifecycle-milestone.md) — SHIPPED 2026-06-18 (counter 25, MINOR). Operator-mandated BLOCKING: status=online latch reconciled vs liveness (controllable-gated, relay exempt) + stop/restart teardown/reap. 9 items all GATE-PASS; CI escape (Linux /bin/sh→dash basename in reap unit) caught+fixed @6de905b; post-publish changelog corrected (resume-picker = ready-only, +un-host-reap bullet). Roots verified-at-code-first; full seam-bar/wave

+- [changelog scope vs commit range](changelog-scope-vs-commit-range.md) — gating a release CHANGELOG: map EVERY commit in `vPREV..vNEW` to a bullet (catch misses) + check each bullet's SCOPE isn't broader than its commit (catch overstatements — a touched feature may predate the release). v0.12.0 had both errors. Post-publish fix = docs-only (CHANGELOG.md on main + gh release edit notes), no retag

- [pre-flight clippy --workspace](ci-clippy-preflight-workspace.md) — CI denies warnings workspace-wide (`clippy --workspace --all-targets -D warnings`); a `-p <crate>` local check misses sibling-crate lints → CI red round-trip (M11-W1: `-p spt` missed a `useless_vec` in spt-daemon's act-gate test). Pre-flight the exact CI invocation. CI only fires on PR (push branches=main/dev-freeform)

- [shared-seam change → run ALL seam tests](shared-seam-change-run-all-seam-tests.md) — a behavior change to a SHARED runtime seam can break SIBLING tests exercising it; targeted preflight on only the new tests misses them (CI's full suite catches it). v0.8.2 F-010 residency broke daemon_lifecycle_real_brain (NOOP fast-exit psyche) — ran the livehost E2Es but not that spt-daemon sibling. Grep+run ALL seam tests (run_brain/spawn_live_host/psyche_init/daemon run). Test-analog of [[ci-clippy-preflight-workspace]]

- [ccs Windows PTY-spawn fix](ccs-win-pty-program-resolve.md) — bare program (node CLI `ccs`) → portable-pty which picks extensionless shim → CreateProcessW os error 193. Fix: spt_term::winprog PATHEXT resolver (real-exe-first, .cmd/.bat→cmd /c, .ps1→powershell, Unix passthrough) at the single spawn_program_in chokepoint. REQ-HAZARD-WIN-PTY-PROGRAM-RESOLVE (doc+impl+unit+int), KNOWN-HAZARDS 5.12. PR #20 off main (v0.8.3), gate-green-local, awaiting operator merge/release (~v0.8.4). doyle solo in worktree. Lesson: NTFS case-insensitive — test exists-helper needed case/sep norm; PIPESTATUS not grep-gated `&&`


All corrections applied + lessons banked (deployah's psyche + my memory).

## Wrap

v0.12.0 is shipped and its changelog is now accurate (repo `CHANGELOG.md` @main `5f9ea23` + GitHub release notes, verified):
- resume-picker bullet → scoped to offline **ready** agents (the real delta)
- added the **un-host Psyche reap** Fixed bullet
- other 4 bullets confirmed accurate against code; docs-only, no retag

**One open item, your call:** the non-blocking test-hardening — drain OUTPUT frames after `KIND_EXIT` in `broker::spawn_env_reaches_child` to kill the latent output-vs-exit flake (the one that flaked once on the main build). Do it now, or leave it for the next batch? Holding either way.


just got done trying to test v0.12.0. it really seems like none of our fixes landed. here's what i encountered: # issues (REGRESSIONS - things we discussed but are not working in v0.12.0)
- `spt daemon stop` did not end all spt processes
  - did not take everything offline
- the `--local` flag still exists for `spt endpoint list`
- `spt endpoint run` picker:
  - STILL does not show project history for fresh endpoints
  - STILL shows `Start now` for endpoints that are already online
  - Attach now STILL does not load the PTY. shows `PUMP_IPC_READER: spawned`, stalls for some time, then shows: "[no output from 'wall-a' — the session may be dead or wedged. Detached. Try `spt endpoint list` for its state, or `spt endpoint run` to restart it]". but the session should NOT be dead. it shows as online in the picker, and all i did was close its original tab.
  - Starting a new endpoint STILL fails after encountering the above bug. console output: "ENDPOINT_RUN:wall-b adapter=claude-spt:ccs pid=Some(179224) session=cc3ba94f03816a36 (harness binds its perch on startup)
PUMP_IPC_READER: spawned" // "ENDPOINT_RUN:wall-c adapter=claude-spt pid=Some(248612) session=c72f86f460e6e22c (harness binds its perch on startup)
PUMP_IPC_READER: spawned" then stalls.


just got done trying to test v0.12.0. it really seems like none of our fixes landed. here's what i encountered: # issues (REGRESSIONS - things we discussed but are not working in v0.12.0) - `spt daemo…


Before concluding the fixes failed — this pattern (picker behaving pre-v0.10.0, `--local` still present, lifecycle unchanged) most likely means **you're running an old `spt` binary, not v0.12.0**. v0.12.0 published only minutes ago; if your install/adapter wasn't upgraded, you tested the previous binary. Several of those items (project-history, online-status action, `--local`) were actually v0.10.0/v0.11.0 fixes — if *none* of three releases show up, the binary is stale, not three releases silently broken.

Let me verify what's actually installed/running (read-only — no kills; this box is shared):


Bash

echo "=== spt on PATH? ==="; command -v spt 2>/dev/null; command -v spt.exe 2>/dev/null
echo "=== spt version (PATH) ==="; spt version 2>&1 | head -5; spt --version 2>&1 | head -3
echo "=== candidate install locations ==="; ls -la ~/.spt/bin 2>/dev/null; ls -la ~/.local/bin/spt* 2>/dev/null
echo "=== adapter-tracked spt binaries (claude-spt) ==="; ls -la ~/.spt/adapters 2>/dev/null | head; find ~/.spt -maxdepth 3 -name 'spt*.exe' 2>/dev/null | head

Locate spt binary + report its version


=== spt on PATH? ===
/c/Users/decid/AppData/Local/spt-core/bin/spt
/c/Users/decid/AppData/Local/spt-core/bin/spt.exe
=== spt version (PATH) ===
error: unrecognized subcommand 'version'

Usage: spt.exe [COMMAND]

For more information, try '--help'.
spt 0.12.0
=== candidate install locations ===
=== adapter-tracked spt binaries (claude-spt) ===


Binary is **v0.12.0** (`/c/Users/decid/AppData/Local/spt-core/bin/spt.exe`). So the install is current. That reframes it: the CLI-surface items reflect real v0.12.0 code, but the **daemon-side** fixes (stop, attach, liveness) live in the resident broker/brain process — and if that daemon was started *before* the v0.12.0 install, it's still running **old code** (the v0.9.1 wire-skew pattern: "broker resident across update; daemon-state change needs a deliberate restart, not auto"). Your "`daemon stop` didn't end processes" is the *old* daemon exhibiting the very bug v0.12.0 fixes.

Confirming the running daemon's version + separating CLI-surface vs daemon-side:


echo "=== does --local still exist in v0.12.0 endpoint list? ==="; spt endpoint list --help 2>&1 | grep -iE "local|usage" | head
echo "=== endpoint list (does daemon respond + roster states) ==="; spt endpoint list 2>&1 | head -25
echo "=== SPT_HOME + daemon.pid ==="; echo "SPT_HOME=$SPT_HOME"; for h in "$SPT_HOME" "$HOME/.spt" "$LOCALAPPDATA/spt-core" "$HOME/AppData/Local/spt-core"; do [ -n "$h" ] && [ -f "$h/daemon.pid" ] && echo "FOUND $h/daemon.pid = $(cat "$h/daemon.pid")"; done

Check --local in v0.12.0, daemon responsiveness, locate daemon.pid