408	### 7.11 A dead PTY child + a dropped operator pump must NOT wedge the broker for other clients  `[REQ-HAZARD-ATTACH-WEDGE]`
409	- **Failure (hypothesized, v0.12.0):** a legitimately dead PTY child (crash/kill) plus an `rc` pump dropped without a clean detach (closed tab) was thought to make the broker's loopback forward `write_all` block forever on a full 64 KB duplex, park a worker in the 2-worker net runtime, saturate both, and stall every new attach / `endpoint run` (with `daemon stop` unable to join).
410	- **Invariant — DISPOSITION = PROVE-DON'T-CHANGE** (doyle GATE-PASS @e883f45, 2026-06-18): the post-L0 code ALREADY prevents the wedge; NO fail-fast / worker-count code was added. (1) `serve_attach` forwards fire-and-forget (`net_stream_send` `op_id=None`) and the broker-side `send_stream` is already deadline-bounded (`bounded_block_on`, `BROKER_QUIC_OP_TIMEOUT_MS` = 10s — hazard 7.8), not forever. (2) the loopback duplex is drained broker-INTERNALLY by the operator row's OWN read pump (`nethost.rs` `RecvHalf::Loopback`), which for an ordinary attach stream (`retentive_cap == 0`) NEVER parks → `peer_w` never backs up on a dead `rc` (a dead `rc` is just a dropped IPC subscriber against a bounded, EVICTING ring). (3) `bounded_block_on` = `runtime.handle().block_on` → parks the BROKER DISPATCH thread, not a net worker, so worker-pool exhaustion cannot occur. A dead spt-hosted endpoint is OFFLINED within one reconcile tick on abrupt child death (the broker exit-waiter `wait()` reaps the session even on `taskkill /F` → `reconcile_hosted_liveness` clears the `status=online` latch).
411	- **spt-core mapping:** int `crates/spt/tests/attach_wedge_e2e.rs` (REAL detached daemon + dummy-harness fixture): serve the victim (rc sees its tick), abruptly kill rc (dropped pump) + kill the PTY child → a NEW endpoint still comes online + is served (no wedge), the dead endpoint is offlined within a tick (`LIVENESS_RECONCILE_OFFLINE`), `daemon stop` bounded. Leans on 7.8 (the QUIC-op deadline) + 7.7 (viewer isolation).
412	- **Source:** v0.12.0 real-harness finding (operator) → v0.12.1 L2 @e883f45; doyle GATE-PASS 2026-06-18.
413
414	---
415
416	## Conformance checklist (condensed)
417
418	| # | Invariant | spt-core surface |
419	|---|---|---|
420	| 1.1 | Grace wait precedes INIT_SIGNOFF | daemon teardown |
421	| 1.4/4.4 | Deferred rows excluded from event-stream drain | daemon spool drain |
422	| 2.1/5.1 | Stable PID/broker-handle over ephemeral PID | liveness detection |
423	| 2.3 | Handoff argv/IPC version-tolerant (newer brain ↔ older broker) | broker↔brain IPC, self-update |
424	| 2.4 | gen_start = now() on cold-start + handoff | per-instance generation |
425	| 3.1 | Ephemeral perch cleanup on all exit paths | `ring` (RAII guard) |
426	| 3.3 | Echo-commune before INIT_SIGNOFF | daemon psyche loop |
427	| 4.1 | Envelope decode order, `&` last | spt-proto (public, wire-versioned) |
428	| 4.2 | Parser panic-free + tolerant | spt-proto |
429	| 4.3 | Stale registry entries → fallback, never hard-fail | subnet registry resolution |
430	| 4.10 | Silent-node registry rows evicted (heard-map TTL); own rows never decay | registry pump eviction |
431	| 4.6 | Addressable-id charset reserves `:`/`@` delimiters | `spt_proto::id` at creation seams |
432	| 5.2 | tmp-write + atomic-rename + retry (EBUSY) | all state writes, binary swap |
433	| 5.3 | Timeout every harness subprocess | manifest invocations |
434	| 5.4 | Strip UNC prefix on serialized paths | spt-proto path normalization |
435	| 5.5 | ConPTY reader answers DSR (`ESC[6n`) | spt-term broker PTY reader |
436	| 7.7 | A wedged viewer is evicted, never stalls the controller/child/drain | broker `OutputLog` fan-out (controller/viewer) |
437	| 5.6 | Detached long-lived children spawn `bInheritHandles=FALSE` | daemon + shell spawn |
438	| 5.7 | Daemon always unelevated in the invoker's universe (de-elevated spawn + entry guard) | `deelevate` seam, `spawn_detached`, `Daemon::run` |
439	| 5.8 | `CREATE_NO_WINDOW` on every console child of the console-less daemon | `gitrun::run_git`, `kill_shell_pid`, `run_bounded_command`, `shellwake` |
440	| 5.12 | Native-PTY spawn PATHEXT-resolves a bare program + wraps non-PE targets (.cmd/.bat→`cmd /c`, .ps1→powershell), bypassing portable-pty's shim-first `which` (CreateProcessW os error 193) | `spt_term::winprog` → `PtySession::spawn_program_in` |
441	| 6.1 | Single path/registry source of truth | storage layout |
442	| 6.4 | Drop files supervisor-owned single-writer | runtime contract |
443	| 6.5 | Direct-write precedence marker (+ node id) | cross-node Psyche sync |
444	| 6.6 | Surfaced conflicts preserve both versions until dominated | context conflict artifacts (ADR-0013) |
445	| 6.7 | Broker + brain are separate processes (brain restart never drops a hosted endpoint at the process level) | daemon process topology, self-update (ADR-0018) |
446	| 6.8 | No irreversible durable-state migration before update ready-promotion (pre-ready writes stay N-1-readable) | auto-rollback / durable-state schema (ADR-0018) |
447	| 6.10 | Phase-significant loop timing is a durable absolute-deadline grid (no per-fire write; update preserves phase, crash resets, one-shot never resets) | durable loop timing / self-update (ADR-0018 Q4) |
448	| 6.11 | Brain respawn execs the applied bytes (canonical exe captured at broker start, not per-spawn current_exe) + promotion bytes-gate (exe_hash == artifact, else rollback) | daemon respawn path / self-update (ADR-0018 Q3) |
449	| 7.1 | Local `api` mutation authenticated to endpoint | api surface / broker IPC |
450	| 7.2 | Idempotent delivery across brain restart | broker↔brain IPC |
451	| 7.3 | Psyche outbound captured + `from=`/target stripped + reply-to-sender / notify-to-own-user | live-Psyche driver / daemon relay (ADR-0012) |
452	| 7.4 | Per-agent pulse/psyche/echo runs off the shared scheduler (no serial blocking across agents) | daemon multi-agent hosting (ADR-0004) |
453	| 7.5 | WAN-inbound origin = QUIC handshake identity from the broker's stream table, never payload bytes | wan receive funnel + every wire-inbound consumer (ADR-0009) |
454	| 7.6 | Pump brain-IPC reads deadline-bounded (30s total-wait); TimedOut → supervised restart, never per-peer retry | `Brain::cold_start_pump` / `BrainConn::Split` (reader-thread + `recv_timeout`), `pump::peer_outcome` |
455	| 7.8 | Broker bounds every brain-waiting QUIC op (10s < the brain's 30s); a dead peer fails as an ORDINARY error the broker replies → per-peer redial, round continues, no pump restart (the 7.6 B-half) | `NetHost::bounded_block_on` wrapping `dial`/`open_stream`/`send_stream` |
456	| 7.9 | A daemon-state wire change (e.g. the v0.9.0 agnostic Seed) needs a deliberate broker restart — the resident old broker can't read new bytes; the seed-skew EOF surfaces an actionable `spt daemon stop` hint, not "failed to fill whole buffer"; forward: additive + serde-default daemon-state | `cmd_seed`/`seed_fail_message`, broker seed-control residency |
457	| 7.10 | A view is independent from the endpoint: the cold-started daemon is launched JOB-NEUTRAL (WMI `Win32_Process.Create` PRIMARY → WmiPrvSE child, outside any terminal job from birth; breakaway DEMOTED to a fallback rung because a job CAN deny it). A WMI/scheduler child does NOT inherit transient shell env, so `SPT_*` (esp. `SPT_HOME`) is forwarded via a `cmd /c set … & start /b` wrapper. Ladder (first-success-wins, both cold-start + `spt daemon start`): WMI → schtasks → breakaway → in-job. int IS CI-testable via the WMI rung (no nesting false-red — WMI escapes regardless of job policy); operator WT/VSCode tab-close = final non-gating confirmation. `detached_no_inherit` unchanged for `launch_shell`; elevated `deelevate` keeps L1 breakaway (WMI-reparent = follow-up) | `daemon.rs::launch_daemon_job_neutral` (ladder), `spawn_daemon_via_wmi`/`wrapped_daemon_command`, int `job_escape_e2e.rs` |
458	| 7.11 | A dead PTY child + a dropped operator pump does NOT wedge the broker — PROVE-DON'T-CHANGE: send_stream already QUIC-deadline-bounded (7.8), the loopback duplex is drained broker-internally (evict-not-park), block_on parks the dispatch thread not a net worker; dead endpoint offlined within a reconcile tick | int `attach_wedge_e2e.rs` |
459

### 7.11 A dead PTY child + a dropped operator pump must NOT wedge the broker for other clients  `[REQ-HAZARD-ATTACH-WEDGE]`
- **Failure (hypothesized, v0.12.0):** a legitimately dead PTY child (crash/kill) plus an `rc` pump dropped without a clean detach (closed tab) was thought to make the broker's loopback forward `write_all` block forever on a full 64 KB duplex, park a worker in the 2-worker net runtime, saturate both, and stall every new attach / `endpoint run` (with `daemon stop` unable to join).
- **Invariant — DISPOSITION = PROVE-DON'T-CHANGE** (doyle GATE-PASS @e883f45, 2026-06-18): the post-L0 code ALREADY prevents the wedge; NO fail-fast / worker-count code was added. (1) `serve_attach` forwards fire-and-forget (`net_stream_send` `op_id=None`) and the broker-side `send_stream` is already deadline-bounded (`bounded_block_on`, `BROKER_QUIC_OP_TIMEOUT_MS` = 10s — hazard 7.8), not forever. (2) the loopback duplex is drained broker-INTERNALLY by the operator row's OWN read pump (`nethost.rs` `RecvHalf::Loopback`), which for an ordinary attach stream (`retentive_cap == 0`) NEVER parks → `peer_w` never backs up on a dead `rc` (a dead `rc` is just a dropped IPC subscriber against a bounded, EVICTING ring). (3) `bounded_block_on` = `runtime.handle().block_on` → parks the BROKER DISPATCH thread, not a net worker, so worker-pool exhaustion cannot occur. A dead spt-hosted endpoint is OFFLINED within one reconcile tick on abrupt child death (the broker exit-waiter `wait()` reaps the session even on `taskkill /F` → `reconcile_hosted_liveness` clears the `status=online` latch).
- **spt-core mapping:** int `crates/spt/tests/attach_wedge_e2e.rs` (REAL detached daemon + dummy-harness fixture): serve the victim (rc sees its tick), abruptly kill rc (dropped pump) + kill the PTY child → a NEW endpoint still comes online + is served (no wedge), the dead endpoint is offlined within a tick (`LIVENESS_RECONCILE_OFFLINE`), `daemon stop` bounded. Leans on 7.8 (the QUIC-op deadline) + 7.7 (viewer isolation).
- **Source:** v0.12.0 real-harness finding (operator) → v0.12.1 L2 @e883f45; doyle GATE-PASS 2026-06-18.

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## Conformance checklist (condensed)

| # | Invariant | spt-core surface |
|---|---|---|
| 1.1 | Grace wait precedes INIT_SIGNOFF | daemon teardown |
| 1.4/4.4 | Deferred rows excluded from event-stream drain | daemon spool drain |
| 2.1/5.1 | Stable PID/broker-handle over ephemeral PID | liveness detection |
| 2.3 | Handoff argv/IPC version-tolerant (newer brain ↔ older broker) | broker↔brain IPC, self-update |
| 2.4 | gen_start = now() on cold-start + handoff | per-instance generation |
| 3.1 | Ephemeral perch cleanup on all exit paths | `ring` (RAII guard) |
| 3.3 | Echo-commune before INIT_SIGNOFF | daemon psyche loop |
| 4.1 | Envelope decode order, `&` last | spt-proto (public, wire-versioned) |
| 4.2 | Parser panic-free + tolerant | spt-proto |
| 4.3 | Stale registry entries → fallback, never hard-fail | subnet registry resolution |
| 4.10 | Silent-node registry rows evicted (heard-map TTL); own rows never decay | registry pump eviction |
| 4.6 | Addressable-id charset reserves `:`/`@` delimiters | `spt_proto::id` at creation seams |
| 5.2 | tmp-write + atomic-rename + retry (EBUSY) | all state writes, binary swap |
| 5.3 | Timeout every harness subprocess | manifest invocations |
| 5.4 | Strip UNC prefix on serialized paths | spt-proto path normalization |
| 5.5 | ConPTY reader answers DSR (`ESC[6n`) | spt-term broker PTY reader |
| 7.7 | A wedged viewer is evicted, never stalls the controller/child/drain | broker `OutputLog` fan-out (controller/viewer) |
| 5.6 | Detached long-lived children spawn `bInheritHandles=FALSE` | daemon + shell spawn |
| 5.7 | Daemon always unelevated in the invoker's universe (de-elevated spawn + entry guard) | `deelevate` seam, `spawn_detached`, `Daemon::run` |
| 5.8 | `CREATE_NO_WINDOW` on every console child of the console-less daemon | `gitrun::run_git`, `kill_shell_pid`, `run_bounded_command`, `shellwake` |
| 5.12 | Native-PTY spawn PATHEXT-resolves a bare program + wraps non-PE targets (.cmd/.bat→`cmd /c`, .ps1→powershell), bypassing portable-pty's shim-first `which` (CreateProcessW os error 193) | `spt_term::winprog` → `PtySession::spawn_program_in` |
| 6.1 | Single path/registry source of truth | storage layout |
| 6.4 | Drop files supervisor-owned single-writer | runtime contract |
| 6.5 | Direct-write precedence marker (+ node id) | cross-node Psyche sync |
| 6.6 | Surfaced conflicts preserve both versions until dominated | context conflict artifacts (ADR-0013) |
| 6.7 | Broker + brain are separate processes (brain restart never drops a hosted endpoint at the process level) | daemon process topology, self-update (ADR-0018) |
| 6.8 | No irreversible durable-state migration before update ready-promotion (pre-ready writes stay N-1-readable) | auto-rollback / durable-state schema (ADR-0018) |
| 6.10 | Phase-significant loop timing is a durable absolute-deadline grid (no per-fire write; update preserves phase, crash resets, one-shot never resets) | durable loop timing / self-update (ADR-0018 Q4) |
| 6.11 | Brain respawn execs the applied bytes (canonical exe captured at broker start, not per-spawn current_exe) + promotion bytes-gate (exe_hash == artifact, else rollback) | daemon respawn path / self-update (ADR-0018 Q3) |
| 7.1 | Local `api` mutation authenticated to endpoint | api surface / broker IPC |
| 7.2 | Idempotent delivery across brain restart | broker↔brain IPC |
| 7.3 | Psyche outbound captured + `from=`/target stripped + reply-to-sender / notify-to-own-user | live-Psyche driver / daemon relay (ADR-0012) |
| 7.4 | Per-agent pulse/psyche/echo runs off the shared scheduler (no serial blocking across agents) | daemon multi-agent hosting (ADR-0004) |
| 7.5 | WAN-inbound origin = QUIC handshake identity from the broker's stream table, never payload bytes | wan receive funnel + every wire-inbound consumer (ADR-0009) |
| 7.6 | Pump brain-IPC reads deadline-bounded (30s total-wait); TimedOut → supervised restart, never per-peer retry | `Brain::cold_start_pump` / `BrainConn::Split` (reader-thread + `recv_timeout`), `pump::peer_outcome` |
| 7.8 | Broker bounds every brain-waiting QUIC op (10s < the brain's 30s); a dead peer fails as an ORDINARY error the broker replies → per-peer redial, round continues, no pump restart (the 7.6 B-half) | `NetHost::bounded_block_on` wrapping `dial`/`open_stream`/`send_stream` |
| 7.9 | A daemon-state wire change (e.g. the v0.9.0 agnostic Seed) needs a deliberate broker restart — the resident old broker can't read new bytes; the seed-skew EOF surfaces an actionable `spt daemon stop` hint, not "failed to fill whole buffer"; forward: additive + serde-default daemon-state | `cmd_seed`/`seed_fail_message`, broker seed-control residency |
| 7.10 | A view is independent from the endpoint: the cold-started daemon is launched JOB-NEUTRAL (WMI `Win32_Process.Create` PRIMARY → WmiPrvSE child, outside any terminal job from birth; breakaway DEMOTED to a fallback rung because a job CAN deny it). A WMI/scheduler child does NOT inherit transient shell env, so `SPT_*` (esp. `SPT_HOME`) is forwarded via a `cmd /c set … & start /b` wrapper. Ladder (first-success-wins, both cold-start + `spt daemon start`): WMI → schtasks → breakaway → in-job. int IS CI-testable via the WMI rung (no nesting false-red — WMI escapes regardless of job policy); operator WT/VSCode tab-close = final non-gating confirmation. `detached_no_inherit` unchanged for `launch_shell`; elevated `deelevate` keeps L1 breakaway (WMI-reparent = follow-up) | `daemon.rs::launch_daemon_job_neutral` (ladder), `spawn_daemon_via_wmi`/`wrapped_daemon_command`, int `job_escape_e2e.rs` |
| 7.11 | A dead PTY child + a dropped operator pump does NOT wedge the broker — PROVE-DON'T-CHANGE: send_stream already QUIC-deadline-bounded (7.8), the loopback duplex is drained broker-internally (evict-not-park), block_on parks the dispatch thread not a net worker; dead endpoint offlined within a reconcile tick | int `attach_wedge_e2e.rs` |


Add KNOWN-HAZARDS entries for W7 (and W1, a recurred wedge worth the invariant). Insert after 7.11.


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## Conformance checklist (condensed)

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### 7.12 Controller output must NOT be written inline on the drain thread — a backed-up controller wedges the session  `[REQ-HAZARD-INJECT-CONTROL-COEXIST]`
- **Failure (v0.12.x, operator dogfooding + doyle /diagnose 2026-06-19):** `OutputLog::append` fanned each live chunk to the CONTROLLER via a SYNCHRONOUS, blocking `write_frame` held INLINE on the session's single drain thread while `Mutex<OutputLog>` was locked (viewers already had a dedicated writer thread + bounded evicting channel). A backed-up controller socket — a slow operator, or the full 64 KB `rc` loopback duplex under heavy TUI redraw — parked the drain thread WITH THE LOG LOCK HELD: output + keystroke-echo stalled and every attach / resize / `KIND_SESSIONS` that needs the log lock blocked FOREVER, while the broker process stayed alive. Fires on NORMAL interactive `rc` use under heavy output (not only message injection); REOPENED the wedge facet of 7.11 (dead-child backpressure only).
- **Invariant:** controller delivery runs OFF the drain thread — a dedicated controller writer thread + bounded channel (the 7.7 viewer_writer pattern) does the blocking socket write; the drain hands each chunk off with a BOUNDED, OFF-LOCK send (deadline → detach + `clear_controller`, never park forever, never silently evict a LIVE operator's authoritative view). The controller is AUTHORITATIVE (unlike a viewer): its writer advances the `delivered_through` resume cursor (atomic, only-on-success, monotonic). `clear_controller` is the ONE unlatch path (clears `driven_by`, drops the sink) — W5's reconcile self-heal reuses it.
- **spt-core mapping:** impl `broker.rs` `OutputLog::append`/`controller_writer`/`become_controller`/`ControllerJob::deliver`/`clear_controller`; int `crates/spt-daemon/tests/inject_control_wedge.rs` (a fully-backed-up controller keeps `KIND_SESSIONS` answering = no wedge); unit the bounded-deliver + monotonic-cursor kernels. The input-side parks (write_input `write_all` on a full buffer; DSR-answer writer-mutex contention) are BENIGN on Windows ConPTY (absorbs a large inject), real only on Unix forkpty → bounded by W2's atomic-write substrate.
- **Source:** v0.12.x operator wedge → v0.13.0 W1 (doyle GATE-PASS 2026-06-19).

### 7.13 `spt rc` must enable VT console input on Windows (legacy `^H` breaks the hosted TUI key map)  `[REQ-HAZARD-RC-INPUT-KEY-ENCODING]`
- **Failure (operator dogfooding):** `spt rc` is a raw verbatim stdin byte pump, but Windows crossterm raw mode does NOT set `ENABLE_VIRTUAL_TERMINAL_INPUT`, so the LEGACY console delivers `^H` (0x08) for Backspace — and Claude Code maps `^H` → backward-kill-word, i.e. every Backspace deletes a whole word. Confirmed bytes (operator HITL capture, real Windows Terminal): Backspace=0x08, Ctrl+Backspace=0x7f — the inverted-from-VT signature.
- **Invariant:** enable `ENABLE_VIRTUAL_TERMINAL_INPUT` on the stdin console alongside raw mode (NOT a blind 0x08→0x7f normalize, which would conflate Backspace with Ctrl+Backspace), and RESTORE the prior console mode on exit. Under VT input Backspace→0x7f (char-delete), Ctrl+Backspace→0x08 (CC kill-word), arrows/Home/End→CSI — the whole key map matches Unix; ctrl-b (0x02) detach is a control byte, unaffected. cfg(windows) only; Unix is already VT.
- **spt-core mapping:** impl `rc.rs` `with_vt_input`/`enable_vt_input`/`restore_in_mode` + `RawGuard`; unit the pure mode-bit seam (`with_vt_input`: OR-in + preserve other flags + idempotent); the FFI shell + keypress are HITL operator re-capture.
- **Source:** v0.13.0 W7 (operator dogfooding; doyle /diagnose + byte confirm 2026-06-19).

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## Conformance checklist (condensed)

- **Source:** v0.12.0 real-harness finding (operator) → v0.12.1 L2 @e883f45; doyle GATE-PASS 2026-06-18.

### 7.12 Controller output must NOT be written inline on the drain thread — a backed-up controller wedges the session  `[REQ-HAZARD-INJECT-CONTROL-COEXIST]`
- **Failure (v0.12.x, operator dogfooding + doyle /diagnose 2026-06-19):** `OutputLog::append` fanned each live chunk to the CONTROLLER via a SYNCHRONOUS, blocking `write_frame` held INLINE on the session's single drain thread while `Mutex<OutputLog>` was locked (viewers already had a dedicated writer thread + bounded evicting channel). A backed-up controller socket — a slow operator, or the full 64 KB `rc` loopback duplex under heavy TUI redraw — parked the drain thread WITH THE LOG LOCK HELD: output + keystroke-echo stalled and every attach / resize / `KIND_SESSIONS` that needs the log lock blocked FOREVER, while the broker process stayed alive. Fires on NORMAL interactive `rc` use under heavy output (not only message injection); REOPENED the wedge facet of 7.11 (dead-child backpressure only).
- **Invariant:** controller delivery runs OFF the drain thread — a dedicated controller writer thread + bounded channel (the 7.7 viewer_writer pattern) does the blocking socket write; the drain hands each chunk off with a BOUNDED, OFF-LOCK send (deadline → detach + `clear_controller`, never park forever, never silently evict a LIVE operator's authoritative view). The controller is AUTHORITATIVE (unlike a viewer): its writer advances the `delivered_through` resume cursor (atomic, only-on-success, monotonic). `clear_controller` is the ONE unlatch path (clears `driven_by`, drops the sink) — W5's reconcile self-heal reuses it.
- **spt-core mapping:** impl `broker.rs` `OutputLog::append`/`controller_writer`/`become_controller`/`ControllerJob::deliver`/`clear_controller`; int `crates/spt-daemon/tests/inject_control_wedge.rs` (a fully-backed-up controller keeps `KIND_SESSIONS` answering = no wedge); unit the bounded-deliver + monotonic-cursor kernels. The input-side parks (write_input `write_all` on a full buffer; DSR-answer writer-mutex contention) are BENIGN on Windows ConPTY (absorbs a large inject), real only on Unix forkpty → bounded by W2's atomic-write substrate.
- **Source:** v0.12.x operator wedge → v0.13.0 W1 (doyle GATE-PASS 2026-06-19).

### 7.13 `spt rc` must enable VT console input on Windows (legacy `^H` breaks the hosted TUI key map)  `[REQ-HAZARD-RC-INPUT-KEY-ENCODING]`
- **Failure (operator dogfooding):** `spt rc` is a raw verbatim stdin byte pump, but Windows crossterm raw mode does NOT set `ENABLE_VIRTUAL_TERMINAL_INPUT`, so the LEGACY console delivers `^H` (0x08) for Backspace — and Claude Code maps `^H` → backward-kill-word, i.e. every Backspace deletes a whole word. Confirmed bytes (operator HITL capture, real Windows Terminal): Backspace=0x08, Ctrl+Backspace=0x7f — the inverted-from-VT signature.
- **Invariant:** enable `ENABLE_VIRTUAL_TERMINAL_INPUT` on the stdin console alongside raw mode (NOT a blind 0x08→0x7f normalize, which would conflate Backspace with Ctrl+Backspace), and RESTORE the prior console mode on exit. Under VT input Backspace→0x7f (char-delete), Ctrl+Backspace→0x08 (CC kill-word), arrows/Home/End→CSI — the whole key map matches Unix; ctrl-b (0x02) detach is a control byte, unaffected. cfg(windows) only; Unix is already VT.
- **spt-core mapping:** impl `rc.rs` `with_vt_input`/`enable_vt_input`/`restore_in_mode` + `RawGuard`; unit the pure mode-bit seam (`with_vt_input`: OR-in + preserve other flags + idempotent); the FFI shell + keypress are HITL operator re-capture.
- **Source:** v0.13.0 W7 (operator dogfooding; doyle /diagnose + byte confirm 2026-06-19).

---

## Conformance checklist (condensed)

- **spt-core mapping:** int `crates/spt/tests/attach_wedge_e2e.rs` (REAL detached daemon + dummy-harness fixture): serve the victim (rc sees its tick), abruptly kill rc (dropped pump) + kill the PTY child → a NEW endpoint still comes online + is served (no wedge), the dead endpoint is offlined within a tick (`LIVENESS_RECONCILE_OFFLINE`), `daemon stop` bounded. Leans on 7.8 (the QUIC-op deadline) + 7.7 (viewer isolation).

+### 7.12 Controller output must NOT be written inline on the drain thread — a backed-up controller wedges the session  `[REQ-HAZARD-INJECT-CONTROL-COEXIST]`

+- **Failure (v0.12.x, operator dogfooding + doyle /diagnose 2026-06-19):** `OutputLog::append` fanned each live chunk to the CONTROLLER via a SYNCHRONOUS, blocking `write_frame` held INLINE on the session's single drain thread while `Mutex<OutputLog>` was locked (viewers already had a dedicated writer thread + bounded evicting channel). A backed-up controller socket — a slow operator, or the full 64 KB `rc` loopback duplex under heavy TUI redraw — parked the drain thread WITH THE LOG LOCK HELD: output + keystroke-echo stalled and every attach / resize / `KIND_SESSIONS` that needs the log lock blocked FOREVER, while the broker process stayed alive. Fires on NORMAL interactive `rc` use under heavy output (not only message injection); REOPENED the wedge facet of 7.11 (dead-child backpressure only).

+- **Invariant:** controller delivery runs OFF the drain thread — a dedicated controller writer thread + bounded channel (the 7.7 viewer_writer pattern) does the blocking socket write; the drain hands each chunk off with a BOUNDED, OFF-LOCK send (deadline → detach + `clear_controller`, never park forever, never silently evict a LIVE operator's authoritative view). The controller is AUTHORITATIVE (unlike a viewer): its writer advances the `delivered_through` resume cursor (atomic, only-on-success, monotonic). `clear_controller` is the ONE unlatch path (clears `driven_by`, drops the sink) — W5's reconcile self-heal reuses it.

+- **spt-core mapping:** impl `broker.rs` `OutputLog::append`/`controller_writer`/`become_controller`/`ControllerJob::deliver`/`clear_controller`; int `crates/spt-daemon/tests/inject_control_wedge.rs` (a fully-backed-up controller keeps `KIND_SESSIONS` answering = no wedge); unit the bounded-deliver + monotonic-cursor kernels. The input-side parks (write_input `write_all` on a full buffer; DSR-answer writer-mutex contention) are BENIGN on Windows ConPTY (absorbs a large inject), real only on Unix forkpty → bounded by W2's atomic-write substrate.

+- **Source:** v0.12.x operator wedge → v0.13.0 W1 (doyle GATE-PASS 2026-06-19).

+### 7.13 `spt rc` must enable VT console input on Windows (legacy `^H` breaks the hosted TUI key map)  `[REQ-HAZARD-RC-INPUT-KEY-ENCODING]`

+- **Failure (operator dogfooding):** `spt rc` is a raw verbatim stdin byte pump, but Windows crossterm raw mode does NOT set `ENABLE_VIRTUAL_TERMINAL_INPUT`, so the LEGACY console delivers `^H` (0x08) for Backspace — and Claude Code maps `^H` → backward-kill-word, i.e. every Backspace deletes a whole word. Confirmed bytes (operator HITL capture, real Windows Terminal): Backspace=0x08, Ctrl+Backspace=0x7f — the inverted-from-VT signature.

+- **Invariant:** enable `ENABLE_VIRTUAL_TERMINAL_INPUT` on the stdin console alongside raw mode (NOT a blind 0x08→0x7f normalize, which would conflate Backspace with Ctrl+Backspace), and RESTORE the prior console mode on exit. Under VT input Backspace→0x7f (char-delete), Ctrl+Backspace→0x08 (CC kill-word), arrows/Home/End→CSI — the whole key map matches Unix; ctrl-b (0x02) detach is a control byte, unaffected. cfg(windows) only; Unix is already VT.

+- **spt-core mapping:** impl `rc.rs` `with_vt_input`/`enable_vt_input`/`restore_in_mode` + `RawGuard`; unit the pure mode-bit seam (`with_vt_input`: OR-in + preserve other flags + idempotent); the FFI shell + keypress are HITL operator re-capture.

+- **Source:** v0.13.0 W7 (operator dogfooding; doyle /diagnose + byte confirm 2026-06-19).


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| 7.11 | A dead PTY child + a dropped operator pump does NOT wedge the broker — PROVE-DON'T-CHANGE: send_stream already QUIC-deadline-bounded (7.8), the loopback duplex is drained broker-internally (evict-not-park), block_on parks the dispatch thread not a net worker; dead endpoint offlined within a reconcile tick | int `attach_wedge_e2e.rs` |

| 7.11 | A dead PTY child + a dropped operator pump does NOT wedge the broker — PROVE-DON'T-CHANGE: send_stream already QUIC-deadline-bounded (7.8), the loopback duplex is drained broker-internally (evict-not-park), block_on parks the dispatch thread not a net worker; dead endpoint offlined within a reconcile tick | int `attach_wedge_e2e.rs` |
| 7.12 | Controller output delivered OFF the drain thread (dedicated writer + bounded deadline-detach), never inline under the log lock — a backed-up controller can't wedge the session | broker `OutputLog::append`/`controller_writer`, int `inject_control_wedge.rs` |
| 7.13 | `spt rc` enables `ENABLE_VIRTUAL_TERMINAL_INPUT` on Windows stdin (Backspace→0x7f, not legacy `^H`), restoring the prior console mode on exit | `rc.rs` `RawGuard`/`with_vt_input` |


| 7.11 | A dead PTY child + a dropped operator pump does NOT wedge the broker — PROVE-DON'T-CHANGE: send_stream already QUIC-deadline-bounded (7.8), the loopback duplex is drained broker-internally (evict-not-park), block_on parks the dispatch thread not a net worker; dead endpoint offlined within a reconcile tick | int `attach_wedge_e2e.rs` |
| 7.12 | Controller output delivered OFF the drain thread (dedicated writer + bounded deadline-detach), never inline under the log lock — a backed-up controller can't wedge the session | broker `OutputLog::append`/`controller_writer`, int `inject_control_wedge.rs` |
| 7.13 | `spt rc` enables `ENABLE_VIRTUAL_TERMINAL_INPUT` on Windows stdin (Backspace→0x7f, not legacy `^H`), restoring the prior console mode on exit | `rc.rs` `RawGuard`/`with_vt_input` |

| 7.9 | A daemon-state wire change (e.g. the v0.9.0 agnostic Seed) needs a deliberate broker restart — the resident old broker can't read new bytes; the seed-skew EOF surfaces an actionable `spt daemon stop` hint, not "failed to fill whole buffer"; forward: additive + serde-default daemon-state | `cmd_seed`/`seed_fail_message`, broker seed-control residency |

| 7.10 | A view is independent from the endpoint: the cold-started daemon is launched JOB-NEUTRAL (WMI `Win32_Process.Create` PRIMARY → WmiPrvSE child, outside any terminal job from birth; breakaway DEMOTED to a fallback rung because a job CAN deny it). A WMI/scheduler child does NOT inherit transient shell env, so `SPT_*` (esp. `SPT_HOME`) is forwarded via a `cmd /c set … & start /b` wrapper. Ladder (first-success-wins, both cold-start + `spt daemon start`): WMI → schtasks → breakaway → in-job. int IS CI-testable via the WMI rung (no nesting false-red — WMI escapes regardless of job policy); operator WT/VSCode tab-close = final non-gating confirmation. `detached_no_inherit` unchanged for `launch_shell`; elevated `deelevate` keeps L1 breakaway (WMI-reparent = follow-up) | `daemon.rs::launch_daemon_job_neutral` (ladder), `spawn_daemon_via_wmi`/`wrapped_daemon_command`, int `job_escape_e2e.rs` |

+| 7.12 | Controller output delivered OFF the drain thread (dedicated writer + bounded deadline-detach), never inline under the log lock — a backed-up controller can't wedge the session | broker `OutputLog::append`/`controller_writer`, int `inject_control_wedge.rs` |

+| 7.13 | `spt rc` enables `ENABLE_VIRTUAL_TERMINAL_INPUT` on Windows stdin (Backspace→0x7f, not legacy `^H`), restoring the prior console mode on exit | `rc.rs` `RawGuard`/`with_vt_input` |


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W7 impl + unit + KNOWN-HAZARDS + REQ activation done. Build + test + clippy.


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Run traceable check for the W7 REQ while the test runs.


traceable-reqs check 2>&1 | grep -iE "RC-INPUT-KEY|FAIL|MISSING|ERROR" | head; echo "EXIT=${PIPESTATUS[0]}"

traceable check W7 req coverage


       Peer address seeding, both cold starts: durable peer-addrs.json (identity dir) maps peer pubkey → last-known dialable address; the pump's resolver consults it FIRST with id-only discovery fallback on miss or dial failure (a stale addr never strands a peer); written by the pairing ceremony (both sides, from the live connection) and by the pump on successful connect; post-join first sync and post-restart resync converge in seconds, not ~1 min (M8 decisions 14, 20)
       Net-bind boot-race resilience: a daemon that comes up net-less (NetHost::start failed — e.g. the systemd unit autostarted before the network/DNS stack was ready, `Failed to create an address lookup service`) must SELF-HEAL — retry the net bring-up in the background with capped backoff and, on success, attach net to the broker + spawn the dispatcher/peer-pump (which today are gated on `net_up` at boot and so never start, leaving the node silently unreachable until a manual restart — kitsubito 2026-06-08). Status surfaces the net-less state honestly (a net-less broker renders as 'no connection', not only a pump-STALLED line with a bogus pre-boot heartbeat age). The installer's autostart unit waits for the network (`Wants=/After=network-online.target`) as belt-and-suspenders.
       A legitimately dead PTY child (real crash/kill) + an undrained operator pump must NOT wedge the broker for all other clients. ROOT (v0.12.0 real-harness defect): loopback attach output is a blocking write_all into a bounded 64KB tokio duplex (nethost.rs:1040,1090); when the operator's rc pump stops draining (tab closed) the buffer fills and write_all blocks forever (the 'loopback never hangs' assumption at nethost.rs:1103 is false), parking a worker in the 2-worker net runtime (nethost.rs:640); a couple of these saturate BOTH workers → every new attach / `endpoint run` stalls right after 'PUMP_IPC_READER: spawned' → 30s FIRST_EVENT_GRACE → 'no output / dead or wedged'; `daemon stop` cannot join the stuck workers. DISTINCT from the removed B1 path-(c) mutex deadlock. DISPOSITION = PROVE-DON'T-CHANGE (doyle GATE-PASS @e883f45, 2026-06-18): this ROOT is the SUPERSEDED v0.12.0 hypothesis — the post-L0 code ALREADY prevents the wedge, so NO fail-fast / worker-count code was added. serve_attach forwards fire-and-forget (net_stream_send op_id=None) and the broker-side send_stream is already BROKER-QUIC-DEADLINE-bounded (bounded_block_on, 10s); the loopback duplex is drained broker-INTERNALLY by the operator row's own read pump (RecvHalf::Loopback, retentive_cap==0 → evict-not-park) so a dead rc (a dropped IPC subscriber) never backs peer_w up; bounded_block_on parks the BROKER DISPATCH thread, not a net worker → no worker-pool exhaustion (full mechanism in the required_stages comment). Folds the status=online sub-check: a dead spt-hosted endpoint is marked OFFLINE within one reconcile tick on abrupt child death (broker exit-waiter reaps the session → B2 sees it absent) — PROVEN, no change. (v0.12.1)
       A bare brain restart leaves EXACTLY ONE `{id}-psyche` process per endpoint — no duplicate. On an abrupt brain death stop_host never runs (the LiveSet + owned child handles die with the brain) and Breap's job/group only reaps at DAEMON stop, so the PRIOR brain's Psyche stays ALIVE; the respawned brain's reconcile re-hosts a SECOND Psyche and overwrites the `{id}-psyche` perch pid, leaving the old one untracked + alive = a duplicate that lingers until daemon-stop (the operator's 'brain kill+restart wedged everything'). FIX: at brain start, BEFORE the first reconcile re-hosts, reap any pre-existing `{id}-psyche` orphan — ID-SPECIFICALLY (recycle-safe on the shared box, where sibling agents share the `claude` basename): scoped-kill the recorded pid ONLY IF it is alive AND its exe basename == the adapter's psyche program (normalize_basename) AND its COMMAND LINE contains the full psyche id `<id>-psyche` (baked via {id}); a sibling never carries THIS id, and any unreadable signal FAILS SAFE (decline to reap — a missed dup is bounded by Breap, a wrong-kill is catastrophic). CAVEAT: the cmdline carries `<id>-psyche` only when the adapter's psyche_init.command uses {id} (the norm); a non-{id} adapter safely MISSES the reap (today's behavior, Breap bounds it) — never a wrong-kill. (v0.12.0)
       The broker bounds every brain-waiting QUIC op (dial / open_stream / send_stream) so a black-holed or dead peer fails PROMPTLY with an ORDINARY error the broker REPLIES, never an unbounded await. The bound (< the brain's 30s PUMP_PEER_IO_TIMEOUT so the BROKER fires first) surfaces to the pump as a normal broker error reply → peer_outcome's non-TimedOut arm → drop conn + redial next tick, the round CONTINUES and the heartbeat keeps advancing — it must NEVER manifest as the brain's own read-deadline (the A-half poison → supervised-restart path REQ-HAZARD-PUMP-IPC-DEADLINE guards). Exactly-once is preserved: a timed-out journaled op fails INSIDE its apply_once closure so no phantom conn_id/stream_id is recorded and a fresh tick re-dials cleanly. The happy path is unchanged (a live peer completes with zero added latency; the bound only bites a non-responsive peer). This is the ROOT-cause cure for the 2.2h hfenduleam pump wedge — a dead roster peer whose QUIC path the broker awaited unbounded — recurring on hfenduleam 2026-06-16.
       A daemon-state wire-format change (e.g. the v0.9.0 adapter-agnostic Seed) does NOT take effect until a DELIBERATE full broker restart: the broker serves the seed-control channel and is RESIDENT across a brain-only self-update (ADR-0004 no-terminate-during-update forbids auto-killing it), so a NEW-version CLI talking to a still-resident OLD broker fails the seed handshake — the old broker cannot deserialize the new Seed (its formerly-required `adapter` field is gone) and drops the conn without an ack, which surfaces to the CLI as a raw UnexpectedEof 'failed to fill whole buffer'. spt-core must (a) surface an ACTIONABLE diagnostic on that seed-ack EOF (name the stale-broker cause + the `spt daemon stop` fix — the broker restarts on the next api call), never the cryptic io error; and (b) document the operational rule (a deliberate broker restart is required on any daemon-state wire change — NOT automatic) + the FORWARD discipline (daemon-state/Seed schema changes stay additive + serde-default so a resident OLD broker tolerates a NEW CLI across a brain-only update; note this would NOT have rescued 0.9.0 itself, since the old broker's `adapter` was a required field). perri PREP-4 FINDING 1 (v0.9.0 CLI vs stale 0.8.x broker).
       A surfaced concurrent context pair is durably preserved (both versions, tracked artifacts) until a strictly dominating write clears it; no reconcile failure path discards an unmerged version (6.6, ADR-0013)
       B3: `spt daemon stop` then an immediate `spt daemon start` does NOT race — stop fully completes before it returns. Today request_stop (seedmap.rs:240-255) returns on the KIND_STOPPING ack (sent seedmap.rs:174-176) BEFORE the seed socket unbinds, so a following is_running ping (daemon.rs:375) wins the exit window and start reports ALREADY_RUNNING (operator: daemon stop → STOPPED then start → ALREADY_RUNNING). FIX: unbind/stop-gate the seed socket BEFORE acking KIND_STOPPING, OR request_stop waits for a ping-to-fail before returning. Unit: stop then immediate is_running()==false. (v0.12.0)
       A pointer-mode (delegated / GhReleaseManaged) adapter whose binary/manifest is not yet extracted is reported with a CLEAR diagnostic, never silently dropped. Today such an adapter reads its manifest LIVE from source_dir (registry.rs manifest_dir ~146/149); a deferred / un-extracted install makes load_manifest fail → registered() (~410, filter_map(.ok())) SILENTLY DROPS the row → downstream ADAPTER_UNRESOLVED + a cryptic os-error-2 on `spt adapter use`. FIX: surface a clear diagnostic at the resolver + at `adapter use` (name the adapter + the deferred/missing-manifest cause + the fix), not a silent filter-drop and not a bare os-error-2; consider an eager manifest copy at register time so host_binaries survive before the binary download completes. doyle Finding A. (post-v0.10.0)
       A clean `spt rc` attach to a LIVE spt-hosted (`endpoint run`) harness must DELIVER the harness's PTY output. KEYSTONE — the operator's central 'attach shows no output' symptom, reproduced on the real dummy-harness fixture (v0.12.1 Wave 1) with NO death and NO wedge: bringup succeeds (online, harness pid alive + heartbeating, psyche hosted), the attach CONNECTS (PUMP_IPC_READER spawned, no RC_FAIL, holds the full window) — but receives EXACTLY 0 bytes over 10s of the harness's flushed [session.self] stdout. DISTINCT from REQ-HAZARD-VIEWER-CLOSE-DETACH (death) and REQ-HAZARD-ATTACH-WEDGE (dead-child backpressure): here the harness is ALIVE and the attach is a clean first subscribe. This BLOCKS the 'view is independent' invariant — re-attach is meaningless if a live endpoint-run harness shows nothing. KNOWN-GOOD (rules out 'no drain'): attach.rs `local_attach_via_loopback_conn_rides_the_same_pump` + `broker_spawns_the_pty_child_in_the_requested_cwd` prove the broker DOES drain+fan a `spawn_session` PTY child to a loopback attach over the SAME transport rc uses. Both spawn_session and endpoint-run's spawn_session_pid send KIND_SPAWN → the same dispatch_spawn (broker.rs:706/835) which starts the per-session drain+OutputLog — so the gap is NARROWER than 'no drain', endpoint-run-specific. Root candidates: (a) spawn_session_pid's SpawnReq stdio/env/cwd differs so the dummy's stdout isn't the captured ConPTY; (b) the harness stdout WRITE BLOCKS because the ConPTY buffer fills (drain not reading THIS pty) — explains alive-but-0-bytes; (c) ConPTY reader-park (KH 7.6) on this path; (d) `spt rc` resolve_session/subscribe for an endpoint-run session subscribes to the wrong/empty log. (v0.12.1)
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1	   Compiling spt v0.12.1 (C:\Users\decid\Documents\projects\spt-core\crates\spt)
2	    Finished `test` profile [unoptimized + debuginfo] target(s) in 5.98s
3	     Running unittests src\main.rs (target\debug\deps\spt-1f46f552567a1e08.exe)
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5	running 7 tests
6	test rc::tests::detach_prefix_spans_chunks ... ok
7	test rc::tests::detach_keybind_semantics ... ok
8	test rc::tests::first_event_stall_decision ... ok
9	test rc::tests::classify_read_err_eof_is_graceful_not_fatal ... ok
10	test rc::tests::with_vt_input_sets_the_bit_and_preserves_other_flags ... ok
11	test rc::tests::op_minter_distinct_and_monotonic ... ok
12	Endpoint 'stopped-ep' is offline — nothing to attach to.
13	  spt endpoint run --adapter <adapter> --id stopped-ep   to start it
14	Endpoint 'stopped-ep' is offline — nothing to attach to.
15	  spt endpoint run --adapter <adapter> --id stopped-ep   to start it
16	test rc::tests::attach_offline_endpoint_short_circuits_clean ... ok
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18	test result: ok. 7 passed; 0 failed; 0 ignored; 0 measured; 188 filtered out; finished in 0.01s
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   Compiling spt v0.12.1 (C:\Users\decid\Documents\projects\spt-core\crates\spt)
    Finished `test` profile [unoptimized + debuginfo] target(s) in 5.98s
     Running unittests src\main.rs (target\debug\deps\spt-1f46f552567a1e08.exe)

running 7 tests
test rc::tests::detach_prefix_spans_chunks ... ok
test rc::tests::detach_keybind_semantics ... ok
test rc::tests::first_event_stall_decision ... ok
test rc::tests::classify_read_err_eof_is_graceful_not_fatal ... ok
test rc::tests::with_vt_input_sets_the_bit_and_preserves_other_flags ... ok
test rc::tests::op_minter_distinct_and_monotonic ... ok
Endpoint 'stopped-ep' is offline — nothing to attach to.
  spt endpoint run --adapter <adapter> --id stopped-ep   to start it
Endpoint 'stopped-ep' is offline — nothing to attach to.
  spt endpoint run --adapter <adapter> --id stopped-ep   to start it
test rc::tests::attach_offline_endpoint_short_circuits_clean ... ok

test result: ok. 7 passed; 0 failed; 0 ignored; 0 measured; 188 filtered out; finished in 0.01s


W7 fully green: `with_vt_input` unit ✓, all rc tests pass, clippy clean, traceable EXIT=0. Commit W7 (+ the KNOWN-HAZARDS backfill for both v0.13.0 wedge invariants).


Write

fix(rc): W7 — enable VT console input on Windows (Backspace no longer kill-word)

REQ-HAZARD-RC-INPUT-KEY-ENCODING. Operator byte capture (real Windows
Terminal, fresh debug binary, SPT_RC_DEBUG_KEYS): pre-fix Backspace=0x08 (^H),
Ctrl+Backspace=0x7f (DEL) — the inverted-from-VT signature of
ENABLE_VIRTUAL_TERMINAL_INPUT being OFF. crossterm raw mode on Windows doesn't
set it, so the legacy console emits ^H for Backspace and Claude Code maps ^H ->
backward-kill-word: every Backspace deleted a whole word.

Fix (a, not the 0x08->0x7f normalize, which would conflate Backspace with
Ctrl+Backspace and miss the rest of the key map): RawGuard now enables
ENABLE_VIRTUAL_TERMINAL_INPUT on the stdin console alongside raw mode and
restores the prior console mode on drop (cfg(windows); Unix passthrough
unchanged). Under VT input Backspace->0x7f (char-delete), Ctrl+Backspace->0x08
(CC kill-word), arrows/Home/End->CSI; ctrl-b (0x02) detach is a control byte,
unaffected. with_vt_input is the pure mode-bit seam (OR-in, preserve, idempotent).

impl = rc.rs with_vt_input/enable_vt_input/restore_in_mode + RawGuard.
unit = with_vt_input_sets_the_bit_and_preserves_other_flags (the FFI shell +
keypress stay HITL operator re-capture). REQ activated [impl,unit]. Adds
KNOWN-HAZARDS 7.13 (this) and 7.12 (W1 controller-delivery wedge backfill).
clippy -D warnings clean; traceable EXIT=0.

Co-authored by: todlando
Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.8 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>
Claude-Session: https://claude.ai/code/session_01NVVByRoZnz85acTkVJ1uAP


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fix(rc): W7 — enable VT console input on Windows (Backspace no longer kill-word)

REQ-HAZARD-RC-INPUT-KEY-ENCODING. Operator byte capture (real Windows
Terminal, fresh debug binary, SPT_RC_DEBUG_KEYS): pre-fix Backspace=0x08 (^H),
Ctrl+Backspace=0x7f (DEL) — the inverted-from-VT signature of
ENABLE_VIRTUAL_TERMINAL_INPUT being OFF. crossterm raw mode on Windows doesn't
set it, so the legacy console emits ^H for Backspace and Claude Code maps ^H ->
backward-kill-word: every Backspace deleted a whole word.

Fix (a, not the 0x08->0x7f normalize, which would conflate Backspace with
Ctrl+Backspace and miss the rest of the key map): RawGuard now enables
ENABLE_VIRTUAL_TERMINAL_INPUT on the stdin console alongside raw mode and
restores the prior console mode on drop (cfg(windows); Unix passthrough
unchanged). Under VT input Backspace->0x7f (char-delete), Ctrl+Backspace->0x08
(CC kill-word), arrows/Home/End->CSI; ctrl-b (0x02) detach is a control byte,
unaffected. with_vt_input is the pure mode-bit seam (OR-in, preserve, idempotent).

impl = rc.rs with_vt_input/enable_vt_input/restore_in_mode + RawGuard.
unit = with_vt_input_sets_the_bit_and_preserves_other_flags (the FFI shell +
keypress stay HITL operator re-capture). REQ activated [impl,unit]. Adds
KNOWN-HAZARDS 7.13 (this) and 7.12 (W1 controller-delivery wedge backfill).
clippy -D warnings clean; traceable EXIT=0.

Co-authored by: todlando
Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.8 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>
Claude-Session: https://claude.ai/code/session_01NVVByRoZnz85acTkVJ1uAP


Bash

cd C:/Users/decid/Documents/projects/spt-core && git add crates/spt/src/rc.rs traceable-reqs.toml docs/KNOWN-HAZARDS.md && git commit -q -F .git/W7_FIX_MSG.txt && rm -f .git/W7_FIX_MSG.txt && echo "===W7 COMMITTED===" && git log --oneline -4

Commit W7 VT-input fix


===W7 COMMITTED===
dc07c39 fix(rc): W7 — enable VT console input on Windows (Backspace no longer kill-word)
bab7d44 test(broker): W1 — cfg(unix) park-(b) is informational, not asserted
66dadef v0.13.0: track the W1-deferred Unix PTY-write bound under W2
f05566b chore(rc): W7 confirm-first — env-gated stdin keystroke hexdump


W7 committed (`dc07c39`). Ping doyle to trigger the operator re-capture.


$OWL send doyle <<'EOF'
W7 LANDED — dc07c39. Trigger the operator re-capture to confirm the flip.

Fix: RawGuard enables ENABLE_VIRTUAL_TERMINAL_INPUT on the Windows stdin console alongside crossterm raw mode, restores the prior mode on drop (cfg(windows); Unix passthrough unchanged). with_vt_input = the pure OR-in seam.

Verified here: rc unit tests 7/7 incl with_vt_input_sets_the_bit_and_preserves_other_flags; clippy -p spt -D warnings clean; traceable EXIT=0; REQ-HAZARD-RC-INPUT-KEY-ENCODING activated [impl,unit]; KNOWN-HAZARDS 7.13 added (+ 7.12 backfill for W1's controller-delivery wedge).

OPERATOR RE-CAPTURE (same fresh debug binary — PATH spt.exe still stale): SPT_RC_DEBUG_KEYS=1 target\debug\spt.exe rc <id>, press Backspace then Ctrl+Backspace. EXPECT post-fix: Backspace -> RC_KEYS bytes=[7f], Ctrl+Backspace -> [08], ctrl-b (0x02) detach still works, arrows now arrive as ESC[ sequences. (The hexdump prints the RAW console byte; with VT input on, Backspace should now read 7f not 08.) Confirm + I close W7.

Next: resuming W3 (bind-cwd) then W5 (clear_controller reconcile reuse). Will ping per wave.
EOF

Ping doyle W7 landed, request re-capture


➜ SENT:doyle


W7 done. Now resume **W3** (bind-cwd). Noted on the `spt-test-engineer` relocation — I'll route the W3 int+unit tests through it. First the impl: thread `cwd` into `establish_perch` + set `rec.cwd`.


Edit

fn establish_perch(
    id: &str,
    session_id: &str,
    parent_pid: u32,
    adapter: Option<&str>,
    subnet: Option<&str>,
    endpoint_type: &str,
    controllable: Option<bool>,
) -> Result<String, BindError> {

fn establish_perch(
    id: &str,
    session_id: &str,
    parent_pid: u32,
    adapter: Option<&str>,
    subnet: Option<&str>,
    endpoint_type: &str,
    controllable: Option<bool>,
    cwd: Option<&str>,
) -> Result<String, BindError> {


The file C:\Users\decid\Documents\projects\spt-core\crates\spt\src\api\startup.rs has been updated successfully. (file state is current in your context — no need to Read it back)

fn establish_perch(
    id: &str,
    session_id: &str,
    parent_pid: u32,
    adapter: Option<&str>,
    subnet: Option<&str>,
    endpoint_type: &str,
    controllable: Option<bool>,
) -> Result<String, BindError> {

fn establish_perch(
    id: &str,
    session_id: &str,
    parent_pid: u32,
    adapter: Option<&str>,
    subnet: Option<&str>,
    endpoint_type: &str,
    controllable: Option<bool>,
    cwd: Option<&str>,
) -> Result<String, BindError> {

let perch_path = perch::resolve_perch_path(id, ParentHint::Infer);


    rec.controllable = controllable.or_else(|| prior.as_ref().and_then(|p| p.controllable));
    info::write_info(&perch_path, &rec).map_err(|e| BindError::Io(e.to_string()))?;

    rec.controllable = controllable.or_else(|| prior.as_ref().and_then(|p| p.controllable));
    // W3 (REQ-HAZARD-BIND-CWD-UNSET): record the working directory so the picker
    // can group this endpoint under its PROJECT (data.rs → project_id_for_dir).
    // Previously NEVER set on bind — the refuted v0.12.1 "fresh agent shows under
    // its project" P1. spt-hosted: cmd_bind passes its own current_dir (the broker
    // spawned it in project_cwd); harness-hosted: bind_from_seed passes the seed's
    // captured cwd. A revive carries the prior cwd forward (a re-bind must not wipe
    // it), like home/adapter/controllable.
    // [impl->REQ-HAZARD-BIND-CWD-UNSET]
    rec.cwd = cwd
        .map(str::to_string)
        .or_else(|| prior.as_ref().and_then(|p| p.cwd.clone()));
    info::write_info(&perch_path, &rec).map_err(|e| BindError::Io(e.to_string()))?;


    rec.controllable = controllable.or_else(|| prior.as_ref().and_then(|p| p.controllable));
    info::write_info(&perch_path, &rec).map_err(|e| BindError::Io(e.to_string()))?;

    rec.controllable = controllable.or_else(|| prior.as_ref().and_then(|p| p.controllable));
    // W3 (REQ-HAZARD-BIND-CWD-UNSET): record the working directory so the picker
    // can group this endpoint under its PROJECT (data.rs → project_id_for_dir).
    // Previously NEVER set on bind — the refuted v0.12.1 "fresh agent shows under
    // its project" P1. spt-hosted: cmd_bind passes its own current_dir (the broker
    // spawned it in project_cwd); harness-hosted: bind_from_seed passes the seed's
    // captured cwd. A revive carries the prior cwd forward (a re-bind must not wipe
    // it), like home/adapter/controllable.
    // [impl->REQ-HAZARD-BIND-CWD-UNSET]
    rec.cwd = cwd
        .map(str::to_string)
        .or_else(|| prior.as_ref().and_then(|p| p.cwd.clone()));
    info::write_info(&perch_path, &rec).map_err(|e| BindError::Io(e.to_string()))?;

// home/adapter — a re-bind must not wipe it).

+    // W3 (REQ-HAZARD-BIND-CWD-UNSET): record the working directory so the picker

+    // can group this endpoint under its PROJECT (data.rs → project_id_for_dir).

+    // Previously NEVER set on bind — the refuted v0.12.1 "fresh agent shows under

+    // its project" P1. spt-hosted: cmd_bind passes its own current_dir (the broker

+    // spawned it in project_cwd); harness-hosted: bind_from_seed passes the seed's

+    // captured cwd. A revive carries the prior cwd forward (a re-bind must not wipe

+    // it), like home/adapter/controllable.

+    // [impl->REQ-HAZARD-BIND-CWD-UNSET]

+        .or_else(|| prior.as_ref().and_then(|p| p.cwd.clone()));


Now the two call sites. `bind_from_seed` → seed's captured cwd; `cmd_bind` → its own `current_dir`.


    establish_perch(
        id,
        &seed.session_id,
        seed.parent_pid,
        adapter,
        subnet,
        "live_agent",
        Some(false),
    )
}

    establish_perch(
        id,
        &seed.session_id,
        seed.parent_pid,
        adapter,
        subnet,
        "live_agent",
        Some(false),
        // W3 (REQ-HAZARD-BIND-CWD-UNSET): the harness session's cwd was captured at
        // `api seed` and, until now, DISCARDED here — thread it through so a
        // harness-hosted endpoint records its project dir.
        seed.cwd.as_deref(),
    )
}


    establish_perch(
        id,
        &seed.session_id,
        seed.parent_pid,
        adapter,
        subnet,
        "live_agent",
        Some(false),
    )
}

    establish_perch(
        id,
        &seed.session_id,
        seed.parent_pid,
        adapter,
        subnet,
        "live_agent",
        Some(false),
        // W3 (REQ-HAZARD-BIND-CWD-UNSET): the harness session's cwd was captured at
        // `api seed` and, until now, DISCARDED here — thread it through so a
        // harness-hosted endpoint records its project dir.
        seed.cwd.as_deref(),
    )
}

+        // W3 (REQ-HAZARD-BIND-CWD-UNSET): the harness session's cwd was captured at

+        // `api seed` and, until now, DISCARDED here — thread it through so a

+        // harness-hosted endpoint records its project dir.


    let controllable = if endpoint_type == "live_agent" {
        Some(true)
    } else {
        None
    };
    match establish_perch(
        id,
        &session_id,
        parent_pid,
        adapter,
        subnet,
        endpoint_type,
        controllable,
    ) {

    let controllable = if endpoint_type == "live_agent" {
        Some(true)
    } else {
        None
    };
    // W3 (REQ-HAZARD-BIND-CWD-UNSET): the broker spawned this spt-hosted bind
    // subprocess in the endpoint's PROJECT cwd (REQ-HOST-RUN-2), so our own
    // current_dir IS the project dir — record it on the perch.
    let cwd = std::env::current_dir()
        .ok()
        .map(|p| p.to_string_lossy().into_owned());
    match establish_perch(
        id,
        &session_id,
        parent_pid,
        adapter,
        subnet,
        endpoint_type,
        controllable,
        cwd.as_deref(),
    ) {


    let controllable = if endpoint_type == "live_agent" {
        Some(true)
    } else {
        None
    };
    match establish_perch(
        id,
        &session_id,
        parent_pid,
        adapter,
        subnet,
        endpoint_type,
        controllable,
    ) {

    let controllable = if endpoint_type == "live_agent" {
        Some(true)
    } else {
        None
    };
    // W3 (REQ-HAZARD-BIND-CWD-UNSET): the broker spawned this spt-hosted bind
    // subprocess in the endpoint's PROJECT cwd (REQ-HOST-RUN-2), so our own
    // current_dir IS the project dir — record it on the perch.
    let cwd = std::env::current_dir()
        .ok()
        .map(|p| p.to_string_lossy().into_owned());
    match establish_perch(
        id,
        &session_id,
        parent_pid,
        adapter,
        subnet,
        endpoint_type,
        controllable,
        cwd.as_deref(),
    ) {

+    // W3 (REQ-HAZARD-BIND-CWD-UNSET): the broker spawned this spt-hosted bind

+    // subprocess in the endpoint's PROJECT cwd (REQ-HOST-RUN-2), so our own

+    // current_dir IS the project dir — record it on the perch.

+        .map(|p| p.to_string_lossy().into_owned());


W3 impl done (both call sites). Build-check + find the W3 REQ to activate.


Bash

cd C:/Users/decid/Documents/projects/spt-core && grep -n "REQ-HAZARD-BIND-CWD-UNSET" traceable-reqs.toml | head -3

Locate W3 REQ in registry


1201:id = "REQ-HAZARD-BIND-CWD-UNSET"


cargo build -p spt --bin spt 2>&1 | tail -15

Build-check W3 impl


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1201	id = "REQ-HAZARD-BIND-CWD-UNSET"
1202	title = "A bound endpoint's `info.cwd` is SET at bind so a freshly-created perch appears under its own project tab. ROOT (found, v0.13.0): `info.cwd` is NEVER set on bind — `cmd_bind` (spt-hosted) and `bind_from_seed` (harness-hosted) never thread cwd into `establish_perch`/`rec.cwd`. FIX: `cmd_bind` reads its own `current_dir` (the broker spawned it in `project_cwd`); `bind_from_seed` passes `seed.cwd` (already captured at seed time, currently DISCARDED). DISTINCT from REQ-PICKER-HISTORY-FRESH (v0.12.1) — that unioned cwd-origin into picker MEMBERSHIP but tested merge_origin_project with a PROVIDED origin; it never asserted `info.cwd` is actually set on bind, so a real `endpoint run` perch still had an empty cwd and the union had nothing to union. This is the v0.12.1 P1 'appears under its own project right away' claim that was REFUTED in the changelog — delivered for real here. (v0.13.0)"
1203	required_stages = []  # SEED — activate [impl,unit,int] at W3 build. int gate (real fixture): a REAL `endpoint run` perch has info.cwd set AND appears under its project tab.

id = "REQ-HAZARD-BIND-CWD-UNSET"
title = "A bound endpoint's `info.cwd` is SET at bind so a freshly-created perch appears under its own project tab. ROOT (found, v0.13.0): `info.cwd` is NEVER set on bind — `cmd_bind` (spt-hosted) and `bind_from_seed` (harness-hosted) never thread cwd into `establish_perch`/`rec.cwd`. FIX: `cmd_bind` reads its own `current_dir` (the broker spawned it in `project_cwd`); `bind_from_seed` passes `seed.cwd` (already captured at seed time, currently DISCARDED). DISTINCT from REQ-PICKER-HISTORY-FRESH (v0.12.1) — that unioned cwd-origin into picker MEMBERSHIP but tested merge_origin_project with a PROVIDED origin; it never asserted `info.cwd` is actually set on bind, so a real `endpoint run` perch still had an empty cwd and the union had nothing to union. This is the v0.12.1 P1 'appears under its own project right away' claim that was REFUTED in the changelog — delivered for real here. (v0.13.0)"
required_stages = []  # SEED — activate [impl,unit,int] at W3 build. int gate (real fixture): a REAL `endpoint run` perch has info.cwd set AND appears under its project tab.


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W3 impl compiles clean. Now delegate the W3 unit + int tests to `spt-test-engineer` (testing the relocation works), run in background.


Agent

W3 bind-cwd unit + int tests

Prompt:
Write tests for v0.13.0 wave W3 (REQ-HAZARD-BIND-CWD-UNSET) in the spt-core repo. The impl just landed (uncommitted) — do NOT modify it; only add tests.

## What the impl does (already in crates/spt/src/api/startup.rs)
`info.cwd` was NEVER set on bind → a freshly-created endpoint never appeared under its project tab in the picker (the refuted v0.12.1 P1). Fix:
- `establish_perch(...)` gained a trailing `cwd: Option<&str>` param and now sets `rec.cwd = cwd.map(str::to_string).or_else(|| prior.cwd.clone())` — i.e. use the provided cwd, else CARRY the prior perch's cwd forward on a revive (a re-bind must not wipe it).
- `cmd_bind` (spt-hosted) passes `std::env::current_dir()` (the broker spawned the bind subprocess in the project cwd).
- `bind_from_seed` (harness-hosted) passes `seed.cwd.as_deref()` (captured at `api seed`, previously discarded).
The consumer is `crates/spt/src/picker/data.rs` (~line 138): it reads `p.cwd` → `spt_store::project::project_id_for_dir(Path::new(cwd))` → `merge_origin_project(...)` to put the endpoint in its Project category.

## Tests to write

1) UNIT (in `crates/spt/src/api/startup.rs`'s `#[cfg(test)] mod tests`, or wherever bind unit tests live — FIND the existing convention first):
   - After a bind, `info.json` has `cwd` SET (non-None) to the expected dir.
   - REVIVE carry-forward: a second bind that passes `cwd=None` (or a path) does NOT wipe a previously-set cwd — assert the prior cwd survives an omitted-cwd re-bind. This is the key regression guard for the `.or_else(prior.cwd)` branch.
   - Use the repo's existing test harness (`crate::testutil::isolated_home()` is used elsewhere; check how existing startup/bind unit tests construct a perch). `establish_perch` is private — exercise it via the public `cmd_bind`/`bind_from_seed` path, or directly if the tests module already calls private fns. Match what's there.

2) INT (in `crates/spt/tests/` — model it on `crates/spt/tests/dummy_harness_e2e.rs`, the REAL detached `spt daemon run` + dummy-harness fixture; reuse its setup helpers/patterns verbatim where possible):
   - Bring up a REAL `endpoint run` dummy-harness perch, then assert `spt_store::info::read_info(perch).cwd` is SET (Some, non-empty) — the real-fixture gate doyle requires.
   - AND assert it "appears under its project tab": derive the expected project via `spt_store::project::project_id_for_dir` on that cwd and assert the picker groups the endpoint under it. READ `crates/spt/src/picker/data.rs` + `crates/spt/src/picker/model.rs` to find the right entry point (e.g. the function that builds picker rows / project membership) and assert the endpoint's project membership contains the cwd-derived project id. If the picker-build entry point is not easily callable from an integration test, assert the equivalent: `merge_origin_project(project_history_for(id), Some(project_id_for_dir(cwd)))` contains the project — but prefer the real picker path if reachable.
   - Reap ALL spawned pids SCOPED (never machine-wide — shared CI runner), exactly like dummy_harness_e2e (kill_pid, daemon stop, broker.kill). Bounded waits with deadlines.

## Conventions (match exactly — read before writing)
- Evidence tags: `// [unit->REQ-HAZARD-BIND-CWD-UNSET]` on the unit test(s), `// [int->REQ-HAZARD-BIND-CWD-UNSET]` on the int test, placed ON or immediately above the test fn (this repo's traceable-reqs convention).
- Cross-OS: Windows + Linux (use the `#[cfg(windows)]/#[cfg(unix)]` kill_pid + no_window patterns from the existing e2e tests).
- Deterministic, bounded, isolated. Names state scenario + expectation.

## Verify + report
Run the tests you wrote and report pass/fail + exact commands:
- unit: `cargo test -p spt --bin spt <your_test_name> -- --nocapture` (note: `spt` is a BINARY crate, NOT a lib — `--lib` fails; use `--bin spt`).
- int: `cargo test -p spt --test <your_int_file> -- --test-threads=1 --nocapture` (requires the mock-session sibling bin: `cargo build -p mock-adapter --bin mock-session` first, like the other e2e tests).
Report: the test code added (file:line), commands run, results. If the int test is flaky/slow, say so. Do NOT touch non-test code. Do NOT edit traceable-reqs.toml (I activate the REQ). Surface any real product defect separately rather than encoding it as expected.


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- spt-test-engineer: Use this agent when writing unit tests, integration tests, or CI pipelines for spt-core or related side projects (spt-claude-code, etc.), especially during milestone bringup when features need comprehensive test coverage that validates both implementation correctness and real-world user workflows. <example>Context: A developer has just completed a new feature module in spt-core as part of a milestone.
user: "I've finished implementing the new config loader for spt-core's milestone 3"
assistant: "Great work on the config loader. Let me use the Agent tool to launch the spt-test-engineer agent to write comprehensive tests and ensure CI coverage for this milestone feature."
<commentary>Since a milestone feature was completed, proactively invoke the spt-test-engineer agent to write both unit tests and human-workflow tests, and verify CI integration.</commentary></example> <example>Context: Project orchestration agent reaches a milestone bringup checkpoint.
user: "We're at milestone bringup for spt-claude-code, all features for this phase are merged"
assistant: "I'll use the Agent tool to launch the spt-test-engineer agent to author comprehensive tests and validate the CI pipeline for this bringup."
<commentary>Milestone bringup is the explicit trigger condition; delegate test authoring and CI work to the spt-test-engineer subagent.</commentary></example> <example>Context: A bug was reported that existing tests did not catch.
user: "A user hit a crash when passing an empty string to the parser, but our tests passed"
assistant: "That's a gap in our human-usage coverage. Let me use the Agent tool to launch the spt-test-engineer agent to add regression tests and harden the test suite against this class of user-facing issues."
<commentary>The agent specializes in 'use it like a human' tests that catch real user issues, making it ideal for this regression scenario.</commentary></example> (Tools: All tools)


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


`spt-test-engineer` now available. Dispatching the W3 tests through it (background).


W3 bind-cwd unit + int tests

Prompt:
Write tests for v0.13.0 wave W3 (REQ-HAZARD-BIND-CWD-UNSET) in the spt-core repo. The impl just landed (uncommitted, in `crates/spt/src/api/startup.rs`) — do NOT modify it; only add tests.

## What the impl does
`info.cwd` was NEVER set on bind → a freshly-created endpoint never appeared under its project tab in the picker (the refuted v0.12.1 P1). Fix:
- `establish_perch(...)` gained a trailing `cwd: Option<&str>` param and now sets `rec.cwd = cwd.map(str::to_string).or_else(|| prior.as_ref().and_then(|p| p.cwd.clone()))` — use the provided cwd, else CARRY the prior perch's cwd forward on a revive (a re-bind must not wipe it).
- `cmd_bind` (spt-hosted) passes `std::env::current_dir()` (the broker spawned the bind subprocess in the project cwd).
- `bind_from_seed` (harness-hosted) passes `seed.cwd.as_deref()` (captured at `api seed`, previously discarded).
Consumer: `crates/spt/src/picker/data.rs` (~line 138) reads `p.cwd` → `spt_store::project::project_id_for_dir(Path::new(cwd))` → `merge_origin_project(...)` to place the endpoint in its Project category.

## Tests to write

1) UNIT (in the `#[cfg(test)] mod tests` of `crates/spt/src/api/startup.rs`, or wherever bind unit tests live — FIND the existing convention first):
   - After a bind, `info.json` has `cwd` SET (non-None) to the expected dir.
   - REVIVE carry-forward: a re-bind that passes `cwd=None` must NOT wipe a previously-set cwd — assert the prior cwd survives. This guards the `.or_else(prior.cwd)` branch.
   - Use the repo's existing harness (`crate::testutil::isolated_home()` is used elsewhere; check how existing startup/bind unit tests build a perch). `establish_perch` is private — exercise via the public `cmd_bind`/`bind_from_seed`, or directly if the tests module already calls private fns. Match what's there.

2) INT (in `crates/spt/tests/` — model on `crates/spt/tests/dummy_harness_e2e.rs`: REAL detached `spt daemon run` + dummy-harness fixture; reuse its setup helpers verbatim where possible):
   - Bring up a REAL `endpoint run` dummy-harness perch, then assert `spt_store::info::read_info(perch).cwd` is Some + non-empty — the real-fixture gate.
   - AND assert it "appears under its project tab": derive the expected project via `spt_store::project::project_id_for_dir` on that cwd and assert the picker groups the endpoint under it. READ `crates/spt/src/picker/data.rs` + `model.rs` for the right entry point (the fn that builds picker rows / project membership) and assert membership contains the cwd-derived project. If that entry point isn't callable from an integration test, assert the equivalent via the picker's public data path; prefer the real picker path if reachable.
   - Reap ALL spawned pids SCOPED (never machine-wide — shared CI runner), exactly like dummy_harness_e2e. Bounded waits with deadlines.

## Conventions (match exactly — read before writing)
- Evidence tags: `// [unit->REQ-HAZARD-BIND-CWD-UNSET]` / `// [int->REQ-HAZARD-BIND-CWD-UNSET]`, ON or immediately above the test fn (this repo's traceable-reqs convention — tag the real evidence, never file tops).
- Cross-OS Windows + Linux: use the `#[cfg(windows)]/#[cfg(unix)]` kill_pid + `no_window` patterns from the existing e2e tests.
- Deterministic, bounded, isolated. Names state scenario + expectation.

## Verify + report
Run what you wrote and report pass/fail + EXACT commands:
- `spt` is a BINARY crate, NOT a lib — `--lib` fails. unit: `cargo test -p spt --bin spt <test_name> -- --nocapture`.
- int needs the mock-session sibling bin first: `cargo build -p mock-adapter --bin mock-session`, then `cargo test -p spt --test <your_int_file> -- --test-threads=1 --nocapture`.
Report: test code added (file:line), commands, results, any flakiness. Do NOT touch non-test code. Do NOT edit traceable-reqs.toml (I activate the REQ). Surface any real product defect separately rather than encoding it as expected.


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1. dc07c39's CODE is correct (I read the diff: with_vt_input ORs ENABLE_VIRTUAL_TERMINAL_INPUT, enable_vt_input saves prior mode, RawGuard restores on drop, cfg(windows)). BUT your "verified here" didn't rebuild the rc BINARY — cargo test + clippy -p spt build the lib + test targets, NOT the bin. target\debug\spt.exe is still the 03:14 pre-fix build (no VT symbol). The operator would've re-captured the OLD binary → false "fix didn't work." cargo test != cargo build -p spt.

2. BIGGER (shared-checkout hazard): your W3 WIP — crates/spt/src/api/startup.rs, UNCOMMITTED — currently makes `cargo build -p spt` FAIL with E0061 (2 errors) in the shared checkout. So right now the bin won't build for ANYONE (CI on push, the operator, me). We share one working tree; your mid-flight edits bleed into my builds. Please either keep the tree compilable, or commit/park W3, or do W3 in its own `git worktree` so main stays green. This just bit a clean W7 verification.

WHAT I'M DOING: built dc07c39 in an ISOLATED worktree (/c/Users/decid/Documents/projects/spt-w7verify, excludes your W3 churn) → a clean W7 binary for the operator re-capture. Building now. Once it's up + the operator confirms Backspace→0x7f, THEN W7 is gate-passed — don't close W7 until that re-capture confirms. I'll relay the result.</owl_message>
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W3 bind-cwd unit + int tests

Prompt:
Write tests for v0.13.0 wave W3 (REQ-HAZARD-BIND-CWD-UNSET) in the spt-core repo. The impl just landed (uncommitted, in `crates/spt/src/api/startup.rs`) — do NOT modify it; only add tests.

## What the impl does
`info.cwd` was NEVER set on bind → a freshly-created endpoint never appeared under its project tab in the picker (the refuted v0.12.1 P1). Fix:
- `establish_perch(...)` gained a trailing `cwd: Option<&str>` param and now sets `rec.cwd = cwd.map(str::to_string).or_else(|| prior.as_ref().and_then(|p| p.cwd.clone()))` — use the provided cwd, else CARRY the prior perch's cwd forward on a revive (a re-bind must not wipe it).
- `cmd_bind` (spt-hosted) passes `std::env::current_dir()` (the broker spawned the bind subprocess in the project cwd).
- `bind_from_seed` (harness-hosted) passes `seed.cwd.as_deref()` (captured at `api seed`, previously discarded).
Consumer: `crates/spt/src/picker/data.rs` (~line 138) reads `p.cwd` → `spt_store::project::project_id_for_dir(Path::new(cwd))` → `merge_origin_project(...)` to place the endpoint in its Project category.

## Tests to write

1) UNIT (in the `#[cfg(test)] mod tests` of `crates/spt/src/api/startup.rs`, or wherever bind unit tests live — FIND the existing convention first):
   - After a bind, `info.json` has `cwd` SET (non-None) to the expected dir.
   - REVIVE carry-forward: a re-bind that passes `cwd=None` must NOT wipe a previously-set cwd — assert the prior cwd survives. This guards the `.or_else(prior.cwd)` branch.
   - Use the repo's existing harness (`crate::testutil::isolated_home()` is used elsewhere; check how existing startup/bind unit tests build a perch). `establish_perch` is private — exercise via the public `cmd_bind`/`bind_from_seed`, or directly if the tests module already calls private fns. Match what's there.

2) INT (in `crates/spt/tests/` — model on `crates/spt/tests/dummy_harness_e2e.rs`: REAL detached `spt daemon run` + dummy-harness fixture; reuse its setup helpers verbatim where possible):
   - Bring up a REAL `endpoint run` dummy-harness perch, then assert `spt_store::info::read_info(perch).cwd` is Some + non-empty — the real-fixture gate.
   - AND assert it "appears under its project tab": derive the expected project via `spt_store::project::project_id_for_dir` on that cwd and assert the picker groups the endpoint under it. READ `crates/spt/src/picker/data.rs` + `model.rs` for the right entry point (the fn that builds picker rows / project membership) and assert membership contains the cwd-derived project. If that entry point isn't callable from an integration test, assert the equivalent via the picker's public data path; prefer the real picker path if reachable.
   - Reap ALL spawned pids SCOPED (never machine-wide — shared CI runner), exactly like dummy_harness_e2e. Bounded waits with deadlines.

## Conventions (match exactly — read before writing)
- Evidence tags: `// [unit->REQ-HAZARD-BIND-CWD-UNSET]` / `// [int->REQ-HAZARD-BIND-CWD-UNSET]`, ON or immediately above the test fn (this repo's traceable-reqs convention — tag the real evidence, never file tops).
- Cross-OS Windows + Linux: use the `#[cfg(windows)]/#[cfg(unix)]` kill_pid + `no_window` patterns from the existing e2e tests.
- Deterministic, bounded, isolated. Names state scenario + expectation.

## Verify + report
Run what you wrote and report pass/fail + EXACT commands:
- `spt` is a BINARY crate, NOT a lib — `--lib` fails. unit: `cargo test -p spt --bin spt <test_name> -- --nocapture`.
- int needs the mock-session sibling bin first: `cargo build -p mock-adapter --bin mock-session`, then `cargo test -p spt --test <your_int_file> -- --test-threads=1 --nocapture`.
Report: test code added (file:line), commands, results, any flakiness. Do NOT touch non-test code. Do NOT edit traceable-reqs.toml (I activate the REQ). Surface any real product defect separately rather than encoding it as expected.


doyle caught two real issues. Acking before anything else.


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$OWL send doyle <<'EOF'
ACK both — good catches, thank you.

1. W7 bin not rebuilt: correct — `cargo test`/`clippy -p spt` build the lib+test targets, not target\debug\spt.exe. My W7 "verified here" = unit/clippy/traceable (valid for the CODE) but NOT a fresh installed binary. Your isolated-worktree rebuild of dc07c39 is the right move; I will NOT close W7 until the operator re-captures on YOUR clean binary and confirms Backspace→0x7f / Ctrl+Backspace→0x08. Relay when you have it.

2. Shared-checkout churn: the E0061 you hit was my TRANSIENT mid-edit window — I changed establish_perch's signature, then updated the 2 call sites; you built between those edits. As of my last check `cargo build -p spt --bin spt` = Finished clean (all call sites updated). Important: the W3 churn now in the tree is the IMPL only and it COMPILES; the in-flight test additions are `#[cfg(test)] mod tests` + a new `tests/` file, which are EXCLUDED from `cargo build` (the bin/release build) — so they cannot break your main build or the operator's binary, only `cargo test`. So main's BUILD is green right now.

Going forward: I'll commit W3 atomically (impl+tests) the moment the test pass completes (a spt-test-engineer subagent is authoring them now), and I'll do W5+ in a dedicated `git worktree` so main stays green and my WIP never bleeds into your builds. Won't leave the shared tree mid-edit again.

Holding W7 as OPEN pending your re-capture. Continuing W3 to a clean atomic commit, then W5 in a worktree.
EOF

Ack doyle: W7 bin + shared-tree churn


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1	//! Harness-hosted startup (interim no-daemon): `api seed` → `api listen` → bind,
2	//! plus the post-spawn `api bind`.
3	//!
4	//! Flow (CONTEXT §Startup flows, harness-hosted):
5	//! 1. The harness's SessionStart hook fires `api seed --pid <parent_pid>
6	//!    --session-id <sid>` → the seed is stored in the **daemon's in-memory map**
7	//!    keyed by the stable parent pid (REQ-START-3; no file — B6 retired the
8	//!    `spt_store::seed` file bridge).
9	//! 2. The agent runs its `$SPT listen <id>` alias → `api listen` self-discovers
10	//!    its parent pid, TAKEs the seed from the daemon, validates it against
11	//!    pid-recycle (KNOWN-HAZARDS 5.1), binds the perch skeleton→live, and relays.
12	//! 3. Alternatively a just-spawned binary fires `api bind <id>` to associate
13	//!    itself post-spawn (REQ-SEAM-POSTSPAWN) — establishing the live perch on
14	//!    first contact, or flipping an existing skeleton.
15	//
16	// [impl->REQ-START-2]
17	// [impl->REQ-START-3]
18	// [impl->REQ-SEAM-POSTSPAWN]
19
20	use spt_store::info::{self, InfoJson};
21	use spt_store::perch::{self, ParentHint};
22	use spt_store::proc;
23	use spt_store::seed::Seed;
24
25	use super::auth;
26	use super::EXIT_REFUSED;
27
28	/// `api seed` — record the ephemeral startup seed keyed by parent pid. No prior
29	/// perch exists, so this call is not auth-gated (it *establishes* the binding
30	/// material the gated calls later authenticate against).
31	///
32	/// REQ-START-3: the seed is PUT into the daemon's in-memory map over the
33	/// seed-control IPC — **no file is written**. The daemon is auto-started if
34	/// absent (REQ-DAEMON-3).
35	// [impl->REQ-START-3]
36	// [impl->REQ-START-5]
37	pub fn cmd_seed(parent_pid: u32, session_id: String) -> i32 {
38	    if session_id.is_empty() {
39	        eprintln!("USAGE: seed requires a non-empty --session-id");
40	        return EXIT_REFUSED;
41	    }
42	    // The seed is adapter-agnostic (ADR-0021): no adapter_name is recorded — the
43	    // owning adapter/profile is resolved at bind (`listen`), not snapshotted here.
44	    let seed = Seed {
45	        parent_pid,
46	        session_id,
47	        cwd: std::env::current_dir()
48	            .ok()
49	            .map(|p| p.to_string_lossy().replace('\\', "/")),
50	        created: now_stamp(),
51	    };
52	    if let Err(e) = spt_daemon::ensure_running() {
53	        eprintln!("SEED_FAIL:{parent_pid}: daemon unavailable: {e}");
54	        return EXIT_REFUSED;
55	    }
56	    match spt_daemon::put_seed(&spt_daemon::seed_socket_name(), &seed) {
57	        Ok(()) => {
58	            eprintln!("SEEDED:{parent_pid}");
59	            0
60	        }
61	        Err(e) => {
62	            eprintln!("{}", seed_fail_message(parent_pid, &e));
63	            EXIT_REFUSED
64	        }
65	    }
66	}
67
68	/// The `SEED_FAIL` diagnostic for a failed `put_seed`. A seed-ack **EOF**
69	/// (`UnexpectedEof` = "failed to fill whole buffer") is the daemon-state
70	/// wire-skew footgun: a still-resident OLD broker (resident across a brain-only
71	/// self-update — ADR-0004) cannot deserialize the new Seed and drops the conn
72	/// without acking. That case gets the actionable cause + fix; any other error
73	/// kind keeps the raw message (so the hint never mis-fires on a refused connect
74	/// or an unrelated io failure).
75	// [impl->REQ-HAZARD-BROKER-SEED-WIRE-SKEW]
76	fn seed_fail_message(parent_pid: u32, e: &std::io::Error) -> String {
77	    if e.kind() == std::io::ErrorKind::UnexpectedEof {
78	        format!(
79	            "SEED_FAIL:{parent_pid}: the daemon did not acknowledge the seed \
80	             (a stale pre-0.9.0 broker cannot read the new seed format) — run \
81	             `spt daemon stop`, then retry (the broker restarts on the next \
82	             `spt api` call)"
83	        )
84	    } else {
85	        format!("SEED_FAIL:{parent_pid}: {e}")
86	    }
87	}
88
89	/// Why a seed-driven bind was refused. Each variant is a distinct diagnostic so
90	/// a stale/recycled seed never silently binds the wrong session.
91	#[derive(Debug, PartialEq, Eq)]
92	pub enum BindError {
93	    NoSeed(u32),
94	    /// The seed's anchor process is dead → recycled/abandoned (5.1).
95	    StaleSeed(u32),
96	    EmptySession,
97	    /// A *live* perch already holds this id under a different session (5.1).
98	    Conflict {
99	        id: String,
100	        held: String,
101	    },
102	    /// Home assignment refused for a NEW endpoint (REQ-INST-15:
103	    /// refuse-and-qualify on a multi-subnet node — no silent guess).
104	    Home(String),
105	    Io(String),
106	}
107
108	/// Consume the seed for `parent_pid` and bind/revive the perch skeleton→live.
109	/// Pure of any listener I/O so it is unit-testable without spawning processes.
110	/// Returns the perch's capability token on success.
111	///
112	/// REQ-START-3: the seed is TAKEn (consume-once) from the daemon's in-memory map
113	/// — the take itself consumes it, so a stale/conflicting seed is spent and the
114	/// harness re-seeds on the next SessionStart rather than leaving it to re-bind.
115	// [impl->REQ-START-2]
116	// [impl->REQ-START-3]
117	// [impl->REQ-HAZARD-WINDOWS-PID-RECYCLE]
118	// [impl->REQ-START-5]
119	pub fn bind_from_seed(
120	    id: &str,
121	    parent_pid: u32,
122	    subnet: Option<&str>,
123	    adapter: Option<&str>,
124	) -> Result<String, BindError> {
125	    let seed = take_seed_from_daemon(parent_pid)?.ok_or(BindError::NoSeed(parent_pid))?;
126	    if seed.session_id.is_empty() {
127	        return Err(BindError::EmptySession);
128	    }
129	    // Pid-recycle defense (5.1): anchor liveness on the stable parent pid. A
130	    // dead anchor means the harness that wrote the seed is gone — a recycled or
131	    // abandoned seed must never bind.
132	    if !proc::is_process_alive(seed.parent_pid) {
133	        return Err(BindError::StaleSeed(seed.parent_pid));
134	    }
135	    // The seed is adapter-agnostic (ADR-0021): the creating adapter is the one
136	    // the caller resolved at bind (explicit --adapter override, else the
137	    // host_binaries/pointer resolver), not a seed-time snapshot. An empty option
138	    // stamps no adapter — the same backward-compatible degrade as before.
139	    let adapter = adapter.filter(|a| !a.is_empty());
140	    // The relay/listen path is the agent host — always an agent-family type.
141	    // (A non-agent endpoint, e.g. a Gateway, establishes via `api bind --type`,
142	    // not the live-agent relay loop.) Harness-hosted: the harness owns the process,
143	    // so there is no broker PTY → not controllable (REQ-PICKER-1).
144	    establish_perch(
145	        id,
146	        &seed.session_id,
147	        seed.parent_pid,
148	        adapter,
149	        subnet,
150	        "live_agent",
151	        Some(false),
152	        // W3 (REQ-HAZARD-BIND-CWD-UNSET): the harness session's cwd was captured at
153	        // `api seed` and, until now, DISCARDED here — thread it through so a
154	        // harness-hosted endpoint records its project dir.
155	        seed.cwd.as_deref(),
156	    )
157	}
158
159	/// TAKE (consume) the seed for `parent_pid` from the daemon's in-memory map,
160	/// auto-starting the daemon if absent (REQ-DAEMON-3 / REQ-START-3).
161	fn take_seed_from_daemon(parent_pid: u32) -> Result<Option<Seed>, BindError> {
162	    spt_daemon::ensure_running().map_err(|e| BindError::Io(format!("daemon unavailable: {e}")))?;
163	    spt_daemon::take_seed(&spt_daemon::seed_socket_name(), parent_pid)
164	        .map_err(|e| BindError::Io(e.to_string()))
165	}
166
167	/// Write the perch record (skeleton→live) + ready marker + capability token.
168	/// Reviving an existing perch keeps its token; a live perch held under a
169	/// different session id is a conflict (pid-recycle / id collision guard).
170	///
171	/// Creation-time fields ride the shared seam
172	/// ([`spt_store::home::stamp_creation_fields`], REQ-INST-15): a NEW perch
173	/// assigns its immutable home (refuse-and-qualify on a multi-subnet node) +
174	/// seeds `sync_subnets = [home]`; a revive **carries forward** home, the

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W3 subagent (`spt-test-engineer`) is now running in the background, authoring the unit + int (real-fixture) tests. Noting: the user's `api seed` already normalizes cwd to forward slashes — the W3 grouping keys on the path leaf via `project_id_for_dir`, so it's robust either way; I'll review the subagent's output and won't touch `startup.rs` while it's editing (avoids the shared-tree collision doyle just flagged).

## Status
- **W1** banked (gate-passed).
- **W7** code committed (`dc07c39`) but held **OPEN** — doyle correctly caught that `cargo test`/`clippy` didn't rebuild the installed `spt.exe`; he's rebuilding `dc07c39` in an isolated worktree for the operator re-capture. I won't close W7 until Backspace→`0x7f` is confirmed on his clean binary.
- **W3** impl landed + compiles (`cargo build -p spt --bin spt` clean); test-engineer subagent writing tests now. Will commit impl+tests atomically when it finishes, then verify + ping doyle.
- **W5** next — in a dedicated `git worktree` so main stays green (per doyle).

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