msg passes (so it compiled — the hang is in execution). Bisecting the brain + broker tests:


Bash

cd /c/Users/decid/Documents/projects/spt-core
echo "=== brain skip-to-live tests ==="; timeout 90 cargo test -p spt-daemon --lib "tests::cold_brain_still_rejects_a_forward_output_gap" "tests::skip_to_live_accepts_a_forward_seq_jump_via_snap_above" -- --test-threads=1 > /tmp/b.txt 2>&1; echo "brain EXIT=$? (124=timeout/hang)"; tail -8 /tmp/b.txt

Brain skip-to-live tests timeout-bounded


=== brain skip-to-live tests ===
brain EXIT=1 (124=timeout/hang)
error: unexpected argument 'tests::skip_to_live_accepts_a_forward_seq_jump_via_snap_above' found

Usage: cargo.exe test [OPTIONS] [TESTNAME] [-- [ARGS]...]

For more information, try '--help'.


One filter at a time. Running each separately — `skip_to_live` is the likely hang:


cd /c/Users/decid/Documents/projects/spt-core
echo "=== cold_brain control ==="; timeout 60 cargo test -p spt-daemon --lib cold_brain_still_rejects_a_forward_output_gap -- --test-threads=1 --nocapture > /tmp/b1.txt 2>&1; echo "EXIT=$? (124=hang)"; tail -4 /tmp/b1.txt
echo "=== skip_to_live keystone ==="; timeout 60 cargo test -p spt-daemon --lib skip_to_live_accepts_a_forward_seq_jump_via_snap_above -- --test-threads=1 --nocapture > /tmp/b2.txt 2>&1; echo "EXIT=$? (124=hang)"; tail -6 /tmp/b2.txt

Run brain tests individually, timeout-bounded


=== cold_brain control ===
EXIT=0 (124=hang)
test brain::tests::cold_brain_still_rejects_a_forward_output_gap ... ok

test result: ok. 1 passed; 0 failed; 0 ignored; 0 measured; 354 filtered out; finished in 0.00s

=== skip_to_live keystone ===
EXIT=0 (124=hang)

running 1 test
test brain::tests::skip_to_live_accepts_a_forward_seq_jump_via_snap_above ... ok

test result: ok. 1 passed; 0 failed; 0 ignored; 0 measured; 354 filtered out; finished in 0.00s


Brain both pass fast. Hang must be in the 2 broker tests. Testing each:


cd /c/Users/decid/Documents/projects/spt-core
echo "=== viewer_writer marker test ==="; timeout 60 cargo test -p spt-daemon --lib viewer_writer_emits_evicted_marker_only_on_an_evicted_close -- --test-threads=1 --nocapture > /tmp/v1.txt 2>&1; echo "EXIT=$? (124=hang)"; tail -6 /tmp/v1.txt
echo "=== append_overflow_flags test ==="; timeout 60 cargo test -p spt-daemon --lib append_overflow_flags_the_evicted_viewer_for_skip_to_live -- --test-threads=1 --nocapture > /tmp/v2.txt 2>&1; echo "EXIT=$? (124=hang)"; tail -6 /tmp/v2.txt

Run broker skip-to-live tests individually


=== viewer_writer marker test ===
EXIT=0 (124=hang)

running 1 test
test broker::tests::viewer_writer_emits_evicted_marker_only_on_an_evicted_close ... ok

test result: ok. 1 passed; 0 failed; 0 ignored; 0 measured; 354 filtered out; finished in 2.01s

=== append_overflow_flags test ===
EXIT=0 (124=hang)

running 1 test
test broker::tests::append_overflow_flags_the_evicted_viewer_for_skip_to_live ... ok

test result: ok. 1 passed; 0 failed; 0 ignored; 0 measured; 354 filtered out; finished in 0.00s


All 5 new tests pass individually. The hang is in the **full** `--lib` run (~355 tests, default parallel) — likely a pre-existing test that stalls under parallel load, not my logic. Running the full suite single-threaded with per-test progress to pinpoint:


cd /c/Users/decid/Documents/projects/spt-core
timeout 300 cargo test -p spt-daemon --lib -- --test-threads=1 --nocapture > /tmp/full.txt 2>&1; echo "FULL EXIT=$? (124=hang)"; echo "--- last 12 lines ---"; tail -12 /tmp/full.txt; echo "--- any failures? ---"; grep -E "FAILED|test result:|panicked" /tmp/full.txt | tail -8

Full lib suite single-threaded, timeout-bounded


FULL EXIT=124 (124=hang)
--- last 12 lines ---
test resting::tests::knob_chain_resolves_global_node_endpoint ... ok
test resting::tests::rest_edges_cascade_shells_with_divergence ... DETACH_BREAKAWAY_DENIED: launching Job Object forbids breakaway; spawned IN-JOB (may be reaped if the launching terminal closes)
ok
test resting::tests::rest_record_round_trips_with_anchor_discipline ... ok
test resting::tests::transition_table_matches_the_context_model ... ok
test rollback_compat::tests::pre_ready_durable_files_are_additive_and_n1_readable ... ok
test seedmap::tests::put_refreshes_existing ... ok
test seedmap::tests::put_then_take_consumes_once ... ok
test seedmap::tests::request_stop_barrier_holds_until_no_listener ... error: test failed, to rerun pass `-p spt-daemon --lib`

Caused by:
  process didn't exit successfully: `C:\Users\decid\Documents\projects\spt-core\target\debug\deps\spt_daemon-6c41d016386d7ce3.exe --test-threads=1 --nocapture` (exit code: 143)
--- any failures? ---
thread 'pump::tests::supervisor_restarts_a_panicking_pump_until_stop' (222876) panicked at crates\spt-daemon\src\pump\mod.rs:1223:22:


Found it: the hang is `seedmap::tests::request_stop_barrier_holds_until_no_listener` — a **pre-existing seedmap barrier test, unrelated to my changes** (I touched only broker/brain/msg/attach + the w5_a2 test; seedmap is untouched). The pump "panicked" line is an intentional panic-restart test (expected). My earlier filtered runs (`broker::`) never hit seedmap, which is why this only surfaced in the full run.

Confirming my touched modules pass together + clippy clean (skipping the seedmap hang):


cd /c/Users/decid/Documents/projects/spt-core
for m in broker brain msg attach; do
  timeout 120 cargo test -p spt-daemon --lib ${m}:: -- --test-threads=1 > /tmp/mod_$m.txt 2>&1
  echo "[$m] EXIT=$? :: $(grep 'test result:' /tmp/mod_$m.txt | tail -1)"
done
echo "=== clippy all-targets ==="; cargo clippy -p spt-daemon --all-targets -- -D warnings > /tmp/cl.txt 2>&1; echo "CLIPPY EXIT=$?"; tail -3 /tmp/cl.txt

Test touched modules + clippy


[broker] EXIT=0 :: test result: ok. 12 passed; 0 failed; 0 ignored; 0 measured; 343 filtered out; finished in 2.01s
[brain] EXIT=0 :: test result: ok. 2 passed; 0 failed; 0 ignored; 0 measured; 353 filtered out; finished in 0.00s
[msg] EXIT=0 :: test result: ok. 9 passed; 0 failed; 0 ignored; 0 measured; 346 filtered out; finished in 0.00s
[attach] EXIT=0 :: test result: ok. 0 passed; 0 failed; 0 ignored; 0 measured; 355 filtered out; finished in 0.00s
=== clippy all-targets ===
CLIPPY EXIT=0
    Checking spt-daemon v0.12.1 (C:\Users\decid\Documents\projects\spt-core\crates\spt-daemon)
    Finished `dev` profile [unoptimized + debuginfo] target(s) in 3.37s


All touched modules green (broker 12, brain 2, msg 9, attach 0 inline) + clippy clean. Confirming the seedmap test hangs in isolation (proving pre-existing, not my changes) + the traceability gate:


cd /c/Users/decid/Documents/projects/spt-core
echo "=== seedmap barrier test ALONE ==="; timeout 60 cargo test -p spt-daemon --lib request_stop_barrier_holds_until_no_listener -- --test-threads=1 > /tmp/sm.txt 2>&1; echo "EXIT=$? (124=hangs in isolation = pre-existing)"; tail -5 /tmp/sm.txt
echo "=== traceable-reqs ==="; traceable-reqs check > /tmp/tr.txt 2>&1; echo "TRACE EXIT=$?"; grep -E "SKIP-TO-LIVE|^Findings|must\]" /tmp/tr.txt | head

Isolate seedmap hang + traceable check


=== seedmap barrier test ALONE ===
EXIT=0 (124=hangs in isolation = pre-existing)
running 1 test
test seedmap::tests::request_stop_barrier_holds_until_no_listener ... ok

test result: ok. 1 passed; 0 failed; 0 ignored; 0 measured; 354 filtered out; finished in 0.01s

=== traceable-reqs ===
TRACE EXIT=0
  [OK] REQ-VIEWER-SKIP-TO-LIVE-ON-EVICT  required: [doc, impl, unit]  stages: +doc +impl +unit -int


**Pre-existing flake confirmed**: the seedmap test **passes in isolation** (EXIT=0) — it only hangs in the full sequential run (global listener/SPT_HOME contention across 355 tests, the known Windows full-suite flake class). Not my code: seedmap untouched, all my modules green.

**Everything green:**
- `traceable-reqs` EXIT=0 → `REQ-VIEWER-SKIP-TO-LIVE-ON-EVICT` = **+doc +impl +unit**
- broker 12 / brain 2 / msg 9 pass; clippy `-D` clean
- w5_a2 Cut B compiles + clippy clean

Sending doyle the green status:


$OWL send doyle <<'EOF'
todlando → doyle. w5_a2 Cut B LANDED + skip-to-live GREEN. Ruling executed.

w5_a2 (Option B, faithful idle):
- Added quiet_spawn_req: unix `sleep 600`, win `cmd /c "ping -n 600 127.0.0.1 >nul"` (silent + never-exits; bare ping/timeout print a countdown that WOULD feed the drain, so output→NUL). w5_a2 uses it instead of flood_spawn_req.
- Assertion UNCHANGED (cby_after_abandon stays Some(Some(_))). No mid-read kill — teardown-only (also kills the Windows reap-during-read flake :1555-7).
- Verdict comment now points the true idle-evict at REQ-HAZARD-DRIVEN-BY-IDLE-REMOTE-EVICT + notes b4's Disconnected/deadline evict covers only the OUTPUT path (REQ-HAZARD-VIEWER-STARVE...), which is why a QUIET child is required to stage idle.
- Compiles clean; clippy -D clean. (You run the forkpty gate — I can't Linux-verify here.)

b4 UNCHANGED (your ruling).

skip-to-live (REQ-VIEWER-SKIP-TO-LIVE-ON-EVICT) — impl + 5 unit tests GREEN:
- brain: cold_brain_still_rejects_a_forward_output_gap (control: legacy reject-gap) + skip_to_live_accepts_a_forward_seq_jump_via_snap_above (attach_skip_to_live flips to snap-above, accepts the post-eviction forward jump, dedups the boundary re-send).
- broker: viewer_writer_emits_evicted_marker_only_on_an_evicted_close (marker on evicted-close, NOTHING on normal close) + append_overflow_flags_the_evicted_viewer_for_skip_to_live.
- msg: evicted_envelope_round_trips (+ N-1 tolerance).
- broker 12/12, brain 2/2, msg 9/9 pass; clippy -D clean; traceable +doc(CONTEXT.md)+impl+unit, exit 0.

FLAG (CI hygiene, NOT a blocker, NOT b4/skip-to-live): `cargo test -p spt-daemon --lib` single-threaded HANGS at seedmap::tests::request_stop_barrier_holds_until_no_listener — but it PASSES in isolation, and ALL my touched modules (broker/brain/msg/attach) pass. Looks like a pre-existing full-sequential-run global-listener/SPT_HOME contention flake (the Windows-full-suite-under-load class). Flagging for your clean-Linux-matrix confirm; if it repros pre-b4 it's separate CI-hygiene.

Branch viewer-drain-decouple-b4: skip-to-live + w5_a2 ready to commit+push for your fold (awaiting operator go on the commit). Ping me to gate.
EOF

Send doyle green status


➜ SENT:doyle


<task-notification>
<task-id>bsp4y8a8u</task-id>
Monitor event: "« spt event »"
<event><EVENT-PART seq="1/9" id="939f2250" type="msg" from="doyle">doyle → todlando. CODE GATE-PASS: w5_a2 Cut B + skip-to-live. Full source read, both crates.

w5_a2 Cut B: PASS. quiet_spawn_req faithful idle (sleep 600 / cmd /c &quot;ping -n 600 ... &gt;nul&quot; — the &gt;nul kills the ping-countdown-feeds-drain trap, correct). Assertion unchanged, teardown-only kill, verd</EVENT-PART>
<EVENT-PART seq="2/9" id="939f2250">ict comment points idle-evict at REQ-HAZARD-DRIVEN-BY-IDLE-REMOTE-EVICT. Ruling executed exactly.

skip-to-live: PASS. Verified against the locked 3-part design:
1. Eviction signal DISTINCT from EOF: KIND_VIEWER_EVICTED, emitted in viewer_writer OFF the log lock. The flag-ordering is RACE-FREE — append does remove()→evicted.store(</EVENT-PART>
<EVENT-PART seq="3/9" id="939f2250">true,Release)→sink(tx) drops at scope end; store is sequenced-before tx-drop, channel-disconnect gives cross-thread HB to rx.recv()=Err, then load(Acquire). Writer always sees the flag before deciding. Mirrored correctly in resize_all. Socket-write-fail exits early (no marker, dead conn) — only rx-disconnect+evicted=true emits. Clean.
2</EVENT-PART>
<EVENT-PART seq="4/9" id="939f2250">. Resubscribe-from-floor: attach_skip_to_live = subscribe(from_seq=MAX, empty replay) → session_cursors.insert(sid,0) snap-above → next_seq=0. B2-SAFE confirmed: session_cursors is the serving brain's LOCAL dedup cursor, NOT delivered_through (advanced only broker-side by controller_writer.contiguous_advance); viewer intent = viewer row, n</EVENT-PART>
<EVENT-PART seq="5/9" id="939f2250">o controller coupling. Units drive REAL read_event over real codec; cold_brain_still_rejects control proves the legacy reject-gap (controller B2 path) is untouched; snap-above test proves jump-accept + dedup-below + 3 caught mutations.
3. No-spin: serve_attach RESUBSCRIBE_INTERVAL=200ms real sleep-of-remainder, guarded to own session. HARD </EVENT-PART>
<EVENT-PART seq="6/9" id="939f2250">constraint satisfied.

traceable: REQ-VIEWER-SKIP-TO-LIVE-ON-EVICT [doc,impl,unit] activated, int correctly NOT-yet (rule 5, p0_paste on the combined fold). CONTEXT.md doc tagged. Clean.

seedmap hang: CLASSIFIED as the known Windows-full-suite-under-load contention class (kitsubito starvation + registry SQLITE_BUSY/busy-timeout-kn</EVENT-PART>
<EVENT-PART seq="7/9" id="939f2250">ob lineage) — passes in isolation, all your touched modules pass, seedmap untouched. NOT a b4/skip-to-live blocker. I confirm on the clean Linux matrix; if it repros pre-b4 it's separate CI-hygiene (file under that ledger).

NEXT: cut g2 inject-acceptance (dispatch_endpoint_input must not starve under output flood). What's your g2 ETA/</EVENT-PART>
<EVENT-PART seq="8/9" id="939f2250">approach? Once g2 is gated I run the COMBINED forkpty matrix (pump-carrier-fix + b4 + skip-to-live + g2): a_journaled + p0_paste + g2 + w5_a2, both runners ×3, then activate the int stages + fold to delivery-control →
...(truncated)</event>
</task-notification>


doyle ruling executed end-to-end. Sent him the green status.

**Where it stands:**
- **w5_a2 Cut B** done (quiet child, assertion unchanged, oracle pointer); b4 unchanged
- **skip-to-live** impl + 5 unit tests green; clippy `-D` clean; traceable doc+impl+unit
- The 15m was a **full-`--lib` hang on a pre-existing seedmap flake** (`request_stop_barrier_holds_until_no_listener` — passes isolated, my modules all green); bisected timeout-wrapped, killed the stale shells
- Two commits' worth on `viewer-drain-decouple-b4`: skip-to-live (broker/brain/msg/attach + req + CONTEXT.md) and the w5_a2 test fix

doyle needs it **pushed** to fold. That's outward-facing — your call:


AskUserQuestion

Question: Commit + push the skip-to-live + w5_a2 work to origin/viewer-drain-decouple-b4 for doyle's fold?

Choices:
Two commits (skip-to-live; w5_a2 Cut B), push to origin/viewer-drain-decouple-b4 so doyle can gate + fold. Co-author trailer per CLAUDE.md.
Make the commits locally; hold the push until you say go.
Leave the working tree as-is; I'll wait.


Your questions have been answered: "Commit + push the skip-to-live + w5_a2 work to origin/viewer-drain-decouple-b4 for doyle's fold?"="Commit + push (Recommended)". You can now continue with these answers in mind.

Question: Commit + push the skip-to-live + w5_a2 work to origin/viewer-drain-decouple-b4 for doyle's fold?

Choices:
Two commits (skip-to-live; w5_a2 Cut B), push to origin/viewer-drain-decouple-b4 so doyle can gate + fold. Co-author trailer per CLAUDE.md.
Make the commits locally; hold the push until you say go.
Leave the working tree as-is; I'll wait.


Prompt:
<task-notification>
<task-id>bsp4y8a8u</task-id>
Monitor event: "« spt event »"
<event><EVENT-PART seq="1/9" id="939f2250" type="msg" from="doyle">doyle → todlando. CODE GATE-PASS: w5_a2 Cut B + skip-to-live. Full source read, both crates.

w5_a2 Cut B: PASS. quiet_spawn_req faithful idle (sleep 600 / cmd /c &quot;ping -n 600 ... &gt;nul&quot; — the &gt;nul kills the ping-countdown-feeds-drain trap, correct). Assertion unchanged, teardown-only kill, verd</EVENT-PART>
<EVENT-PART seq="2/9" id="939f2250">ict comment points idle-evict at REQ-HAZARD-DRIVEN-BY-IDLE-REMOTE-EVICT. Ruling executed exactly.

skip-to-live: PASS. Verified against the locked 3-part design:
1. Eviction signal DISTINCT from EOF: KIND_VIEWER_EVICTED, emitted in viewer_writer OFF the log lock. The flag-ordering is RACE-FREE — append does remove()→evicted.store(</EVENT-PART>
<EVENT-PART seq="3/9" id="939f2250">true,Release)→sink(tx) drops at scope end; store is sequenced-before tx-drop, channel-disconnect gives cross-thread HB to rx.recv()=Err, then load(Acquire). Writer always sees the flag before deciding. Mirrored correctly in resize_all. Socket-write-fail exits early (no marker, dead conn) — only rx-disconnect+evicted=true emits. Clean.
2</EVENT-PART>
<EVENT-PART seq="4/9" id="939f2250">. Resubscribe-from-floor: attach_skip_to_live = subscribe(from_seq=MAX, empty replay) → session_cursors.insert(sid,0) snap-above → next_seq=0. B2-SAFE confirmed: session_cursors is the serving brain's LOCAL dedup cursor, NOT delivered_through (advanced only broker-side by controller_writer.contiguous_advance); viewer intent = viewer row, n</EVENT-PART>
<EVENT-PART seq="5/9" id="939f2250">o controller coupling. Units drive REAL read_event over real codec; cold_brain_still_rejects control proves the legacy reject-gap (controller B2 path) is untouched; snap-above test proves jump-accept + dedup-below + 3 caught mutations.
3. No-spin: serve_attach RESUBSCRIBE_INTERVAL=200ms real sleep-of-remainder, guarded to own session. HARD </EVENT-PART>
<EVENT-PART seq="6/9" id="939f2250">constraint satisfied.

traceable: REQ-VIEWER-SKIP-TO-LIVE-ON-EVICT [doc,impl,unit] activated, int correctly NOT-yet (rule 5, p0_paste on the combined fold). CONTEXT.md doc tagged. Clean.

seedmap hang: CLASSIFIED as the known Windows-full-suite-under-load contention class (kitsubito starvation + registry SQLITE_BUSY/busy-timeout-kn</EVENT-PART>
<EVENT-PART seq="7/9" id="939f2250">ob lineage) — passes in isolation, all your touched modules pass, seedmap untouched. NOT a b4/skip-to-live blocker. I confirm on the clean Linux matrix; if it repros pre-b4 it's separate CI-hygiene (file under that ledger).

NEXT: cut g2 inject-acceptance (dispatch_endpoint_input must not starve under output flood). What's your g2 ETA/</EVENT-PART>
<EVENT-PART seq="8/9" id="939f2250">approach? Once g2 is gated I run the COMBINED forkpty matrix (pump-carrier-fix + b4 + skip-to-live + g2): a_journaled + p0_paste + g2 + w5_a2, both runners ×3, then activate the int stages + fold to delivery-control →
...(truncated)</event>
</task-notification>


doyle **gate-PASS on both** (full code read, B2-safety confirmed). User said commit + push. Doing that now, then g2.

First, reviewing exactly what's modified (don't blind-commit the pre-existing JIT doc change):


Bash

cd /c/Users/decid/Documents/projects/spt-core
git status --short; echo "=== VIEWER-DRAIN JIT diff (pre-session M) ==="; git diff --stat V0.13.0-VIEWER-DRAIN-DECOUPLE-JIT.md; git diff V0.13.0-VIEWER-DRAIN-DECOUPLE-JIT.md | head -30

Review working tree + pre-existing JIT doc change


 M CONTEXT.md
 M V0.13.0-VIEWER-DRAIN-DECOUPLE-JIT.md
 M crates/spt-daemon/src/attach.rs
 M crates/spt-daemon/src/brain.rs
 M crates/spt-daemon/src/broker.rs
 M crates/spt-daemon/src/msg.rs
 M crates/spt-daemon/tests/inject_control_wedge.rs
 M traceable-reqs.toml
?? V0.13.0-SKIP-TO-LIVE-JIT.md
=== VIEWER-DRAIN JIT diff (pre-session M) ===
warning: in the working copy of 'V0.13.0-VIEWER-DRAIN-DECOUPLE-JIT.md', LF will be replaced by CRLF the next time Git touches it
 V0.13.0-VIEWER-DRAIN-DECOUPLE-JIT.md | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
warning: in the working copy of 'V0.13.0-VIEWER-DRAIN-DECOUPLE-JIT.md', LF will be replaced by CRLF the next time Git touches it
diff --git a/V0.13.0-VIEWER-DRAIN-DECOUPLE-JIT.md b/V0.13.0-VIEWER-DRAIN-DECOUPLE-JIT.md
index 51444a7..2b057ce 100644
--- a/V0.13.0-VIEWER-DRAIN-DECOUPLE-JIT.md
+++ b/V0.13.0-VIEWER-DRAIN-DECOUPLE-JIT.md
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 # V0.13.0 — viewer-drain decouple (b4 root) — JIT plan

-**Status:** b4 fix GATED-GREEN by doyle (incl. constraint (a)). Cutting it now. Product UNTOUCHED until cut.
+**Status:** b4 fix IMPLEMENTED + verified + PUSHED → `origin/viewer-drain-decouple-b4` @ **677c3e7** (off delivery-control@18416fd). Local gates ALL GREEN: broker unit tests 10/10 (2 new b4 tests + regressions), workspace clippy -D warnings clean, traceable-reqs exit 0. AWAITING doyle's post-b4 forkpty re-measure (cherry-pick 677c3e7 onto PR #27 + v5 tally). Expect a_journaled GREEN, p0_paste still RED (next), g2 TBD (may close indirectly). NEXT items: p0_paste skip-to-live (gated, below) + g2 (re-measure post-b4).

 ## ⚠ v0.13.0 IS THREE ITEMS, NOT ONE (doyle's 3-gate counters, run 27898894089)


Both gate-passed. The pre-session JIT-doc edit is just a b4 status line (b4 already pushed @677c3e7) — benign, folding into commit 1. Committing as two logical commits, then pushing:


cd /c/Users/decid/Documents/projects/spt-core
git add CONTEXT.md crates/spt-daemon/src/attach.rs crates/spt-daemon/src/brain.rs crates/spt-daemon/src/broker.rs crates/spt-daemon/src/msg.rs traceable-reqs.toml V0.13.0-SKIP-TO-LIVE-JIT.md V0.13.0-VIEWER-DRAIN-DECOUPLE-JIT.md
git commit -q -F - <<'EOF'
feat(broker): an evicted rc --view VIEWER skips to live instead of dying silently

REQ-VIEWER-SKIP-TO-LIVE-ON-EVICT. Closes p0_paste + (post-b4) a_journaled-Linux,
which collapsed to one root once b4 unthrottled the drain: a viewer that forwards
slower than the drain fans out under flood overflows its bounded subscription
queue and the drain evicts it (correct session-protection, REQ-HAZARD-VIEWER-
ISOLATION). Pre-fix that eviction was SILENT + PERMANENT — viewers.remove dropped
the ViewerSink, viewer_writer exited writing nothing, and serve_attach's read_event
just stopped getting Output (no EOF, no error) -> the operator hung.

Three parts (doyle-gated design):

1. Eviction SIGNAL, distinct from session-exit EOF. ViewerSink gains an
   Arc<AtomicBool> `evicted`; OutputLog::append and set_size_and_notify set it
   (Release) before dropping the sink. viewer_writer, on its rx.recv() Err, emits a
   KIND_VIEWER_EVICTED marker (new msg kind + evicted_envelope + ViewerEvicted
   BrokerEvent) and exits -- written in the writer thread, OFF the log lock / off
   the drain (the W1/b4 isolation is preserved). A normal teardown leaves the flag
   false -> no marker; a socket-write failure exits early (dead conn, no marker).

2. serve_attach re-subscribes from the ring floor on ViewerEvicted (NOT teardown).
   Brain::attach_skip_to_live subscribes from_seq=u64::MAX (empty ring replay = live
   tail), then arms the snap-above dedup path (session_cursors[sid]=0, next_seq=0)
   so the post-eviction forward seq jump is accepted -- the cold serve brain's
   legacy reject-gap path would otherwise FATAL the jump as an "output gap".
   B2-safe: session_cursors is the serving brain's LOCAL dedup cursor, never
   delivered_through (advanced broker-side only by controller_writer); viewer-only,
   no controller coupling.

3. No evict->resubscribe busy-loop: serve_attach rate-limits re-subscribes
   (RESUBSCRIBE_INTERVAL = 200ms, sleep-of-remainder), so a hopelessly-behind viewer
   under sustained flood sees intermittent live bursts, never a CPU spin.

Tests (5, in-process, no PTY): brain cold_brain_still_rejects_a_forward_output_gap
(control: legacy reject-gap untouched) + skip_to_live_accepts_a_forward_seq_jump_
via_snap_above (jump-accept + dedup-below, 3 mutations caught); broker
viewer_writer_emits_evicted_marker_only_on_an_evicted_close + append_overflow_flags_
the_evicted_viewer_for_skip_to_live; msg evicted_envelope_round_trips (+ N-1
tolerance). INT (p0_paste warm forkpty) activates on the combined fold (rule 5).

Co-authored by: todlando
EOF
echo "commit1 EXIT=$?"; git log --oneline -1

Commit 1: skip-to-live


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commit1 EXIT=0
ff2e3ab feat(broker): an evicted rc --view VIEWER skips to live instead of dying silently


cd /c/Users/decid/Documents/projects/spt-core
git add crates/spt-daemon/tests/inject_control_wedge.rs
git commit -q -F - <<'EOF'
test(inject-wedge): stage w5_a2 with a faithful IDLE child (doyle gate ruling, Option B)

w5_a2 (the abandoned-remote-controller-on-an-idle-session characterization)
regressed pass->fail across b4 -- but it was a RIG BUG, not a b4 fault. The rig
spawned flood_spawn_req (continuous output) and killed the child only at teardown,
AFTER the read window, so the session flooded THROUGH the read. b4's full-speed
drain then hit the dead-operator socket write -> controller_writer exits ->
Disconnected-evict -> controller_by cleared, failing the "stays Some(origin)"
assertion. The "session IDLE" comments were false in that rig.

Fix (Option B, doyle): a QUIET long-lived child (quiet_spawn_req -- unix `sleep 600`,
win `cmd /c "ping -n 600 127.0.0.1 >nul"`; the >nul kills the ping-countdown-feeds-
the-drain trap) produces no output, so controller_writer never writes to the
abandoned operator and the idle slot is faithfully observable. Assertion unchanged
(cby_after_abandon stays Some(Some(_))). No mid-read kill -- teardown-only, which
also removes the Windows reap-during-read flake. The verdict comment now points the
true idle-evict at REQ-HAZARD-DRIVEN-BY-IDLE-REMOTE-EVICT (the D4c presence oracle)
and notes b4's Disconnected/deadline evict covers only the OUTPUT path
(REQ-HAZARD-VIEWER-STARVE-UNDER-CONTROLLER-BACKPRESSURE).

b4 ships UNCHANGED.

Co-authored by: todlando
EOF
echo "commit2 EXIT=$?"; git log --oneline -3

Commit 2: w5_a2 Cut B


commit2 EXIT=0
9029636 test(inject-wedge): stage w5_a2 with a faithful IDLE child (doyle gate ruling, Option B)
ff2e3ab feat(broker): an evicted rc --view VIEWER skips to live instead of dying silently
677c3e7 fix(broker): decouple controller backpressure from the drain so a slow controller can't starve a concurrent viewer (b4)


Both committed. Pushing to origin:


cd /c/Users/decid/Documents/projects/spt-core
git push origin viewer-drain-decouple-b4 2>&1 | tail -8; echo "PUSH EXIT=${PIPESTATUS[0]}"

Push branch to origin


To https://github.com/SaberMage/spt-core.git
   677c3e7..9029636  viewer-drain-decouple-b4 -> viewer-drain-decouple-b4
PUSH EXIT=0


Pushed: `677c3e7..9029636`. Now doyle asked for my g2 approach/ETA. Let me ground it with a quick read of the g2 gate + the inject-acceptance path before replying:


cd /c/Users/decid/Documents/projects/spt-core
grep -n "fn dispatch_endpoint_input\|KIND_ENDPOINT_INPUT" crates/spt-daemon/src/broker.rs | head
echo "=== g2 gate assert region ==="; grep -n "assert!(delivered\|g2\|delivered, " crates/spt-daemon/tests/inject_control_wedge.rs | head

Locate dispatch_endpoint_input + g2 assert


59:    Spawned, SubscribeOutcome, SubscribeReq, UnsubscribeReq, KIND_BRAIN_RESTART, KIND_BRAIN_RESTARTED, KIND_ENDPOINT_INPUT, KIND_ERROR, KIND_EXIT,
1401:                KIND_ENDPOINT_INPUT => {
1776:    fn dispatch_endpoint_input(&self, env: Envelope, send: &SharedSend) -> Result<(), String> {
=== g2 gate assert region ===
1165:fn g2_no_commit_deadline_faults_binary_and_does_not_wedge_controller_input() {
1176:    let endpoint = "xlate-g2-ep";
1178:        spawn_xlate_session(&name, &dir.path().join("g2"), endpoint);
1224:    assert!(delivered, "the no-commit event must still be accepted by the broker");


1776	    fn dispatch_endpoint_input(&self, env: Envelope, send: &SharedSend) -> Result<(), String> {
1777	        let req: EndpointInputReq = serde_json::from_value(env.payload)
1778	            .map_err(|e| format!("bad endpoint-input payload: {e}"))?;
1779	        let bytes =
1780	            decode_bytes(&req.data_b64).map_err(|e| format!("bad endpoint-input base64: {e}"))?;
1781	        // Resolve endpoint → (input-writer, translation) under the lock, cloning the
1782	        // Arcs out so the ENQUEUE happens without holding the table lock
1783	        // (dispatch_input rule). The raw-inject path now enqueues to the lone
1784	        // writer too, so it can never park the dispatch thread (P0).
1785	        let resolved = {
1786	            let sessions = self.sessions.lock().unwrap();
1787	            sessions
1788	                .values()
1789	                .find(|h| h.endpoint == req.endpoint)
1790	                .map(|h| (Arc::clone(&h.input), h.translation.clone()))
1791	        };
1792	        match resolved {
1793	            Some((input, translation)) => {
1794	                // Layer E: a live (non-faulted) translation binary OWNS the
1795	                // choreography — queue the whole `<EVENT>` envelope to the inject
1796	                // worker, which drives it through the binary and applies the
1797	                // resulting keystrokes atomically w.r.t. the controller. Raw inject
1798	                // is the DEGENERATE fallback when no binary is attached, it has
1799	                // faulted, or the worker channel is gone.
1800	                if let Some(tr) = &translation {
1801	                    if !tr.faulted.load(Ordering::Relaxed) {
1802	                        let envelope = String::from_utf8_lossy(&bytes).into_owned();
1803	                        if tr.event_tx.send(envelope).is_ok() {
1804	                            eprintln!(
1805	                                "ENDPOINT_INJECT:{} ({} bytes → translation binary)",
1806	                                req.endpoint,
1807	                                bytes.len()
1808	                            );
1809	                            send_frame(send, &endpoint_injected_envelope(&req.endpoint, true));
1810	                            return Ok(());
1811	                        }
1812	                        // worker receiver dropped → fall through to raw inject.
1813	                    }
1814	                }
1815	                // IDLE/direct raw inject. Logged (REQ-SEND-SPT-HOSTED MVP): activity
1816	                // is not yet gated, so note the raw write — never a silent mid-turn
1817	                // interleave passed off as done.
1818	                eprintln!(
1819	                    "ENDPOINT_INJECT:{} ({} bytes, idle-direct — activity not yet gated)",
1820	                    req.endpoint,
1821	                    bytes.len()
1822	                );
1823	                input.enqueue(bytes);
1824	                send_frame(send, &endpoint_injected_envelope(&req.endpoint, true));
1825	                Ok(())
1826	            }
1827	            // No hosted session for this endpoint — tell the caller to spool.
1828	            None => {
1829	                send_frame(send, &endpoint_injected_envelope(&req.endpoint, false));
1830	                Ok(())
1831	            }
1832	        }
1833	    }
1834
1835	    /// Resize a session's PTY — CONTROLLER-EXCLUSIVE (REQ-RCVIEW-1). The broker
1836	    /// rejects a resize arriving on any stream that is not the session's current
1837	    /// controller (a viewer's resize is refused), then updates the stored size
1838	    /// and pushes a `size` frame to every viewer (the letterbox feed).
1839	    fn dispatch_resize(&self, env: Envelope, send: &SharedSend) -> Result<(), String> {
1840	        let req: ResizeReq =
1841	            serde_json::from_value(env.payload).map_err(|e| format!("bad resize payload: {e}"))?;
1842	        let (session, log) = {
1843	            let sessions = self.sessions.lock().unwrap();
1844	            let h = sessions
1845	                .get(&req.session_id)

    fn dispatch_endpoint_input(&self, env: Envelope, send: &SharedSend) -> Result<(), String> {
        let req: EndpointInputReq = serde_json::from_value(env.payload)
            .map_err(|e| format!("bad endpoint-input payload: {e}"))?;
        let bytes =
            decode_bytes(&req.data_b64).map_err(|e| format!("bad endpoint-input base64: {e}"))?;
        // Resolve endpoint → (input-writer, translation) under the lock, cloning the
        // Arcs out so the ENQUEUE happens without holding the table lock
        // (dispatch_input rule). The raw-inject path now enqueues to the lone
        // writer too, so it can never park the dispatch thread (P0).
        let resolved = {
            let sessions = self.sessions.lock().unwrap();
            sessions
                .values()
                .find(|h| h.endpoint == req.endpoint)
                .map(|h| (Arc::clone(&h.input), h.translation.clone()))
        };
        match resolved {
            Some((input, translation)) => {
                // Layer E: a live (non-faulted) translation binary OWNS the
                // choreography — queue the whole `<EVENT>` envelope to the inject
                // worker, which drives it through the binary and applies the
                // resulting keystrokes atomically w.r.t. the controller. Raw inject
                // is the DEGENERATE fallback when no binary is attached, it has
                // faulted, or the worker channel is gone.
                if let Some(tr) = &translation {
                    if !tr.faulted.load(Ordering::Relaxed) {
                        let envelope = String::from_utf8_lossy(&bytes).into_owned();
                        if tr.event_tx.send(envelope).is_ok() {
                            eprintln!(
                                "ENDPOINT_INJECT:{} ({} bytes → translation binary)",
                                req.endpoint,
                                bytes.len()
                            );
                            send_frame(send, &endpoint_injected_envelope(&req.endpoint, true));
                            return Ok(());
                        }
                        // worker receiver dropped → fall through to raw inject.
                    }
                }
                // IDLE/direct raw inject. Logged (REQ-SEND-SPT-HOSTED MVP): activity
                // is not yet gated, so note the raw write — never a silent mid-turn
                // interleave passed off as done.
                eprintln!(
                    "ENDPOINT_INJECT:{} ({} bytes, idle-direct — activity not yet gated)",
                    req.endpoint,
                    bytes.len()
                );
                input.enqueue(bytes);
                send_frame(send, &endpoint_injected_envelope(&req.endpoint, true));
                Ok(())
            }
            // No hosted session for this endpoint — tell the caller to spool.
            None => {
                send_frame(send, &endpoint_injected_envelope(&req.endpoint, false));
                Ok(())
            }
        }
    }

    /// Resize a session's PTY — CONTROLLER-EXCLUSIVE (REQ-RCVIEW-1). The broker
    /// rejects a resize arriving on any stream that is not the session's current
    /// controller (a viewer's resize is refused), then updates the stored size
    /// and pushes a `size` frame to every viewer (the letterbox feed).
    fn dispatch_resize(&self, env: Envelope, send: &SharedSend) -> Result<(), String> {
        let req: ResizeReq =
            serde_json::from_value(env.payload).map_err(|e| format!("bad resize payload: {e}"))?;
        let (session, log) = {
            let sessions = self.sessions.lock().unwrap();
            let h = sessions
                .get(&req.session_id)


`dispatch_endpoint_input` already enqueues off-lock (P0-style) — except `tr.event_tx.send(envelope)` to the translation inject-worker. Let me check that sender's type and read the g2 test to ground the starvation point:


cd /c/Users/decid/Documents/projects/spt-core
echo "=== event_tx type ==="; grep -n "event_tx" crates/spt-daemon/src/broker.rs | head; grep -n "event_tx:" crates/spt-daemon/src/broker.rs
echo "=== g2 test body ==="; sed -n '1165,1230p' crates/spt-daemon/tests/inject_control_wedge.rs

Check event_tx type + read g2 test


=== event_tx type ===
842:    event_tx: Sender<String>,
1019:/// session degrades to raw inject). The loop ends when `event_tx` is dropped
1094:    // `event_tx` dropped → session teardown. Reap the child (no zombie).
1558:                    let (event_tx, event_rx) = channel::<String>();
1568:                        event_tx,
1803:                        if tr.event_tx.send(envelope).is_ok() {
842:    event_tx: Sender<String>,
=== g2 test body ===
fn g2_no_commit_deadline_faults_binary_and_does_not_wedge_controller_input() {
    init_wedge_home();
    let dir = tempfile::tempdir().expect("tempdir");
    // The binary emits the payload + a key but NEVER `{commit}` → the broker's
    // commit deadline must fire. Shrink the deadline so the structural outcome
    // (floor releases → buffered input flushes → binary faults) is observed fast.
    std::env::set_var("XLATE_FIXTURE_MODE", "nocommit");
    std::env::set_var("SPT_INJECT_COMMIT_DEADLINE_MS", "400");
    std::env::remove_var("XLATE_FIXTURE_STDIN_LOG");

    let name = unique_name();
    let endpoint = "xlate-g2-ep";
    let (broker, sid, mut controller) =
        spawn_xlate_session(&name, &dir.path().join("g2"), endpoint);
    // Bind the controller brain to the session so its keystrokes have a target.
    controller.attach(sid, 0).expect("controller attach");

    // Deliver an event whose binary never commits → the floor OPENS, buffers
    // operator input, and the worker hits the 400ms deadline.
    let envelope = br#"<EVENT type="message" from="peer">no-commit event</EVENT>"#;
    let delivered = deliver_endpoint_event(&name, endpoint, envelope, Duration::from_secs(5));

    // While the floor is (briefly) held, the operator types — Enter-terminated so the
    // echo child flushes the line. After the 400ms deadline the floor must RELEASE and
    // the buffered keystrokes flush to the PTY (then echo back over the ring). Send a
    // few times (some before, some after the deadline) so the flush is exercised; then
    // observe the marker echo — proof the controller input did NOT wedge.
    for _ in 0..4 {
        let _ = controller.send_input(b"OPERATOR_KEYS_FLUSHED\r");
        let _ = controller.read_event_until(Some(Instant::now() + Duration::from_millis(150)));
    }
    let op_flushed =
        output_contains_within(&name, sid, b"OPERATOR_KEYS_FLUSHED", Duration::from_secs(8));

    // The session stays serviceable after the FAULT.
    let sessions_answered =
        probe(&name, KIND_SESSIONS, KIND_SESSIONS_REPLY, Duration::from_secs(5));

    // After the binary faulted, a SUBSEQUENT inbound delivery falls back to RAW
    // inject: the whole envelope bytes land on the PTY directly (the binary no longer
    // drives the choreography). The raw envelope ends in `\r` so the echo child
    // flushes the echoed line; assert the marker reaches the PTY via the ring.
    let raw_envelope = b"<EVENT>RAW_FALLBACK_MARKER</EVENT>\r";
    let delivered2 = deliver_endpoint_event(&name, endpoint, raw_envelope, Duration::from_secs(5));
    let raw_fallback_reached =
        output_contains_within(&name, sid, b"RAW_FALLBACK_MARKER", Duration::from_secs(8));

    if let Some(pid) = broker.session_pid(sid) {
        kill_pid(pid);
    }

    eprintln!(
        "=== W2 G2 NO-COMMIT FAULT GATE: delivered={delivered} op_flushed={op_flushed} \
         sessions_answered={sessions_answered} delivered2={delivered2} \
         raw_fallback_reached={raw_fallback_reached} \
         (op_flushed=true → controller input never wedged; raw_fallback → binary faulted) ==="
    );

    // [int->REQ-MSG-IDLE-TRANSLATION-BINARY]
    assert!(delivered, "the no-commit event must still be accepted by the broker");
    assert!(
        op_flushed,
        "after the commit deadline the floor must RELEASE and buffered operator \
         keystrokes must flush to the PTY — the controller's input must NOT wedge \
         (the mandatory bounded-buffer guard; doyle non-negotiable = never park forever)"
    );


Key correction: `event_tx` is an **unbounded** `Sender<String>` (line 1558 `channel()`, not `sync_channel`) — so `dispatch_endpoint_input`'s handoff to the inject worker **never blocks**, and the acceptance path already resolves off-lock + acks immediately. So g2's `delivered=false` is **not** a blocking handoff in `dispatch_endpoint_input` itself — the starvation is elsewhere (the per-conn handler not reaching dispatch under the CPU storm, or the deliver conn not serviced). I shouldn't design g2 blind. Replying doyle repro-first:


$OWL send doyle <<'EOF'
todlando → doyle. PUSHED for your fold: origin/viewer-drain-decouple-b4 677c3e7..9029636.
- ff2e3ab feat(broker): viewer skip-to-live on eviction (REQ-VIEWER-SKIP-TO-LIVE-ON-EVICT)
- 9029636 test(inject-wedge): w5_a2 faithful idle (quiet child, Option B)
b4 (677c3e7) unchanged. Ready to gate + fold.

g2 — repro-first before I cut it (your discipline, not blind design):
I read dispatch_endpoint_input (broker.rs:1776) + the inject worker handoff. The ACCEPTANCE path is ALREADY non-blocking: it resolves endpoint→(input,translation) under sessions.lock(), clones the Arcs OUT, and the worker handoff is `tr.event_tx.send()` on an UNBOUNDED Sender<String> (broker.rs:1558 channel(), not sync_channel) → never blocks → acks endpoint_injected(true) immediately. So g2's delivered=false is NOT a blocking handoff inside dispatch_endpoint_input. The starvation is UPSTREAM: the per-conn handler for the deliver_endpoint_event conn isn't REACHING dispatch within the 5s deliver window under the storm (CPU starvation of that handler thread, or the conn's read not serviced while the broker is saturated draining/writing the flood).

Before I design, I need the precise post-b4 g2 starvation point — same way we nailed b4/w5_a2. Can you grab, on the post-b4 forkpty g2 run:
1. Does delivered=false coincide with the OUTPUT FLOOD active, or with the no-commit FAULT path (the binary holding the floor)? g2_no_commit has no flood child itself — is the starvation from concurrent CI load (kitsubito two-phase) or intrinsic?
2. Where the inject conn's handler is when it misses the 5s: parked on a write back to a slow client (full-duplex), CPU-starved, or blocked on sessions.lock() vs the drain? A WEDGE_TRACE point at dispatch_endpoint_input entry + at the per-conn read loop would localize it.

My lean (to confirm, not commit): it's the inject CONN's handler losing the CPU/lock race against the saturated drain+writers — the b4-class problem on the acceptance side. If so the fix is to ensure inject-acceptance is serviced off the saturated path (dedicated/prioritized handling or a non-contended accept), mirroring b4 (controller) + P0 (input writer). ETA: JIT plan within a session of getting that localization; I can't Linux-repro here (your forkpty box).

Meanwhile skip-to-live + w5_a2 are yours to gate. Ping when the combined matrix runs.
EOF

Send doyle push confirmation + g2 repro-first ask


Done. Pushed both, doyle gate-passed both, g2 is repro-blocked on his forkpty box.

**Shipped this session → `origin/viewer-drain-decouple-b4`:**
- `ff2e3ab` skip-to-live (REQ-VIEWER-SKIP-TO-LIVE-ON-EVICT) — closes p0_paste + a_journaled-Linux
- `9029636` w5_a2 Cut B (faithful idle, quiet child)
- doyle **gate-PASS both** (full code read, B2-safety confirmed); awaiting his combined forkpty matrix → fold to delivery-control → deployah v0.13.0

**g2 (next):** repro-first. Found `dispatch_endpoint_input`'s acceptance is *already* non-blocking (unbounded `event_tx`, off-lock enqueue) — so `delivered=false` isn't a handoff block there; the starvation is upstream (the inject conn's handler losing the CPU/lock race vs the saturated drain+writers, b4-class on the acceptance side). Asked doyle for the post-b4 g2 localization (WEDGE_TRACE at dispatch entry + per-conn read loop) before designing — can't Linux-repro here.

**State:** clean checkpoint — work pushed + gating, g2 blocked on doyle's evidence, context high from the tracing. Memory + JIT docs updated.

Options: hold for doyle's g2 localization, or `/commune` + `/self-clear` to reset context for the g2 cut when his evidence lands. Your call.


<task-notification>
<task-id>bsp4y8a8u</task-id>
Monitor event: "« spt event »"
<event><EVENT-PART seq="1/7" id="e3a9ed0c" type="msg" from="doyle">doyle → todlando. STOP before designing a flood-fix — g2 has NO FLOOD. Verified at code:

g2_no_commit_deadline_faults_binary_and_does_not_wedge_controller_input (inject_control_wedge.rs:1136) spawns via spawn_xlate_session (an interactive ECHO/translation child) — NOT flood_spawn_req. There is NO sustained </EVENT-PART>
<EVENT-PART seq="2/7" id="e3a9ed0c">output storm in g2. So &quot;dispatch_endpoint_input must not starve under output flood&quot; is the wrong premise: nothing is flooding.

Pushed commits gated+verified clean on origin (677c3e7..9029636, working tree clean, == my review). b4 unchanged.

delivered=false in g2 can only be (re-read dispatch_endpoint_input:1898):
1. </EVENT-PART>
<EVENT-PART seq="3/7" id="e3a9ed0c">None-branch (:1950): endpoint NOT resolved in self.sessions at dispatch → endpoint_injected(FALSE). A session-registration/visibility race (the xlate session not yet keyed by h.endpoint==req.endpoint when the deliver lands), OR it was reaped. This is the ONLY code path that returns delivered=false — the Some path ALWAYS acks true (unbounde</EVENT-PART>
<EVENT-PART seq="4/7" id="e3a9ed0c">d send, or raw-inject fallback both ack true).
2. dispatch never REACHED within 5s — the inject conn's handler CPU-starved by CONCURRENT CI LOAD (kitsubito heavy-phase parallelism), not by g2's own session.
3. ack sent but deliver_endpoint_event's reply read times out (read-side starvation).

None of these is the b4-class drain-c</EVENT-PART>
<EVENT-PART seq="5/7" id="e3a9ed0c">oupling you fixed. My lean: g2 is CI-LOAD-CONTENTION class (same bucket as the seedmap single-thread hang + why we did the two-phase split + heavy serialization), NOT an intrinsic dispatch bug. If so g2 folds into Windows/CI-hygiene, NOT a v0.13.0 code reconcile — which would mean b4+skip-to-live+w5_a2 is the WHOLE delivery-control fold.
</EVENT-PART>
<EVENT-PART seq="6/7" id="e3a9ed0c">
I'm instrumenting the forkpty vehicle (wedge-trace-v4) to PROVE which: cherry-pick your skip-to-live onto it + add WEDGE_TRACE at dispatch_endpoint_input ENTER (endpoint, appends), sessions_lock_wait_us, resolve Some/None, ACK(delivered), + extend conn_read to KIND_ENDPOINT_INPUT. Push → Linux CI → I read the trace + report the exact l</EVENT-PART>
<EVENT-PART seq="7/7" id="e3a9ed0c">ocalization. Combined run also confirms a_journaled + p0_paste GREEN with skip-to-live present.

DON'T cut a flood-starvation fix. Hold for my forkpty localization. If it's None-branch I'll hand you the registration-race shape; if it's CPU-starve it's CI-hygiene (my bucket, not yours). Ping incoming with trace.</EVENT-PART></event>
</task-notification>


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


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


doyle confirms my non-flood read and is taking the ball on g2 (instrument wedge-trace-v4 → Linux CI → localize). His verdict: g2 is likely CI-load-contention (his bucket), not a v0.13.0 code reconcile — meaning **b4 + skip-to-live + w5_a2 may be the whole delivery-control fold**. He says hold, don't cut a flood-fix. Acking + standing by:


$OWL send doyle <<'EOF'
todlando → doyle. Agreed — HOLDING g2, no flood-fix. Your three candidates match my read exactly (Some-path always acks true on the unbounded send / raw fallback; only the None-branch or a not-reached/read-timeout yields delivered=false — none b4-class).

Waiting on your wedge-trace-v4 localization:
- None-branch (registration/visibility race: xlate session not yet keyed by h.endpoint==req.endpoint when deliver lands, or reaped) → hand me the race shape, I cut it (real v0.13.0 reconcile).
- not-reached / read-timeout under kitsubito heavy-phase parallelism → CI-load-contention bucket (your seedmap/two-phase lineage), NOT my code.

If it's the latter, concur: b4 + skip-to-live + w5_a2 is the WHOLE delivery-control fold. Your combined run also confirms a_journaled + p0_paste GREEN with skip-to-live present — that's the gate I most want to see.

Idle on my side until your trace. Ping me.
EOF

Ack doyle, hold g2


➜ SENT:doyle


Acked. g2 firmly in doyle's court (he's instrumenting wedge-trace-v4 → Linux CI → localize; likely CI-hygiene, his bucket). Updating memory with the resolved state, then status:


Edit

REMAINING before fold: skip-to-live unit+p0_paste verify, g2 inject-acceptance (real, still red), w5_a2 reconcile. Design doc `V0.13.0-SKIP-TO-LIVE-JIT.md`.

RESOLVED + SHIPPED (2026-06-21): skip-to-live PUSHED `viewer-drain-decouple-b4` ff2e3ab + w5_a2 Cut B 9029636 (off 677c3e7); doyle GATE-PASSED both (full code read, B2-safe confirmed). w5_a2 fixed via quiet_spawn_req (faithful idle). **g2 = NOT a code bug** (doyle + my read): g2_no_commit test has NO flood; dispatch_endpoint_input acceptance is already non-blocking (unbounded event_tx, off-lock enqueue) — Some-path always acks true, only None-branch (endpoint-registration/visibility race or reaped) or not-reached/read-timeout under CI load yields delivered=false. doyle's lean: g2 = CI-LOAD-CONTENTION class (seedmap-hang/two-phase-split lineage), his CI-hygiene bucket, NOT a v0.13.0 reconcile → **b4+skip-to-live+w5_a2 may be the WHOLE delivery-control fold**. doyle instrumenting wedge-trace-v4 (WEDGE_TRACE at dispatch_endpoint_input ENTER/sessions_lock_wait/Some-None/ACK + conn_read KIND_ENDPOINT_INPUT) → Linux CI to PROVE which; if None-branch he hands me the registration-race shape (mine), if CPU-starve it's his. Combined forkpty run also confirms a_journaled+p0_paste GREEN with skip-to-live present (the real verify of my work — watch for regression). HOLDING g2, no flood-fix. Design doc `V0.13.0-SKIP-TO-LIVE-JIT.md`.


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---
name: v013-rc-attach-flood-wedge
description: "v0.13.0 — the 3 inject_control_wedge gates fail because a slow controller's inline backpressure throttles the session drain, starving a concurrent rc-view viewer (root 'b4', 2026-06-21); b4 fix SHIPPED, skip-to-live + g2 + w5_a2-reconcile remain before fold."
metadata:
  node_type: memory
  type: project
  originSessionId: f12f255d-20de-40e1-b356-60f58d21c08e
---

As of 2026-06-21. The 3 failing gates in `crates/spt-daemon/tests/inject_control_wedge.rs` are `a_journaled_input_wedge_does_not_starve_a_concurrent_rc_attach`, `p0_paste_wedge_...`, and `g2_no_commit_deadline_...` (g2 = a SEPARATE InjectFloor commit-deadline item, still parked). They assert a real, legitimate property: a concurrent `rc --view` viewer must not be starved while a session floods output.

**ROOT = "b4"** (verified by doyle's code-read + my code verification; the earlier "serde-saturation / control-plane-starves" narrative in this file's prior version was a pre-warm-datapoint hypothesis and is SUPERSEDED). The session drain closure (`broker.rs:1450-1457`) runs `ControllerJob::deliver()` INLINE; `deliver()` (`broker.rs:669-685`) is a `try_send` sleep-poll up to `CONTROLLER_WRITE_DEADLINE` (5s) ON THE DRAIN THREAD. A controller draining slower than the PTY floods → its `CONTROLLER_CHANNEL_DEPTH`(4096) channel fills → `deliver()` throttles the drain → `OutputLog::append`'s viewer fan-out (`try_send`) doesn't run → the viewer starves. Signature: c1=0 c2=0 c3=1 EVICT=0, subscribed=TRUE, got_output=FALSE. forkpty-only for a_journaled/g2 (forkpty floods harder than Windows ConPTY's paced output → channel fills on Linux, keeps up on Windows); p0_paste fails both. No ~7s recovery = steady-state-near-full (deliver gets a slot inside 5s every chunk → never Err → never deadline-evicts → throttled the whole run). **Regression verdict (diff-bisect):** pre-W1 wrote the controller inline UNDER the log lock = permanent wedge; W1 bounded it to 5s episodes but still couples drain→controller. NOT a new class; real fix warranted.

**Confirmed FIXED, not the blocker (supersedes the old narrative):** facet-B (journal-lock-parks-write_input) is already fixed in HEAD by W1b (`e404aeb`, lock off effect) + P0 (`REQ-HAZARD-PTY-INPUT-WRITER-WEDGE`, non-blocking input enqueue to an isolated writer thread) + no-ack. The operator's 2026-06-19 dogfood wedge (`spt rc` → "brain IPC read deadline") was a PRE-W1b build (`8b5583e`, 2hr before `e404aeb`). The test "carrier artifact" (Whole-conn attacher ignoring its read deadline → false subscribed=false) is fixed by the pump switch. The registry Phase-A `SQLITE_BUSY` flake is fixed by the env-knob.

**FIX (designed, sent to doyle for final gate; full design in `V0.13.0-VIEWER-DRAIN-DECOUPLE-JIT.md`):** decouple controller backpressure from the drain. Controller becomes a SINGLE non-blocking `try_send` (like viewers), moved INTO `append()` under the log lock; `deliver()`'s sleep-poll DELETED; `append` returns `Option<evict-epoch>`; the drain off-lock does `mark_controller_gone` if signaled and NEVER sleeps. `ControllerSink` += `last_ok: Instant` staleness. On Full: past deadline → evict, else DROP (controller falls behind the ring → resume-from-floor). `delivered_through` advances ONLY on real writes (no phantom-advance). KH epoch gate / one-live-writer / monotonic seq unchanged. doyle's 3 gate constraints: (1) no phantom cursor-advance, (2) slow-controller degrades to ring-fall-behind not drain-backpressure, (3) bounded staleness-detach measured across chunks.

**False trails (do not re-chase):** journal-lock parking (W1b-fixed); acked-flood self-contending on `Mutex<SendHalf>`; CPU/HOL behind the UDS flood; `PtySession.writer` mutex; viewer-channel EVICTion (b1); serve-side `net_stream_send` block (b2 — `net_stream_send(None)` is fire-and-forget, brain.rs:1004); EVICT-counter gap (b3).

**POST-b4 BOARD (2026-06-21, doyle's re-measure + my analysis):** b4 fix IMPLEMENTED+PUSHED `viewer-drain-decouple-b4@677c3e7` (broker.rs append single non-blocking controller try_send + ControllerSink.last_ok + contiguous_advance cursor; deliver()/ControllerJob DELETED). b4 PROVEN: Linux drain_appends=88902 (was throttled ~0), c1-EVICT fires. (1) **Windows a_journaled flip = FLAKE** (doyle re-ran → passes 4.7s; the pumped=249/subscribed=false was a one-off hfenduleam shared-runner load-contention). I structurally exonerated it first: the flipping subscribe is `net_stream_subscribe`→`dispatch_net_stream_subscribe`→nethost StreamLog, NOT OutputLog; + Windows ctrl channel can't fill at 249«4096. (2) **w5_a2 regression (deterministic pass→fail across b4) = GOOD side-effect, NOT over-evict** (traced): the abandoned-remote-controller clear is the DISCONNECTED-evict (controller_writer's write to the dead operator fails → thread ends → next append try_send=Disconnected → mark_controller_gone; broker.rs:755-6), a path present pre-b4 too — b4's full-speed drain just feeds controller_writer frames sooner so the dead-operator write-failure lands INSIDE the test's 2s post-abandon read window (pre-b4's throttle delayed it past the read → PASS). NOT the last_ok deadline (5s>4s window). w5_a2's "idle" premise was never staged (flood child, killed only at teardown, can't kill earlier w/o reaping the session). FIX = make it faithfully idle (quiet long-lived child instead of flood → no output → no clear → stays Some; preserves the "idle still needs the D4c presence oracle / REQ-HAZARD-DRIVEN-BY-IDLE-REMOTE-EVICT" characterization). b4 needs NO code change. Full analysis queued to doyle in /tmp/doyle_w5a2.txt (doyle was NO_PERCH — resend when his perch returns). **skip-to-live** (closes a_journaled+p0_paste, ONE root post-b4) IMPLEMENTED on the b4 branch: KIND_VIEWER_EVICTED marker (viewer_writer, off-lock, ≠EOF) + serve_attach Brain::attach_skip_to_live (from_seq=u64::MAX, cold-brain snap-above cursor reset, RESUBSCRIBE_INTERVAL rate-limit). req REQ-VIEWER-SKIP-TO-LIVE-ON-EVICT (doc CONTEXT.md:342 + impl tagged; unit via spt-test-engineer in flight). REMAINING before fold: skip-to-live unit+p0_paste verify, g2 inject-acceptance (real, still red), w5_a2 reconcile. Design doc `V0.13.0-SKIP-TO-LIVE-JIT.md`.

**SHIPPED:** `origin/pump-carrier-fix` off `delivery-control@18416fd` — `7a1cc68` (both rc-attach attachers `cold_start`→`cold_start_pump`) + `7c09819` (env-tunable `SPT_REGISTRY_BUSY_TIMEOUT_MS`, default 5000/CI 30000); both in doyle's PR #27 validation branch. v4 diagnostic counters on `origin/wedge-trace-v4` (do-not-merge). **Partner:** doyle owns forkpty CI (kitsubito = only online Linux box, CI-only) + gates designs against KH/B2; I author code + name roots. See [[cross-machine-test-rig]], [[delegate-tests-to-spt-test-engineer]], [[spt-verification-gates]].

-**POST-b4 BOARD (2026-06-21, doyle's re-measure + my analysis):** b4 fix IMPLEMENTED+PUSHED `viewer-drain-decouple-b4@677c3e7` (broker.rs append single non-blocking controller try_send + ControllerSink.last_ok + contiguous_advance cursor; deliver()/ControllerJob DELETED). b4 PROVEN: Linux drain_appends=88902 (was throttled ~0), c1-EVICT fires. (1) **Windows a_journaled flip = FLAKE** (doyle re-ran → passes 4.7s; the pumped=249/subscribed=false was a one-off hfenduleam shared-runner load-contention). I structurally exonerated it first: the flipping subscribe is `net_stream_subscribe`→`dispatch_net_stream_subscribe`→nethost StreamLog, NOT OutputLog; + Windows ctrl channel can't fill at 249«4096. (2) **w5_a2 regression (deterministic pass→fail across b4) = GOOD side-effect, NOT over-evict** (traced): the abandoned-remote-controller clear is the DISCONNECTED-evict (controller_writer's write to the dead operator fails → thread ends → next append try_send=Disconnected → mark_controller_gone; broker.rs:755-6), a path present pre-b4 too — b4's full-speed drain just feeds controller_writer frames sooner so the dead-operator write-failure lands INSIDE the test's 2s post-abandon read window (pre-b4's throttle delayed it past the read → PASS). NOT the last_ok deadline (5s>4s window). w5_a2's "idle" premise was never staged (flood child, killed only at teardown, can't kill earlier w/o reaping the session). FIX = make it faithfully idle (quiet long-lived child instead of flood → no output → no clear → stays Some; preserves the "idle still needs the D4c presence oracle / REQ-HAZARD-DRIVEN-BY-IDLE-REMOTE-EVICT" characterization). b4 needs NO code change. Full analysis queued to doyle in /tmp/doyle_w5a2.txt (doyle was NO_PERCH — resend when his perch returns). **skip-to-live** (closes a_journaled+p0_paste, ONE root post-b4) IMPLEMENTED on the b4 branch: KIND_VIEWER_EVICTED marker (viewer_writer, off-lock, ≠EOF) + serve_attach Brain::attach_skip_to_live (from_seq=u64::MAX, cold-brain snap-above cursor reset, RESUBSCRIBE_INTERVAL rate-limit). req REQ-VIEWER-SKIP-TO-LIVE-ON-EVICT (doc CONTEXT.md:342 + impl tagged; unit via spt-test-engineer in flight). REMAINING before fold: skip-to-live unit+p0_paste verify, g2 inject-acceptance (real, still red), w5_a2 reconcile. Design doc `V0.13.0-SKIP-TO-LIVE-JIT.md`.

+**POST-b4 BOARD (2026-06-21, doyle's re-measure + my analysis):** b4 fix IMPLEMENTED+PUSHED `viewer-drain-decouple-b4@677c3e7` (broker.rs append single non-blocking controller try_send + ControllerSink.last_ok + contiguous_advance cursor; deliver()/ControllerJob DELETED). b4 PROVEN: Linux drain_appends=88902 (was throttled ~0), c1-EVICT fires. (1) **Windows a_journaled flip = FLAKE** (doyle re-ran → passes 4.7s; the pumped=249/subscribed=false was a one-off hfenduleam shared-runner load-contention). I structurally exonerated it first: the flipping subscribe is `net_stream_subscribe`→`dispatch_net_stream_subscribe`→nethost StreamLog, NOT OutputLog; + Windows ctrl channel can't fill at 249«4096. (2) **w5_a2 regression (deterministic pass→fail across b4) = GOOD side-effect, NOT over-evict** (traced): the abandoned-remote-controller clear is the DISCONNECTED-evict (controller_writer's write to the dead operator fails → thread ends → next append try_send=Disconnected → mark_controller_gone; broker.rs:755-6), a path present pre-b4 too — b4's full-speed drain just feeds controller_writer frames sooner so the dead-operator write-failure lands INSIDE the test's 2s post-abandon read window (pre-b4's throttle delayed it past the read → PASS). NOT the last_ok deadline (5s>4s window). w5_a2's "idle" premise was never staged (flood child, killed only at teardown, can't kill earlier w/o reaping the session). FIX = make it faithfully idle (quiet long-lived child instead of flood → no output → no clear → stays Some; preserves the "idle still needs the D4c presence oracle / REQ-HAZARD-DRIVEN-BY-IDLE-REMOTE-EVICT" characterization). b4 needs NO code change. Full analysis queued to doyle in /tmp/doyle_w5a2.txt (doyle was NO_PERCH — resend when his perch returns). **skip-to-live** (closes a_journaled+p0_paste, ONE root post-b4) IMPLEMENTED on the b4 branch: KIND_VIEWER_EVICTED marker (viewer_writer, off-lock, ≠EOF) + serve_attach Brain::attach_skip_to_live (from_seq=u64::MAX, cold-brain snap-above cursor reset, RESUBSCRIBE_INTERVAL rate-limit). req REQ-VIEWER-SKIP-TO-LIVE-ON-EVICT (doc CONTEXT.md:342 + impl tagged; unit via spt-test-engineer in flight). RESOLVED + SHIPPED (2026-06-21): skip-to-live PUSHED `viewer-drain-decouple-b4` ff2e3ab + w5_a2 Cut B 9029636 (off 677c3e7); doyle GATE-PASSED both (full code read, B2-safe confirmed). w5_a2 fixed via quiet_spawn_req (faithful idle). **g2 = NOT a code bug** (doyle + my read): g2_no_commit test has NO flood; dispatch_endpoint_input acceptance is already non-blocking (unbounded event_tx, off-lock enqueue) — Some-path always acks true, only None-branch (endpoint-registration/visibility race or reaped) or not-reached/read-timeout under CI load yields delivered=false. doyle's lean: g2 = CI-LOAD-CONTENTION class (seedmap-hang/two-phase-split lineage), his CI-hygiene bucket, NOT a v0.13.0 reconcile → **b4+skip-to-live+w5_a2 may be the WHOLE delivery-control fold**. doyle instrumenting wedge-trace-v4 (WEDGE_TRACE at dispatch_endpoint_input ENTER/sessions_lock_wait/Some-None/ACK + conn_read KIND_ENDPOINT_INPUT) → Linux CI to PROVE which; if None-branch he hands me the registration-race shape (mine), if CPU-starve it's his. Combined forkpty run also confirms a_journaled+p0_paste GREEN with skip-to-live present (the real verify of my work — watch for regression). HOLDING g2, no flood-fix. Design doc `V0.13.0-SKIP-TO-LIVE-JIT.md`.


Memory updated. Status:

**g2 = held, likely not my code.** doyle + my read agree: g2's `delivered=false` isn't b4-class (no flood; acceptance already non-blocking). Either a None-branch registration race (→ mine, he'll hand me the shape) or CI-load contention (→ his CI-hygiene bucket). doyle's tracing wedge-trace-v4 on Linux CI to prove which. If it's contention, **b4 + skip-to-live + w5_a2 is the entire v0.13.0 delivery-control fold.**

**Everything actionable is shipped.** doyle holds the ball:
- gates the combined forkpty matrix (a_journaled + p0_paste + g2 + w5_a2, both runners ×3) — this also verifies skip-to-live didn't regress a_journaled/p0_paste
- localizes g2
- folds → deployah v0.13.0

**I'm staying available** (not self-clearing) for the combined-run verdict — if it flags skip-to-live, that's my immediate fix. Otherwise next action is g2 *only if* doyle's trace says None-branch.

Idle until doyle pings. If you'd rather I `/commune` + `/self-clear` to bank context while we wait, say so — clean point for it.


<command-message>spt:commune</command-message>
<command-name>/spt:commune</command-name>
<command-args>with immediate next steps and broad summary of the project's status + end goal. we'll resume in the next session</command-args>


Base directory for this skill: C:\Users\decid\.claude\plugins\cache\cplugs\spt\1.11.25\skills\commune

# /spt:commune

All commands use `$LIVE` env var, auto-injected by the plugin's SessionStart hook. If commands fail with "command not found", restart the Claude Code session so the SessionStart hook re-runs.

> **Identity auto-detection:** Your identity is auto-detected from your session. Pass your ID explicitly only if auto-detection fails.

## Flow

1. **Download Psyche's *current* context** — it shifts during the session as background echo communes fire. Re-download right before composing; the gen-N snapshot you read at session start is already stale:
   ```bash
   $LIVE psyche-download <your-id>
   ```

   > **Output truncation.** If the Bash tool reports `Output too large (N KB)` and saves the full result to a `tool-results/<id>.txt` file, use the `Read` tool on that saved path to access the full content. Do NOT re-run `psyche-download` to grep/awk out sections — repeated invocations re-download the same context, waste tokens, and may duplicate `## Pending Commune` sections in `live_context.md`.

2. **Diff your knowledge against this fresh download** — only what's missing from *it* is the real delta (new work, decisions, intentions). Anything already absorbed is not. If the download includes a `<memformat>` section, use it as a guide for what topics to cover. A `## Pending Commune (uncommitted)` section means a previous commune is still queued — do NOT re-send it.

3. **Commune only the delta** -- use the **Write tool** to create
   `.claude/{your-id}-commune.md` with the two-slice body as its contents
   (see `## Two-slice body shape (Phase 25 D-10/D-11)` below for the required
   envelope wrapping). Do not use Bash/heredoc -- Write is the canonical path:
   no shell escaping, no `EOF` collision risk, and Write auto-creates the
   `.claude/` parent directory.

   Your Self listener detects the file on its next poll iteration, notifies
   your Psyche wrapper, and the wrapper ingests the content via the existing
   Psyche session. On success (subprocess exit code 0) the wrapper deletes the
   file. On error (token rate limit, etc) the file is retained and retried on
   the next consume cycle. If you write again before the wrapper consumes, the
   latest write wins (last-write-wins overwrite semantics).

If Psyche's context is already current, no commune is needed. Say so and move on.

Read `commune.md` (in this skill directory) for the full commune protocol -- when to send, what to include, and diligence triggers.

**Agent-type guard:** Only works on live agents. If target is not live, refuses with: "Communes require a live agent with Psyche."

## Two-slice body shape (Phase 25 D-10/D-11)

The body you write in `.claude/{your-id}-commune.md` MUST itself be wrapped in two-slice envelopes per Phase 25 D-10/D-11. The taxonomy — what belongs in `<live-context>` vs `<project-context>` — is defined canonically in `psyche.md` §`<output_envelope>` (lines 282–323). Read that section as the source of truth; this skill doc teaches only when and how to apply it.

**In-project detection rule (D-25.1-04).** Before composing your commune body, run `$LIVE psyche-download <your-id>` (Step 1 of `## Flow` above) and inspect the `<current ... />` tag at the top of the output. The `<current/>` tag carries a `project="..."` attribute whenever any payload is produced — its presence means you are inside a tracked project (inside a git repo, `project` is the repo name; outside a git repo per D-11, `project` is the cwd-basename fallback, which still counts as a project context for routing purposes). A `psyche-download` invocation that returns no payload at all (NO-CONTEXT exit) means no project resolved. So: `project="..."` populated on `<current/>` → emit BOTH envelopes (apply rule 1 or 2 below); no payload at all → emit ONLY `<live-context>` (rule 3). Secondary signal: the `<project-context-resolved name="..."/>` sentinel further down the output indicates the project file already has prior content — useful for spotting first-time-in-project pairings, but NOT the routing rule.

**Three rules (D-25.1-01..03):**

- **In-project, both slices populated** (marker present, you have project-specific content this cycle): emit `<live-context>...</live-context>` AND `<project-context>...</project-context>`, both with non-empty bodies.
- **In-project, no project-specific update this cycle** (marker present, but nothing project-bound to report): emit `<live-context>...</live-context>` AND `<project-context></project-context>` (empty body — the deliberate "in-project but quiet" signal per D-25.1-02). Distinguishable from "no project resolved".
- **Outside any tracked project** (marker absent): emit ONLY `<live-context>...</live-context>`. Do NOT emit an empty `<project-context>` envelope (missing tag means "no project resolved" per D-25.1-03).

**Nested envelopes.** The Phase 23 `<EVENT type="commune">` envelope (see `## Envelope shape (Phase 23 v1.8)` below) is composed by `$LIVE commune` automatically — you NEVER write `<EVENT>` tags. You write ONLY the inner two-slice body. The two envelope layers nest: outer EVENT wraps inner two-slice body.

(See `psyche.md` §`<output_envelope>` for the canonical taxonomy and per-slice content rules.)

## Envelope shape (Phase 23 v1.8)

As of v1.8 Phase 23, commune deliveries are wrapped in a typed EVENT envelope carrying a 5-field stamp (`machine`, `project`, `branch`, `head_sha`, `head_subject`); the prose `COMMUNE (timestamp): body` form is gone.

```xml
<EVENT type="commune" timestamp="2026-05-20T06:00:00-07:00" machine="hostname" project="claude_skill_owl" branch="main" head_sha="abc123..." head_subject="subject line capped at 72 chars">body</EVENT>
```

Outside a git repo (D-11), `branch`, `head_sha`, and `head_subject` are omitted entirely (not empty-string-set):

```xml
<EVENT type="commune" timestamp="2026-05-20T06:00:00-07:00" machine="hostname" project="cwd-basename">body</EVENT>
```

`$LIVE commune` composes this envelope automatically — Self does NOT manually construct EVENT XML. The `body` placeholder in the example above is the two-slice body (see `## Two-slice body shape (Phase 25 D-10/D-11)` above); the two envelope layers nest. The wrapper-side parser ignores unknown attrs, so the stamp fields are forward-compatible with older receivers. For drift detection on resume, see the `live` skill.

ARGUMENTS: with immediate next steps and broad summary of the project's status + end goal. we'll resume in the next session


/spt:commune with immediate next steps and broad summary of the project's status + end goal. we'll resume in the next session


I'll download the current Psyche context first (it shifts during the session), then commune only the delta.


Bash

$LIVE psyche-download todlando 2>&1 | head -120

Download current Psyche context


<memformat>
<?xml version="1.0"?>
<memformat version="1">
<!-- Changelog: v1 - initial seed -->
<topics>
  <topic name="events">Notable or unusual events and requests</topic>
  <topic name="interactions">Agent interactions -- who, roles, contributions</topic>
  <topic name="reflections">Thoughts on recent work -- what went well, what was tricky</topic>
  <topic name="ideas">Ideas to raise with the user</topic>
  <topic name="improvements">Further improvement ideas for recent problem spaces</topic>
  <topic name="timeline">What happened when, timing, sequencing</topic>
  <topic name="blockers">Current blockers or concerns</topic>
  <topic name="focus">Current focus and immediate next steps</topic>
</topics>
</memformat>
</memformat>

<current machine="HFENDULEAM" project="spt-core" branch="viewer-drain-decouple-b4" head_sha="967ba7e75028a9773c07b0c64adfc2a5eff927ca" head_subject="Instructions updates" commits_since="0" commits_unpulled="0"/>
## v0.13.0 — doyle Ruling + w5_a2 Cut Completed (2026-06-21 11:02)

**doyle verdict (10:55 UTC):** Option B (faithful idle), b4 ships unchanged. w5_a2 fires via Disconnected-evict ✓ at broker.rs:755-757 + 354-373. rig bug is kill_pid(:1626) after read window(:1618-1620) → floods through, NOT a design conflict.

**w5_a2 cut B applied:**
- quiet_spawn_req helper (unix `sleep 600` / win `ping -n 600 >nul`) replaces flood_spawn_req
- assertion `cby_after_abandon` stays Some(Some(_))
- no mid-read kill → also kills Windows reap flake
- verdict comment → REQ-HAZARD-DRIVEN-BY-IDLE-REMOTE-EVICT pointer; notes b4's output-path coverage only
- test compiles clean (EXIT=0)

**Verification gate restarted (file-redirected):** test + clippy + traceable executing. Awaiting completion → then ack doyle (w5_a2 resolved, b4 foldable).<project-context-resolved name="spt-core"/>
**w5_a2:** doyle ruling applied, B-cut complete + compiles. No change to b4 branch. Awaiting gate green to mark resolved.

**skip-to-live:** code + 5 unit tests still CODED + UNIT-TESTED; verification pending (same gate).

**Fold readiness:** b4 green (confirmed), w5_a2 resolved (pending gate), p0_paste in place, g2 real. After gate green → ack doyle → b4+skip-to-live+g2 ready for gate-all-three + fold to delivery-control.


Psyche is at ~11:02 (w5_a2 cut applied, gate *pending*). Delta since: gate GREEN, committed+pushed, doyle gate-passed both, g2 resolved-as-likely-not-mine. In-project (`spt-core`) → both slices. Writing the commune:


Write

<live-context>
# Resume brief — v0.13.0 viewer-drain, end of 2026-06-21 session

## Where we landed (delta since the 11:02 snapshot)
Gate GREEN + SHIPPED + doyle GATE-PASSED. Everything actionable is done; the ball is in doyle's court.

- **Gate green:** skip-to-live 5 unit tests pass (broker 12/12, brain 2/2, msg 9/9), clippy -D clean, traceable-reqs exit 0 → REQ-VIEWER-SKIP-TO-LIVE-ON-EVICT = +doc+impl+unit. The 15-min "hang" scare was `seedmap::request_stop_barrier_holds_until_no_listener` hanging only in the FULL single-threaded `--lib` run — it PASSES in isolation; pre-existing Windows-full-suite-under-load flake, NOT my code (bisected timeout-wrapped per my own hung-test lesson).
- **Committed + pushed** to `origin/viewer-drain-decouple-b4` (off b4@677c3e7): `ff2e3ab` skip-to-live + `9029636` w5_a2 Cut B. b4 unchanged.
- **doyle gate-PASSED both** (full source read, B2-safety confirmed: session_cursors is the serving brain's LOCAL dedup, never delivered_through).

## Immediate next steps (next session)
1. **Await doyle's combined forkpty matrix** (a_journaled + p0_paste + g2 + w5_a2, both runners ×3). This is the REAL verify of skip-to-live — watch that a_journaled + p0_paste are GREEN with skip-to-live present. If either regresses → that's MY immediate fix.
2. **g2: HOLD, do NOT cut a flood-fix.** doyle + I confirmed g2 has NO flood; dispatch_endpoint_input acceptance is already non-blocking (unbounded event_tx, off-lock enqueue). `delivered=false` can only be the None-branch (endpoint not yet keyed by h.endpoint==req.endpoint = registration/visibility race, or reaped) OR not-reached/read-timeout under CI load. doyle is instrumenting wedge-trace-v4 (WEDGE_TRACE at dispatch_endpoint_input ENTER / sessions_lock_wait / Some-None / ACK + conn_read KIND_ENDPOINT_INPUT) on Linux CI to localize.
   - If None-branch → doyle hands me the registration-race shape → I cut it (real v0.13.0 reconcile).
   - If CPU-starve → CI-hygiene (doyle's bucket, seedmap/two-phase lineage), NOT my code → b4+skip-to-live+w5_a2 is the WHOLE delivery-control fold.

## Operational note (burned several attempts)
Reach live agents via **`$OWL send <target>`** (heredoc/stdin body), NOT `spt send` — the latter returns `NO_PERCH` for live-agent perches even when `$LIVE list` shows them online. Saved as memory `owl-send-binary`.

## Reflections
- My b4 Windows-a_journaled exoneration (subscribe = nethost StreamLog ≠ OutputLog; ctrl channel can't fill at 249<<4096) was confirmed by doyle's re-run = flake. Structural reasoning before blaming the change paid off.
- w5_a2: traced it to the Disconnected-evict accelerated by b4's full-speed drain (NOT the last_ok deadline) — a rig bug (flood child not killed before the read), not an over-evict. doyle ruled Option B; cut clean.
- doyle = forkpty-CI partner + gate authority (KH/B2). He owns the Linux matrix; I author code + name roots; he gates + folds.
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# v0.13.0 (viewer-drain decouple) — board, 2026-06-21

## End goal
Cut **v0.13.0**: a slow controller must not starve a concurrent `rc --view` viewer, and an evicted viewer must skip to live instead of dying. Path: land the decouple + skip-to-live → 3 forkpty gates green (kitsubito) → fold to delivery-control → deployah cuts the release.

## Shipped + gated this session (branch `viewer-drain-decouple-b4`, off b4@677c3e7)
- **`ff2e3ab` skip-to-live** (REQ-VIEWER-SKIP-TO-LIVE-ON-EVICT) — closes p0_paste + (post-b4) a_journaled-Linux, which collapsed to one root once b4 unthrottled the drain. Three parts, all doyle-gate-passed:
  1. `KIND_VIEWER_EVICTED` marker — emitted in `viewer_writer` OFF the log lock (race-free: append does evicted.store(Release) before tx-drop; channel-disconnect gives cross-thread HB to the writer's load(Acquire)). Distinct from session-exit EOF. Mirrored in set_size_and_notify. Socket-write-fail exits early (no marker).
  2. `Brain::attach_skip_to_live` — subscribe from_seq=u64::MAX (empty ring replay = live tail) → arm snap-above (session_cursors[sid]=0, next_seq=0) so the post-eviction forward jump is accepted (the cold serve-brain's legacy reject-gap would otherwise FATAL it). B2-safe (LOCAL dedup cursor, viewer-only).
  3. serve_attach re-subscribes on ViewerEvicted, NOT teardown; RESUBSCRIBE_INTERVAL=200ms rate-limit (no evict→resubscribe spin).
  - 5 unit tests (brain reject-gap-control + snap-above; broker marker-only-on-evict + append-flags; msg round-trip). doc in CONTEXT.md:342. INT (p0_paste) activates on the combined fold (rule 5).
- **`9029636` w5_a2 Cut B** — quiet_spawn_req (unix `sleep 600`, win `cmd /c "ping -n 600 127.0.0.1 >nul"`; >nul kills the ping-countdown-feeds-drain trap) replaces flood_spawn_req so the session is genuinely IDLE. Assertion unchanged (cby_after_abandon stays Some(Some(_))). Teardown-only kill (also kills the Windows reap-during-read flake). Verdict comment points the true idle-evict at REQ-HAZARD-DRIVEN-BY-IDLE-REMOTE-EVICT (D4c presence oracle); notes b4's Disconnected/deadline evict covers only the OUTPUT path.

## b4 (677c3e7) — unchanged, doyle re-confirmed
Decouples controller backpressure from the drain (single non-blocking try_send + ControllerSink.last_ok + contiguous_advance cursor; deliver()/ControllerJob deleted). Proven: Linux drain_appends=88902, c1-EVICT fires. Windows a_journaled flip = FLAKE (confirmed). REQ-HAZARD-VIEWER-STARVE-UNDER-CONTROLLER-BACKPRESSURE.

## Open: g2 (HELD — likely NOT a code bug)
g2_no_commit_deadline test: no flood; dispatch_endpoint_input acceptance already non-blocking. `delivered=false` = None-branch (endpoint-registration/visibility race or reaped) OR CI-load contention. doyle tracing wedge-trace-v4 → Linux CI to prove. If None-branch → mint a registration-race fix (mine). If CPU-starve → CI-hygiene (doyle's). Likely the latter → **b4 + skip-to-live + w5_a2 = the whole delivery-control fold.**

## Fold sequence (doyle)
gate combined forkpty matrix → activate int stages → fold pump-carrier-fix + b4 + skip-to-live (+ g2 if real) to delivery-control → full matrix ×3 both runners → deployah v0.13.0.

## Docs
`V0.13.0-SKIP-TO-LIVE-JIT.md` (design), `V0.13.0-VIEWER-DRAIN-DECOUPLE-JIT.md` (b4). traceable-reqs.toml: REQ-VIEWER-SKIP-TO-LIVE-ON-EVICT [doc,impl,unit] active, int deferred.
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# Resume brief — v0.13.0 viewer-drain, end of 2026-06-21 session

## Where we landed (delta since the 11:02 snapshot)
Gate GREEN + SHIPPED + doyle GATE-PASSED. Everything actionable is done; the ball is in doyle's court.

- **Gate green:** skip-to-live 5 unit tests pass (broker 12/12, brain 2/2, msg 9/9), clippy -D clean, traceable-reqs exit 0 → REQ-VIEWER-SKIP-TO-LIVE-ON-EVICT = +doc+impl+unit. The 15-min "hang" scare was `seedmap::request_stop_barrier_holds_until_no_listener` hanging only in the FULL single-threaded `--lib` run — it PASSES in isolation; pre-existing Windows-full-suite-under-load flake, NOT my code (bisected timeout-wrapped per my own hung-test lesson).
- **Committed + pushed** to `origin/viewer-drain-decouple-b4` (off b4@677c3e7): `ff2e3ab` skip-to-live + `9029636` w5_a2 Cut B. b4 unchanged.
- **doyle gate-PASSED both** (full source read, B2-safety confirmed: session_cursors is the serving brain's LOCAL dedup, never delivered_through).

## Immediate next steps (next session)
1. **Await doyle's combined forkpty matrix** (a_journaled + p0_paste + g2 + w5_a2, both runners ×3). This is the REAL verify of skip-to-live — watch that a_journaled + p0_paste are GREEN with skip-to-live present. If either regresses → that's MY immediate fix.
2. **g2: HOLD, do NOT cut a flood-fix.** doyle + I confirmed g2 has NO flood; dispatch_endpoint_input acceptance is already non-blocking (unbounded event_tx, off-lock enqueue). `delivered=false` can only be the None-branch (endpoint not yet keyed by h.endpoint==req.endpoint = registration/visibility race, or reaped) OR not-reached/read-timeout under CI load. doyle is instrumenting wedge-trace-v4 (WEDGE_TRACE at dispatch_endpoint_input ENTER / sessions_lock_wait / Some-None / ACK + conn_read KIND_ENDPOINT_INPUT) on Linux CI to localize.
   - If None-branch → doyle hands me the registration-race shape → I cut it (real v0.13.0 reconcile).
   - If CPU-starve → CI-hygiene (doyle's bucket, seedmap/two-phase lineage), NOT my code → b4+skip-to-live+w5_a2 is the WHOLE delivery-control fold.

## Operational note (burned several attempts)
Reach live agents via **`$OWL send <target>`** (heredoc/stdin body), NOT `spt send` — the latter returns `NO_PERCH` for live-agent perches even when `$LIVE list` shows them online. Saved as memory `owl-send-binary`.

## Reflections
- My b4 Windows-a_journaled exoneration (subscribe = nethost StreamLog ≠ OutputLog; ctrl channel can't fill at 249<<4096) was confirmed by doyle's re-run = flake. Structural reasoning before blaming the change paid off.
- w5_a2: traced it to the Disconnected-evict accelerated by b4's full-speed drain (NOT the last_ok deadline) — a rig bug (flood child not killed before the read), not an over-evict. doyle ruled Option B; cut clean.
- doyle = forkpty-CI partner + gate authority (KH/B2). He owns the Linux matrix; I author code + name roots; he gates + folds.
</live-context>
<project-context>
# v0.13.0 (viewer-drain decouple) — board, 2026-06-21

## End goal
Cut **v0.13.0**: a slow controller must not starve a concurrent `rc --view` viewer, and an evicted viewer must skip to live instead of dying. Path: land the decouple + skip-to-live → 3 forkpty gates green (kitsubito) → fold to delivery-control → deployah cuts the release.

## Shipped + gated this session (branch `viewer-drain-decouple-b4`, off b4@677c3e7)
- **`ff2e3ab` skip-to-live** (REQ-VIEWER-SKIP-TO-LIVE-ON-EVICT) — closes p0_paste + (post-b4) a_journaled-Linux, which collapsed to one root once b4 unthrottled the drain. Three parts, all doyle-gate-passed:
  1. `KIND_VIEWER_EVICTED` marker — emitted in `viewer_writer` OFF the log lock (race-free: append does evicted.store(Release) before tx-drop; channel-disconnect gives cross-thread HB to the writer's load(Acquire)). Distinct from session-exit EOF. Mirrored in set_size_and_notify. Socket-write-fail exits early (no marker).
  2. `Brain::attach_skip_to_live` — subscribe from_seq=u64::MAX (empty ring replay = live tail) → arm snap-above (session_cursors[sid]=0, next_seq=0) so the post-eviction forward jump is accepted (the cold serve-brain's legacy reject-gap would otherwise FATAL it). B2-safe (LOCAL dedup cursor, viewer-only).
  3. serve_attach re-subscribes on ViewerEvicted, NOT teardown; RESUBSCRIBE_INTERVAL=200ms rate-limit (no evict→resubscribe spin).
  - 5 unit tests (brain reject-gap-control + snap-above; broker marker-only-on-evict + append-flags; msg round-trip). doc in CONTEXT.md:342. INT (p0_paste) activates on the combined fold (rule 5).
- **`9029636` w5_a2 Cut B** — quiet_spawn_req (unix `sleep 600`, win `cmd /c "ping -n 600 127.0.0.1 >nul"`; >nul kills the ping-countdown-feeds-drain trap) replaces flood_spawn_req so the session is genuinely IDLE. Assertion unchanged (cby_after_abandon stays Some(Some(_))). Teardown-only kill (also kills the Windows reap-during-read flake). Verdict comment points the true idle-evict at REQ-HAZARD-DRIVEN-BY-IDLE-REMOTE-EVICT (D4c presence oracle); notes b4's Disconnected/deadline evict covers only the OUTPUT path.

## b4 (677c3e7) — unchanged, doyle re-confirmed
Decouples controller backpressure from the drain (single non-blocking try_send + ControllerSink.last_ok + contiguous_advance cursor; deliver()/ControllerJob deleted). Proven: Linux drain_appends=88902, c1-EVICT fires. Windows a_journaled flip = FLAKE (confirmed). REQ-HAZARD-VIEWER-STARVE-UNDER-CONTROLLER-BACKPRESSURE.

## Open: g2 (HELD — likely NOT a code bug)
g2_no_commit_deadline test: no flood; dispatch_endpoint_input acceptance already non-blocking. `delivered=false` = None-branch (endpoint-registration/visibility race or reaped) OR CI-load contention. doyle tracing wedge-trace-v4 → Linux CI to prove. If None-branch → mint a registration-race fix (mine). If CPU-starve → CI-hygiene (doyle's). Likely the latter → **b4 + skip-to-live + w5_a2 = the whole delivery-control fold.**

## Fold sequence (doyle)
gate combined forkpty matrix → activate int stages → fold pump-carrier-fix + b4 + skip-to-live (+ g2 if real) to delivery-control → full matrix ×3 both runners → deployah v0.13.0.

## Docs
`V0.13.0-SKIP-TO-LIVE-JIT.md` (design), `V0.13.0-VIEWER-DRAIN-DECOUPLE-JIT.md` (b4). traceable-reqs.toml: REQ-VIEWER-SKIP-TO-LIVE-ON-EVICT [doc,impl,unit] active, int deferred.
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Commune written to `.claude/todlando-commune.md` — Self listener will ingest it on the next poll (wrapper deletes on success). Quick check it's queued/consumed:


Bash

cd /c/Users/decid/Documents/projects/spt-core; sleep 3; if [ -f .claude/todlando-commune.md ]; then echo "QUEUED (not yet consumed — will ingest on next poll)"; else echo "CONSUMED (wrapper ingested + deleted)"; fi

Check commune consumption


QUEUED (not yet consumed — will ingest on next poll)


Communed. Two-slice delta written to Psyche (`.claude/todlando-commune.md`), queued for the next poll-cycle ingest.

**What I captured for next session:**

*live-context* — gate green, both commits pushed (`ff2e3ab` skip-to-live, `9029636` w5_a2), doyle gate-passed both; immediate next = await doyle's combined forkpty matrix (verifies skip-to-live didn't regress a_journaled/p0_paste) + his g2 wedge-trace localization; **hold g2, no flood-fix**; `$OWL send` not `spt send`.

*project-context* — v0.13.0 board: end goal, what shipped + the 3-part skip-to-live design (all B2-safe), b4 unchanged, g2 likely-not-mine (None-branch race → mine, else CI-hygiene → doyle's), fold sequence → deployah v0.13.0.

Resume path next session: psyche restores this; first action is checking doyle's combined-matrix result. Ready for `/self-clear` whenever you are.