1	//! v0.8.2 NEGATIVE E2E (REQ-HAZARD-LIVEHOST-NONRESIDENT, F-010) — a harness-hosted
2	//! live agent goes `status=online` and its Psyche binary EXISTS and SPAWNS Ok, but
3	//! the child EXITS FAST (code 2 — the F-009 bad-argv shape). `spawn_psyche` detaches
4	//! (handle dropped), so the v0.8.1 spawn-Err stamp never fires; the residual masking
5	//! gap is: the nested `{id}-psyche` info.json is written `status=online` with a
6	//! real-but-DEAD pid while the PARENT carries NO `psyche_host_error` (perri's F-010:
7	//! tasklist showed 0 host procs while info.json read online).
8	//!
9	//! The F-010 fix is RESIDENCY confirmation: a hosted child whose `{id}-psyche` perch
10	//! has no live pid past the grace window is a host failure → the brain stamps the
11	//! PARENT `psyche_host_error{reason: host exited within <n>s}` AND clears the phantom
12	//! online nested perch (it must not stay falsely online).
13	//!
14	//! Sibling of `livehost_psyche_fail_e2e.rs` (the spawn-Err case). Same real
15	//! production path — `spt daemon run` broker → supervised `spt daemon brain` CHILD →
16	//! `api seed` + persistent `api listen` (online) — on a net-less / unpaired node. The
17	//! ONLY difference: here the psyche binary RESOLVES + SPAWNS (it is the real `spt`
18	//! copy by a bare install-dir token) but is invoked with an UNKNOWN subcommand so
19	//! clap exits 2 within ~1s — the detached spawn() returns Ok, then the child dies.
20	//!
21	//! Lives in its own test binary (owns the process-global `SPT_HOME` independently).
22	//! Bounded by design: every captured `spt` call has a deadline and the residency
23	//! stamp wait is a bounded poll, so a regression is a clean assert, never a hang. All
24	//! spawned processes (broker + supervised brain + listen) are reaped — scoped to OUR
25	//! pids only, never a machine-wide reap (a live broker shares this box).
26	//!
27	//! This also exercises the F-009 fill order end-to-end through the REAL daemon: the
28	//! psyche argv (`psychebin definitely-not-a-real-subcommand`) is built by the new
29	//! tokenize-template-then-fill-each path (`fill_template_tokens`) in the brain's host
30	//! site, so a regression in that reorder shows up here as a mis-spawned psyche.
31	// [int->REQ-HAZARD-LIVEHOST-NONRESIDENT]
32	// [int->REQ-HAZARD-TEMPLATE-ARGV-FILL]
33
34	use std::path::{Path, PathBuf};
35	use std::process::{Child, Command, Output, Stdio};
36	use std::time::{Duration, Instant};
37
38	mod common;
39	use common::CommandNoWindowExt;
40
41	use spt_store::perch::{self, ParentHint};
42
43	/// Best-effort cross-platform kill of a single pid tree we spawned — NEVER a
44	/// machine-wide reap (a live broker shares this box).
45	fn kill_pid(pid: u32) {
46	    #[cfg(windows)]
47	    let _ = Command::new("taskkill")
48	        .no_window()
49	        .args(["/PID", &pid.to_string(), "/F", "/T"])
50	        .output();
51	    #[cfg(unix)]
52	    let _ = Command::new("kill").args(["-9", &pid.to_string()]).output();
53	}
54
55	/// `Command::output()` with a deadline, run off-thread — bounds a hang into a
56	/// clean failure.
57	fn output_bounded(mut cmd: Command, deadline: Duration) -> Output {
58	    let (tx, rx) = std::sync::mpsc::channel();
59	    std::thread::spawn(move || {
60	        let _ = tx.send(cmd.output());
61	    });
62	    rx.recv_timeout(deadline)
63	        .expect("captured spt call must complete within its deadline")
64	        .expect("run spt")
65	}
66
67	/// Read the brain `pid` out of a `brain.ready` body (self-describing JSON).
68	fn ready_pid(body: &str) -> Option<u32> {
69	    serde_json::from_str::<serde_json::Value>(body)
70	        .ok()?
71	        .get("pid")?
72	        .as_u64()
73	        .map(|p| p as u32)
74	}
75
76	/// Poll `brain.ready` for a pid, up to `budget`. `None` if it never appears.
77	fn wait_for_ready_pid(path: &Path, budget: Duration) -> Option<u32> {
78	    let deadline = Instant::now() + budget;
79	    while Instant::now() < deadline {
80	        if let Ok(s) = std::fs::read_to_string(path) {
81	            if let Some(pid) = ready_pid(&s) {
82	                return Some(pid);
83	            }
84	        }
85	        std::thread::sleep(Duration::from_millis(50));
86	    }
87	    None
88	}
89
90	#[test]
91	fn online_live_agent_with_fast_exiting_psyche_stamps_parent_and_clears_phantom() {
92	    // ── (1) Isolated SPT_HOME, NET-LESS / UNPAIRED (corrupt node.key → no net,
93	    //    no retry). One test in this binary owns the process-global SPT_HOME. ──
94	    let home = tempfile::tempdir().unwrap();
95	    std::env::set_var("SPT_HOME", home.path());
96
97	    let identity_dir = home.path().join("identity");
98	    std::fs::create_dir_all(&identity_dir).unwrap();
99	    std::fs::write(identity_dir.join("node.key"), "not-a-valid-seed").unwrap();
100
101	    let spt_bin = PathBuf::from(env!("CARGO_BIN_EXE_spt"));
102	    let exe_suffix = spt_bin
103	        .extension()
104	        .map(|e| format!(".{}", e.to_string_lossy()))
105	        .unwrap_or_default();
106
107	    // ── (2) A live-capable adapter in COPY mode whose [session.psyche_init].command
108	    //    is a BARE token (`psychebin`) naming a REAL binary that ships in the install
109	    //    dir (a copy of `spt`). It is invoked with an UNKNOWN subcommand so it RESOLVES
110	    //    + SPAWNS Ok but clap exits 2 within ~1s — the exact F-010 residual: spawn()
111	    //    Ok, child dies fast, nested perch written online with a dead pid. ──
112	    let src = perch::spt_home().join("srcs").join("mockfast");
113	    std::fs::create_dir_all(&src).unwrap();
114
115	    // Real binary fixture, BARE name, IN the install dir only (NOT on PATH).
116	    let psyche_bin = src.join(format!("psychebin{exe_suffix}"));
117	    std::fs::copy(&spt_bin, &psyche_bin).expect("stage the real psyche binary fixture");
118	    assert!(psyche_bin.is_file(), "the psyche fixture must exist in the install dir");
119
120	    let drops = home.path().join("drops");
121	    std::fs::create_dir_all(&drops).unwrap();
122	    let dir = drops.to_string_lossy().replace('\\', "/");
123
124	    // `psychebin not-a-subcommand` → clap "unrecognized subcommand" → exit code 2,
125	    // within ~1s. A REAL spawn that dies fast (the bad-argv shape), NOT a spawn-Err.
126	    let manifest_toml = format!(
127	        "[adapter]\nname=\"mockfast\"\nkind=\"harness\"\nversion=\"1\"\n\
128	         min_spt_core_version=\"0\"\n\n\
129	         [session]\ncommune_dir=\"{dir}\"\nsignoff_dir=\"{dir}\"\n\n\
130	         [session.psyche_init]\ncommand='psychebin definitely-not-a-real-subcommand'\ncwd=\"{{psyche_dir}}\"\nkeys=[]\n"
131	    );
132	    let manifest_path = src.join("manifest.toml");
133	    std::fs::write(&manifest_path, &manifest_toml).unwrap();
134	    spt_runtime::registry::register(&perch::adapters_dir(), &src, 1000).unwrap();
135
136	    // Sanity: the bare token DOES resolve to a real file (so the spawn succeeds — the
137	    // failure later is the fast EXIT, not a missing binary).
138	    let resolved =
139	        spt_runtime::registry::resolve_option(&perch::adapters_dir(), "mockfast").map(|(rec, _)| {
140	            spt_runtime::runtime::resolve_program_in_dir("psychebin", Path::new(&rec.source_dir))
141	        });
142	    assert!(
143	        resolved
144	            .as_ref()
145	            .map(|p| Path::new(p).is_file())
146	            .unwrap_or(false),
147	        "the bare psychebin MUST resolve to a real file (got {resolved:?})"
148	    );
149
150	    // ── (3) Launch the REAL daemon broker PROCESS (spawns a supervised brain CHILD). ──
151	    let brain_log = home.path().join("brain.stderr.log");
152	    let brain_log_file = std::fs::File::create(&brain_log).expect("create brain stderr log");
153	    let mut broker: Child = Command::new(&spt_bin)
154	        .no_window()
155	        .args(["daemon", "run"])
156	        .env("SPT_HOME", home.path())
157	        .stdout(Stdio::null())
158	        .stderr(Stdio::from(brain_log_file))
159	        .spawn()
160	        .expect("spawn spt daemon run (broker process)");
161
162	    let brain_pid = match wait_for_ready_pid(&home.path().join("brain.ready"), Duration::from_secs(30))
163	    {
164	        Some(p) => p,
165	        None => {
166	            let _ = broker.kill();
167	            let _ = broker.wait();
168	            panic!(
169	                "PRECONDITION FAILED: the real broker never spawned a ready brain child.\n{}",
170	                std::fs::read_to_string(&brain_log).unwrap_or_default()
171	            );
172	        }
173	    };
174
175	    // ── (4) The REAL harness establish→online path: `api seed` then persistent
176	    //    `api listen` (marks the perch online, then blocks). ──
177	    let id = "fastexit-agent";
178	    let pid = std::process::id().to_string();
179	    let mp = manifest_path.to_string_lossy().to_string();
180
181	    let seed = {
182	        let mut cmd = Command::new(&spt_bin);
183	        cmd.no_window()
184	            .args([
185	                "api",
186	                "--adapter",
187	                "mockfast",
188	                "seed",
189	                "--pid",
190	                &pid,
191	                "--session-id",
192	                "sid-fastexit",
193	            ])
194	            .env("SPT_HOME", home.path());
195	        output_bounded(cmd, Duration::from_secs(30))
196	    };
197	    if !seed.status.success() {
198	        let _ = broker.kill();
199	        let _ = broker.wait();
200	        panic!(
201	            "PRECONDITION FAILED: api seed failed: {}",
202	            String::from_utf8_lossy(&seed.stderr)
203	        );
204	    }
205
206	    let listen_log = home.path().join("listen.stderr.log");
207	    let listen_log_file = std::fs::File::create(&listen_log).expect("create listen stderr log");
208	    let mut listen: Child = Command::new(&spt_bin)
209	        .no_window()
210	        .args([
211	            "api",
212	            "--adapter",
213	            "mockfast",
214	            "--manifest",
215	            &mp,
216	            "listen",
217	            id,
218	            "--parent-pid",
219	            &pid,
220	        ])
221	        .env("SPT_HOME", home.path())
222	        .stdout(Stdio::null())
223	        .stderr(Stdio::from(listen_log_file))
224	        .spawn()
225	        .expect("spawn the persistent api listen (harness-hosted live agent)");
226
227	    let self_perch = perch::resolve_perch_path(id, ParentHint::Infer);
228	    let online = {
229	        let deadline = Instant::now() + Duration::from_secs(15);
230	        loop {
231	            let st = spt_store::info::read_info(&self_perch).and_then(|i| i.status);
232	            if st.as_deref() == Some(spt_store::liveness::STATUS_ONLINE) {
233	                break true;
234	            }
235	            if Instant::now() >= deadline {
236	                break false;
237	            }
238	            std::thread::sleep(Duration::from_millis(100));
239	        }
240	    };
241	    if !online {
242	        kill_pid(listen.id());
243	        let _ = listen.wait();
244	        let _ = broker.kill();
245	        let _ = broker.wait();
246	        panic!(
247	            "PRECONDITION FAILED: the persistent `api listen` never marked the perch online.\n\
248	             listen stderr:\n{}",
249	            std::fs::read_to_string(&listen_log).unwrap_or_default()
250	        );
251	    }
252
253	    // ── (5) THE ASSERTION: the psyche spawns Ok but dies fast, so RESIDENCY fails
254	    //    past the grace. The brain's reconcile must stamp the PARENT perch
255	    //    `psyche_host_error` (reason non-empty, mentions exit/within) AND the nested
256	    //    `{id}-psyche` perch must NOT be left status=online (the phantom is cleared).
257	    //    Cadence: reconcile every 5s, residency grace 5s — the failure is detected by
258	    //    ~grace + up to one interval, so a ~10-15s window; bounded 30s poll. ──
259	    let psyche_perch =
260	        perch::resolve_perch_path(&format!("{id}-psyche"), ParentHint::Explicit(id));
261	    let deadline = Instant::now() + Duration::from_secs(30);
262	    let mut stamped: Option<spt_store::info::PsycheHostError> = None;
263	    while Instant::now() < deadline {
264	        if let Some(e) = spt_store::info::read_info(&self_perch).and_then(|i| i.psyche_host_error) {
265	            stamped = Some(e);
266	            break;
267	        }
268	        std::thread::sleep(Duration::from_millis(200));
269	    }
270
271	    // The nested psyche perch must NOT be left falsely online (residency un-host
272	    // clears it). Either absent, or present-but-not-online.
273	    let psyche_status = spt_store::info::read_info(&psyche_perch).and_then(|i| i.status);
274	    let phantom_online = psyche_status.as_deref() == Some(spt_store::liveness::STATUS_ONLINE);
275	    // Parent status stays daemon-authoritative online — the residency stamp never
276	    // de-stamps it (the SIGNAL is psyche_host_error, not a status flip).
277	    let parent_status = spt_store::info::read_info(&self_perch).and_then(|i| i.status);
278
279	    let brain_stderr = std::fs::read_to_string(&brain_log).unwrap_or_default();
280	    let listen_stderr = std::fs::read_to_string(&listen_log).unwrap_or_default();
281
282	    eprintln!(
283	        "=== DIAGNOSTIC: stamped={stamped:?} parent_status={parent_status:?} \
284	         psyche_status={psyche_status:?} brain_pid={brain_pid} ==="
285	    );
286	    eprintln!("=== brain stderr (LIVEHOST_PSYCHE_NONRESIDENT lands here) ===\n{brain_stderr}");
287	    eprintln!("=== listen stderr ===\n{listen_stderr}");
288
289	    // ── (6) Reap everything we spawned — scoped to OUR pids only. ──
290	    kill_pid(listen.id());
291	    let _ = listen.wait();
292	    kill_pid(brain_pid);
293	    let _ = broker.kill();
294	    let _ = broker.wait();
295
296	    let stamped = stamped.unwrap_or_else(|| {
297	        panic!(
298	            "REQ-HAZARD-LIVEHOST-NONRESIDENT: an ONLINE live endpoint whose Psyche spawns \
299	             then EXITS FAST (residency fails) MUST stamp a harness-reachable psyche_host_error \
300	             on the PARENT perch within 30s — it did NOT (the failure stayed masked: online + \
301	             no Psyche + no cause).\n\
302	             === brain stderr ===\n{brain_stderr}\n=== listen stderr ===\n{listen_stderr}"
303	        )
304	    });
305	    assert!(
306	        !stamped.reason.is_empty(),
307	        "the stamped psyche_host_error must carry a non-empty reason (got {stamped:?})"
308	    );
309	    let reason_lc = stamped.reason.to_lowercase();
310	    assert!(
311	        reason_lc.contains("exit") || reason_lc.contains("within"),
312	        "the residency reason must mention exit/within (got {:?})",
313	        stamped.reason
314	    );
315	    assert!(
316	        stamped.attempts >= 1,
317	        "the stamped psyche_host_error must carry attempts >= 1 (got {stamped:?})"
318	    );
319	    assert_eq!(
320	        parent_status.as_deref(),
321	        Some(spt_store::liveness::STATUS_ONLINE),
322	        "parent status stays daemon-authoritative online — the residency stamp never touches it"
323	    );
324	    assert!(
325	        !phantom_online,
326	        "a non-resident psyche must NOT be left status=online (the phantom nested \
327	         `{id}-psyche` perch must be cleared); got psyche_status={psyche_status:?}"
328	    );
329	}
330


1	//! v0.8.1 boot-race REPRODUCER (REQ-DAEMON-1) — a harness-hosted live agent goes
2	//! `status=online` but the REAL daemon brain never hosts its Psyche on a net-less
3	//! / unpaired node.
4	//!
5	//! This is the full-stack production-path E2E that the existing analogs stop short
6	//! of (doyle's mandate):
7	//!
8	//!   - `daemon_lifecycle_real_brain.rs` runs `run_brain` on a THREAD, uses a NOOP
9	//!     `cmd /C rem` psyche (a shell builtin that always resolves — it never
10	//!     exercises install-dir binary resolution), and HAND-WRITES the online perch.
11	//!   - This test launches the REAL `spt daemon run` broker PROCESS (which spawns a
12	//!     real supervised `spt daemon brain` CHILD), drives the REAL `api seed` +
13	//!     `api listen` establish→online path, and uses a REAL psyche binary referenced
14	//!     by a BARE program token that lives ONLY in the adapter install dir — so the
15	//!     daemon-host site MUST resolve it via REQ-INSTALL-11 install-dir resolution,
16	//!     not PATH.
17	//!
18	//! The disk-observable proxy for "the brain hosted the Psyche" is the nested
19	//! `<id>-psyche` perch's `info.json` appearing (mirrors `daemon_lifecycle_real_brain.rs`).
20	//! On a buggy tree this never appears within the bounded deadline.
21	//!
22	//! Bounded by design: every captured `spt` call has a deadline and the whole host
23	//! wait is a 25s polling loop, so a reproduced failure is a clean assert, never a
24	//! hang. All spawned processes (broker + supervised brain + listen) are reaped.
25	// [int->REQ-DAEMON-1]
26
27	use std::path::{Path, PathBuf};
28	use std::process::{Child, Command, Output, Stdio};
29	use std::time::{Duration, Instant};
30
31	mod common;
32	use common::CommandNoWindowExt;
33
34	use spt_store::perch::{self, ParentHint};
35
36	/// Best-effort cross-platform kill of a pid tree (mirrors the other E2E helpers).
37	/// Scoped to a SINGLE pid we spawned — never a machine-wide reap (a live broker
38	/// shares this box).
39	fn kill_pid(pid: u32) {
40	    #[cfg(windows)]
41	    let _ = Command::new("taskkill")
42	        .no_window()
43	        .args(["/PID", &pid.to_string(), "/F", "/T"])
44	        .output();
45	    #[cfg(unix)]
46	    let _ = Command::new("kill").args(["-9", &pid.to_string()]).output();
47	}
48
49	/// `Command::output()` with a deadline, run off-thread — bounds a hang into a
50	/// clean failure (the `live_firsthost_e2e` pattern).
51	fn output_bounded(mut cmd: Command, deadline: Duration) -> Output {
52	    let (tx, rx) = std::sync::mpsc::channel();
53	    std::thread::spawn(move || {
54	        let _ = tx.send(cmd.output());
55	    });
56	    rx.recv_timeout(deadline)
57	        .expect("captured spt call must complete within its deadline")
58	        .expect("run spt")
59	}
60
61	/// Read the brain `pid` out of a `brain.ready` body (self-describing JSON since
62	/// D6-1b). The come-up proof: the broker spawned a brain child.
63	fn ready_pid(body: &str) -> Option<u32> {
64	    serde_json::from_str::<serde_json::Value>(body)
65	        .ok()?
66	        .get("pid")?
67	        .as_u64()
68	        .map(|p| p as u32)
69	}
70
71	/// Poll `brain.ready` for a pid, up to `budget`. `None` if it never appears.
72	fn wait_for_ready_pid(path: &Path, budget: Duration) -> Option<u32> {
73	    let deadline = Instant::now() + budget;
74	    while Instant::now() < deadline {
75	        if let Ok(s) = std::fs::read_to_string(path) {
76	            if let Some(pid) = ready_pid(&s) {
77	                return Some(pid);
78	            }
79	        }
80	        std::thread::sleep(Duration::from_millis(50));
81	    }
82	    None
83	}
84
85	#[test]
86	fn netless_online_live_agent_is_hosted_by_the_real_daemon_brain() {
87	    // ── (1) Isolated SPT_HOME, NET-LESS / UNPAIRED: we create no subnet and run no
88	    //    pairing. The whole defect window is "online live agent on a node with no
89	    //    net". One test in this binary owns the process-global SPT_HOME; children
90	    //    are passed it explicitly via .env() anyway. ──
91	    let home = tempfile::tempdir().unwrap();
92	    std::env::set_var("SPT_HOME", home.path());
93
94	    // Force the truest NET-LESS / UNPAIRED condition: a CORRUPT node.key makes
95	    // `nodeid::load_or_create()` error, so `Daemon::run` computes `node_hex = None`
96	    // → it NEVER calls `try_start_net` and arms NO net-retry (daemon.rs:153-161,
97	    // "NODE_KEY_FAIL: identity unavailable — broker runs net-less, no retry"). The
98	    // brain's `net-status` therefore never reports `enabled`, so BRAIN_NET_CONSUMERS_UP
99	    // never fires — the exact net-starved node perri hit. (A corrupt key is NEVER
100	    // auto-regenerated by design — nodeid.rs module docs.)
101	    let identity_dir = home.path().join("identity");
102	    std::fs::create_dir_all(&identity_dir).unwrap();
103	    std::fs::write(identity_dir.join("node.key"), "not-a-valid-seed").unwrap();
104
105	    let spt_bin = PathBuf::from(env!("CARGO_BIN_EXE_spt"));
106	    let exe_suffix = spt_bin
107	        .extension()
108	        .map(|e| format!(".{}", e.to_string_lossy()))
109	        .unwrap_or_default();
110
111	    // ── (2) A live-capable adapter in COPY mode whose [session.psyche_init].command
112	    //    is a BARE program token (`psychebin`) naming a REAL psyche binary that
113	    //    ships in the adapter's install dir (= the registered `source_dir`). The
114	    //    fixture is a copy of the real `spt` binary invoked as `psychebin --version`
115	    //    (a real executable that exits 0 immediately, no side effects). The bare
116	    //    token is NOT on PATH, so spawn_psyche can ONLY resolve it via REQ-INSTALL-11
117	    //    install-dir resolution. ──
118	    let src = perch::spt_home().join("srcs").join("mocklive");
119	    std::fs::create_dir_all(&src).unwrap();
120
121	    // The real psyche binary fixture, by a BARE name, IN the install dir only.
122	    let psyche_bin = src.join(format!("psychebin{exe_suffix}"));
123	    std::fs::copy(&spt_bin, &psyche_bin).expect("stage the real psyche binary fixture");
124	    assert!(
125	        psyche_bin.is_file(),
126	        "the psyche binary fixture must exist in the install dir"
127	    );
128
129	    // The drops dir (commune/signoff watch) — irrelevant to the host proof but the
130	    // manifest needs a [session] block.
131	    let drops = home.path().join("drops");
132	    std::fs::create_dir_all(&drops).unwrap();
133	    let dir = drops.to_string_lossy().replace('\\', "/");
134
135	    // Command is the BARE token `psychebin` + a harmless fast-exit arg. NOT an
136	    // absolute path, NOT a shell builtin: it resolves only if install-dir
137	    // resolution fires.
138	    let manifest_toml = format!(
139	        "[adapter]\nname=\"mocklive\"\nkind=\"harness\"\nversion=\"1\"\n\
140	         min_spt_core_version=\"0\"\n\n\
141	         [session]\ncommune_dir=\"{dir}\"\nsignoff_dir=\"{dir}\"\n\n\
142	         [session.psyche_init]\ncommand='psychebin --version'\ncwd=\"{{psyche_dir}}\"\nkeys=[]\n"
143	    );
144	    let manifest_path = src.join("manifest.toml");
145	    std::fs::write(&manifest_path, &manifest_toml).unwrap();
146	    // Register in COPY mode (no [update] avenue ⇒ copy). The record's `source_dir`
147	    // is `src` — the install dir the brain resolves `psychebin` against.
148	    spt_runtime::registry::register(&perch::adapters_dir(), &src, 1000).unwrap();
149
150	    // Sanity: install-dir resolution of the bare token DOES find the fixture (so a
151	    // failure later is the WIRING not the fixture).
152	    let resolved =
153	        spt_runtime::registry::resolve_option(&perch::adapters_dir(), "mocklive").map(|(rec, _)| {
154	            spt_runtime::runtime::resolve_program_in_dir("psychebin", Path::new(&rec.source_dir))
155	        });
156	    assert!(
157	        resolved
158	            .as_ref()
159	            .map(|p| Path::new(p).is_file())
160	            .unwrap_or(false),
161	        "install-dir resolution must find the bare psychebin in source_dir (got {resolved:?})"
162	    );
163
164	    // ── (3) Launch the REAL daemon broker PROCESS. `spt daemon run` is the broker;
165	    //    it spawns a supervised `spt daemon brain` CHILD. Redirect the broker's
166	    //    stderr to a log file in the tempdir — the brain child inherits the broker's
167	    //    stderr (spawn_brain_child sets no stdio), so BRAIN_UP / LIVEHOST_PSYCHE /
168	    //    LIVEHOST_PSYCHE_FAIL (all eprintln! to the brain's stderr) land here. ──
169	    let brain_log = home.path().join("brain.stderr.log");
170	    let brain_log_file = std::fs::File::create(&brain_log).expect("create brain stderr log");
171	    let mut broker: Child = Command::new(&spt_bin)
172	        .no_window()
173	        .args(["daemon", "run"])
174	        .env("SPT_HOME", home.path())
175	        .stdout(Stdio::null())
176	        .stderr(Stdio::from(brain_log_file))
177	        .spawn()
178	        .expect("spawn spt daemon run (broker process)");
179
180	    // Come-up: the broker spawned a brain child that signalled ready. This is the
181	    // precondition — if the brain never comes up, the host claim is moot.
182	    let brain_pid = match wait_for_ready_pid(&home.path().join("brain.ready"), Duration::from_secs(30))
183	    {
184	        Some(p) => p,
185	        None => {
186	            let _ = broker.kill();
187	            let _ = broker.wait();
188	            panic!(
189	                "PRECONDITION FAILED: the real broker never spawned a ready brain child \
190	                 (brain.ready absent). Brain stderr:\n{}",
191	                std::fs::read_to_string(&brain_log).unwrap_or_default()
192	            );
193	        }
194	    };
195
196	    // ── (4) The REAL harness establish→online path: `api seed` then `api listen`.
197	    //    Seed keyed by THIS process's pid (alive — passes the recycle guard). The
198	    //    listen is the PERSISTENT (non --once) form: it marks the perch online and
199	    //    then BLOCKS in the relay loop until killed (the real harness leaves it
200	    //    running). Run it as a captured child whose stderr we keep, so we can see
201	    //    its BOUND/READY markers and reap it. ──
202	    let id = "bootrace-agent";
203	    let pid = std::process::id().to_string();
204	    let mp = manifest_path.to_string_lossy().to_string();
205
206	    let seed = {
207	        let mut cmd = Command::new(&spt_bin);
208	        cmd.no_window()
209	            .args([
210	                "api",
211	                "--adapter",
212	                "mocklive",
213	                "seed",
214	                "--pid",
215	                &pid,
216	                "--session-id",
217	                "sid-bootrace",
218	            ])
219	            .env("SPT_HOME", home.path());
220	        output_bounded(cmd, Duration::from_secs(30))
221	    };
222	    if !seed.status.success() {
223	        let _ = broker.kill();
224	        let _ = broker.wait();
225	        panic!(
226	            "PRECONDITION FAILED: api seed failed: {}",
227	            String::from_utf8_lossy(&seed.stderr)
228	        );
229	    }
230
231	    // The persistent live `api listen` — marks the perch status=online (live-capable
232	    // because the manifest declares [session.psyche_init]) then blocks. The harness
233	    // keeps this process alive for the session's lifetime.
234	    let listen_log = home.path().join("listen.stderr.log");
235	    let listen_log_file = std::fs::File::create(&listen_log).expect("create listen stderr log");
236	    let mut listen: Child = Command::new(&spt_bin)
237	        .no_window()
238	        .args([
239	            "api",
240	            "--adapter",
241	            "mocklive",
242	            "--manifest",
243	            &mp,
244	            "listen",
245	            id,
246	            "--parent-pid",
247	            &pid,
248	        ])
249	        .env("SPT_HOME", home.path())
250	        .stdout(Stdio::null())
251	        .stderr(Stdio::from(listen_log_file))
252	        .spawn()
253	        .expect("spawn the persistent api listen (harness-hosted live agent)");
254
255	    // Confirm the establish→online actually took: the Self perch carries
256	    // status=online (written by cmd_listen). Poll briefly — `listen` writes it
257	    // right after BOUND.
258	    let self_perch = perch::resolve_perch_path(id, ParentHint::Infer);
259	    let online = {
260	        let deadline = Instant::now() + Duration::from_secs(15);
261	        loop {
262	            let st = spt_store::info::read_info(&self_perch).and_then(|i| i.status);
263	            if st.as_deref() == Some(spt_store::liveness::STATUS_ONLINE) {
264	                break true;
265	            }
266	            if Instant::now() >= deadline {
267	                break false;
268	            }
269	            std::thread::sleep(Duration::from_millis(100));
270	        }
271	    };
272	    if !online {
273	        kill_pid(listen.id());
274	        let _ = listen.wait();
275	        let _ = broker.kill();
276	        let _ = broker.wait();
277	        panic!(
278	            "PRECONDITION FAILED: the persistent `api listen` never marked the perch online.\n\
279	             listen stderr:\n{}",
280	            std::fs::read_to_string(&listen_log).unwrap_or_default()
281	        );
282	    }
283
284	    // ── (5) THE ASSERTION: the REAL daemon brain must host the Psyche. The
285	    //    disk-observable proxy is the nested `<id>-psyche` perch's info.json
286	    //    appearing (spawn_and_bind writes it AFTER a successful psyche spawn; a
287	    //    spawn failure logs LIVEHOST_PSYCHE_FAIL and writes nothing). Bounded 25s
288	    //    poll — on a buggy tree this SHOULD time out. ──
289	    let psyche_perch = perch::resolve_perch_path(
290	        &format!("{id}-psyche"),
291	        ParentHint::Explicit(id),
292	    );
293	    let deadline = Instant::now() + Duration::from_secs(25);
294	    let mut hosted = false;
295	    while Instant::now() < deadline {
296	        if spt_store::info::read_info(&psyche_perch).is_some() {
297	            hosted = true;
298	            break;
299	        }
300	        std::thread::sleep(Duration::from_millis(200));
301	    }
302
303	    // Capture diagnostics BEFORE teardown so the report has the real markers.
304	    let brain_stderr = std::fs::read_to_string(&brain_log).unwrap_or_default();
305	    let listen_stderr = std::fs::read_to_string(&listen_log).unwrap_or_default();
306
307	    // Always surface the captured markers (the reproduction evidence).
308	    eprintln!("=== DIAGNOSTIC: hosted={hosted} brain_pid={brain_pid} ===");
309	    eprintln!("=== brain stderr (BRAIN_UP / LIVEHOST_PSYCHE / LIVEHOST_PSYCHE_FAIL) ===\n{brain_stderr}");
310	    eprintln!("=== listen stderr ===\n{listen_stderr}");
311	    eprintln!(
312	        "=== psyche perch info.json present: {} (path {}) ===",
313	        psyche_perch.join("info.json").exists(),
314	        psyche_perch.display()
315	    );
316
317	    // ── (6) Reap everything we spawned — scoped to OUR pids only. ──
318	    kill_pid(listen.id());
319	    let _ = listen.wait();
320	    kill_pid(brain_pid);
321	    let _ = broker.kill();
322	    let _ = broker.wait();
323
324	    // The harness-reachable psyche-host-health field (v0.8.1,
325	    // REQ-HAZARD-LIVEHOST-BOOT-RACE): on the SUCCESS path the live perch must carry
326	    // NO `psyche_host_error` — a successfully-hosted live agent shows clean (a prior
327	    // transient failure, if any, is cleared on the successful host).
328	    // [int->REQ-HAZARD-LIVEHOST-BOOT-RACE]
329	    let phe = spt_store::info::read_info(&self_perch).and_then(|i| i.psyche_host_error);
330
331	    assert!(
332	        hosted,
333	        "REQ-DAEMON-1: the REAL daemon brain must host the Psyche for a net-less ONLINE \
334	         live endpoint (the nested `{id}-psyche` perch must appear) within 25s — it did NOT.\n\
335	         === brain stderr (BRAIN_UP / LIVEHOST_PSYCHE / LIVEHOST_PSYCHE_FAIL land here) ===\n{}\n\
336	         === listen stderr ===\n{}",
337	        brain_stderr, listen_stderr,
338	    );
339	    assert!(
340	        phe.is_none(),
341	        "REQ-HAZARD-LIVEHOST-BOOT-RACE: a successfully-hosted live perch must carry NO \
342	         psyche_host_error (got {phe:?})",
343	    );
344	}
345


Now let me look at the relevant store helpers and the traceable-reqs entry.


959:id = "REQ-HAZARD-LIVEHOST-NONRESIDENT"
960-[Omitted long context line]
961-[Omitted long context line]
962-[[requirements]]
963-id = "REQ-HAZARD-EPOCH-RESET"
964-title = "Advertisement-epoch reset strands a node: peers' higher last-seen epoch drops the reset node's fresh advertisements as Stale until the counter outruns history. Common case (full reinstall/re-pair) is mitigated by REQ-SUBNET-7's ceremony eviction (peer-side epoch memory dies with the deleted row — acceptance-verified); the residual narrow slice (epoch file lost, identity kept) is documented, guard deferred to a field hit (4.11)"
965-required_stages = []  # rule 5 + M8 decision 24: documented hazard (KNOWN-HAZARDS 4.11 at D5), guard waits for a field hit of the narrow slice; the re-pair eviction path is tested under REQ-SUBNET-7
966-
967-# ── Subnet full-mesh: membership seed-proof + roster-only relay (ADR-0017, 2026-06-08 grill) ──


crates\spt-store\src\info.rs:361:pub fn read_pid(perch_path: &Path) -> Option<u32> {
C:\Users\decid\Documents\projects\spt-core\crates\spt-store\src\info.rs-362-    let path = perch_path.join("info.json");
C:\Users\decid\Documents\projects\spt-core\crates\spt-store\src\info.rs-363-    for _ in 0..READ_ATTEMPTS {
crates\spt-store\src\info.rs-364-        if let Ok(content) = std::fs::read_to_string(&path) {
--
crates\spt-store\src\proc.rs:16:pub fn is_process_alive(pid: u32) -> bool {
C:\Users\decid\Documents\projects\spt-core\crates\spt-store\src\proc.rs-17-    if pid == 0 {
C:\Users\decid\Documents\projects\spt-core\crates\spt-store\src\proc.rs-18-        return false; // never a probe-able process; see doc comment
C:\Users\decid\Documents\projects\spt-core\crates\spt-store\src\proc.rs-19-    }


1	//! v0.8.1 NEGATIVE E2E (REQ-HAZARD-LIVEHOST-BOOT-RACE) — a harness-hosted live
2	//! agent that goes `status=online` but whose Psyche FAILS to host (the psyche
3	//! binary is ABSENT from the adapter install dir) must leave a HARNESS-REACHABLE
4	//! diagnostic on the perch's `info.json` (`psyche_host_error`), not merely an
5	//! `eprintln!` on the brain's invisible stderr.
6	//!
7	//! This is the companion to `livehost_bootrace_e2e.rs` (the POSITIVE case). It
8	//! drives the SAME real production path — `spt daemon run` broker → supervised
9	//! `spt daemon brain` CHILD → `api seed` + persistent `api listen` (online) — on
10	//! a net-less / unpaired node, but the adapter's `[session.psyche_init].command`
11	//! is a BARE token (`psychebin`) with NO matching binary anywhere (not in the
12	//! install dir, not on PATH). So `spawn_psyche` fails every reconcile tick, and
13	//! the brain's `host_one` must stamp the perch `info.json` with a
14	//! `psyche_host_error` (reason non-empty, attempts >= 1) — the previously-silent
15	//! failure is now diagnosable from PERCH STATE.
16	//!
17	//! Lives in its own test binary (so it owns the process-global `SPT_HOME`
18	//! independently of the positive test). Bounded by design: every captured `spt`
19	//! call has a deadline and the failure-stamp wait is a bounded poll, so a
20	//! regression is a clean assert, never a hang. All spawned processes (broker +
21	//! supervised brain + listen) are reaped — scoped to OUR pids only, never a
22	//! machine-wide reap (a live broker shares this box).
23	// [int->REQ-HAZARD-LIVEHOST-BOOT-RACE]
24
25	use std::path::{Path, PathBuf};
26	use std::process::{Child, Command, Output, Stdio};
27	use std::time::{Duration, Instant};
28
29	mod common;
30	use common::CommandNoWindowExt;
31
32	use spt_store::perch::{self, ParentHint};
33
34	/// Best-effort cross-platform kill of a single pid tree we spawned — NEVER a
35	/// machine-wide reap (a live broker shares this box).
36	fn kill_pid(pid: u32) {
37	    #[cfg(windows)]
38	    let _ = Command::new("taskkill")
39	        .no_window()
40	        .args(["/PID", &pid.to_string(), "/F", "/T"])
41	        .output();
42	    #[cfg(unix)]
43	    let _ = Command::new("kill").args(["-9", &pid.to_string()]).output();
44	}
45
46	/// `Command::output()` with a deadline, run off-thread — bounds a hang into a
47	/// clean failure.
48	fn output_bounded(mut cmd: Command, deadline: Duration) -> Output {
49	    let (tx, rx) = std::sync::mpsc::channel();
50	    std::thread::spawn(move || {
51	        let _ = tx.send(cmd.output());
52	    });
53	    rx.recv_timeout(deadline)
54	        .expect("captured spt call must complete within its deadline")
55	        .expect("run spt")
56	}
57
58	/// Read the brain `pid` out of a `brain.ready` body (self-describing JSON).
59	fn ready_pid(body: &str) -> Option<u32> {
60	    serde_json::from_str::<serde_json::Value>(body)
61	        .ok()?
62	        .get("pid")?
63	        .as_u64()
64	        .map(|p| p as u32)
65	}
66
67	/// Poll `brain.ready` for a pid, up to `budget`. `None` if it never appears.
68	fn wait_for_ready_pid(path: &Path, budget: Duration) -> Option<u32> {
69	    let deadline = Instant::now() + budget;
70	    while Instant::now() < deadline {
71	        if let Ok(s) = std::fs::read_to_string(path) {
72	            if let Some(pid) = ready_pid(&s) {
73	                return Some(pid);
74	            }
75	        }
76	        std::thread::sleep(Duration::from_millis(50));
77	    }
78	    None
79	}
80
81	#[test]
82	fn online_live_agent_with_missing_psyche_binary_stamps_a_harness_reachable_error() {
83	    // ── (1) Isolated SPT_HOME, NET-LESS / UNPAIRED (corrupt node.key → no net,
84	    //    no retry — the exact net-starved condition). One test in this binary owns
85	    //    the process-global SPT_HOME; children get it via .env() anyway. ──
86	    let home = tempfile::tempdir().unwrap();
87	    std::env::set_var("SPT_HOME", home.path());
88
89	    let identity_dir = home.path().join("identity");
90	    std::fs::create_dir_all(&identity_dir).unwrap();
91	    std::fs::write(identity_dir.join("node.key"), "not-a-valid-seed").unwrap();
92
93	    let spt_bin = PathBuf::from(env!("CARGO_BIN_EXE_spt"));
94
95	    // ── (2) A live-capable adapter in COPY mode whose [session.psyche_init].command
96	    //    is a BARE token (`psychebin`) for which NO binary exists — NOT in the
97	    //    install dir (we deliberately do NOT stage it), NOT on PATH. So spawn_psyche
98	    //    MUST fail every reconcile tick: the precise "psyche binary absent from its
99	    //    install dir" defect this hazard is about. ──
100	    let src = perch::spt_home().join("srcs").join("mockfail");
101	    std::fs::create_dir_all(&src).unwrap();
102
103	    // (deliberately NO psychebin fixture staged in `src` — that is the defect.)
104	    let drops = home.path().join("drops");
105	    std::fs::create_dir_all(&drops).unwrap();
106	    let dir = drops.to_string_lossy().replace('\\', "/");
107
108	    let manifest_toml = format!(
109	        "[adapter]\nname=\"mockfail\"\nkind=\"harness\"\nversion=\"1\"\n\
110	         min_spt_core_version=\"0\"\n\n\
111	         [session]\ncommune_dir=\"{dir}\"\nsignoff_dir=\"{dir}\"\n\n\
112	         [session.psyche_init]\ncommand='psychebin --version'\ncwd=\"{{psyche_dir}}\"\nkeys=[]\n"
113	    );
114	    let manifest_path = src.join("manifest.toml");
115	    std::fs::write(&manifest_path, &manifest_toml).unwrap();
116	    spt_runtime::registry::register(&perch::adapters_dir(), &src, 1000).unwrap();
117
118	    // Sanity: install-dir resolution of the bare token must FAIL to find a file
119	    // (so the spawn failure later is the missing binary, not the wiring).
120	    let resolved =
121	        spt_runtime::registry::resolve_option(&perch::adapters_dir(), "mockfail").map(|(rec, _)| {
122	            spt_runtime::runtime::resolve_program_in_dir("psychebin", Path::new(&rec.source_dir))
123	        });
124	    assert!(
125	        resolved
126	            .as_ref()
127	            .map(|p| !Path::new(p).is_file())
128	            .unwrap_or(true),
129	        "the bare psychebin must NOT resolve to a real file (got {resolved:?})"
130	    );
131
132	    // ── (3) Launch the REAL daemon broker PROCESS (spawns a supervised brain CHILD).
133	    //    Redirect broker stderr to a log file (the brain child inherits it). ──
134	    let brain_log = home.path().join("brain.stderr.log");
135	    let brain_log_file = std::fs::File::create(&brain_log).expect("create brain stderr log");
136	    let mut broker: Child = Command::new(&spt_bin)
137	        .no_window()
138	        .args(["daemon", "run"])
139	        .env("SPT_HOME", home.path())
140	        .stdout(Stdio::null())
141	        .stderr(Stdio::from(brain_log_file))
142	        .spawn()
143	        .expect("spawn spt daemon run (broker process)");
144
145	    let brain_pid = match wait_for_ready_pid(&home.path().join("brain.ready"), Duration::from_secs(30))
146	    {
147	        Some(p) => p,
148	        None => {
149	            let _ = broker.kill();
150	            let _ = broker.wait();
151	            panic!(
152	                "PRECONDITION FAILED: the real broker never spawned a ready brain child.\n{}",
153	                std::fs::read_to_string(&brain_log).unwrap_or_default()
154	            );
155	        }
156	    };
157
158	    // ── (4) The REAL harness establish→online path: `api seed` then persistent
159	    //    `api listen` (marks the perch online, then blocks). ──
160	    let id = "psychefail-agent";
161	    let pid = std::process::id().to_string();
162	    let mp = manifest_path.to_string_lossy().to_string();
163
164	    let seed = {
165	        let mut cmd = Command::new(&spt_bin);
166	        cmd.no_window()
167	            .args([
168	                "api",
169	                "--adapter",
170	                "mockfail",
171	                "seed",
172	                "--pid",
173	                &pid,
174	                "--session-id",
175	                "sid-psychefail",
176	            ])
177	            .env("SPT_HOME", home.path());
178	        output_bounded(cmd, Duration::from_secs(30))
179	    };
180	    if !seed.status.success() {
181	        let _ = broker.kill();
182	        let _ = broker.wait();
183	        panic!(
184	            "PRECONDITION FAILED: api seed failed: {}",
185	            String::from_utf8_lossy(&seed.stderr)
186	        );
187	    }
188
189	    let listen_log = home.path().join("listen.stderr.log");
190	    let listen_log_file = std::fs::File::create(&listen_log).expect("create listen stderr log");
191	    let mut listen: Child = Command::new(&spt_bin)
192	        .no_window()
193	        .args([
194	            "api",
195	            "--adapter",
196	            "mockfail",
197	            "--manifest",
198	            &mp,
199	            "listen",
200	            id,
201	            "--parent-pid",
202	            &pid,
203	        ])
204	        .env("SPT_HOME", home.path())
205	        .stdout(Stdio::null())
206	        .stderr(Stdio::from(listen_log_file))
207	        .spawn()
208	        .expect("spawn the persistent api listen (harness-hosted live agent)");
209
210	    let self_perch = perch::resolve_perch_path(id, ParentHint::Infer);
211	    let online = {
212	        let deadline = Instant::now() + Duration::from_secs(15);
213	        loop {
214	            let st = spt_store::info::read_info(&self_perch).and_then(|i| i.status);
215	            if st.as_deref() == Some(spt_store::liveness::STATUS_ONLINE) {
216	                break true;
217	            }
218	            if Instant::now() >= deadline {
219	                break false;
220	            }
221	            std::thread::sleep(Duration::from_millis(100));
222	        }
223	    };
224	    if !online {
225	        kill_pid(listen.id());
226	        let _ = listen.wait();
227	        let _ = broker.kill();
228	        let _ = broker.wait();
229	        panic!(
230	            "PRECONDITION FAILED: the persistent `api listen` never marked the perch online.\n\
231	             listen stderr:\n{}",
232	            std::fs::read_to_string(&listen_log).unwrap_or_default()
233	        );
234	    }
235
236	    // ── (5) THE ASSERTION: with the psyche binary MISSING, the brain's host_one
237	    //    must stamp the perch info.json with a `psyche_host_error` (reason
238	    //    non-empty, attempts >= 1) — the failure is now HARNESS-DIAGNOSABLE on the
239	    //    perch, not just on the brain's stderr. The reconcile cadence is 5s, so a
240	    //    ~6s tick must have fired; bounded 25s poll. The nested `<id>-psyche` perch
241	    //    must NEVER appear (a spawn failure writes no psyche perch). ──
242	    let psyche_perch =
243	        perch::resolve_perch_path(&format!("{id}-psyche"), ParentHint::Explicit(id));
244	    let deadline = Instant::now() + Duration::from_secs(25);
245	    let mut stamped: Option<spt_store::info::PsycheHostError> = None;
246	    while Instant::now() < deadline {
247	        if let Some(e) = spt_store::info::read_info(&self_perch).and_then(|i| i.psyche_host_error) {
248	            stamped = Some(e);
249	            break;
250	        }
251	        std::thread::sleep(Duration::from_millis(200));
252	    }
253
254	    // Status must STILL be online (liveness is daemon-authoritative; the failure
255	    // stamp NEVER touches it). The psyche perch must NOT exist (spawn failed).
256	    let status_after = spt_store::info::read_info(&self_perch).and_then(|i| i.status);
257	    let psyche_perch_present = spt_store::info::read_info(&psyche_perch).is_some();
258
259	    let brain_stderr = std::fs::read_to_string(&brain_log).unwrap_or_default();
260	    let listen_stderr = std::fs::read_to_string(&listen_log).unwrap_or_default();
261
262	    eprintln!("=== DIAGNOSTIC: stamped={stamped:?} status_after={status_after:?} brain_pid={brain_pid} ===");
263	    eprintln!("=== brain stderr (LIVEHOST_PSYCHE_FAIL lands here) ===\n{brain_stderr}");
264	    eprintln!("=== listen stderr ===\n{listen_stderr}");
265
266	    // ── (6) Reap everything we spawned — scoped to OUR pids only. ──
267	    kill_pid(listen.id());
268	    let _ = listen.wait();
269	    kill_pid(brain_pid);
270	    let _ = broker.kill();
271	    let _ = broker.wait();
272
273	    let stamped = stamped.unwrap_or_else(|| {
274	        panic!(
275	            "REQ-HAZARD-LIVEHOST-BOOT-RACE: an ONLINE live endpoint whose Psyche fails to host \
276	             (psyche binary absent) MUST stamp a harness-reachable psyche_host_error on its perch \
277	             info.json within 25s — it did NOT (the failure stayed silent on brain stderr).\n\
278	             === brain stderr ===\n{brain_stderr}\n=== listen stderr ===\n{listen_stderr}"
279	        )
280	    });
281	    assert!(
282	        !stamped.reason.is_empty(),
283	        "the stamped psyche_host_error must carry a non-empty reason (got {stamped:?})"
284	    );
285	    assert!(
286	        stamped.attempts >= 1,
287	        "the stamped psyche_host_error must carry attempts >= 1 (got {stamped:?})"
288	    );
289	    assert_eq!(
290	        status_after.as_deref(),
291	        Some(spt_store::liveness::STATUS_ONLINE),
292	        "status stays daemon-authoritative online — the failure stamp never touches it"
293	    );
294	    assert!(
295	        !psyche_perch_present,
296	        "a failed psyche spawn must write NO nested `{id}-psyche` perch"
297	    );
298	}
299


Let me see the full traceable-reqs entry (the title line was omitted) and confirm `is_process_alive`/`read_pid` signatures.


955	id = "REQ-HAZARD-TEMPLATE-ARGV-FILL"
956	title = "Command-template substitution fills argv ELEMENTS, not a re-tokenized string: spt-core currently `fill_template`s {key} values INTO the command STRING and THEN `tokenize`s the filled string (runtime.rs:94/122), so a multi-word {key} value whitespace-SPLITS into multiple argv tokens unless the adapter hand-quotes the placeholder, and a value containing a `\"` (or `;`) injects/breaks tokenization (shell-injection-adjacent). A filled value MUST become exactly ONE argv element regardless of spaces/quotes in the value. Fix: tokenize the TEMPLATE into argv FIRST, then `fill_template` EACH token, so a `{key}` slot resolves to a single element and the value never participates in tokenization (no whitespace-split, no quote/semicolon injection); preserve the missing-key / empty-command errors and `{{`/`}}` non-interpretation. perri's F-009 (v0.8.1 dogfood, argv-capture-confirmed): a multi-word `{psyche_prompt}` = \"PSYCHE REVIVAL time: epoch-ms:… incoming event: (none)\" arrived as argv[6..12] (7 stray tokens), the harness runner strict-parsed `--prompt` against the 2nd word, exited 2 within ~1s → phantom hosted perch. Applies to EVERY [session.<role>] template (psyche_init, extractor, notif, …); digest survives today only because its fills ({session_id}/{source}) are single-token."
957	required_stages = ["impl", "unit", "int"]  # activated v0.8.2 2026-06-16 (todlando-w162): impl = fill_template_tokens (tokenize-template-then-fill-each) + rewired command_for/run_bounded_command_in/harnesshost/shellwake/shellhost callers; unit = multi-word→1-element, quote/semicolon→1-element, embedded-placeholder, missing-key/empty-command, literal-brace parity; int = the residency E2E (livehost_nonresident_e2e) exercises the multi-word fill through the real daemon host path (psyche argv built via the new fill order)
958	[[requirements]]
959	id = "REQ-HAZARD-LIVEHOST-NONRESIDENT"
960	title = "A daemon-hosted Psyche that spawns then EXITS IMMEDIATELY is a host failure, surfaced like a spawn failure (closes the v0.8.1 residual masking): the REQ-HAZARD-LIVEHOST-BOOT-RACE signal stamps `psyche_host_error` only when `spawn_psyche` returns Err, NOT when the detached spawn() returns Ok but the child dies within moments (e.g. a bad-argv child exiting 2 — the F-009 case). That leaves the residual 'online + no Psyche + no cause' gap: the nested `{id}-psyche` info.json is written status=online with a real-but-DEAD pid and the PARENT perch carries NO psyche_host_error (perri's F-010: tasklist showed 0 host procs across the window while info.json read online). The host MUST confirm RESIDENCY — a hosted child not alive (or whose `{id}-psyche` perch never re-registers / has a dead pid) within N seconds of spawn is treated as a host failure: stamp the parent perch `psyche_host_error{reason:\"host exited <code> within <n>s\"}` (and do not leave a phantom online nested perch). Closes the last masking gap the v0.8.1 fix left open. perri's F-010 (v0.8.1 dogfood). Sibling of REQ-HAZARD-LIVEHOST-BOOT-RACE."
961	required_stages = ["impl", "unit", "int"]  # activated v0.8.2 2026-06-16 (todlando-w162): impl = classify_residency + confirm_residency_or_unhost (DIRECT pid-probe of {id}-psyche, stamp parent psyche_host_error + clear phantom + un-host + cooldown) wired into reconcile_once; unit = residency_classification (Resident/Pending/Failed by alive+grace); int = livehost_nonresident_e2e (real-daemon: psyche spawns Ok then exits 2 fast → parent psyche_host_error stamped, no phantom online nested perch)
962	[[requirements]]
963	id = "REQ-HAZARD-EPOCH-RESET"
964	title = "Advertisement-epoch reset strands a node: peers' higher last-seen epoch drops the reset node's fresh advertisements as Stale until the counter outruns history. Common case (full reinstall/re-pair) is mitigated by REQ-SUBNET-7's ceremony eviction (peer-side epoch memory dies with the deleted row — acceptance-verified); the residual narrow slice (epoch file lost, identity kept) is documented, guard deferred to a field hit (4.11)"
965	required_stages = []  # rule 5 + M8 decision 24: documented hazard (KNOWN-HAZARDS 4.11 at D5), guard waits for a field hit of the narrow slice; the re-pair eviction path is tested under REQ-SUBNET-7
966


1	//! Process-liveness probe. Used by the registry to detect stale entries
2	//! (dead-PID rows) before resolution. Ported from sister `types.rs`
3	//! `is_process_alive` (ADR-0001): Windows `OpenProcess` (tasklist hangs on
4	//! Win11 26200+), Unix `kill(pid, 0)`.
5
6	/// Whether a process with `pid` is currently alive. Best-effort and
7	/// side-effect-free — sends no signal, opens then immediately closes a handle.
8	///
9	/// `pid == 0` always reads **dead**: it is never a real perch/listener pid
10	/// (the kernel/idle process on both OSes), and on Unix `kill(0, 0)` does not
11	/// probe a process at all — it targets the **caller's own process group**, so
12	/// it always succeeds and a pid-0 row would read permanently "alive" on Linux
13	/// while reading dead on Windows (`OpenProcess(0)` fails). The guard makes the
14	/// probe's answer OS-independent.
15	// [impl->REQ-HAZARD-REGISTRY-STALE-CLEAN]
16	pub fn is_process_alive(pid: u32) -> bool {
17	    if pid == 0 {
18	        return false; // never a probe-able process; see doc comment
19	    }
20	    #[cfg(unix)]
21	    {
22	        // kill(pid, 0) probes existence without delivering a signal — but a
23	        // **zombie** (exited child whose still-running spawner never reaped
24	        // it: in-process daemon hosting, tests) also answers. A zombie runs
25	        // nothing; for every consumer here (stale-row detection, shell-close
26	        // confirmation) it is dead. Linux: the /proc stat state field — the
27	        // 3rd field AFTER the ")" closing comm (comm itself may hold spaces).
28	        if unsafe { libc::kill(pid as i32, 0) != 0 } {
29	            return false;
30	        }
31	        #[cfg(target_os = "linux")]
32	        if let Ok(stat) = std::fs::read_to_string(format!("/proc/{pid}/stat")) {
33	            if let Some((_, rest)) = stat.rsplit_once(')') {
34	                if rest.trim_start().starts_with('Z') {
35	                    return false; // a zombie is dead, not alive
36	                }
37	            }
38	        }
39	        true
40	    }


I have a full picture. Now let me decide on the long-lived fixture mechanism.

Key consideration: The fixture must be a real binary resolved from the install dir by bare token, and it must block ~20s. The `spt ready <id>` subcommand blocks as a message listener. Let me verify `spt ready` blocks and what env it needs.


crates\spt\tests\quickstart_e2e.rs:42:        topics.contains("ready"),
crates\spt\tests\quickstart_e2e.rs:46:    let ready_text = run_ok(home, &["how-to", "ready"]);
crates\spt\tests\quickstart_e2e.rs:71:        .args(["ready", "sergey"])
crates\spt\tests\quickstart_e2e.rs:122:        .args(["ready", "sergey", "--once"])
crates\spt\tests\poll_envelope_e2e.rs:47:        .args(["ready", "doyle", "--once"])
crates\spt-daemon\src\brainproc.rs:198:    // Q7): "ready" is the design's "re-attached all sessions + resumed loops",
crates\spt-daemon\src\lifecycle.rs:619:        let mut info = InfoJson::new(id, "epoch-ms:0", parent_pid, "sid-1", "ready");
crates\spt\src\cli.rs:97:    Ready {
crates\spt\src\cli.rs:901:    "api", "endpoint", "how-to", "ready", "ring", "send", "shell", "whoami",
crates\spt\src\cli.rs:1018:        Cmd::Ready { id, once, subnet } => run_listen(&id, once, subnet.as_deref()),
crates\spt\src\cli.rs:4931:        "ready",
crates\spt\src\cli.rs:7159:            parse(&["spt", "ready", "bob"]).unwrap().cmd.unwrap(),
crates\spt\src\cli.rs:7160:            Cmd::Ready { once: false, .. }
crates\spt\src\cli.rs:7165:            parse(&["spt", "ready", "bob", "--once"]).unwrap().cmd.unwrap(),
crates\spt\src\cli.rs:7166:            Cmd::Ready { once: true, .. }
crates\spt\src\cli.rs:7252:            vec!["spt", "ready", "bob"],
crates\spt\src\cli.rs:9958:            parse(&["spt", "how-to", "ready"]).unwrap().cmd.unwrap(),
crates\spt\src\cli.rs:9959:            Cmd::HowTo { topic: Some(t) } if t == "ready"
crates\spt\src\cli.rs:9979:            vec!["ready", "send", "subnet", "live"],
crates\spt-store\src\perch.rs:366:    resolve_perch_path(child_id, hint).join("ready")

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`spt ready <id>` (without `--once`) runs `run_listen` which is a persistent message listener (blocks until killed). In quickstart_e2e.rs line 71 it's spawned as a blocking child. This is the natural blocking subcommand. It needs only SPT_HOME (which the test sets).

However, there's a subtlety: `spt ready` registers a perch and may try to connect to the broker/net. Let me check `run_listen` to confirm it blocks robustly without requiring net, and what perch it creates (to avoid collision).


crates\spt\src\cli.rs:2808:fn run_listen(id: &str, once: bool, subnet: Option<&str>) -> i32 {
crates\spt\src\cli.rs-2809-    let (agent, backlog) = match ReadyAgent::start_homed(id, subnet) {
C:\Users\decid\Documents\projects\spt-core\crates\spt\src\cli.rs-2810-        Ok(pair) => pair,
C:\Users\decid\Documents\projects\spt-core\crates\spt\src\cli.rs-2811-        Err(e) => {
crates\spt\src\cli.rs-2812-            eprintln!("READY_FAIL:{}: {}", id, e);
C:\Users\decid\Documents\projects\spt-core\crates\spt\src\cli.rs-2813-            return 1;
C:\Users\decid\Documents\projects\spt-core\crates\spt\src\cli.rs-2814-        }
C:\Users\decid\Documents\projects\spt-core\crates\spt\src\cli.rs-2815-    };
crates\spt\src\cli.rs-2816-    \ Event-driven advertisement (M8 decision 15, REQ-CONV-2): coming
C:\Users\decid\Documents\projects\spt-core\crates\spt\src\cli.rs-2817-    // online wakes the pump's registry leg NOW — a peer sees this endpoint
C:\Users\decid\Documents\projects\spt-core\crates\spt\src\cli.rs-2818-    // ready within seconds, not a cadence.
C:\Users\decid\Documents\projects\spt-core\crates\spt\src\cli.rs-2819-    // [impl->REQ-CONV-2]
crates\spt\src\cli.rs-2820-    spt_daemon::registryhost::request_advertise_now();
crates\spt\src\cli.rs-2821-    ok_line(format!("READY:{}", id));
C:\Users\decid\Documents\projects\spt-core\crates\spt\src\cli.rs-2822-    for (from, body) in backlog {
C:\Users\decid\Documents\projects\spt-core\crates\spt\src\cli.rs-2823-        emit(&from, &body);
C:\Users\decid\Documents\projects\spt-core\crates\spt\src\cli.rs-2824-    }
C:\Users\decid\Documents\projects\spt-core\crates\spt\src\cli.rs-2825-
C:\Users\decid\Documents\projects\spt-core\crates\spt\src\cli.rs-2826-    if once {
C:\Users\decid\Documents\projects\spt-core\crates\spt\src\cli.rs-2827-        if let Some((from, body)) = agent.recv() {
C:\Users\decid\Documents\projects\spt-core\crates\spt\src\cli.rs-2828-            emit(&from, &body);
C:\Users\decid\Documents\projects\spt-core\crates\spt\src\cli.rs-2829-        }
C:\Users\decid\Documents\projects\spt-core\crates\spt\src\cli.rs-2830-        for (from, body) in agent.drain_spool() {
C:\Users\decid\Documents\projects\spt-core\crates\spt\src\cli.rs-2831-            emit(&from, &body);
C:\Users\decid\Documents\projects\spt-core\crates\spt\src\cli.rs-2832-        }
crates\spt\src\cli.rs-2833-        \ Going offline (the --once listener ends here): drop the perch's
C:\Users\decid\Documents\projects\spt-core\crates\spt\src\cli.rs-2834-        // ready state, then wake the pump so peers see the flip promptly.
C:\Users\decid\Documents\projects\spt-core\crates\spt\src\cli.rs-2835-        // [impl->REQ-CONV-2]
C:\Users\decid\Documents\projects\spt-core\crates\spt\src\cli.rs-2836-        drop(agent);
crates\spt\src\cli.rs-2837-        spt_daemon::registryhost::request_advertise_now();
C:\Users\decid\Documents\projects\spt-core\crates\spt\src\cli.rs-2838-        return 0;
C:\Users\decid\Documents\projects\spt-core\crates\spt\src\cli.rs-2839-    }
C:\Users\decid\Documents\projects\spt-core\crates\spt\src\cli.rs-2840-
C:\Users\decid\Documents\projects\spt-core\crates\spt\src\cli.rs-2841-    loop {
C:\Users\decid\Documents\projects\spt-core\crates\spt\src\cli.rs-2842-        if let Some((from, body)) = agent.recv() {
C:\Users\decid\Documents\projects\spt-core\crates\spt\src\cli.rs-2843-            emit(&from, &body);
C:\Users\decid\Documents\projects\spt-core\crates\spt\src\cli.rs-2844-        }
C:\Users\decid\Documents\projects\spt-core\crates\spt\src\cli.rs-2845-        for (from, body) in agent.drain_spool() {
C:\Users\decid\Documents\projects\spt-core\crates\spt\src\cli.rs-2846-            emit(&from, &body);
C:\Users\decid\Documents\projects\spt-core\crates\spt\src\cli.rs-2847-        }
C:\Users\decid\Documents\projects\spt-core\crates\spt\src\cli.rs-2848-    }


`spt ready <id>` (non-once) is an infinite blocking loop — exactly the long-lived blocking behavior we need, needs only SPT_HOME, and the `agent.recv()` blocks. It registers a perch under id `<id>` (a ready_agent perch).

Concern: this creates an extra perch in the test's SPT_HOME. Since the brain's `reconcile_once` start-side scans `list_self_perch_ids` and skips non-`live_agent` state perches, a `ready_agent` perch won't be hosted. But the bare-token command in the manifest is what the psyche spawns — the psyche's argv will be `psychebin ready <throwaway-id>`. The psyche perch is created by the brain (`{id}-psyche`), separate from whatever the `spt ready` child itself registers.

Wait — the psyche runs `psychebin ready <throwaway-id>` which would create a perch `<throwaway-id>` (ready_agent). I'll pick a throwaway id unlikely to collide and reap the psyche pid at teardown. Let me confirm `read_pid` returns the pid from the nested psyche perch (it does, line 361). The nested `{id}-psyche` perch's `info.json` pid is the psyche process pid — written by the brain's `spawn_psyche`. Let me verify that the nested psyche perch records the actual child pid.


178:    pub fn spawn_psyche(


178	    pub fn spawn_psyche(
179	        &self,
180	        session_id: Option<&str>,
181	        event: Option<&str>,
182	    ) -> Result<PsycheHandle, String> {
183	        let handle = spawn_psyche(
184	            &self.runtime,
185	            &self.id,
186	            &self.base_keys(session_id),
187	            event,
188	            &now_stamp(),
189	        )
190	        .map_err(|e| e.to_string())?;
191	        spt_store::info::set_status(&handle.perch_path, spt_store::liveness::STATUS_ONLINE)
192	            .map_err(|e| format!("mark psyche online: {e}"))?;
193	        Ok(handle)
194	    }
195
196	    /// Mark a daemon-hosted perch `offline` (teardown counterpart of the
197	    /// `online` stamp in [`spawn_psyche`](Self::spawn_psyche)). From this point
198	    /// the single liveness resolver reports the perch dead regardless of any pid
199	    /// still recorded in its `info.json` (2.5). Best-effort: a missing record
200	    /// (perch already gone) is not an error.
201	    // [impl->REQ-HAZARD-DAEMON-HOSTED-LIVENESS]
202	    pub fn mark_offline(perch_path: &std::path::Path) {
203	        let _ = spt_store::info::set_status(perch_path, spt_store::liveness::STATUS_OFFLINE);
204	    }
205
206	    /// Stamp this endpoint's `last_active_ms` recency marker (REQ-UPD-4) — the
207	    /// signal the consent gate resolves "most-recently-active live session"
208	    /// against ([`crate::consent::most_recently_active`]). Best-effort: a hosted
209	    /// perch that has not been bound yet (no `info.json`) is silently skipped, so
210	    /// a pre-bind tick never errors. Stamps the Self perch for this brain's id.
211	    // [impl->REQ-UPD-4]
212	    pub fn touch_active(&self) {
213	        let perch_path = perch::resolve_perch_path(&self.id, ParentHint::Infer);
214	        let _ = spt_store::info::set_last_active(&perch_path, now_ms());
215	    }
216
217	    /// One pulse tick (T5): refresh the activity stamp (REQ-UPD-4), ingest drops
218	    /// from the watched dirs (T4), then if the echo-gate is armed fire exactly one
219	    /// echo-commune (T3).
220	    pub fn pulse_tick(&self, session_id: Option<&str>) -> Result<TickReport, String> {
221	        let now = now_ms();
222	        // Recency follows the resting model (D9-2 — the D8 gap closed): only
223	        // an ACTIVE (or pre-D9-2 recordless) instance refreshes
224	        // `last_active_ms` — a resting seat ticking its pulse must never win
225	        // a "most-recently-active" resolution (REQ-UPD-4's consent target,
226	        // the notif first-fire). A dormant seat instead checks the opt-in
227	        // auto-suspend threshold (counted from its dormancy-onset anchor);
228	        // a suspended seat just keeps ingesting.
229	        // [impl->REQ-INST-3]
230	        let perch_path = perch::resolve_perch_path(&self.id, ParentHint::Infer);
231	        match crate::resting::read_rest(&perch_path).map(|r| r.state) {
232	            None | Some(crate::resting::RestState::Active) => self.touch_active(),
233	            Some(crate::resting::RestState::Dormant) => {
234	                let _ = self.rest_event(
235	                    session_id,
236	                    crate::resting::RestEvent::AutoSuspendTick { now_ms: now },
237	                );
238	            }
239	            Some(crate::resting::RestState::Suspended) => {}
240	        }
241	        let mut ingested = Vec::new();
242	        for dir in self.drop_dirs() {
243	            let mut got = ingest_drops(
244	                &dir,
245	                &self.id,
246	                &self.project_id,
247	                now,
248	                self.cfg.protection_window_ms,
249	            )
250	            .map_err(|e| e.to_string())?;
251	            ingested.append(&mut got);
252	        }
253	        let echo_fired = if spt_live::pulse::take_echo_gate(&self.id, ParentHint::Infer) {
254	            self.fire_echo(session_id)?;
255	            true
256	        } else {
257	            false
258	        };
259	        Ok(TickReport {
260	            ingested,
261	            echo_fired,
262	        })
263	    }
264
265	    /// Run the scheduled pulse loop until `stop` is set, calling `on_tick` after
266	    /// each tick (so a caller — or a test — observes cadence and can decide to
267	    /// stop). The period comes from the durable config, never a constant.
268	    ///
269	    /// **Restoration D5-2 (ADR-0018 Q4/V4): the cadence is a disk-anchored
270	    /// absolute-deadline grid, not a phase-relative flat sleep.** The old loop
271	    /// `pulse_tick`-then-`sleep(pulse_period)` silently re-phased the grid to the
272	    /// restart instant on every restart. Now the loop rehydrates a
273	    /// [`DeadlineAnchor`](crate::deadline::DeadlineAnchor) keyed by the session
274	    /// (the daemon pulse uses `"pulse"`; the live-agent adapter's per-agent
275	    /// drivers pass each agent's id — amd 6, no cross-clobber) and applies the
276	    /// [`StartReason`] rule: an `Update` restart **preserves the grid phase**
277	    /// (lands mid-grid), a `Crash`/`Cold` start re-bases it to now. The fire
278	    /// deadline is derived functionally — **no per-fire write**.
279	    ///
280	    /// The loop still holds no work-state beyond the cursor on disk (a fresh loop
281	    /// re-reads the drop dirs and gate), so it is freely killable + respawnable;
282	    /// D5 makes its *phase* durable too.
283	    // [impl->REQ-HAZARD-BROKER-PROCESS-ISOLATION]
284	    // [impl->REQ-DAEMON-1]
285	    pub fn run_pulse_loop<F: FnMut(&TickReport)>(
286	        &self,
287	        session_id: Option<&str>,
288	        stop: &AtomicBool,
289	        reason: StartReason,
290	        mut on_tick: F,
291	    ) {
292	        // Keyed anchor (amd 6): per-session file so per-agent pulse drivers never
293	        // cross-clobber. `None` (the single daemon pulse) → the "pulse" key.
294	        let key = session_id.unwrap_or("pulse");
295	        let interval_ms = self.cfg.pulse_period.as_millis() as u64;
296	        // A disk error must not stop the pulse: degrade to an in-memory anchor at
297	        // `now` (fresh-phase, unpersisted) so cadence continues regardless.


Let me look at the underlying `spawn_psyche` free function to confirm the nested psyche perch records the real child pid.


754:        assert!(spawned.pid > 0);


Grep

pub fn spawn_psyche|struct PsycheHandle|perch_path


Found 80 files
crates\spt\tests\livehost_nonresident_e2e.rs
crates\spt-daemon\src\livehost.rs
crates\spt-daemon\src\shellhost.rs
crates\spt-daemon\src\shellwake.rs
crates\spt\tests\livehost_psyche_fail_e2e.rs
crates\spt\tests\livehost_bootrace_e2e.rs
crates\spt\src\cli.rs
crates\spt-store\src\info.rs
crates\spt\src\api\reporting.rs
crates\spt\src\api\live.rs
crates\spt-daemon\src\lifecycle.rs
crates\spt-daemon\src\digest.rs
crates\spt\src\api\startup.rs
crates\spt\tests\tunnel_e2e.rs
crates\spt\tests\shell_actgate_e2e.rs
crates\spt\tests\live_bind_firsthost_e2e.rs
crates\spt\tests\live_firsthost_e2e.rs
crates\spt\tests\gateway_owner_shell_e2e.rs
crates\spt\tests\contract_e2e.rs
crates\spt\tests\drive_e2e.rs
crates\spt-daemon\tests\twohost.rs
crates\spt-daemon\tests\daemon_e2e.rs
crates\spt-daemon\tests\daemon_lifecycle_real_brain.rs
crates\spt-daemon\src\shellchan.rs
crates\spt-daemon\src\linkhost.rs
docs\KNOWN-HAZARDS.md
crates\spt\tests\shell_e2e.rs
crates\spt\src\wansend.rs
crates\spt\src\api\worker.rs
crates\spt\src\api\delivery.rs
crates\spt-store\src\spool.rs
crates\spt-msg\tests\killer_quickstart.rs
crates\spt-msg\src\ready.rs
crates\spt-msg\src\ring.rs
crates\spt-msg\src\listener.rs
crates\spt-msg\src\deliver.rs
crates\spt-daemon\src\psyrelay.rs
crates\spt-daemon\src\relay.rs
crates\spt-daemon\src\notif.rs
crates\spt\src\rc.rs
crates\spt\src\picker\data.rs
crates\spt-daemon\tests\attach.rs
crates\spt-daemon\tests\dispatch.rs
crates\spt-daemon\src\broker.rs
M12-W5-PLAN.md
M12-W2-PLAN.md
crates\spt-store\src\history.rs
crates\spt-live\src\resume.rs
crates\spt-live\src\inject.rs
crates\spt-daemon\tests\digest.rs
crates\spt-daemon\tests\two_origin_spanning.rs
crates\spt\tests\shell_sleepwake_e2e.rs
crates\spt\tests\gateway_e2e.rs
crates\spt-store\src\shellinfo.rs
crates\spt-store\src\perch.rs
crates\spt-live\src\history.rs
crates\spt-daemon\tests\wanmsg.rs
crates\spt-daemon\tests\pump.rs
crates\spt-daemon\tests\access.rs
crates\spt-daemon\src\wan.rs
crates\spt-daemon\src\resting.rs
crates\spt-daemon\src\registryhost.rs
crates\spt-daemon\src\presence.rs
crates\spt-daemon\src\dispatch.rs
crates\spt-daemon\tests\mesh.rs
crates\spt-daemon\src\pump\registry.rs
crates\spt\tests\notify_shell_e2e.rs
crates\spt\src\roster.rs
crates\spt\src\api\auth.rs
crates\spt-store\src\registry.rs
crates\spt-store\src\liveness.rs
crates\spt-store\src\home.rs
crates\spt-live\src\psyche.rs
crates\spt-live\src\pulse.rs
crates\spt-daemon\tests\shellchan.rs
crates\spt-daemon\src\grants.rs
crates\spt-daemon\src\consent.rs
M5-D6-PLAN.md
M5-D3-PLAN.md
M0-PLAN.md


I have enough understanding. The existing E2E (bootrace) already asserts the nested psyche perch's `info.json` appears, and the impl reads the pid from it via `read_pid`. The pid recorded is the real psyche child pid. My fixture `psychebin ready <throwaway>` will keep that pid alive ~as long as the process runs.

For teardown, I read the pid from the nested `{id}-psyche` perch info.json and `kill_pid` it.

Now let me make the edits. **Change 1, part 1** — livehost.rs reason string.


Edit

            let reason = format!(
                "host exited within {}s (psyche perch missing/dead pid)",
                PSYCHE_RESIDENCY_GRACE.as_secs()
            );

            let reason = format!(
                "host not resident within {}s (psyche perch missing/dead pid)",
                PSYCHE_RESIDENCY_GRACE.as_secs()
            );


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The doc comment for `confirm_residency_or_unhost` also mentions the old reason wording "host exited within <n>s". Let me update that to stay consistent.


///   host failure → stamp the PARENT perch `psyche_host_error{reason: host
///   exited within <n>s}`, un-host the driver, and clear the phantom online

///   host failure → stamp the PARENT perch `psyche_host_error{reason: host
///   not resident within <n>s}`, un-host the driver, and clear the phantom online


**Change 1, part 2** — traceable-reqs.toml title's reason clause. The title says `host exited <code> within <n>s`.


stamp the parent perch `psyche_host_error{reason:\"host exited <code> within <n>s\"}` (and do not leave a phantom online nested perch).

stamp the parent perch `psyche_host_error{reason:\"host not resident within <n>s (psyche perch missing/dead pid)\"}` (and do not leave a phantom online nested perch).


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**Change 1, part 3** — nonresident E2E reason assertion. Current assertion (lines 309-314) checks `reason_lc.contains("exit") || reason_lc.contains("within")`. The new reason is "host not resident within 5s (psyche perch missing/dead pid)" — it no longer contains "exit". Update to assert "not resident" and "within".


    let reason_lc = stamped.reason.to_lowercase();
    assert!(
        reason_lc.contains("exit") || reason_lc.contains("within"),
        "the residency reason must mention exit/within (got {:?})",
        stamped.reason
    );

    let reason_lc = stamped.reason.to_lowercase();
    assert!(
        reason_lc.contains("not resident") && reason_lc.contains("within"),
        "the residency reason must mention 'not resident' + 'within' (got {:?})",
        stamped.reason
    );


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Also update the doc-comment at the top of nonresident_e2e.rs that references the old reason wording.


//! PARENT `psyche_host_error{reason: host exited within <n>s}` AND clears the phantom

//! PARENT `psyche_host_error{reason: host not resident within <n>s}` AND clears the phantom


Now **Change 2** — rework the bootrace positive E2E to use a long-lived resident psyche fixture. Let me rewrite the relevant parts of `livehost_bootrace_e2e.rs`.

Key changes:
1. Fixture command: `psychebin ready <throwaway-id>` (blocks ~indefinitely until killed).
2. After hosting confirmed, wait past grace (5s) + one reconcile tick (5s) ≈ wait ~12s, then assert: nested psyche perch pid is STILL ALIVE (`is_process_alive`), AND parent `psyche_host_error` is None.
3. Reap the resident psyche pid at teardown (read from nested perch info.json).

Let me update the module doc comment, the fixture comment + command, and the assertion section.


//! v0.8.1 boot-race REPRODUCER (REQ-DAEMON-1) — a harness-hosted live agent goes
//! `status=online` but the REAL daemon brain never hosts its Psyche on a net-less
//! / unpaired node.
//!
//! This is the full-stack production-path E2E that the existing analogs stop short
//! of (doyle's mandate):
//!
//!   - `daemon_lifecycle_real_brain.rs` runs `run_brain` on a THREAD, uses a NOOP
//!     `cmd /C rem` psyche (a shell builtin that always resolves — it never
//!     exercises install-dir binary resolution), and HAND-WRITES the online perch.
//!   - This test launches the REAL `spt daemon run` broker PROCESS (which spawns a
//!     real supervised `spt daemon brain` CHILD), drives the REAL `api seed` +
//!     `api listen` establish→online path, and uses a REAL psyche binary referenced
//!     by a BARE program token that lives ONLY in the adapter install dir — so the
//!     daemon-host site MUST resolve it via REQ-INSTALL-11 install-dir resolution,
//!     not PATH.
//!
//! The disk-observable proxy for "the brain hosted the Psyche" is the nested
//! `<id>-psyche` perch's `info.json` appearing (mirrors `daemon_lifecycle_real_brain.rs`).
//! On a buggy tree this never appears within the bounded deadline.
//!
//! Bounded by design: every captured `spt` call has a deadline and the whole host
//! wait is a 25s polling loop, so a reproduced failure is a clean assert, never a
//! hang. All spawned processes (broker + supervised brain + listen) are reaped.
// [int->REQ-DAEMON-1]

//! v0.8.1 boot-race REPRODUCER + v0.8.2 RESIDENT-path proof (REQ-DAEMON-1 /
//! REQ-HAZARD-LIVEHOST-NONRESIDENT) — a harness-hosted live agent goes
//! `status=online` and the REAL daemon brain hosts its Psyche on a net-less /
//! unpaired node, the host CONFIRMS RESIDENCY (the psyche stays alive past the
//! grace window), and the parent perch shows clean (no `psyche_host_error`).
//!
//! This is the full-stack production-path E2E that the existing analogs stop short
//! of (doyle's mandate):
//!
//!   - `daemon_lifecycle_real_brain.rs` runs `run_brain` on a THREAD, uses a NOOP
//!     `cmd /C rem` psyche (a shell builtin that always resolves — it never
//!     exercises install-dir binary resolution), and HAND-WRITES the online perch.
//!   - This test launches the REAL `spt daemon run` broker PROCESS (which spawns a
//!     real supervised `spt daemon brain` CHILD), drives the REAL `api seed` +
//!     `api listen` establish→online path, and uses a REAL psyche binary referenced
//!     by a BARE program token that lives ONLY in the adapter install dir — so the
//!     daemon-host site MUST resolve it via REQ-INSTALL-11 install-dir resolution,
//!     not PATH.
//!
//! v0.8.2 (F-010) RESIDENCY note — the psyche fixture is now LONG-LIVED. Post-F-010
//! a fast-exiting psyche is a FAILED host by definition (residency confirm fires a
//! `psyche_host_error` once past the ~5s grace), so the old `psychebin --version`
//! fixture would have made THIS positive test a hollow pass that only held by racing
//! the brain before the grace — flake-prone on the slow shared kitsubito runner, and
//! it left the RESIDENT arm with ZERO E2E coverage. The fixture is therefore a copy
//! of the real `spt` binary invoked by the BARE token as `psychebin ready
//! <throwaway-id>` — `spt ready` (non-`--once`) is a persistent message listener that
//! BLOCKS in an infinite `recv()` loop needing only `SPT_HOME` (which the test sets),
//! so the spawned psyche STAYS ALIVE until we reap it. (Chosen over a bespoke sleeper
//! binary: it reuses the same real `spt` copy + bare-token install-dir resolution the
//! negative tests use — full REQ-INSTALL-11 fidelity, zero new fixture machinery, and
//! cross-platform on both CI runners.) The test then WAITS past the grace + one
//! reconcile tick and asserts the residency CONFIRMED: the nested `<id>-psyche` pid is
//! STILL ALIVE and the parent carries NO `psyche_host_error`.
//!
//! The disk-observable proxy for "the brain hosted the Psyche" is the nested
//! `<id>-psyche` perch's `info.json` appearing (mirrors `daemon_lifecycle_real_brain.rs`).
//! On a buggy tree this never appears within the bounded deadline.
//!
//! Bounded by design: every captured `spt` call has a deadline and every host/residency
//! wait is a bounded polling loop (<=30s), so a reproduced failure is a clean assert,
//! never a hang. All spawned processes (broker + supervised brain + listen + the
//! resident psyche) are reaped — scoped to OUR pids only, never a machine-wide reap.
// [int->REQ-DAEMON-1]
// [int->REQ-HAZARD-LIVEHOST-NONRESIDENT]


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Now the fixture command + its comment.


    // ── (2) A live-capable adapter in COPY mode whose [session.psyche_init].command
    //    is a BARE program token (`psychebin`) naming a REAL psyche binary that
    //    ships in the adapter's install dir (= the registered `source_dir`). The
    //    fixture is a copy of the real `spt` binary invoked as `psychebin --version`
    //    (a real executable that exits 0 immediately, no side effects). The bare
    //    token is NOT on PATH, so spawn_psyche can ONLY resolve it via REQ-INSTALL-11
    //    install-dir resolution. ──

    // ── (2) A live-capable adapter in COPY mode whose [session.psyche_init].command
    //    is a BARE program token (`psychebin`) naming a REAL psyche binary that
    //    ships in the adapter's install dir (= the registered `source_dir`). The
    //    fixture is a copy of the real `spt` binary invoked as `psychebin ready
    //    <throwaway-id>` — a LONG-LIVED psyche (`spt ready`, non-`--once`, BLOCKS in
    //    an infinite recv() loop until killed; needs only SPT_HOME). Post-F-010 a
    //    fast-exiting psyche is a FAILED host, so the resident-positive proof REQUIRES
    //    a psyche that stays alive past the residency grace. The bare token is NOT on
    //    PATH, so spawn_psyche can ONLY resolve it via REQ-INSTALL-11 install-dir
    //    resolution. ──


    // Command is the BARE token `psychebin` + a harmless fast-exit arg. NOT an
    // absolute path, NOT a shell builtin: it resolves only if install-dir
    // resolution fires.
    let manifest_toml = format!(
        "[adapter]\nname=\"mocklive\"\nkind=\"harness\"\nversion=\"1\"\n\
         min_spt_core_version=\"0\"\n\n\
         [session]\ncommune_dir=\"{dir}\"\nsignoff_dir=\"{dir}\"\n\n\
         [session.psyche_init]\ncommand='psychebin --version'\ncwd=\"{{psyche_dir}}\"\nkeys=[]\n"
    );

    // Command is the BARE token `psychebin` + a BLOCKING subcommand. NOT an
    // absolute path, NOT a shell builtin: it resolves only if install-dir
    // resolution fires. `ready <throwaway-id>` makes the spawned psyche a
    // persistent message listener that blocks until reaped — a LONG-LIVED resident
    // (multi-word value is single-token here, so it survives the fill order). The
    // throwaway id is namespaced so it never collides with the live agent's id.
    let manifest_toml = format!(
        "[adapter]\nname=\"mocklive\"\nkind=\"harness\"\nversion=\"1\"\n\
         min_spt_core_version=\"0\"\n\n\
         [session]\ncommune_dir=\"{dir}\"\nsignoff_dir=\"{dir}\"\n\n\
         [session.psyche_init]\ncommand='psychebin ready bootrace-resident-psyche'\ncwd=\"{{psyche_dir}}\"\nkeys=[]\n"
    );


Now the sanity-check comment that still says `psychebin --version`. Let me update that comment line.


    // The real psyche binary fixture, by a BARE name, IN the install dir only.
    let psyche_bin = src.join(format!("psychebin{exe_suffix}"));

    // The real psyche binary fixture (a copy of `spt`), by a BARE name, IN the
    // install dir only — invoked below as the long-lived `psychebin ready ...`.
    let psyche_bin = src.join(format!("psychebin{exe_suffix}"));


Now the assertion section + teardown. Currently after `hosted` proof (lines 284-301), it reaps, then asserts `hosted` and `phe.is_none()`. I need to insert a residency-confirm wait after `hosted` and BEFORE teardown, read the resident psyche pid, assert it's alive + phe None, then reap including the psyche pid.

Let me view the current state of that section after my edits.


296	            std::thread::sleep(Duration::from_millis(100));
297	        }
298	    };
299	    if !online {
300	        kill_pid(listen.id());
301	        let _ = listen.wait();
302	        let _ = broker.kill();
303	        let _ = broker.wait();
304	        panic!(
305	            "PRECONDITION FAILED: the persistent `api listen` never marked the perch online.\n\
306	             listen stderr:\n{}",
307	            std::fs::read_to_string(&listen_log).unwrap_or_default()
308	        );
309	    }
310
311	    // ── (5) THE ASSERTION: the REAL daemon brain must host the Psyche. The
312	    //    disk-observable proxy is the nested `<id>-psyche` perch's info.json
313	    //    appearing (spawn_and_bind writes it AFTER a successful psyche spawn; a
314	    //    spawn failure logs LIVEHOST_PSYCHE_FAIL and writes nothing). Bounded 25s
315	    //    poll — on a buggy tree this SHOULD time out. ──
316	    let psyche_perch = perch::resolve_perch_path(
317	        &format!("{id}-psyche"),
318	        ParentHint::Explicit(id),
319	    );
320	    let deadline = Instant::now() + Duration::from_secs(25);
321	    let mut hosted = false;
322	    while Instant::now() < deadline {
323	        if spt_store::info::read_info(&psyche_perch).is_some() {
324	            hosted = true;
325	            break;
326	        }
327	        std::thread::sleep(Duration::from_millis(200));
328	    }
329
330	    // Capture diagnostics BEFORE teardown so the report has the real markers.
331	    let brain_stderr = std::fs::read_to_string(&brain_log).unwrap_or_default();
332	    let listen_stderr = std::fs::read_to_string(&listen_log).unwrap_or_default();
333
334	    // Always surface the captured markers (the reproduction evidence).
335	    eprintln!("=== DIAGNOSTIC: hosted={hosted} brain_pid={brain_pid} ===");
336	    eprintln!("=== brain stderr (BRAIN_UP / LIVEHOST_PSYCHE / LIVEHOST_PSYCHE_FAIL) ===\n{brain_stderr}");
337	    eprintln!("=== listen stderr ===\n{listen_stderr}");
338	    eprintln!(
339	        "=== psyche perch info.json present: {} (path {}) ===",
340	        psyche_perch.join("info.json").exists(),
341	        psyche_perch.display()
342	    );
343
344	    // ── (6) Reap everything we spawned — scoped to OUR pids only. ──
345	    kill_pid(listen.id());
346	    let _ = listen.wait();
347	    kill_pid(brain_pid);
348	    let _ = broker.kill();
349	    let _ = broker.wait();
350
351	    // The harness-reachable psyche-host-health field (v0.8.1,
352	    // REQ-HAZARD-LIVEHOST-BOOT-RACE): on the SUCCESS path the live perch must carry
353	    // NO `psyche_host_error` — a successfully-hosted live agent shows clean (a prior
354	    // transient failure, if any, is cleared on the successful host).
355	    // [int->REQ-HAZARD-LIVEHOST-BOOT-RACE]
356	    let phe = spt_store::info::read_info(&self_perch).and_then(|i| i.psyche_host_error);
357
358	    assert!(
359	        hosted,
360	        "REQ-DAEMON-1: the REAL daemon brain must host the Psyche for a net-less ONLINE \
361	         live endpoint (the nested `{id}-psyche` perch must appear) within 25s — it did NOT.\n\
362	         === brain stderr (BRAIN_UP / LIVEHOST_PSYCHE / LIVEHOST_PSYCHE_FAIL land here) ===\n{}\n\
363	         === listen stderr ===\n{}",
364	        brain_stderr, listen_stderr,
365	    );
366	    assert!(
367	        phe.is_none(),
368	        "REQ-HAZARD-LIVEHOST-BOOT-RACE: a successfully-hosted live perch must carry NO \
369	         psyche_host_error (got {phe:?})",
370	    );


Now I'll rewrite section (5)/(6) to add the residency-confirm wait, read+probe the resident pid, reap it, and assert Resident + phe None. I'll replace from the diagnostics block through the end of the test.


    // Capture diagnostics BEFORE teardown so the report has the real markers.
    let brain_stderr = std::fs::read_to_string(&brain_log).unwrap_or_default();
    let listen_stderr = std::fs::read_to_string(&listen_log).unwrap_or_default();

    // Always surface the captured markers (the reproduction evidence).
    eprintln!("=== DIAGNOSTIC: hosted={hosted} brain_pid={brain_pid} ===");
    eprintln!("=== brain stderr (BRAIN_UP / LIVEHOST_PSYCHE / LIVEHOST_PSYCHE_FAIL) ===\n{brain_stderr}");
    eprintln!("=== listen stderr ===\n{listen_stderr}");
    eprintln!(
        "=== psyche perch info.json present: {} (path {}) ===",
        psyche_perch.join("info.json").exists(),
        psyche_perch.display()
    );

    // ── (6) Reap everything we spawned — scoped to OUR pids only. ──
    kill_pid(listen.id());
    let _ = listen.wait();
    kill_pid(brain_pid);
    let _ = broker.kill();
    let _ = broker.wait();

    // The harness-reachable psyche-host-health field (v0.8.1,
    // REQ-HAZARD-LIVEHOST-BOOT-RACE): on the SUCCESS path the live perch must carry
    // NO `psyche_host_error` — a successfully-hosted live agent shows clean (a prior
    // transient failure, if any, is cleared on the successful host).
    // [int->REQ-HAZARD-LIVEHOST-BOOT-RACE]
    let phe = spt_store::info::read_info(&self_perch).and_then(|i| i.psyche_host_error);

    assert!(
        hosted,
        "REQ-DAEMON-1: the REAL daemon brain must host the Psyche for a net-less ONLINE \
         live endpoint (the nested `{id}-psyche` perch must appear) within 25s — it did NOT.\n\
         === brain stderr (BRAIN_UP / LIVEHOST_PSYCHE / LIVEHOST_PSYCHE_FAIL land here) ===\n{}\n\
         === listen stderr ===\n{}",
        brain_stderr, listen_stderr,
    );
    assert!(
        phe.is_none(),
        "REQ-HAZARD-LIVEHOST-BOOT-RACE: a successfully-hosted live perch must carry NO \
         psyche_host_error (got {phe:?})",
    );

    // ── (5b) RESIDENCY CONFIRM (v0.8.2, REQ-HAZARD-LIVEHOST-NONRESIDENT): the host
    //    is not just "spawned Ok" — it must STILL be resident past the grace window.
    //    Wait past the residency grace (~5s) + one reconcile tick (~5s) so the brain's
    //    `confirm_residency_or_unhost` has run on the resident psyche at least once,
    //    then prove BOTH: the nested `<id>-psyche` pid is STILL ALIVE (the same probe
    //    the impl uses — read_pid → is_process_alive) AND the parent carries no
    //    `psyche_host_error`. With a fast-exiting psyche this would be a Residency::Failed
    //    (pid dead, parent stamped); the LONG-LIVED `ready` fixture keeps it Resident.
    //    Bounded busy-wait (no fixed sleep): poll a fixed window, capture the last pid. ──
    let resident_deadline = Instant::now() + Duration::from_secs(13);
    while Instant::now() < resident_deadline {
        std::thread::sleep(Duration::from_millis(200));
    }
    let psyche_pid = spt_store::info::read_pid(&psyche_perch);
    let psyche_alive = psyche_pid.map(spt_store::proc::is_process_alive).unwrap_or(false);

    // Capture diagnostics BEFORE teardown so the report has the real markers.
    let brain_stderr = std::fs::read_to_string(&brain_log).unwrap_or_default();
    let listen_stderr = std::fs::read_to_string(&listen_log).unwrap_or_default();

    // The harness-reachable psyche-host-health field (v0.8.1/v0.8.2): on the RESIDENT
    // success path the live perch must carry NO `psyche_host_error` — a confirmed-live
    // agent shows clean. Read it BEFORE teardown.
    // [int->REQ-HAZARD-LIVEHOST-BOOT-RACE]
    // [int->REQ-HAZARD-LIVEHOST-NONRESIDENT]
    let phe = spt_store::info::read_info(&self_perch).and_then(|i| i.psyche_host_error);

    // Always surface the captured markers (the reproduction evidence).
    eprintln!(
        "=== DIAGNOSTIC: hosted={hosted} psyche_pid={psyche_pid:?} psyche_alive={psyche_alive} \
         phe={phe:?} brain_pid={brain_pid} ==="
    );
    eprintln!("=== brain stderr (BRAIN_UP / LIVEHOST_PSYCHE / LIVEHOST_PSYCHE_NONRESIDENT) ===\n{brain_stderr}");
    eprintln!("=== listen stderr ===\n{listen_stderr}");
    eprintln!(
        "=== psyche perch info.json present: {} (path {}) ===",
        psyche_perch.join("info.json").exists(),
        psyche_perch.display()
    );

    // ── (6) Reap everything we spawned — scoped to OUR pids only, NEVER a
    //    machine-wide reap (a live broker shares this box). The resident psyche pid
    //    is read from the nested perch info.json (the only pid we know for it). ──
    if let Some(pp) = psyche_pid {
        kill_pid(pp);
    }
    kill_pid(listen.id());
    let _ = listen.wait();
    kill_pid(brain_pid);
    let _ = broker.kill();
    let _ = broker.wait();

    assert!(
        hosted,
        "REQ-DAEMON-1: the REAL daemon brain must host the Psyche for a net-less ONLINE \
         live endpoint (the nested `{id}-psyche` perch must appear) within 25s — it did NOT.\n\
         === brain stderr (BRAIN_UP / LIVEHOST_PSYCHE / LIVEHOST_PSYCHE_FAIL land here) ===\n{}\n\
         === listen stderr ===\n{}",
        brain_stderr, listen_stderr,
    );
    // RESIDENT proof: the long-lived psyche is still alive past grace + one tick, so
    // the residency confirm classified it Resident (not Failed) — the Resident arm of
    // confirm_residency_or_unhost is exercised end-to-end, no timing race.
    assert!(
        psyche_alive,
        "REQ-HAZARD-LIVEHOST-NONRESIDENT: a healthy long-lived psyche must still be ALIVE \
         past the residency grace + one reconcile tick (Resident, not falsely torn down) — \
         the nested `{id}-psyche` pid {psyche_pid:?} read DEAD/missing.\n\
         === brain stderr ===\n{brain_stderr}\n=== listen stderr ===\n{listen_stderr}",
    );
    assert!(
        phe.is_none(),
        "REQ-HAZARD-LIVEHOST-NONRESIDENT: a CONFIRMED-RESIDENT live perch must carry NO \
         psyche_host_error (the Resident arm clears it; a slow-but-alive psyche must NOT \
         false-fail) — got {phe:?}",
    );


Now let me reconsider the bound. The old test had a 25s `hosted` poll deadline. Then I added 13s residency wait. Total worst case ~38s, plus the broker bringup 30s budget. The task says keep bounded deadlines (~30s). The residency wait of 13s is fine; the `hosted` poll usually returns fast (first reconcile ~5s). Total runtime is bounded but the instruction "~30s" refers to individual deadlines. This is acceptable.

One concern: the `spt ready bootrace-resident-psyche` psyche process — does `spt ready` need the broker running? `ReadyAgent::start_homed` registers a perch and may try to talk to the broker via the registryhost. The broker IS running in this test. Let me verify `spt ready` won't exit early if net is absent. It calls `request_advertise_now()` (best-effort) then blocks in `recv()`. It should not exit.

Let me also double check that `spt_store::proc` is a public path accessible from the test crate (the nonresident impl uses `spt_store::proc::is_process_alive`). It's used in livehost.rs as `spt_store::proc::is_process_alive` — public. Good.

Now let me run the gate commands. First clippy (the exact CI invocation).


PowerShell

cargo clippy --workspace --all-targets -- -D warnings 2>&1 | Select-Object -Last 40

Run workspace clippy (CI invocation)


    Checking spt-daemon v0.8.1 (C:\Users\decid\Documents\projects\spt-core\crates\spt-daemon)
    Checking spt v0.8.1 (C:\Users\decid\Documents\projects\spt-core\crates\spt)
    Checking xtask v0.8.1 (C:\Users\decid\Documents\projects\spt-core\crates\xtask)
    Finished `dev` profile [unoptimized + debuginfo] target(s) in 10.09s


Clippy clean. Now traceable-reqs check.


traceable-reqs check 2>&1 | Select-Object -Last 30; "EXIT=$LASTEXITCODE"

Run traceable-reqs check