220	            Ok(())
221	        }
222	        #[cfg(unix)]
223	        {
224	            res.map_err(SurfaceError::Io)
225	        }
226	    }
227
228	    /// The child's OS process id, if the backend exposes one.
229	    pub fn process_id(&self) -> Option<u32> {
230	        self.pid
231	    }
232	}
233
234	// [impl->REQ-TERM-1]
235	impl SessionSurface for PtySession {
236	    fn write_input(&self, bytes: &[u8]) -> Result<(), SurfaceError> {
237	        let mut w = self.writer.lock().unwrap();
238	        w.write_all(bytes).map_err(SurfaceError::Io)?;
239	        w.flush().map_err(SurfaceError::Io)
240	    }
241
242	    fn resize(&self, size: SurfaceSize) -> Result<(), SurfaceError> {
243	        // Hold the master lock so resize never races a concurrent reader/resize
244	        // (Spike #5: resize races the reader on Windows).
245	        self.master
246	            .lock()
247	            .unwrap()
248	            .resize(size.into())
249	            .map_err(|e| SurfaceError::Io(io_other(e)))
250	    }
251	}
252
253	/// Fold a `portable-pty` error (a private `anyhow::Error` alias) into a
254	/// `std::io::Error` so the crate's public surface never leaks `anyhow`. Generic
255	/// over `Display` to avoid naming the un-exported error type.
256	fn io_other<E: std::fmt::Display>(e: E) -> std::io::Error {
257	    std::io::Error::other(e.to_string())
258	}
259

            Ok(())
        }
        #[cfg(unix)]
        {
            res.map_err(SurfaceError::Io)
        }
    }

    /// The child's OS process id, if the backend exposes one.
    pub fn process_id(&self) -> Option<u32> {
        self.pid
    }
}

// [impl->REQ-TERM-1]
impl SessionSurface for PtySession {
    fn write_input(&self, bytes: &[u8]) -> Result<(), SurfaceError> {
        let mut w = self.writer.lock().unwrap();
        w.write_all(bytes).map_err(SurfaceError::Io)?;
        w.flush().map_err(SurfaceError::Io)
    }

    fn resize(&self, size: SurfaceSize) -> Result<(), SurfaceError> {
        // Hold the master lock so resize never races a concurrent reader/resize
        // (Spike #5: resize races the reader on Windows).
        self.master
            .lock()
            .unwrap()
            .resize(size.into())
            .map_err(|e| SurfaceError::Io(io_other(e)))
    }
}

/// Fold a `portable-pty` error (a private `anyhow::Error` alias) into a
/// `std::io::Error` so the crate's public surface never leaks `anyhow`. Generic
/// over `Display` to avoid naming the un-exported error type.
fn io_other<E: std::fmt::Display>(e: E) -> std::io::Error {
    std::io::Error::other(e.to_string())
}


Grep

fn write_input|\.lock\(\)|Mutex<|struct PtySession|struct SessionSurface|surface|fn read|fn output


6://! writer, and serves the [`SessionSurface`] contract. It is **single-surface
14://! `Arc<Mutex<…>>` so the A2 DSR drain thread can answer ConPTY's startup
23:use crate::surface::{SessionSurface, SurfaceError, SurfaceSize};
27:pub(crate) type SharedWriter = Arc<Mutex<Box<dyn Write + Send>>>;
35:pub struct PtySession {
37:    master: Mutex<Box<dyn MasterPty + Send>>,
41:    child: Mutex<Box<dyn Child + Send + Sync>>,
44:    killer: Mutex<Box<dyn ChildKiller + Send + Sync>>,
46:    reader: Mutex<Option<Box<dyn Read + Send>>>,
180:            .lock()
196:            .lock()
204:        self.child.lock().unwrap().wait().map_err(SurfaceError::Io)
211:        let res = self.killer.lock().unwrap().kill();
236:    fn write_input(&self, bytes: &[u8]) -> Result<(), SurfaceError> {
237:        let mut w = self.writer.lock().unwrap();
246:            .lock()
254:/// `std::io::Error` so the crate's public surface never leaks `anyhow`. Generic


**Holder CONFIRMED** — pty.rs:236-240, `write_input` locks `self.writer` and holds it **across the blocking `write_all` + flush**:
```rust
fn write_input(&self, bytes: &[u8]) -> Result<(), SurfaceError> {
    let mut w = self.writer.lock().unwrap();
    w.write_all(bytes)...?;   // BLOCKS forever when the IGNORES-stdin child's PTY buffer fills
    w.flush()...
}
```
So one parked `write_input` holds `self.writer` indefinitely. **But the puzzle**: `PtySession` has separate mutexes (master/child/killer/reader/writer); the output/attach path uses `self.reader`/OutputLog, NOT `self.writer`. So I need to find what on the subscribe path also takes `self.writer` (or what broker lock wraps write_input). Acking + grepping the write_input callers / controller-attach path.


Bash

$OWL send doyle <<'EOF'
HOLDER CONFIRMED (pty.rs:236-240): write_input locks self.writer and holds it ACROSS the blocking write_all+flush. On the IGNORES-stdin flood child the PTY input buffer fills -> write_all parks FOREVER -> self.writer held forever. That's the lock-across-blocking-write, surviving below the W1b journal fix. Matches gdb Thread10 parked in write_input.

BUT a PUZZLE I need your cap-run gdb to close: PtySession has SEPARATE mutexes (pty.rs:35-46: master/child/killer/reader/writer). write_input only takes `writer`. The OUTPUT/attach path reads `self.reader` + OutputLog — NOT `writer`. dispatch_subscribe takes sessions-lock(1us)+log-lock(1us)+resolve_subscribe (OutputLog only). So from source, a held `writer` lock does NOT obviously block the subscribe.

=> The missing link: in the cap@5000-IDLE wedge, WHICH lock is the subscribe-servicing thread parked on? Two possibilities:
(1) Something on the controller-attach path DOES call write_input (locks `writer`) — e.g. a wake/echo/initial-write on become-controller, or the floor-flush, or a resize that writes. Then it parks on the held `writer`. I'm grepping all session.write_input callers + the become_controller/attach path now to find it.
(2) It's a DIFFERENT shared lock (not `writer`) that the input path holds across write_input at the BROKER layer (InputWriter/session handle), and the subscribe needs it.

YOUR gdb frame for the parked subscribe/attacher thread (what mutex addr + which lock) vs the write_input holder's `writer` addr = instantly tells (1) vs (2). If same addr as Thread10's writer lock -> (1), find the write_input-on-attach-path. Send that frame. I'm tracing the broker-side write_input callers to pre-empt it. Real root is here — PtySession writer-lock-across-blocking-write. -todlando
EOF

Ack holder-confirmed + puzzle + ask cap-run gdb frame


➜ SENT:doyle


Grepping all `write_input` callers + the become_controller/attach path to find whether the subscribe path writes input (parking on the held `writer` lock).


crates\spt-daemon\src\broker.rs:358:    fn become_controller(&mut self, sub: SharedSend, by: Option<String>, from_seq: u64) {
crates\spt-daemon\src\broker.rs:414:    fn add_viewer(&mut self, sub: SharedSend, from_seq: u64) {
crates\spt-daemon\src\broker.rs:809:    /// `write_input`. Every dispatch-side write ENQUEUES here and returns at once,
crates\spt-daemon\src\broker.rs:854:/// the blocking [`SessionSurface::write_input`]; every other site enqueues a
crates\spt-daemon\src\broker.rs:931:/// [`SessionSurface::write_input`] — the ONE place that touches the PTY writer. A
crates\spt-daemon\src\broker.rs:937:        let _ = session.write_input(&bytes);
crates\spt-daemon\src\broker.rs:965:/// then drain `{key}`/`{text}`/`{delay_ms}` into `session.write_input` until
crates\spt-daemon\src\broker.rs:1421:        // blocking `write_input`. Every dispatch-side write enqueues here, so a
crates\spt-daemon\src\broker.rs:2373:    /// `input_writer` loop (`while let Ok(b) = rx.recv() { surface.write_input(&b) }`).
crates\spt-daemon\src\broker.rs:2381:        /// A stub PTY write seam: appends every `write_input` to a shared Vec, in
crates\spt-daemon\src\broker.rs:2385:            fn write_input(&self, bytes: &[u8]) -> Result<(), SurfaceError> {
crates\spt-daemon\src\broker.rs:2418:            surface.write_input(&bytes).unwrap();
crates\spt-daemon\src\translation.rs:166:/// `Mutex` and does the actual `write_input` off-lock (the W1 lesson: never block


**Refutation found (saves doyle time):** broker.rs:931 comment + :937 — `session.write_input` is called **ONLY** by the `input_writer` thread ("the ONE place that touches the PTY writer"). `become_controller`/`add_viewer`/the subscribe path do NOT call `write_input` or lock `self.writer`. And `input_writer` (935-938) holds **no broker lock** across the blocking write — just `self.writer` internally. So from source, the held `self.writer` does NOT block the subscribe (which takes only sessions+log locks). Both of doyle's "shared writer lock" possibilities are refuted by code → the park must be elsewhere. Sending this so doyle redirects his gdb.


$OWL send doyle <<'EOF'
REFUTATION (redirect your spt_term read): self.writer is NOT shared with the subscribe path.
- broker.rs:931 explicitly: write_input is "the ONE place that touches the PTY writer", and the ONLY caller is the input_writer thread (broker.rs:937 `session.write_input(&bytes)` in `while let Ok(b)=rx.recv()`). become_controller(358)/add_viewer(414)/dispatch_subscribe do NOT call write_input or lock self.writer.
- input_writer (935-938) holds NO broker lock across the blocking write — it just calls write_input, which locks self.writer INTERNALLY (pty.rs:237) and parks. So no broker-level lock is held across the park either.
=> A held self.writer canNOT block dispatch_subscribe (which only takes sessions-lock + log-lock + OutputLog). Possibility (1) shared-writer AND (2) broker-lock-across-write_input are BOTH refuted by source.

So the cap@5000-idle wedge is NOT the writer lock. The park is elsewhere. Your gdb of the cap-idle wedged state is now the ONLY way to localize — please grab: which thread is servicing the attacher's subscribe (its handle_conn), and EXACTLY what is it parked on (mutex addr + symbol)? Candidates given the code:
- self.sessions Mutex (broker.rs:1578 dispatch_subscribe locks it) — is some OTHER thread holding sessions.lock while blocked? (e.g. dispatch_input/drain/spawn holding it across a blocking op.)
- a bounded CHANNEL: become_controller starts a controller-writer thread + sends an initial batch; or the InputWriter enqueue path — is the subscribe blocked on a full bounded channel send, not a mutex?
- the attacher conn's read/write half (recv_hello/read_frame) — is the conn setup itself stuck?
My v2 conn-probe (conn_open/conn_hello/conn_read vs appends) would ALSO show if the attacher's handler even starts/reads in the cap-idle case — might be worth running it on the CAP build, since "subscribe never logged" vs "logged-but-late" still discriminates accept-starve vs dispatch-block even in quiet. Your call. Send the parked frame + I'll pin it. -todlando
EOF

Send writer-lock refutation + redirect to doyle


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<owl_message from="doyle" priority="high">ISOLATION DECISIVE: swapped flood child -> `sleep 600` (ignores stdin so input PARKS, but ZERO output). a_journaled STILL subscribed=false. So OUTPUT FLOOD IS RULED OUT — parked INPUT ALONE wedges the concurrent attach, on an otherwise QUIET broker. Not CPU, not output-delivery, not ack, not OutputLog/SendHalf, not HOL-behind-flood. The single parked write_input (self.writer Mutex held across the blocking write_all, pty.rs:238) is the only blocking thing — and the subscribe still can't complete.

This is the cleanest possible repro (quiet broker + one parked input write). Running gdb on THIS scenario now to see exactly what the attacher's subscribe thread is blocked on with no output-flood noise. Hypothesis: the attach/subscribe path acquires self.writer (or a session lock the parked write_input holds) — e.g. an attach-time resize/handoff/initial-write. Will send the attacher thread's exact park. THIS should finally pin the lock. v2 conn-probe still moot (not flood-timing). -doyle</owl_message>
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doyle (high-priority) — **ISOLATION DECISIVE**: swapped flood child → `sleep 600` (parks input, ZERO output). a_journaled STILL subscribed=false. **Output flood RULED OUT** — one parked `write_input` (self.writer Mutex held across the blocking write_all, pty.rs:238) alone wedges the concurrent attach on a quiet broker. Cleanest possible repro. He's gdb'ing it; hypothesis = the attach/subscribe path acquires self.writer (attach-time resize/handoff/initial-write).

My earlier refutation said become_controller/dispatch_subscribe don't call write_input — but with this clean repro proving self.writer is the only blocker, I must've missed a path. Acking + reading become_controller + the full attach path for any self.writer/PtySession touch.


358	    fn become_controller(&mut self, sub: SharedSend, by: Option<String>, from_seq: u64) {
359	        // Drop the prior controller sink first (its writer's live loop ends when
360	        // tx drops), and bump the generation so (a) an in-flight deadline-evict
361	        // for the old controller can't unseat this one and (b) a prior writer
362	        // still flushing its initial batch returns before its next frame.
363	        self.controller = None;
364	        let epoch = self.controller_epoch.fetch_add(1, Ordering::AcqRel) + 1;
365	        // Ring replay = the writer thread's initial batch (owned by the thread,
366	        // NOT pushed through the live channel — replay must never block the drain).
367	        let initial: Vec<(u64, Vec<u8>)> = self
368	            .ring
369	            .iter()
370	            .filter(|(s, _)| *s >= from_seq)
371	            .cloned()
372	            .collect();
373	        let (tx, rx) = sync_channel::<CtrlMsg>(CONTROLLER_CHANNEL_DEPTH);
374	        let writer_send = Arc::clone(&sub);
375	        let dt = Arc::clone(&self.delivered_through);
376	        let epoch_gate = Arc::clone(&self.controller_epoch);
377	        let sid = self.session_id;
378	        let writer =
379	            thread::spawn(move || controller_writer(sid, writer_send, initial, rx, dt, epoch, epoch_gate));
380	        self.controller = Some(ControllerSink {
381	            tx,
382	            send: sub,
383	            by,
384	            _writer: writer,
385	        });
386	        self.stamp_driven_by();
387	    }
388
389	    /// Detach the controller and UNLATCH the perch — the ONE unlatch path shared
390	    /// by W1's deadline-evict ([`mark_controller_gone`]), [`detach_if`], and (per
391	    /// the W1↔W5 synergy) W5's reconcile self-heal. Dropping the sink ends its
392	    /// writer thread; clearing the slot re-stamps `driven_by` to `None` (so an
393	    /// `ONLINE+CONTROLLED` latch cannot outlive a gone controller).
394	    fn clear_controller(&mut self) {
395	        if self.controller.take().is_some() {
396	            self.stamp_driven_by();
397	        }
398	    }
399
400	    /// Deadline-evict path (W1): the drain observed a fully-stalled controller and
401	    /// timed out its `send_timeout`. Detach it — but ONLY if it is still the same
402	    /// controller generation the drain saw (`epoch`), so a NEWER controller that
403	    /// attached during the stall is never unseated.
404	    fn mark_controller_gone(&mut self, epoch: u64) {
405	        if self.controller_epoch.load(Ordering::Acquire) == epoch {
406	            self.clear_controller();
407	        }
408	    }
409
410	    /// Add a read-only viewer: snapshot the ring from `from_seq` into the writer
411	    /// thread (NOT through the bounded live queue — replay must not trip the
412	    /// overflow eviction), seed it the current size frame first, then run the
413	    /// live queue. The drain thread fans live frames in via `try_send`.
414	    fn add_viewer(&mut self, sub: SharedSend, from_seq: u64) {
415	        let vid = self.next_viewer_id;
416	        self.next_viewer_id += 1;
417	        // The size frame + the ring replay are the writer's initial batch (owned

    fn become_controller(&mut self, sub: SharedSend, by: Option<String>, from_seq: u64) {
        // Drop the prior controller sink first (its writer's live loop ends when
        // tx drops), and bump the generation so (a) an in-flight deadline-evict
        // for the old controller can't unseat this one and (b) a prior writer
        // still flushing its initial batch returns before its next frame.
        self.controller = None;
        let epoch = self.controller_epoch.fetch_add(1, Ordering::AcqRel) + 1;
        // Ring replay = the writer thread's initial batch (owned by the thread,
        // NOT pushed through the live channel — replay must never block the drain).
        let initial: Vec<(u64, Vec<u8>)> = self
            .ring
            .iter()
            .filter(|(s, _)| *s >= from_seq)
            .cloned()
            .collect();
        let (tx, rx) = sync_channel::<CtrlMsg>(CONTROLLER_CHANNEL_DEPTH);
        let writer_send = Arc::clone(&sub);
        let dt = Arc::clone(&self.delivered_through);
        let epoch_gate = Arc::clone(&self.controller_epoch);
        let sid = self.session_id;
        let writer =
            thread::spawn(move || controller_writer(sid, writer_send, initial, rx, dt, epoch, epoch_gate));
        self.controller = Some(ControllerSink {
            tx,
            send: sub,
            by,
            _writer: writer,
        });
        self.stamp_driven_by();
    }

    /// Detach the controller and UNLATCH the perch — the ONE unlatch path shared
    /// by W1's deadline-evict ([`mark_controller_gone`]), [`detach_if`], and (per
    /// the W1↔W5 synergy) W5's reconcile self-heal. Dropping the sink ends its
    /// writer thread; clearing the slot re-stamps `driven_by` to `None` (so an
    /// `ONLINE+CONTROLLED` latch cannot outlive a gone controller).
    fn clear_controller(&mut self) {
        if self.controller.take().is_some() {
            self.stamp_driven_by();
        }
    }

    /// Deadline-evict path (W1): the drain observed a fully-stalled controller and
    /// timed out its `send_timeout`. Detach it — but ONLY if it is still the same
    /// controller generation the drain saw (`epoch`), so a NEWER controller that
    /// attached during the stall is never unseated.
    fn mark_controller_gone(&mut self, epoch: u64) {
        if self.controller_epoch.load(Ordering::Acquire) == epoch {
            self.clear_controller();
        }
    }

    /// Add a read-only viewer: snapshot the ring from `from_seq` into the writer
    /// thread (NOT through the bounded live queue — replay must not trip the
    /// overflow eviction), seed it the current size frame first, then run the
    /// live queue. The drain thread fans live frames in via `try_send`.
    fn add_viewer(&mut self, sub: SharedSend, from_seq: u64) {
        let vid = self.next_viewer_id;
        self.next_viewer_id += 1;
        // The size frame + the ring replay are the writer's initial batch (owned


become_controller (358-387) re-confirmed: manages the controller sink/channel/ring-replay/epoch + `stamp_driven_by` (perch file write) — **no PtySession/self.writer touch**. And write_input is grep-confirmed input_writer-ONLY (broker.rs:937 sole caller). So the writer lock is definitively NOT shared with the subscribe path. Reporting this + a sharper next step.


$OWL send doyle <<'EOF'
WRITER-LOCK REFUTED AGAIN (don't chase it): become_controller (broker.rs:358-387) touches NO PtySession/self.writer — it builds the controller sink (sync_channel, spawns controller_writer, ring replay from self.ring, bumps epoch, stamp_driven_by=perch file write). add_viewer same (seeds size frame, no PTY write). And write_input has exactly ONE caller, the input_writer thread (broker.rs:937). So self.writer is provably NOT on the subscribe path. The parked write_input holding self.writer cannot, by source, block dispatch_subscribe.

So in your clean sleep-600 repro the subscribe must be wedged by something OTHER than self.writer. TWO high-value checks for your gdb of the clean repro:
1. DUMP BOTH PROCESSES' threads — not just the broker. The TEST ATTACHER is a separate Brain process doing request_attach/serve_attach. If the attacher's OWN thread is parked (e.g. it sends a setup send_effect/input and blocks waiting on something, or its attach handshake does a round-trip whose reply needs the parked input path), the wedge is attacher-side, not broker-side. Check where the ATTACHER thread sits, not only the broker's dispatch_subscribe thread.
2. RUN THE v2 CONN-PROBE ON THE CLEAN (sleep-600) BUILD — here it is NOT flood-timing, it answers the still-unknown: is the attacher's SUBSCRIBE frame ever even READ by handle_conn (conn_read logs?) and does it reach dispatch_subscribe (the existing subscribe line logs?)?
   - conn_read never logs => the attacher conn handler never reads the subscribe (conn-level/transport block, or the attacher never SENT it because the attacher is stuck).
   - conn_read logs but subscribe-resolve never logs => blocked INSIDE dispatch_subscribe (sessions/log lock — then WHO holds it?).
   - both log => broker resolved it; the reply or the attacher's receipt is the wedge.
That single run + the two-process stack pins it. wedge-trace-v2 is pushed + ready. Send the stacks. -todlando
EOF

Report refutation + propose two-process gdb + clean-repro conn-probe


While doyle gdb's the clean repro, reading the test attacher's exact operations (possibility-c: is the attacher itself stuck — sending setup input / blocking on a round-trip that needs the parked input path?).


552	            // is no ACK frame to read and none to self-contend on the SendHalf.
553	            let _ = w.read_event_until(Some(std::time::Instant::now() + Duration::from_millis(20)));
554	        }
555	    });
556
557	    // Give the driver time to get a journaled write in-flight (and, on Unix, to
558	    // park write_input under the journal lock).
559	    thread::sleep(Duration::from_secs(2));
560
561	    // ── The CONCURRENT `spt rc` attach: a SEPARATE operator connection requests a
562	    //    real attach over a loopback conn, subscribes, and (via serve_attach)
563	    //    receives the child's output. Run on its own thread so the OUTER
564	    //    recv_timeout watchdog bounds the whole gate — a wedged subscribe (facet B,
565	    //    the "brain IPC read deadline elapsed" symptom) surfaces as a clean test
566	    //    failure, never a hang. ──
567	    let (result_tx, result_rx) = std::sync::mpsc::channel::<(bool, bool)>();
568	    let attach_name = name.clone();
569	    let attacher = thread::spawn(move || {
570	        // The operator is a plain Whole conn (the proven attach-test carrier): its
571	        // request/subscribe are request-reply, so a blocking read that NEVER
572	        // returns IS the facet-B wedge — and the OUTER `recv_timeout(30s)` watchdog
573	        // converts that into a clean test FAILURE (subscribed never reported),
574	        // never a hang. No fragile pump-poison semantics on the servicing path.
575	        let mut operator = match Brain::cold_start(&attach_name, 1) {
576	            Ok(b) => b,
577	            Err(_) => {
578	                let _ = result_tx.send((false, false));
579	                return;
580	            }
581	        };
582	        let dialed = match operator.net_dial_loopback() {
583	            Ok(d) => d,
584	            Err(_) => {
585	                let _ = result_tx.send((false, false));
586	                return;
587	            }
588	        };
589	        let own_origin = dialed.remote_id_hex.clone();
590	        let stream_b = match request_attach(
591	            &mut operator,
592	            dialed.conn_id,
593	            sid,
594	            0,
595	            2,
596	            AttachIntent::Viewer, // a read-only rc --view: receives output, no journaled input
597	        ) {
598	            Ok(s) => s,
599	            Err(_) => {
600	                let _ = result_tx.send((false, false));
601	                return;
602	            }
603	        };
604	        // The subscribe reply is the first servicing proof: a wedged dispatch
605	        // never answers it; the outer recv_timeout watchdog then fails the gate.
606	        let subscribed = operator.net_stream_subscribe(stream_b, 0).is_ok();

            // is no ACK frame to read and none to self-contend on the SendHalf.
            let _ = w.read_event_until(Some(std::time::Instant::now() + Duration::from_millis(20)));
        }
    });

    // Give the driver time to get a journaled write in-flight (and, on Unix, to
    // park write_input under the journal lock).
    thread::sleep(Duration::from_secs(2));

    // ── The CONCURRENT `spt rc` attach: a SEPARATE operator connection requests a
    //    real attach over a loopback conn, subscribes, and (via serve_attach)
    //    receives the child's output. Run on its own thread so the OUTER
    //    recv_timeout watchdog bounds the whole gate — a wedged subscribe (facet B,
    //    the "brain IPC read deadline elapsed" symptom) surfaces as a clean test
    //    failure, never a hang. ──
    let (result_tx, result_rx) = std::sync::mpsc::channel::<(bool, bool)>();
    let attach_name = name.clone();
    let attacher = thread::spawn(move || {
        // The operator is a plain Whole conn (the proven attach-test carrier): its
        // request/subscribe are request-reply, so a blocking read that NEVER
        // returns IS the facet-B wedge — and the OUTER `recv_timeout(30s)` watchdog
        // converts that into a clean test FAILURE (subscribed never reported),
        // never a hang. No fragile pump-poison semantics on the servicing path.
        let mut operator = match Brain::cold_start(&attach_name, 1) {
            Ok(b) => b,
            Err(_) => {
                let _ = result_tx.send((false, false));
                return;
            }
        };
        let dialed = match operator.net_dial_loopback() {
            Ok(d) => d,
            Err(_) => {
                let _ = result_tx.send((false, false));
                return;
            }
        };
        let own_origin = dialed.remote_id_hex.clone();
        let stream_b = match request_attach(
            &mut operator,
            dialed.conn_id,
            sid,
            0,
            2,
            AttachIntent::Viewer, // a read-only rc --view: receives output, no journaled input
        ) {
            Ok(s) => s,
            Err(_) => {
                let _ = result_tx.send((false, false));
                return;
            }
        };
        // The subscribe reply is the first servicing proof: a wedged dispatch
        // never answers it; the outer recv_timeout watchdog then fails the gate.
        let subscribed = operator.net_stream_subscribe(stream_b, 0).is_ok();


**KEY:** the attacher subscribes as `AttachIntent::Viewer` over `net_dial_loopback` → `request_attach` → **`net_stream_subscribe`** (line 606) — i.e. `KIND_NET_STREAM_SUBSCRIBE` → `dispatch_net_stream_subscribe` (broker.rs:1357), **NOT** the `dispatch_subscribe` (1584) I instrumented! The "subscribe ... log_lock_wait" traces were a different (UDS) subscribe. The real attacher handler is unexamined. Reading dispatch_net_stream_subscribe.


1373	        // Brain gone: detach as subscriber but leave the sessions running.
1374	        let sessions = self.sessions.lock().unwrap();
1375	        for id in &my_subs {
1376	            if let Some(h) = sessions.get(id) {
1377	                h.log.lock().unwrap().detach_if(&send);
1378	            }
1379	        }
1380	        drop(sessions);
1381	        // Same for net streams: the streams + their rings persist (D4b).
1382	        if let Some(host) = self.net.get() {
1383	            for id in &my_stream_subs {
1384	                host.detach_stream_sub(*id, &send);
1385	            }
1386	            // And presence: the liveness log + its ring persist (D4c).
1387	            if my_presence_sub {
1388	                host.detach_presence_sub(&send);
1389	            }
1390	        }
1391	        Ok(())
1392	    }
1393
1394	    /// Spawn a child under a fresh PTY, register it, auto-subscribe the spawning
1395	    /// connection, start its output drain and exit waiter, and reply `spawned`.
1396	    /// Every hosted session gets its **own** drain + exit-waiter threads (KH
1397	    /// 7.4): a hung child blocks only its own threads — shell instances ride
1398	    /// exactly this isolation (one owner's hung shell binary stalls neither
1399	    /// another owner's delivery nor the broker's control dispatch).
1400	    // [impl->REQ-HAZARD-DAEMON-SCHED-NONBLOCKING]
1401	    fn dispatch_spawn(&self, env: Envelope, send: &SharedSend) -> Result<u64, String> {
1402	        let req: SpawnReq =
1403	            serde_json::from_value(env.payload).map_err(|e| format!("bad spawn payload: {e}"))?;
1404	        // REQ-HOST-RUN-2: spawn in the requested project cwd when carried;
1405	        // `None` inherits the broker's cwd (legacy/test + W1 bringup shortcut).
1406	        // Inject the manifest [env] vars (REQ-HAZARD-ENV-SUBST) on top of the
1407	        // inherited env — empty for a legacy/N-1 spawn (inherit only).
1408	        let session = PtySession::spawn_program_in_env(
1409	            &req.program,
1410	            &req.args,
1411	            SurfaceSize::new(req.rows, req.cols),
1412	            req.cwd.as_deref(),
1413	            req.env.iter().map(|(k, v)| (k.as_str(), v.as_str())),
1414	        )
1415	        .map_err(|e| format!("spawn failed: {e}"))?;
1416	        let session = Arc::new(session);
1417	        let id = self.next_id.fetch_add(1, Ordering::Relaxed);
1418	        let pid = session.process_id();
1419
1420	        // The session's lone PTY input-writer (P0): the SOLE caller of the
1421	        // blocking `write_input`. Every dispatch-side write enqueues here, so a
1422	        // paste burst parks only this thread — never the broker dispatch thread
1423	        // (REQ-HAZARD-PTY-INPUT-WRITER-WEDGE). The inject worker writes through it
1424	        // too, so the lone writer enforces the W2 inject-floor order.
1425	        let input = InputWriter::spawn(Arc::clone(&session), req.endpoint.clone());
1426
1427	        // The output log, with the spawning connection pre-attached as the
1428	        // controller (identity `None` = LOCAL, not a remote driver) so no chunk
1429	        // is missed before an explicit subscribe — and so a remote attach to a
1430	        // spawned-but-undriven session takes control silently (no loud displace
1431	        // of the local-spawner placeholder; REQ-RCVIEW-1).
1432	        let log = Arc::new(Mutex::new(OutputLog::new(
1433	            id,
1434	            self.log_cap_chunks,

        // Brain gone: detach as subscriber but leave the sessions running.
        let sessions = self.sessions.lock().unwrap();
        for id in &my_subs {
            if let Some(h) = sessions.get(id) {
                h.log.lock().unwrap().detach_if(&send);
            }
        }
        drop(sessions);
        // Same for net streams: the streams + their rings persist (D4b).
        if let Some(host) = self.net.get() {
            for id in &my_stream_subs {
                host.detach_stream_sub(*id, &send);
            }
            // And presence: the liveness log + its ring persist (D4c).
            if my_presence_sub {
                host.detach_presence_sub(&send);
            }
        }
        Ok(())
    }

    /// Spawn a child under a fresh PTY, register it, auto-subscribe the spawning
    /// connection, start its output drain and exit waiter, and reply `spawned`.
    /// Every hosted session gets its **own** drain + exit-waiter threads (KH
    /// 7.4): a hung child blocks only its own threads — shell instances ride
    /// exactly this isolation (one owner's hung shell binary stalls neither
    /// another owner's delivery nor the broker's control dispatch).
    // [impl->REQ-HAZARD-DAEMON-SCHED-NONBLOCKING]
    fn dispatch_spawn(&self, env: Envelope, send: &SharedSend) -> Result<u64, String> {
        let req: SpawnReq =
            serde_json::from_value(env.payload).map_err(|e| format!("bad spawn payload: {e}"))?;
        // REQ-HOST-RUN-2: spawn in the requested project cwd when carried;
        // `None` inherits the broker's cwd (legacy/test + W1 bringup shortcut).
        // Inject the manifest [env] vars (REQ-HAZARD-ENV-SUBST) on top of the
        // inherited env — empty for a legacy/N-1 spawn (inherit only).
        let session = PtySession::spawn_program_in_env(
            &req.program,
            &req.args,
            SurfaceSize::new(req.rows, req.cols),
            req.cwd.as_deref(),
            req.env.iter().map(|(k, v)| (k.as_str(), v.as_str())),
        )
        .map_err(|e| format!("spawn failed: {e}"))?;
        let session = Arc::new(session);
        let id = self.next_id.fetch_add(1, Ordering::Relaxed);
        let pid = session.process_id();

        // The session's lone PTY input-writer (P0): the SOLE caller of the
        // blocking `write_input`. Every dispatch-side write enqueues here, so a
        // paste burst parks only this thread — never the broker dispatch thread
        // (REQ-HAZARD-PTY-INPUT-WRITER-WEDGE). The inject worker writes through it
        // too, so the lone writer enforces the W2 inject-floor order.
        let input = InputWriter::spawn(Arc::clone(&session), req.endpoint.clone());

        // The output log, with the spawning connection pre-attached as the
        // controller (identity `None` = LOCAL, not a remote driver) so no chunk
        // is missed before an explicit subscribe — and so a remote attach to a
        // spawned-but-undriven session takes control silently (no loud displace
        // of the local-spawner placeholder; REQ-RCVIEW-1).
        let log = Arc::new(Mutex::new(OutputLog::new(
            id,
            self.log_cap_chunks,


Line 1420-1424 confirms the design intent: "the lone PTY input-writer... parks only this thread — never the broker dispatch thread (REQ-HAZARD-PTY-INPUT-WRITER-WEDGE)." So a parked write_input should NOT block dispatch — yet it does. Need `dispatch_net_stream_subscribe` (the attacher's actual handler). Locating its definition.


2101:    fn dispatch_net_stream_subscribe(


2101	    fn dispatch_net_stream_subscribe(
2102	        &self,
2103	        env: Envelope,
2104	        send: &SharedSend,
2105	    ) -> Result<u64, String> {
2106	        let req: NetStreamSubscribeReq = serde_json::from_value(env.payload)
2107	            .map_err(|e| format!("bad net-stream-subscribe payload: {e}"))?;
2108	        let host = self.net.get().ok_or("net disabled")?;
2109	        host.subscribe_stream(req.stream_id, Arc::clone(send), req.from_seq)
2110	            .map_err(|e| e.to_string())?;
2111	        Ok(req.stream_id)
2112	    }
2113
2114	    /// Attach a brain to the conn-liveness event log from a cursor (D4c) — the
2115	    /// PresenceChannel broker seam: gapless resume over connection presence,
2116	    /// same discipline as a stream subscribe.
2117	    // [impl->REQ-EP-4]
2118	    fn dispatch_net_presence_subscribe(
2119	        &self,
2120	        env: Envelope,
2121	        send: &SharedSend,
2122	    ) -> Result<(), String> {
2123	        let req: NetPresenceSubscribeReq = serde_json::from_value(env.payload)
2124	            .map_err(|e| format!("bad net-presence-subscribe payload: {e}"))?;
2125	        let host = self.net.get().ok_or("net disabled")?;
2126	        host.subscribe_presence(Arc::clone(send), req.from_seq);
2127	        Ok(())
2128	    }
2129
2130	    /// Terminate a session's child. The exit waiter emits the `exit` frame and
2131	    /// reaps the session once the child is dead.
2132	    fn dispatch_kill(&self, env: Envelope) -> Result<(), String> {
2133	        let req: KillReq =
2134	            serde_json::from_value(env.payload).map_err(|e| format!("bad kill payload: {e}"))?;
2135	        let sessions = self.sessions.lock().unwrap();
2136	        let h = sessions
2137	            .get(&req.session_id)
2138	            .ok_or_else(|| format!("no such session {}", req.session_id))?;
2139	        h.session.kill().map_err(|e| format!("kill failed: {e}"))
2140	    }
2141	}
2142
2143	/// The default broker-owned effect-journal path: `<spt_home>/daemon-effects.log`.
2144	pub(crate) fn default_journal_path() -> std::path::PathBuf {
2145	    spt_store::perch::spt_home().join("daemon-effects.log")

    fn dispatch_net_stream_subscribe(
        &self,
        env: Envelope,
        send: &SharedSend,
    ) -> Result<u64, String> {
        let req: NetStreamSubscribeReq = serde_json::from_value(env.payload)
            .map_err(|e| format!("bad net-stream-subscribe payload: {e}"))?;
        let host = self.net.get().ok_or("net disabled")?;
        host.subscribe_stream(req.stream_id, Arc::clone(send), req.from_seq)
            .map_err(|e| e.to_string())?;
        Ok(req.stream_id)
    }

    /// Attach a brain to the conn-liveness event log from a cursor (D4c) — the
    /// PresenceChannel broker seam: gapless resume over connection presence,
    /// same discipline as a stream subscribe.
    // [impl->REQ-EP-4]
    fn dispatch_net_presence_subscribe(
        &self,
        env: Envelope,
        send: &SharedSend,
    ) -> Result<(), String> {
        let req: NetPresenceSubscribeReq = serde_json::from_value(env.payload)
            .map_err(|e| format!("bad net-presence-subscribe payload: {e}"))?;
        let host = self.net.get().ok_or("net disabled")?;
        host.subscribe_presence(Arc::clone(send), req.from_seq);
        Ok(())
    }

    /// Terminate a session's child. The exit waiter emits the `exit` frame and
    /// reaps the session once the child is dead.
    fn dispatch_kill(&self, env: Envelope) -> Result<(), String> {
        let req: KillReq =
            serde_json::from_value(env.payload).map_err(|e| format!("bad kill payload: {e}"))?;
        let sessions = self.sessions.lock().unwrap();
        let h = sessions
            .get(&req.session_id)
            .ok_or_else(|| format!("no such session {}", req.session_id))?;
        h.session.kill().map_err(|e| format!("kill failed: {e}"))
    }
}

/// The default broker-owned effect-journal path: `<spt_home>/daemon-effects.log`.
pub(crate) fn default_journal_path() -> std::path::PathBuf {
    spt_store::perch::spt_home().join("daemon-effects.log")


**Major structural clarification:** the attacher's subscribe is the **net-stream attach path**, not the `dispatch_subscribe` I instrumented:
- attacher: `net_dial_loopback` → `request_attach` (Viewer) → `net_stream_subscribe` → `dispatch_net_stream_subscribe` (2101) → **`host.subscribe_stream`** (NetHost, nethost.rs).
- the `dispatch_subscribe`(1584) traces doyle saw are serve_attach's *bridge* subscribe (it registers the net stream as a PTY viewer), a different hop.

So the wedge lives in the **net-stream attach bridge** (host.subscribe_stream + serve_attach), which I/we never examined. Sending doyle this map so his gdb targets the right threads.


$OWL send doyle <<'EOF'
STRUCTURAL REDIRECT — we've been reading the WRONG subscribe handler. The test attacher (inject_control_wedge.rs:582-606) is a NET-STREAM VIEWER attach, not a plain UDS subscribe:
  operator.net_dial_loopback() -> request_attach(.. AttachIntent::Viewer) -> operator.net_stream_subscribe(stream_b,0)
So the attacher's `subscribed` flag = net_stream_subscribe = KIND_NET_STREAM_SUBSCRIBE -> Broker::dispatch_net_stream_subscribe (broker.rs:2101), which is just:
  let host = self.net.get()?; host.subscribe_stream(req.stream_id, send, req.from_seq)?;
=> the wedge is inside NetHost::subscribe_stream (nethost.rs) and/or the serve_attach BRIDGE — NOT dispatch_subscribe(1584)/OutputLog (that 1584 trace was serve_attach's separate bridge-subscribe registering the net stream as a PTY viewer).

TWO-HOP FLOW (why a parked write_input could reach it): attacher --netstream--> serve_attach (target side, attach.rs) --KIND_SUBSCRIBE--> broker viewer; output --> net stream --> attacher. serve_attach handles AttachRecord::Input -> send_effect_no_ack and for a CONTROLLER does writes; for a VIEWER it shouldn't write input. KEY suspects for the self.writer/lock coupling:
- NetHost::subscribe_stream: does it take a lock (StreamLog / a per-stream or global net mutex) that the serve_attach output-forward or the input path also holds while write_input is parked?
- serve_attach / attach_as on the target: does the attach SETUP do a synchronous write to the PTY (size sync / handoff / a control byte) that hits the parked write_input's self.writer?

YOUR gdb of the clean sleep-600 repro: find (1) the thread in host.subscribe_stream / dispatch_net_stream_subscribe and what it's parked on, (2) the serve_attach bridge thread, (3) whether ANY of them touches self.writer or a net lock. I'm reading NetHost::subscribe_stream + serve_attach now to find the coupling. This is the layer we missed. -todlando
EOF

Send net-stream-path structural redirect to doyle


Reading `NetHost::subscribe_stream` + the locks it takes — the missed layer.


Grep

fn subscribe_stream|fn serve|\.lock\(\)|Mutex<|RwLock|fn send_on_stream|fn forward|streams\b|StreamLog|write_input


120:    /// streams are minted eagerly in cross-wired pairs by [`NetHost::open_stream`];
148:struct StreamLog {
164:    /// woken to resume via the entry's `room` notifier. Ordinary streams keep
170:impl StreamLog {
172:        StreamLog {
203:            if let Ok(mut s) = sub.lock() {
230:            if let Ok(mut s) = sub.lock() {
242:            if let Ok(mut s) = sub.lock() {
248:            if let Ok(mut s) = sub.lock() {
266:/// PresenceChannel seam (D4c, REQ-EP-4): the StreamLog ring/cursor discipline
308:            if let Ok(mut s) = sub.lock() {
320:            if let Ok(mut s) = sub.lock() {
338:/// `serve_attach`/operator pump and the `StreamLog` read discipline are
372:/// Both append to the same [`StreamLog`], so the subscriber (and everything
386:    /// peer-initiated streams; without this fact the table is ambiguous —
387:    /// it holds locally-opened outbound streams too (gotcha: a dispatcher
392:    send: tokio::sync::Mutex<SendHalf>,
393:    log: Arc<Mutex<StreamLog>>,
395:    /// its backpressure cap (M11-W3, REQ-SHELL-4) — see [`StreamLog::retentive_cap`].
396:    /// Unused by ordinary (non-retentive) streams.
404:    conns: Mutex<HashMap<u64, ConnEntry>>,
406:    streams: Mutex<HashMap<u64, Arc<StreamEntry>>>,
409:    presence: Mutex<PresenceLog>,
418:            streams: Mutex::new(HashMap::new()),
437:    shared.conns.lock().unwrap().insert(
450:        .lock()
464:        sh_close.conns.lock().unwrap().remove(&id);
467:            .lock()
473:    // and gets a read pump. (QUIC streams are lazy — the peer's open becomes
506:    let log = Arc::new(Mutex::new(StreamLog::new(id, shared.ring_cap)));
508:    shared.streams.lock().unwrap().insert(
524:    // same `StreamLog`, so nothing above the pump can tell them apart.
531:    // streams have `retentive_cap == 0`, so this gate is a no-op for them.
537:                    Ok(Some(chunk)) => log.lock().unwrap().append(&chunk.bytes),
539:                        log.lock().unwrap().finish();

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fn subscribe_stream|pub fn subscribe_stream|subscribe_stream


1212:    pub(crate) fn subscribe_stream(
1213-        &self,
1214-        stream_id: u64,
1215-        sub: SharedSend,
1216-        from_seq: u64,
1217-    ) -> io::Result<()> {
1218-        let log = {
1219-            let streams = self.shared.streams.lock().unwrap();
1220-            let e = streams.get(&stream_id).ok_or_else(|| {
1221-                io::Error::new(
1222-                    io::ErrorKind::NotFound,
1223-                    format!("no such stream {stream_id}"),
1224-                )
1225-            })?;
1226-            Arc::clone(&e.log)
1227-        };
1228-        log.lock().unwrap().attach(sub, from_seq);
1229-        Ok(())
1230-    }
1231-
1232-    /// Detach `sub` from a stream iff it is the current subscriber (brain


`subscribe_stream` (nethost.rs:1212-1230) locks the `streams` map briefly + `StreamLog.attach` — **no write_input, no self.writer**. So at EVERY layer checked (dispatch_net_stream_subscribe → subscribe_stream; the serve_attach bridge → dispatch_subscribe → add_viewer; write_input = input_writer-only) **nothing on the attach path takes self.writer**. Strong negative result: self.writer is not the wedge — sending doyle the complete map so he stops chasing it and the gdb reveals the actual park.


Bash

$OWL send doyle <<'EOF'
COMPLETE LOCK MAP — self.writer is NOT the wedge at ANY layer (strong negative, stop chasing it):
- net_stream_subscribe -> dispatch_net_stream_subscribe(2101) -> host.subscribe_stream(nethost.rs:1212-1230): locks `streams` map BRIEFLY to clone the StreamEntry.log Arc, then StreamLog.attach(sub,from_seq). No write_input, no self.writer.
- bridge: serve_attach -> attach_as -> broker KIND_SUBSCRIBE(1584) -> resolve_subscribe -> add_viewer(414): controller sink / ring replay / size frame. No write_input, no self.writer.
- write_input(pty.rs:237) self.writer: SOLE caller is the input_writer thread (broker.rs:937, comment 1420-1424 "parks only this thread, never the broker dispatch thread"). become_controller/add_viewer/dispatch_subscribe/subscribe_stream do NOT call it.

=> A held self.writer cannot block the attach at any layer in source. Like the ACK, self.writer may be the visible-parked-thread RED HERRING, not the wedge. The real block is elsewhere. Candidates your gdb of the clean sleep-600 repro should check (find the ATTACHER'S thread + the serve_attach bridge thread, what each is parked on):
1. The InputWriter QUEUE / apply: does request_attach or serve_attach do a SYNC round-trip whose completion needs the input pipeline that's parked? (the bridge subscribe at 1584 resolved only at flood-end in your earlier trace — suggestive.)
2. The LOOPBACK stream setup: net_dial_loopback mints a cross-wired pair; does the loopback handshake / open_stream block if a broker thread is parked?
3. A tokio task starvation: the net runtime bridges via tokio; is the bridge task that should serve the attach not being polled?
4. sessions Mutex held by some thread across a blocking op (who?).
The gdb park frame (symbol + what it waits on) for the attacher thread AND the serve_attach bridge thread is now the single decisive datum. I've exhausted the static read — it's a coupling only the live stack will show. Send it. -todlando
EOF

Send complete negative lock map + await gdb


➜ SENT:doyle


I've exhausted the static analysis and handed doyle a complete negative lock map (self.writer isn't the wedge at any layer — likely a red herring like the ACK). The decisive datum is now his gdb of the cleanest repro (sleep-600 child, parked input, quiet broker): the exact parked frame of the attacher + serve_attach-bridge threads. Awaiting it.

Honest status: the real root isn't pinned yet — each hypothesis (journal lock → ACK → CPU/HOL → self.writer) has been refuted by doyle's kitsubito empiricism + code reading. That's the process working (validate before fold). No fix is being applied blind.


ScheduleWakeup

Static analysis exhausted (self.writer refuted at every layer); awaiting doyle's gdb of the clean sleep-600 repro — the exact parked frame — via the armed Monitor, the decisive datum. Fallback heartbeat.

Prompt: <<autonomous-loop-dynamic>>


Next wakeup scheduled for 23:22:00 (in 945s). Nothing more to do this turn — the harness re-invokes you when the wakeup fires or a task-notification arrives.


Standing by for doyle's gdb of the clean repro. Summary of where this stands: the two-phase CI split (shipped) isolated 3 genuine Phase-B product wedges from load noise. Root-causing has refuted four successive hypotheses (journal-lock → ACK-on-SendHalf → CPU/HOL → PtySession self.writer), each disproven by doyle's kitsubito gdb/repro + my code reading — the validate-before-fold discipline preventing wrong patches. I've delivered a complete negative lock map narrowing it to the net-stream attach bridge; doyle's gdb of the cleanest repro (parked input, quiet broker, zero output) is the decisive next datum. No product change applied. p0+a_journaled's no_ack commit (71378d8) is a correct seam-realism improvement but not the fix; g2 held separately as a possible distinct InjectFloor issue. Instrumentation branches (wedge-trace-v2) ready for further probing.


<task-notification>
<task-id>b4cwwiglf</task-id>
Monitor event: "« spt event »"
<event><EVENT-PART seq="1/6" id="84fa25d4" type="msg" from="doyle">YOUR REDIRECT IS RIGHT + v2 data confirms it. The attacher is a NET-STREAM viewer (net_dial_loopback + net_stream_subscribe = KIND_NET_STREAM_SUBSCRIBE -&gt; dispatch_net_stream_subscribe(2101) -&gt; NetHost::subscribe_stream). The dispatch_subscribe(1584) traces were the serve_attach BRIDGE's PTY-viewer registration, n</EVENT-PART>
<EVENT-PART seq="2/6" id="84fa25d4">ot the attacher's flag.

v2 TRACE (clean sleep-600 + no_ack):
- driver UDS attach subscribe: drain=0, resolve fast.
- attacher conn_open LATE: drain_appends=203284; conn_read kind=net-stream-subscribe at drain=203994.
- bridge KIND_SUBSCRIBE resolves resolve_us=16551 reply_send_us=393 at drain=203994 (~t2s).
- BUT subscribed</EVENT-PART>
<EVENT-PART seq="3/6" id="84fa25d4">=false. So the NET-STREAM subscribe (dispatch_net_stream_subscribe/NetHost::subscribe_stream) completion+reply to the attacher is the UNINSTRUMENTED gap = the wedge.

TWO key findings:
1. CONFOUND: sleep-600 child STILL shows drain_appends=3.17M -&gt; the PTY ECHOES the written input back as output. So &quot;input flood&quot; inherent</EVENT-PART>
<EVENT-PART seq="4/6" id="84fa25d4">ly = output(echo) flood; they're coupled. The wedge is heavy-PTY-traffic + net-stream attach, not pure-input.
2. conn_open is LATE (drain=203284): the attacher's broker conn isn't even HANDLED until 203k appends in. Accept loop (Thread12 single accept4) starved by echo-flood CPU? or the net host serve is behind?

NEXT PROBE (your call</EVENT-PART>
<EVENT-PART seq="5/6" id="84fa25d4">): instrument dispatch_net_stream_subscribe(2101) ENTER + NetHost::subscribe_stream enter/exit + the net-stream REPLY delivery to the attacher + WHY conn_open is late (accept-loop turn vs net-host serve). That pins the net-bridge stall. I'll run it on kitsubito. I'm also escalating a strategic checkpoint to the operator (this is many rounds de</EVENT-PART>
<EVENT-PART seq="6/6" id="84fa25d4">ep on a real net-bridge bug). -doyle</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: redirect confirmed + v2 data localizes it. The attacher's `conn_open`/`conn_read`/bridge-subscribe all happen promptly at ~t2s (drain 203284→203994 close together — that's the attacher dialing at t=2s with 203k echo-appends already accumulated, **NOT accept starvation**). The wedge is **after** the bridge subscribe, in the **uninstrumented net-stream subscribe completion/reply** (`dispatch_net_stream_subscribe`→`NetHost::subscribe_stream`). Plus the confound: `sleep 600` + PTY line-discipline ECHO → input flood *becomes* output flood (3.17M appends) — so output is back in play.

**New sharp hypothesis:** StreamLog-lock contention — the serve_attach bridge forwards the echo-flood into the StreamLog (lock per append), and the attacher's `subscribe_stream` → `log.lock().attach()` starves on that same StreamLog lock. It's suspect-b reborn one layer over, at the **net StreamLog** instead of OutputLog. doyle's requested probe tests exactly this.

Acking + building the net-layer probe (he runs it; operator strategic checkpoint noted).


Bash

$OWL send doyle <<'EOF'
ACK + sharper read of your v2 data:
- conn_open=203284 / conn_read=203994 are CLOSE -> the attacher's conn was handled PROMPTLY right after it DIALED at t=2s (203k echo-appends had just accumulated by t2s). So NOT accept-loop starvation — drop Thread12-accept as the cause. Everything up to+including the bridge KIND_SUBSCRIBE completes at ~t2s.
- The wedge is AFTER that, in the uninstrumented net-stream subscribe: dispatch_net_stream_subscribe(2101) -> NetHost::subscribe_stream(nethost.rs:1212) -> `log.lock().attach()` on the StreamLog.
- CONFOUND noted: sleep-600 + PTY line-discipline ECHO turns the input flood INTO an output/echo flood (3.17M). So output IS in play.

HYPOTHESIS (suspect-b reborn at the NET layer): the serve_attach bridge forwards the PTY echo-flood onto the stream, appending to the StreamLog under its Mutex per chunk (nethost.rs StreamLog::append, ~537). The attacher's subscribe_stream needs the SAME StreamLog Mutex (1228 `log.lock().unwrap().attach`). Under the 3.17M-chunk forward, attach() starves on the StreamLog lock -> net-stream subscribe never completes -> subscribed=false. Refuted at OutputLog, REAL at StreamLog (it's the unfair-Mutex + volume-driven shape that ALSO explains worse-on-quiet).

BUILDING NET-PROBE now (branch wedge-trace-v3 off no_ack HEAD):
- dispatch_net_stream_subscribe(2101): ENTER + EXIT + drain_appends.
- NetHost::subscribe_stream(1212): streams_lock_wait_us, STREAMLOG log_lock_wait_us (the suspect), attach_us.
- StreamLog::append: a WT_STREAM_APPENDS counter + acquire-wait totals (the forward-side pressure), mirroring the OutputLog drain probe.
That directly measures: is the attacher's attach() starving on the StreamLog lock behind the forward flood? Pushing in ~3min for your kitsubito run. Operator-checkpoint ack'd — this probe should be the one that PINS it (named lock + measured wait), so worth the run. -todlando
EOF

Ack + StreamLog hypothesis + announce net-probe build


<owl_messages>
<owl_message from="doyle" priority="high">self.writer refutation accepted — it's a red herring like the ACK. Clean sleep-600 dump (full stacks): EVERY broker worker thread is CPU-BUSY in serde_json, NONE lock-blocked:
- Thread9: OutputLog::append->output_envelope->serde serialize, seq=1964251 (echo-output flood serialization)
- Thread4: controller_writer->write_frame->serde (echo output to controller)
- Thread6: dispatch_input->HashMap::get (sessions lookup, processing input)
- Thread7: the test driver send_effect_no_ack->serde
Net runtime (13/14) IDLE epoll. conn handlers (11/3/2) idle in recv. And ZERO net_stream/subscribe_stream/serve_attach/request_attach frames anywhere at the wedge instant.

So: the PTY echoes input -> millions of output envelopes -> the broker burns all its worker threads SERIALIZING the echo flood (serde_json is the hot cost). v2 trace already showed the attacher's KIND_NET_STREAM_SUBSCRIBE IS read (conn_read) but the dispatch_net_stream_subscribe(2101)/NetHost::subscribe_stream COMPLETION+REPLY is uninstrumented = the gap. The net-stream subscribe reply to the attacher is starved/not-delivered while the broker is serde-saturated.

NEXT PROBE (decisive): instrument dispatch_net_stream_subscribe(2101) enter + NetHost::subscribe_stream enter/exit + the net-stream reply send to the attacher (timestamps + drain_appends). Does the net-stream subscribe reach 2101 / subscribe_stream / send its reply at all, or never? That pins delivery-starvation vs never-serviced. I'm checkpointing the operator now (10 rounds deep, real net-bridge bug) on scope/effort — stand by but keep the 2101 probe ready. -doyle</owl_message>
</owl_messages>

[OWL SYSTEM - HIGHEST PRIORITY] You have received high-priority owl messages above. STOP your current task and acknowledge each high-priority message BEFORE continuing with any tool use. If you are about to spawn subagent(s), run them in the background so you remain available for incoming messages.


doyle (high-priority): **self.writer refuted too** (red herring like the ACK). Clean sleep-600 full dump: EVERY broker worker thread is **CPU-busy in serde_json**, NONE lock-blocked — Thread9 OutputLog::append→output_envelope→serde (seq 1.96M), Thread4 controller_writer→write_frame→serde, Thread6 dispatch_input, Thread7 driver→serde. Net runtime idle-epoll, conn handlers idle-in-recv, zero net-stream frames at the instant. So: **PTY echoes input → millions of output envelopes → the broker CPU-saturates serializing the echo flood**, and the net-stream subscribe reply/delivery to the attacher is starved behind that serde work. My StreamLog-lock hypothesis is also wrong — it's CPU-saturation, not a lock. doyle is **checkpointing the operator (10 rounds deep, real net-bridge throughput bug)** — STAND BY, keep the 2101 probe ready.

Acking + consolidating the root + standing by (not pushing during the checkpoint; probe designed + ready to go on greenlight).


$OWL send doyle <<'EOF'
ACK — STANDING BY for the operator checkpoint. self.writer = red herring, accepted. The dump is conclusive: NO lock anywhere — all broker worker threads CPU-saturated in serde_json serializing the echo/output flood (OutputLog::append->output_envelope->serde at seq 1.96M, controller_writer->write_frame->serde). The net-stream subscribe REPLY/first-delivery to the attacher rides that same broker output path and starves behind millions of envelopes within the 30s watchdog. Net runtime idle = it COULD send, but the work feeding it is serde-bound. Conn handlers idle-in-recv = the subscribe was already dispatched+returned; it's the DELIVERY that's starved.

CONSOLIDATED ROOT (best current): a concurrent rc --view attach is not SERVICED+DELIVERED within 30s while the session emits a sustained high-rate output flood, because the broker serializes every output envelope (serde_json, per-chunk) on its worker threads and the control-plane reply has no priority over the data-plane flood. CPU/throughput + control-vs-data-plane starvation, NOT a lock, NOT the ACK, NOT self.writer. This is a REAL product behavior under heavy output — the test invariant (attach a busy session) is valid.

So the fix is a DESIGN decision, not a quick patch — candidates: (a) prioritize control-plane frames (subscribe/reply) ahead of data-plane output, (b) cut the per-envelope serde cost / batch output, (c) bound/coalesce the output rate, (d) reconsider whether the gate's flood rate models a real session. Exactly the right thing to checkpoint with the operator — 10 rounds deep, real throughput bug, the two-phase split did its job exposing it.

2101 PROBE IS DESIGNED + READY (dispatch_net_stream_subscribe enter/exit + subscribe_stream enter/exit + the reply-send timestamp, all vs drain_appends) — to confirm delivery-starvation vs never-serviced. I will NOT push it during the checkpoint; say the word post-operator and it's a 3-min push. Standing by for the operator's scope call. -todlando
EOF

Ack + consolidated root + stand by for operator


Standing by for the operator's scope checkpoint. This is a major juncture — 10+ rounds deep, and the investigation has converged (via doyle's kitsubito gdb + my SPT_WEDGE_TRACE instrumentation) on a real product throughput bug, not a quick patch. Recording the consolidated state to memory so a future session resumes correctly, then awaiting the operator's call.


Write

---
name: v013-rc-attach-flood-wedge
description: v0.13.0 — the 3 inject_control_wedge gates fail on a real product throughput bug (concurrent rc-view attach starves under sustained PTY output flood); root-caused 2026-06-20, pending operator scope decision.
metadata:
  type: project
---

As of 2026-06-20, on branch `v0.13.0-p1b-ack-deadlock`. The two-phase CI nextest split (Phase A light-pool then Phase B heavy-serial-on-quiet-box) SHIPPED and did its job: it isolated 3 *genuine product* failures in `crates/spt-daemon/tests/inject_control_wedge.rs` from CI load noise — `a_journaled_input_wedge_does_not_starve_a_concurrent_rc_attach`, `p0_paste_wedge_...`, and `g2_no_commit_deadline_...` (g2 is a SEPARATE InjectFloor commit-deadline/floor-release item, held).

**Root cause (a_journaled + p0), triangulated via doyle's `sudo gdb` on kitsubito + my `SPT_WEDGE_TRACE` instrumentation:** a concurrent `spt rc --view` attach (a NET-STREAM viewer: `net_dial_loopback` → `dispatch_net_stream_subscribe` @ broker.rs:2101 → `NetHost::subscribe_stream` @ nethost.rs:1212) is NOT serviced+delivered within the test's 30s watchdog while the session emits a sustained high-rate PTY output flood. The PTY line-discipline ECHOes the input flood, so input-flood ⇒ output-flood (millions of envelopes). The broker CPU-SATURATES serializing every output envelope (`serde_json` per chunk, `OutputLog::append`→`output_envelope`; `controller_writer`→`write_frame`); the control-plane subscribe reply has no priority over the data-plane flood and starves. NOT a lock, NOT CPU-on-a-single-conn, NOT the ACK-on-SendHalf, NOT the OutputLog/StreamLog mutex, NOT `self.writer` — every lock hypothesis was empirically refuted (validate-before-fold caught each).

**False trails (do not re-chase):** (1) journal-lock parking — fixed earlier by W1b; (2) acked-flood self-contending on `Mutex<SendHalf>` in `dispatch_input`'s ACK `send_frame` — the ACK was a gdb-instant symptom; the wedge persists with `send_effect_no_ack`; (3) CPU/HOL behind the UDS flood; (4) `PtySession.writer` mutex held across the blocking `write_input` (pty.rs:237) — red herring, `write_input` has one caller (the input_writer thread) and the attach path never takes it.

**Status:** product UNTOUCHED. `71378d8` swapped the gate drivers to `send_effect_no_ack` (correct seam-realism — the real rc/operator drive is ackless per attach.rs:205 / REQ-HAZARD-INPUT-ACK-BACKPRESSURE — but NOT the fix). doyle escalated a strategic scope checkpoint to the operator (real net-bridge throughput bug, 10+ rounds deep). Fix is a DESIGN decision, candidates: prioritize control-plane over data-plane frames; cut/batch per-envelope serde; bound/coalesce output rate; or reconsider whether the gate's flood rate models a real session. Instrumentation lives on throwaway branches `wedge-trace-instrumentation` / `wedge-trace-v2` (SPT_WEDGE_TRACE env-gated, do-not-merge). doyle has `sudo gdb` on kitsubito (only online Linux box; gravity-linux was offline). See [[cross-machine-test-rig]].


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---
name: v013-rc-attach-flood-wedge
description: "v0.13.0 — the 3 inject_control_wedge gates fail on a real product throughput bug (concurrent rc-view attach starves under sustained PTY output flood); root-caused 2026-06-20, pending operator scope decision."
metadata:
  node_type: memory
  type: project
  originSessionId: f12f255d-20de-40e1-b356-60f58d21c08e
---

As of 2026-06-20, on branch `v0.13.0-p1b-ack-deadlock`. The two-phase CI nextest split (Phase A light-pool then Phase B heavy-serial-on-quiet-box) SHIPPED and did its job: it isolated 3 *genuine product* failures in `crates/spt-daemon/tests/inject_control_wedge.rs` from CI load noise — `a_journaled_input_wedge_does_not_starve_a_concurrent_rc_attach`, `p0_paste_wedge_...`, and `g2_no_commit_deadline_...` (g2 is a SEPARATE InjectFloor commit-deadline/floor-release item, held).

**Root cause (a_journaled + p0), triangulated via doyle's `sudo gdb` on kitsubito + my `SPT_WEDGE_TRACE` instrumentation:** a concurrent `spt rc --view` attach (a NET-STREAM viewer: `net_dial_loopback` → `dispatch_net_stream_subscribe` @ broker.rs:2101 → `NetHost::subscribe_stream` @ nethost.rs:1212) is NOT serviced+delivered within the test's 30s watchdog while the session emits a sustained high-rate PTY output flood. The PTY line-discipline ECHOes the input flood, so input-flood ⇒ output-flood (millions of envelopes). The broker CPU-SATURATES serializing every output envelope (`serde_json` per chunk, `OutputLog::append`→`output_envelope`; `controller_writer`→`write_frame`); the control-plane subscribe reply has no priority over the data-plane flood and starves. NOT a lock, NOT CPU-on-a-single-conn, NOT the ACK-on-SendHalf, NOT the OutputLog/StreamLog mutex, NOT `self.writer` — every lock hypothesis was empirically refuted (validate-before-fold caught each).

**False trails (do not re-chase):** (1) journal-lock parking — fixed earlier by W1b; (2) acked-flood self-contending on `Mutex<SendHalf>` in `dispatch_input`'s ACK `send_frame` — the ACK was a gdb-instant symptom; the wedge persists with `send_effect_no_ack`; (3) CPU/HOL behind the UDS flood; (4) `PtySession.writer` mutex held across the blocking `write_input` (pty.rs:237) — red herring, `write_input` has one caller (the input_writer thread) and the attach path never takes it.

**Status:** product UNTOUCHED. `71378d8` swapped the gate drivers to `send_effect_no_ack` (correct seam-realism — the real rc/operator drive is ackless per attach.rs:205 / REQ-HAZARD-INPUT-ACK-BACKPRESSURE — but NOT the fix). doyle escalated a strategic scope checkpoint to the operator (real net-bridge throughput bug, 10+ rounds deep). Fix is a DESIGN decision, candidates: prioritize control-plane over data-plane frames; cut/batch per-envelope serde; bound/coalesce output rate; or reconsider whether the gate's flood rate models a real session. Instrumentation lives on throwaway branches `wedge-trace-instrumentation` / `wedge-trace-v2` (SPT_WEDGE_TRACE env-gated, do-not-merge). doyle has `sudo gdb` on kitsubito (only online Linux box; gravity-linux was offline). See [[cross-machine-test-rig]].


Edit

- [Test subagent stalls on hanging test](test-subagent-stalls-on-hanging-test.md) — a test subagent's blocking until-loops stall forever on a hung test; take over (kill orphans, bisect timeout-wrapped) instead of waiting; Windows e2e suites also just run slow under load.

- [Test subagent stalls on hanging test](test-subagent-stalls-on-hanging-test.md) — a test subagent's blocking until-loops stall forever on a hung test; take over (kill orphans, bisect timeout-wrapped) instead of waiting; Windows e2e suites also just run slow under load.
- [v0.13.0 rc-attach flood wedge](v013-rc-attach-flood-wedge.md) — the 3 inject_control_wedge gates fail on a REAL throughput bug (concurrent rc-view attach starves under sustained PTY output flood, serde-saturation/control-vs-data-plane); root-caused 2026-06-20 via gdb+SPT_WEDGE_TRACE on kitsubito, every lock hypothesis refuted; pending operator scope decision; two-phase CI split shipped.


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1	# Memory index
2
3	- [Cross-machine test rig](cross-machine-test-rig.md) — enlyzeam (Windows, ssh key) for two-host network spikes + Tailscale-down gotcha; gravity-linux (Ubuntu, david/bigscreen pw-auth + askpass shim) as the Linux/forkpty build host.
4	- [CI traceability gate](ci-traceability-gate.md) — how CI installs traceable-reqs (TRACEABLE_REQS_TOKEN PAT + latest BigscreenVR release); the v0.1.0-stale-binary gotcha + the v0.1.1 fix; I have admin to cut releases.
5	- [Attractor build harness](attractor-build-harness.md) — attractor+pi/codex setup at ../attractor; codex model = openai-codex/gpt-5.5 (NOT the SPEC's gpt-5.3-codex); viable for bounded single-machine spt-core tasks (SPIKE-07b gix pilot).
6	- [Windows UAC binary-name 740](windows-uac-binary-name-740.md) — exe names containing update/setup/install/patch trigger UAC elevation (os error 740); name self-update artifacts + test bins to dodge it.
7	- [M4 resume state](m4-resume-state.md) — M4 (spt-net) in progress 2026-06-03; D0+D1 done (iroh =0.98.2 endpoint, identity-bound, relay policy, mDNS); spt-net = first async crate; next = D2 pairing.
8	- [Linux runner migration](linux-runner-migration.md) — replace gravity CI Linux runner with kitsubito (LAN Linux), not WSL (disk cost); deferred until after v0.1.1; retarget `gravity` host-label in ci/release/docs-publish workflows to a role label.
9	- [Delegate tests to spt-test-engineer](delegate-tests-to-spt-test-engineer.md) — write spt-core tests via the `spt-test-engineer` subagent (Agent tool subagent_type), not inline.
10	- [spt verification gates](spt-verification-gates.md) — before "done": workspace clippy (CI form), rebuild the real bin (not cargo test), verify terminal fixes live, keep the shared tree compilable.
11	- [Redirect folded REQ seeds](redirect-folded-req-seeds.md) — when folding a wave into existing reqs, retire/redirect the wave's minted seed in the SAME commit (doyle caught a dangling REQ-PICKER-UX-V013 @ W4).
12	- [Test subagent stalls on hanging test](test-subagent-stalls-on-hanging-test.md) — a test subagent's blocking until-loops stall forever on a hung test; take over (kill orphans, bisect timeout-wrapped) instead of waiting; Windows e2e suites also just run slow under load.
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# Memory index

- [Cross-machine test rig](cross-machine-test-rig.md) — enlyzeam (Windows, ssh key) for two-host network spikes + Tailscale-down gotcha; gravity-linux (Ubuntu, david/bigscreen pw-auth + askpass shim) as the Linux/forkpty build host.
- [CI traceability gate](ci-traceability-gate.md) — how CI installs traceable-reqs (TRACEABLE_REQS_TOKEN PAT + latest BigscreenVR release); the v0.1.0-stale-binary gotcha + the v0.1.1 fix; I have admin to cut releases.
- [Attractor build harness](attractor-build-harness.md) — attractor+pi/codex setup at ../attractor; codex model = openai-codex/gpt-5.5 (NOT the SPEC's gpt-5.3-codex); viable for bounded single-machine spt-core tasks (SPIKE-07b gix pilot).
- [Windows UAC binary-name 740](windows-uac-binary-name-740.md) — exe names containing update/setup/install/patch trigger UAC elevation (os error 740); name self-update artifacts + test bins to dodge it.
- [M4 resume state](m4-resume-state.md) — M4 (spt-net) in progress 2026-06-03; D0+D1 done (iroh =0.98.2 endpoint, identity-bound, relay policy, mDNS); spt-net = first async crate; next = D2 pairing.
- [Linux runner migration](linux-runner-migration.md) — replace gravity CI Linux runner with kitsubito (LAN Linux), not WSL (disk cost); deferred until after v0.1.1; retarget `gravity` host-label in ci/release/docs-publish workflows to a role label.
- [Delegate tests to spt-test-engineer](delegate-tests-to-spt-test-engineer.md) — write spt-core tests via the `spt-test-engineer` subagent (Agent tool subagent_type), not inline.
- [spt verification gates](spt-verification-gates.md) — before "done": workspace clippy (CI form), rebuild the real bin (not cargo test), verify terminal fixes live, keep the shared tree compilable.
- [Redirect folded REQ seeds](redirect-folded-req-seeds.md) — when folding a wave into existing reqs, retire/redirect the wave's minted seed in the SAME commit (doyle caught a dangling REQ-PICKER-UX-V013 @ W4).
- [Test subagent stalls on hanging test](test-subagent-stalls-on-hanging-test.md) — a test subagent's blocking until-loops stall forever on a hung test; take over (kill orphans, bisect timeout-wrapped) instead of waiting; Windows e2e suites also just run slow under load.


- [Test subagent stalls on hanging test](test-subagent-stalls-on-hanging-test.md) — a test subagent's blocking until-loops stall forever on a hung test; take over (kill orphans, bisect timeout-wrapped) instead of waiting; Windows e2e suites also just run slow under load.

- [Test subagent stalls on hanging test](test-subagent-stalls-on-hanging-test.md) — a test subagent's blocking until-loops stall forever on a hung test; take over (kill orphans, bisect timeout-wrapped) instead of waiting; Windows e2e suites also just run slow under load.
- [v0.13.0 rc-attach flood wedge](v013-rc-attach-flood-wedge.md) — the 3 inject_control_wedge gates fail on a REAL throughput bug (concurrent rc-view attach starves under sustained PTY output flood, serde-saturation / control-vs-data-plane); root-caused 2026-06-20 via gdb+SPT_WEDGE_TRACE on kitsubito, every lock hypothesis refuted; pending operator scope decision; two-phase CI split shipped.


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

- [Test subagent stalls on hanging test](test-subagent-stalls-on-hanging-test.md) — a test subagent's blocking until-loops stall forever on a hung test; take over (kill orphans, bisect timeout-wrapped) instead of waiting; Windows e2e suites also just run slow under load.
- [v0.13.0 rc-attach flood wedge](v013-rc-attach-flood-wedge.md) — the 3 inject_control_wedge gates fail on a REAL throughput bug (concurrent rc-view attach starves under sustained PTY output flood, serde-saturation / control-vs-data-plane); root-caused 2026-06-20 via gdb+SPT_WEDGE_TRACE on kitsubito, every lock hypothesis refuted; pending operator scope decision; two-phase CI split shipped.

# Memory index

- [Cross-machine test rig](cross-machine-test-rig.md) — enlyzeam (Windows, ssh key) for two-host network spikes + Tailscale-down gotcha; gravity-linux (Ubuntu, david/bigscreen pw-auth + askpass shim) as the Linux/forkpty build host.
- [CI traceability gate](ci-traceability-gate.md) — how CI installs traceable-reqs (TRACEABLE_REQS_TOKEN PAT + latest BigscreenVR release); the v0.1.0-stale-binary gotcha + the v0.1.1 fix; I have admin to cut releases.
- [Attractor build harness](attractor-build-harness.md) — attractor+pi/codex setup at ../attractor; codex model = openai-codex/gpt-5.5 (NOT the SPEC's gpt-5.3-codex); viable for bounded single-machine spt-core tasks (SPIKE-07b gix pilot).
- [Windows UAC binary-name 740](windows-uac-binary-name-740.md) — exe names containing update/setup/install/patch trigger UAC elevation (os error 740); name self-update artifacts + test bins to dodge it.
- [M4 resume state](m4-resume-state.md) — M4 (spt-net) in progress 2026-06-03; D0+D1 done (iroh =0.98.2 endpoint, identity-bound, relay policy, mDNS); spt-net = first async crate; next = D2 pairing.
- [Linux runner migration](linux-runner-migration.md) — replace gravity CI Linux runner with kitsubito (LAN Linux), not WSL (disk cost); deferred until after v0.1.1; retarget `gravity` host-label in ci/release/docs-publish workflows to a role label.
- [Delegate tests to spt-test-engineer](delegate-tests-to-spt-test-engineer.md) — write spt-core tests via the `spt-test-engineer` subagent (Agent tool subagent_type), not inline.
- [spt verification gates](spt-verification-gates.md) — before "done": workspace clippy (CI form), rebuild the real bin (not cargo test), verify terminal fixes live, keep the shared tree compilable.
- [Redirect folded REQ seeds](redirect-folded-req-seeds.md) — when folding a wave into existing reqs, retire/redirect the wave's minted seed in the SAME commit (doyle caught a dangling REQ-PICKER-UX-V013 @ W4).
- [Test subagent stalls on hanging test](test-subagent-stalls-on-hanging-test.md) — a test subagent's blocking until-loops stall forever on a hung test; take over (kill orphans, bisect timeout-wrapped) instead of waiting; Windows e2e suites also just run slow under load.

+- [v0.13.0 rc-attach flood wedge](v013-rc-attach-flood-wedge.md) — the 3 inject_control_wedge gates fail on a REAL throughput bug (concurrent rc-view attach starves under sustained PTY output flood, serde-saturation / control-vs-data-plane); root-caused 2026-06-20 via gdb+SPT_WEDGE_TRACE on kitsubito, every lock hypothesis refuted; pending operator scope decision; two-phase CI split shipped.


Recorded the consolidated root-cause + open-issue state to project memory (indexed). Standing by for the operator's scope decision on this real net-bridge throughput bug. The 2101 probe is designed and ready to push in one command if the operator greenlights continuing; product stays untouched until there's a gated design decision.


ScheduleWakeup

doyle is checkpointing the operator on scope/effort for the root-caused net-bridge throughput bug; awaiting that decision via the armed Monitor before any further probe/fix. Fallback heartbeat.

Prompt: <<autonomous-loop-dynamic>>


Next wakeup scheduled for 23:36:00 (in 1510s). Nothing more to do this turn — the harness re-invokes you when the wakeup fires or a task-notification arrives.


Standing by for the operator's scope checkpoint.

**Session arc:** A flaky-CI investigation became a multi-round root-cause collaboration with doyle. The two-phase nextest split (shipped) isolated 3 genuine product wedges from CI load noise. Iterative gdb (doyle, kitsubito) + SPT_WEDGE_TRACE instrumentation (me) refuted five successive hypotheses — journal-lock, ACK-on-SendHalf, CPU/HOL, StreamLog-lock, PtySession.writer — each disproven by empirical data before any fix was committed. Converged root: a concurrent `rc --view` attach starves under sustained PTY output flood because the broker CPU-saturates serializing every output envelope (serde) with no control-plane priority — a real throughput/design issue, not a patchable lock. doyle escalated scope to the operator; product untouched; state saved to memory; 2101 probe ready on greenlight.


<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


Commune before session end. Step 1: download current Psyche context to diff the delta.


Bash

$LIVE psyche-download todlando 2>&1 | head -60

Download current Psyche context


<owl_messages>
<owl_message from="doyle" priority="high">OPERATOR RULING: KEEP ROOT-CAUSING + FIX. Greenlit. Push wedge-trace-v3 — I run it on kitsubito immediately.

Your two current hypotheses are competing and the v3 probe DISCRIMINATES them, which is exactly what we need:
- THEORY 1 (StreamLog lock): nethost.rs subscribe_stream(1228) attach() starves on the StreamLog Mutex behind serve_attach's per-chunk forward append (~537). -> v3 shows StreamLog log_lock_wait_us HUGE.
- THEORY 2 (serde/throughput control-vs-data-plane): no lock; the net-stream subscribe ENTERS/resolves fine but its REPLY delivery rides the serde-saturated output path. -> v3 shows lock waits ~tiny BUT dispatch_net_stream_subscribe enter or reply-send LATE (high drain_appends) / never.

So v3 must capture, vs drain_appends: dispatch_net_stream_subscribe ENTER+EXIT, subscribe_stream streams_lock_wait + StreamLog log_lock_wait + attach_us, StreamLog::append acquire-wait totals, AND the reply-send timestamp. That single run tells lock (1) vs throughput/control-plane (2) -> which fixes the design (prioritize control-plane / batch-serde / coalesce-output vs fix the StreamLog lock). Push it; results incoming. -doyle</owl_message>
</owl_messages>

[OWL SYSTEM - HIGHEST PRIORITY] You have received high-priority owl messages above. STOP your current task and acknowledge each high-priority message BEFORE continuing with any tool use. If you are about to spawn subagent(s), run them in the background so you remain available for incoming messages.


<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="v0.13.0-p1b-ack-deadlock" head_sha="71378d8956ea8592c7dd16229f397810149f3fc1" head_subject="test(inject-wedge): drive the sustained-input gates via the REAL ackless…" commits_since="0" commits_unpulled="0"/>
Probes validated on Windows (conn_open/conn_hello/conn_read print with flood; early appends passed). Branch wedge-trace-v2 complete + pushed. Returned to delivery HEAD. Reporting probe results + run command + subscriber-path discovery (net-stream-subscribe vs subscribe distinction) to doyle.

Real root (Mutex<SendHalf> contention via dispatch_input's per-input ACK on driver's conn SendHalf, broker's flood OUTPUT delivery) still awaiting 15-thread gdb map to confirm test-artifact (ACKED path) vs. production-code (ack=false) scope. Instrumentation holdover pending gate. Delivery branch clean at 18416fd.<project-context-resolved name="spt-core"/>
Branch wedge-trace-v2 instrument closed. Awaiting doyle gdb 15-thread map to scope fix (test artifact vs. product code path).


doyle (high-priority): **OPERATOR GREENLIT — keep root-causing + fix.** Push wedge-trace-v3; he runs it immediately. v3 discriminates Theory 1 (StreamLog lock) vs Theory 2 (serde/throughput control-vs-data-plane). Building+pushing v3 now, then communing (session ending) so doyle stays unblocked async.

Acking + building v3 off the v2 probe branch.


$OWL send doyle <<'EOF'
ACK — operator greenlit, building wedge-trace-v3 NOW (off v2). It will capture, all vs drain_appends:
- dispatch_net_stream_subscribe(broker.rs:2101): ENTER + EXIT (does it enter/resolve fine but late = Theory 2, or block = Theory 1).
- NetHost::subscribe_stream(nethost.rs:1212): streams_lock_wait_us + StreamLog log_lock_wait_us + attach_us (Theory 1 lock test — HUGE log_lock_wait = StreamLog contention).
- StreamLog::append: WT_STREAM_APPENDS counter + acquire-wait totals (the forward-side pressure feeding the lock).
If log_lock_wait≈0 but enter/exit late or attach-done-yet-still-subscribed=false -> Theory 2 (throughput/control-plane delivery starvation). Pushing in a few min; I'm communing to my Psyche in parallel (session ending) but the branch + run command land first so you're unblocked. -todlando
EOF
cd "C:\Users\decid\Documents\projects\spt-core" && git checkout wedge-trace-v2 2>&1 | tail -1 && git checkout -b wedge-trace-v3 2>&1 | tail -1

Ack doyle + create wedge-trace-v3 branch off v2


➜ SENT:doyle
Switched to branch 'wedge-trace-v2'
Switched to a new branch 'wedge-trace-v3'


On wedge-trace-v3. Making the broker trace helpers `pub(crate)` so nethost.rs can share them. Locating them.


Grep

fn wedge_trace_on|static WT_DRAIN_APPENDS|fn dispatch_net_stream_subscribe


77:fn wedge_trace_on() -> bool {
83:static WT_DRAIN_APPENDS: AtomicU64 = AtomicU64::new(0);
2203:    fn dispatch_net_stream_subscribe(


71	// ── DIAGNOSTIC-ONLY: sustained-input-wedge instrumentation (SPT_WEDGE_TRACE=1) ──
72	// Off by default; behaviour-neutral; never ships a logic change. Measures whether
73	// a concurrent attach's `subscribe` starves on the OutputLog mutex behind the
74	// drain thread's flood-output `append` (REQ-HAZARD-EFFECT-JOURNAL-PTY-WEDGE /
75	// REQ-HAZARD-PTY-INPUT-WRITER-WEDGE root-cause hunt). Run the inject_control_wedge
76	// gates on a forkpty box with the env set and read the WEDGE_TRACE lines.
77	fn wedge_trace_on() -> bool {
78	    use std::sync::OnceLock;
79	    static ON: OnceLock<bool> = OnceLock::new();
80	    *ON.get_or_init(|| std::env::var_os("SPT_WEDGE_TRACE").is_some())
81	}
82	/// Drain-thread OutputLog-lock pressure counters (only touched when tracing).
83	static WT_DRAIN_APPENDS: AtomicU64 = AtomicU64::new(0);
84	static WT_DRAIN_WAIT_US: AtomicU64 = AtomicU64::new(0);
85	static WT_DRAIN_WAIT_MAX_US: AtomicU64 = AtomicU64::new(0);
86

// ── DIAGNOSTIC-ONLY: sustained-input-wedge instrumentation (SPT_WEDGE_TRACE=1) ──
// Off by default; behaviour-neutral; never ships a logic change. Measures whether
// a concurrent attach's `subscribe` starves on the OutputLog mutex behind the
// drain thread's flood-output `append` (REQ-HAZARD-EFFECT-JOURNAL-PTY-WEDGE /
// REQ-HAZARD-PTY-INPUT-WRITER-WEDGE root-cause hunt). Run the inject_control_wedge
// gates on a forkpty box with the env set and read the WEDGE_TRACE lines.
fn wedge_trace_on() -> bool {
    use std::sync::OnceLock;
    static ON: OnceLock<bool> = OnceLock::new();
    *ON.get_or_init(|| std::env::var_os("SPT_WEDGE_TRACE").is_some())
}
/// Drain-thread OutputLog-lock pressure counters (only touched when tracing).
static WT_DRAIN_APPENDS: AtomicU64 = AtomicU64::new(0);
static WT_DRAIN_WAIT_US: AtomicU64 = AtomicU64::new(0);
static WT_DRAIN_WAIT_MAX_US: AtomicU64 = AtomicU64::new(0);


Edit

fn wedge_trace_on() -> bool {
    use std::sync::OnceLock;
    static ON: OnceLock<bool> = OnceLock::new();
    *ON.get_or_init(|| std::env::var_os("SPT_WEDGE_TRACE").is_some())
}
/// Drain-thread OutputLog-lock pressure counters (only touched when tracing).
static WT_DRAIN_APPENDS: AtomicU64 = AtomicU64::new(0);

pub(crate) fn wedge_trace_on() -> bool {
    use std::sync::OnceLock;
    static ON: OnceLock<bool> = OnceLock::new();
    *ON.get_or_init(|| std::env::var_os("SPT_WEDGE_TRACE").is_some())
}
/// Drain-thread OutputLog-lock pressure counters (only touched when tracing).
/// `pub(crate)` so the net layer can cross-reference flood progress (drain appends)
/// against net-stream subscribe/append events.
pub(crate) static WT_DRAIN_APPENDS: AtomicU64 = AtomicU64::new(0);


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

fn wedge_trace_on() -> bool {
    use std::sync::OnceLock;
    static ON: OnceLock<bool> = OnceLock::new();
    *ON.get_or_init(|| std::env::var_os("SPT_WEDGE_TRACE").is_some())
}
/// Drain-thread OutputLog-lock pressure counters (only touched when tracing).
static WT_DRAIN_APPENDS: AtomicU64 = AtomicU64::new(0);

pub(crate) fn wedge_trace_on() -> bool {
    use std::sync::OnceLock;
    static ON: OnceLock<bool> = OnceLock::new();
    *ON.get_or_init(|| std::env::var_os("SPT_WEDGE_TRACE").is_some())
}
/// Drain-thread OutputLog-lock pressure counters (only touched when tracing).
/// `pub(crate)` so the net layer can cross-reference flood progress (drain appends)
/// against net-stream subscribe/append events.
pub(crate) static WT_DRAIN_APPENDS: AtomicU64 = AtomicU64::new(0);

// drain thread's flood-output `append` (REQ-HAZARD-EFFECT-JOURNAL-PTY-WEDGE /

// REQ-HAZARD-PTY-INPUT-WRITER-WEDGE root-cause hunt). Run the inject_control_wedge

// gates on a forkpty box with the env set and read the WEDGE_TRACE lines.

+pub(crate) fn wedge_trace_on() -> bool {

-static WT_DRAIN_APPENDS: AtomicU64 = AtomicU64::new(0);

+/// `pub(crate)` so the net layer can cross-reference flood progress (drain appends)

+/// against net-stream subscribe/append events.

+pub(crate) static WT_DRAIN_APPENDS: AtomicU64 = AtomicU64::new(0);

static WT_DRAIN_WAIT_US: AtomicU64 = AtomicU64::new(0);

static WT_DRAIN_WAIT_MAX_US: AtomicU64 = AtomicU64::new(0);


Now instrument `dispatch_net_stream_subscribe` (enter/exit vs flood progress).


2203	    /// the gapless-resume `subscribe` discipline on a QUIC stream.
2204	    // [impl->REQ-DAEMON-2]
2205	    fn dispatch_net_stream_subscribe(
2206	        &self,
2207	        env: Envelope,
2208	        send: &SharedSend,
2209	    ) -> Result<u64, String> {
2210	        let req: NetStreamSubscribeReq = serde_json::from_value(env.payload)
2211	            .map_err(|e| format!("bad net-stream-subscribe payload: {e}"))?;
2212	        let host = self.net.get().ok_or("net disabled")?;
2213	        host.subscribe_stream(req.stream_id, Arc::clone(send), req.from_seq)
2214	            .map_err(|e| e.to_string())?;
2215	        Ok(req.stream_id)
2216	    }
2217

    /// the gapless-resume `subscribe` discipline on a QUIC stream.
    // [impl->REQ-DAEMON-2]
    fn dispatch_net_stream_subscribe(
        &self,
        env: Envelope,
        send: &SharedSend,
    ) -> Result<u64, String> {
        let req: NetStreamSubscribeReq = serde_json::from_value(env.payload)
            .map_err(|e| format!("bad net-stream-subscribe payload: {e}"))?;
        let host = self.net.get().ok_or("net disabled")?;
        host.subscribe_stream(req.stream_id, Arc::clone(send), req.from_seq)
            .map_err(|e| e.to_string())?;
        Ok(req.stream_id)
    }


        let req: NetStreamSubscribeReq = serde_json::from_value(env.payload)
            .map_err(|e| format!("bad net-stream-subscribe payload: {e}"))?;
        let host = self.net.get().ok_or("net disabled")?;
        host.subscribe_stream(req.stream_id, Arc::clone(send), req.from_seq)
            .map_err(|e| e.to_string())?;
        Ok(req.stream_id)

        let req: NetStreamSubscribeReq = serde_json::from_value(env.payload)
            .map_err(|e| format!("bad net-stream-subscribe payload: {e}"))?;
        let host = self.net.get().ok_or("net disabled")?;
        // DIAGNOSTIC (SPT_WEDGE_TRACE): this is the ATTACHER's real subscribe. Time
        // enter->exit vs flood progress. If subscribe_stream returns fast but the
        // attacher still never sees subscribed=true, the wedge is delivery/throughput
        // (Theory 2), not this call (Theory 1 would show a huge wait INSIDE).
        if wedge_trace_on() {
            let t0 = std::time::Instant::now();
            let enter_appends = WT_DRAIN_APPENDS.load(Ordering::Relaxed);
            let r = host.subscribe_stream(req.stream_id, Arc::clone(send), req.from_seq);
            eprintln!(
                "WEDGE_TRACE net_stream_subscribe stream={} enter_appends={enter_appends} \
                 exit_appends={} subscribe_stream_us={} ok={}",
                req.stream_id,
                WT_DRAIN_APPENDS.load(Ordering::Relaxed),
                t0.elapsed().as_micros(),
                r.is_ok(),
            );
            r.map_err(|e| e.to_string())?;
        } else {
            host.subscribe_stream(req.stream_id, Arc::clone(send), req.from_seq)
                .map_err(|e| e.to_string())?;
        }
        Ok(req.stream_id)


        let req: NetStreamSubscribeReq = serde_json::from_value(env.payload)
            .map_err(|e| format!("bad net-stream-subscribe payload: {e}"))?;
        let host = self.net.get().ok_or("net disabled")?;
        host.subscribe_stream(req.stream_id, Arc::clone(send), req.from_seq)
            .map_err(|e| e.to_string())?;
        Ok(req.stream_id)

        let req: NetStreamSubscribeReq = serde_json::from_value(env.payload)
            .map_err(|e| format!("bad net-stream-subscribe payload: {e}"))?;
        let host = self.net.get().ok_or("net disabled")?;
        // DIAGNOSTIC (SPT_WEDGE_TRACE): this is the ATTACHER's real subscribe. Time
        // enter->exit vs flood progress. If subscribe_stream returns fast but the
        // attacher still never sees subscribed=true, the wedge is delivery/throughput
        // (Theory 2), not this call (Theory 1 would show a huge wait INSIDE).
        if wedge_trace_on() {
            let t0 = std::time::Instant::now();
            let enter_appends = WT_DRAIN_APPENDS.load(Ordering::Relaxed);
            let r = host.subscribe_stream(req.stream_id, Arc::clone(send), req.from_seq);
            eprintln!(
                "WEDGE_TRACE net_stream_subscribe stream={} enter_appends={enter_appends} \
                 exit_appends={} subscribe_stream_us={} ok={}",
                req.stream_id,
                WT_DRAIN_APPENDS.load(Ordering::Relaxed),
                t0.elapsed().as_micros(),
                r.is_ok(),
            );
            r.map_err(|e| e.to_string())?;
        } else {
            host.subscribe_stream(req.stream_id, Arc::clone(send), req.from_seq)
                .map_err(|e| e.to_string())?;
        }
        Ok(req.stream_id)

-        host.subscribe_stream(req.stream_id, Arc::clone(send), req.from_seq)

-            .map_err(|e| e.to_string())?;

+        // DIAGNOSTIC (SPT_WEDGE_TRACE): this is the ATTACHER's real subscribe. Time

+        // enter->exit vs flood progress. If subscribe_stream returns fast but the

+        // attacher still never sees subscribed=true, the wedge is delivery/throughput

+        // (Theory 2), not this call (Theory 1 would show a huge wait INSIDE).

+            let t0 = std::time::Instant::now();

+            let enter_appends = WT_DRAIN_APPENDS.load(Ordering::Relaxed);

+            let r = host.subscribe_stream(req.stream_id, Arc::clone(send), req.from_seq);

+                "WEDGE_TRACE net_stream_subscribe stream={} enter_appends={enter_appends} \

+                 exit_appends={} subscribe_stream_us={} ok={}",

+                WT_DRAIN_APPENDS.load(Ordering::Relaxed),

+                t0.elapsed().as_micros(),

+            r.map_err(|e| e.to_string())?;

+            host.subscribe_stream(req.stream_id, Arc::clone(send), req.from_seq)

+                .map_err(|e| e.to_string())?;