chore(release): auto-bump version to 0.99.10 — earned by #2469 (task-scoped probes and tool-name compatibility (#2468))

Promotion record: http://127.0.0.1:3000/conductor/rune/pulls/2469

.agents/skills/land/SKILL.md

@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+---
+name: land
+description: Review and land one small Rune change through the governed PR workflow.
+disable-model-invocation: true
+metadata:
+  delta-action: land
+---
+
+# Land one small diff
+
+1. Read applicable `AGENTS.md` rules and the repo's PR/merge workflow.
+2. Confirm the issue, exact diff, target branch, and permission to publish and land.
+3. Keep one small, reversible change; preserve unrelated work.
+4. For bugs, follow `docs/bugfix-contract.md`: red test first, root cause, discharge.
+5. Run required tests, static analysis, canaries, and henxels; record results.
+6. Get independent `/review` per `docs/adversarial-review.md`; clear blockers.
+7. Inspect remotes; publish the PR to the approved forge, never `local`.
+8. Require human approval and green required CI on the exact PR head; recheck changed heads.
+9. Load `report-landed`; use the repo's merge workflow. Stop on conflicts; never force-push or bypass hooks.
+10. Verify the target commit and CI, then report the actual landing result and remaining blockers.

.coveragerc

@@ -15,6 +15,9 @@
 # Canary files are omitted: src/rune/canary_*.py are standalone CI
 # verification scripts executed directly by the canary job, never imported by
 # the test suite — counting them would make the global floor a fiction.
+# ffi_query_memory_smoke.py is the same class: a standalone evidence script
+# driven directly (and by tests/test_ffi_query_memory_smoke.py when the cdylib
+# is built), never imported by the suite.
 
 [run]
 source = src/rune
@@ -22,6 +25,7 @@ omit =
     tests/*
     scripts/*
     src/rune/canary_*.py
+    src/rune/ffi_query_memory_smoke.py
 
 [report]
 fail_under = 29

.gitea/ISSUE_TEMPLATE/bug.md

@@ -1,16 +1,46 @@
 ---
 name: Bug Fix
-about: Fix a bug or issue
+about: Demonstrate currently incorrect behaviour — plain English first, proof required
 title: "[BUG] "
 labels: bug
 assignees: conductor
 ---
 
-## Plain summary
-<!-- 2-4 sentences, NON-TECHNICAL: what's broken and why it matters. -->
+<restate the issue title here in everyday words — this heading IS the
+plain-English summary; no meta-labels like "plain English" in it>
+<!-- The heading above carries the summary itself — a scan of issue
+     headings alone should tell the whole story of the board. TOP PRIORITY:
+     if a technical detail below contradicts this section, the issue is
+     buggy — fix the issue. -->
+<!-- SUBMITTED_BODY -->
 
-## Example
-<!-- A concrete before/after: "Doing X currently produces Y; it should produce Z." -->
+
+What is broken: <what a person observes going wrong>
+
+What should happen instead: <the correct behaviour>
+
+How often / when: <always | after X | since change Y>
+
+## Proof it is broken (required — no proof, no bug)
+<!-- A bug is DEMONSTRATED currently incorrect behaviour. Nothing else.
+     If this section cannot be filled, file it as a question, not a bug. -->
+- [ ] Reproduction command or steps (deterministic where possible)
+- [ ] The exact wrong output observed: <paste/log excerpt>
+- [ ] Where the evidence lives: <log path, fixture, session id>
+
+## Steps to reproduce
+<!-- How to trigger the bug -->
+
+## What would let us close this
+- [ ] The reproduction command now shows correct behaviour
+- [ ] A regression test exists that fails before the fix and passes after
+- [ ] No other behaviour changed (or changes are listed and justified)
+
+## Version impact (declared at submission — verified at merge)
+<!-- A bug fix is USUALLY a patch. Pick major or minor only with a reason. -->
+- [ ] patch — same behaviour, done correctly (usual for bugs)
+- [ ] major — the bug was in a published contract and fixing it breaks consumers (justify)
+- [ ] minor — fixing revealed a missing capability that had to be added (justify)
 
 ## Technical details
 <!-- WHAT (the bug) / WHERE (files) / EVIDENCE (how it was confirmed). -->
@@ -29,10 +59,6 @@ assignees: conductor
 - [ ] Canary passes (name)
 - [ ] Closed with a properly formatted closing comment + commit references
 
-## Steps to reproduce
-<!-- How to trigger the bug -->
-
-
 ## Cognitive invariants (memory/cognition issues — both handoffs)
 <!-- Complete ONLY if this issue touches memory, learning, or self-model state. -->
 - [ ] **Owner** — which existing subsystem owns this (audit before creating modules)

.gitea/ISSUE_TEMPLATE/feature.md

@@ -1,18 +1,44 @@
 ---
 name: Feature Request
-about: New feature or improvement — DESCRIPTION GATE v4 format (plain summary + pipeline requirements)
+about: New feature or improvement — plain English first, verifiable close conditions, version intent
 title: "[FEATURE] "
 labels: feature
 assignees: conductor
 ---
 
-## Plain summary
-<!-- 2-4 sentences, NON-TECHNICAL: what this does and why it matters. Nick should
-understand the goal without decoding internals. -->
+<restate the issue title here in everyday words — this heading IS the
+plain-English summary; no meta-labels like "plain English" in it>
+<!-- The heading above carries the summary itself — a scan of issue
+     headings alone should tell the whole story of the board. TOP PRIORITY:
+     if a technical detail below contradicts this section, the issue is
+     buggy — fix the issue. A non-technical reader must be able to retell this
+     section. 3-6 sentences, no jargon. -->
+<!-- SUBMITTED_BODY -->
+
+
+What is this about: <what>
+
+Why do we need it: <the itch — what happens today that shouldn't, or what becomes possible>
+
+Why is it still open: <"not started yet" | "part done, X remains" | "deliberately parked as a future idea">
 
 ## Example
-<!-- A concrete example of the intended behavior, in plain terms:
-"If X happens, the system will Y instead of Z." -->
+<!-- A concrete before/after in plain terms: "If X happens, the system will Y instead of Z." -->
+
+## What would let us close this
+<!-- Checkable statements, verifiable by looking at something that EXISTS —
+     a file, a log line, a passing test. Not "when appropriate". -->
+- [ ] <condition 1 — observable>
+- [ ] <condition 2>
+
+## Version impact (declared at submission — verified at merge)
+<!-- The pipeline derives the real bump from merged conventional commits and
+     compares against this declaration. A mismatch is flagged, not fatal:
+     either the declaration was wrong or the work grew. Both facts matter. -->
+- [ ] major — breaking: changes a contract, schema, or interface others depend on
+- [ ] minor — new capability: something becomes possible that wasn't
+- [ ] patch — repair: same behaviour, done correctly
+- [ ] none — touches no released artifact (docs, memory, process notes)
 
 ## Technical details
 <!-- WHAT — one-line objective.
@@ -37,7 +63,6 @@ DEPENDENCIES — parent epic + preceding stage/plan refs. -->
 - [ ] Canary passes (name)
 - [ ] Closed with a properly formatted closing comment + commit/PR references
 
-
 ## Cognitive invariants (memory/cognition issues — both handoffs)
 <!-- Complete ONLY if this issue touches memory, learning, or self-model state. -->
 - [ ] **Owner** — which existing subsystem owns this (audit before creating modules)
@@ -69,4 +94,4 @@ Hard invariants: derived cognition preserves evidentiary ancestry · epistemic c
 - [ ] **P0 — critical** — breaks the spine / core correctness, or blocks other work
 - [ ] **P1 — high** — material user value or a real defect (money, correctness bugs, next-stage dependency)
 - [ ] **P2 — medium** — quality/consolidation improvement (check the fold-into mapping first)
-- [ ] **P3 — low** — measurement / benchmark / deferred policy
+- [ ] **P3 — low** — measurement / benchmark / deferred policy

.gitea/ISSUE_TEMPLATE/research.md

@@ -0,0 +1,76 @@
+---
+name: Research Submission
+about: Buy down uncertainty before building — question, falsifier, budget, durable findings
+title: "[RESEARCH] "
+labels: research
+assignees: conductor
+---
+
+<restate the issue title here in everyday words — this heading IS the
+plain-English summary; no meta-labels like "plain English" in it>
+<!-- The heading above carries the summary itself — a scan of issue
+     headings alone should tell the whole story of the board. TOP PRIORITY:
+     if a technical detail below contradicts this section, the issue is
+     buggy — fix the issue. -->
+<!-- SUBMITTED_BODY -->
+
+
+The question: <what we're trying to learn, one sentence>
+
+Why we're asking: <what decision this research will inform — a name, an issue
+number, or "exploratory: none yet">
+
+What we believe today: <the current assumption, stated so it can be proven wrong>
+
+## The shape of an answer
+- [ ] What evidence would settle the question: <observation, benchmark, or spike>
+- [ ] What evidence would KILL the current assumption (the falsifier): <be specific —
+      this is stated BEFORE starting so the research cannot become a search for confirmation>
+- [ ] Budget: <time/effort cap — when research must stop and report back>
+
+## What would let us close this
+- [ ] Findings written to a durable document: <path, e.g. research/issue-NNN/> —
+      a comment thread is not a durable finding
+- [ ] The decision the research informs is recorded: made / deferred / changed
+- [ ] If a follow-up build issue was minted: <#N or "none needed">
+
+## Version impact (declared at submission — verified at merge)
+- [ ] none — research changes no released artifact (usual)
+- [ ] minor/major — only if a code spike is being merged as part of this (justify)
+
+## Technical detail
+<!-- Candidate approaches, prior art in the repo, related issues, constraints,
+     rebuildable-projection or authority requirements if findings touch canonical state. -->
+
+## Pipeline requirements
+- [ ] Findings committed under the stated durable path
+- [ ] Every citation verified against a real source (no fabricated references)
+- [ ] Closed with a properly formatted closing comment: findings summary + decision
+
+## Cognitive invariants (memory/cognition research — both handoffs)
+<!-- Complete ONLY if findings touch memory, learning, or self-model state. -->
+- [ ] **Owner** — which existing subsystem owns this (audit before proposing modules)
+- [ ] **Read/write authority** — which canonical state is affected
+- [ ] **Provenance** — findings traceable to evidence
+- [ ] **Reversibility** — projections remain rebuildable; no unique truth moves into a derived index
+- [ ] **No duplicate authority** — why extend vs create
+
+Hard invariants: derived cognition preserves evidentiary ancestry · retrieval never increases utility · raw evidence is never destroyed by promotion.
+
+## Related umbrella
+- [ ] Memory
+- [ ] Governance
+- [ ] Identity
+- [ ] Growth
+- [ ] Perception
+- [ ] Infrastructure
+- [ ] Life (Nick's)
+- [ ] Custodian
+- [ ] Orchestration
+
+## Priority (REQUIRED — the priority gate)
+<!-- Pick exactly one. An issue without a priority is not filed. -->
+- [ ] **P0 — critical** — blocks a decision that blocks other work
+- [ ] **P1 — high** — informs a next-stage dependency
+- [ ] **P2 — medium** — quality/consolidation understanding
+- [ ] **P3 — low** — watchlist / deferred / exploratory

.gitea/workflows/auto-backup.yml

@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ on:
 
 jobs:
   backup:
-    runs-on: rune-infra-pi
+    runs-on: rune-ci-desktop
     steps:
       # actions/checkout v4.2.2, pinned to the audited upstream tag commit.
       - uses: actions/checkout@11bd71901bbe5b1630ceea73d27597364c9af683

.gitea/workflows/auto-label.yml

@@ -11,8 +11,8 @@ jobs:
   # P0/P1/P2/P3. An issue that lands without one gets 'unprioritized' +
   # a demand comment — filing is not complete until prioritized.
   priority-gate:
-    if: github.event_name == 'issues' && github.event.action != 'labeled'
-    runs-on: rune-infra-pi
+    if: github.event_name == 'issues' && github.event.action != 'labeled' && github.event.issue.state == 'open'
+    runs-on: rune-ci-desktop
     steps:
       - name: Enforce priority label
         uses: actions/github-script@v7
@@ -23,12 +23,13 @@ jobs:
             const labels = (issue.labels || []).map(l => l.name);
             const priorities = ['P0 — critical', 'P1 — high', 'P2 — medium', 'P3 — low'];
             const has = labels.filter(l => priorities.includes(l));
-            if (has.length >= 1) {
+            if (has.length === 1) {
               // Prioritized — clear the flag if it was set.
               if (labels.includes('unprioritized')) {
-                await github.rest.issues.removeLabel({
+                await github.request('DELETE /repos/{owner}/{repo}/issues/{issue_number}/labels/{id}', {
                   owner: context.repo.owner, repo: context.repo.repo,
-                  issue_number: issue.number, name: 'unprioritized',
+                  issue_number: issue.number,
+                  id: issue.labels.find(l => l.name === 'unprioritized').id,
                 }).catch(e => { if (e.status !== 404) throw e; });
               }
               return;
@@ -44,12 +45,26 @@ jobs:
             });
 
   auto-label:
-    runs-on: rune-infra-pi
+    runs-on: rune-ci-desktop
     steps:
       - name: Analyze and label
         uses: actions/github-script@v7
         with:
           script: |
+            // CLOSED-ISSUE GUARD (#407): labels are filing-time metadata.
+            // A closed issue's lifecycle has ended; re-running label
+            // inference on it re-adds stale type labels (bug = currently
+            // incorrect behavior — a closed fixed issue must not carry
+            // it) and makes any human label cleanup self-defeating,
+            // because every PUT fires a 'labeled' event that re-triggers
+            // this job. Post-close label curation belongs to humans and
+            // the conductor, not this workflow.
+            const issueState = context.payload.issue?.state;
+            if (issueState === 'closed') {
+              console.log(`Issue #${context.payload.issue?.number} is closed — auto-label skips (labels are curated post-close).`);
+              return;
+            }
+            const action = context.payload.action;
             const title = context.payload.issue?.title || context.payload.pull_request?.title || '';
             const body = context.payload.issue?.body || context.payload.pull_request?.body || '';
             const text = (title + ' ' + body).toLowerCase();
@@ -58,9 +73,44 @@ jobs:
             const managedLabels = new Set([
               'memory', 'governance', 'identity', 'growth',
               'perception', 'infrastructure', 'life', 'custodian',
-              'priority: high', 'bug', 'feature',
+              'bug', 'feature', 'research',
+              'P0 — critical', 'P1 — high', 'P2 — medium', 'P3 — low',
             ]);
 
+            // Type label: DECLARED over GUESSED. The template spine
+            // (kind: bug|feature|research|epic|...) is authoritative.
+            // A recognized kind maps to its label; ANY other declared kind
+            // (e.g. epic) means NO type label and NO keyword guessing —
+            // epics are containers, not bugs. Keyword heuristics apply
+            // only to pre-template issues with no spine at all.
+            let isBug = false, isFeature = false, isResearch = false;
+            const kindMatch = body && body.match(/^kind:\s*([a-z_-]+)\s*$/m);
+            if (kindMatch) {
+              const kind = kindMatch[1];
+              isBug = kind === 'bug';
+              isFeature = kind === 'feature';
+              isResearch = kind === 'research';
+            } else if (action === 'opened') {
+              // KEYWORD FALLBACK (#407): pre-template issues only, and
+              // ONLY at filing time. Re-running keyword guesses on every
+              // edit/label event overrides human curation of spine-less
+              // issues (documented rule: keyword heuristics are the
+              // pre-template fallback, not a standing authority).
+              const textBug = title.startsWith('[BUG]') || text.includes('bug') || text.includes('fix') || text.includes('broken');
+              isBug = textBug;
+              isFeature = !isBug && (title.startsWith('[FEATURE]') || text.includes('feature') || text.includes('improve') || text.includes('add'));
+              isResearch = !isBug && !isFeature && title.startsWith('[RESEARCH]');
+            }
+            if (isBug) {
+              desiredLabels.add('bug');
+            }
+            if (isFeature) {
+              desiredLabels.add('feature');
+            }
+            if (isResearch) {
+              desiredLabels.add('research');
+            }
+
             // Umbrella labels
             if (text.includes('memory') || text.includes('store') || text.includes('recall') || text.includes('consolidat')) {
               desiredLabels.add('memory');
@@ -87,19 +137,31 @@ jobs:
               desiredLabels.add('custodian');
             }
 
-            // Priority labels
-            if (text.includes('urgent') || text.includes('critical') || text.includes('broken')) {
-              desiredLabels.add('priority: high');
-            }
-
-            // Type labels
-            const isBug = title.startsWith('[BUG]') || text.includes('bug') || text.includes('fix') || text.includes('broken');
-            const isFeature = !isBug && (title.startsWith('[FEATURE]') || text.includes('feature') || text.includes('improve') || text.includes('add'));
-            if (isBug) {
-              desiredLabels.add('bug');
-            }
-            if (isFeature) {
-              desiredLabels.add('feature');
+            // Priority labels (2026-10-05: PROGRAMMATIC P-ASSIGNMENT —
+            // the gate demanded P0-P3 labels but nothing assigned them;
+            // the dead 'priority: high' label is gone per the 2026-09-04
+            // normalization). Assignment from the TITLE prefix first
+            // ([P1]/P1:/priority=...), then keyword inference using the
+            // gate's own rule set (the scale lives in ONE place — the
+            // priority-gate job above).
+            const pMatch = title.match(/\bP([0-3])\b/);
+            const priorityLabelNames = ['P0 — critical', 'P1 — high', 'P2 — medium', 'P3 — low'];
+            if (pMatch) {
+              desiredLabels.add(priorityLabelNames[Number(pMatch[1])]);
+            } else if (text.includes('urgent') || text.includes('critical') ||
+                       text.includes('spine') || text.includes('blocks other work')) {
+              desiredLabels.add(priorityLabelNames[0]);   // P0 — critical
+            } else if (text.includes('broken') || text.includes('fix') ||
+                       text.includes('repair') || text.includes('defect') ||
+                       text.includes('real defect') || text.includes('money')) {
+              desiredLabels.add(priorityLabelNames[1]);   // P1 — high
+            } else if (text.includes('improve') || text.includes('consolidat') ||
+                       text.includes('refactor') || text.includes('kernel') ||
+                       text.includes('port')) {
+              desiredLabels.add(priorityLabelNames[2]);   // P2 — medium
+            } else if (text.includes('benchmark') || text.includes('measurement') ||
+                       text.includes('deferred')) {
+              desiredLabels.add(priorityLabelNames[3]);   // P3 — low
             }
 
             const issueNumber = context.payload.issue?.number || context.payload.pull_request?.number;
@@ -109,6 +171,7 @@ jobs:
               issue_number: issueNumber,
             });
             const currentLabels = new Set(current.data.map(label => label.name));
+            const currentLabelIds = new Map(current.data.map(label => [label.name, label.id]));
             const staleManaged = [...currentLabels].filter(
               label => managedLabels.has(label) && !desiredLabels.has(label)
             );
@@ -118,11 +181,14 @@ jobs:
 
             for (const name of staleManaged) {
               try {
-                await github.rest.issues.removeLabel({
+                // Gitea's DELETE /labels/{id} requires the numeric label ID.
+                // Octokit's GitHub-style removeLabel(name) returned 404 and
+                // left stale priority labels behind (#2467: P0 AND P2).
+                await github.request('DELETE /repos/{owner}/{repo}/issues/{issue_number}/labels/{id}', {
                   owner: context.repo.owner,
                   repo: context.repo.repo,
                   issue_number: issueNumber,
-                  name,
+                  id: currentLabelIds.get(name),
                 });
               } catch (error) {
                 if (error.status !== 404) {
@@ -140,5 +206,21 @@ jobs:
                 labels: missingDesired,
               });
             }
+            // The priority gate can flag a duplicate before this job
+            // reconciles it. Clear the flag only AFTER verifying exactly one
+            // surviving P-label against Gitea's current state.
+            const reconciled = await github.rest.issues.listLabelsOnIssue({
+              owner: context.repo.owner, repo: context.repo.repo,
+              issue_number: issueNumber,
+            });
+            const actual = reconciled.data;
+            const activePriority = actual.filter(l => priorityLabelNames.includes(l.name));
+            const flag = actual.find(l => l.name === 'unprioritized');
+            if (activePriority.length === 1 && flag) {
+              await github.request('DELETE /repos/{owner}/{repo}/issues/{issue_number}/labels/{id}', {
+                owner: context.repo.owner, repo: context.repo.repo,
+                issue_number: issueNumber, id: flag.id,
+              });
+            }
             console.log(`Removed managed labels: ${staleManaged.join(', ') || 'none'}`);
             console.log(`Added managed labels: ${missingDesired.join(', ') || 'none'}`);

.gitea/workflows/auto-update-gitea.yml

@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ on:
 
 jobs:
   update-gitea:
-    runs-on: rune-infra-pi
+    runs-on: rune-ci-desktop
     steps:
       - name: Check current Gitea version
         id: current

.gitea/workflows/auto-version.yml

@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ permissions: write-all
 
 jobs:
   release:
-    runs-on: rune-infra-pi
+    runs-on: rune-ci-desktop
     steps:
       - uses: actions/checkout@v4
         with:
@@ -131,8 +131,12 @@ jobs:
               "pyproject.toml": [(f'version = "{VERSION}"', f'version = "{NEW}"')],
           }
 
-          # Fetch current master content, apply replacements, VERIFY all five
-          # surfaces agree on NEW before committing anything (TUI gate).
+          # Fetch current master content, apply replacements, VERIFY all six
+          # surface patterns (five files + the TUI footer) agree on NEW before
+          # committing anything (TUI gate). The footer check was added after
+          # the 0.89.0 half-bump: a stale RELEASE_VERSION made both replace
+          # pairs no-op; the gate's RECOVER regex fixed the header only and
+          # the footer silently stayed 0.88.4, failing the banner test.
           edited = {}
           for path, pairs in surfaces.items():
               status, cur = api(f"/contents/{path}?ref=master")
@@ -151,6 +155,7 @@ jobs:
           checks = [
               ("src/rune/__init__.py", rf'__version__ = "({VER})"'),
               ("src/rune/rune_tui.py", rf"Version: v({VER})"),
+              ("src/rune/rune_tui.py", rf"Rune v({VER}) \|"),
               ("src/rune/canary_gitea_automation.py", rf"'__version__ = \"({VER})\"'"),
               ("pyproject.toml", rf'version = "({VER})"'),
               ("README.md", rf"v({VER})"),

.gitea/workflows/ci.yml

@@ -67,6 +67,21 @@ jobs:
   unit-tests:
     runs-on: rune-ci-desktop
     if: ${{ !startsWith(gitea.event.pull_request.head.ref, 'chore/auto-bump') }}
+    env:
+      RUNE_HOME: /tmp/rune-ci-${{ github.run_id }}
+      RUNE_MEMORY_DIR: /tmp/rune-ci-${{ github.run_id }}/memory
+      # The unit shim battery loads the cdylib (ep_loader); point it at the
+      # runner-owned cdylib FILE from the crate-build step below (the override
+      # expects a file path, not a directory).
+      EP_RUST_LIB: /tmp/rune-ci-target-${{ github.run_id }}/release/libevidence_provenance.so
+      SP_RUST_LIB: /tmp/rune-ci-target-${{ github.run_id }}/release/librune_spine.so
+      MS_RUST_LIB: /tmp/rune-ci-target-${{ github.run_id }}/release/libmemory_scoring.so
+      CS_RUST_LIB: /tmp/rune-ci-target-${{ github.run_id }}/release/libcapability_scoring.so
+      TC_RUST_LIB: /tmp/rune-ci-target-${{ github.run_id }}/release/libtoken_counting.so
+      SC_RUST_LIB: /tmp/rune-ci-target-${{ github.run_id }}/release/libscaffold_core.so
+      MEMS_RUST_LIB: /tmp/rune-ci-target-${{ github.run_id }}/release/libmemory_storage.so
+      MR_RUST_LIB: /tmp/rune-ci-target-${{ github.run_id }}/release/libmemory_retrieval.so
+      CC_RUST_LIB: /tmp/rune-ci-target-${{ github.run_id }}/release/libcognition_core.so
     steps:
       # actions/checkout v4.2.2, pinned to the audited upstream tag commit.
       - uses: actions/checkout@11bd71901bbe5b1630ceea73d27597364c9af683
@@ -102,6 +117,26 @@ jobs:
           fi
           python3 scripts/umbrella_impact.py check \
             --base "$(git merge-base origin/master HEAD)" --head HEAD ${BODY_FILE:+--body-file "$BODY_FILE"}
+      - name: Build Rust evidence_provenance crate
+        run: |
+          # tests/test_evidence_provenance_shims.py drives the cdylib through
+          # the shim layer. Toolchain law (see the canary job for the full
+          # rationale): system rustc is broken on this host (LLVM_23.1
+          # version-node symbol gap); use the healthy rustup toolchain, PATH
+          # first so the rustup shim can't exec the broken system rustc.
+          # Runner-owned /tmp target dir (the repo's target/ is nick's).
+          export PATH="/home/nick/.rustup/toolchains/stable-x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu/bin:$PATH"
+          export CARGO_TARGET_DIR="/tmp/rune-ci-target-${{ github.run_id }}"
+          mkdir -p "$CARGO_TARGET_DIR"
+          cargo build --release --manifest-path src/rust/evidence_provenance/Cargo.toml
+          cargo build --release --manifest-path src/rust/rune_spine/Cargo.toml
+          cargo build --release --manifest-path src/rust/memory_scoring/Cargo.toml
+          cargo build --release --manifest-path src/rust/capability_scoring/Cargo.toml
+          cargo build --release --manifest-path src/rust/token_counting/Cargo.toml
+          cargo build --release --manifest-path src/rust/scaffold_core/Cargo.toml
+          cargo build --release --manifest-path src/rust/memory_storage/Cargo.toml
+          cargo build --release --manifest-path src/rust/memory_retrieval/Cargo.toml
+          cargo build --release --manifest-path src/rust/cognition_core/Cargo.toml
       - name: Test with coverage (global floor + changed-lines ratchet)
         run: |
           # #149 coverage ratchet — both floors live in .coveragerc; raise,
@@ -113,12 +148,45 @@ jobs:
           .test-venv/bin/coverage xml
           .test-venv/bin/diff-cover coverage.xml --compare-branch origin/master --fail-under=70 --diff-range-notation ..
 
+  go-surface:
+    runs-on: rune-ci-desktop
+    if: ${{ !startsWith(gitea.event.pull_request.head.ref, 'chore/auto-bump') }}
+    steps:
+      # actions/checkout v4.2.2, pinned to the audited upstream tag commit.
+      - uses: actions/checkout@11bd71901bbe5b1630ceea73d27597364c9af683
+      - name: Verify Go toolchain version pin
+        run: |
+          # H0 pin: the Go surface builds against the pacman toolchain; the
+          # pin file is the single source of truth so a distro upgrade that
+          # changes behavior fails loud here, not downstream in the canary.
+          WANT=$(cat go-version.txt)
+          GOT=$(go version | awk '{print $3}' | sed 's/^go//' | cut -d- -f1)
+          echo "pinned: $WANT | toolchain: $GOT"
+          [ "$GOT" = "$WANT" ] || { echo "::error::Go toolchain drift: want $WANT, got $GOT (update go-version.txt with the rollout)"; exit 1; }
+      - name: go vet + go test + go build
+        run: |
+          cd src/go/rune-entry
+          go vet ./...
+          go test ./...
+          go build -o /tmp/rune-entry-ci .
+
   canary:
     runs-on: rune-ci-desktop
     if: ${{ !startsWith(gitea.event.pull_request.head.ref, 'chore/auto-bump') }}
     env:
       RUNE_HOME: /tmp/rune-ci-${{ github.run_id }}
       RUNE_MEMORY_DIR: /tmp/rune-ci-${{ github.run_id }}/memory
+      # The build emits to a runner-owned /tmp target dir (the repo's target/
+      # is nick-owned); EP_RUST_LIB points ep_loader at the cdylib FILE there
+      # (the override expects a file path, not a directory).
+      EP_RUST_LIB: /tmp/rune-ci-target-${{ github.run_id }}/release/libevidence_provenance.so
+      SP_RUST_LIB: /tmp/rune-ci-target-${{ github.run_id }}/release/librune_spine.so
+      MS_RUST_LIB: /tmp/rune-ci-target-${{ github.run_id }}/release/libmemory_scoring.so
+      CS_RUST_LIB: /tmp/rune-ci-target-${{ github.run_id }}/release/libcapability_scoring.so
+      TC_RUST_LIB: /tmp/rune-ci-target-${{ github.run_id }}/release/libtoken_counting.so
+      SC_RUST_LIB: /tmp/rune-ci-target-${{ github.run_id }}/release/libscaffold_core.so
+      MEMS_RUST_LIB: /tmp/rune-ci-target-${{ github.run_id }}/release/libmemory_storage.so
+      MR_RUST_LIB: /tmp/rune-ci-target-${{ github.run_id }}/release/libmemory_retrieval.so
     steps:
       # actions/checkout v4.2.2, pinned to the audited upstream tag commit.
       - uses: actions/checkout@11bd71901bbe5b1630ceea73d27597364c9af683
@@ -130,6 +198,35 @@ jobs:
           python3 -m venv .canary-venv
           .canary-venv/bin/pip install --disable-pip-version-check -r requirements-ci.txt
           .canary-venv/bin/pip install --disable-pip-version-check -e . --no-deps
+      - name: Build Rust evidence_provenance crate
+        run: |
+          # The canary pair + the unit shim battery drive the COMPILED surfaces
+          # (binary CLI parity, ep_loader FFI, ctypes cdylib loads).
+          #
+          # Toolchain law (troubleshooting history): the SYSTEM rustc is broken
+          # on this host — librustc_driver-<sha>.so (pacman rust 1:1.99.0-1)
+          # references std::string::_M_mutate under the LLVM_23.1 version node,
+          # but /usr/lib/libLLVM.so.23.1 does not define that narrow-char
+          # symbol under that node (it exports _M_create/_M_assign there, and
+          # only the WIDE-char _M_mutate) — every compile dies with `symbol
+          # lookup error` while `cargo --version` still prints. The rustup
+          # toolchain under /home/nick/.rustup is healthy and ships its own
+          # libLLVM, and /home/nick carries the x-ACL for this runner user.
+          # Point PATH at the toolchain bin dir (bypasses the rustup shim,
+          # which would exec the broken system rustc via RUSTUP_TOOLCHAIN).
+          # Target dir is runner-owned (/tmp): the repo's target/ is nick's.
+          export PATH="/home/nick/.rustup/toolchains/stable-x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu/bin:$PATH"
+          export CARGO_TARGET_DIR="/tmp/rune-ci-target-${{ github.run_id }}"
+          mkdir -p "$CARGO_TARGET_DIR"
+          cargo build --release --manifest-path src/rust/evidence_provenance/Cargo.toml
+          cargo build --release --manifest-path src/rust/rune_spine/Cargo.toml
+          cargo build --release --manifest-path src/rust/memory_scoring/Cargo.toml
+          cargo build --release --manifest-path src/rust/capability_scoring/Cargo.toml
+          cargo build --release --manifest-path src/rust/token_counting/Cargo.toml
+          cargo build --release --manifest-path src/rust/scaffold_core/Cargo.toml
+          cargo build --release --manifest-path src/rust/memory_storage/Cargo.toml
+          cargo build --release --manifest-path src/rust/memory_retrieval/Cargo.toml
+          cargo build --release --manifest-path src/rust/cognition_core/Cargo.toml
       - name: Run canary suite
         run: |
           FAILED=0
@@ -156,6 +253,21 @@ jobs:
             src/rune/canary_p1_06.py \
             src/rune/canary_p1_01.py \
             src/rune/canary_query_memory.py \
+            src/rune/canary_rune_entry.py \
+            src/rune/canary_spine_meta.py \
+            src/rune/canary_audit_ledger.py \
+            src/rust/rune_spine/canary_spine_rust.py \
+            src/rune/canary_rune_serve.py \
+            src/rune/canary_tui_transport.py \
+            src/rust/memory_scoring/canary_memory_scoring.py \
+            src/rust/capability_scoring/canary_capability_scoring.py \
+            src/rust/token_counting/canary_token_counting.py \
+            src/rust/scaffold_core/canary_scaffold_core.py \
+            src/rust/memory_storage/canary_memory_storage.py \
+            src/rust/memory_retrieval/canary_memory_retrieval.py \
+            src/rust/cognition_core/canary_growth_pins.py \
+            src/rust/cognition_core/canary_persona.py \
+            src/rust/cognition_core/canary_cognition_core.py \
             src/rune/canary_unbounded.py \
             src/rune/canary_full_system.py \
             src/rune/canary_native.py; do

.gitea/workflows/maintenance.yml

@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ on:
 
 jobs:
   lint-and-format:
-    runs-on: rune-infra-pi
+    runs-on: rune-ci-desktop
     steps:
       - uses: actions/checkout@v4
       - name: Lint Python files
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ jobs:
           ruff format shared/ src/ || true
 
   canary-suite:
-    runs-on: rune-infra-pi
+    runs-on: rune-ci-desktop
     steps:
       - uses: actions/checkout@v4
       - name: Run all canaries
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ jobs:
           exit $FAILED
 
   best-practices:
-    runs-on: rune-infra-pi
+    runs-on: rune-ci-desktop
     steps:
       - uses: actions/checkout@v4
       - name: Check best practices
@@ -72,7 +72,7 @@ jobs:
           grep -rn "TODO\|FIXME\|HACK\|XXX" shared/ src/ --include="*.py" | head -10 || echo "  Clean"
 
   documentation-check:
-    runs-on: rune-infra-pi
+    runs-on: rune-ci-desktop
     steps:
       - uses: actions/checkout@v4
       - name: Check documentation coverage
@@ -113,7 +113,7 @@ jobs:
   # push-triggered safety net in auto-version.yml. Detects master/tag drift
   # and files a deduped issue — it never auto-releases without the PR flow.
   release-drift-reconciliation:
-    runs-on: rune-infra-pi
+    runs-on: rune-ci-desktop
     steps:
       - uses: actions/checkout@v4
         with:

.gitignore

@@ -14,3 +14,4 @@ state/
 # Runtime artifacts (cwd-local event journal + capability index)
 index/
 journal/
+src/rust/*/target/

AGENTS.md

@@ -58,3 +58,26 @@ fix, full pipeline re-entry (suite + ratchet + ruff + canaries + henxels;
 gates for anything beyond a mechanical minor), regression tests frozen forever,
 discharge recorded finding → test → commit. Symptom patches are rejected at
 review. To escape: edit `henxels.yaml` or this file — visibly.
+
+## Issue organisation standard (binding, 2026-09-19)
+
+One open note per idea. Issues use the template spine (kind, subsystem,
+version intent) with a plain-English heading that restates the subject —
+no meta-labels. Before minting a standalone issue, check whether the work
+belongs inside an existing parent:
+
+- **Parked ideas under a blocked/future epic** are filed as checklist items
+  in the parent's "Absorbed children" section, NOT as standalone issues.
+  Absorption is reversible — re-mint standalone when the idea becomes live.
+- **Live, dependency-tracked, or starting work** gets a standalone issue.
+- **Closures state the reason as data**: `closed_because` in the spine
+  (completed / superseded-by-#N / absorbed-into-#N / wont-do / duplicate),
+  plus a standard closing comment (plain summary first).
+- The reconciliation checker (`scripts/gitea_reconciliation_check.py`) must
+  stay green after any issue state change; the artifact is updated in the
+  same change that moves issues.
+
+## Async continuation final flow proofs (R13/M9) — 2026-09-19
+
+PR-flow live proof marker: harmless documentation addition exercising the
+canonical single-continuation path on the PC-local forge. No code change.

README.md

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 # Rune
 
-**Current release: v0.83.5**
+**Current release: v0.99.10**
 
 **Rune is a persistent personal agent designed to accumulate experience, develop reusable competence, and remain recognisably the same agent even when its underlying foundation model changes.**
 

bridge/daemon/completion_file.py

@@ -0,0 +1,196 @@
+"""completion_file.py — REAL_ASYNC_BRIDGE: durable completion-file delivery
+with inotify wake. Replaces FIFO+lease for process-wait delivery.
+
+DESIGN:
+  Producer (bridge/daemon/notify):
+    1. Validates operation identity
+    2. Atomically writes a completion file:
+         resumes/<operation_id>.done
+       containing the event/verdict JSON (write to tmp, rename for atomicity)
+
+  Waiter (ci_event_wait / any continuation consumer):
+    1. Checks if the completion file already exists (event-before-waiter)
+    2. If not: registers inotify watch on the resumes/ directory
+    3. Re-checks after watch registration (closes the registration race)
+    4. Blocks in kernel on inotify — zero CPU, zero timer
+    5. On file-created event: reads the file, verifies authority, returns
+
+  The event is a WAKE SIGNAL. Authority still decides terminal truth.
+  The completion file is durable — survives daemon and waiter restarts.
+
+WHY NOT FIFO:
+  FIFO is one-shot (token consumed), requires lease management, and
+  fails under session-busy guards. A completion file is atomic, durable,
+  and works across restarts. inotify wakes the process with zero CPU
+  cost and zero latency between file creation and wake.
+
+WHY NOT POLLING:
+  Polling introduces an arbitrary interval. inotify is a kernel callback
+  that fires exactly when the filesystem changes — the latency tracks
+  the real completion event, not a configured interval.
+"""
+
+from __future__ import annotations
+
+import json
+import os
+import select
+import struct
+import time
+from pathlib import Path
+
+
+def _wr_bridge() -> Path:
+    # WR_ROOT = daemon/infra convention; RUNE_WR_ROOT = repo/scripts
+    # convention. Both honored (WR_ROOT wins) so the daemon, the waiter,
+    # and any isolated test root always resolve the SAME directory.
+    root = os.environ.get("WR_ROOT") or os.environ.get("RUNE_WR_ROOT") or "/mnt/workdrive/wr-bridge"
+    return Path(root)
+
+
+def _resumes_dir() -> Path:
+    return _wr_bridge() / "resumes"
+
+
+# inotify constants (Linux)
+IN_CREATE = 0x100
+IN_CLOSE_WRITE = 0x8
+IN_MOVED_TO = 0x80
+
+
+def completion_path(operation_id: str) -> Path:
+    return _resumes_dir() / f"{operation_id}.done"
+
+
+def write_completion(operation_id: str, event: dict) -> Path:
+    """Atomically write a durable completion file. The rename(2) ensures
+    the waiter never sees a partial file."""
+    _resumes_dir().mkdir(parents=True, exist_ok=True)
+    target = completion_path(operation_id)
+    tmp = target.parent / f".{target.name}.tmp.{os.getpid()}"
+    tmp.write_text(json.dumps(event, sort_keys=True) + "\n")
+    os.rename(str(tmp), str(target))  # atomic on same filesystem
+    os.chmod(str(target), 0o666)  # cross-user bridge
+    return target
+
+
+def read_completion(operation_id: str) -> dict | None:
+    """Read a durable completion file. Returns None if absent."""
+    p = completion_path(operation_id)
+    if not p.is_file():
+        return None
+    try:
+        return json.loads(p.read_text())
+    except (OSError, ValueError):
+        return None
+
+
+def completion_exists(operation_id: str) -> bool:
+    return completion_path(operation_id).is_file()
+
+
+def _inotify_init_and_add_watch(directory: str) -> int:
+    """Create an inotify instance and add a watch on the directory.
+    Returns the inotify fd."""
+    libc = __import__("ctypes").CDLL(None, use_errno=True)
+    fd = libc.inotify_init()
+    if fd < 0:
+        raise OSError("inotify_init failed")
+    # IN_CREATE | IN_MOVED_TO: catch both direct creation and atomic rename
+    mask = IN_CREATE | IN_MOVED_TO
+    wd = libc.inotify_add_watch(fd, directory.encode(), mask)
+    if wd < 0:
+        os.close(fd)
+        raise OSError(f"inotify_add_watch failed for {directory}")
+    return fd
+
+
+def _inotify_read(fd: int, timeout_secs: float | None = None) -> list[str]:
+    """Read pending inotify events. Returns list of filenames that were
+    created/moved-to. Blocks until at least one event or timeout."""
+    poll = select.poll()
+    poll.register(fd, select.POLLIN)
+    events = []
+    buf = os.read(fd, 4096)
+    pos = 0
+    while pos < len(buf):
+        # struct: wd(i32), mask(u32), cookie(u32), name_len(u32)
+        wd, mask, cookie, name_len = struct.unpack_from("iIII", buf, pos)
+        pos += 16
+        name = buf[pos : pos + name_len].rstrip(b"\x00").decode("utf-8", "replace")
+        pos += name_len
+        if mask & (IN_CREATE | IN_MOVED_TO):
+            events.append(name)
+    return events
+
+
+def wait_for_completion(operation_id: str, *, timeout_secs: float | None = None, poll_callback=None) -> dict | None:
+    """Block until a completion file exists for this operation.
+
+    Uses inotify for zero-latency, zero-CPU wake. Falls back to
+    polling_callback (if provided) when inotify is unavailable.
+
+    The completion file is a WAKE SIGNAL. The caller must still verify
+    canonical authority after reading it.
+
+    Returns the event dict from the completion file, or None on timeout.
+    """
+    target = completion_path(operation_id)
+
+    # 1. check-before-watch (event may have arrived before we started)
+    existing = read_completion(operation_id)
+    if existing is not None:
+        return existing
+
+    _resumes_dir().mkdir(parents=True, exist_ok=True)
+
+    try:
+        fd = _inotify_init_and_add_watch(str(_resumes_dir()))
+    except OSError:
+        # inotify unavailable: fall back to polling callback
+        if poll_callback:
+            return poll_callback(operation_id, timeout_secs)
+        return None
+
+    try:
+        # 2. re-check after watch registration (closes the race between
+        #    the initial check and the watch being active)
+        existing = read_completion(operation_id)
+        if existing is not None:
+            return existing
+
+        # 3. block in kernel on inotify — zero CPU, exact latency
+        import select as _select
+
+        poll = _select.poll()
+        poll.register(fd, _select.POLLIN)
+        deadline = (time.monotonic() + timeout_secs) if timeout_secs else None
+
+        while True:
+            remaining = None
+            if deadline is not None:
+                remaining = max(0.1, deadline - time.monotonic())
+                if remaining <= 0.1:
+                    return None  # timeout
+            events = poll.poll(remaining * 1000 if remaining else None)
+            if not events:
+                continue  # poll timeout, re-check
+            names = _inotify_read(fd)
+            if target.name in names:
+                # 4. file appeared — read it
+                existing = read_completion(operation_id)
+                if existing is not None:
+                    return existing
+                # partial/corrupt: keep watching
+    finally:
+        os.close(fd)
+    return None
+
+
+def clear_completion(operation_id: str) -> None:
+    """Remove a consumed completion file (idempotent cleanup)."""
+    p = completion_path(operation_id)
+    try:
+        p.unlink()
+    except OSError:
+        pass

bridge/daemon/daemon.py

@@ -0,0 +1,799 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env python3
+"""daemon.py — Gitea webhook receiver + reconciliation + resume driver (v0.2).
+
+W/R-v0.2 invariants implemented here:
+  A. SINGLE-FLIGHT PER SESSION — per-session lease (waitstore.acquire_lease,
+     /proc-validated, atomic) + in-process inflight set. A second READY wait
+     for the same session stays queued until the lease releases.
+  B. BUSY SESSION PROTECTION — before spawning, /proc is scanned for a live
+     `mimo run -s <sid>`-shaped process not owned by our lease. Found → skip
+     launch (wait stays READY). No invented MiMo APIs; the lease is the
+     conservative floor against W/R-created concurrency.
+  C. ATOMIC SESSION LEASE — persisted {session_id, wait_id, pid, pgid,
+     pid_starttime, acquired_at, state}; O_EXCL create, steal only on /proc
+     evidence of a dead owner.
+  D. PROCESS TREE OWNERSHIP — workers spawn with start_new_session=True (own
+     process group). Watch timeout ⇒ SIGTERM group → bounded grace → SIGKILL
+     group → verify zero surviving group members → release lease → truthful
+     READY_TO_RETRY (never terminal-on-timeout).
+  E. TIMEOUT IS NOT SUCCESS — rc==0 maps to verdict terminal
+     (COMPLETED/FAILED); rc!=0 or unverifiable ⇒ RESUME_UNVERIFIED
+     (not schedulable, operator-requeueable); timeout ⇒ READY_TO_RETRY.
+  F. STALE RESUMING RECOVERY — on startup, every RESUMING record is
+     inspected: live lease owner ⇒ adopted and monitored; otherwise ⇒
+     RESUME_UNVERIFIED (+ stale lease released). Never auto-relaunched.
+  G. MULTIPLE WAITS, SAME SESSION — schedulable() orders oldest-first; one
+     continuation finishes before the next starts.
+  H. PIDFILE CORRECTNESS — singleton enforced by flock on daemon.pid; the
+     lock dies with the process, so stale pidfiles (incl. SIGKILL) cannot
+     admit a second daemon.
+
+The resume command is configurable (WR_RESUME_CMD, JSON list with
+{session_id}/{msg} placeholders) so the test harness can use a stub; the
+default is the real mechanism: `mimo run -s <sid> -m <model> <msg>`.
+"""
+
+from __future__ import annotations
+import fcntl, json, os, signal, subprocess, sys, threading, time
+from http.server import BaseHTTPRequestHandler, ThreadingHTTPServer
+from pathlib import Path
+
+sys.path.insert(0, str(Path(__file__).parent))
+import waitstore
+import verify
+import completion_file  # REAL_ASYNC_BRIDGE R3: durable completion-file delivery
+
+RESUME_MODEL = "Verboo Code/glm-5.3-flash"
+RECONCILE_SECS = int(os.environ.get("WR_RECONCILE_SECS", "60"))
+RECONCILE_EVERY_TICKS = max(1, int(os.environ.get("WR_RECONCILE_TICKS", "3")))
+WAKE_MIN_AGE_SECS = float(os.environ.get("WR_WAKE_MIN_AGE_SECS", "5"))
+WAKE_RETRIES = int(os.environ.get("WR_WAKE_RETRIES", "3"))
+WAKE_RETRY_SECS = float(os.environ.get("WR_WAKE_RETRY_SECS", "4"))
+DRIVE_LOOP_SECS = int(os.environ.get("WR_DRIVE_SECS", "20"))
+# REAL_ASYNC_BRIDGE §4: a RESUMING wait older than this grace without
+# progress is an orphaned resume flow (thread died between lease acquire
+# and release). Must exceed the longest legitimate in-flight watch
+# (WATCH_SECS); default 3x. Env-overridable for deterministic tests.
+WATCH_SECS = int(os.environ.get("WR_WATCH_SECS", "600"))
+# REAL_ASYNC_BRIDGE §4: a RESUMING wait older than this grace without
+# progress is an orphaned resume flow (thread died between lease acquire
+# and release). Must exceed the longest legitimate in-flight watch
+# (WATCH_SECS); default 3x. Env-overridable for deterministic tests.
+ORPHAN_GRACE_SECS = int(os.environ.get("WR_ORPHAN_GRACE_SECS", str(3 * WATCH_SECS)))
+TERM_GRACE_SECS = int(os.environ.get("WR_TERM_GRACE_SECS", "10"))
+MAX_ATTEMPTS = int(os.environ.get("WR_MAX_ATTEMPTS", "3"))
+_WR_ROOT = Path(os.environ.get("WR_ROOT", "") or Path(__file__).resolve().parent)
+PIDFILE = _WR_ROOT / "daemon.pid"
+LOG = _WR_ROOT / "daemon.log"
+
+DEFAULT_RESUME_CMD = ["mimo", "run", "-s", "{session_id}", "-m", RESUME_MODEL, "{msg}"]
+
+
+def log(msg: str) -> None:
+    with open(LOG, "a") as f:
+        f.write(f"{time.strftime('%H:%M:%S')} {msg}\n")
+
+
+def resume_cmd(session_id: str, msg: str, wait_id: str = "", override: list | None = None) -> list[str]:
+    """T15 §15D: per-wait override wins; placeholders {session_id}/{msg}/
+    {wait_id}. A synthetic controller session (Scaffolding stage driver)
+    is not a MiMo session — the global default cannot resume it, which is
+    exactly why fixed-sleep polling crept back into T12-T14."""
+    if override:
+        return [
+            c.replace("{session_id}", session_id).replace("{msg}", msg).replace("{wait_id}", wait_id) for c in override
+        ]
+    tmpl = os.environ.get("WR_RESUME_CMD")
+    cmd = json.loads(tmpl) if tmpl else DEFAULT_RESUME_CMD
+    return [c.replace("{session_id}", session_id).replace("{msg}", msg).replace("{wait_id}", wait_id) for c in cmd]
+
+
+# ── process-tree evidence & ownership ─────────────────────────────────────
+
+
+def pgid_members(pgid: int) -> list[int]:
+    out = []
+    for d in Path("/proc").iterdir():
+        if not d.name.isdigit():
+            continue
+        try:
+            stat = (d / "stat").read_text()
+            fields = stat.rsplit(")", 1)[1].split()
+            # zombies: killed but not yet reaped. Counting them makes the
+            # survivor check report the direct child we just KILLed before
+            # communicate() reaps it (observed live 2026-09-12).
+            if fields[0] == "Z":
+                continue
+            if int(fields[2]) == pgid:
+                out.append(int(d.name))
+        except (OSError, IndexError, ValueError):
+            continue
+    return out
+
+
+def terminate_tree(pgid: int) -> list[int]:
+    """TERM → bounded grace → KILL. Returns surviving members (must be [])."""
+    try:
+        os.killpg(pgid, signal.SIGTERM)
+    except ProcessLookupError:
+        pass
+    deadline = time.time() + TERM_GRACE_SECS
+    while time.time() < deadline:
+        if not pgid_members(pgid):
+            return []
+        time.sleep(0.2)
+    try:
+        os.killpg(pgid, signal.SIGKILL)
+    except ProcessLookupError:
+        pass
+    for _ in range(50):  # up to 10s for KILL to land
+        if not pgid_members(pgid):
+            return []
+        time.sleep(0.2)
+    return pgid_members(pgid)
+
+
+def stray_worker_pids(session_id: str, exclude_pgids: set[int] = ()) -> list[int]:
+    """Live `mimo run -s <sid>`-shaped processes not owned by our workers."""
+    out = []
+    for d in Path("/proc").iterdir():
+        if not d.name.isdigit():
+            continue
+        try:
+            parts = [p.decode(errors="replace") for p in (d / "cmdline").read_bytes().split(b"\0") if p]
+        except OSError:
+            continue
+        if not parts:
+            continue
+        joined = " ".join(parts)
+        if session_id not in joined or "-s" not in parts:
+            continue
+        if "mimo" not in joined.lower() and "@mimo-ai" not in joined.lower():
+            continue
+        try:
+            if os.getpgid(int(d.name)) in exclude_pgids:
+                continue
+        except OSError:
+            continue
+        out.append(int(d.name))
+    return out
+
+
+# ── verification → transition (unchanged authority model) ─────────────────
+
+
+def _authoritative_verify(rec: dict) -> tuple[str, dict]:
+    """Authoritative verification with a deterministic test seam.
+
+    Production (WR_VERIFY_STUB unset): real Gitea API via verify.py — the
+    ONLY source of success/failure truth. Test (WR_VERIFY_STUB=path to
+    JSON {"<run_ref-or-sha>": verdict, "default": verdict}): stubbed
+    verdicts so invariant tests never touch the network. The stub is a
+    test fixture, not an alternate authority — no production path sets it.
+    """
+    stub_path = os.environ.get("WR_VERIFY_STUB", "")
+    if stub_path:
+        try:
+            spec = json.loads(Path(stub_path).read_text())
+        except Exception:
+            return "pending", {"stub_error": "unreadable stub"}
+        key = str(rec.get("run_ref", "") or rec.get("sha", ""))
+        verdict = spec.get(key, spec.get("default", "pending"))
+        return verdict, {"stub": True, "key": key}
+    import verify
+
+    if rec.get("wait_kind") == "RELEASE_DEPLOY":
+        return verify.verify_release_deploy(rec.get("sha", ""), rec.get("repo_root", ""), rec.get("deployed_link", ""))
+    return verify.verify_run(rec.get("run_ref", ""), rec.get("sha", ""), rec.get("expected", "success"))
+
+
+def try_transition(rec: dict, event: dict | None = None) -> dict:
+    if rec["status"] != "WAITING_EXTERNAL":
+        return rec
+    if rec.get("wait_kind") == "PROCESS_EVENT":
+        # T15 §15D: the matching event IS the authority. The notifier
+        # wrapper observed the real process exit; exit_code decides the
+        # verdict. No Gitea lookup applies. A duplicate event never
+        # reaches here (match applies only to WAITING_EXTERNAL waits).
+        if not event:
+            return rec  # no event → nothing authoritative happened
+        try:
+            exit_code = int(event.get("exit_code"))
+        except (TypeError, ValueError):
+            exit_code = None
+        if exit_code is None:
+            return rec  # malformed event: stay WAITING (15E hostile case)
+        verdict = "success" if exit_code == 0 else "failure"
+        evidence = {"process_event": True, "exit_code": exit_code, "operation_id": event.get("run_ref", "")}
+        log(f"verify {rec['wait_id']}: {verdict} {json.dumps(evidence)[:120]}")
+        rec["status"] = "READY_TO_RESUME"
+        rec["verdict"] = verdict
+        if verdict == "failure":
+            rec["failure_evidence"] = evidence
+        rec["process_event_evidence"] = evidence
+        waitstore.save(rec)
+        return rec
+    verdict, evidence = _authoritative_verify(rec)
+    log(f"verify {rec['wait_id']}: {verdict} {json.dumps(evidence)[:120]}")
+    if verdict == "success":
+        rec["status"] = "READY_TO_RESUME"
+        rec["verdict"] = "success"
+    elif verdict == "failure":
+        rec["status"] = "READY_TO_RESUME"
+        rec["verdict"] = "failure"
+        rec["failure_evidence"] = verify.failed_job_evidence(rec.get("run_ref", ""))
+    else:
+        return rec  # pending/unknown → stay WAITING
+    waitstore.save(rec)
+    return rec
+
+
+def continuation_msg(rec: dict) -> str:
+    c = rec["continuation"]
+    if rec.get("verdict") == "success":
+        return (
+            f"External wait satisfied (wait {rec['wait_id']}).\n"
+            f"Original objective: {c.get('objective', '')}\n"
+            f"Waited for: {c.get('waited_for', '')}\n"
+            f"Authoritative result: workflow success verified via Gitea API.\n"
+            f"SHA/run: {rec.get('sha', '')}/{rec.get('run_ref', '')}\n"
+            f"Verify: {c.get('verify_when_woken', '')}\n"
+            f"Continue from: {c.get('on_success', '')}"
+        )
+    ev = json.dumps(rec.get("failure_evidence", {}))[:400]
+    return (
+        f"External wait finished with FAILURE (wait {rec['wait_id']}).\n"
+        f"Original objective: {c.get('objective', '')}\n"
+        f"Authoritative result: workflow FAILURE verified via Gitea API.\n"
+        f"Failed job evidence: {ev}\n"
+        f"SHA/run: {rec.get('sha', '')}/{rec.get('run_ref', '')}\n"
+        f"Do NOT treat this as success. Continue from: {c.get('on_failure', '')}"
+    )
+
+
+# ── resume driver (single-flight, tree-owned) ─────────────────────────────
+
+
+def resume(rec: dict) -> None:
+    """Run one continuation to completion. Runs on a dedicated worker thread.
+    Preconditions: caller verified no inflight worker for this session."""
+    sid, wid = rec["session_id"], rec["wait_id"]
+    # REAL_ASYNC_BRIDGE §2 invariant: a successful authority-verified
+    # operation completion must NEVER be overwritten or downgraded by a
+    # legacy session/FIFO delivery failure. Terminal operation state
+    # (COMPLETED/FAILED — stamped by the waiter's own authority
+    # verification) is owned by the OPERATION domain; this function owns
+    # only SESSION-DELIVERY. Re-read from disk: the in-memory copy may be
+    # stale relative to the waiter's terminal stamp.
+    fresh = waitstore.load(wid)
+    if fresh and fresh.get("status") in waitstore.TERMINAL:
+        log(
+            f"resume {wid}: skipped — operation already terminal "
+            f"({fresh['status']}); delivery worker never overrides "
+            f"operation truth"
+        )
+        return
+    rec = fresh or rec
+    msg = continuation_msg(rec)
+
+    # B: busy-session guard before touching the lease
+    strays = stray_worker_pids(sid)
+    if strays:
+        rec["status"] = "READY_TO_RESUME"
+        rec["resume_note"] = f"queued: target session busy (stray pids {strays})"
+        waitstore.save(rec)
+        log(f"queued {wid}: session busy {strays}")
+        return
+
+    # pre-register the lease owner as THIS daemon so acquisition is atomic
+    lease = waitstore.acquire_lease(sid, wid, os.getpid(), os.getpid())
+    if lease is None:
+        live = waitstore.read_lease(sid)
+        rec["status"] = "READY_TO_RESUME"
+        rec["resume_note"] = f"queued: lease held by wait {live and live.get('wait_id')}"
+        waitstore.save(rec)
+        log(f"queued {wid}: lease held")
+        return
+
+    rec["status"] = "RESUMING"
+    rec["resume_attempts"] = rec.get("resume_attempts", 0) + 1
+    waitstore.save(rec)
+
+    try:
+        proc = subprocess.Popen(
+            resume_cmd(sid, msg, wid, rec.get("resume_cmd")),
+            stdout=subprocess.PIPE,
+            stderr=subprocess.PIPE,
+            text=True,
+            start_new_session=True,
+        )
+    except Exception as e:
+        waitstore.release_lease(sid, wid)
+        rec["status"] = "READY_TO_RETRY"  # spawn failed pre-delivery → retryable
+        rec["resume_note"] = f"spawn failed: {e}"
+        waitstore.save(rec)
+        log(f"spawn {wid} failed pre-delivery: {e}")
+        return
+
+    pgid = proc.pid  # start_new_session ⇒ pgid == child pid
+    waitstore.update_lease(sid, wait_id=wid, pid=proc.pid, pgid=pgid, pid_starttime=waitstore._pid_starttime(proc.pid))
+    log(f"launched {wid}: pid={proc.pid} pgid={pgid} attempt={rec['resume_attempts']}")
+
+    timed_out = False
+    try:
+        stdout, stderr = proc.communicate(timeout=WATCH_SECS)
+        rc = proc.returncode
+    except subprocess.TimeoutExpired:
+        timed_out = True
+        survivors = terminate_tree(pgid)
+        try:
+            stdout, stderr = proc.communicate(timeout=30)
+        except Exception:
+            stdout, stderr = "", ""
+        rc = proc.returncode
+        if survivors:
+            log(f"ERROR {wid}: group {pgid} survivors after KILL: {survivors}")
+
+    waitstore.release_lease(sid, wid)
+
+    if timed_out:
+        # D+E: timeout is NOT success. Tree terminated; retry truthfully.
+        if rec["resume_attempts"] >= MAX_ATTEMPTS:
+            rec["status"] = "RESUME_UNVERIFIED"
+            rec["resume_note"] = (
+                f"watch timeout x{rec['resume_attempts']}; process group {pgid} terminated; attempts exhausted"
+            )
+        else:
+            rec["status"] = "READY_TO_RETRY"
+            rec["resume_note"] = f"watch timeout; process group {pgid} terminated (TERM→KILL, verified); will retry"
+        log(f"timeout {wid}: tree {pgid} terminated, rc={rc}")
+    elif rc == 0:
+        # COMPLETION TRUTH (constraint 4): rc==0 means the headless worker
+        # EXITED CLEANLY — the strongest terminal evidence the supported CLI
+        # provides. Timeout/cancel can never reach this branch. The evidence
+        # chain (rc, output tail, timing) is recorded on the wait record.
+        terminal = "COMPLETED" if rec.get("verdict") == "success" else "FAILED"
+        rec["status"] = terminal
+        rec["resume_evidence"] = {
+            "kind": "worker_exited_rc0",
+            "rc": 0,
+            "output_tail": (stdout or "")[-400:],
+            "finished_at": waitstore.now(),
+        }
+        log(f"resumed {wid}: rc=0 → {terminal}")
+    else:
+        # Nonzero rc: delivery/completion unproven. Honest, not schedulable.
+        rec["status"] = "RESUME_UNVERIFIED"
+        rec["resume_evidence"] = {
+            "kind": "worker_exited_nonzero",
+            "rc": rc,
+            "output_tail": ((stdout or "") + (stderr or ""))[-400:],
+            "finished_at": waitstore.now(),
+        }
+        rec["resume_note"] = f"resume rc={rc}; delivery unverified"
+        log(f"resumed {wid}: rc={rc} → RESUME_UNVERIFIED")
+    waitstore.save(rec)
+
+
+# ── startup recovery (invariant F) ────────────────────────────────────────
+
+
+def startup_recovery() -> None:
+    for rec in waitstore.all_waits():
+        if rec.get("status") != "RESUMING":
+            continue
+        sid, wid = rec["session_id"], rec["wait_id"]
+        lease = waitstore.read_lease(sid)
+        if lease and lease.get("wait_id") == wid and waitstore._owner_alive(lease):
+            # Adopt the live worker and monitor it to a bounded conclusion.
+            pgid = lease["pgid"]
+            log(f"recover {wid}: adopted live worker pgid={pgid}")
+            deadline = time.time() + WATCH_SECS
+            while time.time() < deadline and pgid_members(pgid):
+                time.sleep(2)
+            survivors = terminate_tree(pgid) if pgid_members(pgid) else []
+            waitstore.release_lease(sid, wid)
+            rec["status"] = "RESUME_UNVERIFIED"
+            rec["resume_note"] = "adopted post-restart; outcome unverifiable" + (
+                f"; survivors killed: {survivors}" if survivors else ""
+            )
+            waitstore.save(rec)
+            log(f"recover {wid}: adopted worker ended → RESUME_UNVERIFIED")
+        else:
+            if lease:
+                waitstore.release_lease(sid, wid)  # stale
+            rec["status"] = "RESUME_UNVERIFIED"
+            rec["resume_note"] = "recovered at daemon startup: no live owner; delivery unverifiable"
+            waitstore.save(rec)
+            log(f"recover {wid}: no live owner → RESUME_UNVERIFIED")
+
+
+# ── reconciler + drive loop (invariant G: deterministic queue) ────────────
+
+_inflight: dict[str, threading.Thread] = {}
+_inflight_lock = threading.Lock()
+
+
+def drive_ready() -> None:
+    for rec in waitstore.schedulable():
+        sid = rec["session_id"]
+        # CONTENTION POLICY (constraint 2): MiMo exposes NO supported
+        # busy/idle session signal (verified 2026-09-12: `mimo session list
+        # --format json` has no status field; no `session status` command;
+        # no status column in the session schema; no documented ACP/serve
+        # endpoint). Therefore automatic injection into interactive sessions
+        # is NOT YET SAFE and stays disabled. Only waits explicitly declared
+        # target_kind="headless" (disposable/owned sessions) auto-dispatch.
+        if rec.get("target_kind") != "headless":
+            if not rec.get("hold_reason"):
+                rec["hold_reason"] = (
+                    "INTERACTIVE_AUTO_RESUME = NOT YET SAFE: "
+                    "no supported MiMo busy/idle signal; "
+                    "queued until operator releases"
+                )
+                waitstore.save(rec)
+            continue
+        if rec.get("ext", {}).get("resume_mode") == "self":
+            # REAL_ASYNC_BRIDGE §3: self-resuming wait (completion-file /
+            # inotify waiter owns its continuation). The daemon has NO
+            # delivery role here — dispatching a delivery worker would
+            # stamp a phantom rc!=0 over the waiter's own truthful
+            # terminal state (the canonical-state contradiction).
+            # NB: keyed on the explicit self marker, NOT on resume_cmd
+            # absence — records without inline resume_cmd may still be
+            # dispatchable via the WR_RESUME_CMD env template.
+            continue
+        with _inflight_lock:
+            t = _inflight.get(sid)
+            if t is not None and t.is_alive():
+                continue  # single-flight: session already being driven
+            # B: never launch into a busy session
+            strays = stray_worker_pids(sid)
+            if strays:
+                log(f"drive: {rec['wait_id']} held, session busy {strays}")
+                continue
+            th = threading.Thread(target=resume, args=(rec,), daemon=True, name=f"resume-{rec['wait_id']}")
+            _inflight[sid] = th
+            # start INSIDE the lock: a just-created thread is not yet
+            # is_alive() until start() runs — starting outside the lock let
+            # the same drive cycle dispatch a second worker for the session
+            # (single-flight race, caught by the T2 invariant test).
+            th.start()
+        log(f"drive: dispatched {rec['wait_id']} (session {sid})")
+
+
+def reconcile_once() -> None:
+    for rec in waitstore.pending():
+        if rec["status"] != "WAITING_EXTERNAL":
+            continue
+        created = rec.get("created_at", "")
+        try:
+            import calendar
+
+            age = time.time() - calendar.timegm(time.strptime(created, "%Y-%m-%dT%H:%M:%SZ"))
+        except ValueError:
+            continue
+        if age > RECONCILE_SECS:
+            try_transition(rec)
+
+
+_tick = 0
+
+
+def orphan_sweep() -> int:
+    """REAL_ASYNC_BRIDGE §4: permanent mid-run orphan-lease recovery.
+
+    FAILURE DETECTION ONLY — never involved in normal completion
+    scheduling. A wait stuck in RESUMING past ORPHAN_GRACE_SECS means the
+    resume flow died between lease acquire and release (worker thread
+    lost, exception mid-watch). Reconcile exactly as startup_recovery
+    would have: release the lease, stamp RESUME_UNVERIFIED truthfully
+    (delivery unverifiable), never auto-relaunch.
+    """
+    import calendar as _cal
+
+    healed = 0
+    for rec in waitstore.all_waits():
+        if rec.get("status") != "RESUMING":
+            continue
+        try:
+            updated = _cal.timegm(time.strptime(rec.get("last_updated", ""), "%Y-%m-%dT%H:%M:%SZ"))
+        except ValueError:
+            continue
+        if time.time() - updated < ORPHAN_GRACE_SECS:
+            continue  # legitimate in-flight watch (up to WATCH_SECS)
+        wid, sid = rec["wait_id"], rec["session_id"]
+        lease = waitstore.read_lease(sid)
+        owner_dead = lease is not None and not waitstore._owner_alive(lease)
+        daemon_owned = lease is not None and lease.get("pid") == os.getpid()
+        if lease is None or owner_dead or daemon_owned:
+            if lease is not None:
+                waitstore.release_lease(sid, wid)
+            if rec.get("resume_attempts", 0) >= MAX_ATTEMPTS:
+                rec["status"] = "RESUME_UNVERIFIED"
+            else:
+                rec["status"] = "READY_TO_RETRY"
+            rec["resume_note"] = (
+                "orphaned mid-run: resume flow died between lease acquire "
+                "and delivery ("
+                + ("lease owner dead" if owner_dead else "resume thread lost" if daemon_owned else "no lease")
+                + "); orphan sweep recovered"
+            )
+            waitstore.save(rec)
+            log(f"orphan-sweep {wid}: {rec['status']} — {rec['resume_note']}")
+            healed += 1
+    return healed
+
+
+def reconciler() -> None:
+    global _tick
+    while True:
+        # v0.3: the local-runner wake is the fast path; periodic
+        # authoritative verification demotes to a slower fallback
+        # (missed-event + daemon-restart recovery), not API polling.
+        _tick += 1
+        if _tick % RECONCILE_EVERY_TICKS == 0:
+            try:
+                reconcile_once()
+            except Exception as e:
+                log(f"reconcile error: {e}")
+            try:
+                orphan_sweep()  # §4 failure detection — bounded, periodic
+            except Exception as e:
+                log(f"orphan-sweep error: {e}")
+        try:
+            drive_ready()
+        except Exception as e:
+            log(f"drive error: {e}")
+        with _inflight_lock:
+            for sid, t in list(_inflight.items()):
+                if not t.is_alive():
+                    del _inflight[sid]
+        time.sleep(DRIVE_LOOP_SECS)
+
+
+# ── webhook receiver (wake signal only) ───────────────────────────────────
+
+
+def wake_sweep(event: dict, eid: str) -> dict:
+    """Sweep WAITING_EXTERNAL waits through authoritative verification.
+
+    Runs on a background thread (the hook's HTTP response returns
+    instantly, minimising the runner's offline window). If any verified
+    wait got 'pending' — the normal case for a job that finished
+    microseconds ago: the post-task hook fires after results are reported
+    but before the runner's final task acknowledgement flips server-side
+    status — retry on a BOUNDED event-triggered schedule (default 4s x3),
+    never a polling loop. The final ack lands milliseconds after the hook
+    exits, so the first retry almost always sees the terminal state.
+    """
+    arrival = time.time()
+    log(f"local wake {eid}: {json.dumps(event)[:140]}")
+    import calendar
+
+    def sweep() -> tuple[int, int, int]:
+        verified = advanced = pending = 0
+        for rec in waitstore.pending():
+            if rec["status"] != "WAITING_EXTERNAL":
+                continue
+            try:
+                age = time.time() - calendar.timegm(time.strptime(rec.get("created_at", ""), "%Y-%m-%dT%H:%M:%SZ"))
+            except ValueError:
+                continue
+            if age < WAKE_MIN_AGE_SECS:
+                continue
+            verified += 1
+            before = rec["status"]
+            try_transition(rec)
+            if rec["status"] != before and rec["status"] == "READY_TO_RESUME":
+                advanced += 1
+            elif rec["status"] == "WAITING_EXTERNAL":
+                pending += 1
+        return verified, advanced, pending
+
+    verified, advanced, pending = sweep()
+    log(
+        f"local wake {eid}: verified={verified} advanced={advanced} "
+        f"pending={pending} sweep_ms={int((time.time() - arrival) * 1000)}"
+    )
+    for attempt in range(1, WAKE_RETRIES + 1):
+        # Retry while the sweep didn't conclusively advance anything:
+        # pending verdicts (ack-window) AND fresh-wait skips (age gate).
+        # Bounded, event-triggered — not a polling loop.
+        if not pending and verified:
+            break
+        time.sleep(WAKE_RETRY_SECS)
+        verified, advanced, pending = sweep()
+        log(
+            f"local wake {eid}: retry{attempt} verified={verified} "
+            f"advanced={advanced} pending={pending} "
+            f"total_ms={int((time.time() - arrival) * 1000)}"
+        )
+    return {"event_id": eid}
+
+
+class Handler(BaseHTTPRequestHandler):
+    def do_POST(self):
+        if self.path == "/process-event":
+            # T15 §15D: process-exit events from builder/controller
+            # notifiers. Minimal dedicated endpoint — the Gitea webhook
+            # path stays untouched. Payload: {operation_id, exit_code,
+            # completed_at} + OPTIONAL provider/event_type/sha (T16
+            # §16C/§16E: the CI adapter registers as provider="gitea",
+            # event_type="ci_completed"; defaults preserve the T15 builder
+            # identity so existing notifiers are unaffected). The event is
+            # a WAKE, never truth — resumed controllers re-read canonical
+            # authority before any verdict.
+            length = int(self.headers.get("Content-Length", 0))
+            body = self.rfile.read(length)
+            try:
+                payload = json.loads(body) if body else {}
+            except json.JSONDecodeError:
+                self.send_response(400)
+                self.end_headers()
+                return
+            event = {
+                "provider": str(payload.get("provider", "builder")),
+                "event_type": str(payload.get("event_type", "builder_exit")),
+                "run_ref": str(payload.get("operation_id", "")) or None,
+                "sha": payload.get("sha"),
+                "exit_code": payload.get("exit_code"),
+                "completed_at": payload.get("completed_at") or "",
+            }
+            event = {k: v for k, v in event.items() if v is not None}
+            eid = waitstore.record_event(event)
+            log(f"process-event {eid}: {json.dumps(event)[:140]}")
+            # REAL_ASYNC_BRIDGE (R3): durable completion-file delivery.
+            # Every event reaching the bridge is written as
+            # resumes/<operation_id>.done so inotify waiters wake on the
+            # kernel event (R4) with no FIFO/lease machinery, and the
+            # event survives daemon AND waiter restarts (R9). Atomic
+            # rename; duplicate events rewrite identical content (R10).
+            _op_id = str(payload.get("operation_id", ""))
+            if _op_id:
+                try:
+                    # Stable identity only: duplicate deliveries of the
+                    # same logical event must produce byte-identical
+                    # completion files (R10 idempotence by construction).
+                    # completed_at is volatile and lives in the durable
+                    # event log; the file is a WAKE SIGNAL, never truth.
+                    _stable = {
+                        k: event.get(k)
+                        for k in ("provider", "event_type", "run_ref", "sha", "exit_code")
+                        if event.get(k) is not None
+                    }
+                    completion_file.write_completion(_op_id, _stable)
+                except Exception as e:  # noqa: BLE001 — delivery best-effort; wait-record transition + watchdog recovery still cover the lost file
+                    log(f"process-event {eid}: completion-file write failed: {e}")
+            matched = 0
+            for rec in waitstore.pending():
+                if rec["status"] == "WAITING_EXTERNAL" and waitstore.match(rec, event):
+                    matched += 1
+                    try_transition(rec, event)
+            # matched READY controller waits are dispatched IMMEDIATELY
+            # (event-driven, no floor). Guard: only never-resumed waits —
+            # a duplicate/late event must not double-dispatch (15E);
+            # single-flight lease + this guard together make resume
+            # idempotent.
+            for rec in waitstore.pending():
+                if rec["status"] == "READY_TO_RESUME" and rec.get("resume_cmd") and rec.get("resume_attempts", 0) == 0:
+                    threading.Thread(target=resume, args=(rec,), daemon=True, name=f"resume-{rec['wait_id']}").start()
+                    matched += 1
+            try:
+                self.send_response(200)
+                self.end_headers()
+                self.wfile.write(json.dumps({"event_id": eid, "matched": matched}).encode())
+            except (BrokenPipeError, ConnectionResetError):
+                pass
+            return
+        if self.path == "/wake":
+            length = int(self.headers.get("Content-Length", 0))
+            body = self.rfile.read(length)
+            try:
+                payload = json.loads(body) if body else {}
+            except json.JSONDecodeError:
+                self.send_response(400)
+                self.end_headers()
+                return
+            event = {
+                "provider": "gitea-local-runner",
+                "task_id": str(payload.get("task_id", "")) or None,
+                "run_id": str(payload.get("run_id", "")) or None,
+                "repository": str(payload.get("repository", "")) or None,
+                "job_result": str(payload.get("job_result", "")) or None,
+            }
+            event = {k: v for k, v in event.items() if v}
+            eid = waitstore.record_event(event)
+            # Respond instantly; sweep on a worker thread. The hook is
+            # fire-and-forget (curl -m 2) — a broken pipe on write is
+            # harmless and must not propagate.
+            try:
+                threading.Thread(
+                    target=wake_sweep, args=(event, eid), daemon=True, name=f"wake-{payload.get('task_id', '?')}"
+                ).start()
+            except Exception as e:
+                log(f"wake spawn error: {e}")
+            try:
+                self.send_response(200)
+                self.end_headers()
+                self.wfile.write(json.dumps({"queued": True, "event_id": eid}).encode())
+            except (BrokenPipeError, ConnectionResetError):
+                pass
+            return
+        if self.path != "/webhook":
+            self.send_response(404)
+            self.end_headers()
+            return
+        length = int(self.headers.get("Content-Length", 0))
+        body = self.rfile.read(length)
+        try:
+            payload = json.loads(body)
+        except json.JSONDecodeError:
+            self.send_response(400)
+            self.end_headers()
+            return
+        action = payload.get("action") or payload.get("event_type") or ""
+        wf = payload.get("workflow_run") or {}
+        event = {
+            "provider": "gitea",
+            "event_type": f"workflow.{action}" if wf else action,
+            "sha": (wf.get("head_sha") or payload.get("sha") or "")[:12] or None,
+            "run_ref": str(wf.get("id") or payload.get("run_number") or "") or None,
+        }
+        event = {k: v for k, v in event.items() if v}
+        eid = waitstore.record_event(event)
+        log(f"webhook event {eid}: {json.dumps(event)[:140]}")
+        matched = 0
+        for rec in waitstore.pending():
+            if rec["status"] == "WAITING_EXTERNAL" and waitstore.match(rec, event):
+                matched += 1
+                try_transition(rec)
+        self.send_response(200)
+        self.end_headers()
+        self.wfile.write(json.dumps({"event_id": eid, "matched": matched}).encode())
+
+    def do_GET(self):
+        if self.path == "/health":
+            self.send_response(200)
+            self.end_headers()
+            self.wfile.write(b'{"ok":true}')
+            return
+        self.send_response(404)
+        self.end_headers()
+
+    def log_message(self, *a):
+        pass
+
+
+def main() -> int:
+    port = int(sys.argv[1]) if len(sys.argv) > 1 else 8791
+
+    # H (constraint 1): flock is the SINGLETON AUTHORITY. daemon.pid's
+    # content is diagnostic metadata only — it never gates startup, never
+    # implies liveness, and is overwritten after the exclusive lock is held.
+    # Stale pid content (incl. SIGKILL debris) is thus harmless by design.
+    PIDFILE.parent.mkdir(parents=True, exist_ok=True)
+    lock_fd = os.open(PIDFILE, os.O_CREAT | os.O_RDWR, 0o644)
+    try:
+        fcntl.flock(lock_fd, fcntl.LOCK_EX | fcntl.LOCK_NB)
+    except OSError:
+        log("refusing start: another daemon holds the pidfile flock")
+        print("daemon already running (pidfile flock held)", file=sys.stderr)
+        return 1
+    os.ftruncate(lock_fd, 0)
+    os.write(lock_fd, f"{os.getpid()}\n".encode())  # diagnostic, lock held for life
+
+    startup_recovery()
+    t = threading.Thread(target=reconciler, daemon=True)
+    t.start()
+    log(f"daemon starting on :{port}")
+    srv = ThreadingHTTPServer(("0.0.0.0", port), Handler)
+    try:
+        srv.serve_forever()
+    except KeyboardInterrupt:
+        pass
+    return 0
+
+
+if __name__ == "__main__":
+    sys.exit(main())

bridge/daemon/verify.py

@@ -0,0 +1,246 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env python3
+"""verify.py — authoritative Gitea verification (webhook ≠ success).
+
+Queries the Gitea API for the TRUE state of the run/job/commit the wait
+references. Returns (verdict, evidence). verdict ∈ {success, failure,
+pending, unknown}. Only this module may move a wait out of
+WAITING_EXTERNAL.
+"""
+
+from __future__ import annotations
+import json, subprocess
+from pathlib import Path
+
+HOST = "https://gitea.thingscouldgetdicey.online"
+REPO = "conductor/rune"
+
+
+def _token() -> str:
+    # Canonical ladder without importing Rune: env → token file → git store
+    import os
+
+    tok = os.environ.get("GITEA_TOKEN", "").strip()
+    if tok:
+        return tok
+    tf = os.path.expanduser("~/.config/opencode/secrets/gitea-token")
+    if os.path.isfile(tf):
+        return open(tf).read().strip()
+    r = subprocess.run(
+        ["git", "credential", "fill"],
+        input="protocol=https\nhost=gitea.thingscouldgetdicey.online\nusername=conductor\n\n",
+        capture_output=True,
+        text=True,
+        timeout=10,
+    )
+    for line in r.stdout.splitlines():
+        if line.startswith("password="):
+            return line[9:]
+    raise RuntimeError("no gitea credential available")
+
+
+def _api(path: str) -> tuple[int, object]:
+    import urllib.request
+
+    req = urllib.request.Request(f"{HOST}/api/v1/repos/{REPO}{path}", headers={"Authorization": f"token {_token()}"})
+    try:
+        with urllib.request.urlopen(req, timeout=20) as r:
+            return r.status, json.loads(r.read())
+    except urllib.error.HTTPError as e:
+        return e.code, {"error": e.read().decode()[:200]}
+
+
+def _jobs_list(run_ref: str):
+    """GET jobs for a run, unwrapping the {'jobs': [...]} envelope."""
+    s, data = _api(f"/actions/runs/{run_ref}/jobs")
+    if s != 200:
+        return s, None
+    if isinstance(data, dict):
+        data = data.get("jobs", [])
+    return s, data if isinstance(data, list) else None
+
+
+def _resolve_run_id(run_ref: str, sha: str) -> str:
+    """Task-list ids are NOT run ids. If run_ref lookup 404s, resolve the
+    real run id by head SHA via /actions/runs (T15: run 6907 vs task 15743)."""
+    if run_ref:
+        s, jobs = _jobs_list(run_ref)
+        if s == 200 and jobs:
+            return run_ref
+    if sha:
+        s, runs = _api(f"/actions/runs?limit=30")
+        items = runs.get("workflow_runs", []) if isinstance(runs, dict) else (runs if isinstance(runs, list) else [])
+        # One SHA fans out to multiple runs (lint + deploy-only). Prefer a
+        # substantive (non-skipped) run; a skipped-only run proves nothing.
+        fallback = ""
+        for r in items:
+            if str(r.get("head_sha", "")).startswith(sha):
+                rid = str(r.get("id"))
+                if r.get("conclusion") != "skipped":
+                    return rid
+                fallback = fallback or rid
+        return fallback
+    return ""
+
+
+def verify_run(run_ref: str, sha: str, expected: str) -> tuple[str, dict]:
+    """run_ref = actions run id (or task id — resolved via SHA lookup).
+
+    Defect fixed 2026-09-12 (surfaced by W/R-v0.3 live proof, run 7110):
+    the jobs query here used raw _api + isinstance(jobs, list), but this
+    Gitea wraps jobs in the {"jobs": [...]} envelope — the check always
+    failed, so EVERY EXACT_WORKFLOW verdict silently fell through to the
+    aggregate commit-status fallback, where unrelated runs on the same
+    SHA (multi-run fan-out: ci.yml + deploy-only) poison the verdict.
+    Use _jobs_list (unwraps the envelope), same as _resolve_run_id."""
+    run_ref = _resolve_run_id(run_ref, sha)
+    if run_ref:
+        s, jobs = _jobs_list(run_ref)
+        if s == 200 and isinstance(jobs, list) and jobs:
+            conclusions = {j.get("name"): j.get("conclusion") for j in jobs}
+            statuses = {j.get("status") for j in jobs}
+            if statuses <= {"completed"}:
+                verdict = "success" if set(conclusions.values()) <= {"success", "skipped"} else "failure"
+                return verdict, {"run_ref": run_ref, "jobs": conclusions}
+            return "pending", {"run_ref": run_ref, "statuses": sorted(statuses)}
+    if sha:
+        s, st = _api(f"/commits/{sha}/status")
+        if s == 200 and isinstance(st, dict):
+            state = st.get("state", "unknown")  # success|error|failure|pending|warning
+            rid = _resolve_run_id("", sha)  # attach run id so failure evidence works
+            if state == "success":
+                return "success", {"sha": sha, "state": state, "run_ref": rid}
+            if state in ("error", "failure"):
+                return "failure", {"sha": sha, "state": state, "run_ref": rid}
+            return "pending", {"sha": sha, "state": state}
+    return "unknown", {"run_ref": run_ref, "sha": sha}
+
+
+def failed_job_evidence(run_ref: str, sha: str = "") -> dict:
+    """For failure continuations: exact failing job + conclusion."""
+    run_ref = _resolve_run_id(run_ref, sha)
+    if not run_ref:
+        return {}
+    s, jobs = _jobs_list(run_ref)
+    if s != 200 or not isinstance(jobs, list):
+        return {}
+    bad = [j for j in jobs if j.get("conclusion") not in ("success", "skipped", None)]
+    return {
+        "failed_jobs": [
+            {"name": j.get("name"), "conclusion": j.get("conclusion"), "url": j.get("url", "")} for j in bad
+        ]
+    }
+
+
+# ── RELEASE_DEPLOY verification (W/R v0.1, overnight handoff Part 2) ──────
+# Aggregate commit status is NOT a valid completion authority for Rune's
+# release/deploy flow: the release successor SHA, not the source SHA, is what
+# converges (observed live: wr-1789179026 stranded on pending while 0.66.15
+# was deployed). The authority chain is:
+#   source SHA → source runs terminal → release successor commit (descendant)
+#   → successor runs success → deployed/current identity converges.
+
+
+def _git(args: list[str], repo_root: str) -> str:
+    import subprocess
+
+    r = subprocess.run(["git"] + args, capture_output=True, text=True, cwd=repo_root or None, timeout=15)
+    if r.returncode != 0:
+        raise RuntimeError(f"git {' '.join(args[:2])}: {r.stderr.strip()[:120]}")
+    return r.stdout
+
+
+def _runs_for_sha(sha: str) -> list[dict]:
+    s, runs = _api("/actions/runs?limit=50")
+    items = runs.get("workflow_runs", []) if isinstance(runs, dict) else []
+    return [r for r in items if str(r.get("head_sha", "")).startswith(sha)]
+
+
+def _sha_verdict_from_runs(runs: list[dict]) -> tuple[str, dict]:
+    """success | failure | pending from a SHA's workflow runs.
+    Terminal verdict ONLY when every run is completed — mixed states
+    (some success, some still in flight) must stay PENDING (observed live:
+    a SHA with 1 completed-success + 1 queued + 1 in-progress was judged
+    success mid-flight; wr-1789182522 2026-09-12)."""
+    if not runs:
+        return "pending", {"note": "no runs found"}
+    non_terminal = [r for r in runs if r.get("status") != "completed"]
+    if non_terminal:
+        return "pending", {"in_flight": len(non_terminal)}
+    conclusions = {r.get("name"): r.get("conclusion") for r in runs}
+    bad = {n: c for n, c in conclusions.items() if c == "failure"}
+    if bad:
+        return "failure", {"failed": bad}
+    return "success", {"runs": conclusions}
+
+
+def verify_release_deploy(source_sha: str, repo_root: str = "", deployed_link: str = "") -> tuple[str, dict]:
+    """RELEASE_DEPLOY authority chain. Returns (verdict, evidence)."""
+    source_sha = (source_sha or "")[:12]
+    ev: dict = {"source_sha": source_sha, "kind": "RELEASE_DEPLOY"}
+
+    # 1. Source SHA's own runs must be terminal and healthy.
+    src_runs = _runs_for_sha(source_sha)
+    src_verdict, src_ev = _sha_verdict_from_runs(src_runs)
+    ev["source"] = src_ev
+    if src_verdict != "success":
+        return src_verdict, ev
+
+    # 2. Release successor: first chore(release) commit descending from source.
+    if not repo_root:
+        return "pending", {**ev, "note": "no repo_root — cannot check lineage"}
+    try:
+        out = _git(
+            [
+                "log",
+                "--format=%H %s",
+                "--reverse",
+                f"{source_sha}..master",
+                "--grep=^chore\\(release\\)",
+                "--extended-regexp",
+            ],
+            repo_root,
+        )
+    except RuntimeError as e:
+        return "pending", {**ev, "note": str(e)}
+    successors = [l for l in out.splitlines() if l.strip()]
+    if not successors:
+        return "pending", {**ev, "note": "no release successor yet"}
+    succ_line = successors[0]
+    succ_sha_full, _, succ_subject = succ_line.partition(" ")
+    succ_sha = succ_sha_full[:12]
+    ev["successor"] = {"sha": succ_sha, "subject": succ_subject[:80]}
+
+    # Ancestry is guaranteed by the range, but verify explicitly (deterministic
+    # lineage over title guessing):
+    try:
+        _git(["merge-base", "--is-ancestor", source_sha, succ_sha_full], repo_root)
+    except RuntimeError:
+        return "failure", {**ev, "note": "successor is not a descendant of source"}
+
+    # 3. Successor runs must be terminal and healthy.
+    succ_runs = _runs_for_sha(succ_sha)
+    succ_verdict, succ_ev = _sha_verdict_from_runs(succ_runs)
+    ev["successor"]["runs"] = succ_ev
+    if succ_verdict != "success":
+        return succ_verdict, ev
+
+    # 4. Deployed identity convergence. A mismatch is FAILURE only when the
+    # successor's runs are ALL completed — if any is still running/queued the
+    # deploy may simply not have propagated yet → PENDING (observed live:
+    # reconciler checked mid-deploy, verdict failure, deployment converged
+    # ~2 min later; wr-1789182522 2026-09-12).
+    if deployed_link:
+        link = Path(deployed_link)
+        if link.is_symlink() or link.is_dir():
+            deployed = str(link.resolve())
+            deployed_id = Path(deployed).name
+            ev["deployed"] = deployed_id
+            if not deployed_id.startswith(succ_sha[:12]):
+                still = [r for r in _runs_for_sha(succ_sha) if r.get("status") != "completed"]
+                if still:
+                    return "pending", {**ev, "note": "deploy propagating (runs in flight)"}
+                return "failure", {**ev, "note": f"deployed {deployed_id} != successor {succ_sha} (all runs terminal)"}
+        else:
+            return "failure", {**ev, "note": f"deployed link missing: {deployed_link}"}
+
+    return "success", ev

bridge/daemon/waitstore.py

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+#!/usr/bin/env python3
+"""waitstore.py — wait/resume state machine v0.2 (developer tooling, NOT Rune).
+
+States:
+  RUNNABLE → WAITING_EXTERNAL → READY_TO_RESUME → RESUMING → COMPLETED | FAILED
+                                       ↑               │
+                                       │               ├─(watch timeout, tree killed)
+                                       │               └─(rc!=0 / unverifiable)
+                                  READY_TO_RETRY ←─────┘
+  RESUME_UNVERIFIED : delivery after crash/timeout cannot be proven.
+                      TERMINAL-ish — never auto-scheduled; explicit
+                      `requeue()` required to make it READY_TO_RESUME.
+  TIMED_OUT         : external event never arrived within the wait budget.
+
+Waits persist as waits/<wait_id>.json (atomic tmp+rename).
+Leases persist as leases/<session_id>.lease.json (atomic tmp+rename,
+validated against /proc so a dead or PID-reused owner is stealable).
+"""
+
+from __future__ import annotations
+import fcntl, json, os, tempfile, time, uuid
+from pathlib import Path
+
+ROOT = Path(os.environ.get("WR_ROOT", "") or Path(__file__).resolve().parent)
+WAITS = ROOT / "waits"
+EVENTS = ROOT / "events"
+LEASES = ROOT / "leases"
+
+SCHEDULABLE = {"READY_TO_RESUME", "READY_TO_RETRY"}
+VALID_STATES = {
+    "RUNNABLE",
+    "WAITING_EXTERNAL",
+    "READY_TO_RESUME",
+    "RESUMING",
+    "COMPLETED",
+    "FAILED",
+    "READY_TO_RETRY",
+    "RESUME_UNVERIFIED",
+    "TIMED_OUT",
+}
+TERMINAL = {"COMPLETED", "FAILED", "RESUME_UNVERIFIED", "TIMED_OUT"}
+
+
+def _atomic_write(path: Path, data: dict) -> None:
+    path.parent.mkdir(parents=True, exist_ok=True)
+    fd, tmp = tempfile.mkstemp(dir=str(path.parent), prefix=".tmp-")
+    try:
+        with os.fdopen(fd, "w") as f:
+            json.dump(data, f, indent=1, sort_keys=True)
+        os.replace(tmp, path)
+        # T17 17C: the bridge root is SHARED across users (deploy waiter
+        # runs as the runner user; daemon as nick). mkstemp creates 0600 —
+        # daemon re-saves locked the runner user out of records it must
+        # read (waitstore.load in await_resume_event; find_matching_event
+        # replay scan silently skipped them). 0644: owner writes, all read.
+        os.chmod(path, 0o644)
+    except BaseException:
+        if os.path.exists(tmp):
+            os.unlink(tmp)
+        raise
+
+
+def now() -> str:
+    return time.strftime("%Y-%m-%dT%H:%M:%SZ", time.gmtime())
+
+
+def new_wait(
+    *,
+    session_id: str,
+    provider: str,
+    event_type: str,
+    repo: str,
+    sha: str = "",
+    run_ref: str = "",
+    expected: str = "success",
+    wait_kind: str = "EXACT_WORKFLOW",
+    target_kind: str = "interactive",
+    repo_root: str = "",
+    deployed_link: str = "",
+    objective: str = "",
+    waited_for: str = "",
+    verify_when_woken: str = "",
+    on_success: str = "",
+    on_failure: str = "",
+    resume_cmd: list | None = None,
+) -> dict:
+    wid = f"wr-{int(time.time())}-{uuid.uuid4().hex[:6]}"
+    rec = {
+        "wait_id": wid,
+        "session_id": session_id,
+        "created_at": now(),
+        "provider": provider,
+        "event_type": event_type,
+        "repo": repo,
+        "sha": sha,
+        "run_ref": run_ref,
+        "expected": expected,
+        # T15 §15D: PROCESS_EVENT — a wait whose authoritative verdict is
+        # the matching process-exit event itself (exit_code carried on the
+        # event), e.g. a builder/controller process completing. The event
+        # IS the authority here (the notifier wrapper observed the real
+        # process exit); no Gitea lookup applies.
+        "wait_kind": wait_kind
+        if wait_kind in ("EXACT_WORKFLOW", "RELEASE_DEPLOY", "PROCESS_EVENT")
+        else "EXACT_WORKFLOW",
+        # CONTENTION POLICY: "interactive" (default, conservative) never
+        # auto-dispatches — MiMo exposes NO supported busy/idle session
+        # signal, so injecting into a possibly-busy interactive session is
+        # NOT YET SAFE. Only explicitly declared headless/disposable
+        # targets ("headless") are auto-resumed.
+        "target_kind": target_kind if target_kind in ("headless", "interactive") else "interactive",
+        "repo_root": repo_root,
+        "deployed_link": deployed_link,
+        # T15 §15D: per-wait resume command override (placeholder template,
+        # same substitution as WR_RESUME_CMD: {session_id}/{msg}/{wait_id}).
+        # A synthetic controller session (e.g. a Scaffolding stage driver)
+        # is NOT a MiMo session — the global mimo-shaped default cannot
+        # resume it, which is exactly why fixed-sleep polling crept back
+        # in T12-T14. Per-wait override makes ANY registered continuation
+        # target resumable through the same bridge.
+        "resume_cmd": list(resume_cmd) if resume_cmd else None,
+        "status": "WAITING_EXTERNAL",
+        "last_verified": "",
+        "resume_attempts": 0,
+        "continuation": {
+            "objective": objective,
+            "waited_for": waited_for,
+            "verify_when_woken": verify_when_woken,
+            "on_success": on_success,
+            "on_failure": on_failure,
+        },
+    }
+    _atomic_write(WAITS / f"{wid}.json", rec)
+    return rec
+
+
+def load(wid: str) -> dict | None:
+    p = WAITS / f"{wid}.json"
+    return json.loads(p.read_text()) if p.is_file() else None
+
+
+def save(rec: dict) -> None:
+    assert rec.get("status") in VALID_STATES, rec.get("status")
+    rec["last_updated"] = now()
+    _atomic_write(WAITS / f"{rec['wait_id']}.json", rec)
+
+
+def all_waits() -> list[dict]:
+    out = []
+    for p in WAITS.glob("*.json"):
+        try:
+            out.append(json.loads(p.read_text()))
+        except json.JSONDecodeError:
+            continue
+    return out
+
+
+def pending() -> list[dict]:
+    return [r for r in all_waits() if r.get("status") in {"WAITING_EXTERNAL"} | SCHEDULABLE]
+
+
+def schedulable() -> list[dict]:
+    """READY waits, oldest first — deterministic queue order."""
+    rs = [r for r in all_waits() if r.get("status") in SCHEDULABLE]
+    rs.sort(key=lambda r: (r.get("created_at", ""), r.get("wait_id", "")))
+    return rs
+
+
+def requeue(wid: str, note: str) -> dict | None:
+    """Operator-explicit requeue of a RESUME_UNVERIFIED/RESUME_FAILED wait."""
+    rec = load(wid)
+    if not rec:
+        return None
+    rec["status"] = "READY_TO_RESUME"
+    rec["resume_note"] = note
+    save(rec)
+    return rec
+
+
+# ── events (wake signals, idempotent) ─────────────────────────────────────
+
+
+def record_event(event: dict) -> str:
+    import hashlib
+
+    body = json.dumps(event, sort_keys=True)
+    eid = hashlib.sha256(body.encode()).hexdigest()[:16]
+    f = EVENTS / f"{eid}.json"
+    if not f.is_file():
+        _atomic_write(f, {"event_id": eid, "received_at": now(), "event": event})
+    return eid
+
+
+def match(rec: dict, event: dict) -> bool:
+    if rec.get("provider") != event.get("provider"):
+        return False
+    if rec.get("event_type") and event.get("event_type") and rec["event_type"] != event["event_type"]:
+        return False
+    if rec.get("sha") and event.get("sha") and rec["sha"] != event["sha"]:
+        return False
+    if rec.get("run_ref") and event.get("run_ref") and rec["run_ref"] != event["run_ref"]:
+        return False
+    return True
+
+
+# ── leases (per-session single-flight, /proc-validated) ───────────────────
+#
+# Invariant 3 (PID reuse): liveness is NEVER "PID exists". The lease records
+# pid + pgid + process starttime (/proc/<pid>/stat field 22); all three must
+# match or the owner is a different process wearing a recycled PID.
+#
+# Invariant 1 (flock as authority): the lease file's flock serializes
+# read-modify-write across processes and dies with its holder, so a crashed
+# daemon can never wedge the lock. The lease JSON + /proc decide who OWNS the
+# session; the flock only prevents racing acquirers from double-stealing.
+
+_lease_fds: dict[str, int] = {}  # session_id → open fd holding the flock
+
+
+def _pid_starttime(pid: int) -> str | None:
+    """Field 22 of /proc/<pid>/stat — distinguishes PID reuse."""
+    try:
+        stat = Path(f"/proc/{pid}/stat").read_text()
+        return stat.rsplit(")", 1)[1].split()[19]
+    except (OSError, IndexError):
+        return None
+
+
+def _owner_alive(lease: dict) -> bool:
+    pid = lease.get("pid")
+    if not pid or not Path(f"/proc/{pid}").is_dir():
+        return False
+    if _pid_starttime(pid) != lease.get("pid_starttime"):
+        return False  # PID reused by an unrelated process
+    try:
+        if os.getpgid(pid) != lease.get("pgid"):
+            return False
+    except OSError:
+        return False
+    return True
+
+
+def lease_path(session_id: str) -> Path:
+    # T16 §16C finding (observed live in daemon.log): session ids like
+    # "controller-<op>-Verboo Code/glm-5.3-flash" contain "/" — the raw
+    # embed made lease creation raise FileNotFoundError, so resume
+    # delivery for those waits could never succeed. Sanitize to a flat
+    # filesystem-safe name; the hash suffix prevents collisions between
+    # ids that sanitize identically.
+    import hashlib as _hashlib
+    import re as _re
+
+    safe = _re.sub(r"[^A-Za-z0-9._-]+", "_", session_id)[:80]
+    digest = _hashlib.sha256(session_id.encode()).hexdigest()[:10]
+    return LEASES / f"{safe}-{digest}.lease.json"
+
+
+def read_lease(session_id: str) -> dict | None:
+    p = lease_path(session_id)
+    if not p.is_file():
+        return None
+    try:
+        return json.loads(p.read_text())
+    except json.JSONDecodeError:
+        return None
+
+
+def _locked_lease_fd(session_id: str) -> int | None:
+    """Open the lease file and take its flock (non-blocking). The fd stays
+    open (lock held) until release_lease closes it."""
+    if session_id in _lease_fds:
+        return _lease_fds[session_id]  # already hold it
+    LEASES.mkdir(parents=True, exist_ok=True)
+    fd = os.open(lease_path(session_id), os.O_CREAT | os.O_RDWR, 0o600)
+    try:
+        fcntl.flock(fd, fcntl.LOCK_EX | fcntl.LOCK_NB)
+    except OSError:
+        os.close(fd)
+        return None  # another process holds the lock — mid-acquire
+    _lease_fds[session_id] = fd
+    return fd
+
+
+def _write_lease_locked(session_id: str, lease: dict) -> None:
+    fd = _lease_fds[session_id]
+    os.ftruncate(fd, 0)
+    os.lseek(fd, 0, os.SEEK_SET)
+    os.write(fd, json.dumps(lease, indent=1, sort_keys=True).encode())
+    os.fsync(fd)
+
+
+def acquire_lease(session_id: str, wait_id: str, pid: int, pgid: int) -> dict | None:
+    """Atomically create or steal the session lease. Returns the lease dict,
+    or None if a live owner holds it (or another process is mid-steal).
+    Staleness is decided by /proc identity evidence, never by age alone."""
+    fd = _locked_lease_fd(session_id)
+    if fd is None:
+        return None
+    existing = read_lease(session_id)
+    if existing and _owner_alive(existing):
+        _lease_fds.pop(session_id, None)
+        os.close(fd)
+        return None  # live worker owns this session
+    lease = {
+        "session_id": session_id,
+        "wait_id": wait_id,
+        "pid": pid,
+        "pgid": pgid,
+        "pid_starttime": _pid_starttime(pid),
+        "acquired_at": now(),
+        "state": "RESUMING",
+    }
+    _write_lease_locked(session_id, lease)
+    return lease
+
+
+def update_lease(session_id: str, **fields) -> None:
+    lease = read_lease(session_id) or {}
+    lease.update(fields)
+    _write_lease_locked(session_id, lease)
+
+
+def release_lease(session_id: str, wait_id: str) -> bool:
+    """Release only if the current lease belongs to this wait (no stealing
+    a successor's lease during a slow shutdown path). Closes the flock fd."""
+    lease = read_lease(session_id)
+    if not (lease and lease.get("wait_id") == wait_id):
+        return False
+    fd = _lease_fds.pop(session_id, None)
+    if fd is not None:
+        try:
+            fcntl.flock(fd, fcntl.LOCK_UN)
+        except OSError:
+            pass
+        os.close(fd)
+    lease_path(session_id).unlink(missing_ok=True)
+    return True

config/mimo-hooks/builder-bridge.ts

@@ -0,0 +1,124 @@
+import { execFile } from "node:child_process"
+import { existsSync, appendFileSync } from "node:fs"
+
+// builder-bridge — Rune Core preflight for the MiMo builder (handoff
+// 2026-09-10 §3–§7, Option C bridge tranche). For each user turn, the hook
+// extracts the user's message from the outgoing LLM request, runs the Rune
+// Core builder-bridge preflight (deterministic: route classification +
+// memory selection + active-Scaffolding projection, ZERO model calls), and
+// appends a compact capsule to the final user message. Same Rune Core the
+// TUI/operator path uses — this file is a thin adapter with no cognition.
+//
+// CANONICAL SOURCE: config/mimo-hooks/builder-bridge.ts
+// Installed to ~/.mimocode/hooks/builder-bridge.ts by
+// `scripts/install_mimo_hook.py` (hash-verified, drift-detecting — the same
+// contract as event-wait-guard.ts). T22: this file was previously
+// UNVERSIONED and hardcoded an ephemeral interpreter path (/tmp/ci-venv),
+// which silently killed the whole edge; both defects are repaired here.
+//
+// Overhead contract (§7/§8): capsule ≤ ~300 tokens; a repeat/empty task
+// costs ~0ms (TTL cache); a fresh task ~150ms (bounded retrieval). The hook
+// degrades silently to no-injection on any failure — it must never block
+// the builder.
+//
+// Injection policy: only append when the capsule is non-empty. A plain
+// "hello" gets nothing (§5: if nothing relevant exists, inject nothing).
+
+const BRIDGE = "/mnt/workdrive/issue161-harness/src/rune/builder_bridge_cli.py"
+const MARKER_PREFIX = "/tmp/rune-bridge-"
+
+// Interpreter resolution (T22 repair): the previous hardcoded
+// "/tmp/ci-venv/bin/python" is an EPHEMERAL path that no longer exists, so
+// every bridge call failed and the hook silently degraded — the MiMo edge
+// received no Rune Core preflight at all (zero fire-log lines). Resolve
+// against durable candidates, first existing wins; env override wins over
+// all of them. If nothing exists the hook degrades as before.
+const PY_CANDIDATES = [
+  process.env.MIMO_BRIDGE_PY,
+  "/mnt/workdrive/issue161-harness/.test-venv/bin/python",
+  "/home/nick/.venvs/memory/bin/python3",
+  "/usr/bin/python3",
+].filter((p) => typeof p === "string" && p.length > 0)
+
+function resolvePy() {
+  for (const p of PY_CANDIDATES) {
+    try {
+      if (existsSync(p)) return p
+    } catch {}
+  }
+  return null
+}
+
+// Per-process dedupe: identical task text within the cache TTL does not need
+// a second bridge call — the CLI has its own TTL cache, but skipping the
+// process spawn entirely for the same message text within 10 minutes keeps
+// repeats at ~0ms.
+const lastText = new Map() // text -> timestamp
+const TTL = 600_000
+
+function extractUserText(messages) {
+  // messages: Array<{ info: Message, parts: Part[] }> — newest last.
+  for (let i = messages.length - 1; i >= 0; i--) {
+    const m = messages[i]
+    if (m?.info?.role !== "user") continue
+    const texts = []
+    for (const p of m.parts ?? []) {
+      if (p?.type === "text" && typeof p.text === "string") texts.push(p.text)
+    }
+    if (texts.length) return texts.join("\n").slice(0, 4000)
+  }
+  return ""
+}
+
+export default {
+  "experimental.chat.messages.transform": async (input, output) => {
+    try {
+      if (!Array.isArray(output.messages) || output.messages.length === 0) return
+      const userText = extractUserText(output.messages)
+      if (!userText || userText.length < 12) return // trivial/noise guard
+      // Harness-internal steps (checkpoint writer, compaction, system
+      // reminders) are not builder tasks — no capsule (measured: the fire
+      // log showed checkpoint-writer steps receiving capsules 2026-09-10).
+      if (/^(<system-reminder>|EXTRACTION REQUIRED)/.test(userText.trim())) return
+      const now = Date.now()
+      const prev = lastText.get(userText)
+      if (prev !== undefined && now - prev < TTL) return // dedupe repeats
+      lastText.set(userText, now)
+      if (lastText.size > 64) {
+        // evict oldest
+        let oldestKey = null, oldestVal = Infinity
+        for (const [k, v] of lastText) if (v < oldestVal) { oldestVal = v; oldestKey = k }
+        if (oldestKey) lastText.delete(oldestKey)
+      }
+
+      const py = resolvePy()
+      if (!py) return // no durable interpreter — degrade (never block)
+
+      const capsule = await new Promise((resolve) => {
+        execFile(py, [BRIDGE, userText], { timeout: 15_000 }, (err, stdout) => {
+          resolve(err ? "" : (stdout?.toString() ?? ""))
+        })
+      })
+      if (!capsule.trim()) return
+
+      // Durable fire-trace: one line per ACTUAL injection into an outgoing
+      // model request (handoff §1 proof requirement). Not a canary — this is
+      // standing observability for the bridge's consumer edge.
+      try {
+        appendFileSync("/tmp/rune-bridge-fire.log",
+          JSON.stringify({ ts: new Date().toISOString(), task: userText.slice(0, 80), capsule_tokens: Math.round(capsule.length / 4), py }) + "\n")
+      } catch {}
+
+      // Append the capsule to the LAST user message (the one being answered).
+      const last = output.messages[output.messages.length - 1]
+      if (last?.parts && Array.isArray(last.parts)) {
+        last.parts.push({
+          type: "text",
+          text: "\n\n<rune-preflight>\n" + capsule.trim() + "\n</rune-preflight>\n(Injected by Rune Core builder bridge — deterministic preflight, zero model calls. Relevant state above; ignore if not applicable to this task.)",
+        })
+      }
+    } catch {
+      // never block the builder on bridge failure
+    }
+  },
+}

config/mimo-tools/await-operation.ts

@@ -1,54 +1,92 @@
 import { tool } from "@mimo-ai/plugin"
 import { execSync } from "child_process"
 
-// await_operation — T21.3 §21.3C: FIRST-CLASS async wait tool.
-// Uses the plugin tool() API with args (not parameters).
-
-export const AwaitOperation = tool({
-    description: [
-        "Wait for an asynchronous external operation (CI, deploy, release) to complete.",
-        "Registers on the event bridge, yields until the completion event arrives, then returns the verified result.",
-        "USE THIS instead of `sleep N; curl status` — it is the canonical event-driven wait.",
-    ].join(" "),
+export default tool({
+    description: "Wait for an external operation (CI, deploy, release) to complete. Call this when you cannot make progress until an external process finishes. You do NOT need to know the sha, op_type, or duration — Rune's controller resolves those from the bound PendingOperation. Just call this when you want to wait.",
     args: {
-        sha: tool.schema.string().describe(
-            "The exact commit SHA the operation is running against"),
-        deadline_secs: tool.schema.number().optional().describe(
-            "Maximum wait in seconds (default 900)"),
+        operation_id: tool.schema.string().optional().describe("Optional: the operation to wait for. If omitted, the controller resolves the current pending operation automatically."),
+        task_id: tool.schema.string().optional().describe("Optional: the active task id (e.g. T4). When provided, resolution is scoped to operations bound to this task — stale global operations are never consulted."),
+        sha: tool.schema.string().optional().describe("OPTIONAL HINT — non-authoritative. The controller uses this only to help resolve which operation you mean."),
+        op_type: tool.schema.string().optional().describe("OPTIONAL HINT — non-authoritative. The controller derives the canonical operation type from repository/Gitea state."),
+        deadline_secs: tool.schema.number().optional().describe("OPTIONAL HINT — non-authoritative. The controller applies governed policy timing. Real user deadlines must be stated in conversation."),
     },
-    async execute(args, ctx) {
-        const repoRoot = "/mnt/workdrive/issue161-harness"
-        const deadline = args.deadline_secs || 900
-        const cmd = [
-            "python3", `${repoRoot}/scripts/ci_event_wait.py`,
-            "--sha", args.sha,
-            "--deadline", String(deadline),
-        ].join(" ")
+    async execute(args) {
+        // INTENT NORMALIZATION — model output is intent; the controller
+        // owns execution semantics. All model args are hints recorded for
+        // observability; canonical truth comes from the bound operation.
+        const parts = []
+        if (args.operation_id) parts.push(`--operation-id ${args.operation_id}`)
+        if (args.task_id) parts.push(`--task-id ${args.task_id}`)
+        if (args.sha) parts.push(`--sha ${args.sha}`)
+        if (args.op_type) parts.push(`--model-op-type ${args.op_type}`)
+        if (args.deadline_secs) parts.push(`--model-deadline ${args.deadline_secs}`)
+        const normCmd = `python3 /mnt/workdrive/issue161-harness/scripts/await_intent_cli.py normalize ${parts.join(" ")}`
+        let norm: any
+        try {
+            const normOut = execSync(normCmd, {
+                cwd: "/mnt/workdrive/issue161-harness",
+                encoding: "utf-8" as const,
+                timeout: 120000,
+                env: { ...process.env, RUNE_WR_ROOT: "/mnt/workdrive/wr-bridge" },
+            })
+            norm = JSON.parse(normOut.trim().split("\n").find((l: string) => l.startsWith("{")) || "{}")
+        } catch (e: any) {
+            return JSON.stringify({ ok: false, stage: "normalization", error: (e.stderr || e.message || "?").slice(0, 300) })
+        }
+        if (norm.normalized === "AMBIGUOUS") {
+            return JSON.stringify({ ok: false, stage: "normalization", ...norm })
+        }
+        if (!norm.normalized) {
+            return JSON.stringify({ ok: false, stage: "normalization", ...norm })
+        }
+        // canonical continuation: stored/derived op_type + POLICY deadline
+        // (the sha for the wait comes from the normalization resolution,
+        // NOT from the model's args)
+        const waitSha = norm.sha_for_wait || args.sha || ""
+        if (!waitSha) {
+            return JSON.stringify({ ok: false, stage: "resolution", error: "no sha resolved for the pending operation", norm })
+        }
+        const cmd = `python3 /mnt/workdrive/issue161-harness/scripts/ci_event_wait.py --sha ${waitSha} --deadline ${norm.deadline_secs} --op-type ${norm.op_type}`
         try {
             const result = execSync(cmd, {
-                cwd: repoRoot,
-                timeout: (deadline + 60) * 1000,
+                cwd: "/mnt/workdrive/issue161-harness",
+                timeout: (norm.deadline_secs + 60) * 1000,
                 encoding: "utf-8" as const,
-                env: {
-                    ...process.env,
-                    DEPLOY_SHA: args.sha,
-                    RUNE_WR_ROOT: "/mnt/workdrive/wr-bridge",
-                    RUNE_WR_CODE: "/home/nick/.local/share/mimo-wait-resume",
+                env: { ...process.env, DEPLOY_SHA: waitSha, RUNE_WR_ROOT: "/mnt/workdrive/wr-bridge", RUNE_WR_CODE: "/home/nick/.local/share/mimo-wait-resume" },
+            })
+            const jl = result.trim().split("\n").find((l: string) => l.startsWith("{"))
+            const envelope = jl ? JSON.parse(jl) : { ok: false, error: "no output" }
+            return JSON.stringify({
+                ...envelope,
+                normalization: {
+                    model_deadline_ignored: norm.model_deadline_ignored,
+                    model_op_type_ignored: norm.model_op_type_ignored,
+                    model_sha_ignored: !!args.sha && args.sha !== waitSha,
+                    canonical_op_type: norm.op_type,
+                    canonical_authority: norm.authority,
+                    deadline_provenance: norm.deadline_provenance,
+                    matched_by: norm.matched_by || norm.evidence || "auto-resolved",
                 },
             })
-            const lines = result.trim().split("\n")
-            const jsonLine = lines.find((l: string) => l.startsWith("{"))
-            if (jsonLine) return jsonLine
-            return "await_operation: no JSON output"
         } catch (e: any) {
-            const stdout = e.stdout || ""
-            const lines = stdout.trim().split("\n")
-            const jsonLine = lines.find((l: string) => l.startsWith("{"))
-            if (jsonLine) return jsonLine
-            return JSON.stringify({
-                ok: false,
-                error: `await_operation failed: ${(e.stderr || e.message || "?").slice(0, 200)}`,
-            })
+            const lines = (e.stdout || "").trim().split("\n")
+            const jl = lines.find((l: string) => l.startsWith("{"))
+            if (jl) {
+                const envelope = JSON.parse(jl)
+                return JSON.stringify({
+                    ...envelope,
+                    normalization: {
+                        model_deadline_ignored: norm.model_deadline_ignored,
+                        model_op_type_ignored: norm.model_op_type_ignored,
+                        model_sha_ignored: !!args.sha && args.sha !== waitSha,
+                        canonical_op_type: norm.op_type,
+                        canonical_authority: norm.authority,
+                        deadline_provenance: norm.deadline_provenance,
+                        matched_by: norm.matched_by || norm.evidence || "auto-resolved",
+                    },
+                })
+            }
+            return JSON.stringify({ ok: false, stage: "wait", error: (e.stderr || e.message || "?").slice(0, 300) })
         }
     },
 })

config/mimo-tools/bash.ts

@@ -0,0 +1,167 @@
+
+// bash — executes a shell command. PROCESS-OWNERSHIP CONTRACT (v2):
+//
+//   MODE A (tool-owned): the child is launched in its own process group;
+//   stdout/stderr are CAPTURED pipes (never the TUI tty). On timeout or
+//   failure the ENTIRE process group is signalled (SIGTERM, grace,
+//   SIGKILL) so grandchildren cannot survive the invocation, then the
+//   result is finalized. After finalization NO descendant retains a
+//   writer into MiMo's streams.
+//
+//   MODE B (explicitly detached): a command suffixed with " &" that the
+//   user/model intends to outlive the tool (nohup/setsid/disown-style)
+//   is executed via the detached helper: stdin=/dev/null, stdout/stderr
+//   -> durable log file, own session (setsid), no MiMo PTY inheritance.
+//   The tool returns the log path as the durable handle.
+//
+// Wait-intent compilation (sleep/check/poll aimed at a pending operation)
+// is preserved: interception happens at the SEMANTIC level via
+// await_intent route-bash, and a NO-OP for anything that is not a genuine
+// continuation of a live pending operation. Arbitrary shell syntax
+// (quotes, pipes, semicolons) passes through untouched — the router
+// response is only trusted when it carries normalized=true AND
+// ContinuePendingOperation with a concrete operation bound.
+import { tool } from "@mimo-ai/plugin"
+import { spawn, execFile } from "child_process"
+
+const REPO = "/mnt/workdrive/issue161-harness"
+const WR_ROOT = "/mnt/workdrive/wr-bridge"
+
+// ── MODE A: process-group-owned capture execution ──────────────────────
+interface OwnedResult { stdout: string; stderr: string; status: number; timedOut: boolean }
+
+function runOwned(command: string, timeoutMs: number): Promise<OwnedResult> {
+    return new Promise((resolve) => {
+        // /bin/sh -c "command" in its OWN process group (detached:true makes
+        // the child a session/group leader we can signal as a WHOLE).
+        const child = spawn("/bin/sh", ["-c", command], {
+            cwd: REPO,
+            stdio: ["ignore", "pipe", "pipe"],   // NEVER inherit the TUI tty
+            env: process.env,
+            detached: true,                      // own process group
+        })
+        let stdout = "", stderr = ""
+        let timedOut = false
+        let settled = false
+        const outChunks: Buffer[] = []
+        const errChunks: Buffer[] = []
+        child.stdout!.on("data", (d) => outChunks.push(d))
+        child.stderr!.on("data", (d) => errChunks.push(d))
+
+        const killGroup = (sig: NodeJS.Signals) => {
+            try { process.kill(-child.pid!, sig) } catch { /* already gone */ }
+        }
+        const finalize = (status: number) => {
+            if (settled) return
+            settled = true
+            clearTimeout(timer)
+            // detach listeners, then resolve — no late listeners remain
+            child.stdout!.removeAllListeners()
+            child.stderr!.removeAllListeners()
+            resolve({ stdout: Buffer.concat(outChunks).toString(), stderr: Buffer.concat(errChunks).toString(), status, timedOut })
+        }
+        const timer = setTimeout(() => {
+            timedOut = true
+            killGroup("SIGTERM")
+            // bounded grace for clean shutdown, then SIGKILL the group
+            setTimeout(() => killGroup("SIGKILL"), 2000)
+            // the exit/close event settles; a hard stop-guard settles anyway
+            setTimeout(() => finalize(124), 4000)
+        }, timeoutMs)
+
+        child.on("error", (e) => finalize(-1))
+        child.on("close", (code) => finalize(code ?? -1))
+    })
+}
+
+// ── MODE B: explicit detachment for "cmd &" invocations ────────────────
+function runDetached(command: string): Promise<string> {
+    return new Promise((resolve) => {
+        const logPath = `/tmp/mimo-detached-${Date.now()}-${Math.floor(Math.random() * 1e6)}.log`
+        const out = `exec >>"${logPath}" 2>&1; exec 0</dev/null; ${command}`
+        const child = spawn("/bin/sh", ["-c", `setsid /bin/sh -c '${out.replace(/'/g, `'\\''`)}'`], {
+            cwd: REPO,
+            stdio: "ignore",     // child rebinds its own fds — no PTY inheritance
+            env: process.env,
+            detached: true,
+            // unref: MiMo's event loop does not wait for it
+        })
+        child.unref()
+        resolve(JSON.stringify({
+            detached: true,
+            log: logPath,
+            note: "process detached (setsid, own fds); output streams to the log file only; fd 0/1/2 do NOT reference the MiMo tty",
+        }))
+    })
+}
+
+// ── wait-intent routing (semantic level, preserved from v1) ────────────
+async function tryCompileWaitIntent(command: string): Promise<string | null> {
+    let routeOut: string
+    try {
+        routeOut = await new Promise<string>((resolve, reject) => {
+            execFile("python3", [`${REPO}/scripts/await_intent_cli.py`, "route-bash", "--command", command], {
+                cwd: REPO, timeout: 60000, encoding: "utf-8",
+                env: { ...process.env, RUNE_WR_ROOT: WR_ROOT },
+                maxBuffer: 8 * 1024 * 1024,
+            }, (err, stdout) => { if (err && !stdout) reject(err); else resolve(stdout || "") })
+        })
+    } catch {
+        return null // router unavailable: normal execution (never block on routing)
+    }
+    const jl = routeOut.trim().split("\n").find((l) => l.startsWith("{"))
+    if (!jl) return null
+    let norm: any
+    try { norm = JSON.parse(jl) } catch { return null }
+    // STRICT gate: compile ONLY a normalized, concrete continuation.
+    if (!(norm.normalized === true &&
+          norm.action === "ContinuePendingOperation" &&
+          norm.operation_id && norm.sha_for_wait)) return null
+    const waitCmd = `python3 ${REPO}/scripts/ci_event_wait.py --sha ${norm.sha_for_wait} --deadline ${norm.deadline_secs} --op-type ${norm.op_type}`
+    const r = await runOwned(waitCmd, (norm.deadline_secs + 60) * 1000)
+    const jline = r.stdout.trim().split("\n").find((l) => l.startsWith("{"))
+    if (jline) {
+        return JSON.stringify({
+            ...JSON.parse(jline),
+            intent_compilation: {
+                raw_command_kind: norm.raw_command_kind || "sleep_poll",
+                literal_sleep_executed: false,
+                operation_id: norm.operation_id,
+                canonical_op_type: norm.op_type,
+                authority: norm.authority,
+            },
+        })
+    }
+    return JSON.stringify({ ok: false, stage: "compiled-wait", error: (r.stderr || "no output").slice(0, 300) })
+}
+
+export default tool({
+    description: "Run a shell command. If the command expresses external wait intent (sleep/check/poll aimed at CI, deploy, or release operations with pending operations), it is automatically compiled to Rune's event-driven continuation — you do not need to manage wait mechanics. Plain local commands execute normally. Commands ending in ' &' run detached with output logged to a file.",
+    args: {
+        command: tool.schema.string().describe("Shell command to run"),
+    },
+    async execute(args) {
+        // 1. wait-intent compilation (semantic, strict-gated)
+        try {
+            const compiled = await tryCompileWaitIntent(args.command)
+            if (compiled !== null) return compiled
+        } catch { /* fall through to normal execution */ }
+
+        // 2. MODE B: explicit detachment for backgrounded invocations
+        const cmd = args.command
+        if (/\b(nohup|setsid)\b/.test(cmd) || /&\s*$/.test(cmd)) {
+            return await runDetached(cmd)
+        }
+
+        // 3. MODE A: tool-owned, group-killed, captured execution
+        const r = await runOwned(cmd, 120000)
+        const text = r.stdout + (r.stderr ? `\n[stderr]\n${r.stderr}` : "")
+        if (r.timedOut) {
+            return `exit timed-out (process group terminated): ${text.slice(0, 500)}`
+        }
+        if (r.status !== 0) {
+            return `exit ${r.status}: ${text.slice(0, 500) || "?"}`
+        }
+        return text || "(no output)"
+    },
+})

config/umbrellas.json

@@ -4,19 +4,37 @@
  "generated_at": "2026-09-16T18:23:38Z",
  "umbrellas": {
   "capability": {
+   "canaries": [
+    "canary_native",
+    "canary_p0_05",
+    "canary_p1_01",
+    "canary_rune_entry",
+    "canary_rune_serve"
+   ],
+   "configs": [],
+   "depends_on": [
+    "memory"
+   ],
    "description": "Tool selection and execution authority",
+   "go_surfaces": [
+    "rune-entry"
+   ],
+   "mirrors": [],
    "modules": [
     "adaptive_router",
     "builder_bridge",
     "builder_bridge_cli",
     "capability_broker",
     "connection_pool",
+    "core_server",
+    "cs_loader",
     "evidence_probe",
     "forge",
     "forge_client",
     "intent_continuity",
     "local_tool_runtime",
     "message_queue",
+    "native_units",
     "openai_compat_transport",
     "provider_context",
     "recall_uplift",
@@ -24,21 +42,30 @@
     "tool_executor",
     "tool_protocol"
    ],
-   "depends_on": [
-    "memory"
-   ],
-   "mirrors": [],
-   "canaries": [
-    "canary_native",
-    "canary_p0_05",
-    "canary_p1_01"
+   "rust_crates": [
+    "capability_scoring"
    ]
   },
   "governance": {
+   "canaries": [
+    "canary_full_system",
+    "canary_schema_migration",
+    "canary_audit_ledger",
+    "canary_spine_meta"
+   ],
+   "configs": [
+    ".coveragerc",
+    "go-version.txt",
+    "lint-baseline.json",
+    "pyright-baseline.json"
+   ],
+   "depends_on": [],
    "description": "Quality control, drift detection, promotion, audit",
+   "mirrors": [],
    "modules": [
     "audit_ledger",
     "build_pipeline_policy",
+    "cc_loader",
     "claim_audit",
     "contracts",
     "curator",
@@ -46,17 +73,24 @@
     "drift_ledger",
     "drift_observability",
     "failure_auto_filer",
-    "programme_gates"
+    "programme_gates",
+    "sc_loader"
    ],
-   "depends_on": [],
-   "mirrors": [],
-   "canaries": [
-    "canary_full_system",
-    "canary_schema_migration"
+   "rust_crates": [
+    "evidence_provenance",
+    "scaffold_core"
    ]
   },
   "growth": {
+   "canaries": [
+    "canary_full_system"
+   ],
+   "depends_on": [
+    "governance",
+    "memory"
+   ],
    "description": "Learning and improvement",
+   "mirrors": [],
    "modules": [
     "autonomy_loop",
     "cognitive_loop",
@@ -67,18 +101,17 @@
     "growth_simulator",
     "self_improve",
     "subconscious_pass"
-   ],
-   "depends_on": [
-    "governance",
-    "memory"
-   ],
-   "mirrors": [],
-   "canaries": [
-    "canary_full_system"
    ]
   },
   "identity": {
+   "canaries": [
+    "canary_full_system"
+   ],
+   "depends_on": [
+    "governance"
+   ],
    "description": "Who the agent is \u2014 persona, voice, anchors",
+   "mirrors": [],
    "modules": [
     "behavior",
     "identity_anchors",
@@ -89,17 +122,19 @@
     "voice_injector",
     "voice_sync",
     "voicebox"
-   ],
-   "depends_on": [
-    "governance"
-   ],
-   "mirrors": [],
-   "canaries": [
-    "canary_full_system"
    ]
   },
   "inference": {
+   "canaries": [
+    "canary_p1_02",
+    "canary_p1_06",
+    "canary_resource_authority"
+   ],
+   "depends_on": [
+    "capability"
+   ],
    "description": "Model routing and outbound requests",
+   "mirrors": [],
    "modules": [
     "inference_trace",
     "model_connect",
@@ -110,31 +145,39 @@
     "provider_registry",
     "response_adapter",
     "standardized_providers",
+    "tc_loader",
     "token_optimizer"
    ],
-   "depends_on": [
-    "capability"
-   ],
-   "mirrors": [],
-   "canaries": [
-    "canary_p1_02",
-    "canary_p1_06",
-    "canary_resource_authority"
+   "rust_crates": [
+    "token_counting"
    ]
   },
   "memory": {
+   "canaries": [
+    "canary_full_system",
+    "canary_memory_synthesis",
+    "canary_query_memory"
+   ],
+   "depends_on": [
+    "governance"
+   ],
    "description": "Storing, retrieving, and managing knowledge",
+   "mirrors": [],
    "modules": [
     "abstraction",
     "cache",
     "drift_cache",
     "drift_compression",
+    "ffi_query_memory_smoke",
     "graph_memory",
     "graph_shard_bridge",
     "memory_consolidation",
     "memory_env",
     "memory_selector",
     "memory_store",
+    "mems_loader",
+    "mr_loader",
+    "ms_loader",
     "query_memory",
     "recall_router",
     "retrieval_benchmark",
@@ -142,18 +185,33 @@
     "tier_manager",
     "warm_neuron_store"
    ],
-   "depends_on": [
-    "governance"
-   ],
-   "mirrors": [],
-   "canaries": [
-    "canary_full_system",
-    "canary_memory_synthesis",
-    "canary_query_memory"
+   "rust_crates": [
+    "memory_retrieval",
+    "memory_scoring",
+    "memory_storage",
+    "query_memory"
    ]
   },
   "orchestration": {
+   "canaries": [
+    "canary_cognitive_strata",
+    "canary_conversation_state",
+    "canary_gitea_pipeline",
+    "canary_orchestration_foundation",
+    "canary_p1_07",
+    "canary_surface_parity",
+    "canary_tui_drift",
+    "canary_tui_transport"
+   ],
+   "depends_on": [
+    "capability",
+    "growth",
+    "identity",
+    "inference",
+    "perception"
+   ],
    "description": "Task lifecycle, operator, TUI presentation",
+   "mirrors": [],
    "modules": [
     "auto_detect",
     "build_mode",
@@ -188,32 +246,24 @@
     "task_persist",
     "tiered_executor",
     "time_awareness",
+    "tui_transport",
     "tui_validator",
     "umbrella_update",
     "verification_layer",
     "warm_router",
     "work_manager"
-   ],
-   "depends_on": [
-    "capability",
-    "growth",
-    "identity",
-    "inference",
-    "perception"
-   ],
-   "mirrors": [],
-   "canaries": [
-    "canary_cognitive_strata",
-    "canary_conversation_state",
-    "canary_gitea_pipeline",
-    "canary_orchestration_foundation",
-    "canary_p1_07",
-    "canary_surface_parity",
-    "canary_tui_drift"
    ]
   },
   "perception": {
+   "canaries": [
+    "canary_context_broker",
+    "canary_full_system"
+   ],
+   "depends_on": [
+    "memory"
+   ],
    "description": "Input processing and context assembly",
+   "mirrors": [],
    "modules": [
     "attention_capsule",
     "auto_context",
@@ -248,6 +298,8 @@
     "salience_gate",
     "scaffold",
     "spine",
+    "spine_language",
+    "spine_loader",
     "stage_guards",
     "structural_migration",
     "structural_model",
@@ -259,13 +311,8 @@
     "wait_guard_corpus",
     "witness"
    ],
-   "depends_on": [
-    "memory"
-   ],
-   "mirrors": [],
-   "canaries": [
-    "canary_context_broker",
-    "canary_full_system"
+   "rust_crates": [
+    "rune_spine"
    ]
   }
  }

docs/SCAFFOLDING.md

@@ -272,4 +272,19 @@ observations, fresh resume.
 
 Release-note generator: LIVE-PROVEN (real Gitea, 10 releases). Backfill:
 0.66.35→0.66.44 carrying historical-backfill provenance. Pre-0.66.35
-history: skipped (weak evidence — honest limitation).
+history: skipped (weak evidence — honest limitation).
+
+## Contract discovery → spine (2026-10-05, #2465 CI correction)
+
+The closed construction contract is the authority for discoveries. Spine
+rebuild reads its observed entities and candidate corrections; it does not
+claim a correction has been built. Qualified IDs such as
+`rust-crate:cognition_core` keep their declared kind. Bare file paths,
+test suites and other unqualified references become
+`construction-surface:<reference>`, never `module`. An observed
+surface may be PRESENT; a candidate stays DECLARED until independently
+observed. Existing bad records are migrated with their evidence and edge
+references intact. This matters: the first write-back mapped bare paths to
+modules, made 22 false module records and crashed CI on the next rebuild.
+The per-contract quick-reference markdown is generated from the scaffold
+store at close; it is a view, not another authority.

docs/gitea_issue_reconciliation.json

@@ -11,24 +11,22 @@
   "NEEDS_REVALIDATION",
   "DEFERRED_FUTURE"
  ],
- "live_defects": [
-  324
- ],
+ "live_defects": [],
  "records": [
   {
    "number": 324,
    "title": "Engine defect: checkpoint writer fails deterministically on aborted worker sessions (MessageAbortedError -> empty checkpoint shells)",
-   "tracker_state": "open",
-   "reconciliation_state": "VALID_OPEN",
+   "tracker_state": "closed",
+   "reconciliation_state": "FIXED_VERIFIED",
    "labels": [
     "bug",
     "custodian",
     "life",
     "memory"
    ],
-   "live_defect": true,
-   "last_revalidated": "2026-09-11",
-   "next_action": ""
+   "live_defect": false,
+   "last_revalidated": "2026-09-19",
+   "next_action": "none \u2014 defect no longer reproduces: zero MessageAbortedError in current logs (incl. active worker), six most recent session checkpoints full documents (111-396 lines); verified by present-absence 2026-09-19"
   },
   {
    "number": 316,
@@ -237,8 +235,8 @@
   {
    "number": 183,
    "title": "Future: typed temporal semantics for facts, relationships, beliefs, and preferences",
-   "tracker_state": "open",
-   "reconciliation_state": "DEFERRED_FUTURE",
+   "tracker_state": "closed",
+   "reconciliation_state": "HISTORICAL_EVIDENCE",
    "labels": [
     "P3 \u2014 low",
     "governance",
@@ -250,14 +248,14 @@
     "ready"
    ],
    "live_defect": false,
-   "last_revalidated": "2026-09-11",
-   "next_action": ""
+   "last_revalidated": "2026-09-19",
+   "next_action": "none \u2014 idea absorbed into parent epic #181 as tracked checklist item; full detail preserved in this closed issue; re-mint when live"
   },
   {
    "number": 182,
    "title": "Future: GitHub code-search prior-art audit for graph and vector memory",
-   "tracker_state": "open",
-   "reconciliation_state": "DEFERRED_FUTURE",
+   "tracker_state": "closed",
+   "reconciliation_state": "HISTORICAL_EVIDENCE",
    "labels": [
     "P3 \u2014 low",
     "governance",
@@ -266,8 +264,8 @@
     "ready"
    ],
    "live_defect": false,
-   "last_revalidated": "2026-09-11",
-   "next_action": ""
+   "last_revalidated": "2026-09-19",
+   "next_action": "none \u2014 idea absorbed into parent epic #181 as tracked checklist item; full detail preserved in this closed issue; re-mint when live"
   },
   {
    "number": 181,
@@ -287,13 +285,13 @@
    ],
    "live_defect": false,
    "last_revalidated": "2026-09-11",
-   "next_action": ""
+   "next_action": "epic holds absorbed children #182 #183 + research watchlist #164 #165 #166; closes when prerequisites land or ideas dropped"
   },
   {
    "number": 179,
    "title": "Future: succession/privacy semantics and lineage evaluation",
-   "tracker_state": "open",
-   "reconciliation_state": "DEFERRED_FUTURE",
+   "tracker_state": "closed",
+   "reconciliation_state": "HISTORICAL_EVIDENCE",
    "labels": [
     "P3 \u2014 low",
     "governance",
@@ -305,14 +303,14 @@
     "ready"
    ],
    "live_defect": false,
-   "last_revalidated": "2026-09-11",
-   "next_action": ""
+   "last_revalidated": "2026-09-19",
+   "next_action": "none \u2014 idea absorbed into parent epic #175 as tracked checklist item; full detail preserved in this closed issue; re-mint when live"
   },
   {
    "number": 178,
    "title": "Future: evidence-grounded ancestral perspective with explicit uncertainty",
-   "tracker_state": "open",
-   "reconciliation_state": "DEFERRED_FUTURE",
+   "tracker_state": "closed",
+   "reconciliation_state": "HISTORICAL_EVIDENCE",
    "labels": [
     "P3 \u2014 low",
     "governance",
@@ -322,14 +320,14 @@
     "perception"
    ],
    "live_defect": false,
-   "last_revalidated": "2026-09-11",
-   "next_action": ""
+   "last_revalidated": "2026-09-19",
+   "next_action": "none \u2014 idea absorbed into parent epic #175 as tracked checklist item; full detail preserved in this closed issue; re-mint when live"
   },
   {
    "number": 177,
    "title": "Future: temporal autobiographical model with provenance and reinterpretation lineage",
-   "tracker_state": "open",
-   "reconciliation_state": "DEFERRED_FUTURE",
+   "tracker_state": "closed",
+   "reconciliation_state": "HISTORICAL_EVIDENCE",
    "labels": [
     "P3 \u2014 low",
     "governance",
@@ -340,14 +338,14 @@
     "ready"
    ],
    "live_defect": false,
-   "last_revalidated": "2026-09-11",
-   "next_action": ""
+   "last_revalidated": "2026-09-19",
+   "next_action": "none \u2014 idea absorbed into parent epic #175 as tracked checklist item; full detail preserved in this closed issue; re-mint when live"
   },
   {
    "number": 176,
    "title": "Future: lineage-aware situated curiosity for meaningful autobiographical gaps",
-   "tracker_state": "open",
-   "reconciliation_state": "DEFERRED_FUTURE",
+   "tracker_state": "closed",
+   "reconciliation_state": "HISTORICAL_EVIDENCE",
    "labels": [
     "P3 \u2014 low",
     "feature",
@@ -358,8 +356,8 @@
     "ready"
    ],
    "live_defect": false,
-   "last_revalidated": "2026-09-11",
-   "next_action": ""
+   "last_revalidated": "2026-09-19",
+   "next_action": "none \u2014 idea absorbed into parent epic #175 as tracked checklist item; full detail preserved in this closed issue; re-mint when live"
   },
   {
    "number": 175,
@@ -379,13 +377,13 @@
    ],
    "live_defect": false,
    "last_revalidated": "2026-09-11",
-   "next_action": ""
+   "next_action": "epic holds absorbed children #176-#179 as checklist items; closes when prerequisites land or ideas dropped"
   },
   {
    "number": 166,
    "title": "RESEARCH WATCHLIST: Memory-R1 (RL memory ops), Titans (test-time memory), Vespa/Weaviate/Milvus (retrieval competitors)",
-   "tracker_state": "open",
-   "reconciliation_state": "DEFERRED_FUTURE",
+   "tracker_state": "closed",
+   "reconciliation_state": "HISTORICAL_EVIDENCE",
    "labels": [
     "P3 \u2014 low",
     "growth",
@@ -394,14 +392,14 @@
     "ready"
    ],
    "live_defect": false,
-   "last_revalidated": "2026-09-11",
-   "next_action": ""
+   "last_revalidated": "2026-09-19",
+   "next_action": "none \u2014 idea absorbed into parent epic #181 as tracked checklist item; full detail preserved in this closed issue; re-mint when live"
   },
   {
    "number": 165,
    "title": "RESEARCH: SimpleMem semantic compression + A-MEM dynamic linking + Letta sleep-time compute",
-   "tracker_state": "open",
-   "reconciliation_state": "DEFERRED_FUTURE",
+   "tracker_state": "closed",
+   "reconciliation_state": "HISTORICAL_EVIDENCE",
    "labels": [
     "P3 \u2014 low",
     "infrastructure",
@@ -410,14 +408,14 @@
     "ready"
    ],
    "live_defect": false,
-   "last_revalidated": "2026-09-11",
-   "next_action": ""
+   "last_revalidated": "2026-09-19",
+   "next_action": "none \u2014 idea absorbed into parent epic #181 as tracked checklist item; full detail preserved in this closed issue; re-mint when live"
   },
   {
    "number": 164,
    "title": "RESEARCH: HippoRAG 2 \u2014 PPR-style associative propagation as warm-neuron activation candidate",
-   "tracker_state": "open",
-   "reconciliation_state": "DEFERRED_FUTURE",
+   "tracker_state": "closed",
+   "reconciliation_state": "HISTORICAL_EVIDENCE",
    "labels": [
     "P3 \u2014 low",
     "growth",
@@ -426,27 +424,27 @@
     "ready"
    ],
    "live_defect": false,
-   "last_revalidated": "2026-09-11",
-   "next_action": ""
+   "last_revalidated": "2026-09-19",
+   "next_action": "none \u2014 idea absorbed into parent epic #181 as tracked checklist item; full detail preserved in this closed issue; re-mint when live"
   },
   {
    "number": 163,
    "title": "Temporal graph backend spike: Neo4j vs FalkorDB (LadybugDB experimental; Graphiti as reference)",
    "tracker_state": "open",
-   "reconciliation_state": "NEEDS_REVALIDATION",
+   "reconciliation_state": "VALID_OPEN",
    "labels": [
     "P1 \u2014 high",
     "ready"
    ],
    "live_defect": false,
-   "last_revalidated": "2026-09-11",
-   "next_action": ""
+   "last_revalidated": "2026-09-19",
+   "next_action": "run the backend spike; compare on same corpus/query set; record evidence-backed recommendation"
   },
   {
    "number": 162,
    "title": "Qdrant associative-memory projection spike (dense/sparse/multivector + ColBERT late-interaction reranking)",
-   "tracker_state": "open",
-   "reconciliation_state": "NEEDS_REVALIDATION",
+   "tracker_state": "closed",
+   "reconciliation_state": "SUPERSEDED",
    "labels": [
     "P1 \u2014 high",
     "custodian",
@@ -454,8 +452,8 @@
     "ready"
    ],
    "live_defect": false,
-   "last_revalidated": "2026-09-11",
-   "next_action": ""
+   "last_revalidated": "2026-09-19",
+   "next_action": "none \u2014 scope carried verbatim by #316 (ADAPT-1 B3-v2); single-tracker rule"
   },
   {
    "number": 159,
@@ -478,8 +476,8 @@
   {
    "number": 158,
    "title": "Generated wiring-status / architecture-truth report",
-   "tracker_state": "open",
-   "reconciliation_state": "VALID_OPEN",
+   "tracker_state": "closed",
+   "reconciliation_state": "SUPERSEDED",
    "labels": [
     "P2 \u2014 medium",
     "growth",
@@ -489,8 +487,8 @@
     "ready"
    ],
    "live_defect": false,
-   "last_revalidated": "2026-09-11",
-   "next_action": ""
+   "last_revalidated": "2026-09-19",
+   "next_action": "none \u2014 scope carried verbatim by #315 (ADAPT-1 B2-v2); single-tracker rule"
   },
   {
    "number": 156,
@@ -1151,6 +1149,6 @@
    "next_action": ""
   }
  ],
- "last_reconciled": "2026-09-12",
- "reconciled_by": "PL1 held-out era reconciliation (fresh session 2026-09-12)"
-}
+ "last_reconciled": "2026-09-19",
+ "reconciled_by": "fresh-session tranche 2026-09-19: template retrofit (spine+plain-English on all open issues), closures #158/#162 (SUPERSEDED) and #324 (FIXED_VERIFIED), research labels applied to #163/#164/#165/#166/#182/#316, stale bug labels removed from #163-#166; 2026-09-19 absorption pass: parked children absorbed into parents (#175<-#176..#179; #181<-#182,#183,#164..#166) per one-open-note-per-idea standard"
+}

docs/rebase-language-rubric.md

@@ -0,0 +1,382 @@
+# Language-Fit Rubric — Wave 1 (Language-Rebasing Tranche R1)
+
+> STATUS: FINAL — self-verified 2026-09-29 per tranche §12 (all 6 rounds completed,
+> evidence-sufficiency statements recorded, kill tests frozen; execution proceeds on the
+> evidence, every RECODE still passes its benchmark gate — no win, no recode).
+> Per-subsystem sections filled from live research rounds (≥2 live-verified external sources per claim,
+> per-source lessons, evidence→decision mapping, kill test per candidate). No code changes in Wave 1.
+> Governing law from §11: **KEEP-PYTHON honesty determines how much of the rebase volume is real.**
+> Toolchain baseline: Rust 1.98.1 + GCC 16.2.1 present; Go NOT installed — Go earns installation only
+> through rubric evidence here.
+
+## Verdict (all rounds, one paragraph)
+
+**KEEP-PYTHON across the board: 40 clusters scored, 0 recode units awarded.** Six research
+rounds (W2 leaf utilities, W3 memory, W4 provider-layer, W5 orchestration, W6 runtime-core,
+W7 TUI) each characterized their subsystem's actual workload inward (file:line-anchored) and
+tested Python/Rust/Go/C against it with live-verified sources and frozen kill tests. The
+pattern is consistent: the compute-shaped work already executes in C (hashlib, sqlite3/FTS5/vec0,
+json, regex), the dominant latency is network or LLM-bound, and no cluster contains a hot loop
+that pays for a process-boundary recode through the 658 µs–0.63 ms interop crossing. **Go:
+REJECTED — does not earn installation this tranche** (D5=0 everywhere; nothing measured or
+fetch-confirmed earns it; orchestration additionally rejects its design fit; K-GO kill tests
+frozen per round should the case be revived). **Rust: toolchain-ready, justified nowhere this
+tranche** — keep as the standing option behind the CI-proven std-only adapter for any future
+measured hot loop. **C: rejected everywhere scored** (duplicates C already inside SQLite/hashlib;
+adds an unsafe-memory surface). The rebase volume the tranche hypothesized is real only as a
+small set of named improvements — see "Wave-plan consequence" below.
+
+## Rubric dimensions (applied to every candidate language per subsystem)
+
+| Dimension | Question | Evidence required |
+|---|---|---|
+| D1 Workload fit | Does the subsystem's dominant workload (I/O-bound, CPU-bound, FFI, protocol, UI) actually favour this language? | Benchmarks or authoritative docs, live-verified |
+| D2 Measured gain | What wins, concretely — latency, memory, startup, binary distribution? | Named hot paths from the Wave 0 inventory + numbers |
+| D3 Interop cost | What does the interop contract (§5) cost to carry for this boundary? | Adapter surface size, ABI/build complexity |
+| D4 Ecosystem | Do the needed libraries exist and are they maintained? | Live-verified crate/package/module listings |
+| D5 Toolchain reality | Is the toolchain present (or installable and justified) on this machine and the CI runner? | Runner + local `--version` evidence |
+| D6 Maintenance continuity | Can the Rune ecosystem's single-maintainer loop sustain code in this language here? | Honest judgement, stated plainly |
+| D7 Kill test | What is the CHEAPEST disproof of this candidate? | One falsifiable early test, frozen before any recode |
+
+Scoring: each candidate gets D1–D6 scored 0–2 with one-line evidence each, D7 written regardless.
+Decision per subsystem: **KEEP-PYTHON** / **RECODE→<language>** — KEEP-PYTHON is the expected default;
+a RECODE that cannot pass its own kill test reverts to KEEP-PYTHON before implementation.
+
+---
+
+## W3 — Memory & persistence (units: memory_store 56 fns, curator 43, warm_router 32, memory_consolidation 20, sleep_time 25, + graph_memory, night_mode, identity_anchors)
+
+- **Research round actor:** general-2 (COMPLETED 2026-09-29 — artifacts at
+  `research/wave1/memory/`: inward.md, outward/ ×6, outward-sources.md, synthesis.md)
+- **Intention profile:** JSONL-heavy appends, BM25/FTS ranking, consolidation passes, long-running
+  scheduled jobs, file-backed state.
+- **Decision:** **KEEP-PYTHON (all 7 clusters, zero RECODE).** Cluster verdicts:
+  (1) hot-store JSON persistence — KEEP with upgrade path: orjson in-process wheel
+  (~10× dumps / 2× loads); a bespoke Rust CLI unit is dead on spawn cost (the
+  `shared/native_units.py` crossing ~1–5 ms ≈ orjson's entire 3.4 MB `knowledge.json` decode);
+  (2) SQLite store + FTS5/vec0 recall — KEEP, the compute is already C inside SQLite
+  (`memory_store.py:646` vec0 MATCH, `:693` bm25); (3) neuron scoring/routing — KEEP,
+  network-bound `_embed` (Ollama subprocess curl) dominates; (4) graph BFS — KEEP,
+  hops=1 default, per-node SQL, tiny N; the future fix is a SQL CTE, not a language;
+  (5) batch consolidation/curator — KEEP, LLM/I-O-bound and latency-insensitive,
+  asyncio sweet spot; (6) orchestration/glue — KEEP, pure glue pinned by the Python-TUI
+  interop contract; (7) embedding transport — KEEP, network-bound.
+- **Candidate matrix summary:** Python 7/7 · Go 0/7 (not installed, nothing measured or
+  fetch-confirmed earns installation; Go's JSON stack mid-rewrite upstream) · hand-written C
+  0/7 (C already battle-tested inside SQLite — hand-writing would duplicate it) · Rust 0/7
+  as CLI units (spawn cost kills the one credible vector; in-process wheels excluded by
+  Wave 0 policy).
+- **Kill tests (frozen in synthesis.md):** Rust-JSON — orjson microbench on live 3.4 MB
+  `knowledge.json` (if drop-in and ≥2× load / ≥5× dump, the CLI unit is disproven on spawn
+  cost); Rust-general — kill unless a profile shows ≥50% wall time in pure Python compute
+  (none exists; reopen only on materially changed workload); Go — instrument one
+  `consolidate_all` run, kill if Python-compute share <50% (it will be — LLM/I-O bound);
+  C — kill unless a hot kernel absent from the SQLite extension ecosystem is identified
+  (none).
+- **Sources + lessons:** 6 live-fetched 2026-09-29 (orjson, sled, sqlite-vec, SQLite FTS5
+  docs, Go json/v2 rewrite issue, pydantic-core) — full annotations in
+  `research/wave1/memory/outward-sources.md`.
+- **Evidence sufficiency (honest):** static analysis only, no runtime profiling;
+  memory.store SQLite DB not materialized locally — kill tests specify *measured*
+  thresholds rather than assertions. Verdicts rest on "Python is glue around C/network,"
+  which profiling would only strengthen.
+
+## W4 — Provider/model layer (units: provider_registry 28, model_connect 10, model_routing 15, model_profiles 15, provider_budget 21, + standardized_providers, model_registry, connection_pool)
+
+- **Research round actor:** general-5 (COMPLETED 2026-09-29 — artifacts at
+  `research/wave1/provider-layer/`: inward.md, outward-sources.md, outward/ (8 evidence
+  JSONs), synthesis.md)
+- **Intention profile:** HTTP/SSE streaming, connection pooling, retries/backoff, protocol parsing,
+  tool-call reliability.
+- **Intention profile correction (inward-verified):** the layer has **NO retry/backoff and NO
+  SSE stub at all** (grep-verified) — `stream: False` everywhere, ~900 lines, remote-LLM-latency-
+  bound. Rewrite pitches are therefore feature-adds, not ports.
+- **Candidate matrix:** 5 clusters, all KEEP-PYTHON. Scores (1–5 = fit for the cluster's actual
+  workload): (C1) HTTP wire + transport (provider_registry, openai_compat_transport, model_connect
+  discovery) Python 5 / Go 2 / Rust 1; (C2) connection pool (connection_pool.py, 144 lines —
+  in-process object guards under threading.Lock, NOT a TCP pool) Python 5 / Go 2 / Rust 2;
+  (C3) routing decisions (model_routing.py, 432 lines, pure decision logic, one httpx call)
+  Python 5 / Go 1 / Rust 1; (C4) budget accounting (provider_budget.py, 354 lines, pure
+  arithmetic + lock, no I/O) Python 5 / Go 1 / Rust 1; (C5) config/registry/normalization
+  (model_profiles, model_registry, standardized_providers, model_connect tables — dataclasses +
+  JSON, editable by non-systems programmers) Python 5 / Go 1 / Rust 1.
+- **Decision:** **KEEP-PYTHON (all 5 clusters).**
+- **Kill tests:** C1 Go — KILLED: toolchain absent (`which go` → not found); 28 call-site
+  behaviors incl. the tool-call envelope contract (openai_compat_transport.py:67-107, 160-207)
+  would be re-implemented with zero incumbent test port and NO performance signal (remote-LLM-
+  latency-bound, kilobyte payloads). Re-earn path if Go is ever installed: std-only proof via
+  `interop/rebase-proof/` + a benchmark harness on C1 only. C1 Rust — KILLED BY CONSTRUCTION:
+  SSE parsing requires reqwest+tokio+eventsource-stream+nom (outward O3/O4/O5 — even mistral.rs
+  takes the tokio stack), violating the std-only interop contract. C2–C5 Go/Rust — KILLED:
+  burden of proof sits on the rewrite candidates; kill tests need contention/throughput/
+  counter-evidence that does not exist; routing runs once per request at millisecond scale
+  against multi-second LLM calls (5 orders of magnitude below any measurable threshold).
+- **Sources + lessons:** 8 live-fetched (O1–O8), ≥2 per major claim, coverage map in
+  `outward-sources.md`. Lessons: (1) stdlib-only Rust has no realistic precedent for HTTP/SSE
+  workloads — the interop contract's zero-crate standard effectively decides Rust out of all
+  network-wire clusters; (2) Go's stdlib HTTP+NDJSON streaming is capability-proven
+  (pkg.go.dev/net/http, ollama api/client.go, ollama's Go API server) — Go's losses here are
+  evidence-absence, not capability-absence; (3) the honest reliability upgrade for this layer
+  is a small Python-level httpx retry/timeout wrapper — a feature-add, not a language change.
+
+## W5 — Orchestration, authority, plugins, skills (units: orchestration/ 44 files 244 fns, contracts, build_mode 34, construction_authority*, verification_construction, spine, + governance surfaces: drift_*, persona_gate, safety_override, witness, behavior, growth_delta, claim_audit)
+
+- **Research round actor:** general-1 (COMPLETED 2026-09-29 — artifacts at
+  `research/wave1/orchestration/`: inward.md, outward-sources.md, outward/ (4 search
+  JSONs), synthesis.md)
+- **Intention profile:** contract/lifecycle state machines, authority gating, fail-closed validation,
+  HMAC-chained ledgers, policy dispatch.
+- **Intention profile correction (inward-verified):** the subsystem is durable-ledger I/O,
+  authority wiring, deterministic policy gates, and TUI-facing coordination — NOT hot loops
+  (2 RLocks, 0 sockets, 0 thread pools across 43 files). **Scope gap: `construction_authority.py`
+  and `verification_construction.py` do not exist in the tree** — the construction cluster is
+  covered by build_mode.py; no evidence invented for the missing files.
+- **Candidate matrix:** 6 clusters, all KEEP-PYTHON. Scores (1–5 = fit for the cluster's actual
+  workload): (C1) durable state & ledger stores (event_store.py:56-101, atomic.py, evidence_store.py
+  — fsync-bound; hashing already C via hashlib) Python 5; (C2) composition roots & authority wiring
+  (composition.py, authority.py, cognitive.py — pure glue, runtime cost ≈ 0) Python 5; (C3)
+  policy/state machines/gates (lifecycle.py, scheduler.py, broker.py, no_change.py, reflex.py —
+  deterministic dict/enum decisions, sub-ms; testability is the requirement) Python 5; (C4)
+  structural self-model & schema tooling (spine.py:24-25, microkernel.py, contracts.py, records.py
+  — introspection + canonical JSON; only candidate for a future Rust spine-diff if snapshots grow
+  1000×) Python 4; (C5) TUI-facing orchestration & build pipeline (build_mode.py 11-stage pipeline,
+  gateway.py, transport.py — the consumer IS the Python TUI; latency dominated by LLM/subprocess
+  waits) Python 5; (C6) benchmark/migration harnesses (retrieval_benchmark.py, migrate.py,
+  benchmark.py — offline tooling, recode buys nothing, loses iteration speed) Python 4.
+- **Decision:** **KEEP-PYTHON (all 6 clusters). This subsystem contributes 0 recode units to
+  the wave plan.** Go: REJECTED, do not install — differentiator (goroutine-dense servers)
+  targets a workload absent here; cost is exception→error-value rewrite of ~260 functions.
+  Rust: FEASIBLE (toolchain proven) but UNJUSTIFIED anywhere — no cluster has the hot loop
+  that pays for a process-boundary recode; keep as toolchain-ready for other subsystems.
+  C: REJECTED — the only compute-shaped work (sha256) already executes C via stdlib hashlib.
+- **Kill tests:** K1 (frozen, ALREADY RUN): 100 round-trips through the rebase-proof adapter —
+  mean 0.63ms, p95 0.74ms, cold 0.87ms, 100% exit-0 + ok:true → adapter overhead does NOT block
+  recodes on cost; recodes die on value grounds. Re-open any cluster if profiling shows a
+  function consuming >10% of a real interactive session. K-GO (frozen, ~30 min): Go prototype
+  of event_store.py's batched append+fsync vs Python at 1000 events; if Python's p95 is within
+  2× of Go's, Go is dead here permanently. K-RUST (frozen, ~20 min): measure spine diff on a
+  10k-entity snapshot; <50ms kills any Rust spine recode by absence of pain.
+- **Sources + lessons:** 4 live-fetched web sources (pydantic-core, ruff blog, go.dev FAQ,
+  Python 3.14 hashlib docs) + 1 LOCAL EXPERIMENT (n=100 adapter benchmark). Lessons: (1) the
+  rebase-proof adapter round-trips at 0.63ms/op — subprocess-per-op is viable for coarse ops,
+  never per-event; (2) Python's "slowness" argument dissolves where the actual compute already
+  runs in C via stdlib (hashlib, sqlite) — the language question is really "where is the hot
+  loop", and here the answer is nowhere; (3) assumed limits flagged honestly: human-scale event
+  cadence (batch_size=8) and Linux spawn cost — both would need revisit at 10⁴+ events/sec or
+  cross-platform targets.
+
+## W6 — Runtime core & tooling (units: tool_executor 46, tool_protocol 27, local_tool_runtime 32, capability_broker 19, context_broker 21, work_manager 25, cron_engine 28, + failure_auto_filer 28, hook_engine, elastic_cognition, auto_tasks, goal)
+
+- **Research round actor:** general-4 (COMPLETED 2026-09-29 on disk despite cancellation
+  notification — artifacts at `research/wave1/runtime-core/`: inward.md, outward/,
+  outward-sources.md, synthesis.md)
+- **Intention profile:** subprocess/process supervision, native execution boundary (native_units
+  adapter already exists), event loops, cron scheduling, hook dispatch.
+- **Decision:** **STAY-PYTHON (all 6 clusters).** Round scores (1–5 = fit for the cluster's
+  actual inward-characterized workload): (A) subprocess lifecycle (tool_executor, cron_engine,
+  auto_tasks) 4.7 — `subprocess.run(timeout=, capture_output=)` is a one-call expression of the
+  pattern; Rust std::process has NO built-in child timeout (outward-verified), strictly more
+  code under zero-crate; (B) protocol/JSON parsing (tool_protocol, brokers) 4.5 — inputs are
+  KB-scale model fragments; Python json/regex is already C-backed, so a rewrite swaps C for
+  compiled code at the same asymptotic cost; serde's typed-struct model actively mismatches
+  fence-wrapped schema-flexible output; (C) model→tool control loop + HTTP
+  (local_tool_runtime, elastic_cognition, goal) 4.8 — wall time is LLM HTTP latency in seconds;
+  Python overhead is µs–ms noise; the loop's content is policy (circuit breaker, escalation
+  ladders, routing tables); (D) context assembly (context_broker) 4.7 — correctness lives in
+  admission policy and degrade-not-crash semantics, not speed; compaction is itself an LLM call;
+  (E) reliability/queueing (failure_auto_filer) 4.2 — honest lowest: on paper the best Rust
+  candidate (queue + worker + crash-safe JSONL spool), but perf requirement ≈ nil and the
+  correctness burden is threading semantics a rewrite would re-risk for no win ("nothing
+  breaks today"); (F) declarative config/brokers (work_manager, hook_engine, capability_broker)
+  4.9 — literal data, no-op runtime, portable to anything valuable in nothing.
+- **Candidate matrix summary:** Python 6/6 · Go 0/6 (paper verdicts only — evidence-starved,
+  not installed, kill tests unrunnable locally) · Rust 0/6 (kill tests runnable via the
+  existing std-only interop harness) · C unscored (no FFI-adjacent cluster surfaced).
+  Best-language moment found anywhere: robfig/cron replacing ~37 hand-rolled cron-parsing
+  lines (cron_engine.py:199-236) — ergonomics nicety, not a fit verdict.
+- **Kill tests (frozen in synthesis.md):** Rust-A — re-express `_run_command`
+  (tool_executor.py:1064) with std::process + manual timeout; kill if >2× the ~40-line
+  Python wrapper (Q4 predicts it is); Go-A — port `cron_engine._run_loop` with os/exec,
+  measure task-fire latency delta (prediction: zero — 60 s sleep and child runtime dominate);
+  B — parse the largest observed tool-protocol stream 1000× in Python; kill if total <1 s
+  (no rewrite yields an observable win); C — instrument `_run_loop`
+  (local_tool_runtime.py:417), log non-HTTP CPU per iteration (prediction <1% of wall);
+  D — time `assemble`+`_admit` on the largest stored context, kill if <10 ms; E — fault-inject
+  kill -9 during spool append; if recovery semantics already hold, the rewrite has no
+  correctness win to buy; F — none needed: absence of any win condition IS the disproof.
+- **Sources + lessons:** live-fetched 2026-09-29 — annotations in
+  `research/wave1/runtime-core/outward-sources.md`; headline lessons: Rust std::process lacks
+  child timeout (Q4); Go os/exec reaches parity but changes only syntax (Q1); Python
+  json/regex C-backed (Q5b); serde typed structs mismatch dynamic model output (Q5a);
+  concurrency features irrelevant at ≤2 threads (Q6).
+- **Evidence sufficiency:** Python verdicts fully evidenced inward+outward; Go execution-side
+  evidence honestly starved (paper kill tests carried forward); E's JSONL-spool crash-safety
+  claim rests on inward semantics only — flagged in synthesis.md.
+
+## W7 — Operator + TUI (units: rune_operator 61 fns, rune_tui 161 fns — largest module, tui_validator)
+
+- **Research round actor:** general-3 (COMPLETED 2026-09-29 — artifacts at
+  `research/wave1/tui/`: inward.md, outward/ ×8, outward-sources.md, synthesis.md)
+- **Intention profile:** terminal rendering, input handling, rich layout, hot store state, supervisory
+  command surface. Design decision 4 holds: TUI consumes the interop contract, never rewritten first.
+- **Decision:** **KEEP-PYTHON (TUI shell; all 4 clusters, zero RECODE, no carve-out found).**
+  Cluster scores (1 = recode, 5 = keep): (A) rendering/widgets 4 — no hot loop exists; render is
+  plain Rich `Text` concatenation (rune_tui.py:1331, chat_bubble.py:157), only animation a 0.12 s
+  spinner (:263), no markdown/Syntax parsing anywhere in src/rune; (B) event glue (~50 `_cmd_*`
+  handlers, reactives, tool-widget maps) 5 — this is Textual's core competency (workers,
+  `exclusive=True`, `call_from_thread`); vendor docs (ratatui) admit "little to no help in organizing
+  large applications"; (C) model send path + envelope 5 — synchronous `send_task` in async worker;
+  the envelope shape (`success/response/thinking/tool_events/degraded`, rune_tui.py:3624ff) is
+  ALREADY the de-facto interop contract; (D) subprocess/streaming 5 — JSONL streaming precedent
+  already in-tree (`_cmd_pull` :3443-3517): the pattern for consuming recoded units, not a recode
+  target. Whole-TUI native recode 1/5 REJECTED — 80+ first-party module coupling, framework-provided
+  concurrency re-implemented by hand; Go additionally toolchain-blocked. Countervailing evidence
+  (Bubble Tea/tview/Codex TUI maturity) recorded honestly in outward-sources.md — it does not
+  outweigh the coupling.
+- **⚠ CONTRACT GAP FLAGGED (binds Waves 2–7):** `shared/native_units.py` parses only the LAST
+  stdout line — it must gain a JSONL streaming reader (per-line `json.loads` + terminal-envelope
+  validation) before any recoded long-running unit can stream progress to the TUI. Small, testable,
+  non-breaking; candidate for the first Wave 2 implementation issue.
+- **Adapter surface (TUI as consumer — adopted as the rubric's interop-contract restatement):**
+  (1) single-invocation stateless CLI (`native_unit <op> [args]`, no daemon); (2) success = final
+  stdout line `{"ok":true, …}` generalizing the model-send envelope — recoded units emitting
+  `response`/`tool_events`/`degraded` plug in with zero TUI changes; (3) failure = `ok:false` +
+  nonzero exit, stderr human-only, success = exit 0 AND not timed out; (4) mandatory `--version`
+  on every unit (status bar + `canary_tui_drift.py` detect live units vs Python fallback);
+  (5) JSONL streaming mode for long ops with terminal sentinel envelope; (6) per-call timeout
+  budget, `timed_out` surfaced in `NativeResult` for graceful degradation; (7) streamed events
+  referencing UI objects carry the TUI's stable keys — `(channel, call_id)` for tool widgets
+  (:3676), WorkPane `_entries` object ids (:1239) — preserved verbatim; (8) std-only for
+  proof-phase units.
+- **Candidate matrix summary:** Python 4/4 clusters · Rust/Go whole-TUI 1/5 rejected · carve-out
+  candidates: none found (future markdown parsing would carve as a Rust native unit behind the
+  adapter, not now).
+- **Kill tests (frozen in synthesis.md):** stay-Python — killed if >16 ms UI-thread stalls under
+  heavy event bursts OR IPC latency dominates message round-trip (Textual pilot measurement);
+  Rust recode — killed if the adapter must expose >~15 first-party modules (count today ≈80:
+  killed NOW); Go recode — additionally killed by toolchain absence (`command -v go` empty).
+- **Sources + lessons:** 8 live-fetched 2026-09-29 (Textual workers guide, ratatui vendor docs,
+  Bubble Tea/tview/Codex countervailing evidence, JSON Lines spec, push-granular-work guidance) —
+  annotations in `research/wave1/tui/outward-sources.md`.
+- **Evidence sufficiency (honest):** full inward read of all 5 TUI files with line refs; ≥2 sources
+  per major claim; gap = no runtime profiling (stall kill test unmeasured — but no mechanism exists
+  for the stall to occur; the 120 ms 21-step pipeline was already removed, `_run_warm_router`
+  :3575 is a no-op).
+
+## W2 — Leaf utilities & canaries (~40 modules, low coupling: pins, time_awareness, message_queue, event_envelope, attention_capsule, complexity_scorer, token_optimizer, cache 501/17, prompt_sync, chat_bubble, ~15 canary_* modules)
+
+- **Research round actor:** general-6 (COMPLETED 2026-09-29 — full report in actor notification)
+- **Intention profile:** small pure helpers, envelopes, scoring, cache; smallest blast radius; the
+  factory + interop proving ground at real scale.
+- **Ground-truth measurements (local, this session):** Python fn call ~46 ns (100k timed
+  iterations in-process) · native CLI roundtrip ~658 µs (subprocess to
+  `interop/rebase-proof/target/release/rebase-proof --version`) · Python startup floor ~18 ms ·
+  overhead ratio ≈ **14,000×**. The only CI-proven interop contract is the subprocess CLI boundary
+  (`shared/native_units.py`: argv in → JSON stdout, `--version`, timeout, typed `NativeResult`).
+  PyO3/in-process bindings excluded by Wave 0 policy. Therefore every per-call crossing costs
+  ≥658 µs — a per-turn helper would need to run >14,000× faster in Rust to break even.
+- **Candidate matrix (representative — full per-cluster 0–2 scoring in round report):**
+  Python 12/12 in every cluster · Rust 5–6/12 · Go 1–3/12 (D5=0, not installed) · C 1–2/12.
+  No module contains a hot loop (heaviest: 2 `re.sub` per turn in token_optimizer).
+- **Decision:** **KEEP-PYTHON (all ~40, zero RECODE).** Cluster verdicts: (a) pure CRUD helpers
+  pins/time_awareness/token_optimizer — KEEP, CPython 3.11+ already 10–60% faster on this shape
+  (PEP 659); (b) message/envelope/capsule structures — KEEP, recode would insert a boundary
+  between the chattiest neighbors; (c) cache.py (501 L, largest in wave) — KEEP, the fast part is
+  already C (sqlite3 DB-API 2.0 over SQLite's C library), Python is thin orchestration, batching
+  (threshold 50 / 30 s) already amortizes writes; (d) chat_bubble.py — KEEP, **hard-pinned** to
+  Python by the Textual framework (recode = full framework abandonment, bottleneck is human
+  typing speed); (e) prompt_sync.py glue — KEEP, glue into Python siblings (memory_env,
+  voice_sync, build_pipeline_policy); (f) ~19 canary_* — KEEP **categorically**, a canary that
+  verifies Python importability cannot exist in another language.
+- **Kill tests (reopening criteria, all fail today on first cheap measurement):** Rust — microbench
+  one per-turn helper behind the native_units CLI, must beat the Python in-process call >10×
+  end-to-end including the 658 µs crossing (whole call <~46 µs; a trivial `--version` already
+  costs 658 µs); Go — identical benchmark post-install, uninstall if roundtrip >100 µs with no
+  named hot path; C — identical benchmark + required fuzz-clean JSON roundtrip, plus a
+  demonstrated GC-free allocation-hot loop first; cache.py — recode only if Python-side
+  orchestration (excl. sqlite3 waits) exceeds 5% of end-to-end latency; capsule/envelope/queue —
+  recode only if one turn's Python total exceeds ~5 ms AND a candidate's CLI path is >10× cheaper.
+- **Sources + lessons:** (1) https://docs.python.org/3/whatsnew/3.11.html — 10–60% faster,
+  PEP 659 specializing interpreter: CPython already optimized for helper-shaped code, the D2
+  baseline is a moving improving target; (2) https://docs.python.org/3/whatsnew/3.13.html —
+  free-threading/JIT experimental, KEEP-PYTHON ≠ frozen but no bets on experimental paths;
+  (3) https://www.maturin.rs/ — in-process Rust↔Python needs a whole binding/packaging toolchain
+  atop the CLI boundary, D3 worse than measured 658 µs (Wave 0 policy excludes it anyway);
+  (4) https://go.dev/doc/install — Go is a pre-install prerequisite, D5=0 everywhere, never earned
+  installation; (5) https://textual.textualize.io/ — Textual is a Python TUI framework,
+  chat_bubble.py framework-pinned; (6) https://docs.python.org/3/library/sqlite3.html — sqlite3 is
+  DB-API 2.0 over C, cache.py's perf layer already native. All fetched live 2026-09-29.
+- **⚠ Inventory drift (VERIFIED 2026-09-29):** complexity_scorer.py listed in
+  rebase-inventory.json (2 mentions) but absent on disk — deleted in commit 867321e
+  ("governed retirement — complexity_scorer deleted (602 lines)"). Wave 0 inventory needs a
+  correction pass; the module was scored nowhere (no source to characterize).
+
+---
+
+## Wave-plan consequence (T5 scope, from the verdict above)
+
+With **0 recode units awarded**, the tranche's hypothesized rebase volume is real only as the
+work below. Waves 2–9 are **disposition + named improvements, NOT mass recoding**:
+
+**Waves 2–7 — per-issue disposition (the 1,852 `[rebase w{wave}]` issues):**
+Each issue receives its tranche §7 disposition — improve / fix / missing-connectors answered
+with evidence — plus a language verdict of **KEEP-PYTHON with its rubric evidence line**
+(the round section for that subsystem names the claim). Disposition runs leaf-first
+(Wave 2 → 7), the canonical suite stays green throughout, and no issue closes without its
+evidence line. A recode is off the table unless a frozen kill test is reopened — and then
+tranche §6 still governs: **no benchmark win, no recode.** Go is not installed and earned no
+installation; Rust stays toolchain-ready but unjustified (standing option behind the
+CI-proven adapter).
+
+**Named improvements — the actual rebase volume (ship alongside disposition):**
+1. **JSONL streaming reader for `shared/native_units.py`** (W7 contract gap): the adapter
+   parses only the LAST stdout line; it must gain per-line `json.loads` + terminal-envelope
+   validation before any recoded long-running unit could stream progress. Small, testable,
+   non-breaking — first implementation issue of Wave 2.
+2. **httpx retry/timeout wrapper for the provider layer** (W4): the honest reliability
+   upgrade is a feature-add, not a language change.
+3. **orjson upgrade path** (W3 cluster 1): the only credible Python-side JSON win —
+   in-process, no boundary crossing. **DISPOSITION (2026-09-29, kill test EXECUTED and
+   FAILED — KEEP-PYTHON stands, no dependency declared):** microbench on the live
+   `~/.rune/consolidation/knowledge.json` (3,540,959 bytes, n=30 best-of): load 13.15 ms
+   std vs 7.85 ms orjson = **1.68× (bar ≥2×: FAIL)**; dump 9.58 ms std vs 5.61 ms
+   orjson-with-decode = **1.71× (bar ≥5×: FAIL)**; raw-bytes dump 1.39 ms = 6.91× but is
+   not drop-in (every `write_text`/`json.dump`-to-file site would need a bytes→str or
+   binary-write conversion). Roundtrip equality verified. Bench: `/tmp/orjson_bench.py`
+   shape (uvx --with orjson). The bytes trap measured real: decode() eats ~60% of the
+   dump win.
+4. **complexity_scorer.py inventory correction**: listed in `rebase-inventory.json` but
+   deleted on disk (commit `867321e`, 602 lines) — Wave 0 inventory needs the correction
+   pass. **DISPOSITION (2026-09-29, DONE):** inventory regenerated per the script's own
+   header (never hand-edit) — 177→213 files, 1,852→2,314 functions, 13 dead files
+   dropped; committed + pushed `5bc837c`. The W2 round's "2 mentions" drift claim
+   verified FALSE against the live inventory (zero hits).
+5. **robfig/cron** (W6): recorded as a best-language footnote only; no action.
+
+**Wave 8 — TUI integration proof:** demonstrate the TUI reading/utilising the mixed-language
+surfaces that exist (the `interop/rebase-proof` unit through the upgraded adapter), per the
+8-point adapter surface adopted above.
+**Wave 9 — close-out audit:** 100% of the 1,852 issues dispositioned, debt-table revision,
+version bump.
+
+## Cross-cutting candidates (evaluated once, referenced by every subsystem)
+
+- **Rust (present, 1.98.1):** interop proof unit already CI-proven (std-only, zero crates, `interop/rebase-proof/`, adapter in `shared/native_units.py`, ok = exit 0 AND not timed out).
+- **Go (absent):** must earn installation through D1–D5 evidence here before any recode targets it.
+- **C (present, GCC 16.2.1):** expected to lose D6 in most subsystems; scored where FFI-adjacent work exists.
+- **Python (KEEP baseline):** the default. Every subsystem begins here; evidence must move it.
+
+## Evidence ledger (per-source lessons, all rounds)
+
+Index of per-source evidence. Full annotations live in each round's
+`research/wave1/<subsystem>/outward-sources.md`; this ledger records the headline lesson
+each source contributed and the rubric claims it supports.
+
+| Round | Sources (live-fetched 2026-09-29) | Headline lessons | Supports |
+|---|---|---|---|
+| W2 leaf utilities | 6: python.org 3.11 + 3.13 whatsnew, maturin.rs, go.dev/doc/install, textual.textualize.io, docs.python.org sqlite3 | CPython 3.11+ already 10–60% faster on helper-shaped code (PEP 659) — D2 baseline is a moving target; free-threading/JIT experimental, no bets; in-process bindings need a whole toolchain atop the CLI boundary (excluded by Wave 0 policy anyway); Go is pre-install prerequisite, D5=0; Textual framework-pins chat_bubble.py; sqlite3 perf layer already C | W2 KEEP-PYTHON ×~40; the 14,000× crossing-overhead law |
+| W3 memory | 6: orjson, sled, sqlite-vec, SQLite FTS5 docs, Go json/v2 rewrite issue, pydantic-core | orjson is the only credible Python-side JSON win (in-process, no boundary); SQLite FTS5/vec0 compute is already C; Go's JSON stack mid-rewrite upstream (versioning risk); pydantic-core shows the Rust-as-wheel pattern, excluded by policy | W3 KEEP-PYTHON 7/7; orjson upgrade path on cluster 1 |
+| W4 provider-layer | 8: live-fetched O1–O8 (HTTP/SSE ecosystem, tokio-stack precedents incl. mistral.rs, pkg.go.dev/net/http, ollama Go client/server) | stdlib-only Rust has no realistic HTTP/SSE precedent — the zero-crate contract decides Rust out of all network-wire clusters by construction; Go's stdlib HTTP+NDJSON streaming is capability-proven (its losses here are evidence-absence, not capability-absence); the honest reliability upgrade is a Python httpx retry/timeout wrapper — feature-add, not language change | W4 KEEP-PYTHON 5/5; SSE-cluster Rust kill-by-construction |
+| W5 orchestration | 4: pydantic-core, ruff blog, go.dev FAQ, Python 3.14 hashlib docs + 1 LOCAL EXPERIMENT (n=100 adapter benchmark) | adapter round-trips at 0.63ms/op — subprocess-per-op viable for coarse ops, never per-event; Python "slowness" dissolves where compute already runs in C via stdlib; the language question is really "where is the hot loop" (here: nowhere) | W5 KEEP-PYTHON 6/6; K1 kill test already run |
+| W6 runtime-core | headline lessons (full set in round outward-sources.md) | Rust std::process lacks built-in child timeout — strictly more code under zero-crate; Go os/exec reaches parity but changes only syntax; Python json/regex C-backed so rewrite swaps C for compiled code at equal asymptotic cost; serde typed structs mismatch schema-flexible model output; concurrency features irrelevant at ≤2 threads | W6 STAY-PYTHON 6/6; robfig/cron as best-language footnote |
+| W7 TUI | 8: Textual workers guide, ratatui vendor docs, Bubble Tea/tview/Codex TUI (countervailing), JSON Lines spec, push-granular-work guidance | Textual workers/`call_from_thread` are the core competency for event glue; ratatui admits "little to no help in organizing large applications"; countervailing native-TUI frameworks recorded honestly — do not outweigh 80+ module coupling; JSONL per-line parse + terminal sentinel is the streaming contract; vendor guidance: push granular speed-sensitive work to subcomponents only when measured | W7 KEEP-PYTHON 4/4; the 8-point adapter surface (adopted as the rubric's interop-contract restatement) |

docs/rebase-wave0-report.md

@@ -0,0 +1,50 @@
+# Wave 0 close-out report — language-rebasing tranche R1
+
+Branch: `tranche-r1-wave-0` · Date: 2026-09-29
+
+## 1. Inventory (docs/rebase/rebase-inventory.json)
+
+- 177 Python modules, ~52,750 lines, 227 classes
+- TRUE unit count: **1,852 = 1,030 top-level functions + 822 class methods**
+- Zero duplicate call edges, zero method leaks (generator double-walk defect
+  root-caused and fixed in scripts/rebase_inventory.py)
+- Cross-verified against an independent fresh AST walk: zero missing units;
+  six inventory-"extras" are real nested/if-try-block classes the naive walk
+  misses (inventory is MORE complete, not less)
+
+## 2. Issue factory (scripts/rebase_issue_factory.py)
+
+- One issue per unit following R1 §7; wave-batched (2–7); dedup-safe via
+  deterministic title `[rebase w{wave}] {relpath}::{unit}` + existing-titles
+  scan per run (retries never duplicate — preserve-first)
+- `plan` → {2: 239, 3: 251, 4: 129, 5: 544, 6: 415, 7: 274} = 1,852,
+  zero unassigned
+- `sample --wave 5` → full §7 template holds; `_compute_hash` exactly once as
+  labelled callee with line number
+- Contract fix during Wave 0: `--limit` default changed 5 → 0 (unlimited) for
+  `create`; `sample` keeps its 5. A full-wave create with the old default
+  would have silently truncated each wave to five issues.
+
+## 3. Interop proof unit (R1 §5)
+
+- Rust unit at interop/rebase-proof/ (std-only, zero crates): argv in → JSON
+  on stdout, non-zero exit on failure, mandatory `--version`
+- Shell-proven: version flag, JSON out, exit 2 on failure, stderr diagnostic
+- Python thin adapter shared/native_units.py: typed NativeResult, timeout +
+  stderr capture, unit failures as data (never exceptions)
+- Adapter contract fix during Wave 0: `ok` no longer requires a JSON
+  `ok:true` field — plain-text output (`--version`) succeeds on exit code
+- tests/test_native_interop_proof.py: **8 passed** — version contract, sum
+  happy path, hash determinism, failure paths, timeout, stderr capture
+
+## 4. Per-wave issue creation
+
+<!-- FILLED BY THE COMPLETION LOOP — do not hand-edit -->
+
+- Wave 4 (129 units): created=127 skipped(dedup)=2 (includes smoke #417–418)
+- Wave 2 (239 units): created=239 skipped(dedup)=0
+- Wave 3 (251 units): created=251 skipped(dedup)=0
+- Wave 5 (544 units): created=544 skipped(dedup)=0
+- Wave 6 (415 units): created=415 skipped(dedup)=0
+- Wave 7 (274 units): created=274 skipped(dedup)=0
+- TOTAL: 1,850 created + 2 dedup = 1,852 / 1,852 ✅ full coverage

docs/rebase/rebase-wave-coverage.json

@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+{
+ "units_per_wave": {
+  "2": 239,
+  "3": 251,
+  "4": 129,
+  "5": 544,
+  "6": 415,
+  "7": 274
+ },
+ "unassigned_modules": {},
+ "unassigned_module_count": 0
+}

docs/tui-registry.md

@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ new surface._
 | `rune_tui.py` | The main Textual application — chat pane, work pane, status bar (version label + refresh), footer, dialogs | The known giant (file-size debt tracked in henxels); composition root for all UI |
 | `tui_validator.py` | Import-allowlist validation for TUI code | Drift defect tracked in #139 (allowlist vs `__future__`/relative imports) |
 | `tui_backlog.py` | Not a surface — the durable TUI Upgrade Backlog ledger (outstanding projection/control work per backend feature) | SCAFFOLD-TRANCHE-007; ledger only, never structural authority |
+| `tui_transport.py` | Not a surface — the transport seam for the TUI's operator calls (in-process default / /v1 wire opt-in) | H4 slice 1 (contract BUILDER-2026-10-04T10:32:00Z-cli); RUNE_TUI_TRANSPORT selects; coverage: canary_tui_transport.py |
 
 ## Adding a TUI surface
 

go-version.txt

@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+1.27.1

henxels.yaml

@@ -1,7 +1,31 @@
 settings:
   warn_about_similar_files:
     above: 0.85
-    ignore: ["docs/review-lessons.yaml", "docs/v1/**", "docs/wiki/**", "store/spine/**"]
+    ignore: ["docs/review-lessons.yaml", "docs/v1/**", "docs/wiki/**", "store/spine/**",
+             # shared/ is the DEPLOYED-VINTAGE mirror tree (strangler era):
+             # every src/rune <-> shared similarity here is intentional
+             # (the shim delegates to the crate; the mirror is the deployed
+             # vintage it strangles). Registering the deliberate pairs.
+             "shared/**",
+             "src/rune/drift_core.py", "src/rune/drift_compression.py",
+             "src/rune/drift_observability.py", "src/rune/shard_manager.py",
+             "src/rune/subconscious_pass.py",
+             # deliberate mirror pairs outside the strangler set:
+             # issue templates are mirrored into shared/issue_templates;
+             # completion_file.py is the bridge/daemon mirror of scripts/;
+             # interop/rebase-proof is a committed proof fixture.
+             ".gitea/ISSUE_TEMPLATE/**", "shared/issue_templates/**",
+             "bridge/daemon/completion_file.py", "scripts/completion_file.py",
+             "interop/rebase-proof/**",
+             # per-crate copies by zero-dep design: each crate is
+             # self-contained (no shared crate dependency), so the pyjson
+             # JSON module is copied verbatim per crate and the tiny
+             # zero-dep lockfiles are near-identical by construction.
+             "src/rust/*/Cargo.lock", "src/rust/*/src/pyjson.rs",
+             "src/rust/query_memory/src/json_min.rs",
+             # store/scaffold is data (proof fixtures, gate objects),
+             # same class as the already-ignored store/spine.
+             "store/scaffold/**"]
 
 henxels:
   - henxel: "Canaries live at the repo's canary slot and are registered in CI"
@@ -20,7 +44,7 @@ henxels:
   - henxel: "Top-level docs are markdown or yaml references"
     in: ./docs/*
     allowed_filetypes: [.md, .yaml]
-    except: ["./docs/v1/**", "./docs/wiki/**", "./docs/gitea_issue_reconciliation.json"]
+    except: ["./docs/v1/**", "./docs/wiki/**", "./docs/gitea_issue_reconciliation.json", "./docs/rebase/**"]
 
   - henxel: "The known giant stays visible — file-size debt is tracked, not silent"
     in: ./src/rune/*

interop/rebase-proof/Cargo.lock

@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+# This file is automatically @generated by Cargo.
+# It is not intended for manual editing.
+version = 4
+
+[[package]]
+name = "rebase-proof"
+version = "0.1.0"

interop/rebase-proof/Cargo.toml

@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+[package]
+name = "rebase-proof"
+version = "0.1.0"
+edition = "2021"
+
+# Wave 0 interop proof unit (R1 §5). Std-only by design: no crates, no network,
+# deterministic build. The pattern under proof is the CLI boundary itself, not the
+# computation inside it.
+
+[[bin]]
+name = "rebase-proof"
+path = "src/main.rs"
+
+[profile.release]
+strip = true

interop/rebase-proof/src/main.rs

@@ -0,0 +1,117 @@
+//! Wave 0 interop proof unit (R1 §5 of the language-rebasing tranche).
+//!
+//! Contract under proof:
+//! - standalone binary; argv in, JSON on stdout
+//! - non-zero exit on failure (JSON error object still printed to stdout)
+//! - `--version` flag mandatory
+//! - Python wraps it in a thin adapter (`shared/native_units.py`); tests call
+//!   it the same way.
+//!
+//! Ops: sum / echo / hash (fnv1a64) / sleep / fail. All std-only.
+
+use std::env;
+use std::process::exit;
+use std::thread;
+use std::time::Duration;
+
+const VERSION: &str = env!("CARGO_PKG_VERSION");
+
+/// FNV-1a 64-bit — dependency-free deterministic hash for the proof unit.
+fn fnv1a64(data: &[u8]) -> u64 {
+    let mut hash: u64 = 0xcbf29ce484222325;
+    for byte in data {
+        hash ^= u64::from(*byte);
+        hash = hash.wrapping_mul(0x100000001b3);
+    }
+    hash
+}
+
+fn print_json(line: &str) {
+    println!("{line}");
+}
+
+fn emit_ok(body: &str) {
+    print_json(&format!("{{\"ok\":true,{body}}}"));
+    exit(0);
+}
+
+fn emit_err(message: &str) -> ! {
+    // Escape the minimal set so the JSON stays parseable for arbitrary op names.
+    let escaped: String = message
+        .chars()
+        .map(|c| match c {
+            '"' => "\\\"".to_string(),
+            '\\' => "\\\\".to_string(),
+            '\n' => "\\n".to_string(),
+            '\r' => "\\r".to_string(),
+            '\t' => "\\t".to_string(),
+            other => other.to_string(),
+        })
+        .collect();
+    print_json(&format!("{{\"ok\":false,\"error\":\"{escaped}\"}}"));
+    exit(2);
+}
+
+fn main() {
+    let args: Vec<String> = env::args().skip(1).collect();
+
+    if args.as_slice() == ["--version"] || args.as_slice() == ["-V"] {
+        println!("rebase-proof {VERSION}");
+        exit(0);
+    }
+    if args.is_empty() {
+        eprintln!("usage: rebase-proof <op> [args...] | --version");
+        emit_err("no op given");
+    }
+
+    let op = args[0].as_str();
+    let rest = &args[1..];
+
+    match op {
+        "sum" => {
+            let mut total: i128 = 0;
+            for a in rest {
+                match a.parse::<i128>() {
+                    Ok(v) => total += v,
+                    Err(_) => emit_err(&format!("sum: not an integer: {a}")),
+                }
+            }
+            emit_ok(&format!("\"op\":\"sum\",\"result\":{total}"));
+        }
+        "echo" => {
+            let joined = rest.join(" ");
+            let escaped: String = joined
+                .chars()
+                .map(|c| match c {
+                    '"' => "\\\"".to_string(),
+                    '\\' => "\\\\".to_string(),
+                    '\n' => "\\n".to_string(),
+                    '\r' => "\\r".to_string(),
+                    '\t' => "\\t".to_string(),
+                    other => other.to_string(),
+                })
+                .collect();
+            emit_ok(&format!("\"op\":\"echo\",\"text\":\"{escaped}\""));
+        }
+        "hash" => {
+            let joined = rest.join(" ");
+            let h = fnv1a64(joined.as_bytes());
+            emit_ok(&format!("\"op\":\"hash\",\"fnv1a64\":\"{h:016x}\""));
+        }
+        "sleep" => {
+            let ms: u64 = match rest.first().map(|s| s.parse::<u64>()) {
+                Some(Ok(v)) => v,
+                _ => emit_err("sleep: expected milliseconds"),
+            };
+            thread::sleep(Duration::from_millis(ms));
+            emit_ok(&format!("\"op\":\"sleep\",\"slept_ms\":{ms}"));
+        }
+        "fail" => {
+            // Deliberate failure: stderr diagnostic + JSON error + exit 2.
+            // Proves stderr capture and non-zero exit in the adapter.
+            eprintln!("rebase-proof: deliberate failure for adapter proof");
+            emit_err("deliberate failure");
+        }
+        other => emit_err(&format!("unknown op: {other}")),
+    }
+}

lint-baseline.json

@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
 {
-  "BLE001": 347,
+  "BLE001": 345,
   "S110": 75
 }

memory/index/capability_cards.json

@@ -1 +1,401 @@
-[]
+[
+  {
+    "name": "read_file",
+    "description": "Read a file with optional windowed viewing (offset/limit). Returns numbered lines. Use offset/limit for large files (100 lines at a time).",
+    "capabilities": [
+      "read_file"
+    ],
+    "file": "tool_executor.py",
+    "full_path": "",
+    "priority": 100,
+    "semantic_examples": [],
+    "risk": "read-only",
+    "preconditions": [
+      "path exists and is a readable file"
+    ],
+    "side_effects": [],
+    "auto_invoked": false,
+    "hooks": [],
+    "native_tool": true,
+    "searchable_text": "read_file read a file with optional windowed viewing (offset/limit). returns numbered lines. use offset/limit for large files (100 lines at a time). native tool"
+  },
+  {
+    "name": "edit_file",
+    "description": "Surgical search/replace edit. More reliable than full file rewrites. The search string must match exactly.",
+    "capabilities": [
+      "edit_file"
+    ],
+    "file": "tool_executor.py",
+    "full_path": "",
+    "priority": 100,
+    "semantic_examples": [],
+    "risk": "write",
+    "preconditions": [
+      "path is inside an allowed write directory",
+      "search string matches exactly once"
+    ],
+    "side_effects": [
+      "rewrites the target file atomically after approval",
+      "creates a .bak backup under ~/.rune/undo"
+    ],
+    "auto_invoked": false,
+    "hooks": [],
+    "native_tool": true,
+    "searchable_text": "edit_file surgical search/replace edit. more reliable than full file rewrites. the search string must match exactly. native tool"
+  },
+  {
+    "name": "write_file",
+    "description": "Write content to a file. Creates parent directories if needed. Shows diff before writing. Use for new files or full rewrites.",
+    "capabilities": [
+      "write_file"
+    ],
+    "file": "tool_executor.py",
+    "full_path": "",
+    "priority": 100,
+    "semantic_examples": [],
+    "risk": "write",
+    "preconditions": [
+      "path is inside an allowed write directory"
+    ],
+    "side_effects": [
+      "writes the full file content atomically after approval",
+      "creates a .bak backup under ~/.rune/undo"
+    ],
+    "auto_invoked": false,
+    "hooks": [],
+    "native_tool": true,
+    "searchable_text": "write_file write content to a file. creates parent directories if needed. shows diff before writing. use for new files or full rewrites. native tool"
+  },
+  {
+    "name": "glob_files",
+    "description": "Find files matching a glob pattern. Returns file paths sorted by modification time.",
+    "capabilities": [
+      "glob_files"
+    ],
+    "file": "tool_executor.py",
+    "full_path": "",
+    "priority": 100,
+    "semantic_examples": [],
+    "risk": "read-only",
+    "preconditions": [
+      "search directory is readable"
+    ],
+    "side_effects": [],
+    "auto_invoked": false,
+    "hooks": [],
+    "native_tool": true,
+    "searchable_text": "glob_files find files matching a glob pattern. returns file paths sorted by modification time. native tool"
+  },
+  {
+    "name": "grep_files",
+    "description": "Search for a pattern in files. Returns file paths and line numbers. Use include to filter by file type.",
+    "capabilities": [
+      "grep_files"
+    ],
+    "file": "tool_executor.py",
+    "full_path": "",
+    "priority": 100,
+    "semantic_examples": [],
+    "risk": "read-only",
+    "preconditions": [
+      "search directory is readable"
+    ],
+    "side_effects": [],
+    "auto_invoked": false,
+    "hooks": [],
+    "native_tool": true,
+    "searchable_text": "grep_files search for a pattern in files. returns file paths and line numbers. use include to filter by file type. native tool"
+  },
+  {
+    "name": "list_directory",
+    "description": "List files and directories at a path. Returns names with / suffix for directories.",
+    "capabilities": [
+      "list_directory"
+    ],
+    "file": "tool_executor.py",
+    "full_path": "",
+    "priority": 100,
+    "semantic_examples": [],
+    "risk": "read-only",
+    "preconditions": [
+      "path is a readable directory"
+    ],
+    "side_effects": [],
+    "auto_invoked": false,
+    "hooks": [],
+    "native_tool": true,
+    "searchable_text": "list_directory list files and directories at a path. returns names with / suffix for directories. native tool"
+  },
+  {
+    "name": "lint_file",
+    "description": "Lint a file for syntax errors and style issues. Blocks bad edits. Supports Python (ruff), JS/TS (eslint), Go (golangci-lint), and more.",
+    "capabilities": [
+      "lint_file"
+    ],
+    "file": "tool_executor.py",
+    "full_path": "",
+    "priority": 100,
+    "semantic_examples": [],
+    "risk": "read-only",
+    "preconditions": [
+      "file exists",
+      "a linter is configured for the language"
+    ],
+    "side_effects": [],
+    "auto_invoked": false,
+    "hooks": [],
+    "native_tool": true,
+    "searchable_text": "lint_file lint a file for syntax errors and style issues. blocks bad edits. supports python (ruff), js/ts (eslint), go (golangci-lint), and more. native tool"
+  },
+  {
+    "name": "run_tests",
+    "description": "Run tests for a file or project. Auto-detects test runner from language.",
+    "capabilities": [
+      "run_tests"
+    ],
+    "file": "tool_executor.py",
+    "full_path": "",
+    "priority": 100,
+    "semantic_examples": [],
+    "risk": "write",
+    "preconditions": [
+      "a test runner is configured for the project"
+    ],
+    "side_effects": [
+      "runs project test commands which may create or delete files"
+    ],
+    "auto_invoked": false,
+    "hooks": [],
+    "native_tool": true,
+    "searchable_text": "run_tests run tests for a file or project. auto-detects test runner from language. native tool"
+  },
+  {
+    "name": "format_code",
+    "description": "Auto-format code files. Supports Python (black/ruff), JS/TS (prettier), Go (gofmt), and more.",
+    "capabilities": [
+      "format_code"
+    ],
+    "file": "tool_executor.py",
+    "full_path": "",
+    "priority": 100,
+    "semantic_examples": [],
+    "risk": "write",
+    "preconditions": [
+      "path is inside an allowed write directory",
+      "a formatter is configured for the language"
+    ],
+    "side_effects": [
+      "rewrites files in place to the formatter's style"
+    ],
+    "auto_invoked": false,
+    "hooks": [],
+    "native_tool": true,
+    "searchable_text": "format_code auto-format code files. supports python (black/ruff), js/ts (prettier), go (gofmt), and more. native tool"
+  },
+  {
+    "name": "git_diff",
+    "description": "Show git diff for staged or unstaged changes.",
+    "capabilities": [
+      "git_diff"
+    ],
+    "file": "tool_executor.py",
+    "full_path": "",
+    "priority": 100,
+    "semantic_examples": [],
+    "risk": "read-only",
+    "preconditions": [
+      "working directory is a git repository"
+    ],
+    "side_effects": [],
+    "auto_invoked": false,
+    "hooks": [],
+    "native_tool": true,
+    "searchable_text": "git_diff show git diff for staged or unstaged changes. native tool"
+  },
+  {
+    "name": "git_log",
+    "description": "Show recent git commits.",
+    "capabilities": [
+      "git_log"
+    ],
+    "file": "tool_executor.py",
+    "full_path": "",
+    "priority": 100,
+    "semantic_examples": [],
+    "risk": "read-only",
+    "preconditions": [
+      "working directory is a git repository"
+    ],
+    "side_effects": [],
+    "auto_invoked": false,
+    "hooks": [],
+    "native_tool": true,
+    "searchable_text": "git_log show recent git commits. native tool"
+  },
+  {
+    "name": "git_commit",
+    "description": "Commit changes with a message. Auto-stages modified files.",
+    "capabilities": [
+      "git_commit"
+    ],
+    "file": "tool_executor.py",
+    "full_path": "",
+    "priority": 100,
+    "semantic_examples": [],
+    "risk": "irreversible",
+    "preconditions": [
+      "working directory is a git repository",
+      "there are changes to commit"
+    ],
+    "side_effects": [
+      "creates a commit on the current branch"
+    ],
+    "auto_invoked": false,
+    "hooks": [],
+    "native_tool": true,
+    "searchable_text": "git_commit commit changes with a message. auto-stages modified files. native tool"
+  },
+  {
+    "name": "repo_map",
+    "description": "Generate an AST-based codebase map showing key symbols (classes, functions, imports). Uses tree-sitter for 100+ languages.",
+    "capabilities": [
+      "repo_map"
+    ],
+    "file": "tool_executor.py",
+    "full_path": "",
+    "priority": 100,
+    "semantic_examples": [],
+    "risk": "read-only",
+    "preconditions": [
+      "target directory is readable"
+    ],
+    "side_effects": [],
+    "auto_invoked": false,
+    "hooks": [],
+    "native_tool": true,
+    "searchable_text": "repo_map generate an ast-based codebase map showing key symbols (classes, functions, imports). uses tree-sitter for 100+ languages. native tool"
+  },
+  {
+    "name": "run_command",
+    "description": "Run an approved command. Prefer argv (shell=False); shell syntax requires shell=true and explicit user approval.",
+    "capabilities": [
+      "run_command"
+    ],
+    "file": "tool_executor.py",
+    "full_path": "",
+    "priority": 100,
+    "semantic_examples": [],
+    "risk": "irreversible",
+    "preconditions": [
+      "operator approves the command",
+      "required binaries are on PATH"
+    ],
+    "side_effects": [
+      "executes arbitrary commands with their full side effects"
+    ],
+    "auto_invoked": false,
+    "hooks": [],
+    "native_tool": true,
+    "searchable_text": "run_command run an approved command. prefer argv (shell=false); shell syntax requires shell=true and explicit user approval. native tool"
+  },
+  {
+    "name": "read_persona",
+    "description": "Read Rune's persona definition. Returns the full persona block with voice, identity, and rules.",
+    "capabilities": [
+      "read_persona"
+    ],
+    "file": "tool_executor.py",
+    "full_path": "",
+    "priority": 100,
+    "semantic_examples": [],
+    "risk": "read-only",
+    "preconditions": [
+      "persona MEMORY.md exists"
+    ],
+    "side_effects": [],
+    "auto_invoked": false,
+    "hooks": [],
+    "native_tool": true,
+    "searchable_text": "read_persona read rune's persona definition. returns the full persona block with voice, identity, and rules. native tool"
+  },
+  {
+    "name": "query_memory",
+    "description": "Query Rune's memory store. Returns relevant memories for a query.",
+    "capabilities": [
+      "query_memory"
+    ],
+    "file": "tool_executor.py",
+    "full_path": "",
+    "priority": 100,
+    "semantic_examples": [],
+    "risk": "read-only",
+    "preconditions": [
+      "memory store database is available"
+    ],
+    "side_effects": [],
+    "auto_invoked": false,
+    "hooks": [],
+    "native_tool": true,
+    "searchable_text": "query_memory query rune's memory store. returns relevant memories for a query. native tool"
+  },
+  {
+    "name": "check_growth",
+    "description": "Check Rune's growth log. Returns recent growth entries and patterns.",
+    "capabilities": [
+      "check_growth"
+    ],
+    "file": "tool_executor.py",
+    "full_path": "",
+    "priority": 100,
+    "semantic_examples": [],
+    "risk": "read-only",
+    "preconditions": [
+      "growth log file exists"
+    ],
+    "side_effects": [],
+    "auto_invoked": false,
+    "hooks": [],
+    "native_tool": true,
+    "searchable_text": "check_growth check rune's growth log. returns recent growth entries and patterns. native tool"
+  },
+  {
+    "name": "diagnose_behavior",
+    "description": "Diagnose Rune's current behavior. Returns analysis of persona adherence, voice consistency, and drift.",
+    "capabilities": [
+      "diagnose_behavior"
+    ],
+    "file": "tool_executor.py",
+    "full_path": "",
+    "priority": 100,
+    "semantic_examples": [],
+    "risk": "read-only",
+    "preconditions": [
+      "recent response text provided"
+    ],
+    "side_effects": [],
+    "auto_invoked": false,
+    "hooks": [],
+    "native_tool": true,
+    "searchable_text": "diagnose_behavior diagnose rune's current behavior. returns analysis of persona adherence, voice consistency, and drift. native tool"
+  },
+  {
+    "name": "find_capability",
+    "description": "Search all installed capabilities for what you need. Returns matching tool names with descriptions and argument schemas. Use this when a capability you need is not in your current tool set; the matched tool becomes callable in the same session.",
+    "capabilities": [
+      "find_capability"
+    ],
+    "file": "tool_executor.py",
+    "full_path": "",
+    "priority": 100,
+    "semantic_examples": [],
+    "risk": "read-only",
+    "preconditions": [
+      "a capability query describing the needed outcome"
+    ],
+    "side_effects": [],
+    "auto_invoked": false,
+    "hooks": [],
+    "native_tool": true,
+    "searchable_text": "find_capability search all installed capabilities for what you need. returns matching tool names with descriptions and argument schemas. use this when a capability you need is not in your current tool set; the matched tool becomes callable in the same session. native tool"
+  }
+]

plans/2026-10-02-phase-g-query-memory-supersession.md

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+# Phase G slice 1 — retrieval-index authority supersession ledger
+
+**Date:** 2026-10-02 · **Branch:** `phase-g-strangler-retrieval-index` · **Unit issue:** conductor/rune#2448
+
+## What was superseded
+
+The pure-Python `query_memory` implementation (formerly `src/rune/query_memory.py`,
+deployed at `~/.config/opencode/scripts/query_memory.py`) is RETIRED as a production
+implementation. Production authority now rests with:
+
+1. **Implementation:** Rust crate `src/rust/query_memory/` (lib.rs core + cdylib, ten
+   `extern "C"` FFI symbols, zero external crates).
+2. **Production service surface:** `shared/query_memory.py` — a ctypes-backed shim
+   (179 lines) over `qm_loader.py`, byte-deployed to `~/.config/opencode/scripts/query_memory.py`,
+   serving the FULL prior Python class API including the `self.history` snapshot.
+
+## Strangler doctrine (master doc lines 685–770) — step discharge
+
+| Step | Requirement | Evidence |
+|------|-------------|----------|
+| 1–4 | candidate built, contract frozen, parity proven | commits `9b76585`+`54d2db9`; `/tmp/phaseG_retrieval_index_contract.md` frozen; parity harness ALL GREEN |
+| 5 | qualification | `/tmp/phaseG_qual_bench.out` (Rust CLI ~45× faster end-to-end); canaries both sides |
+| 6 | canaries conformance | Python canary 12/12; Rust canary 27/27 |
+| 7 | shadow comparison vs live store | `/tmp/phaseG_shadow.py` 46/46 exact-equal vs 77-record production store |
+| 8 | authority switch + observed consumer evidence | commit `6f44a87`; both consumers verified live — `memory_store.py` (lines 820–821, live 76-record store, nested stats shape) + `growth_simulator.py` (record_query through Rust core); #2448 comment id 33795 |
+| 9 | runtime evidence post-switch | post-switch verification wall ALL GREEN: Python canary 12/12, FFI smoke 41/41, Rust canary 27/27, parity harness ALL GREEN |
+| 10 | old production path unreachable | ALL import paths (`import query_memory`) now resolve to the deployed shim; `shared/graph_shard_bridge.py` tolerant import serves the shim; the orphan `src/rune/query_memory.py` had ZERO importers (verified by sweep incl. path-string references) |
+| 11 | old implementation removed or reference-only | `src/rune/query_memory.py` DELETED (this commit); the only stale reference (`scripts/structural_coverage_audit.py` registry mapping shared/ as a mirror of src/rune) corrected — query_memory removed from `SRC_A`/`SHARED_D`, added to `SHARED_B` (canonical, ops-harness owned) |
+| 12 | supersession ledger | THIS FILE |
+
+Deletion discipline (language-governance rule ⑥) satisfied: old code removed only after
+the new implementation was PROVEN — wall green, shadow 46/46, both production consumers
+observed live on the Rust core before deletion.
+
+## Consumer map at supersession
+
+- `~/.config/opencode/scripts/memory_store.py` — in-process, `adaptive_exploration_rate` (line 820).
+- `~/.config/opencode/scripts/growth_simulator.py` — in-process, `record_query`.
+- `shared/graph_shard_bridge.py` — tolerant import (try/except), follows the switch.
+- `src/rune/tool_executor.py` — NOT a consumer (nominal grep hit only; goes through `memory_store.cached_recall`).
+
+## Verification commands (reproducible)
+
+- `/home/nick/.venvs/memory/bin/python3 src/rune/canary_query_memory.py` → 12/12
+- `/home/nick/.venvs/memory/bin/python3 src/rust/query_memory/canary_rust.py` → 27/27
+- `/home/nick/.venvs/memory/bin/python3 src/rune/ffi_query_memory_smoke.py` → 41/41
+- `/home/nick/.venvs/memory/bin/python3 /tmp/phaseG_parity.py` → ALL GREEN
+- `/home/nick/.venvs/memory/bin/python3 scripts/structural_coverage_audit.py` → exit 0, coverage 100%

plans/2026-10-03-phase-g-evidence-provenance-contract.md

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+# Phase G Slice 2 — FROZEN CONTRACT: evidence-provenance (T7.3)
+
+Frozen: 2026-10-03, session ses_ffe5f08a7892affeGzZWhhm0wR. Branch `phase-g-strangler-evidence-provenance` (cut from slice-1 head `2ac2d0a`). Gitea issue #2449. Nothing below may change without a recorded amendment in this file.
+
+## 1. Scope (observed, not inferred)
+
+Six modules in `src/rune/`, 1796 lines total, one test file each as marked:
+
+| Module | Lines | Surface (grep-verified 2026-10-03) |
+|---|---|---|
+| `audit_ledger.py` | 231 | `_compute_hash(prev_hash, entry)`, `append_entry(entry_type, entry_id, details)`, `verify_chain() -> {valid, entries, reason}`, `get_entries(limit=50)`, `log_promotion(entry_id, old_status, new_status, wash_count, reason)`, `log_gate_result(entry_id, verdict, critics)`, `log_drift_alert(alert_type, message, severity)`, `main()` |
+| `behavior.py` | 411 | `connect()`, `add_correction(original, corrected, scope_tags=None, domain="", pattern="")`, `add_habit(trigger, action, name="", context_tags=None, min_activations=3)`, `match_context(context, match_type=None)`, `reinforce(item_id, outcome, item_type="habit")`, `list_items(item_type="all", limit=20)`, `behavior_stats()`, `main()`, `PLUGIN` dict |
+| `behaviour_ledger.py` | 251 | 9 state constants (UNVALIDATED…NOT_APPLICABLE) + `STATES` + `CONFIRMED_STATES` tuples, `BehaviourLedger` class |
+| `claim_audit.py` | 430 | `PATTERNS` list, `EVIDENCE_TAG` regex, `LEDGER_MARKERS`, `reframe(text)`, `scan(text)`, `verify(claim)`, `degrade(claim, verdict)`, `journal(entry)`, `report()`, `audit(draft)`, `handle_hook(event, data=None)`, `main()`, `PLUGIN` |
+| `evidence_probe.py` | 214 | `PROBE_STATUSES`, `PROBE_FIELDS`, `MAX_PROBES_PER_TASK=2`, `ProbeBudgetExceeded`, `ProbeResult`, `build_probe_prompt(question, artifact_path)`, `validate_probe(artifact)`, `count_probes(artifact_dir)`, `check_budget(artifact_dir)`, `record_probe(result, artifact_dir)`, `run_probe(question, artifact_dir, runner=None, model="UNKNOWN")` |
+| `verification_layer.py` | 259 | `VerificationResult`, seven `verify_*` functions (exit_code, unit_test, schema, file_exists, file_changed, tool_receipt, constraint_check), `verify(result, verifier_type)`, `handle_hook`, `PLUGIN` |
+
+Plus `shared/audit_ledger.py` (210 ln) — OLDER vintage of audit_ledger.
+
+## 2. Authority decisions (per module)
+
+- **src/rune/ is the authority vintage for all six modules** — hardened newer code (memory_env-pathed storage, defensive handling). The deployed `~/.config/opencode/scripts/{audit_ledger,behavior,claim_audit}.py` copies are OLDER vintages (hardcoded expanduser paths). The authority switch is a VINTAGE UPGRADE plus a language swap — not a mirror replacement.
+- `shared/audit_ledger.py` is superseded alongside the deployed copy (same older vintage, same defects).
+
+## 3. Live-data contract (the linchpin — observed)
+
+- **Live ledger:** `/home/nick/.config/opencode/memory/promotion_ledger.jsonl` (21 entries). `verify_chain()` under the deployed module's own defaults returns `{'valid': True, 'entries': 21, 'reason': 'chain intact'}` — OBSERVED 2026-10-03.
+- **Live signing key: `rune-drift-integrity-2024`** (the deployed/shared default). The src/rune default `rune-governed-adaptation-2024` FAILS the live chain — it is a latent break, recorded as a defect this slice fixes.
+- **Hash scheme (both vintages identical):** `HMAC-SHA256(key, (prev_hash + json.dumps(entry_without_hash, sort_keys=True)).encode()).hexdigest()`; genesis prev_hash = `"genesis"`; entry lines written with `json.dumps(entry)` in insertion order (type, entry_id, details, timestamp, prev_hash, hash); timestamp = `datetime.now(timezone.utc).isoformat()`.
+- **Key rule for the Rust candidate:** read `AUDIT_LEDGER_KEY` env; DEFAULT = `rune-drift-integrity-2024` (the key that verifies the live chain). Never default to the governed key — it verifies nothing that exists.
+- **Live `behavior.db`:** SQLite at memory_env memory dir, touched Sep 24 — must remain readable by the Rust candidate's storage layer.
+
+## 4. Rust candidate design
+
+Crate `/mnt/workdrive/rune/src/rust/evidence_provenance/` following the proven slice-1 shape: zero-dep core in `lib.rs`, `cdylib` FFI exports, hand-rolled JSON serialization where byte-parity demands it. **Port order within the slice** (dependency + risk order):
+
+1. **audit_ledger** — linchpin: live data, external consumers, key contract.
+2. **verification_layer** — pure logic, no storage, one test file; fastest port.
+3. **evidence_probe** — file-based budget/records; `rune_operator.py:581` consumer.
+4. **behaviour_ledger** — state machine, src/rune-only.
+5. **behavior** — SQLite habits; live DB; deployed vintage upgrade + `rune_tui.py` consumer.
+6. **claim_audit** — heaviest (warm-neuron store + graph DB + regex engine); last.
+
+Python-side ctypes loaders (`*_loader.py`) + deployed shims per slice-1 pattern, so every consumer keeps its import surface unchanged.
+
+## 5. Parity + qualification criteria
+
+- **Byte-parity:** Rust `verify_chain` output byte-identical to Python's on the live ledger AND on a mutation battery (tampered entry, broken chain, invalid JSON, empty ledger). Parity harness both sides, slice-1 pattern.
+- **Canaries:** Python-side canary module per ported module + Rust canary; both green before any switch.
+- **Shadow:** shadow-compare Rust vs Python on live-shaped data before authority switch.
+- **Performance:** like-for-like benchmark on the real consumption shape; no regression (Nick's law: combination does not decrease speed).
+
+## 6. Consumers + adoption plan (Nick's directive: adoption during the refactor)
+
+| Consumer | Imports | Switch |
+|---|---|---|
+| `~/.config/opencode/scripts/curator.py` | audit_ledger | at audit_ledger switch |
+| `canary_tui_drift.py`, `canary_full_system.py` | audit_ledger | at audit_ledger switch |
+| `rune_tui.py` (L62, L83) | claim_audit, behavior | at each module's switch |
+| `rune_operator.py:581` | evidence_probe (relative) | at evidence_probe switch |
+
+Deployed copies become ctypes shims at each module's authority switch (vintage upgrade included — the shim serves the src/rune contract, not the old vintage's). Old deployed Python deletions follow language-governance ⑥: only after the new is proven.
+
+## 7. Exit criteria
+
+All twelve doctrine steps discharged per module-port with observed evidence on #2449; coverage-audit registry remapped; supersession ledger written; audit regression gate green.

plans/2026-10-03-phase-g-evidence-provenance-supersession.md

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+# Phase G slice 2 — evidence-provenance authority supersession ledger
+
+**Date:** 2026-10-03 · **Branch:** `phase-g-strangler-evidence-provenance` · **Unit issue:** conductor/rune#2449
+
+## What was superseded
+
+The pure-Python evidence-provenance implementations (six modules in `src/rune/`, 1796 lines; plus the two OLD deployed vintages and `shared/audit_ledger.py`) are RETIRED as production implementations for their ported surfaces. Production authority now rests with:
+
+1. **Rust crate `src/rust/evidence_provenance/`** — six cores: `lib.rs` (audit_ledger chain + FFI), `verification.rs` (7 verifiers), `probe.rs` (schema gate + budget), `behaviour.rs` (state machine), `habitmath.rs` (reinforce math), `claims.rs` (claim-audit decision skeleton); cdylib FFI (`ep_*` symbols, 21 total), zero external crates.
+2. **Python shims** at `src/rune/{audit_ledger,verification_layer,evidence_probe,behaviour_ledger,behavior,claim_audit}.py` — serving the src/rune authority contract through `ep_loader.py` (in-process, no interpreter startup for the ported logic).
+3. **Deployed shims** at `~/.config/opencode/scripts/{audit_ledger,behavior,claim_audit}.py` — same shape; audit_ledger + claim_audit + behavior carry the LIVE data-path rules (drift-key ledger, live behavior.db, real journal); claim_audit additionally carries the preserved SYMMETRY GUARD (deployed-vintage feature) and the repaired `scan_text()` TUI surface.
+
+## Port ledger (all six, in contract §4 order)
+
+| Port | Module | Rust core | Parity | Commit | Consumer proof |
+|------|--------|-----------|--------|--------|----------------|
+| 1 | audit_ledger | lib.rs chain ops | shadow 18/18; canaries 28/28+23/23 | `114c394`+`4b0d1d2` | live ledger entries 4242 (post-switch write), verify 23-intact |
+| 2 | verification_layer | verification.rs | 33/33 (7 verifiers + CLI render) | `9cb93e6` | contracts.py, canary_native, rune_operator:323 dataclass |
+| 3 | evidence_probe | probe.rs | 24/24 + consumer tests 23/23 | `3450a1c` | rune_operator:581/603, research_stage_executor:312 |
+| 4 | behaviour_ledger | behaviour.rs | 13/13 full-scenario | `8973caa` | testing_mode:19, iteration:23, rune_tui:3152 |
+| 5 | behavior | habitmath.rs | 16/16 + full-stack live-db | `2732677` | rune_tui:83; deployed vintage upgraded (live db read-verified) |
+| 6 | claim_audit | claims.rs | 17/17 + real-journal aggregate (1127 rows) | `969e39f` | rune_tui:62/2468/3752, contracts.py, hook_engine:270 |
+
+Errors: byte-equal (duplicate/unknown-behaviour/unknown-state; probe schema-gate lists incl. Python repr rendering; CLI argparse shapes + exit codes).
+
+## Strangler doctrine (master doc lines 685–770) — step discharge (slice level)
+
+| Step | Requirement | Evidence |
+|------|-------------|----------|
+| 1–4 | candidate built, contract frozen, parity proven | commits `114c394` → `969e39f`; frozen contract `plans/2026-10-03-phase-g-evidence-provenance-contract.md` (commit `7c68e41`); per-port parity harnesses ALL GREEN |
+| 5 | qualification | per-port parity + decision-math batteries; canary pair per port (Python 74/74, Rust 66/66 — all six port sections accumulated); performance follows the slice-1 in-process shape (no interpreter startup; same cdylib) |
+| 6 | canaries conformance | canary_audit_ledger.py 74/74; canary_evidence_provenance_rust.py 66/66 (per-port sections for ALL six ports; dual-mode LIVE/ISOLATED for live-ledger pins — run 18141 repair); embedded tests through shims (verification test, 23 consumer tests) |
+| 7 | shadow comparison vs live-shaped data | port-1 shadow 18/18 vs `939883d:shared/audit_ledger.py` (banked at `114c394`); ports 2–6 use direct byte-parity batteries vs the live originals (same discipline, stronger: full-document byte-quality) |
+| 8 | authority switch + observed consumer evidence | shims deployed + live-verified per port: entry 4242 (first post-switch ledger write), live behavior.db read through the port-5 shim, real 1127-row journal through the port-6 aggregation, TUI backend trio imports, TUI scan_text FIRST-EVER live call |
+| 9 | runtime evidence post-switch | post-switch walls per port: parity round-trips, embedded tests, consumer chains (rune.behaviour_ledger / rune.evidence_probe / rune.claim_audit + deployed trio) — all GREEN |
+| 10 | old production path unreachable | `import audit_ledger` (deployed consumers) → shim; `rune.behaviour_ledger` / `rune.evidence_probe` / `rune.claim_audit` / `rune.verification_layer` → shims; `shared/audit_ledger.py` had ZERO importers (verified by sweep incl. path-string forms) — DELETED |
+| 11 | old implementation removed or reference-only | `shared/audit_ledger.py` DELETED (this commit, after the proven wall + zero-importer sweep); six src/rune modules remain as shims (the API contract); original Python lives in git history. Coverage registry remapped: `audit_ledger` removed from SHARED_D; gate exit 0 post-deletion |
+| 12 | supersession ledger | THIS FILE |
+
+Deletion discipline (language-governance rule ⑥): `shared/audit_ledger.py` removed only after (a) the deployed shim proved live against the real ledger, (b) the shadow wall was green, (c) a zero-importer sweep across src/ shared/ scripts/ tests/. The remaining five src/rune originals were rewritten AS shims in their own commits (git history holds each original); they are the API contract and stay.
+
+## Vintage-merge disclosures
+
+- **SYMMETRY GUARD preserved:** the deployed `claim_audit` vintage carried `research_lens.symmetry_check` integration (2026-08-15) absent from src/rune — preserved in both shims (feature-preserving merge; load-bearing behavior).
+- **DEAD CONSUMER REPAIRED:** `rune_tui.py:3752` `claim_audit.scan_text()` had NO implementation in either vintage (silent try/except death) — now implemented, first-class, live-verified.
+- **Sequence break (port 1):** the audit_ledger shim was deployed BEFORE its canary pair existed; both canaries subsequently written and green — disclosed on #2449 comment 33817, not retrofitted.
+
+## Consumer map at supersession
+
+- `~/.config/opencode/scripts/rune_tui.py` — claim_audit (report L2468, scan_text L3752), behaviour (L3152), behavior (L83).
+- `src/rune/rune_operator.py` — evidence_probe (L581/603), VerificationResult dataclass (L323).
+- `src/rune/contracts.py` — dynamic `__import__` surfaces (verification_layer, claim_audit).
+- `src/rune/testing_mode.py:19` / `src/rune/iteration.py:23` — behaviour_ledger constants + class.
+- `scripts/research_stage_executor.py:312` — evidence_probe orchestration.
+- `~/.config/opencode/scripts/curator.py` / `canary_full_system.py` — audit_ledger (deployed shim).
+- `src/rune/dependency_tracker.py` — map-strings only (NOT an import).
+
+## Live-data rules (contract §3) — honored in the shims
+
+- Live promotion ledger: drift key verified 23-intact through the shim + FFI; explicit `AUDIT_LEDGER_KEY` override honored.
+- Live behavior.db: read/written through the deployed shim at `~/.config/opencode/memory/behavior.db`; parity scenarios ran on temp dirs only.
+- Live claim_audit journal (1127 rows): read-only aggregate through the Rust core; writes stay Python.

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+# Phase H plan — Go front end / Rust back end (Nick's architecture directive)
+
+Status: PLAN (awaiting Nick's sign-off before any code)
+Directive: USER-LOCKED (2026-10-04). Supersedes the KEEP-PYTHON verdicts in
+docs/rebase-language-rubric.md wherever they conflict.
+
+## 1. The directive
+
+Go owns the front end: runtime entry points, the first-call surface, the
+user-facing interface and its calls. Rust owns the back end: every core
+logic module. Python survives only as transitional glue inside a module
+until its own Go/Rust surface lands.
+
+## 2. What "front end" means concretely here
+
+From the runtime-audit memory (2026-09-10): the live entry chain is
+rune_tui -> send_task -> ContextBroker -> ModelRouter -> local/Cloud
+transports. The user-facing calls are: the TUI process itself, the CLI
+entry (python -m rune / rune binary), the operator message path, and the
+OpenAI-compatible /v1 endpoints MiMoCode serves.
+
+Candidates for the Go first-call layer, in dependency order:
+- rune binary (process entry, arg parsing, process lifecycle) — replaces
+  the Python module-loading bootstrap.
+- CLI/IPC command dispatch — the first-call surface that routes a user
+  command to the right back-end service.
+- The OpenAI-compatible HTTP endpoint surface (/v1 chat completions) —
+  stdlib net/http + NDJSON streaming is exactly the area the rubric called
+  Go's only capability-proven fit (W4 evidence, unchanged by the directive).
+- TUI: NOT in the first Go surface. Textual coupling is deep (80+ modules
+  per the rubric); the front-end Go layer first exposes the API the TUI
+  consumes, and the TUI itself migrates later as its own wave.
+
+## 3. What "back end" means concretely here
+
+All pure-logic modules move into the two existing zero-dep crates
+(evidence_provenance, query_memory) or a third crate for the remaining
+domains. The zero-external-crate discipline stands (the rubric's W4 Rust
+kill-rule for network code stays valid INSIDE Rust crates: no network code
+in crates, that belongs to the Go layer).
+
+Back-end candidates not yet ported (pure logic, no external deps):
+- drift_core, drift_cache, drift_compression (scored math) — memory umbrella
+- warm_neuron_store/warm_router scoring paths — memory umbrella
+- memory_store consolidation/scoring helpers — memory umbrella
+- capability_fit/capability_broker scoring — capability umbrella
+- tokenizer/counting helpers in token_optimizer — inference umbrella
+Each port follows the slice-2 pipeline: contract, zero-dep Rust, byte-parity
+battery vs the Python vintage, dual-mode canary, consumer import chain,
+CI green, supersession ledger.
+
+## 4. Sequencing (per wave, each independently mergeable)
+
+H0 — enablement (no behavior change):
+- Install Go on the host + the runner user's PATH; pin a version in
+  requirements-ci-equivalent (a go-version file + CI check).
+- CI: add a Go build+vet+test job (empty module, exits 0) so the pipeline
+  carries Go before any code lands.
+
+H1 — Go first-call shim:
+- Go binary `rune` replacing the Python entrypoint's process bootstrap:
+  arg parsing, env resolution, spawn the Python runtime (transitional).
+- Canary: same first-call contract (exit codes, env handoff, TTY attach).
+
+H2 — Go command dispatch + /v1 endpoint:
+- Go serves /v1 chat completions + CLI dispatch, calling the Python core
+  through the same local transport the TUI uses today.
+- Parity battery: request/response shapes vs the Python server for the
+  same canned conversations (byte-level for metadata, streaming NDJSON).
+
+H3 — back-end wave (parallel to H1/H2 where independent):
+- Ports listed in section 3, one or two modules per slice, same slice-2
+  discipline. No port starts without its parity battery written first.
+
+H4 — TUI migration wave (its own contract, later):
+- Only after H1-H2 prove the Go front end serves the same surfaces the TUI
+  consumes. The TUI is the largest single module (4k+ lines, Textual) and
+  earns its own contract.
+
+## 5. Honest constraints (carried from the rubric, not contradicted)
+
+- Go must be installed first (rubric D5 gate: it failed this before; the
+  directive now outweighs the gate but installation is still step zero).
+- Network/streaming code lives in the Go layer, never in Rust crates
+  (rubric W4: stdlib-only Rust has no credible HTTP/SSE precedent).
+- SQLite/regex/file-IO stay at their current language boundaries per the
+  zero-dep split law from slice 2 (math Rust, IO at the edges).
+- Every surface gets the same proof pipeline as slice 2: observed-not-
+  invented expectations, byte parity, dual-mode canary, CI green.
+
+## 6. Success measure
+
+The tranche is complete when: the `rune` process starts as a Go binary;
+user-facing calls (CLI, /v1, operator path) are served by Go; every core
+logic module on the port list is byte-parity Rust; Python remains only in
+surfaces explicitly contracted as keep-Python (TUI internals until H4,
+test harness, canary frameworks).

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+# TOTAL REBASE TRANCHE — Rune to Go/Rust (R2)
+
+**Status:** DESIGN — awaiting Nick's approval gate (TRANCHE-DEPTH TEMPLATE §4)
+**Supersedes:** the KEEP-PYTHON rubric verdicts (already superseded by Nick's
+Go-front/Rust-back directive) and extends Phase H (H0–H4 slice 1, merged
+`693a494`, v0.90.0) from first ports to total rebase.
+**Nick's directives (verbatim anchors):**
+- "i want the whole codebase rebased in rust and go"
+- "everything should initiate with go as the runtime, and reactive adaptable
+  runtime should be go"
+- "the deterministic backend i.e memory storage, architectures and elastic
+  cognition and everything like that should be in rust"
+- "go should be the reactive front end to what interfaces with the user —
+  not gui — the deliverables and chat interactions as well as how rune
+  handles thoughts and runtime"
+- "the zero dependency rule should be in place but the rebase should rebuild
+  those aspects into the new architecture and make them operational"
+- "the textual tui should be last but everything should be wired into the
+  textual tui"
+- "start with the scaffolding first as everything relies on that, then use
+  the new rust scaffolding to make sure everything else is built towards
+  scaffold protocol"
+- "the scaffolding function should be a rust execution but go start"
+
+## 1. Grounding summary (measured 2026-10-04, from the spine store + wc)
+
+- 161 modules with source, **64,482 lines** of `src/rune/` Python.
+- Draft classification (rule-based, to be function-level verified in Wave 0):
+  - **RUST (deterministic backend):** 49 modules, 26,772 lines — memory,
+    drift, warm, capability, token, spine, scaffold, construction_*,
+    structural_store, curator, consolidation, elastic cognition, ledgers,
+    audit, evidence, contracts, sleep_time, subconscious, persona_gate,
+    context_broker, growth.
+  - **GO (reactive runtime + user-facing):** 10 modules, 7,043 lines —
+    operator, transports, dispatch, provider registry, adaptive router,
+    hook engine, local tool runtime, work manager, deploy_qualify.
+  - **TUI-last:** 4 modules, 4,889 lines — rune_tui (4,041), tui_validator,
+    tui_backlog, tui_transport.
+  - **UNCLASSIFIED (Wave 0 must disposition each with evidence):** 73
+    modules, 21,473 lines — voice_*, tool_executor, model_routing/registry,
+    event_bus, cron_engine, message_queue, identity_anchors, pins,
+    stage_guards, tier_manager, witness, etc.
+  - **Test infra:** 23 canary/test modules, 4,211 lines — rewritten per wave
+    (Rust canaries port with their surface; Go canaries for the front).
+  - **Retires:** `__init__`, `__main__`, `memory_env` (bootstrap glue —
+    subsumed by the Go runtime's env contract).
+- Existing Rust (merged, production-proven): 6 zero-dep crates
+  (query_memory, evidence_provenance, rune_spine, memory_scoring,
+  capability_scoring, token_counting), 338k bytes, all with parity
+  batteries. Go: rune-entry (H1 shim + H2 /v1 front door).
+- Stragglers from R1 folded in: #2171, #2119 (TUI), #1844 (salience_gate),
+  #1755 (goal._load), #1738 (failure_auto_filer).
+
+## 2. Objective
+
+Every line of rune's Python runtime is rebased into the dichotomy —
+**Go initiates and reacts; Rust determines and stores** — with the
+scaffolding protocol rebuilt FIRST (Go start / Rust execution) so every
+subsequent conversion is driven, checked, and closed by the new protocol
+itself. Python is deleted only after the replacement is parity-proven and
+CI-green (strangler exit law). The Textual TUI is last and stays the
+integration surface: everything wires into it over the transport seam.
+
+## 3. The hard constraint analysis (zero-dep + total rebase — feasibility)
+
+Nick asked: confirm or deny. **Confirmed possible**, amended per his
+critiques (2026-10-04):
+
+- **Hybridized membrane, not a wall (Nick's correction):** Go remains the
+  reactive initiator, but "Rust never touches a socket" is WITHDRAWN as an
+  absolute. The languages interoperate where coherence demands: Rust cores
+  callable from Go (the proven cdylib pattern), Go surfaces invocable from
+  Rust through defined channels, shared wire protocols. The dichotomy is
+  the DEFAULT placement rule; hybrid junctions are deliberate, contracted
+  exceptions — each recorded in the unit's contract.
+- **SQLite STAYS (Nick's ruling):** no bespoke storage engine in this
+  tranche. SQLite remains and is wired into the new architecture — the
+  Rust side reaches it through system-library FFI (legal under zero-dep:
+  a system library is not a crate dependency). The bespoke memory-system
+  redesign is a LATER, separate program.
+- **Reactivity/async:** Go goroutines + channels own the event loops;
+  Rust's deterministic cores stay synchronous behind the membrane.
+- **Regex:** hand-rolled matchers per case (proven: pyjson, word-run
+  scanner, run-collapse). No general regex engine needed.
+- **Parity-plus-improvement (Nick's upgrade):** parity is the FLOOR, not
+  the ceiling. Every unit answers "parity OR measurably better" —
+  efficiency improvements are in scope per function (Rust zero-copy and
+  exactness, Go goroutine-native concurrency), bloat from bad syntax is
+  removed, and functionality is the non-negotiable gate. Improvements
+  carry measurements; the parity battery proves no behavior regression
+  either way.
+- **TUI wiring is continuous (Nick's correction):** each landed surface
+  wires toward the Textual TUI over the transport seam as part of its
+  unit contract — the final TUI wave integrates a system already aimed
+  at it, not a retrofit.
+- **Language intelligence in the protocol (Nick's addition):** the
+  scaffolding gains a first-class placement decision — for rune, the
+  Go/Rust dichotomy rule (reactive/initiating → Go; deterministic/
+  stateful → Rust); for other projects, a language-fit assessment at
+  construction-classification time (the protocol recommends the right
+  language for the task's characteristics).
+- **Provenance lock (Nick's verification):** the scaffolding being ported
+  in Wave 1 is the V1-ACCEPTED system per docs/SCAFFOLDING_V1_DEFINITION.md
+  (T18 §18B; North Star = Nick's verbatim words; 17/17 acceptance gates).
+  The Wave 1 parity replay against the production contract ledger proves
+  the rebuild is that design, not a drift.
+
+## 4. Wave structure (each wave independently mergeable, scaffolding-gated)
+
+### Wave 0 — Grounding + inventory verification (the template's bar)
+- Function-level mapping of all 161 modules (the spine gives structure;
+  wave 0 verifies 100% of functions and classifies the 73 UNCLASSIFIED
+  with evidence).
+- Disposition the 5 R1 stragglers.
+- Produce the per-unit issue factory input: one issue per function,
+  each answering improve/fix/missing-connectors with evidence.
+- Deliverable: `plans/total-rebase-inventory.md` + issues filed.
+- Exit gate: inventory signed off by Nick (the approval gate).
+
+### Wave 1 — The scaffolding engine reborn (Go start / Rust execution)
+**Everything depends on this — it goes first, per Nick's directive.**
+- The rebuild target is the V1-ACCEPTED system (Nick's design —
+  docs/SCAFFOLDING_V1_DEFINITION.md, North Star verbatim, 17/17
+  acceptance gates). The parity replay against the production contract
+  ledger is the proof the rebuild IS that design.
+- Rust crate `scaffold_core`: the construction machinery as pure
+  deterministic logic — contract lifecycle (draft→approved→building→
+  verifying→closed), closure classification (correctly_predicted et al.),
+  scope resolution, legal transitions, the contract store.
+  Source modules: scaffold.py, construction_interface.py,
+  construction_decision.py, construction_intent.py, structural_store.py
+  (parts not already in rune_spine), contracts.py, toolchain.py.
+- Go surface `rune-scaffold` (extends rune-entry): the initiation layer —
+  submit-need/observe/transition/close CLI + /v1 endpoints, delegating to
+  the Rust core.
+- NEW per Nick: the **language-placement decision** lands in the protocol
+  here — construction classification gains a language-fit assessment
+  (rune: the Go/Rust dichotomy rule; other projects: characteristic-based
+  recommendation). Every later contract carries its placement verdict.
+- NEW per Nick: parity is the floor — the engine itself is the first
+  beneficiary of the parity-plus-improvement rule (measured improvements
+  allowed, functionality preserved, no-regression proven).
+- Exit gate: the R2 tranche's own remaining waves are driven THROUGH the
+  new engine (the protocol builds itself under its own rules).
+
+### Wave 2 — Memory/storage backend (Rust, SQLite retained)
+- SQLite is NOT replaced (Nick's ruling). The Rust memory core reaches it
+  via system-library FFI (zero-dep legal); memory_store.py (2,435 lines)
+  is decomposed: query paths and consolidation logic into Rust, the SQLite
+  mechanics behind a thin storage trait that maps to libsqlite3 today and
+  to the future bespoke engine LATER without consumer churn.
+- elastic_cognition, memory_consolidation, sleep_time, curator,
+  subconscious_pass, drift_* (remaining DB-backed surfaces), journal,
+  recall_* (recall_router is routing → boundary checked at Wave 0
+  disposition).
+- Data safety gate: checksum-verified read-back of the live store through
+  the new engine; zero writes until the read path is proven identical.
+
+### Wave 3 — Cognition + architecture engines (Rust)
+- The remaining deterministic cores: capability_broker decision logic,
+  context_broker, persona_gate, growth, identity_anchors, pins,
+  stage_guards, tier_manager, witness, safety_override, abstraction,
+  verification surfaces.
+- Ports already merged (memory_scoring, capability_scoring,
+  token_counting, rune_spine) are verified against the new scaffold
+  protocol and wired into the final architecture.
+
+### Wave 4 — The reactive runtime (Go)
+- The operator turn loop (rune_operator.py, 2,697 lines), chat
+  interactions, deliverables production, model routing at call time
+  (adaptive_router, model_registry/profiles/routing, provider_*),
+  tool execution (tool_executor, tool_protocol, local_tool_runtime),
+  event surfaces (event_bus, message_queue, cron_engine, hook_engine),
+  voice output chain (voice_*) as deliverable production.
+- The /v1 surface deepens to carry the full interaction contract;
+  NDJSON streaming becomes the standard response shape.
+
+### Wave 5 — Python retirement sweep
+- Every Python module whose surfaces have landed is deleted (strangler
+  exit: parity proven + CI green + deployed one cycle). Shared/ vintage
+  mirrors retired with them.
+- The glue shims (ms_loader, cs_loader, tc_loader, spine_loader) retire
+  when their consumers no longer speak Python at all.
+
+### Wave 6 — TUI last (but wired continuously)
+- Every wave before this one ships its transport-seam wiring toward the
+  TUI as part of each unit's contract (Nick's correction: natural,
+  continuous wiring — not a retrofit wave).
+- Then the TUI itself: a thin Textual render shell over the wire (all
+  logic already Go/Rust by then) or a port — disposition decided on the
+  evidence of everything that came before.
+
+### Wave 7 — Final audit
+- Language-bar measurement, the full scaffolding ledger replayed, the
+  tranche's closure report with per-wave evidence.
+
+## 5. Per-unit discipline (the template, unchanged)
+
+- One issue per function via the issue factory; each answers
+  improve/fix/missing-connectors with evidence.
+- Every unit runs the scaffolding pipeline end-to-end: submit-need →
+  contract → approval → canary-first (red proven) → implementation →
+  parity battery vs the Python vintage → closure audit (structural ids,
+  never file paths — the closure vocabulary law).
+- Per-unit decisions on evidence, never pre-decided globally: each
+  function's Go-vs-Rust placement is assessed by the dichotomy rule with
+  the measured call graph, not by the draft classification alone.
+- Bug-fix contract governs every defect found en route (red test first,
+  regression frozen).
+
+## 6. Verification gates
+
+- CI green per wave (crate builds, Go vet/test/build, canaries, henxels,
+  type ratchet until the Python ratchet itself retires in Wave 5).
+- Parity batteries are byte-level for deterministic surfaces, shape-level
+  modulo volatile fields for wire surfaces.
+- The scaffolding closure audit for every contract: correctly_predicted
+  or honestly flagged, never silent.
+- Deploy qualification per merge (the pipeline that proved itself today).
+
+### The 90/100 coverage law (Nick, 2026-10-05 — GOVERNING from W3.4 on)
+
+Per Nick: "if it's realistically achievable but aim higher also if that's
+realistically achievable. go to 100% where achievable."
+
+- **100% where achievable — the deterministic Rust kernels.** Every kernel
+  crate (memory_retrieval, cognition_core, scaffold_core, memory_storage,
+  and every future crate) targets 100% BRANCH coverage via its parity
+  matrices + the pytest shim battery: every branch has real reachable
+  semantics, and exhaustive enumeration is exactly what the batteries do.
+  Achievability is measured per crate at wave close; a kernel below 100%
+  carries the named unreachable case or it isn't done.
+- **≥90% on the changed-lines bar (diff-cover), aiming higher.** The floor
+  stays a floor; the working standard per slice is 90%+ on changed lines;
+  whatever a slice achieves beyond 90 becomes the next slice's personal
+  benchmark (per-unit "aim higher" — the number climbs wave over wave).
+  The floor ratchet itself moves after consecutive clean waves
+  (70 → 76 → 84 → 90; each raise is a commit, never a step down).
+- **Glue/failure branches: 90%+ with byte-compare proofs.** The stubs and
+  probe branches that only fire in a broken world are covered by honest
+  fixtures (real import-failure probes like the from-import resolution
+  law) — never by fake-triggered pragmas. A branch covered by a lying
+  fixture is WORSE than uncovered; if it can't be honestly reached, it's
+  named in the wave's closure report with the reason.
+- **Assertion quality is part of the bar.** A test that touches a line
+  without verifying its OUTPUT doesn't count toward the bar — byte-compare
+  / exact-value asserts are the standard; "is not None" assertions reject
+  at review.
+
+## 7. Risk register
+
+- **SQLite FFI correctness** (Wave 2) — the storage layer is retained but
+  re-wired; mitigations: read-path proven identical before any write,
+  checksum-verified read-back of the live store, the storage trait
+  boundary keeps the future bespoke swap cheap.
+- **Hybrid membrane drift** — junctions multiply ad-hoc if ungoverned;
+  every Go↔Rust interaction point is a contracted, recorded decision in
+  its unit's contract (the dichotomy is the default; hybrids justify
+  themselves per unit).
+- **Improvement regressions** — parity-plus-improvement invites subtle
+  behavior changes; every improvement carries a measurement AND the parity
+  battery stays authoritative for no-regression.
+- **Go↔Rust call latency** — measure in Wave 1; the architecture assumes
+  local transport cost is negligible vs model latency; if measured wrong,
+  the membrane's transport moves (decision recorded, not improvised).
+- **Context-window economics** — 1,852-style issue volumes mean the
+  pipeline must multiplex (no-wait law) and local models carry routine
+  units (custodian pattern).
+- **Scope creep during Wave 0** — the inventory is measured and frozen
+  before design; additions go through scope amendments.
+
+## 8. Rollback
+
+- Every wave merges independently; master stays deployable at each
+  boundary (the strangler's whole point).
+- The Python vintage remains until Wave 5 deletion gates pass; a wave
+  revert = revert the merge commit (deploy qualification re-runs).
+- The scaffolding engine's Wave 1 parity replay means even the protocol's
+  own replacement is reversible against recorded history.
+
+## 9. Approval gate
+
+This tranche does not execute until Nick approves. On approval, Wave 0
+starts immediately and runs without consent blockers (standing directive),
+with self-verified checkpoints and defect filing.

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+# Total-Rebase Inventory (R2 Wave 0.1) — measured 2026-10-04
+
+Generated from `store/rebase/inventory.json` (AST function-level extraction) +
+`store/rebase/classification.json` (import/content evidence per module).
+Placement law: reactive/initiating/user-facing/network/turn-time → GO;
+deterministic/stateful/storage/cognition → RUST; Textual rendering → TUI-LAST;
+pure compute with no I/O markers defaults to the deterministic backend.
+
+## Totals
+
+| Side | Modules | Lines | Functions |
+|---|---|---|---|
+| GO | 43 | 19495 | 708 |
+| RUST | 93 | 36215 | 1091 |
+| TUI-LAST | 7 | 5438 | 225 |
+| TEST-INFRA | 29 | 5395 | 158 |
+| RETIRES | 2 | 93 | 9 |
+
+## Per-module classification (evidence-carrying)
+
+| Module | Side | Lines | Functions | Evidence |
+|---|---|---|---|---|
+| rune_tui | TUI-LAST | 4041 | 166 | textual/rich imports: ['rich', 'textual'] |
+| rune_operator | GO | 2697 | 68 | network/concurrency imports: ['threading', 'urllib']; reactive/initiating domain |
+| memory_store | RUST | 2435 | 56 | sqlite3 (storage-backed); network/concurrency imports: ['subprocess']; deterministic/state domain |
+| curator | RUST | 1838 | 43 | sqlite3 (storage-backed); network/concurrency imports: ['subprocess']; deterministic/state domain |
+| tool_executor | GO | 1812 | 47 | network/concurrency imports: ['subprocess']; reactive/initiating domain |
+| warm_router | RUST | 1536 | 36 | sqlite3 (storage-backed); network/concurrency imports: ['subprocess']; reactive/initiating domain; deterministic/state domain |
+| construction_interface | RUST | 1039 | 25 | deterministic/state domain |
+| spine | RUST | 1019 | 31 | deterministic/state domain |
+| sleep_time | RUST | 971 | 25 | sqlite3 (storage-backed); network/concurrency imports: ['subprocess', 'urllib']; deterministic/state domain |
+| construction_decision | RUST | 949 | 18 | deterministic/state domain |
+| capability_broker | RUST | 900 | 21 | deterministic/state domain |
+| hook_engine | GO | 860 | 8 | reactive/initiating domain |
+| scaffold | RUST | 854 | 31 | network/concurrency imports: ['subprocess']; deterministic/state domain |
+| local_tool_runtime | GO | 806 | 32 | network/concurrency imports: ['threading', 'urllib']; reactive/initiating domain |
+| context_broker | GO | 768 | 23 | network/concurrency imports: ['threading'] |
+| elastic_cognition | RUST | 765 | 13 | network/concurrency imports: ['urllib']; deterministic/state domain |
+| memory_consolidation | RUST | 733 | 20 | network/concurrency imports: ['subprocess']; deterministic/state domain |
+| provider_registry | GO | 666 | 28 | network/concurrency imports: ['threading', 'urllib']; reactive/initiating domain |
+| persona_gate | RUST | 661 | 21 | sqlite3 (storage-backed); network/concurrency imports: ['subprocess', 'urllib']; deterministic/state domain |
+| structural_store | RUST | 656 | 33 | deterministic/state domain |
+| contracts | RUST | 626 | 7 | deterministic/state domain |
+| adaptive_router | GO | 625 | 19 | reactive/initiating domain |
+| work_manager | GO | 591 | 25 | reactive/initiating domain |
+| abstraction | RUST | 587 | 12 | sqlite3 (storage-backed); network/concurrency imports: ['urllib']; deterministic/state domain |
+| construction_intent | RUST | 555 | 16 | deterministic/state domain |
+| canary_audit_ledger | TEST-INFRA | 540 | 2 | canary/test module |
+| safety_override | RUST | 530 | 18 | no network/reactive markers — pure compute defaults to the deterministic backend |
+| failure_auto_filer | GO | 527 | 28 | network/concurrency imports: ['threading'] |
+| build_mode | GO | 517 | 34 | network/concurrency imports: ['subprocess'] |
+| drift_core | RUST | 517 | 14 | deterministic/state domain |
+| event_wait | GO | 517 | 14 | network/concurrency imports: ['subprocess', 'urllib']; reactive/initiating domain |
+| tui_validator | TUI-LAST | 514 | 13 | tui family |
+| memory_selector | RUST | 511 | 14 | deterministic/state domain |
+| system_registry | RUST | 501 | 14 | no network/reactive markers — pure compute defaults to the deterministic backend |
+| construction_pattern | RUST | 496 | 13 | deterministic/state domain |
+| cache | GO | 492 | 17 | sqlite3 (storage-backed); network/concurrency imports: ['threading'] |
+| claim_audit | RUST | 483 | 14 | sqlite3 (storage-backed); deterministic/state domain |
+| graph_memory | RUST | 474 | 9 | sqlite3 (storage-backed); deterministic/state domain |
+| identity_anchors | RUST | 474 | 8 | deterministic/state domain |
+| model_connect | GO | 462 | 10 | network/concurrency imports: ['urllib']; reactive/initiating domain |
+| auto_tasks | GO | 460 | 14 | sqlite3 (storage-backed); network/concurrency imports: ['subprocess'] |
+| capability_fit | RUST | 455 | 14 | deterministic/state domain |
+| tool_protocol | GO | 455 | 27 | reactive/initiating domain |
+| drift_ledger | RUST | 453 | 16 | sqlite3 (storage-backed); deterministic/state domain |
+| witness | RUST | 451 | 10 | network/concurrency imports: ['urllib']; deterministic/state domain |
+| goal | RUST | 441 | 20 | network/concurrency imports: ['urllib']; deterministic/state domain |
+| release_notes | GO | 439 | 17 | network/concurrency imports: ['urllib'] |
+| cron_engine | GO | 436 | 28 | network/concurrency imports: ['subprocess', 'threading']; reactive/initiating domain |
+| model_profiles | GO | 435 | 15 | network/concurrency imports: ['urllib']; reactive/initiating domain |
+| microkernel | GO | 434 | 12 | network/concurrency imports: ['subprocess', 'threading'] |
+| model_routing | GO | 432 | 15 | network/concurrency imports: ['urllib']; reactive/initiating domain |
+| voice_hybrid | RUST | 421 | 10 | sqlite3 (storage-backed); reactive/initiating domain |
+| behavior | RUST | 407 | 9 | sqlite3 (storage-backed); deterministic/state domain |
+| token_optimizer | RUST | 407 | 23 | deterministic/state domain |
+| capability_ledger | RUST | 405 | 19 | deterministic/state domain |
+| night_mode | GO | 405 | 19 | network/concurrency imports: ['subprocess', 'threading', 'urllib'] |
+| chat_bubble | TUI-LAST | 401 | 16 | textual/rich imports: ['rich', 'textual'] |
+| growth_delta | RUST | 400 | 16 | network/concurrency imports: ['subprocess', 'urllib']; deterministic/state domain |
+| construction_mode | RUST | 395 | 5 | deterministic/state domain |
+| prompt_sync | RUST | 376 | 14 | sqlite3 (storage-backed) |
+| provider_budget | GO | 354 | 21 | network/concurrency imports: ['urllib']; reactive/initiating domain |
+| structural_model | RUST | 352 | 21 | deterministic/state domain |
+| programme_continuation | RUST | 349 | 11 | no network/reactive markers — pure compute defaults to the deterministic backend |
+| canary_rune_serve | TEST-INFRA | 329 | 13 | canary/test module |
+| builder_bridge | GO | 326 | 11 | reactive/initiating domain |
+| canary_p1_07 | TEST-INFRA | 324 | 12 | canary/test module |
+| layout_contract | RUST | 316 | 6 | deterministic/state domain |
+| message_queue | GO | 316 | 14 | reactive/initiating domain |
+| drift_observability | RUST | 315 | 9 | deterministic/state domain |
+| build_basis | RUST | 314 | 12 | no network/reactive markers — pure compute defaults to the deterministic backend |
+| canary_p0_07 | TEST-INFRA | 310 | 11 | canary/test module |
+| drift_compression | RUST | 307 | 12 | deterministic/state domain |
+| event_envelope | GO | 303 | 8 | reactive/initiating domain |
+| attention_capsule | RUST | 296 | 7 | no network/reactive markers — pure compute defaults to the deterministic backend |
+| canary_p1_01 | TEST-INFRA | 294 | 14 | canary/test module |
+| voice_sync | RUST | 293 | 10 | sqlite3 (storage-backed); reactive/initiating domain |
+| drift_cache | RUST | 292 | 16 | deterministic/state domain |
+| outcome_ledger | RUST | 286 | 8 | sqlite3 (storage-backed); deterministic/state domain |
+| time_awareness | RUST | 283 | 15 | no network/reactive markers — pure compute defaults to the deterministic backend |
+| tiered_executor | GO | 282 | 9 | network/concurrency imports: ['urllib'] |
+| stage_guards | RUST | 281 | 11 | network/concurrency imports: ['subprocess']; deterministic/state domain |
+| standardized_providers | GO | 281 | 5 | reactive/initiating domain |
+| canary_p1_06 | TEST-INFRA | 280 | 9 | canary/test module |
+| progressive_escalation | RUST | 279 | 9 | no network/reactive markers — pure compute defaults to the deterministic backend |
+| pins | RUST | 276 | 11 | deterministic/state domain |
+| canary_p1_03 | TEST-INFRA | 271 | 9 | canary/test module |
+| auto_context | GO | 270 | 8 | network/concurrency imports: ['subprocess'] |
+| task_persist | RUST | 269 | 10 | no network/reactive markers — pure compute defaults to the deterministic backend |
+| context_pressure | RUST | 262 | 9 | no network/reactive markers — pure compute defaults to the deterministic backend |
+| canary_gitea_automation | TEST-INFRA | 261 | 3 | canary/test module |
+| canary_p1_02 | TEST-INFRA | 253 | 12 | canary/test module |
+| construction_patterns_builtin | RUST | 249 | 1 | deterministic/state domain |
+| canary_full_system | TEST-INFRA | 244 | 2 | canary/test module |
+| event_bus | GO | 244 | 7 | reactive/initiating domain |
+| salience_gate | RUST | 243 | 4 | deterministic/state domain |
+| self_improve | RUST | 242 | 5 | sqlite3 (storage-backed) |
+| construction_activation | RUST | 237 | 4 | deterministic/state domain |
+| toolchain | RUST | 236 | 7 | no network/reactive markers — pure compute defaults to the deterministic backend |
+| task_gate | RUST | 235 | 8 | sqlite3 (storage-backed) |
+| core_server | GO | 234 | 13 | network/concurrency imports: ['http', 'urllib']; reactive/initiating domain |
+| audit_ledger | RUST | 231 | 8 | deterministic/state domain |
+| canary_native | TEST-INFRA | 231 | 3 | canary/test module |
+| openai_compat_transport | GO | 227 | 10 | network/concurrency imports: ['urllib']; reactive/initiating domain |
+| shard_manager | RUST | 223 | 10 | sqlite3 (storage-backed) |
+| response_adapter | RUST | 222 | 7 | no network/reactive markers — pure compute defaults to the deterministic backend |
+| evidence_probe | RUST | 212 | 9 | network/concurrency imports: ['subprocess']; deterministic/state domain |
+| model_registry | GO | 211 | 8 | reactive/initiating domain |
+| persona_definition | GO | 210 | 8 | network/concurrency imports: ['subprocess'] |
+| cognitive_budgeter | RUST | 208 | 3 | deterministic/state domain |
+| canary_p0_04 | TEST-INFRA | 207 | 8 | canary/test module |
+| forge_client | GO | 203 | 19 | network/concurrency imports: ['urllib']; reactive/initiating domain |
+| dependency_tracker | RUST | 202 | 5 | no network/reactive markers — pure compute defaults to the deterministic backend |
+| canary_context_broker | TEST-INFRA | 199 | 10 | canary/test module |
+| canary_p0_05 | TEST-INFRA | 199 | 16 | canary/test module |
+| testing_mode | RUST | 196 | 13 | no network/reactive markers — pure compute defaults to the deterministic backend |
+| parallel_processor | GO | 194 | 17 | network/concurrency imports: ['threading'] |
+| canary_spine_meta | TEST-INFRA | 192 | 7 | canary/test module |
+| iteration | RUST | 190 | 8 | no network/reactive markers — pure compute defaults to the deterministic backend |
+| verification_layer | RUST | 189 | 12 | deterministic/state domain |
+| subconscious_pass | RUST | 187 | 6 | deterministic/state domain |
+| ffi_query_memory_smoke | RUST | 182 | 5 | deterministic/state domain |
+| tier_manager | RUST | 182 | 9 | deterministic/state domain |
+| canary_tui_transport | TEST-INFRA | 174 | 7 | canary/test module |
+| behaviour_ledger | RUST | 173 | 13 | deterministic/state domain |
+| construction_commands | RUST | 173 | 4 | deterministic/state domain |
+| canary_tui_drift | TEST-INFRA | 170 | 2 | canary/test module |
+| intent_continuity | RUST | 168 | 11 | no network/reactive markers — pure compute defaults to the deterministic backend |
+| rune_profiler | RUST | 165 | 3 | no network/reactive markers — pure compute defaults to the deterministic backend |
+| inference_trace | RUST | 164 | 6 | no network/reactive markers — pure compute defaults to the deterministic backend |
+| ms_loader | RUST | 163 | 16 | no network/reactive markers — pure compute defaults to the deterministic backend |
+| subsystem_health | GO | 163 | 8 | network/concurrency imports: ['threading'] |
+| recall_router | GO | 162 | 3 | reactive/initiating domain |
+| voicebox | GO | 161 | 11 | network/concurrency imports: ['subprocess']; reactive/initiating domain |
+| canary_gitea_pipeline | TEST-INFRA | 159 | 2 | canary/test module |
+| forge | GO | 146 | 12 | network/concurrency imports: ['subprocess', 'urllib'] |
+| rune_graphic | TUI-LAST | 145 | 5 | textual/rich imports: ['rich'] |
+| connection_pool | GO | 144 | 9 | sqlite3 (storage-backed); network/concurrency imports: ['threading'] |
+| recall_uplift | RUST | 141 | 1 | sqlite3 (storage-backed) |
+| project_registry | RUST | 139 | 12 | no network/reactive markers — pure compute defaults to the deterministic backend |
+| construction_depth | RUST | 138 | 2 | deterministic/state domain |
+| voice_injector | GO | 138 | 5 | reactive/initiating domain |
+| canary_rune_entry | TEST-INFRA | 137 | 3 | canary/test module |
+| construction_projection | RUST | 135 | 3 | deterministic/state domain |
+| rune_spinner | RUST | 130 | 5 | no network/reactive markers — pure compute defaults to the deterministic backend |
+| tui_backlog | TUI-LAST | 125 | 5 | tui family |
+| warm_neuron_store | RUST | 122 | 6 | sqlite3 (storage-backed); deterministic/state domain |
+| drift_resume | RUST | 118 | 3 | deterministic/state domain |
+| wait_guard | RUST | 116 | 1 | no network/reactive markers — pure compute defaults to the deterministic backend |
+| canary_conversation_state | TEST-INFRA | 115 | 2 | canary/test module |
+| canary_query_memory | TEST-INFRA | 110 | 2 | canary/test module |
+| failure_recovery | RUST | 108 | 1 | no network/reactive markers — pure compute defaults to the deterministic backend |
+| graph_projection | RUST | 108 | 5 | deterministic/state domain |
+| tui_transport | TUI-LAST | 108 | 12 | tui family |
+| spine_loader | RUST | 105 | 7 | deterministic/state domain |
+| canary_unbounded | TEST-INFRA | 104 | 2 | canary/test module |
+| message_widgets | TUI-LAST | 104 | 8 | textual/rich imports: ['rich', 'textual'] |
+| cs_loader | RUST | 90 | 5 | no network/reactive markers — pure compute defaults to the deterministic backend |
+| tc_loader | RUST | 88 | 5 | no network/reactive markers — pure compute defaults to the deterministic backend |
+| canary_schema_migration | TEST-INFRA | 86 | 1 | canary/test module |
+| programme_gates | RUST | 85 | 6 | no network/reactive markers — pure compute defaults to the deterministic backend |
+| structural_migration | RUST | 77 | 4 | deterministic/state domain |
+| memory_env | RETIRES | 72 | 8 | bootstrap glue subsumed by the Go runtime env contract |
+| impact_preview | RUST | 69 | 2 | no network/reactive markers — pure compute defaults to the deterministic backend |
+| provider_context | GO | 48 | 1 | reactive/initiating domain |
+| wait_guard_corpus | RUST | 46 | 0 | no network/reactive markers — pure compute defaults to the deterministic backend |
+| canary_cognitive_strata | TEST-INFRA | 44 | 1 | canary/test module |
+| builder_bridge_cli | GO | 42 | 1 | reactive/initiating domain |
+| route_risk_flags | RUST | 37 | 1 | no network/reactive markers — pure compute defaults to the deterministic backend |
+| canary_memory_synthesis | TEST-INFRA | 33 | 1 | canary/test module |
+| canary_resource_authority | TEST-INFRA | 33 | 1 | canary/test module |
+| canary_surface_parity | TEST-INFRA | 33 | 1 | canary/test module |
+| canary_orchestration_foundation | TEST-INFRA | 32 | 1 | canary/test module |
+| canary_gitea_delegation | TEST-INFRA | 31 | 1 | canary/test module |
+| __main__ | RETIRES | 21 | 1 | bootstrap glue subsumed by the Go runtime env contract |

pyproject.toml

@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ build-backend = "setuptools.build_meta"
 
 [project]
 name = "rune"
-version = "0.83.5"
+version = "0.99.10"
 description = "Rune — a stateful coding assistant with persistent memory, orchestration, and TUI"
 requires-python = ">=3.10"
 
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@ dependencies = [
     "aiohttp>=3.9.0",
     "websockets>=12.0",
     "psutil>=5.9.0",
+    "pillow>=10.0",
     "pyyaml>=6.0",
 ]
 

pyrightconfig.json

@@ -29,6 +29,10 @@
     "**/__pycache__"
   ],
   "extraPaths": [
-    "scripts"
+    "scripts",
+    "src/rune",
+    "shared",
+    "src/rust/evidence_provenance",
+    "src/rust/query_memory"
   ]
 }

requirements-ci.txt

@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
 # This file was autogenerated by uv via the following command:
-#    uv pip compile pyproject.toml -o /tmp/regen-req.txt --extra dev --extra memory --python-version 3.11
+#    uv pip compile pyproject.toml -o requirements-ci.txt --extra dev --extra memory --python-version 3.11
 aiohappyeyeballs==2.7.1
     # via aiohttp
-aiohttp==3.14.3
+aiohttp==3.14.4
     # via rune (pyproject.toml)
 aiosignal==1.4.0
     # via aiohttp
@@ -18,9 +18,9 @@ certifi==2026.7.22
     #   httpx
 chardet==7.6.0
     # via diff-cover
-coverage==7.16.1
+coverage==7.16.2
     # via rune (pyproject.toml)
-diff-cover==10.5.1
+diff-cover==10.6.0
     # via rune (pyproject.toml)
 frozenlist==1.8.0
     # via
@@ -50,21 +50,23 @@ markdown-it-py==4.2.0
     #   mdit-py-plugins
     #   rich
     #   textual
-markupsafe==3.0.3
+markupsafe==3.0.4
     # via jinja2
 mdit-py-plugins==0.6.1
     # via textual
 mdurl==0.1.2
     # via markdown-it-py
-multidict==6.8.0
+multidict==6.9.1
     # via
     #   aiohttp
     #   yarl
-nodeenv==1.10.0
+nodeenv==1.11.0
     # via pyright
 packaging==26.3
     # via pytest
-platformdirs==4.11.9
+pillow==12.3.0
+    # via rune (pyproject.toml)
+platformdirs==4.12.3
     # via textual
 pluggy==1.6.0
     # via
@@ -116,7 +118,7 @@ typing-extensions==4.16.0
     #   pyright
     #   textual
     #   textual-autocomplete
-websockets==17.1
+websockets==17.2
     # via rune (pyproject.toml)
 yarl==1.25.1
     # via aiohttp

scripts/await_intent.py

@@ -148,9 +148,18 @@ def sha_branch(sha: str) -> str:
 
 
 def sha_on_master(sha: str) -> bool:
-    out = _git("branch", "--contains", sha)
-    return any(l.strip().endswith("master") or l.strip() == "master"
-               for l in out.splitlines())
+    """SHA is an ancestor of master (local or remote-tracking refs).
+
+    M10 correction (2026-09-19): --all so a freshly fetched master
+    (refs/remotes/gitea/master) counts; local branches alone go stale
+    between fetches. derive_op_type refreshes refs before calling this.
+    """
+    out = _git("branch", "--all", "--contains", sha)
+    for l in out.splitlines():
+        s = l.strip().removeprefix("remotes/").removesuffix(" *")
+        if s == "master" or s.endswith("/master"):
+            return True
+    return False
 
 
 def open_pr_for_sha(sha: str) -> int | None:
@@ -184,6 +193,11 @@ def derive_op_type(sha: str) -> tuple[str, str]:
          were created from model-supplied defaults and cannot be trusted.
     Never trusts model input.
     """
+    # 0. M10 correction (2026-09-19): refresh remote-tracking refs before
+    #    inference. A just-merged master commit is invisible to
+    #    branch --contains until refs are fetched; stale local git state
+    #    must never outrank repo truth. Bounded by GIT_TIMEOUT, fail-open.
+    _git("fetch", "--quiet", "gitea", "+refs/heads/*:refs/remotes/gitea/*")
     for rec in _load_wait_records():
         if _rec_sha(rec) != sha:
             continue
@@ -205,11 +219,16 @@ def derive_op_type(sha: str) -> tuple[str, str]:
 def normalize_action(action: dict, *,
                      model_deadline: Any = None,
                      user_deadline: Any = None,
-                     contract_deadline: Any = None) -> dict:
+                     contract_deadline: Any = None,
+                     task_id: str = "") -> dict:
     """Normalize a model continuation action into the canonical continuation.
 
     action: {kind: await_operation|sleep_poll|check_status|unknown,
              sha?: str, operation_id?: str, op_type?: str, raw?: str}
+    task_id: REAL_ASYNC_BRIDGE §9 — when the caller knows its task
+             binding, pending-operation resolution is scoped to operations
+             registered with that task_id; stale global operations are
+             never consulted when a binding exists.
     Returns:
       {normalized: bool, action: "ContinuePendingOperation", operation_id,
        op_type, authority, deadline_secs, deadline_provenance,
@@ -222,27 +241,124 @@ def normalize_action(action: dict, *,
     model_deadline_ignored = model_deadline is not None
     model_op_type_ignored = model_op_type is not None
 
+    # 0. task binding scope (§9): task-bound operations beat global state.
+    #    Stored operation wins over ANY model hint (sha/op_type/deadline).
+    if task_id and not op_id:
+        bound = [r for r in pending_operations()
+                 if str(r.get("ext", {}).get("task_id", "")) == task_id]
+        if len(bound) == 1:
+            rec = bound[0]
+            norm = _canonical_from_record(rec, model_deadline_ignored,
+                                          model_op_type_ignored,
+                                          "task_bound",
+                                          user_deadline, contract_deadline)
+            norm["sha_for_wait"] = _rec_sha(rec)
+            norm["task_id"] = task_id
+            return norm
+        if len(bound) > 1:
+            return {"normalized": "AMBIGUOUS",
+                    "candidates": [_rec_operation_id(c) for c in bound],
+                    "reason": f"multiple pending operations bound to task {task_id}"}
+        return {"normalized": False,
+                "reason": f"no pending operation bound to task {task_id}"}
+
     # 1. explicit operation_id wins
     if op_id:
         from rune import event_wait as ew  # noqa: E402
         rec = ew.operation_wait(op_id)
         if rec is None:
+            # REAL_ASYNC_BRIDGE §10: a FRESH operation has no wait record
+            # yet — registration happens at the park step (ci_event_wait).
+            # For an explicit, well-formed, EXISTING commit id, return the
+            # provisional canonical continuation (policy deadline, own-runs
+            # authority) so the model-facing tool can park on first call.
+            # A typo'd/ghost sha is refused here (A-patch lesson): the
+            # commit must exist in the repository.
+            import re as _re
+            m = _re.fullmatch(r"ci-([0-9a-f]{40})", op_id)
+            if m:
+                sha40 = m.group(1)
+                probe = subprocess.run(
+                    ["git", "-C", str(REPO), "cat-file", "-e",
+                     f"{sha40}^{{commit}}"],
+                    capture_output=True, timeout=15)
+                if probe.returncode == 0:
+                    return {
+                        "normalized": True,
+                        "action": "ContinuePendingOperation",
+                        "operation_id": op_id,
+                        "sha_for_wait": sha40,
+                        "op_type": "branch_ci",
+                        "authority": "ci_runs",
+                        "deadline_secs": POLICY_DEADLINES["branch_ci"],
+                        "deadline_provenance": "GOVERNED_OPERATION_POLICY",
+                        "model_deadline_ignored": model_deadline_ignored,
+                        "model_op_type_ignored": model_op_type_ignored,
+                        "evidence": "explicit_id_fresh_registration",
+                    }
             return {"normalized": False,
                     "reason": f"operation_id {op_id} has no wait record"}
         return _canonical_from_record(rec, model_deadline_ignored,
                                       model_op_type_ignored, "explicit_id",
                                       user_deadline, contract_deadline)
 
-    # 2. resolve by sha / active operation
+    # 2. resolve by sha / active operation.
+    # H-PATCH H2/H3: the model sha is a HINT. If it doesn't resolve but
+    # unambiguous pending operations exist, the STORED target wins — a
+    # mistyped model sha must never create a ghost operation (the A-patch
+    # live failure: a typo'd sha derived branch_ci for a nonexistent commit
+    # and parked a wait on a ghost).
+    # 2. no explicit operation_id: resolve by sha / pending operations.
+    # H-PATCH: when the model provides NO sha (operation-id-first mode),
+    # resolve from unambiguous pending operations — the model should not
+    # need to reconstruct a 40-char sha to express "wait for it".
+    if not sha:
+        all_pending = pending_operations()
+        if len(all_pending) == 1:
+            rec = all_pending[0]
+            norm = _canonical_from_record(rec, model_deadline_ignored,
+                                          model_op_type_ignored,
+                                          "auto_resolved_no_sha",
+                                          user_deadline, contract_deadline)
+            norm["sha_for_wait"] = _rec_sha(rec)
+            return norm
+        if len(all_pending) > 1:
+            return {"normalized": "AMBIGUOUS",
+                    "candidates": [_rec_operation_id(c) for c in all_pending],
+                    "reason": "multiple pending operations, no sha hint"}
+        return {"normalized": False,
+                "reason": "no pending operations and no sha provided"}
+
     candidates = pending_operations(sha=sha)
     if len(candidates) > 1 and not sha:
         return {"normalized": "AMBIGUOUS",
                 "candidates": [_rec_operation_id(c) for c in candidates],
                 "reason": "multiple pending operations, no target"}
     if len(candidates) == 1:
-        return _canonical_from_record(candidates[0], model_deadline_ignored,
+        rec = candidates[0]
+        stored_sha = _rec_sha(rec)
+        norm = _canonical_from_record(rec, model_deadline_ignored,
                                       model_op_type_ignored, "pending_match",
                                       user_deadline, contract_deadline)
+        if sha and stored_sha and sha != stored_sha:
+            norm["model_sha_mismatch"] = {
+                "model_sha": sha, "stored_sha": stored_sha,
+                "resolution": "stored_target_used"}
+        return norm
+    # model sha unresolved: any unambiguous pending op at all? then the
+    # model probably mistyped the sha — use the stored target, log it.
+    all_pending = pending_operations()
+    if len(all_pending) == 1 and sha:
+        rec = all_pending[0]
+        stored_sha = _rec_sha(rec)
+        norm = _canonical_from_record(rec, model_deadline_ignored,
+                                      model_op_type_ignored,
+                                      "unresolved_sha_single_pending",
+                                      user_deadline, contract_deadline)
+        norm["model_sha_mismatch"] = {
+            "model_sha": sha, "stored_sha": stored_sha,
+            "resolution": "stored_target_used"}
+        return norm
 
     # 3. no stored record: derive truth deterministically
     if not sha:
@@ -337,7 +453,8 @@ def normalize_bash(command: str, *, sha_hint: str = "") -> dict | None:
     if rec is not None:
         norm = _canonical_from_record(rec, True, False, "sleep_poll_intent",
                                       None, None)
-    else:
+        norm["sha_for_wait"] = _rec_sha(rec)
+    elif sha:
         op_type, evidence = derive_op_type(sha)
         norm = {
             "normalized": True, "action": "ContinuePendingOperation",
@@ -348,8 +465,10 @@ def normalize_bash(command: str, *, sha_hint: str = "") -> dict | None:
             "deadline_secs": POLICY_DEADLINES[op_type],
             "deadline_provenance": "GOVERNED_OPERATION_POLICY",
             "model_deadline_ignored": True, "model_op_type_ignored": False,
-            "evidence": evidence,
+            "evidence": evidence, "sha_for_wait": sha,
         }
+    else:
+        return None
     norm["raw_command_kind"] = "sleep_poll"
     norm["raw_sleep_seconds_suppressed"] = secs
     return norm

scripts/await_intent_cli.py

@@ -21,14 +21,37 @@ def main() -> int:
     n = sub.add_parser("normalize", help="normalize a continuation intent")
     n.add_argument("--sha", default="")
     n.add_argument("--operation-id", default="")
+    n.add_argument("--task-id", default="",
+                   help="§9 task binding: scope pending resolution to "
+                        "operations registered for this task")
     n.add_argument("--model-op-type", default=None)
     n.add_argument("--model-deadline", default=None)
     n.add_argument("--user-deadline", default=None,
                    help="USER_EXPLICIT deadline (authoritative)")
     n.add_argument("--contract-deadline", default=None,
                    help="EXTERNAL_CONTRACT deadline (authoritative)")
+    rb = sub.add_parser("route-bash",
+                        help="route a Bash command expressing wait intent")
+    rb.add_argument("--command", required=True)
+    rb.add_argument("--sha-hint", default="")
     args = ap.parse_args()
 
+    if args.cmd == "route-bash":
+        record = await_intent.normalize_bash(args.command,
+                                             sha_hint=args.sha_hint)
+        if record is None:
+            print(json.dumps({"normalized": False,
+                              "reason": "no external continuation intent"}))
+            return 0
+        if record.get("normalized") is True:
+            # the compiled wait needs the SHA: derive from operation_id
+            oid = str(record.get("operation_id", ""))
+            if oid.startswith("ci-"):
+                record["sha_for_wait"] = oid[3:]
+        await_intent.emit_normalized_record(record)
+        print(json.dumps(record, sort_keys=True))
+        return 0
+
     action = {"kind": "await_operation", "sha": args.sha,
               "operation_id": args.operation_id,
               "op_type": args.model_op_type}
@@ -40,7 +63,8 @@ def main() -> int:
                          if args.contract_deadline else None)
     record = await_intent.normalize_action(
         action, model_deadline=model_deadline,
-        user_deadline=user_deadline, contract_deadline=contract_deadline)
+        user_deadline=user_deadline, contract_deadline=contract_deadline,
+        task_id=args.task_id)
     await_intent.emit_normalized_record(record)
     print(json.dumps(record, sort_keys=True))
     return 0

scripts/ci_event_wait.py

@@ -47,28 +47,34 @@ import time
 from pathlib import Path
 
 _SCRIPT_DIR = Path(__file__).resolve().parent
+sys.path.insert(0, str(_SCRIPT_DIR))
 sys.path.insert(0, str(_SCRIPT_DIR.parent / "src"))
 
+sys.path.insert(0, str(_SCRIPT_DIR))
 from rune import event_wait as ew  # noqa: E402
+import completion_file as cf  # noqa: E402
 
 REPO_ROOT = _SCRIPT_DIR.parent
 QUALIFY_SCRIPT = _SCRIPT_DIR / "deploy_qualify.py"
 
 
-def authority_verdict() -> str:
+def authority_verdict(sha: str = "") -> str:
     """ONE-SHOT canonical Gitea verdict via deploy_qualify.py — the only
-    completion truth. Never parses the event payload."""
+    completion truth. Never parses the event payload.
+
+    H-PATCH H4: the target sha is passed EXPLICITLY (as the subprocess's
+    --sha argument) — ambient DEPLOY_SHA can no longer change which
+    operation is verified. The env var remains only as a CLI backward
+    compat for deploy_qualify.py invoked standalone."""
+    cmd = [sys.executable, str(QUALIFY_SCRIPT)]
+    if sha:
+        cmd += ["--sha", sha]
     proc = subprocess.run(
-        [sys.executable, str(QUALIFY_SCRIPT)],
+        cmd,
         capture_output=True, text=True, timeout=120,
-        env=dict(os.environ, PYTHONPATH=""),
+        env={k: v for k, v in os.environ.items() if k != "DEPLOY_SHA"}
+        if sha else dict(os.environ, PYTHONPATH=""),
     )
-    # T21.3: GITEA_TOKEN from deploy.yml secrets must propagate to the
-    # subprocess — gitea_auth reads it from env, but the env may not
-    # carry it through the bash wrapper in CI
-    if not os.environ.get("GITEA_TOKEN"):
-        # fallback: gitea_auth's own credential ladder handles it
-        pass
     out = (proc.stdout or "").strip().splitlines()
     return (out[-1] if out else "pending").strip()
 
@@ -169,12 +175,35 @@ def op_authority_verdict(op_type: str, sha: str) -> str:
     spec = op_spec(op_type)
     authority = spec["authority"]
     if authority == "deploy_qualify":
-        return authority_verdict()
+        v = normalize_verdict(authority_verdict(sha))
+        if v != "pending":
+            return v
+        # E-PATCH resilience: Gitea's combined commit-status endpoint can
+        # 404 for the newest commit (observed live on auto-version bump
+        # commits — the status object materializes late/never). The runs
+        # ARE the same evidence the two legs read; fall back to the
+        # operation-scoped runs verdict so authority stays resolvable.
+        if _status_endpoint_unreadable(sha):
+            return _ci_runs_verdict(spec, sha)
+        return v
     if authority == "ci_runs":
         return _ci_runs_verdict(spec, sha)
     raise ValueError(f"unknown authority {authority!r} for {op_type!r}")
 
 
+def _status_endpoint_unreadable(sha: str) -> bool:
+    """True when the combined commit-status endpoint 404s for the SHA
+    (index lag / never-materialized status object) — the documented
+    fallback trigger, verified against the API once per call."""
+    try:
+        sys.path.insert(0, str(_SCRIPT_DIR))
+        import gitea_auth  # noqa: E402
+        st, _body = gitea_auth.api(f"/commits/{sha}/status")
+        return st == 404
+    except Exception:  # noqa: BLE001
+        return False
+
+
 def _ci_runs_verdict(spec: dict, sha: str) -> str:
     """Operation-scoped Actions-run verdict (import the API client from
     deploy_qualify to keep ONE Gitea client)."""
@@ -185,7 +214,7 @@ def _ci_runs_verdict(spec: dict, sha: str) -> str:
                             getattr(gitea_auth, "DEFAULT_SERVER", "")).rstrip("/")
     repo = os.environ.get("GITEA_REPO",
                           getattr(gitea_auth, "DEFAULT_REPO", ""))
-    sha_env = os.environ.get("DEPLOY_SHA", "") or sha
+    sha_env = sha  # H-PATCH: explicit parameter is the only authority
     token = gitea_auth.get_token() if gitea_auth.has_token() else ""
     if not (server and repo and sha_env and token):
         return "pending"  # cannot verify -> not verified (fail closed)
@@ -221,7 +250,7 @@ def op_ci_alive(op_type: str, sha: str) -> bool:
                             getattr(gitea_auth, "DEFAULT_SERVER", "")).rstrip("/")
     repo = os.environ.get("GITEA_REPO",
                           getattr(gitea_auth, "DEFAULT_REPO", ""))
-    sha_env = os.environ.get("DEPLOY_SHA", "") or sha
+    sha_env = sha  # H-PATCH: explicit parameter is the only authority
     token = gitea_auth.get_token() if gitea_auth.has_token() else ""
     if not (server and repo and sha_env and token):
         return False
@@ -243,6 +272,7 @@ def op_ci_alive(op_type: str, sha: str) -> bool:
 
 def authority_after_wake(op_type: str = DEFAULT_OP_TYPE, sha: str = "",
                          max_tries: int = 3, gap_secs: int = 4) -> str:
+    """(sha is EXPLICIT — ambient env never selects the target.)"""
     """Post-wake authority read. The daemon's own wake sweep uses a
     bounded event-triggered retry (4s ×3) for the job-finished-microseconds-
     ago ack window; a verdict read here can hit the same window. This is a
@@ -264,9 +294,28 @@ def ci_alive() -> bool:
     return op_ci_alive(DEFAULT_OP_TYPE, os.environ.get("DEPLOY_SHA", ""))
 
 
+def _set_cognition_state(op: str, state: str) -> None:
+    """E-PATCH §12: stamp cognitive quiescence on the durable record so a
+    fresh process knows cognition is parked (WAITING_EXTERNAL) vs resumable
+    (RESUMABLE). Best-effort: observability never breaks the wait."""
+    try:
+        rec = ew.operation_wait(op)
+        if rec is None:
+            return
+        wait_file = ew.wr_root() / "waits" / f"{rec.get('wait_id')}.json"
+        if not wait_file.is_file():
+            return
+        data = json.loads(wait_file.read_text())
+        data.setdefault("ext", {})["continuation_state"] = state
+        wait_file.write_text(json.dumps(data, indent=1, sort_keys=True))
+    except (OSError, ValueError):
+        pass
+
+
 def run(*, sha: str, deadline_secs: int,
         watchdog_secs: int = 300,
         op_type: str = DEFAULT_OP_TYPE,
+        task_id: str = "",
         daemon_url: str = ew.DEFAULT_DAEMON_URL) -> int:
     """T21.5 §3: ONE LOGICAL AWAIT.
 
@@ -279,10 +328,28 @@ def run(*, sha: str, deadline_secs: int,
     """
     spec = op_spec(op_type)          # unknown op_type refused upfront
     op = f"ci-{sha}"
+    # A-PATCH: the authority subprocess reads DEPLOY_SHA from the env;
+    # python-level run() callers (tool normalization flow) must export it.
+    if sha and not os.environ.get("DEPLOY_SHA"):
+        os.environ["DEPLOY_SHA"] = sha
+    # H-PATCH: resolve short SHAs to full 40-char — _fetch_runs and
+    # deploy_qualify match on the FULL sha; a 12-char prefix would
+    # silently fail equality and park the waiter until deadline
+    # (the 962e351 root cause).
+    if sha and len(sha) < 40:
+        try:
+            full = subprocess.run(
+                ["git", "-C", str(_SCRIPT_DIR.parent), "rev-parse", sha],
+                capture_output=True, text=True, timeout=10)
+            if full.returncode == 0:
+                sha = full.stdout.strip()
+                os.environ["DEPLOY_SHA"] = sha
+        except (OSError, subprocess.TimeoutExpired):
+            pass
     t0 = time.time()
-    # §16Y #10 race fix: the FIFO reader exists BEFORE registration, so a
-    # wake arriving in the registration window can always be delivered.
-    fifo_fd = ew.open_fifo_reader(op)
+    # REAL_ASYNC_BRIDGE: FIFO is replaced by completion-file inotify.
+    # The completion file write is the wake signal; inotify is the
+    # kernel-level zero-latency, zero-CPU wake primitive.
     # Event replay (T16 §16C live finding): on a serialized runner the
     # completion event usually arrives BEFORE the waiter registers.
     # A matching durable event means the wake already happened — skip
@@ -295,7 +362,10 @@ def run(*, sha: str, deadline_secs: int,
             watched_for="Gitea CI completion event (replayed from the "
                         "durable event log)",
             provider="gitea", event_type="ci_completed", sha=sha,
-            watchdog_secs=min(watchdog_secs, deadline_secs))
+            watchdog_secs=min(watchdog_secs, deadline_secs),
+            continuation_state="RESUMABLE",  # event already arrived
+            op_type=op_type,
+            authority=spec["authority"])
         registered_at = rec["created_at"]
         event_at = time.strftime(
             "%Y-%m-%dT%H:%M:%SZ", time.gmtime())
@@ -329,8 +399,16 @@ def run(*, sha: str, deadline_secs: int,
         watched_for="Gitea CI completion event (wake; verdict re-read "
                     f"from canonical {spec['authority']} authority)",
         provider="gitea", event_type="ci_completed", sha=sha,
-        watchdog_secs=min(watchdog_secs, deadline_secs))
+        watchdog_secs=min(watchdog_secs, deadline_secs),
+        continuation_state="WAITING_EXTERNAL",
+        op_type=op_type,
+        authority=spec["authority"],
+        task_id=task_id,  # §9: bind the operation to the calling task
+        resume_mode="self")  # §3: waiter owns its continuation via
+                             # completion-file/inotify; the daemon has NO
+                             # session-delivery role for this wait
     registered_at = rec["created_at"]
+    _set_cognition_state(op, "WAITING_EXTERNAL")  # cognition parked
     deadline = time.monotonic() + deadline_secs
     verdict = "pending"
     mode = "event"
@@ -338,78 +416,110 @@ def run(*, sha: str, deadline_secs: int,
     resumed_at = ""
     rearm_reason = ""
     rearm_count = 0
-    try:
-        while time.monotonic() < deadline:
+    while time.monotonic() < deadline:
             remaining = max(1, int(deadline - time.monotonic()))
-            result = ew.await_resume_event(
-                op, watchdog_secs=min(remaining, watchdog_secs), pgid=None,
-                fifo_fd=fifo_fd)
-            if result["kind"] == "event":
+
+            # REAL_ASYNC_BRIDGE: block on inotify for the completion file.
+            # Zero CPU, zero arbitrary timer. The inotify timeout is a
+            # FAILURE DETECTOR — if no event arrives within the watchdog
+            # window, we check the authority directly (lost-event recovery).
+            # The deadline is containment only.
+            watch_timeout = min(remaining, watchdog_secs)
+            result = cf.wait_for_completion(
+                op, timeout_secs=watch_timeout)
+
+            # REAL_ASYNC_BRIDGE: check durable event log AND wait record
+            # status on EVERY cycle — the daemon may have matched and
+            # transitioned the record via /process-event.
+            wr = ew.operation_wait(op)
+            if wr and wr.get("status") in ("COMPLETED", "FAILED",
+                                           "READY_TO_RESUME"):
                 event_at = event_at or time.strftime(
                     "%Y-%m-%dT%H:%M:%SZ", time.gmtime())
                 resumed_at = time.strftime("%Y-%m-%dT%H:%M:%SZ",
                                            time.gmtime())
-                # WAKE received — canonical authority decides, never the
-                # event payload
-                verdict = normalize_verdict(authority_after_wake(op_type, sha))
+                verdict = normalize_verdict(
+                    authority_after_wake(op_type, sha))
+                if verdict != "pending":
+                    mode = "event"
+                    break
+            prior = ew.find_matching_event("gitea", "ci_completed", op)
+            if prior is not None and prior.get("exit_code") is not None:
+                event_at = event_at or time.strftime(
+                    "%Y-%m-%dT%H:%M:%SZ", time.gmtime())
+                resumed_at = time.strftime("%Y-%m-%dT%H:%M:%SZ",
+                                           time.gmtime())
+                verdict = normalize_verdict(
+                    authority_after_wake(op_type, sha))
+                if verdict != "pending":
+                    mode = "event"
+                    break
+            if result is not None:
+                # completion file exists: event arrived
+                event_at = event_at or time.strftime(
+                    "%Y-%m-%dT%H:%M:%SZ", time.gmtime())
+                resumed_at = time.strftime("%Y-%m-%dT%H:%M:%SZ",
+                                           time.gmtime())
+                verdict = normalize_verdict(
+                    authority_after_wake(op_type, sha))
                 if verdict != "pending":
                     mode = "event"
                     break
-                # T21.5 §3: NONTERMINAL — re-arm internally, keep waiting.
                 rearm_count += 1
-                rearm_reason = (f"event seen; {spec['authority']} "
-                                "authority pending — internal re-arm")
+                rearm_reason = ("completion file seen; authority "
+                                "pending — re-subscribing")
                 continue
-            if result["kind"] == "eof":
-                # writer gone without a token: the DURABLE record decides
-                rec = ew.operation_wait(op) or {}
-                if rec.get("status") in ("COMPLETED", "FAILED",
-                                         "READY_TO_RESUME", "RESUMING") or \
-                        (rec.get("status") == "RESUME_UNVERIFIED"
-                         and rec.get("process_event_evidence")):
-                    event_at = event_at or time.strftime(
-                        "%Y-%m-%dT%H:%M:%SZ", time.gmtime())
-                    resumed_at = time.strftime("%Y-%m-%dT%H:%M:%SZ",
-                                               time.gmtime())
-                    verdict = normalize_verdict(authority_after_wake(op_type, sha))
-                    if verdict != "pending":
-                        mode = "event_recovered_from_durable_record"
-                        break
-                rearm_count += 1
-                rearm_reason = "eof without token; durable record pending"
-                continue
-            # watchdog expiry: operation-scoped liveness decides re-arm
-            # vs truthful recovery — failure detector, never scheduler
-            if op_ci_alive(op_type, sha):
-                rearm_count += 1
-                rearm_reason = ("watchdog expiry; op runs non-terminal "
-                                "in Gitea — internal re-arm")
-                continue
-            # no live runs visible for THIS op's authority: either the
-            # operation has not started yet (EXPECTED nonterminal — the
-            # §18-audit generator: this must re-arm, never return to the
-            # model) or it finished between probes. Bounded re-read.
-            verdict = normalize_verdict(op_authority_verdict(op_type, sha))
+
+            # inotify timeout: no event within watchdog window
+            # FAILURE DETECTOR: check authority directly
+            verdict = normalize_verdict(
+                op_authority_verdict(op_type, sha))
             if verdict != "pending":
                 mode = "watchdog_authority_recovered"
                 break
-            verdict = normalize_verdict(op_authority_verdict(op_type, sha))
-            if verdict != "pending":
-                mode = "watchdog_authority_recovered"
-                break
-            # still pending: runs not started OR lagging aggregator —
-            # internal re-arm; the deadline is the only other exit
             rearm_count += 1
-            rearm_reason = ("watchdog expiry; op pending (not started or "
-                            "lagging) — internal re-arm")
+            rearm_reason = ("watchdog expiry; op pending (not started "
+                            "or lagging) — re-subscribing inotify")
             continue
-    finally:
-        os.close(fifo_fd)
+
+    # REAL_ASYNC_BRIDGE: no FIFO to close. The completion file is durable
+    # and survives restarts. Lease release is not needed (no lease system
+    # for file-based delivery).
+
+
     if verdict == "pending":
         if mode == "event":
             mode = "deadline_pending"
         verdict = normalize_verdict(op_authority_verdict(op_type, sha))  # final one-shot truth
+    _set_cognition_state(op, "RESUMABLE" if verdict != "pending"
+                         else "RECOVERY_REQUIRED")
     verdict_at = time.strftime("%Y-%m-%dT%H:%M:%SZ", time.gmtime())
+    # §2 STATE OWNERSHIP: the WAITER owns the OPERATION domain. On a
+    # terminal authority verdict, stamp the durable record terminal with
+    # the evidence — the daemon's session-delivery machinery must never
+    # (and can no longer) overwrite this truth. Also updates the parked
+    # continuation_state so fresh-process recovery sees reality.
+    try:
+        rec2 = ew.operation_wait(op) or rec
+        if verdict != "pending":
+            rec2["status"] = "COMPLETED" if verdict == "success" else "FAILED"
+            rec2["verdict"] = verdict
+            rec2["resume_evidence"] = {
+                "kind": "authority_verified_terminal",
+                "verdict": verdict,
+                "mode": mode,
+                "authority": spec["authority"],
+                "sha": sha,
+                "op_type": op_type,
+                "verdict_at": verdict_at,
+            }
+        rec2["ext"] = {**rec2.get("ext", {}),
+                       "continuation_state": ("RESUMABLE" if verdict != "pending"
+                                              else "RECOVERY_REQUIRED")}
+        ew._load_waitstore().save(rec2)
+    except Exception as _e:  # noqa: BLE001 — record stamping must never corrupt the envelope (the envelope + authority remain the truth)
+        print(f"ci_event_wait: terminal record stamp failed: {_e}",
+              file=sys.stderr)
     out = {
         "sha": sha,
         "op_type": op_type,
@@ -427,21 +537,51 @@ def run(*, sha: str, deadline_secs: int,
     print(json.dumps(out))
     return 0 if verdict == "success" else 1
 
+KNOWN_FLAGS = ("--sha", "--deadline", "--op-type", "--watchdog", "--task-id")
+
+
 def main() -> int:
+    """§5 CLI CONTRACT: no silent argument loss. Every flag is either
+    explicitly supported (and takes effect) or loudly rejected — an
+    acceptance envelope must reflect the configuration actually used."""
     sha = os.environ.get("DEPLOY_SHA", "")
     args = sys.argv[1:]
-    if "--sha" in args:
-        sha = args[args.index("--sha") + 1]
     deadline = 900
-    if "--deadline" in args:
-        deadline = int(args[args.index("--deadline") + 1])
     op_type = DEFAULT_OP_TYPE
-    if "--op-type" in args:
-        op_type = args[args.index("--op-type") + 1]
+    watchdog = 300
+    task_id = ""
+    i = 0
+    while i < len(args):
+        a = args[i]
+        if a == "--sha":
+            sha = args[i + 1]; i += 2
+        elif a == "--deadline":
+            deadline = int(args[i + 1]); i += 2
+        elif a == "--op-type":
+            op_type = args[i + 1]; i += 2
+        elif a == "--watchdog":
+            watchdog = int(args[i + 1]); i += 2
+        elif a == "--task-id":
+            task_id = args[i + 1]; i += 2
+        elif a.startswith("--"):
+            print(json.dumps({"error": f"unknown flag {a!r}",
+                              "known_flags": list(KNOWN_FLAGS),
+                              "contract": "no silent argument loss"}))
+            return 2
+        else:
+            print(json.dumps({"error": f"unexpected positional {a!r}",
+                              "known_flags": list(KNOWN_FLAGS)}))
+            return 2
     if not sha:
         print(json.dumps({"error": "no sha (DEPLOY_SHA or --sha required)"}))
         return 1
-    return run(sha=sha, deadline_secs=deadline, op_type=op_type)
+    # A-PATCH fix: run()'s authority subprocess (deploy_qualify.py) reads
+    # DEPLOY_SHA from the environment — a CLI `--sha` consumer previously
+    # got a silent "pending" verdict forever because the var was never
+    # exported. Export it so the canonical authority can resolve.
+    os.environ["DEPLOY_SHA"] = sha
+    return run(sha=sha, deadline_secs=deadline, op_type=op_type,
+               watchdog_secs=watchdog, task_id=task_id)
 
 
 if __name__ == "__main__":

scripts/completion_file.py

@@ -0,0 +1,195 @@
+"""completion_file.py — REAL_ASYNC_BRIDGE: durable completion-file delivery
+with inotify wake. Replaces FIFO+lease for process-wait delivery.
+
+DESIGN:
+  Producer (bridge/daemon/notify):
+    1. Validates operation identity
+    2. Atomically writes a completion file:
+         resumes/<operation_id>.done
+       containing the event/verdict JSON (write to tmp, rename for atomicity)
+
+  Waiter (ci_event_wait / any continuation consumer):
+    1. Checks if the completion file already exists (event-before-waiter)
+    2. If not: registers inotify watch on the resumes/ directory
+    3. Re-checks after watch registration (closes the registration race)
+    4. Blocks in kernel on inotify — zero CPU, zero timer
+    5. On file-created event: reads the file, verifies authority, returns
+
+  The event is a WAKE SIGNAL. Authority still decides terminal truth.
+  The completion file is durable — survives daemon and waiter restarts.
+
+WHY NOT FIFO:
+  FIFO is one-shot (token consumed), requires lease management, and
+  fails under session-busy guards. A completion file is atomic, durable,
+  and works across restarts. inotify wakes the process with zero CPU
+  cost and zero latency between file creation and wake.
+
+WHY NOT POLLING:
+  Polling introduces an arbitrary interval. inotify is a kernel callback
+  that fires exactly when the filesystem changes — the latency tracks
+  the real completion event, not a configured interval.
+"""
+from __future__ import annotations
+
+import json
+import os
+import select
+import struct
+import time
+from pathlib import Path
+
+def _wr_bridge() -> Path:
+    # WR_ROOT = daemon/infra convention; RUNE_WR_ROOT = repo/scripts
+    # convention. Both honored (WR_ROOT wins) so the daemon, the waiter,
+    # and any isolated test root always resolve the SAME directory.
+    root = (os.environ.get("WR_ROOT")
+            or os.environ.get("RUNE_WR_ROOT")
+            or "/mnt/workdrive/wr-bridge")
+    return Path(root)
+
+def _resumes_dir() -> Path:
+    return _wr_bridge() / "resumes"
+
+# inotify constants (Linux)
+IN_CREATE = 0x100
+IN_CLOSE_WRITE = 0x8
+IN_MOVED_TO = 0x80
+
+
+def completion_path(operation_id: str) -> Path:
+    return _resumes_dir() / f"{operation_id}.done"
+
+
+def write_completion(operation_id: str, event: dict) -> Path:
+    """Atomically write a durable completion file. The rename(2) ensures
+    the waiter never sees a partial file."""
+    _resumes_dir().mkdir(parents=True, exist_ok=True)
+    target = completion_path(operation_id)
+    tmp = target.parent / f".{target.name}.tmp.{os.getpid()}"
+    tmp.write_text(json.dumps(event, sort_keys=True) + "\n")
+    os.rename(str(tmp), str(target))  # atomic on same filesystem
+    os.chmod(str(target), 0o666)  # cross-user bridge
+    return target
+
+
+def read_completion(operation_id: str) -> dict | None:
+    """Read a durable completion file. Returns None if absent."""
+    p = completion_path(operation_id)
+    if not p.is_file():
+        return None
+    try:
+        return json.loads(p.read_text())
+    except (OSError, ValueError):
+        return None
+
+
+def completion_exists(operation_id: str) -> bool:
+    return completion_path(operation_id).is_file()
+
+
+def _inotify_init_and_add_watch(directory: str) -> int:
+    """Create an inotify instance and add a watch on the directory.
+    Returns the inotify fd."""
+    libc = __import__("ctypes").CDLL(None, use_errno=True)
+    fd = libc.inotify_init()
+    if fd < 0:
+        raise OSError("inotify_init failed")
+    # IN_CREATE | IN_MOVED_TO: catch both direct creation and atomic rename
+    mask = IN_CREATE | IN_MOVED_TO
+    wd = libc.inotify_add_watch(fd, directory.encode(), mask)
+    if wd < 0:
+        os.close(fd)
+        raise OSError(f"inotify_add_watch failed for {directory}")
+    return fd
+
+
+def _inotify_read(fd: int, timeout_secs: float | None = None) -> list[str]:
+    """Read pending inotify events. Returns list of filenames that were
+    created/moved-to. Blocks until at least one event or timeout."""
+    poll = select.poll()
+    poll.register(fd, select.POLLIN)
+    events = []
+    buf = os.read(fd, 4096)
+    pos = 0
+    while pos < len(buf):
+        # struct: wd(i32), mask(u32), cookie(u32), name_len(u32)
+        wd, mask, cookie, name_len = struct.unpack_from("iIII", buf, pos)
+        pos += 16
+        name = buf[pos:pos + name_len].rstrip(b"\x00").decode("utf-8", "replace")
+        pos += name_len
+        if mask & (IN_CREATE | IN_MOVED_TO):
+            events.append(name)
+    return events
+
+
+def wait_for_completion(operation_id: str, *,
+                        timeout_secs: float | None = None,
+                        poll_callback=None) -> dict | None:
+    """Block until a completion file exists for this operation.
+
+    Uses inotify for zero-latency, zero-CPU wake. Falls back to
+    polling_callback (if provided) when inotify is unavailable.
+
+    The completion file is a WAKE SIGNAL. The caller must still verify
+    canonical authority after reading it.
+
+    Returns the event dict from the completion file, or None on timeout.
+    """
+    target = completion_path(operation_id)
+
+    # 1. check-before-watch (event may have arrived before we started)
+    existing = read_completion(operation_id)
+    if existing is not None:
+        return existing
+
+    _resumes_dir().mkdir(parents=True, exist_ok=True)
+
+    try:
+        fd = _inotify_init_and_add_watch(str(_resumes_dir()))
+    except OSError:
+        # inotify unavailable: fall back to polling callback
+        if poll_callback:
+            return poll_callback(operation_id, timeout_secs)
+        return None
+
+    try:
+        # 2. re-check after watch registration (closes the race between
+        #    the initial check and the watch being active)
+        existing = read_completion(operation_id)
+        if existing is not None:
+            return existing
+
+        # 3. block in kernel on inotify — zero CPU, exact latency
+        import select as _select
+        poll = _select.poll()
+        poll.register(fd, _select.POLLIN)
+        deadline = (time.monotonic() + timeout_secs) if timeout_secs else None
+
+        while True:
+            remaining = None
+            if deadline is not None:
+                remaining = max(0.1, deadline - time.monotonic())
+                if remaining <= 0.1:
+                    return None  # timeout
+            events = poll.poll(remaining * 1000 if remaining else None)
+            if not events:
+                continue  # poll timeout, re-check
+            names = _inotify_read(fd)
+            if target.name in names:
+                # 4. file appeared — read it
+                existing = read_completion(operation_id)
+                if existing is not None:
+                    return existing
+                # partial/corrupt: keep watching
+    finally:
+        os.close(fd)
+    return None
+
+
+def clear_completion(operation_id: str) -> None:
+    """Remove a consumed completion file (idempotent cleanup)."""
+    p = completion_path(operation_id)
+    try:
+        p.unlink()
+    except OSError:
+        pass

scripts/deploy_qualify.py

@@ -106,12 +106,25 @@ def _fetch_status(server: str, repo: str, sha: str, token: str) -> list[dict] |
     return None if data is None else data.get("statuses", [])
 
 
-def _fetch_runs(server: str, repo: str, sha: str, token: str) -> list[dict] | None:
-    data = _get_json(f"{server}/api/v1/repos/{repo}/actions/runs?limit=50", token)
-    if data is None:
-        return None
-    runs = data.get("workflow_runs", data if isinstance(data, list) else [])
-    return [r for r in runs if str(r.get("head_sha", "")) == sha]
+def _fetch_runs(server: str, repo: str, sha: str, token: str,
+                max_pages: int = 4) -> list[dict] | None:
+    """H-PATCH: paginate the runs list. The repo's scheduled merge-robot
+    runs flood the first page (~50 slots exhaust within hours), pushing
+    older-but-relevant SHAs to later pages — the cause of the observed
+    authority flapping (terminal commit read as pending). Paginate until
+    the sha is found or max_pages exhausted."""
+    out: list[dict] = []
+    for page in range(1, max_pages + 1):
+        data = _get_json(
+            f"{server}/api/v1/repos/{repo}/actions/runs?limit=50&page={page}",
+            token)
+        if data is None:
+            return None if page == 1 else (out or None)
+        runs = data.get("workflow_runs", data if isinstance(data, list) else [])
+        out.extend(r for r in runs if str(r.get("head_sha", "")) == sha)
+        if len(runs) < 50:
+            break  # exhausted
+    return out
 
 
 def _fetch_jobs(server: str, repo: str, run_id, token: str) -> list[dict] | None:
@@ -132,10 +145,17 @@ def main() -> int:
     # not export GITEA_SERVER/GITEA_REPO (CI always exports them; local
     # and first-class-tool consumers previously got a silent "pending"
     # verdict — a wrong answer, not a fail-closed one).
+    # H-PATCH H4: the target sha arrives EXPLICITLY (--sha) from callers
+    # that hold structured operation state. DEPLOY_SHA env remains only
+    # for standalone/workflow backward compat — the canonical path never
+    # depends on ambient env for operation identity.
+    ap = __import__("argparse").ArgumentParser()
+    ap.add_argument("--sha", dest="sha_arg", default=None)
+    args, _unknown = ap.parse_known_args()
     server = (os.environ.get("GITEA_SERVER", "")
               or gitea_auth.DEFAULT_SERVER).rstrip("/")
     repo = os.environ.get("GITEA_REPO", "") or gitea_auth.DEFAULT_REPO
-    sha = os.environ.get("DEPLOY_SHA", "")
+    sha = args.sha_arg or os.environ.get("DEPLOY_SHA", "")
     token = gitea_auth.get_token() if gitea_auth.has_token() else ""
     if not (server and repo and sha and token):
         print("pending")  # missing config → cannot verify → not qualified

scripts/gitea_reconciliation_check.py

@@ -86,9 +86,12 @@ def main() -> int:
         if live_state == "open" and rec["tracker_state"] == "closed" and rec["reconciliation_state"] in TERMINAL_STATES:
             drift.append(f"#{num}: live state open but artifact says closed/{rec['reconciliation_state']}")
         live_bug = "bug" in [l["name"] for l in li.get("labels", [])]
-        if live_bug and not rec.get("live_defect"):
+        # Same open-only exemption as the artifact-records block above: a
+        # closed issue's labels are historical record; FIXED_VERIFIED issues
+        # legitimately keep the bug label after closure.
+        if live_bug and rec.get("tracker_state") == "open" and not rec.get("live_defect"):
             drift.append(f"#{num}: live bug label present but artifact records no live defect")
-        if not live_bug and rec.get("live_defect"):
+        if not live_bug and rec.get("live_defect") and rec.get("tracker_state") == "open":
             drift.append(f"#{num}: artifact records live defect but live bug label absent")
 
     # Live defects in the artifact must all be OPEN in the tracker

scripts/install_mimo_hook.py

@@ -1,43 +1,71 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env python3
-"""install_mimo_hook.py — T21.2 §21.2D: canonical MiMo hook installer.
+"""install_mimo_hook.py — T21.2 §21.2D (T22: multi-hook): canonical MiMo
+hook installer.
 
-Canonical source: config/mimo-hooks/event-wait-guard.ts
-Target: ~/.mimocode/hooks/event-wait-guard.ts
-Verifies hash after install. Detects drift in both directions."""
+Canonical sources: config/mimo-hooks/*.ts
+Targets:          ~/.mimocode/hooks/<same-name>.ts
+
+Every hook is hash-verified after install; drift is detected in both
+directions. T22 added builder-bridge.ts to the managed set — it was
+previously installed by hand, unversioned, which is how it silently rotted
+(hardcoded ephemeral interpreter). A hook that reaches the builder must be
+version-controlled and drift-checked like any other authority.
+
+Usage:
+    python3 scripts/install_mimo_hook.py            # sync all managed hooks
+    python3 scripts/install_mimo_hook.py --check    # verify only, install nothing
+"""
 import hashlib
 import shutil
 import sys
 from pathlib import Path
 
-CANONICAL = Path(__file__).resolve().parent.parent / "config" / "mimo-hooks" / "event-wait-guard.ts"
-TARGET = Path.home() / ".mimocode" / "hooks" / "event-wait-guard.ts"
+REPO = Path(__file__).resolve().parent.parent
+CANONICAL_DIR = REPO / "config" / "mimo-hooks"
+TARGET_DIR = Path.home() / ".mimocode" / "hooks"
+
+# The managed set. Adding a file here is what makes a hook version-controlled.
+MANAGED = ["event-wait-guard.ts", "builder-bridge.ts"]
 
 
 def sha256(p: Path) -> str:
     return hashlib.sha256(p.read_bytes()).hexdigest()
 
 
-def main() -> int:
-    if not CANONICAL.is_file():
-        print(f"canonical source missing: {CANONICAL}")
-        return 1
-    canon_hash = sha256(CANONICAL)
-    if TARGET.is_file():
-        target_hash = sha256(TARGET)
-        if target_hash == canon_hash:
-            print(f"in-sync: {target_hash[:12]}")
-            return 0
-        print(f"DRIFT: canonical={canon_hash[:12]} installed={target_hash[:12]}")
+def sync_one(name: str, check_only: bool) -> bool:
+    canonical = CANONICAL_DIR / name
+    target = TARGET_DIR / name
+    if not canonical.is_file():
+        print(f"canonical source missing: {canonical}")
+        return False
+    canon_hash = sha256(canonical)
+    if target.is_file() and sha256(target) == canon_hash:
+        print(f"in-sync: {name} {canon_hash[:12]}")
+        return True
+    if check_only:
+        state = "DRIFT" if target.is_file() else "MISSING"
+        inst = sha256(target)[:12] if target.is_file() else "-"
+        print(f"{state}: {name} canonical={canon_hash[:12]} installed={inst}")
+        return False
+    if target.is_file():
+        print(f"DRIFT: {name} canonical={canon_hash[:12]} installed={sha256(target)[:12]}")
     else:
-        print(f"hook missing at {TARGET}")
-    TARGET.parent.mkdir(parents=True, exist_ok=True)
-    shutil.copy2(CANONICAL, TARGET)
-    installed_hash = sha256(TARGET)
-    if installed_hash != canon_hash:
-        print(f"INSTALL FAILED: hash mismatch after copy")
-        return 1
-    print(f"installed: {installed_hash[:12]}")
-    return 0
+        print(f"hook missing at {target}")
+    TARGET_DIR.mkdir(parents=True, exist_ok=True)
+    shutil.copy2(canonical, target)
+    if sha256(target) != canon_hash:
+        print(f"INSTALL FAILED: {name} hash mismatch after copy")
+        return False
+    print(f"installed: {name} {canon_hash[:12]}")
+    return True
+
+
+def main() -> int:
+    check_only = "--check" in sys.argv
+    ok = True
+    for name in MANAGED:
+        ok = sync_one(name, check_only) and ok
+    return 0 if ok else 1
 
 
 if __name__ == "__main__":

scripts/install_mimo_tools.py

@@ -0,0 +1,52 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env python3
+"""install_mimo_tools.py — canonical MiMo tool installer (TTY-repair tranche).
+
+Canonical sources: config/mimo-tools/{bash.ts,await-operation.ts}
+Targets:           ~/.mimocode/tools/{bash.ts,await-operation.ts}
+Verifies hashes after install; detects drift in both directions
+(the parity test reads these hashes).
+"""
+import hashlib
+import shutil
+import sys
+from pathlib import Path
+
+REPO = Path(__file__).resolve().parent.parent
+TOOLS = ["bash.ts", "await-operation.ts"]
+
+
+def sha256(p: Path) -> str:
+    return hashlib.sha256(p.read_bytes()).hexdigest()
+
+
+def main() -> int:
+    rc = 0
+    for name in TOOLS:
+        canon = REPO / "config" / "mimo-tools" / name
+        target = Path.home() / ".mimocode" / "tools" / name
+        if not canon.is_file():
+            print(f"{name}: canonical source missing: {canon}")
+            rc = 1
+            continue
+        canon_hash = sha256(canon)
+        if target.is_file() and sha256(target) == canon_hash:
+            print(f"{name}: in-sync {canon_hash[:12]}")
+            continue
+        drift = f"DRIFT canonical={canon_hash[:12]}"
+        if target.is_file():
+            drift += f" installed={sha256(target)[:12]}"
+        else:
+            drift += " installed=MISSING"
+        print(f"{name}: {drift} — installing")
+        target.parent.mkdir(parents=True, exist_ok=True)
+        shutil.copy2(canon, target)
+        if sha256(target) != canon_hash:
+            print(f"{name}: INSTALL FAILED (hash mismatch after copy)")
+            rc = 1
+        else:
+            print(f"{name}: installed {canon_hash[:12]}")
+    return rc
+
+
+if __name__ == "__main__":
+    sys.exit(main())

scripts/install_wr_daemon.py

@@ -0,0 +1,83 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env python3
+"""install_wr_daemon.py — REAL_ASYNC_BRIDGE §6: daemon governance.
+
+Canonical source lives IN THIS REPO at bridge/daemon/. The active install
+is ~/.local/share/mimo-wait-resume/. This script is the ONLY supported
+way to move code between them:
+
+  - copy canonical source → install dir (atomic, per file)
+  - verify sha256 convergence (fail loud on divergence)
+  - optionally restart the daemon via scripts/start_wr_daemon.py
+
+Never hand-edit the installed copy: edit the repo source, install, restart.
+"""
+
+from __future__ import annotations
+
+import argparse
+import hashlib
+import shutil
+import subprocess
+import sys
+from pathlib import Path
+
+REPO = Path(__file__).resolve().parent.parent
+CANONICAL = REPO / "bridge" / "daemon"
+INSTALL = Path.home() / ".local/share/mimo-wait-resume"
+FILES = ("daemon.py", "waitstore.py", "verify.py", "completion_file.py")
+
+
+def sha256(p: Path) -> str:
+    return hashlib.sha256(p.read_bytes()).hexdigest()
+
+
+def main() -> int:
+    ap = argparse.ArgumentParser(description=__doc__)
+    ap.add_argument("--check", action="store_true", help="verify convergence only; no writes")
+    ap.add_argument("--restart", action="store_true", help="restart the daemon after install")
+    args = ap.parse_args()
+
+    if not CANONICAL.is_dir():
+        print(f"canonical source missing: {CANONICAL}")
+        return 1
+    INSTALL.mkdir(parents=True, exist_ok=True)
+
+    diverged = []
+    for name in FILES:
+        src, dst = CANONICAL / name, INSTALL / name
+        if args.check:
+            if not dst.is_file() or sha256(src) != sha256(dst):
+                diverged.append(name)
+            continue
+        if not dst.is_file() or sha256(src) != sha256(dst):
+            tmp = dst.with_suffix(f".tmp.{name}")
+            shutil.copy2(src, tmp)
+            tmp.replace(dst)  # atomic
+            print(f"installed: {name} {sha256(src)[:12]}")
+        else:
+            print(f"unchanged: {name} {sha256(src)[:12]}")
+
+    if args.check:
+        if diverged:
+            print(f"DIVERGED: {', '.join(diverged)} — run install_wr_daemon.py")
+            return 1
+        print("CONVERGED: installed copy == canonical repo source")
+        return 0
+
+    # post-install convergence proof
+    bad = [n for n in FILES if sha256(CANONICAL / n) != sha256(INSTALL / n)]
+    if bad:
+        print(f"INSTALL FAILED convergence: {bad}")
+        return 1
+    print("CONVERGED: installed copy == canonical repo source")
+
+    if args.restart:
+        rc = subprocess.call([sys.executable, str(REPO / "scripts" / "start_wr_daemon.py")])
+        if rc != 0:
+            print("restart failed")
+            return 1
+    return 0
+
+
+if __name__ == "__main__":
+    sys.exit(main())

scripts/notify_event_bridge.py

@@ -7,6 +7,13 @@ The event is a WAKE, never completion truth: the waiting controller
 deploy_qualify.py after resuming. Best-effort by design — if the bridge
 is unreachable the waiter's watchdog still recovers truthfully (that is
 the §16D lost-event contract), so a notify failure must NEVER fail CI.
+
+REAL_ASYNC_BRIDGE (R3): the completion event is ALSO written directly as
+a durable completion file (resumes/<operation_id>.done). Delivery no
+longer depends on the daemon being alive: the waiter blocks on inotify
+for the file itself (kernel wake, zero latency, zero CPU), and the
+durable file survives daemon AND waiter restarts (R9). The write is
+best-effort on the same terms as the POST — never fails CI.
 """
 from __future__ import annotations
 
@@ -35,6 +42,42 @@ def main() -> int:
         "exit_code": 0 if result == "success" else 1,
         "completed_at": time.time(),
     }
+    # R8 lost-event failure-recovery: operation-scoped fault injection.
+    # A rule keyed by the EXACT operation_id suppresses BOTH normal
+    # delivery channels (durable completion file AND bridge POST), so the
+    # waiter's watchdog/failure-detector path is the only route to truth.
+    # Disabled by default (no rule file => zero behavior change) and
+    # observable: every decision is recorded in the R8 fault log.
+    try:
+        import r8_fault  # noqa: E402 — sibling module
+        if r8_fault.should_suppress(payload["operation_id"]):
+            r8_fault.record(payload["operation_id"], "suppressed",
+                            {"sha": sha, "exit_code": payload["exit_code"],
+                             "source_terminal_at": payload["completed_at"]})
+            print("notify-event-bridge: R8 fault injection — completion "
+                  f"event intentionally suppressed for "
+                  f"{payload['operation_id']} (no .done file, no POST); "
+                  "watchdog authority recovery is the expected path",
+                  flush=True)
+            return 0
+        r8_fault.record(payload["operation_id"], "delivered_normally",
+                        {"sha": sha, "rule_active": False})
+    except Exception as exc:  # noqa: BLE001 — fault seam must never break delivery
+        print(f"notify-event-bridge: R8 fault-seam probe failed ({exc}); "
+              "continuing with normal delivery", flush=True)
+    # R3 durable delivery: write the completion file FIRST — it works even
+    # if the bridge daemon is down, and the atomic rename means any waiter
+    # (inotify-watching or starting later) sees a complete file or none.
+    try:
+        sys.path.insert(0, os.path.dirname(os.path.abspath(__file__)))
+        import completion_file as cf  # noqa: E402 — sibling module
+        written = cf.write_completion(payload["operation_id"], payload)
+        print(f"notify-event-bridge: durable completion file {written}",
+              flush=True)
+    except Exception as exc:  # noqa: BLE001 — delivery is best-effort; watchdog recovery covers a lost completion file (§16D contract)
+        print(f"notify-event-bridge: completion-file write failed ({exc}); "
+              f"bridge POST and watchdog recovery still cover delivery",
+              flush=True)
     for attempt in range(2):
         try:
             req = urllib.request.Request(

scripts/r8_fault.py

@@ -0,0 +1,83 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env python3
+"""r8_fault.py — REAL_ASYNC_BRIDGE R8: operation-scoped lost-event fault
+injection (evidence-only harness).
+
+DESIGN CONTRACT (R8 §3):
+  disabled by default          no rule file -> zero behavior change
+  operation-scoped             rule keyed by EXACT operation_id
+  reversible                   delete the rule file / rule entry
+  observable                   every decision appended to a JSONL log
+  cannot affect other waits    rule file checked by operation_id only
+
+The ONLY consumer is scripts/notify_event_bridge.py: before normal
+delivery it consults should_suppress(operation_id). Suppression means:
+  - NO durable completion file is written
+  - NO bridge POST (no /process-event wake)
+  - the suppression decision is recorded as R8 fault evidence
+Nothing else in the stack reads the rule. The daemon, waitstore,
+authority verification, and completion-file machinery are untouched.
+"""
+
+from __future__ import annotations
+
+import json
+import os
+import sys
+import time
+from pathlib import Path
+
+RUNE_WR_ROOT = os.environ.get("RUNE_WR_ROOT") or os.environ.get("WR_ROOT") or "/mnt/workdrive/wr-bridge"
+RULES_PATH = Path(RUNE_WR_ROOT) / "r8_suppress_rules.json"
+FAULT_LOG = Path(RUNE_WR_ROOT) / "r8_fault_log.jsonl"
+
+REASON = "event intentionally suppressed for R8 lost-event failure-recovery"
+
+
+def _rules() -> dict:
+    """Read the rule file. Absent/unreadable => no suppression (fail-open
+    to NORMAL delivery; the fault must never take the healthy path down)."""
+    try:
+        return json.loads(RULES_PATH.read_text())
+    except Exception:  # noqa: BLE001 — absent rule file is the default state
+        return {}
+
+
+def lookup(operation_id: str) -> dict | None:
+    """Return the active suppression rule for EXACTLY this operation_id,
+    or None. Expired rules are ignored (not deleted — deletion is the
+    operator's explicit disable action)."""
+    spec = _rules()
+    if not spec.get("enabled"):
+        return None
+    rule = spec.get("operations", {}).get(operation_id)
+    if not rule:
+        return None
+    expires = rule.get("expires_at")
+    if expires:
+        try:
+            if time.time() > time.mktime(time.strptime(expires, "%Y-%m-%dT%H:%M:%SZ")) - time.timezone:
+                return None
+        except ValueError:
+            return None
+    return rule
+
+
+def should_suppress(operation_id: str) -> bool:
+    return lookup(operation_id) is not None
+
+
+def record(operation_id: str, stage: str, extra: dict | None = None) -> None:
+    """Append a durable fault-evidence line (best-effort, never raises)."""
+    try:
+        entry = {
+            "at": time.strftime("%Y-%m-%dT%H:%M:%SZ", time.gmtime()),
+            "operation_id": operation_id,
+            "reason": REASON,
+            "stage": stage,
+            **(extra or {}),
+        }
+        FAULT_LOG.parent.mkdir(parents=True, exist_ok=True)
+        with FAULT_LOG.open("a") as f:
+            f.write(json.dumps(entry, sort_keys=True) + "\n")
+    except OSError as exc:  # noqa: BLE001 — evidence logging must never break CI
+        print(f"r8_fault: evidence log write failed: {exc}", file=sys.stderr)

scripts/rebase_inventory.py

@@ -0,0 +1,214 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env python3
+"""Tranche R1 Wave 0 — whole-project inventory generator.
+
+Parses every .py file under src/rune/ with the stdlib AST and emits
+docs/rebase/rebase-inventory.json: files, classes, functions (with signatures and
+line ranges), imports, and best-effort caller/callee edges (intra-module call
+graph + cross-module edges resolved through import tables).
+
+Deterministic and idempotent: same tree in, same JSON out (sorted keys,
+sorted files). The issue-factory reads this file; nothing else may edit it.
+"""
+from __future__ import annotations
+
+import ast
+import json
+import sys
+from collections import defaultdict
+from pathlib import Path
+
+REPO = Path(__file__).resolve().parent.parent
+SRC = REPO / "src" / "rune"
+OUT = REPO / "docs" / "rebase" / "rebase-inventory.json"
+
+
+def _arg_str(a: ast.arg) -> str:
+    s = a.arg
+    if a.annotation is not None:
+        # Degraded signature (no annotation) is deterministic metadata — never
+        # let one pathological annotation node abort the whole inventory walk.
+        try:
+            s += f": {ast.unparse(a.annotation)}"
+        except (AttributeError, RecursionError, ValueError):
+            pass
+    return s
+
+
+def _signature(node: ast.FunctionDef | ast.AsyncFunctionDef) -> str:
+    parts = [_arg_str(a) for a in node.args.args]
+    if node.args.vararg:
+        parts.append(f"*{node.args.vararg.arg}")
+    elif node.args.kwonlyargs:
+        parts.append("*")
+    parts += [_arg_str(a) for a in node.args.kwonlyargs]
+    if node.args.kwarg:
+        parts.append(f"**{node.args.kwarg.arg}")
+    ret = ""
+    if node.returns is not None:
+        # Same degraded-metadata contract as _arg_str.
+        try:
+            ret = f" -> {ast.unparse(node.returns)}"
+        except (AttributeError, RecursionError, ValueError):
+            pass
+    return f"({', '.join(parts)}){ret}"
+
+
+class FileVisitor(ast.NodeVisitor):
+    def __init__(self) -> None:
+        self.functions: list[dict] = []
+        self.classes: list[dict] = []
+        self.imports: list[dict] = []
+        self.calls: list[tuple[int, str]] = []  # (lineno, dotted call name)
+
+    def _fn(self, node, parents: list[str]) -> dict:
+        return {
+            "name": ".".join([*parents, node.name]),
+            "signature": _signature(node),
+            "line_start": node.lineno,
+            "line_end": node.end_lineno or node.lineno,
+            "decorators": [ast.unparse(d) for d in node.decorator_list
+                           if isinstance(d, (ast.Name, ast.Attribute, ast.Call))],
+            "async": isinstance(node, ast.AsyncFunctionDef),
+        }
+
+    def visit_ClassDef(self, node: ast.ClassDef) -> None:
+        methods = []
+        for child in node.body:
+            if isinstance(child, (ast.FunctionDef, ast.AsyncFunctionDef)):
+                methods.append(self._fn(child, [node.name]))
+                self.calls.extend(
+                    (n.lineno, ast.unparse(n.func))
+                    for n in ast.walk(child)
+                    if isinstance(n, ast.Call) and not isinstance(n.func, ast.Name if False else type(None))
+                    and isinstance(n.func, (ast.Name, ast.Attribute))
+                )
+        self.classes.append({
+            "name": node.name,
+            "bases": [ast.unparse(b) for b in node.bases],
+            "line_start": node.lineno,
+            "line_end": node.end_lineno or node.lineno,
+            "methods": methods,
+        })
+        # visit only non-function children: methods are already captured above,
+        # and a generic_visit would re-fire visit_FunctionDef on them (duplicate
+        # units + duplicate call edges). Nested classes are still visited.
+        for child in node.body:
+            if not isinstance(child, (ast.FunctionDef, ast.AsyncFunctionDef)):
+                self.visit(child)
+
+    def visit_FunctionDef(self, node) -> None:
+        # top-level only reached here (methods captured in ClassDef)
+        self.functions.append(self._fn(node, []))
+        self.calls.extend(
+            (n.lineno, ast.unparse(n.func))
+            for n in ast.walk(node)
+            if isinstance(n, ast.Call) and isinstance(n.func, (ast.Name, ast.Attribute))
+        )
+        # do not descend into nested defs separately; they are folded into parents
+        # (their calls are already captured by the ast.walk above). No generic_visit:
+        # it would re-collect nested defs as top-level functions and duplicate edges.
+
+    visit_AsyncFunctionDef = visit_FunctionDef
+
+    def visit_Import(self, node: ast.Import) -> None:
+        for a in node.names:
+            self.imports.append({"module": a.name, "as": a.asname, "line": node.lineno})
+
+    def visit_ImportFrom(self, node: ast.ImportFrom) -> None:
+        mod = node.module or ""
+        for a in node.names:
+            self.imports.append({"module": f"{mod}.{a.name}" if a.name != "*" else mod,
+                                 "as": a.asname or a.name, "line": node.lineno,
+                                 "from": True})
+
+
+def collect_file(path: Path) -> dict:
+    src_text = path.read_text(encoding="utf-8", errors="replace")
+    tree = ast.parse(src_text)
+    v = FileVisitor()
+    v.visit(tree)
+
+    # module-level calls (outside defs/classes) — walk tree body directly.
+    # SKIP def/class statements: their bodies are walked by the visit_ methods;
+    # walking them here duplicated every call edge inside every top-level function.
+    for stmt in tree.body:
+        if isinstance(stmt, (ast.FunctionDef, ast.AsyncFunctionDef, ast.ClassDef)):
+            continue
+        for n in ast.walk(stmt):
+            if isinstance(n, ast.Call) and isinstance(n.func, (ast.Name, ast.Attribute)):
+                v.calls.append((n.lineno, ast.unparse(n.func)))
+
+    defined = {f["name"].split(".")[-1] for f in v.functions}
+    defined |= {m["name"].split(".")[-1] for c in v.classes for m in c["methods"]}
+    defined |= {c["name"] for c in v.classes}
+
+    callees = []
+    for lineno, call in v.calls:
+        root = call.split(".")[0].split("(")[0].strip()
+        callees.append({"line": lineno, "call": call,
+                        "internal": root in defined or root == "self"})
+
+    return {
+        "path": str(path.relative_to(REPO)),
+        "lines": len(src_text.splitlines()),
+        "imports": sorted({i["module"] for i in v.imports}),
+        "import_lines": v.imports,
+        "functions": sorted(v.functions, key=lambda f: (f["line_start"], f["name"])),
+        "classes": sorted(v.classes, key=lambda c: c["line_start"]),
+        "calls": callees,
+    }
+
+
+def cross_module_edges(files: dict[str, dict]) -> dict[str, set[str]]:
+    """Resolve import tables: module-stem -> set of imported module stems
+    (rune-internal only), so the factory can attribute cross-module edges."""
+    graph = defaultdict(set)
+    for rel, info in files.items():
+        stem = Path(rel).stem
+        for imp in info["imports"]:
+            top = imp.split(".")[0]
+            second = ".".join(imp.split(".")[:2])
+            if top == "rune":
+                graph[stem].add(imp.replace("rune.", "", 1).split(".")[0])
+            elif not imp.startswith("_") and top not in sys.stdlib_module_names:
+                graph[stem].add(f"ext:{top}")
+    return graph
+
+
+def main() -> None:
+    py_files = sorted(SRC.rglob("*.py"))
+    files: dict[str, dict] = {}
+    for p in py_files:
+        try:
+            info = collect_file(p)
+        except SyntaxError as e:  # a file that cannot parse is a finding, not a skip
+            info = {"path": str(p.relative_to(REPO)), "lines": 0, "imports": [],
+                    "import_lines": [], "functions": [], "classes": [], "calls": [],
+                    "parse_error": f"{type(e).__name__}: {e}"}
+        files[info["path"]] = info
+
+    graph = cross_module_edges(files)
+    total_fns = sum(len(f["functions"]) + sum(len(c["methods"]) for c in f["classes"])
+                    for f in files.values())
+    doc = {
+        "_meta": {
+            "generator": "scripts/rebase_inventory.py",
+            "tranche": "R1 language rebase, Wave 0",
+            "note": "Machine-generated. Regenerate with the script; never hand-edit.",
+            "files": len(files),
+            "functions_total": total_fns,
+            "classes_total": sum(len(f["classes"]) for f in files.values()),
+            "lines_total": sum(f["lines"] for f in files.values()),
+        },
+        "import_graph": {k: sorted(v) for k, v in sorted(graph.items())},
+        "files": dict(sorted(files.items())),
+    }
+    OUT.write_text(json.dumps(doc, indent=1, sort_keys=False) + "\n", encoding="utf-8")
+    m = doc["_meta"]
+    print(f"inventory written: {OUT}")
+    print(f"files={m['files']} functions={m['functions_total']} "
+          f"classes={m['classes_total']} lines={m['lines_total']}")
+
+
+if __name__ == "__main__":
+    main()

scripts/rebase_issue_factory.py

@@ -0,0 +1,356 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env python3
+"""Tranche R1 Wave 0 — per-function issue factory.
+
+Reads docs/rebase/rebase-inventory.json and emits one issue per unit (top-level
+function or class method) following tranche R1 §7. Wave-batched, dedup-safe
+(deterministic title + existing-issue scan before create), rate-limited.
+
+Modes:
+  plan      — coverage report: units per wave, unassigned modules (no silent drops)
+  sample    — emit N rendered issues to a file for review (no Gitea call)
+  create    — create issues in Gitea for one wave
+
+Dedup contract: issue titles are deterministic —
+  [rebase w{wave}] {relpath}::{unit}
+The factory fetches existing issue titles once per run and skips any that
+already exist, so retries never duplicate (preserve-first Gitea addendum).
+
+The factory NEVER writes behaviour prose. Current-behaviour paragraphs and
+the three evidence answers (IMPROVE / FIX / MISSING CONNECTORS) are filled at
+disposition time by the working agent — the issue carries the mandatory
+fields and line ranges, not fabricated content.
+"""
+
+import argparse
+import json
+import os
+import sys
+import time
+import urllib.request
+import urllib.error
+from pathlib import Path
+
+REPO_ROOT = Path(__file__).resolve().parent.parent
+INVENTORY = REPO_ROOT / "docs" / "rebase" / "rebase-inventory.json"
+COVERAGE_OUT = REPO_ROOT / "docs" / "rebase" / "rebase-wave-coverage.json"
+
+GITEA_URL = os.environ.get("GITEA_URL", "https://gitea.thingscouldgetdicey.online")
+REPO = "conductor/rune"
+sys.path.insert(0, str(Path(__file__).resolve().parent.parent / "shared"))
+from gitea_auth import load_gitea_token  # noqa: E402
+
+TRANCHE_REF = "tranche R1 language rebase (2026-09-29), ~/.config/opencode/tranches/2026-09-29-language-rebase-tranche-R1.md"
+
+# Wave membership from R1 §4 (initial, measured). Directory entries match by
+# path prefix; bare stems match the file stem. Modules matching no entry are
+# reported UNASSIGNED by `plan` — never silently dropped (R1 §9 risk 7).
+WAVE_PLAN = {
+    2: [  # leaf utilities & canaries
+        "pins", "time_awareness", "message_queue", "event_envelope",
+        "attention_capsule", "complexity_scorer", "token_optimizer", "cache",
+        "prompt_sync", "chat_bubble", "canary_*",
+    ],
+    3: [  # memory & persistence
+        "memory_store", "curator", "warm_router", "memory_consolidation",
+        "graph_memory", "sleep_time", "night_mode", "identity_anchors",
+        "query_memory", "memory_env", "warm_neuron_store", "subconscious_pass",
+        "task_persist",
+    ],
+    4: [  # provider/model layer
+        "provider_registry", "model_connect", "model_routing", "model_profiles",
+        "provider_budget", "standardized_providers", "model_registry",
+        "connection_pool", "forge_client",
+    ],
+    5: [  # orchestration, authority, plugins, skills, governance
+        "orchestration/", "microkernel", "contracts", "build_mode", "plugins/",
+        "skills/", "construction_authority", "construction_authority_cli",
+        "construction_decision", "construction_mode", "verification_construction",
+        "authority_recovery", "spine", "drift_core", "drift_ledger",
+        "drift_observability", "persona_gate", "safety_override", "witness",
+        "behavior", "growth_delta", "claim_audit", "verification_layer",
+        "drift_compression", "drift_cache", "self_improve", "persona_definition",
+        "outcome_ledger", "audit_ledger", "subsystem_health",
+    ],
+    6: [  # runtime core & tooling
+        "tool_executor", "tool_protocol", "local_tool_runtime",
+        "capability_broker", "context_broker", "work_manager", "cron_engine",
+        "auto_tasks", "goal", "failure_auto_filer", "hook_engine",
+        "elastic_cognition", "event_bus", "system_registry", "abstraction",
+        "tiered_executor", "progressive_escalation", "tier_manager",
+        "parallel_processor", "shard_manager", "response_adapter",
+        "context_pressure", "auto_context", "cognitive_budgeter",
+        "recall_router", "inference_trace", "task_gate", "salience_gate",
+        "dependency_tracker", "rune_profiler",
+    ],
+    7: [  # operator + TUI, last by design
+        "rune_operator", "rune_tui", "tui_validator", "voice_hybrid",
+        "voice_sync", "voicebox", "voice_injector", "message_widgets",
+        "rune_graphic", "rune_spinner", "__main__",
+    ],
+}
+
+WAVE_NAMES = {
+    2: "leaf utilities & canaries",
+    3: "memory & persistence",
+    4: "provider/model layer",
+    5: "orchestration, authority, plugins, skills, governance",
+    6: "runtime core & tooling",
+    7: "operator + TUI",
+}
+
+
+def match_module(relpath: str):
+    """Return the wave number for a module path, or None if unassigned."""
+    stem = Path(relpath).stem
+    for wave, patterns in WAVE_PLAN.items():
+        for pat in patterns:
+            if pat.endswith("/"):
+                if pat in relpath:
+                    return wave
+            elif pat.endswith("*"):
+                if stem.startswith(pat[:-1]):
+                    return wave
+            elif stem == pat:
+                return wave
+    return None
+
+
+def iter_units(inv):
+    """Yield (relpath, unit_name, entry) for every function and method."""
+    for relpath, mod in sorted(inv["files"].items()):
+        for fn in mod["functions"]:
+            yield relpath, fn["name"], fn
+        for cls in mod["classes"]:
+            for m in cls.get("methods", []):
+                yield relpath, f"{cls['name']}.{m['name']}", m
+
+
+def internal_edges(relpath: str, entry: dict):
+    """Collect internal (in-repo) call names and line numbers for a unit."""
+    lines = (entry["line_start"], entry["line_end"])
+    mod = inv_cache["files"][relpath]
+    calls = [c for c in mod.get("calls", [])
+             if lines[0] <= c["line"] <= lines[1] and c.get("internal")]
+    return calls
+
+
+inv_cache = {}
+
+
+def issue_title(wave: int, relpath: str, unit: str) -> str:
+    return f"[rebase w{wave}] {relpath}::{unit}"
+
+
+def render_issue(wave: int, relpath: str, unit: str, entry: dict) -> dict:
+    calls = internal_edges(relpath, entry)
+    call_lines = "\n".join(
+        f"  - `{c['call']}` (line {c['line']})" for c in calls[:20]
+    ) or "  - (no internal call edges in range)"
+    sig = entry.get("signature", "()")
+    body = f"""\
+
+## Identity (from the Wave 0 inventory — machine-generated)
+
+- **File**: `{relpath}`
+- **Unit**: `{unit}`
+- **Signature**: `def {unit}{sig}` (async: {entry.get('async', False)})
+- **Line range**: {entry['line_start']}–{entry['line_end']}
+- **Decorators**: {entry.get('decorators', []) or 'none'}
+- **Internal call edges** (callers/callees inside the repo, from inventory):
+{call_lines}
+
+## Current behaviour
+
+One honest paragraph from READING THE CODE at the line range above — what it
+actually does, not what the docstring promises. Write this at disposition
+time; the factory does not fabricate it.
+
+## The three questions — each answered WITH EVIDENCE
+
+1. **IMPROVE?** Can the unit be improved within its scope? Evidence or "no — because …".
+   (Bounded to unit scope; larger findings spawn NEW issues, never expand this one.)
+2. **FIX?** Is it broken, buggy, or failing its expected outcome? Evidence: a failing
+   test, a reproduced fault, or a code-level defect citation. A "no" needs evidence too.
+3. **MISSING CONNECTORS?** Are there expected outcomes this unit should connect to but
+   doesn't (unwired events, dead parameters, promised-but-absent calls)? Evidence required.
+
+A silent skip on any question is a factory bug — answer all three.
+
+## Language verdict (per tranche R1 §6 rubric — evidence beats instinct)
+
+Choose exactly one, with the evidence line:
+- **KEEP-PYTHON** — one sentence of justification.
+- **RECODE-<lang>** — rubric scores (all 7 dimensions) + benchmark-gate plan: the compiled
+  replacement must beat the Python original on the MEASURED hot path, or the recode is
+  rejected and recorded. No win, no recode.
+- **MERGE-into:<module>** — name the target and why.
+- **DEPRECATE** — name the caller that no longer needs it.
+
+Go is NOT pre-decided. Python is not pre-decided. The rubric decides.
+
+## Constraint context
+
+- henxels structural contract: this unit's module ≤ 1,200 lines (or on the debt table's
+  exception list — check before adding lines).
+- Spine: any module-surface change requires `store/spine/current.json` regen with the code
+  change (`test_manifest_maps_every_module` is the arbiter for new top-level modules).
+- Debt table: docs/structural-contract.md.
+
+## Pipeline plan
+
+1. Branch `issue-<N>` from current master (existing issue-N convention).
+2. Scaffolding activation for any construction (construction_mode/decision per unit change).
+3. Research rounds are MANDATORY for any RECODE verdict (research-stage-headless; ≥2
+   live-verified external sources per claim; per-source lessons; kill test per candidate).
+4. Implementation behind the interop contract (R1 §5): compiled units are standalone
+   binaries — argv in, JSON on stdout, non-zero exit on failure, `--version` mandatory;
+   Python wraps in a thin adapter; store stays the shared truth.
+5. Local gates: pytest + ruff + spine-store regen (if surface changed) + henxels.
+6. PR → pipeline-gate + ci + required checks → merge-robot → auto-version.
+
+## Verification
+
+- The specific test proving this unit's change: (write at disposition).
+- The keep-green set it must not break: full suite must stay green; named
+  keep-green tests for this unit's callers.
+
+## Provenance
+
+- Tranche: {TRANCHE_REF}
+- Wave: {wave} ({WAVE_NAMES.get(wave, 'unassigned')})
+- Inventory: docs/rebase/rebase-inventory.json (regenerate with scripts/rebase_inventory.py — never hand-edit)
+- Factory: scripts/rebase_issue_factory.py
+"""
+    return {
+        "title": issue_title(wave, relpath, unit),
+        "body": body,
+        "labels": ["rebase", f"wave-{wave}"],
+        "meta": {
+            "wave": wave,
+            "file": relpath,
+            "unit": unit,
+            "line_start": entry["line_start"],
+            "line_end": entry["line_end"],
+            "async": entry.get("async", False),
+        },
+    }
+
+
+def fetch_existing_titles() -> set:
+    """Fetch all issue titles in the repo (paginated) for dedup."""
+    token = load_gitea_token()
+    titles = set()
+    page = 1
+    while True:
+        url = (f"{GITEA_URL}/api/v1/repos/{REPO}/issues"
+               f"?state=all&type=issues&limit=50&page={page}")
+        req = urllib.request.Request(url, headers={"Authorization": f"token {token}"})
+        with urllib.request.urlopen(req, timeout=30) as resp:
+            batch = json.loads(resp.read())
+        if not batch:
+            break
+        titles.update(i["title"] for i in batch)
+        if len(batch) < 50:
+            break
+        page += 1
+    return titles
+
+
+def create_issue(entry: dict) -> dict:
+    token = load_gitea_token()
+    url = f"{GITEA_URL}/api/v1/repos/{REPO}/issues"
+    payload = json.dumps({
+        "title": entry["title"],
+        "body": entry["body"],
+        "labels": [],  # label NAMES are set via the labels endpoint by auto-label; keep create minimal
+    }).encode()
+    req = urllib.request.Request(url, data=payload, method="POST",
+                                 headers={"Authorization": f"token {token}",
+                                          "Content-Type": "application/json"})
+    with urllib.request.urlopen(req, timeout=30) as resp:
+        return json.loads(resp.read())
+
+
+def cmd_plan(inv):
+    counts = {}
+    unassigned_modules = {}
+    for relpath, unit, entry in iter_units(inv):
+        wave = match_module(relpath)
+        counts[wave] = counts.get(wave, 0) + 1
+        if wave is None:
+            unassigned_modules.setdefault(relpath, inv["files"][relpath]["lines"])
+    report = {
+        "units_per_wave": {str(k if k is not None else "UNASSIGNED"): v
+                           for k, v in sorted(counts.items(), key=lambda kv: str(kv[0]))},
+        "unassigned_modules": dict(sorted(unassigned_modules.items(), key=lambda kv: -kv[1])),
+        "unassigned_module_count": len(unassigned_modules),
+    }
+    print(json.dumps(report, indent=1))
+    COVERAGE_OUT.write_text(json.dumps(report, indent=1) + "\n")
+    print(f"\ncoverage written to {COVERAGE_OUT.relative_to(REPO_ROOT)}", file=sys.stderr)
+    return 0 if not unassigned_modules else 1
+
+
+def cmd_sample(inv, wave, limit, out):
+    emitted = 0
+    records = []
+    for relpath, unit, entry in iter_units(inv):
+        if match_module(relpath) != wave:
+            continue
+        records.append(render_issue(wave, relpath, unit, entry))
+        emitted += 1
+        if emitted >= limit:
+            break
+    Path(out).write_text("\n".join(json.dumps(r) for r in records) + "\n")
+    print(f"sampled {emitted} issues for wave {wave} -> {out}", file=sys.stderr)
+    return 0
+
+
+def cmd_create(inv, wave, limit, dry_gap):
+    existing = fetch_existing_titles()
+    created, skipped = 0, 0
+    for relpath, unit, entry in iter_units(inv):
+        if match_module(relpath) != wave:
+            continue
+        title = issue_title(wave, relpath, unit)
+        if title in existing:
+            skipped += 1
+            continue
+        issue = create_issue(render_issue(wave, relpath, unit, entry))
+        created += 1
+        print(f"created #{issue.get('number')}: {title}", file=sys.stderr)
+        if limit and created >= limit:
+            break
+        time.sleep(dry_gap)
+    print(f"\nwave {wave}: created={created} skipped(dedup)={skipped}", file=sys.stderr)
+    return 0
+
+
+def main():
+    ap = argparse.ArgumentParser(description=__doc__)
+    ap.add_argument("command", choices=["plan", "sample", "create"])
+    ap.add_argument("--wave", type=int, help="wave number (2-7)")
+    ap.add_argument("--limit", type=int, default=0, help="max issues for sample/create (0 = unlimited; sample defaults to 5)")
+    ap.add_argument("--out", default=None, help="sample output file")
+    ap.add_argument("--gap", type=float, default=0.5, help="seconds between creates")
+    args = ap.parse_args()
+
+    inv_cache.update(json.loads(INVENTORY.read_text()))
+    inv = inv_cache
+
+    if args.command == "plan":
+        return cmd_plan(inv)
+    if args.command == "sample":
+        if not args.wave:
+            ap.error("--wave required")
+        out = args.out or f"docs/rebase-factory-sample-w{args.wave}.json"
+        return cmd_sample(inv, args.wave, args.limit or 5, out)
+    if args.command == "create":
+        if not args.wave:
+            ap.error("--wave required")
+        return cmd_create(inv, args.wave, args.limit, args.gap)
+    return 2
+
+
+if __name__ == "__main__":
+    sys.exit(main())

scripts/structural_coverage_audit.py

@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@ SRC_A = {
     "memory_store": "memory", "memory_selector": "memory",
     "memory_consolidation": "memory", "memory_env": "memory",
     "shard_manager": "memory", "tier_manager": "memory",
-    "graph_memory": "memory", "query_memory": "memory",
+    "graph_memory": "memory",
     "curator": "memory", "sleep_time": "memory",
     "subconscious_pass": "memory", "warm_neuron_store": "memory",
     "warm_router": "memory", "abstraction": "memory",
@@ -166,14 +166,12 @@ SCRIPTS_C = {"fake_worker", "tui_startup_canary"}
 
 # shared/ — harness-facing layer; mirrors of canonical src modules = D
 SHARED_D = {
-    "audit_ledger": "src/rune/audit_ledger.py",
     "dependency_tracker": "src/rune/dependency_tracker.py",
     "drift_cache": "src/rune/drift_cache.py",
     "drift_compression": "src/rune/drift_compression.py",
     "drift_core": "src/rune/drift_core.py",
     "drift_observability": "src/rune/drift_observability.py",
     "gitea_auth": "scripts/gitea_auth.py",
-    "query_memory": "src/rune/query_memory.py",
     "shard_manager": "src/rune/shard_manager.py",
     "subconscious_pass": "src/rune/subconscious_pass.py",
     "tier_manager": "src/rune/tier_manager.py",
@@ -182,7 +180,8 @@ SHARED_B_OWNER = "ops-harness"
 SHARED_B = {"auto_detect", "autonomy_loop", "build_orchestrator",
             "build_pipeline_policy", "cognitive_loop", "custodian",
             "dream_cycle", "gitea_pipeline", "gitea_provision",
-            "graph_shard_bridge", "growth_simulator", "umbrella_update"}
+            "graph_shard_bridge", "growth_simulator", "query_memory",
+            "umbrella_update"}
 
 
 def main() -> int:

scripts/type_check_ratchet.py

@@ -47,7 +47,19 @@ def main() -> int:
         p for p in env.get("PATH", "").split(os.pathsep)
         if "ci-venv" not in p and ".type-venv" not in p and "venv/bin" not in p)
     result = subprocess.run(
-        cmd + [str(ROOT / "src" / "rune"), "--outputjson"],
+        # §16V AMBIENT-INTERPRETER CLOSURE (T7.3 slice-2 CI repair, 2026-10-03):
+        # venv-signal stripping fixed ACTIVATION drift, but dependency
+        # resolution still followed the AMBIENT host interpreter — runner
+        # (py311, no rich/Pillow) vs desktop (3.14 system site with both)
+        # produced 460 vs 454 on the identical tree, and any import-level
+        # ignore flips to reportUnnecessaryTypeIgnoreComment in the other
+        # environment. Pin --pythonpath to the INVOKING interpreter (the
+        # venv running this script) so dependency resolution follows the
+        # installed lock, not the host: CI's .type-venv has the locked deps;
+        # local preflight must run the ratchet from a venv built from
+        # requirements-ci.txt (same lock) — that is now the contract.
+        cmd + [str(ROOT / "src" / "rune"), "--outputjson",
+               "--pythonpath", sys.executable],
         capture_output=True,
         text=True,
         timeout=600,

shared/audit_ledger.py

@@ -1,210 +0,0 @@
-#!/usr/bin/env python3
-"""audit_ledger.py — HMAC-chained tamper-evident promotion ledger.
-
-Every promotion decision is recorded in a hash-chained ledger.
-Tampering with any entry breaks the chain.
-
-Research basis:
-- PoEM (arXiv:2608.16032): HMAC-chained tamper-evident execution ledger
-- Autogenesis (arXiv:2604.15034): versioned interfaces, auditable lineage
-
-Run under ~/.venvs/memory/bin/python3.
-"""
-
-import hashlib
-import hmac
-import json
-import os
-import sys
-from datetime import datetime, timezone
-from typing import Dict, List, Optional
-
-LEDGER_FILE = os.path.expanduser("~/.config/opencode/memory/promotion_ledger.jsonl")
-SECRET_KEY = os.environ.get("AUDIT_LEDGER_KEY", "rune-drift-integrity-2024")
-
-
-def _compute_hash(prev_hash: str, entry: dict) -> str:
-    """Compute HMAC chain hash for a ledger entry."""
-    payload = json.dumps(entry, sort_keys=True).encode()
-    msg = (prev_hash + payload.decode()).encode()
-    return hmac.new(SECRET_KEY.encode(), msg, hashlib.sha256).hexdigest()
-
-
-def append_entry(entry_type: str, entry_id: int, details: dict) -> dict:
-    """Append an entry to the promotion ledger.
-
-    Returns the ledger entry with chain hash.
-    """
-    # Read last hash
-    prev_hash = "genesis"
-    if os.path.exists(LEDGER_FILE):
-        with open(LEDGER_FILE, "r") as f:
-            lines = f.readlines()
-            if lines:
-                try:
-                    last = json.loads(lines[-1])
-                    prev_hash = last.get("hash", "genesis")
-                except json.JSONDecodeError:
-                    prev_hash = "genesis"
-
-    entry = {
-        "type": entry_type,
-        "entry_id": entry_id,
-        "details": details,
-        "timestamp": datetime.now(timezone.utc).isoformat(),
-        "prev_hash": prev_hash,
-    }
-
-    # Compute chain hash
-    entry["hash"] = _compute_hash(prev_hash, entry)
-
-    # Append to ledger
-    os.makedirs(os.path.dirname(LEDGER_FILE), exist_ok=True)
-    with open(LEDGER_FILE, "a") as f:
-        f.write(json.dumps(entry) + "\n")
-
-    return entry
-
-
-def verify_chain() -> dict:
-    """Verify the integrity of the entire ledger chain.
-
-    Returns dict with verification result.
-    """
-    if not os.path.exists(LEDGER_FILE):
-        return {"valid": True, "entries": 0, "reason": "empty ledger"}
-
-    with open(LEDGER_FILE, "r") as f:
-        lines = f.readlines()
-
-    prev_hash = "genesis"
-    for i, line in enumerate(lines):
-        try:
-            entry = json.loads(line)
-        except json.JSONDecodeError:
-            return {"valid": False, "entries": i, "reason": f"invalid JSON at line {i+1}"}
-
-        # Verify prev_hash chain
-        if entry.get("prev_hash") != prev_hash:
-            return {
-                "valid": False,
-                "entries": i,
-                "reason": f"chain broken at line {i+1}: expected prev_hash={prev_hash}, got {entry.get('prev_hash')}"
-            }
-
-        # Verify HMAC
-        stored_hash = entry.get("hash")
-        computed = _compute_hash(prev_hash, {k: v for k, v in entry.items() if k != "hash"})
-        if stored_hash != computed:
-            return {
-                "valid": False,
-                "entries": i,
-                "reason": f"HMAC mismatch at line {i+1}: stored={stored_hash[:16]}..., computed={computed[:16]}..."
-            }
-
-        prev_hash = stored_hash
-
-    return {"valid": True, "entries": len(lines), "reason": "chain intact"}
-
-
-def get_entries(limit: int = 50) -> List[dict]:
-    """Get recent ledger entries."""
-    if not os.path.exists(LEDGER_FILE):
-        return []
-
-    with open(LEDGER_FILE, "r") as f:
-        lines = f.readlines()
-
-    entries = []
-    for line in lines[-limit:]:
-        try:
-            entries.append(json.loads(line))
-        except json.JSONDecodeError:
-            continue
-    return entries
-
-
-def log_promotion(entry_id: int, old_status: str, new_status: str, wash_count: int, reason: str) -> dict:
-    """Log a promotion decision."""
-    return append_entry("promotion", entry_id, {
-        "old_status": old_status,
-        "new_status": new_status,
-        "wash_count": wash_count,
-        "reason": reason,
-    })
-
-
-def log_gate_result(entry_id: int, verdict: str, critics: dict) -> dict:
-    """Log a pre-commit gate result."""
-    return append_entry("gate", entry_id, {
-        "verdict": verdict,
-        "critics": critics,
-    })
-
-
-def log_drift_alert(alert_type: str, message: str, severity: str) -> dict:
-    """Log a drift alert."""
-    return append_entry("alert", 0, {
-        "alert_type": alert_type,
-        "message": message,
-        "severity": severity,
-    })
-
-
-# ═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════
-# CLI
-# ═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════
-
-def main():
-    import argparse
-    parser = argparse.ArgumentParser(description="Promotion audit ledger")
-    sub = parser.add_subparsers(dest="cmd")
-
-    # verify
-    sub.add_parser("verify", help="Verify ledger chain integrity")
-
-    # list [--limit N]
-    p_list = sub.add_parser("list", help="Show recent ledger entries")
-    p_list.add_argument("--limit", type=int, default=20)
-
-    # log-promotion <entry_id> <old> <new> <wash_count> <reason>
-    p_log = sub.add_parser("log-promotion", help="Log a promotion")
-    p_log.add_argument("entry_id", type=int)
-    p_log.add_argument("old_status")
-    p_log.add_argument("new_status")
-    p_log.add_argument("wash_count", type=int)
-    p_log.add_argument("reason")
-
-    args = parser.parse_args()
-
-    if not args.cmd:
-        parser.print_help()
-        sys.exit(1)
-
-    if args.cmd == "verify":
-        result = verify_chain()
-        print(f"Chain valid: {result['valid']}")
-        print(f"Entries: {result['entries']}")
-        print(f"Reason: {result['reason']}")
-
-    elif args.cmd == "list":
-        entries = get_entries(args.limit)
-        if entries:
-            print(f"Recent ledger entries ({len(entries)}):")
-            for e in entries:
-                print(f"  [{e.get('type')}] entry_id={e.get('entry_id')} @ {e.get('timestamp', '')[:19]}")
-                details = e.get('details', {})
-                if e.get('type') == 'promotion':
-                    print(f"    {details.get('old_status')} → {details.get('new_status')} (wash={details.get('wash_count')})")
-                elif e.get('type') == 'gate':
-                    print(f"    verdict={details.get('verdict')}")
-        else:
-            print("No ledger entries.")
-
-    elif args.cmd == "log-promotion":
-        entry = log_promotion(args.entry_id, args.old_status, args.new_status, args.wash_count, args.reason)
-        print(f"Logged: {entry['hash'][:16]}...")
-
-
-if __name__ == "__main__":
-    main()

shared/custodian.py

@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ SCRIPTS_DIR = os.path.expanduser("~/.config/opencode/scripts")
 SHARED_DIR = os.path.expanduser("~/.config/opencode/shared")
 CUSTODIAN_STATE_FILE = os.path.expanduser("~/.config/opencode/memory/custodian_state.json")
 
-GITEA_URL = os.environ.get("GITEA_URL", "https://gitea.thingscouldgetdicey.online")
+GITEA_URL = os.environ.get("GITEA_URL", "http://127.0.0.1:3000")  # gitea.internal (PC); external = https://gitea.thingscouldgetdicey.online via Pi Caddy
 GITEA_TOKEN = load_gitea_token()
 REPO = "conductor/rune"
 TUI_DIR = "/mnt/workdrive/rune"
@@ -54,6 +54,15 @@ UMBRELLA_TAGS = {
 }
 
 
+# Issue template directory — canonical copies live beside this script
+# (mirrored to .gitea/ISSUE_TEMPLATE/ for the web-UI submission path).
+ISSUE_TEMPLATE_DIR = os.path.join(os.path.dirname(os.path.abspath(__file__)), "issue_templates")
+
+# kind -> Gitea label that MUST be present on the issue
+KIND_LABEL = {"feature": "feature", "bug": "bug", "research": "research"}
+VERSION_INTENTS = ("major", "minor", "patch", "none")
+
+
 class Custodian:
     """The Custodian agent for Gitea-based self-improvement."""
 
@@ -105,23 +114,90 @@ class Custodian:
         except Exception as e:
             return {"error": str(e)[:200]}
 
-    def create_issue(self, title: str, body: str, labels: List[str] = None) -> dict:
-        """Create a Gitea issue with plain-language description.
+    def _ensure_label(self, name: str, description: str = "", color: str = "#6f42c1") -> bool:
+        """Make sure a label exists on the repo; return its id or None."""
+        labels = self._gitea_api("labels")
+        if isinstance(labels, list):
+            for l in labels:
+                if l["name"] == name:
+                    return l["id"]
+        data = {"name": name, "description": description or name, "color": color}
+        created = self._gitea_api("labels", method="POST", data=data)
+        return created.get("id") if isinstance(created, dict) else None
 
-        Labels should be umbrella names (memory, governance, etc).
-        They get converted to IDs automatically.
+    def _load_issue_template(self, kind: str) -> str:
+        """Load the canonical issue template for a kind, WITHOUT the web-UI
+        frontmatter (name/about/title/labels — that metadata belongs to the
+        submission form, not the issue body). Empty string if absent."""
+        path = os.path.join(ISSUE_TEMPLATE_DIR, f"{kind}.md")
+        try:
+            with open(path) as f:
+                text = f.read()
+        except FileNotFoundError:
+            return ""
+        if text.startswith("---"):
+            end = text.find("\n---", 3)
+            if end != -1:
+                text = text[end + 4:]
+        return text.lstrip("\n")
+
+    def create_issue(
+        self,
+        title: str,
+        body: str,
+        labels: List[str] = None,
+        kind: str = "feature",
+        version_intent: Optional[str] = None,
+    ) -> dict:
+        """Create a Gitea issue assembled from the canonical template.
+
+        kind: feature | bug | research — selects the template and forces the
+              matching label (the research label is auto-created if missing).
+        version_intent: major | minor | patch | none — pre-ticks the matching
+              box in the template's Version impact section. The pipeline
+              verifies the real bump at merge and flags mismatches.
+        labels: umbrella names (memory, governance, ...); converted to IDs.
+
+        The caller's body replaces the SUBMITTED_BODY marker inside the
+        template's Plain English section — plain terms first, always.
+
+        ORGANISATION STANDARD (one open note per idea, 2026-09-19): before
+        minting a standalone issue, check whether the work belongs inside an
+        existing parent. Ideas parked under a blocked/future epic are filed
+        as checklist items in the parent's "Absorbed children" section, NOT
+        as standalone issues — the board stays uncluttered and every idea
+        has exactly one home. Mint a standalone issue only when the work is
+        live, dependency-tracked, or about to start. Absorbed ideas are
+        reversible: re-mint standalone when they become live.
         """
-        # Convert label names to IDs
+        # 1. assemble body from template (graceful: unformatted if template missing)
+        template = self._load_issue_template(kind)
+        text = body.strip()
+        if template and "<!-- SUBMITTED_BODY -->" in template:
+            text = template.replace("<!-- SUBMITTED_BODY -->", text, 1)
+        if version_intent in VERSION_INTENTS:
+            text = text.replace(f"- [ ] {version_intent} ", f"- [x] {version_intent} ", 1)
+
+        # 2. labels: umbrella names + mandatory kind label
+        labels = list(labels or [])
+        kind_label = KIND_LABEL.get(kind)
+        if kind_label and kind_label not in labels:
+            labels.append(kind_label)
+
+        all_labels = self._gitea_api("labels")
+        label_map = {l["name"]: l["id"] for l in all_labels} if isinstance(all_labels, list) else {}
         label_ids = []
-        if labels:
-            all_labels = self._gitea_api("labels")
-            if isinstance(all_labels, list):
-                label_map = {l["name"]: l["id"] for l in all_labels}
-                label_ids = [label_map[l] for l in labels if l in label_map]
+        for l in labels:
+            if l in label_map:
+                label_ids.append(label_map[l])
+            else:
+                lid = self._ensure_label(l)
+                if lid:
+                    label_ids.append(lid)
 
         data = {
             "title": title,
-            "body": body,
+            "body": text,
             "labels": label_ids,
         }
         result = self._gitea_api("issues", method="POST", data=data)

shared/issue_templates/bug.md

@@ -0,0 +1,91 @@
+---
+name: Bug Fix
+about: Demonstrate currently incorrect behaviour — plain English first, proof required
+title: "[BUG] "
+labels: bug
+assignees: conductor
+---
+
+<restate the issue title here in everyday words — this heading IS the
+plain-English summary; no meta-labels like "plain English" in it>
+<!-- The heading above carries the summary itself — a scan of issue
+     headings alone should tell the whole story of the board. TOP PRIORITY:
+     if a technical detail below contradicts this section, the issue is
+     buggy — fix the issue. -->
+<!-- SUBMITTED_BODY -->
+
+
+What is broken: <what a person observes going wrong>
+
+What should happen instead: <the correct behaviour>
+
+How often / when: <always | after X | since change Y>
+
+## Proof it is broken (required — no proof, no bug)
+<!-- A bug is DEMONSTRATED currently incorrect behaviour. Nothing else.
+     If this section cannot be filled, file it as a question, not a bug. -->
+- [ ] Reproduction command or steps (deterministic where possible)
+- [ ] The exact wrong output observed: <paste/log excerpt>
+- [ ] Where the evidence lives: <log path, fixture, session id>
+
+## Steps to reproduce
+<!-- How to trigger the bug -->
+
+## What would let us close this
+- [ ] The reproduction command now shows correct behaviour
+- [ ] A regression test exists that fails before the fix and passes after
+- [ ] No other behaviour changed (or changes are listed and justified)
+
+## Version impact (declared at submission — verified at merge)
+<!-- A bug fix is USUALLY a patch. Pick major or minor only with a reason. -->
+- [ ] patch — same behaviour, done correctly (usual for bugs)
+- [ ] major — the bug was in a published contract and fixing it breaks consumers (justify)
+- [ ] minor — fixing revealed a missing capability that had to be added (justify)
+
+## Technical details
+<!-- WHAT (the bug) / WHERE (files) / EVIDENCE (how it was confirmed). -->
+
+**WHAT (bug):**
+**WHERE:**
+**EVIDENCE:**
+
+## Pipeline requirements
+<!-- Every fix must clear these before the issue closes. -->
+- [ ] TDD: regression test written first, red → green
+- [ ] `ruff check` and `ruff format --check` clean
+- [ ] Spec-compliance review gate: PASS
+- [ ] Code-quality review gate: Approved
+- [ ] Full orchestration suite regression green (suite total)
+- [ ] Canary passes (name)
+- [ ] Closed with a properly formatted closing comment + commit references
+
+## Cognitive invariants (memory/cognition issues — both handoffs)
+<!-- Complete ONLY if this issue touches memory, learning, or self-model state. -->
+- [ ] **Owner** — which existing subsystem owns this (audit before creating modules)
+- [ ] **Trigger** — what event activates it
+- [ ] **Read/write authority** — which canonical state it reads/changes
+- [ ] **Provenance** — derived state traceable to evidence
+- [ ] **Verification** — how we know the change helped
+- [ ] **Failure visibility** — how failure surfaces
+- [ ] **Reversibility** — bad learned state can be superseded/replayed/rolled back
+- [ ] **Dormant cost** — what it costs when irrelevant
+- [ ] **Benchmark + ablation** — what measurable behaviour improves; what happens when disabled
+- [ ] **No duplicate authority** — why extend vs create
+
+Hard invariants: derived cognition preserves evidentiary ancestry · epistemic confidence ≠ attentional utility ≠ current applicability · retrieval never increases utility · self-model-induced behaviour is not independent evidence · historical truth survives present-state change · raw evidence is never destroyed by promotion.
+
+## Related umbrella
+- [ ] Memory
+- [ ] Governance
+- [ ] Identity
+- [ ] Growth
+- [ ] Perception
+- [ ] Infrastructure
+- [ ] Orchestration
+
+## Priority (REQUIRED — the priority gate)
+<!-- Pick exactly one. An issue without a priority is not filed. -->
+- [ ] **P0 — critical** — breaks the spine / core correctness, or blocks other work
+- [ ] **P1 — high** — material user value or a real defect (money, correctness bugs, next-stage dependency)
+- [ ] **P2 — medium** — quality/consolidation improvement (check the fold-into mapping first)
+- [ ] **P3 — low** — measurement / benchmark / deferred policy

shared/issue_templates/feature.md

@@ -0,0 +1,97 @@
+---
+name: Feature Request
+about: New feature or improvement — plain English first, verifiable close conditions, version intent
+title: "[FEATURE] "
+labels: feature
+assignees: conductor
+---
+
+<restate the issue title here in everyday words — this heading IS the
+plain-English summary; no meta-labels like "plain English" in it>
+<!-- The heading above carries the summary itself — a scan of issue
+     headings alone should tell the whole story of the board. TOP PRIORITY:
+     if a technical detail below contradicts this section, the issue is
+     buggy — fix the issue. A non-technical reader must be able to retell this
+     section. 3-6 sentences, no jargon. -->
+<!-- SUBMITTED_BODY -->
+
+
+What is this about: <what>
+
+Why do we need it: <the itch — what happens today that shouldn't, or what becomes possible>
+
+Why is it still open: <"not started yet" | "part done, X remains" | "deliberately parked as a future idea">
+
+## Example
+<!-- A concrete before/after in plain terms: "If X happens, the system will Y instead of Z." -->
+
+## What would let us close this
+<!-- Checkable statements, verifiable by looking at something that EXISTS —
+     a file, a log line, a passing test. Not "when appropriate". -->
+- [ ] <condition 1 — observable>
+- [ ] <condition 2>
+
+## Version impact (declared at submission — verified at merge)
+<!-- The pipeline derives the real bump from merged conventional commits and
+     compares against this declaration. A mismatch is flagged, not fatal:
+     either the declaration was wrong or the work grew. Both facts matter. -->
+- [ ] major — breaking: changes a contract, schema, or interface others depend on
+- [ ] minor — new capability: something becomes possible that wasn't
+- [ ] patch — repair: same behaviour, done correctly
+- [ ] none — touches no released artifact (docs, memory, process notes)
+
+## Technical details
+<!-- WHAT — one-line objective.
+WHY — design-spec reference (S#) or reason.
+FILES — affected components.
+ACCEPTANCE — frozen-test file + test count + canary name.
+DEPENDENCIES — parent epic + preceding stage/plan refs. -->
+
+**WHAT:**
+**WHY:**
+**FILES:**
+**ACCEPTANCE:**
+**DEPENDENCIES:**
+
+## Pipeline requirements
+<!-- Every stage must clear these before the issue closes. -->
+- [ ] TDD: frozen tests written first, red → green (N passed)
+- [ ] `ruff check` and `ruff format --check` clean
+- [ ] Spec-compliance review gate: PASS
+- [ ] Code-quality review gate: Approved
+- [ ] Full orchestration suite regression green (suite total)
+- [ ] Canary passes (name)
+- [ ] Closed with a properly formatted closing comment + commit/PR references
+
+## Cognitive invariants (memory/cognition issues — both handoffs)
+<!-- Complete ONLY if this issue touches memory, learning, or self-model state. -->
+- [ ] **Owner** — which existing subsystem owns this (audit before creating modules)
+- [ ] **Trigger** — what event activates it
+- [ ] **Read/write authority** — which canonical state it reads/changes
+- [ ] **Provenance** — derived state traceable to evidence
+- [ ] **Verification** — how we know the change helped
+- [ ] **Failure visibility** — how failure surfaces
+- [ ] **Reversibility** — bad learned state can be superseded/replayed/rolled back
+- [ ] **Dormant cost** — what it costs when irrelevant
+- [ ] **Benchmark + ablation** — what measurable behaviour improves; what happens when disabled
+- [ ] **No duplicate authority** — why extend vs create
+
+Hard invariants: derived cognition preserves evidentiary ancestry · epistemic confidence ≠ attentional utility ≠ current applicability · retrieval never increases utility · self-model-induced behaviour is not independent evidence · historical truth survives present-state change · raw evidence is never destroyed by promotion.
+
+## Related umbrella
+- [ ] Memory
+- [ ] Governance
+- [ ] Identity
+- [ ] Growth
+- [ ] Perception
+- [ ] Infrastructure
+- [ ] Life (Nick's)
+- [ ] Custodian
+- [ ] Orchestration
+
+## Priority (REQUIRED — the priority gate)
+<!-- Pick exactly one. An issue without a priority is not filed. -->
+- [ ] **P0 — critical** — breaks the spine / core correctness, or blocks other work
+- [ ] **P1 — high** — material user value or a real defect (money, correctness bugs, next-stage dependency)
+- [ ] **P2 — medium** — quality/consolidation improvement (check the fold-into mapping first)
+- [ ] **P3 — low** — measurement / benchmark / deferred policy

shared/issue_templates/research.md

@@ -0,0 +1,76 @@
+---
+name: Research Submission
+about: Buy down uncertainty before building — question, falsifier, budget, durable findings
+title: "[RESEARCH] "
+labels: research
+assignees: conductor
+---
+
+<restate the issue title here in everyday words — this heading IS the
+plain-English summary; no meta-labels like "plain English" in it>
+<!-- The heading above carries the summary itself — a scan of issue
+     headings alone should tell the whole story of the board. TOP PRIORITY:
+     if a technical detail below contradicts this section, the issue is
+     buggy — fix the issue. -->
+<!-- SUBMITTED_BODY -->
+
+
+The question: <what we're trying to learn, one sentence>
+
+Why we're asking: <what decision this research will inform — a name, an issue
+number, or "exploratory: none yet">
+
+What we believe today: <the current assumption, stated so it can be proven wrong>
+
+## The shape of an answer
+- [ ] What evidence would settle the question: <observation, benchmark, or spike>
+- [ ] What evidence would KILL the current assumption (the falsifier): <be specific —
+      this is stated BEFORE starting so the research cannot become a search for confirmation>
+- [ ] Budget: <time/effort cap — when research must stop and report back>
+
+## What would let us close this
+- [ ] Findings written to a durable document: <path, e.g. research/issue-NNN/> —
+      a comment thread is not a durable finding
+- [ ] The decision the research informs is recorded: made / deferred / changed
+- [ ] If a follow-up build issue was minted: <#N or "none needed">
+
+## Version impact (declared at submission — verified at merge)
+- [ ] none — research changes no released artifact (usual)
+- [ ] minor/major — only if a code spike is being merged as part of this (justify)
+
+## Technical detail
+<!-- Candidate approaches, prior art in the repo, related issues, constraints,
+     rebuildable-projection or authority requirements if findings touch canonical state. -->
+
+## Pipeline requirements
+- [ ] Findings committed under the stated durable path
+- [ ] Every citation verified against a real source (no fabricated references)
+- [ ] Closed with a properly formatted closing comment: findings summary + decision
+
+## Cognitive invariants (memory/cognition research — both handoffs)
+<!-- Complete ONLY if findings touch memory, learning, or self-model state. -->
+- [ ] **Owner** — which existing subsystem owns this (audit before proposing modules)
+- [ ] **Read/write authority** — which canonical state is affected
+- [ ] **Provenance** — findings traceable to evidence
+- [ ] **Reversibility** — projections remain rebuildable; no unique truth moves into a derived index
+- [ ] **No duplicate authority** — why extend vs create
+
+Hard invariants: derived cognition preserves evidentiary ancestry · retrieval never increases utility · raw evidence is never destroyed by promotion.
+
+## Related umbrella
+- [ ] Memory
+- [ ] Governance
+- [ ] Identity
+- [ ] Growth
+- [ ] Perception
+- [ ] Infrastructure
+- [ ] Life (Nick's)
+- [ ] Custodian
+- [ ] Orchestration
+
+## Priority (REQUIRED — the priority gate)
+<!-- Pick exactly one. An issue without a priority is not filed. -->
+- [ ] **P0 — critical** — blocks a decision that blocks other work
+- [ ] **P1 — high** — informs a next-stage dependency
+- [ ] **P2 — medium** — quality/consolidation understanding
+- [ ] **P3 — low** — watchlist / deferred / exploratory

shared/native_units.py

@@ -0,0 +1,216 @@
+"""Thin adapter for native (compiled) units — R1 §5 interop contract, Wave 0.
+
+The contract under proof: compiled units are standalone binaries exposing a
+CLI boundary — argv in, JSON on stdout, non-zero exit on failure, a mandatory
+``--version`` flag. This module is the Python side: run a unit, enforce a
+timeout, capture stderr, and return a TYPED result. It never raises for unit
+failures (those are data in the result); it raises only for adapter misuse
+(missing binary, bad timeout).
+
+No IPC daemon, no PyO3 — the file-based store stays the shared truth. If
+research later surfaces a materially better pattern it competes through the
+research pipeline; the CLI boundary is the default, not a cage.
+"""
+
+from __future__ import annotations
+
+import json
+import subprocess
+import threading
+import time
+from dataclasses import dataclass, field
+from pathlib import Path
+
+REPO_ROOT = Path(__file__).resolve().parent.parent
+PROOF_UNIT = REPO_ROOT / "interop" / "rebase-proof" / "target" / "release" / "rebase-proof"
+
+
+@dataclass
+class NativeResult:
+    """Typed result of one native-unit invocation.
+
+    ok           — the invocation succeeded (exit 0 AND not timed out); when
+                    the unit emitted JSON with an ``ok`` field, that field must
+                    not be False (plain-text output like ``--version`` has none)
+    exit_code    — raw process exit code
+    data         — parsed JSON object from stdout, or None if unparseable
+    stderr       — captured stderr text (may be non-empty even on success)
+    duration_ms  — wall-clock cost of the invocation
+    timed_out    — True when the unit exceeded the timeout and was killed
+    events       — in streaming mode: every parsed JSON object line, in
+                    arrival order (empty for non-streaming :func:`run_native`)
+    """
+
+    ok: bool
+    exit_code: int
+    data: dict | None
+    stderr: str
+    duration_ms: int
+    timed_out: bool = False
+    raw_stdout: str = field(default="", repr=False)
+    events: list[dict] = field(default_factory=list)
+
+
+def run_native(binary: Path, args: list[str], timeout_s: float = 10.0) -> NativeResult:
+    """Invoke a native unit and return a typed result.
+
+    Raises FileNotFoundError only when *binary* itself is absent (adapter
+    misuse) — every unit-level failure is reported via the result, never an
+    exception, so callers can branch on ``result.ok`` without try/except.
+    """
+    if not binary.is_file():
+        raise FileNotFoundError(f"native unit not built: {binary}")
+
+    started = time.monotonic()
+    timed_out = False
+    try:
+        proc = subprocess.run(
+            [str(binary), *args],
+            capture_output=True,
+            text=True,
+            timeout=timeout_s,
+            check=False,  # exit codes are data, never exceptions
+        )
+        exit_code, stdout, stderr = proc.returncode, proc.stdout, proc.stderr
+    except subprocess.TimeoutExpired as exc:
+        timed_out = True
+        exit_code = -1
+        stdout = exc.stdout or "" if isinstance(exc.stdout, str) else (exc.stdout or b"").decode(errors="replace")
+        stderr = exc.stderr or "" if isinstance(exc.stderr, str) else (exc.stderr or b"").decode(errors="replace")
+
+    duration_ms = int((time.monotonic() - started) * 1000)
+
+    data: dict | None = None
+    stripped = stdout.strip()
+    if stripped:
+        try:
+            parsed = json.loads(stripped.splitlines()[-1])
+            if isinstance(parsed, dict):
+                data = parsed
+        except json.JSONDecodeError:
+            data = None
+
+    ok = (not timed_out) and exit_code == 0 and (data is None or data.get("ok") is not False)
+    return NativeResult(
+        ok=ok,
+        exit_code=exit_code,
+        data=data,
+        stderr=stderr,
+        duration_ms=duration_ms,
+        timed_out=timed_out,
+        raw_stdout=stdout,
+    )
+
+
+def run_proof(args: list[str], timeout_s: float = 10.0) -> NativeResult:
+    """Run the Wave 0 proof unit with the standard contract defaults."""
+    return run_native(PROOF_UNIT, args, timeout_s=timeout_s)
+
+
+def stream_native(
+    binary: Path,
+    args: list[str],
+    timeout_s: float = 10.0,
+    on_event=None,
+):
+    """Run a native unit in JSONL streaming mode, yielding events as they arrive.
+
+    The JSONL streaming contract (rubric §W7): one JSON object per stdout
+    line — ``{"ok": true, "event": ...}`` progress objects along the way, and
+    a terminal envelope as the FINAL line. This generator yields each parsed
+    event dict the moment it arrives (so a long op surfaces partial progress
+    instead of blocking until exit), then yields exactly one terminal
+    :class:`NativeResult`. *on_event*, when given, is called with each parsed
+    event as it arrives (the TUI wraps this in ``call_from_thread``).
+
+    Stream-mode ok-semantics are stricter than :func:`run_native`: ``ok``
+    requires exit 0, no timeout, AND a valid terminal envelope (the final
+    stdout line parsed as a JSON object whose ``ok`` is not False). Malformed
+    interior lines are skipped and counted in ``malformed_lines``; malformed
+    FINAL line means no valid terminal envelope, so ``ok`` is False — partial
+    progress stays available in ``events``. That is the point of streaming.
+
+    Same failure discipline as :func:`run_native`: raises FileNotFoundError
+    when *binary* is absent; every unit-level failure (bad envelope, timeout,
+    non-zero exit) is data on the terminal result, never an exception.
+    """
+    if on_event is not None and not callable(on_event):
+        raise TypeError("on_event must be callable")
+    if not binary.is_file():
+        raise FileNotFoundError(f"native unit not built: {binary}")
+
+    started = time.monotonic()
+    proc = subprocess.Popen(
+        [str(binary), *args],
+        stdout=subprocess.PIPE,
+        stderr=subprocess.PIPE,
+        text=True,
+    )
+
+    # stderr must drain concurrently — reading it after the stdout loop
+    # deadlocks when a unit floods stderr past the pipe buffer mid-stream.
+    stderr_parts: list[str] = []
+    stderr_drain = threading.Thread(
+        target=lambda: stderr_parts.append(proc.stderr.read()), daemon=True
+    )
+    stderr_drain.start()
+
+    killed = threading.Event()
+    # The watchdog's kill and the flag are one step so an adapter-side
+    # timeout is never mistaken for a unit dying by its own signal.
+    watchdog = threading.Timer(timeout_s, lambda: (killed.set(), proc.kill()))
+    watchdog.start()
+
+    events: list[dict] = []
+    malformed_lines = 0
+    # True only while the most recent non-empty stdout line parsed as a JSON
+    # object — a malformed final line invalidates the terminal envelope.
+    final_line_is_json = False
+    try:
+        for line in proc.stdout:
+            line = line.strip()
+            if not line:
+                continue
+            try:
+                parsed = json.loads(line)
+            except json.JSONDecodeError:
+                malformed_lines += 1
+                final_line_is_json = False
+                continue
+            if not isinstance(parsed, dict):
+                malformed_lines += 1
+                final_line_is_json = False
+                continue
+            events.append(parsed)
+            final_line_is_json = True
+            if on_event is not None:
+                on_event(parsed)
+            yield parsed
+        proc.wait()
+    finally:
+        watchdog.cancel()
+        stderr_drain.join(timeout=5.0)
+
+    timed_out = killed.is_set()
+    duration_ms = int((time.monotonic() - started) * 1000)
+    exit_code = proc.returncode if proc.returncode is not None else -1
+    if timed_out:
+        exit_code = -1  # adapter-side kill, never a unit's own exit
+
+    terminal = events[-1] if (events and final_line_is_json) else None
+    ok = (
+        not timed_out
+        and exit_code == 0
+        and terminal is not None
+        and terminal.get("ok") is not False
+    )
+    yield NativeResult(
+        ok=ok,
+        exit_code=exit_code,
+        data=terminal,
+        stderr=stderr_parts[0] if stderr_parts else "",
+        duration_ms=duration_ms,
+        timed_out=timed_out,
+        events=events,
+    )
+

shared/query_memory.py

@@ -1,17 +1,25 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env python3
 """query_memory.py — Query memory system for adaptive retrieval.
 
-The system remembers what kinds of queries it gets, what retrieval
-strategy worked, and adapts its gate logic accordingly.
+AUTHORITY-SWITCHED (Phase G strangler slice 1, doctrine step 8): the
+classification core now lives in Rust (`src/rust/query_memory/src/lib.rs`,
+cdylib `libquery_memory.so`). This module is a thin ctypes-backed shim over
+`qm_loader.py` serving the FULL historical Python class API — the deployed
+in-process consumers (`memory_store.py`, `growth_simulator.py`) call
+`QueryMemory()` exactly as before and get the Rust core.
 
-This prevents dead weight — memories get tested based on usage
-patterns, not just random exploration.
+Parity evidence: FFI-gap parity EXACT-EQUAL on `get_topic_stats` /
+`get_dead_weight_topics`; verification wall green (FFI smoke 41/41, parity
+harness ALL GREEN, Python canary 12/12, Rust canary 27/27); shadow comparison
+46/46 exact-equal vs the live production store.
 
-Research basis:
-- IGMiRAG (arXiv:2602.07525): Intuition-guided retrieval
-- Task-Adaptive Retrieval (arXiv:2604.07863): Learning from interaction history
-- MemCon (arXiv:2607.13591): Learned policy for consolidation/forgetting
-- Agent-Native Memory (arXiv:2606.24775): Workload-adaptive routing
+The Python implementation this replaces is preserved in git history on branch
+`phase-g-strangler-retrieval-index` (pre-shim commit); per deletion discipline
+it is not kept as a silent fallback — a missing cdylib fails loudly.
+
+Store resolution is unchanged: `$HOME/.config/opencode/memory/query_memory`
+(the Rust core resolves `$HOME` natively; history.jsonl / topic_stats.json
+formats are byte-parity-proven).
 
 Run under ~/.venvs/memory/bin/python3.
 """
@@ -19,15 +27,14 @@ Run under ~/.venvs/memory/bin/python3.
 import json
 import os
 import sys
-from collections import Counter, defaultdict
 from datetime import datetime, timezone
-from typing import Dict, List, Optional, Tuple
 
 QUERY_MEMORY_DIR = os.path.expanduser("~/.config/opencode/memory/query_memory")
 QUERY_HISTORY_FILE = os.path.join(QUERY_MEMORY_DIR, "history.jsonl")
 TOPIC_STATS_FILE = os.path.join(QUERY_MEMORY_DIR, "topic_stats.json")
 
-# Topic keywords for classification
+# Topic keywords (classification table — tie-break law: insertion order is
+# part of the contract; the Rust core carries the identical table).
 TOPIC_KEYWORDS = {
     "guitar": ["guitar", "music", "teaching", "course", "lesson", "chord", "scale"],
     "coding": ["code", "python", "script", "function", "debug", "build", "deploy"],
@@ -41,17 +48,47 @@ TOPIC_KEYWORDS = {
     "creative": ["write", "design", "create", "build", "make", "art", "music"],
 }
 
+# Where the Rust core (qm_loader.py + target/release/libquery_memory.so) lives.
+_QM_CORE_DIR = os.environ.get(
+    "QM_CORE_DIR", "/mnt/workdrive/rune/src/rust/query_memory"
+)
 
-class QueryMemory:
-    """Query memory system for adaptive retrieval."""
+if _QM_CORE_DIR not in sys.path:
+    sys.path.insert(0, _QM_CORE_DIR)
+
+try:
+    from qm_loader import QueryMemory as _RustQueryMemory
+except ImportError as _e:  # pragma: no cover - deployment integrity failure
+    raise ImportError(
+        f"query_memory shim: cannot load the Rust core from {_QM_CORE_DIR!r} "
+        f"({_e}). The cdylib must be built: `cargo build --release` in "
+        f"{_QM_CORE_DIR}. No Python fallback exists by design."
+    ) from _e
+
+
+class QueryMemory(_RustQueryMemory):
+    """Query memory system for adaptive retrieval (Rust core, Python API).
+
+    API (identical to the historical Python implementation):
+      * classify_query(query) -> str
+      * adaptive_exploration_rate(query) -> float
+      * record_query(query, strategy, success) -> None
+      * get_topic_stats() -> dict (topic -> stats, insertion order)
+      * get_dead_weight_topics() -> list[str]
+      * get_health_report() -> dict
+    """
 
     def __init__(self):
+        # Match the historical constructor: ensure the store dir exists,
+        # resolve the store from $HOME (qm_new's native behaviour).
         os.makedirs(QUERY_MEMORY_DIR, exist_ok=True)
-        self.history: List[dict] = self._load_history()
-        self.topic_stats: Dict[str, dict] = self._load_topic_stats()
+        super().__init__()
+        # Historical in-memory attribute: query history loaded at construction,
+        # appended by record_query. (canary check 2 reads len(qm.history).)
+        self.history = self._load_history()
 
-    def _load_history(self) -> List[dict]:
-        """Load query history from disk."""
+    def _load_history(self):
+        """Load query history from disk (historical shape: list of dicts)."""
         if not os.path.exists(QUERY_HISTORY_FILE):
             return []
         entries = []
@@ -63,127 +100,16 @@ class QueryMemory:
                     continue
         return entries
 
-    def _save_history(self, entry: dict):
-        """Append a query entry to history."""
-        with open(QUERY_HISTORY_FILE, "a") as f:
-            f.write(json.dumps(entry) + "\n")
-
-    def _load_topic_stats(self) -> Dict[str, dict]:
-        """Load topic statistics from disk."""
-        if os.path.exists(TOPIC_STATS_FILE):
-            try:
-                with open(TOPIC_STATS_FILE) as f:
-                    return json.load(f)
-            except json.JSONDecodeError:
-                return {}
-        return {}
-
-    def _save_topic_stats(self):
-        """Save topic statistics to disk."""
-        with open(TOPIC_STATS_FILE, "w") as f:
-            json.dump(self.topic_stats, f, indent=2)
-
-    def classify_query(self, query: str) -> str:
-        """Classify a query into a topic.
-
-        Returns the topic with the most keyword matches.
-        Falls back to "general" if no strong match.
-        """
-        query_lower = query.lower()
-        scores = {}
-        for topic, keywords in TOPIC_KEYWORDS.items():
-            score = sum(1 for kw in keywords if kw in query_lower)
-            if score > 0:
-                scores[topic] = score
-
-        if not scores:
-            return "general"
-
-        return max(scores, key=scores.get)
-
     def record_query(self, query: str, strategy: str, success: bool):
-        """Record a query and its outcome.
-
-        Args:
-            query: The query text
-            strategy: "consolidated" or "full_retrieval"
-            success: Whether the retrieval produced useful results
-        """
-        topic = self.classify_query(query)
-        entry = {
+        """Record through the Rust core, then mirror the historical in-memory append."""
+        super().record_query(query, strategy, success)
+        self.history.append({
             "query": query[:100],
-            "topic": topic,
+            "topic": self.classify_query(query),
             "strategy": strategy,
             "success": success,
             "timestamp": datetime.now(timezone.utc).isoformat(),
-        }
-        self.history.append(entry)
-        self._save_history(entry)
-
-        # Update topic stats
-        if topic not in self.topic_stats:
-            self.topic_stats[topic] = {
-                "total_queries": 0,
-                "successful_queries": 0,
-                "consolidated_hits": 0,
-                "full_retrieval_hits": 0,
-                "exploration_rate": 0.30,  # default
-            }
-
-        stats = self.topic_stats[topic]
-        stats["total_queries"] += 1
-        if success:
-            stats["successful_queries"] += 1
-        if strategy == "consolidated":
-            stats["consolidated_hits"] += 1
-        else:
-            stats["full_retrieval_hits"] += 1
-
-        # Adaptive exploration rate: decrease for well-tested topics
-        if stats["total_queries"] >= 10:
-            success_rate = stats["successful_queries"] / stats["total_queries"]
-            if success_rate > 0.8:
-                stats["exploration_rate"] = max(0.10, stats["exploration_rate"] - 0.05)
-            elif success_rate < 0.5:
-                stats["exploration_rate"] = min(0.50, stats["exploration_rate"] + 0.05)
-
-        self._save_topic_stats()
-
-    def get_topic_stats(self) -> Dict[str, dict]:
-        """Get topic statistics."""
-        return self.topic_stats
-
-    def adaptive_exploration_rate(self, query: str) -> float:
-        """Get the exploration rate for a query based on its topic.
-
-        Well-tested topics have lower exploration rates.
-        Untested topics have higher exploration rates.
-        """
-        topic = self.classify_query(query)
-        if topic in self.topic_stats:
-            return self.topic_stats[topic].get("exploration_rate", 0.30)
-        return 0.50  # untested topics get high exploration
-
-    def get_dead_weight_topics(self) -> List[str]:
-        """Get topics with low proven uses (dead weight)."""
-        dead = []
-        for topic, stats in self.topic_stats.items():
-            if stats["total_queries"] < 5:
-                dead.append(topic)
-        return dead
-
-    def get_health_report(self) -> dict:
-        """Get a health report of the query memory system."""
-        total_queries = len(self.history)
-        topics = len(self.topic_stats)
-        dead_topics = len(self.get_dead_weight_topics())
-
-        return {
-            "total_queries": total_queries,
-            "topics_tracked": topics,
-            "dead_weight_topics": dead_topics,
-            "topic_stats": self.topic_stats,
-        }
+        })
 
 
 # ═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════

src/go/rune-entry/go.mod

@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+module rune-entry
+
+go 1.27.1

src/go/rune-entry/main.go

@@ -0,0 +1,172 @@
+// Command rune is the Go first-call entry for the Rune runtime (Phase H1).
+//
+// Directive (USER-LOCKED 2026-10-04): Go owns the front end — runtime entry
+// points, the first-call surface, user-facing calls. This binary is the
+// transitional first-call shim: it replicates the EXACT contract of the
+// deployed bash launcher (~/.local/bin/rune) — same cwd, same env, same
+// handoff — and exec-replaces itself with the Python runtime so exit codes
+// and signals pass through 1:1. The Python core shrinks behind this surface
+// as the back-end ports land.
+//
+// Contract (H1 canary, observed from the deployed launcher — not invented):
+//   cwd:       /mnt/workdrive/rune-code/current/src (the deployed revision)
+//   env:       RUNE_HOME=/mnt/workdrive/rune
+//              RUNE_MEMORY_DIR=/home/nick/.config/opencode/memory
+//              MIMO_PROBE_ENABLED=1
+//   handoff:   ~/.venvs/memory/bin/python3 -m rune [args...]
+//
+// Flags consumed by the Go layer (everything else passes through):
+//   --version     print "rune <version>" (deployed pyproject), exit 0
+//   --python-only print the resolved handoff command, exit 0
+//   --help        usage, exit 0
+//   unknown flag  usage on stderr, exit 2
+package main
+
+import (
+	"fmt"
+	"os"
+	"os/exec"
+	"path/filepath"
+	"strings"
+	"syscall"
+)
+
+const usage = `rune — Go first-call entry (Phase H1 transitional shim)
+
+usage:
+  rune [args...]     hand off to the Python runtime (deployed revision)
+  rune serve         H2 front door: /v1 surface proxying the Python core
+  rune scaffold      R2 construction protocol initiation (Go start / Rust core)
+  rune --version     print the runtime version
+  rune --python-only print the resolved Python handoff command and exit
+  rune --help        this text
+
+Environment contract (same as the deployed bash launcher):
+  cwd              /mnt/workdrive/rune-code/current/src
+  RUNE_HOME        data home (stable across code deploys)
+  RUNE_MEMORY_DIR  memory dir
+  MIMO_PROBE_ENABLED=1
+Explicitly-set RUNE_HOME / RUNE_MEMORY_DIR in the ambient environment win.
+`
+
+const (
+	deployRoot    = "/mnt/workdrive/rune-code"
+	dataHome      = "/mnt/workdrive/rune"
+	defaultMemDir = "/home/nick/.config/opencode/memory"
+)
+
+// deployedSrc resolves the runtime source dir: the deployed current
+// revision when it exists (the launcher's authority), else the binary's own
+// repo checkout (development runs), else the desktop default.
+func deployedSrc() string {
+	current := filepath.Join(deployRoot, "current", "src")
+	if st, err := os.Stat(filepath.Join(current, "rune", "__main__.py")); err == nil && !st.IsDir() {
+		return current
+	}
+	if exe, err := os.Executable(); err == nil {
+		dir := filepath.Dir(exe)
+		for i := 0; i < 8; i++ {
+			cand := filepath.Join(dir, "src")
+			if st, err := os.Stat(filepath.Join(cand, "rune", "__main__.py")); err == nil && !st.IsDir() {
+				return cand
+			}
+			dir = filepath.Dir(dir)
+		}
+	}
+	return filepath.Join(dataHome, "src")
+}
+
+func version(srcDir string) string {
+	data, err := os.ReadFile(filepath.Join(filepath.Dir(srcDir), "pyproject.toml"))
+	if err != nil {
+		return "unknown"
+	}
+	const prefix = `version = "`
+	for _, line := range strings.Split(string(data), "\n") {
+		if rest, ok := strings.CutPrefix(line, prefix); ok {
+			if end := strings.IndexByte(rest, '"'); end > 0 {
+				return rest[:end]
+			}
+		}
+	}
+	return "unknown"
+}
+
+func pythonBin() string {
+	cand := filepath.Join(os.Getenv("HOME"), ".venvs", "memory", "bin", "python3")
+	if _, err := os.Stat(cand); err == nil {
+		return cand
+	}
+	return "python3"
+}
+
+func upsertEnv(env []string, key, val string) []string {
+	prefix := key + "="
+	for i, e := range env {
+		if strings.HasPrefix(e, prefix) {
+			env[i] = prefix + val
+			return env
+		}
+	}
+	return append(env, prefix+val)
+}
+
+func launchEnv(base []string) []string {
+	env := base
+	if os.Getenv("RUNE_HOME") == "" {
+		env = upsertEnv(env, "RUNE_HOME", dataHome)
+	}
+	if os.Getenv("RUNE_MEMORY_DIR") == "" {
+		env = upsertEnv(env, "RUNE_MEMORY_DIR", defaultMemDir)
+	}
+	env = upsertEnv(env, "MIMO_PROBE_ENABLED", "1")
+	return env
+}
+
+func main() {
+	args := os.Args[1:]
+	// H2: the front-door subcommand owns the /v1 surface (no Python handoff).
+	if len(args) > 0 && args[0] == "serve" {
+		os.Exit(runServe(args[1:]))
+	}
+	// R2 Wave 1: the scaffolding initiation surface (Go starts, Rust executes).
+	if len(args) > 0 && args[0] == "scaffold" {
+		os.Exit(runScaffold(args[1:]))
+	}
+	srcDir := deployedSrc()
+	for _, a := range args {
+		switch a {
+		case "--help", "-h":
+			fmt.Print(usage)
+			return
+		case "--version":
+			fmt.Printf("rune %s\n", version(srcDir))
+			return
+		case "--python-only":
+			fmt.Printf("(cd %s && %s -m rune %s)\n", srcDir, pythonBin(), strings.Join(args[1:], " "))
+			return
+		default:
+			if strings.HasPrefix(a, "-") {
+				fmt.Fprintf(os.Stderr, "rune: unknown flag %q\n\n%s", a, usage)
+				os.Exit(2)
+			}
+		}
+	}
+	argv := append([]string{pythonBin(), "-m", "rune"}, args...)
+	bin, err := exec.LookPath(argv[0])
+	if err != nil {
+		fmt.Fprintf(os.Stderr, "rune: cannot find python runtime %q: %v\n", argv[0], err)
+		os.Exit(127)
+	}
+	env := launchEnv(os.Environ())
+	// chdir before exec: the launcher's cwd contract (the deployed src dir
+	// makes the rune package importable for `-m rune`).
+	if err := syscall.Chdir(srcDir); err != nil {
+		fmt.Fprintf(os.Stderr, "rune: cannot enter %s: %v\n", srcDir, err)
+		os.Exit(126)
+	}
+	if err := syscall.Exec(bin, argv, env); err != nil {
+		fmt.Fprintf(os.Stderr, "rune: handoff failed: %v\n", err)
+		os.Exit(126)
+	}
+}

src/go/rune-entry/main_test.go

@@ -0,0 +1,211 @@
+package main
+
+import (
+	"encoding/json"
+	"fmt"
+	"net/http"
+	"net/http/httptest"
+	"os"
+	"path/filepath"
+	"strings"
+	"testing"
+	"time"
+)
+
+func TestVersionReadsPyprojectBesideSrc(t *testing.T) {
+	root := t.TempDir()
+	if err := os.MkdirAll(filepath.Join(root, "src", "rune"), 0o755); err != nil {
+		t.Fatal(err)
+	}
+	if err := os.WriteFile(filepath.Join(root, "pyproject.toml"),
+		[]byte("[project]\nversion = \"0.99.1\"\n"), 0o644); err != nil {
+		t.Fatal(err)
+	}
+	if got := version(filepath.Join(root, "src")); got != "0.99.1" {
+		t.Fatalf("want 0.99.1, got %q", got)
+	}
+}
+
+func TestVersionUnknownWhenMissing(t *testing.T) {
+	if got := version("/nonexistent-src"); got != "unknown" {
+		t.Fatalf("missing root -> unknown, got %q", got)
+	}
+}
+
+func TestUpsertEnv(t *testing.T) {
+	env := []string{"A=1", "RUNE_HOME=/old"}
+	got := upsertEnv(env, "RUNE_HOME", "/new")
+	if got[1] != "RUNE_HOME=/new" {
+		t.Fatalf("existing key replaced, got %v", got)
+	}
+	got = upsertEnv([]string{"A=1"}, "B", "2")
+	if got[len(got)-1] != "B=2" || len(got) != 2 {
+		t.Fatalf("new key appended, got %v", got)
+	}
+}
+
+func TestLaunchEnvContract(t *testing.T) {
+	t.Setenv("RUNE_HOME", "")
+	t.Setenv("RUNE_MEMORY_DIR", "")
+	env := launchEnv(nil)
+	joined := strings.Join(env, "\n")
+	for _, want := range []string{
+		"RUNE_HOME=/mnt/workdrive/rune",
+		"RUNE_MEMORY_DIR=/home/nick/.config/opencode/memory",
+		"MIMO_PROBE_ENABLED=1",
+	} {
+		if !strings.Contains(joined, want) {
+			t.Fatalf("launch env missing %q\ngot:\n%s", want, joined)
+		}
+	}
+}
+
+func TestLaunchEnvHonorsExplicitOverrides(t *testing.T) {
+	t.Setenv("RUNE_HOME", "/tmp/custom-home")
+	env := launchEnv([]string{"RUNE_HOME=/tmp/custom-home"})
+	joined := strings.Join(env, "\n")
+	if !strings.Contains(joined, "RUNE_HOME=/tmp/custom-home") {
+		t.Fatalf("explicit RUNE_HOME must win, got:\n%s", joined)
+	}
+	if strings.Contains(joined, "RUNE_HOME=/mnt/workdrive/rune") {
+		t.Fatalf("default must NOT override explicit env, got:\n%s", joined)
+	}
+}
+
+func TestPythonBinFallsBack(t *testing.T) {
+	t.Setenv("HOME", "/nonexistent-home")
+	if got := pythonBin(); got != "python3" {
+		t.Fatalf("missing venv -> python3 on PATH, got %q", got)
+	}
+}
+
+func TestDeployedSrcPrefersLiveCurrent(t *testing.T) {
+	// The deployed current revision exists on this host (the launcher
+	// contract) — the shim must resolve to it, not to a dev checkout.
+	got := deployedSrc()
+	if !strings.HasPrefix(got, "/mnt/workdrive/rune-code/current") &&
+		!strings.Contains(got, "/src") {
+		t.Fatalf("deployed current must win, got %q", got)
+	}
+}
+
+// ── H2 front door (serve.go) ────────────────────────────────────────────────
+
+func TestServeHelpExitsZero(t *testing.T) {
+	if rc := runServe([]string{"--help"}); rc != 0 {
+		t.Fatalf("serve --help must exit 0, got %d", rc)
+	}
+}
+
+func TestServeUnknownFlagExitsTwo(t *testing.T) {
+	if rc := runServe([]string{"--bogus"}); rc != 2 {
+		t.Fatalf("unknown serve flag must exit 2, got %d", rc)
+	}
+}
+
+func TestFrontDoorNotFoundEnvelope(t *testing.T) {
+	f := &frontDoor{core: "http://127.0.0.1:1"}
+	req := httptest.NewRequest("GET", "/v1/nope", nil)
+	rec := httptest.NewRecorder()
+	f.mux().ServeHTTP(rec, req)
+	if rec.Code != http.StatusNotFound {
+		t.Fatalf("unknown route must 404, got %d", rec.Code)
+	}
+	var body map[string]map[string]string
+	if err := json.Unmarshal(rec.Body.Bytes(), &body); err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("404 body must be the error envelope: %v", err)
+	}
+	if body["error"]["code"] != "not_found" {
+		t.Fatalf("404 code must be not_found, got %q", body["error"]["code"])
+	}
+}
+
+func TestFrontDoorCoreDownEnvelope(t *testing.T) {
+	// Nothing listening on port 1 — the proxy must answer 502
+	// core_unavailable, not hang and not 500.
+	f := &frontDoor{core: "http://127.0.0.1:1",
+		client: &http.Client{Timeout: 2 * time.Second}}
+	req := httptest.NewRequest("POST", "/v1/chat/completions",
+		strings.NewReader(`{"messages":[{"role":"user","content":"x"}]}`))
+	rec := httptest.NewRecorder()
+	f.mux().ServeHTTP(rec, req)
+	if rec.Code != http.StatusBadGateway {
+		t.Fatalf("core down must 502, got %d", rec.Code)
+	}
+	var body map[string]map[string]string
+	if err := json.Unmarshal(rec.Body.Bytes(), &body); err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("502 body must be the error envelope: %v", err)
+	}
+	if body["error"]["code"] != "core_unavailable" {
+		t.Fatalf("502 code must be core_unavailable, got %q", body["error"]["code"])
+	}
+}
+
+func TestFrontDoorProxiesByteForByte(t *testing.T) {
+	// A canned upstream: the front door must pass status + body through
+	// verbatim (the H2 parity law in its strongest form).
+	upstream := httptest.NewServer(http.HandlerFunc(func(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
+		w.Header().Set("Content-Type", "application/json")
+		w.WriteHeader(http.StatusOK)
+		fmt.Fprint(w, `{"object":"list","data":[]}`)
+	}))
+	defer upstream.Close()
+	f := &frontDoor{core: upstream.URL, client: upstream.Client()}
+	req := httptest.NewRequest("GET", "/v1/models", nil)
+	rec := httptest.NewRecorder()
+	f.mux().ServeHTTP(rec, req)
+	if rec.Code != http.StatusOK {
+		t.Fatalf("proxy must pass status through, got %d", rec.Code)
+	}
+	if rec.Body.String() != `{"object":"list","data":[]}` {
+		t.Fatalf("proxy must pass the body byte-for-byte, got %q", rec.Body.String())
+	}
+}
+
+// ── R2 Wave 1: scaffold initiation surface ──────────────────────────────────
+
+func TestScaffoldHelpExitsZero(t *testing.T) {
+	if rc := runScaffold([]string{"--help"}); rc != 0 {
+		t.Fatalf("scaffold --help must exit 0, got %d", rc)
+	}
+}
+
+func TestScaffoldUnknownFlagExitsTwo(t *testing.T) {
+	if rc := runScaffold([]string{"--bogus"}); rc != 2 {
+		t.Fatalf("unknown scaffold flag must exit 2, got %d", rc)
+	}
+}
+
+func TestScaffoldCoreCallEnvelope(t *testing.T) {
+	// The membrane junction with a stub binary emitting a canned envelope.
+	dir := t.TempDir()
+	stub := filepath.Join(dir, "scaffold_core")
+	script := "#!/bin/sh\ncat >/dev/null\nprintf '%s\n' '{\"ok\":true,\"value\":{\"legal\":true}}'\n"
+	if err := os.WriteFile(stub, []byte(script), 0o755); err != nil {
+		t.Fatal(err)
+	}
+	env, err := scaffoldCoreCall(stub, "check_transition",
+		map[string]string{"current": "draft", "target": "approved"})
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("stub junction failed: %v", err)
+	}
+	if env["ok"] != true {
+		t.Fatalf("envelope ok must be true, got %v", env)
+	}
+	value, _ := env["value"].(map[string]any)
+	if value["legal"] != true {
+		t.Fatalf("value.legal must be true, got %v", value)
+	}
+}
+
+func TestScaffoldCoreCallFailureSurfaces(t *testing.T) {
+	dir := t.TempDir()
+	stub := filepath.Join(dir, "scaffold_core")
+	script := "#!/bin/sh\nexit 3\n"
+	if err := os.WriteFile(stub, []byte(script), 0o755); err != nil {
+		t.Fatal(err)
+	}
+	if _, err := scaffoldCoreCall(stub, "check_transition", map[string]string{}); err == nil {
+		t.Fatal("a failing core binary must surface an error, not a zero value")
+	}
+}

src/go/rune-entry/scaffold.go

@@ -0,0 +1,160 @@
+// scaffold.go — the scaffolding initiation surface (R2 Wave 1, contract
+// BUILDER-2026-10-04T15:25:33Z-cli). Go STARTS, Rust EXECUTES: pure
+// operations (check-transition, close-quality) go straight to the
+// scaffold_core binary over stdio NDJSON (the hybrid membrane's first
+// contracted junction); store-backed operations proxy to the Python engine
+// (whose own core is now Rust-delegated) until Wave 1's later slices port
+// the contract store.
+//
+// Stdlib only. The binary path resolves from SC_RUST_BIN, else the repo
+// crate target, else PATH.
+
+package main
+
+import (
+	"bytes"
+	"encoding/json"
+	"fmt"
+	"os"
+	"os/exec"
+	"path/filepath"
+	"strings"
+)
+
+const scaffoldUsage = `rune scaffold — the construction protocol initiation surface (R2 Wave 1)
+
+usage:
+  rune scaffold check-transition <current> <target>   legality verdict (Rust core, direct)
+  rune scaffold close-quality <inputs.json>           closure buckets (Rust core, direct)
+  rune scaffold <op> [args...]                        store-backed ops proxy to the engine:
+                                                      submit-need, inspect-decision, scope,
+                                                      obligations, observe, verify, transition, close
+
+Go initiates; Rust executes the deterministic core; the Python engine
+carries store-backed operations during the transition (strangler law).
+`
+
+// scaffoldCoreBin resolves the scaffold_core CLI binary.
+func scaffoldCoreBin() string {
+	if p := os.Getenv("SC_RUST_BIN"); p != "" {
+		return p
+	}
+	if exe, err := os.Executable(); err == nil {
+		dir := filepath.Dir(exe)
+		for i := 0; i < 8; i++ {
+			cand := filepath.Join(dir, "src", "rust", "scaffold_core", "target", "release", "scaffold_core")
+			if st, err := os.Stat(cand); err == nil && !st.IsDir() {
+				return cand
+			}
+			dir = filepath.Dir(dir)
+		}
+	}
+	if p, err := exec.LookPath("scaffold_core"); err == nil {
+		return p
+	}
+	return ""
+}
+
+// scaffoldCoreCall runs one pure op through the Rust binary (NDJSON stdin
+// -> envelope stdout). The envelope contract is the doc-envelope law.
+func scaffoldCoreCall(bin, op string, arg any) (map[string]any, error) {
+	payload, err := json.Marshal(map[string]any{"op": op, "arg": arg})
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, err
+	}
+	cmd := exec.Command(bin)
+	cmd.Stdin = bytes.NewReader(payload)
+	var out bytes.Buffer
+	cmd.Stdout = &out
+	cmd.Stderr = os.Stderr
+	if err := cmd.Run(); err != nil {
+		return nil, fmt.Errorf("scaffold_core %s failed: %w", op, err)
+	}
+	var env map[string]any
+	if err := json.Unmarshal(out.Bytes(), &env); err != nil {
+		return nil, fmt.Errorf("scaffold_core %s returned non-JSON: %w", op, err)
+	}
+	return env, nil
+}
+
+// scaffoldProxy hands a store-backed op to the Python engine (the
+// transitional membrane — the engine's core is Rust-backed already).
+func scaffoldProxy(args []string) int {
+	py := pythonBin()
+	argv := append([]string{py, "-m", "rune.construction_interface"}, args...)
+	cmd := exec.Command(argv[0], argv[1:]...)
+	cmd.Dir = deployedSrc()
+	cmd.Stdout = os.Stdout
+	cmd.Stderr = os.Stderr
+	cmd.Stdin = os.Stdin
+	env := launchEnv(os.Environ())
+	cmd.Env = env
+	if err := cmd.Run(); err != nil {
+		fmt.Fprintf(os.Stderr, "rune scaffold: engine call failed: %v\n", err)
+		return 1
+	}
+	return 0
+}
+
+// runScaffold implements `rune scaffold`. Returns the process exit code.
+func runScaffold(args []string) int {
+	if len(args) == 0 || args[0] == "--help" || args[0] == "-h" {
+		fmt.Print(scaffoldUsage)
+		return 0
+	}
+	switch args[0] {
+	case "check-transition":
+		if len(args) != 3 {
+			fmt.Fprintln(os.Stderr, "usage: rune scaffold check-transition <current> <target>")
+			return 2
+		}
+		bin := scaffoldCoreBin()
+		if bin == "" {
+			fmt.Fprintln(os.Stderr, "rune scaffold: scaffold_core binary not found (build the crate)")
+			return 127
+		}
+		env, err := scaffoldCoreCall(bin, "check_transition",
+			map[string]string{"current": args[1], "target": args[2]})
+		if err != nil {
+			fmt.Fprintln(os.Stderr, "rune scaffold:", err)
+			return 1
+		}
+		out, _ := json.Marshal(env)
+		fmt.Println(string(out))
+		return 0
+	case "close-quality":
+		if len(args) != 2 {
+			fmt.Fprintln(os.Stderr, "usage: rune scaffold close-quality <inputs.json>")
+			return 2
+		}
+		raw, err := os.ReadFile(args[1])
+		if err != nil {
+			fmt.Fprintln(os.Stderr, "rune scaffold: cannot read inputs:", err)
+			return 2
+		}
+		var inputs any
+		if err := json.Unmarshal(raw, &inputs); err != nil {
+			fmt.Fprintln(os.Stderr, "rune scaffold: inputs are not JSON:", err)
+			return 2
+		}
+		bin := scaffoldCoreBin()
+		if bin == "" {
+			fmt.Fprintln(os.Stderr, "rune scaffold: scaffold_core binary not found (build the crate)")
+			return 127
+		}
+		env, err := scaffoldCoreCall(bin, "close_quality", inputs)
+		if err != nil {
+			fmt.Fprintln(os.Stderr, "rune scaffold:", err)
+			return 1
+		}
+		out, _ := json.Marshal(env)
+		fmt.Println(string(out))
+		return 0
+	default:
+		if strings.HasPrefix(args[0], "-") {
+			fmt.Fprintf(os.Stderr, "rune scaffold: unknown flag %q\n\n%s", args[0], scaffoldUsage)
+			return 2
+		}
+		return scaffoldProxy(args)
+	}
+}

src/go/rune-entry/serve.go

@@ -0,0 +1,173 @@
+// serve.go — H2 front door (T4.3, contract BUILDER-2026-10-04T08:32:43Z-cli).
+//
+// Go owns the front end (USER-LOCKED directive): this subcommand serves the
+// OpenAI-compatible /v1 surface on 127.0.0.1 and proxies to the Python core
+// sidecar (core_server.py) during the transition. Parity law: response
+// bodies pass through byte-for-byte (the canary compares against the Python
+// server modulo volatile id/created), and locally-generated errors use the
+// same envelope the core emits: {"error": {"code", "message"}}.
+//
+// Stdlib only (net/http, io) — the plan's "stdlib net/http + NDJSON" line.
+
+package main
+
+import (
+	"bytes"
+	"encoding/json"
+	"fmt"
+	"io"
+	"net/http"
+	"os"
+	"strings"
+	"time"
+)
+
+const serveUsage = `rune serve — H2 front door (OpenAI-compatible /v1 surface)
+
+usage:
+  rune serve [--port N] [--core URL]
+
+flags:
+  --port N     listen port on 127.0.0.1 (default 8377)
+  --core URL   Python core sidecar base URL (default http://127.0.0.1:8376)
+
+Endpoints (identical shapes to the core — the parity battery enforces it):
+  GET  /v1/models
+  GET  /v1/status
+  POST /v1/chat/completions   stream=true → NDJSON chunk lines
+`
+
+type frontDoor struct {
+	core   string
+	client *http.Client
+}
+
+// errorEnvelope mirrors core_server._envelope_error exactly.
+func errorEnvelope(w http.ResponseWriter, status int, code, message string) {
+	body, _ := json.Marshal(map[string]any{
+		"error": map[string]string{"code": code, "message": message},
+	})
+	w.Header().Set("Content-Type", "application/json")
+	w.WriteHeader(status)
+	_, _ = w.Write(body)
+}
+
+// proxy forwards one request to the core and streams the response back
+// verbatim — byte-parity with the Python server is the H2 contract, and a
+// pure pass-through is the strongest form of it.
+func (f *frontDoor) proxy(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
+	var body io.Reader
+	if r.Body != nil {
+		raw, err := io.ReadAll(r.Body)
+		if err != nil {
+			errorEnvelope(w, http.StatusBadRequest, "bad_request", "unreadable body")
+			return
+		}
+		body = bytes.NewReader(raw)
+	}
+	req, err := http.NewRequest(r.Method, f.core+r.URL.Path, body)
+	if err != nil {
+		errorEnvelope(w, http.StatusBadRequest, "bad_request", err.Error())
+		return
+	}
+	req.Header.Set("Content-Type", r.Header.Get("Content-Type"))
+	resp, err := f.client.Do(req)
+	if err != nil {
+		errorEnvelope(w, http.StatusBadGateway, "core_unavailable",
+			"core sidecar unreachable: "+err.Error())
+		return
+	}
+	defer resp.Body.Close()
+	for k, vs := range resp.Header {
+		if strings.EqualFold(k, "Content-Type") {
+			w.Header().Set(k, vs[0])
+		}
+	}
+	w.WriteHeader(resp.StatusCode)
+	// NDJSON streaming: flush per write so chunk lines reach the caller as
+	// the core emits them (the framing is the contract).
+	flusher, canFlush := w.(http.Flusher)
+	buf := make([]byte, 4096)
+	for {
+		n, readErr := resp.Body.Read(buf)
+		if n > 0 {
+			if _, werr := w.Write(buf[:n]); werr != nil {
+				return
+			}
+			if canFlush {
+				flusher.Flush()
+			}
+		}
+		if readErr != nil {
+			return
+		}
+	}
+}
+
+func (f *frontDoor) mux() *http.ServeMux {
+	mux := http.NewServeMux()
+	handle := func(path string) {
+		mux.HandleFunc(path, func(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
+			if r.URL.Path != path {
+				errorEnvelope(w, http.StatusNotFound, "not_found",
+					"no route "+r.URL.Path)
+				return
+			}
+			f.proxy(w, r)
+		})
+	}
+	handle("/v1/models")
+	handle("/v1/status")
+	handle("/v1/chat/completions")
+	// H4 slice 1: the TUI endpoints (same pass-through law).
+	handle("/v1/conversation")
+	handle("/v1/approvals/resolve")
+	mux.HandleFunc("/", func(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
+		errorEnvelope(w, http.StatusNotFound, "not_found", "no route "+r.URL.Path)
+	})
+	return mux
+}
+
+// runServe implements `rune serve`. Returns the process exit code.
+func runServe(args []string) int {
+	port := 8377
+	core := "http://127.0.0.1:8376"
+	for i := 0; i < len(args); i++ {
+		switch args[i] {
+		case "--help", "-h":
+			fmt.Print(serveUsage)
+			return 0
+		case "--port":
+			if i+1 >= len(args) {
+				fmt.Fprintln(os.Stderr, "rune serve: --port needs a value")
+				return 2
+			}
+			i++
+			if _, err := fmt.Sscanf(args[i], "%d", &port); err != nil {
+				fmt.Fprintf(os.Stderr, "rune serve: bad --port %q\n", args[i])
+				return 2
+			}
+		case "--core":
+			if i+1 >= len(args) {
+				fmt.Fprintln(os.Stderr, "rune serve: --core needs a value")
+				return 2
+			}
+			i++
+			core = strings.TrimSuffix(args[i], "/")
+		default:
+			fmt.Fprintf(os.Stderr, "rune serve: unknown flag %q\n\n%s", args[i], serveUsage)
+			return 2
+		}
+	}
+	f := &frontDoor{
+		core:   core,
+		client: &http.Client{Timeout: 130 * time.Second},
+	}
+	addr := fmt.Sprintf("127.0.0.1:%d", port)
+	fmt.Printf("rune front door on %s (core %s)\n", addr, core)
+	if err := http.ListenAndServe(addr, f.mux()); err != nil {
+		fmt.Fprintf(os.Stderr, "rune serve: %v\n", err)
+		return 1
+	}
+	return 0
+}

src/rune/__init__.py

@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ This is the main entry point for the Rune program.
 import json
 from pathlib import Path
 
-__version__ = "0.83.5"
+__version__ = "0.99.10"
 
 # One build identity (handoff 2026-09-10 §4): the semantic version above is
 # the repo-level truth (auto-bumped at merge); the DEPLOYED revision (exact

src/rune/abstraction.py

@@ -43,6 +43,42 @@ LOCAL_MODEL = "qwen2.5:3b"
 OLLAMA_URL = os.environ.get("OLLAMA_URL", "http://localhost:11434")
 
 
+_ABSTRACTION_STOPWORDS_FROZEN = frozenset(
+    "the a an is are was were be been being have has had do does did will "
+    "would could should may might shall can to of in for on with at by from "
+    "as into through during before after this that these those it its what "
+    "which who how when where why and or but not no".split()
+)
+
+
+def _ABSTRACTION_STOPWORDS() -> list:
+    """Gather seam (W3.4): the fact-extraction stopword table as a sorted
+    list — data received by the kernel; identical filter on both engines."""
+    return sorted(_ABSTRACTION_STOPWORDS_FROZEN)
+
+
+def _core():
+    """The Rust cognition_core when available (strangler: Python fallback
+    load-bearing). RUNE_COGNITION_CORE=python pins the fallback."""
+    return None if cc_loader_pin() else _cc_probe()
+
+
+def _cc_probe():
+    from rune import cc_loader as _cl
+    try:
+        return _cl if _cl.available() else None
+    except Exception:  # noqa: BLE001, S110 — loader probe never crashes the fallback
+        return None
+
+
+def cc_loader_pin() -> bool:
+    """The env pin: RUNE_COGNITION_CORE=python → kernels OFF (shared probe).
+"""
+    import os
+
+    return os.environ.get("RUNE_COGNITION_CORE", "auto") == "python"
+
+
 def _now():
     return datetime.now(timezone.utc).isoformat()
 
@@ -241,17 +277,41 @@ Extract 1-5 key facts. Be precise, not verbose."""
         response = llm_call(prompt, max_tokens=800)
 
         # Parse response
+        facts: list = []
         try:
             # Try to extract JSON from response
             start = response.find("[")
             end = response.rfind("]") + 1
             if start >= 0 and end > start:
                 facts = json.loads(response[start:end])
-            else:
-                facts = []
         except json.JSONDecodeError:
             facts = []
 
+        # LLM unavailable / unparseable → DETERMINISTIC KERNEL FALLBACK
+        # (W3.4: cc_abstraction_extract_facts — sentence split, stopwords
+        # filtered, min-length gate; the same facts schema it already emits:
+        # text/words/content_words mapped onto what= text with empty dims).
+        if not facts:
+            core = _core()
+            if core is not None:
+                try:
+                    from rune import cc_loader as _cl
+
+                    raw = _cl.abstraction_extract_facts(
+                        episode_text, _ABSTRACTION_STOPWORDS(), 10)
+                    for item in raw or []:
+                        text_frag = str(item.get("text", "")).strip()
+                        if not text_frag:
+                            continue
+                        facts.append({
+                            "what": text_frag, "when": "", "where": "", "who": "",
+                            "why": "", "type": "experience", "entities": [],
+                            "kernel": True,
+                            "content_words": item.get("content_words"),
+                        })
+                except Exception:  # noqa: BLE001, S110 — kernel failure degrades to empty, intentional silence
+                    pass
+
         if not facts:
             return {"extracted": 0, "error": "LLM did not return valid JSON", "raw": response[:200]}
 

src/rune/behavior.py

@@ -15,6 +15,17 @@ Usage:
     behavior.py reinforce <id> [--outcome success|failure]
     behavior.py list [--type correction|habit|all]
     behavior.py stats
+
+Phase G strangler slice 2 (port 5): the decision math (reinforce
+counting/confidence/promotion/state formulas) is served IN-PROCESS by the
+Rust `evidence_provenance` cdylib through ep_loader.py. STORAGE STAYS
+PYTHON — SQLite I/O and the regex matching layer remain here (the crate is
+zero-dep by design; hand-rolling SQLite/regex would be hubris, not
+hardening). Vintage upgrade per the frozen contract §2: this module is the
+src/rune authority vintage; the deployed ~/.config/opencode/scripts copy
+is superseded by the same shim shape pointing at the live db path.
+Timestamps are pinned by the shim (`now`) — the core is deterministic.
+API, CLI, and PLUGIN shapes unchanged (git history holds the original).
 """
 
 import json
@@ -24,6 +35,12 @@ import sqlite3
 import sys
 from datetime import datetime, timezone
 
+# ── Rust core wiring (slice-2 port-5 shim pattern) ──────────────────────────
+_CRATE_DIR = "/mnt/workdrive/rune/src/rust/evidence_provenance"
+if _CRATE_DIR not in sys.path:
+    sys.path.insert(0, _CRATE_DIR)
+import ep_loader  # noqa: E402  (loads target/release cdylib)
+
 sys.path.insert(0, os.path.dirname(os.path.abspath(__file__)))
 import memory_env
 
@@ -194,7 +211,10 @@ def match_context(context, match_type=None):
 
 
 def reinforce(item_id, outcome, item_type="habit"):
-    """Reinforce a correction or habit based on outcome."""
+    """Reinforce a correction or habit based on outcome.
+
+    Decision math (counting, confidence formula, promotion, state) served
+    by the Rust core; SQL stays here."""
     db = connect()
     try:
         ts = _now()
@@ -204,28 +224,14 @@ def reinforce(item_id, outcome, item_type="habit"):
             if not habit:
                 return {"error": f"Habit {item_id} not found"}
 
-            new_count = habit["activation_count"] + 1
-            new_success = habit["success_count"] + (1 if outcome == "success" else 0)
-            new_failure = habit["failure_count"] + (1 if outcome == "failure" else 0)
-
-            # Update confidence based on success rate
-            if new_count > 0:
-                success_rate = new_success / new_count
-                new_confidence = min(1.0, 0.5 + success_rate * 0.5)
-            else:
-                new_confidence = habit["confidence"]
-
-            # Promote from candidate to active if enough activations
-            new_state = habit["state"]
-            if habit["state"] == "candidate" and new_count >= habit["min_activations"]:
-                new_state = "active"
-
+            upd = ep_loader.habit_reinforce(dict(habit), outcome)
             db.execute(
                 """
                 UPDATE habits SET activation_count=?, success_count=?, failure_count=?,
                 confidence=?, state=?, last_activated=? WHERE id=?
             """,
-                (new_count, new_success, new_failure, new_confidence, new_state, ts, item_id),
+                (upd["activation_count"], upd["success_count"], upd["failure_count"],
+                 upd["confidence"], upd["state"], ts, item_id),
             )
 
             # Log activation
@@ -238,33 +244,23 @@ def reinforce(item_id, outcome, item_type="habit"):
             )
 
             db.commit()
-            return {"reinforced": item_id, "confidence": new_confidence, "state": new_state}
+            return {"reinforced": item_id, "confidence": upd["confidence"], "state": upd["state"]}
 
         else:  # correction
             correction = db.execute("SELECT * FROM corrections WHERE id=?", (item_id,)).fetchone()
             if not correction:
                 return {"error": f"Correction {item_id} not found"}
 
-            if outcome == "success":
-                new_confidence = min(1.0, correction["confidence"] + 0.1)
-                new_count = correction["evidence_count"] + 1
-            elif outcome == "failure":
-                new_confidence = max(0.0, correction["confidence"] - 0.3)
-                new_count = correction["evidence_count"]
-            else:
-                new_confidence = correction["confidence"]
-                new_count = correction["evidence_count"]
-
-            new_state = "active" if new_confidence > 0.3 else "archived"
+            upd = ep_loader.correction_reinforce(dict(correction), outcome)
             db.execute(
                 """
                 UPDATE corrections SET confidence=?, evidence_count=?, state=?, last_reinforced=?
                 WHERE id=?
             """,
-                (new_confidence, new_count, new_state, ts, item_id),
+                (upd["confidence"], upd["evidence_count"], upd["state"], ts, item_id),
             )
             db.commit()
-            return {"reinforced": item_id, "confidence": new_confidence, "state": new_state}
+            return {"reinforced": item_id, "confidence": upd["confidence"], "state": upd["state"]}
     finally:
         db.close()
 
@@ -408,4 +404,4 @@ PLUGIN = {
     "provides": ["behavior"],
     "priority": 50,
     "auto_activate": True,
-}
+}

src/rune/behaviour_ledger.py

@@ -16,12 +16,29 @@ dependencies changed are invalidated; every invalidation carries a
 reason; unrelated hardened confirmations are preserved.
 
 Storage: <project_store>/behaviour_ledger.json (versioned document).
+
+Phase G strangler slice 2 (port 4): the state machine (define / get /
+transitions / selective invalidation / queues / summary) is served
+IN-PROCESS by the Rust `evidence_provenance` cdylib through ep_loader.py
+— parity 13/13 proven vs this module's Python vintage (full-scenario
+doc parity, byte-equal error messages, save render indent=1 sort_keys).
+File glue (load/save) stays Python; timestamps are pinned by this shim
+(`now`) so the core stays deterministic. State constants and class API
+unchanged (git history holds the original).
 """
 from __future__ import annotations
 
+import json
+import sys
 import time
 from pathlib import Path
 
+# ── Rust core wiring (slice-2 port-4 shim pattern) ──────────────────────────
+_CRATE_DIR = "/mnt/workdrive/rune/src/rust/evidence_provenance"
+if _CRATE_DIR not in sys.path:
+    sys.path.insert(0, _CRATE_DIR)
+import ep_loader  # noqa: E402  (loads target/release cdylib)
+
 LEDGER_SCHEMA_VERSION = 1
 
 # hardening lifecycle (rule 19G semantics)
@@ -56,13 +73,11 @@ class BehaviourLedger:
 
     def _load(self) -> dict:
         if self.path.is_file():
-            import json
             return json.loads(self.path.read_text())
         return {"schema_version": LEDGER_SCHEMA_VERSION,
                 "behaviours": {}, "updated_at": _now()}
 
     def save(self) -> None:
-        import json
         self.doc["updated_at"] = _now()
         self.path.parent.mkdir(parents=True, exist_ok=True)
         self.path.write_text(json.dumps(self.doc, indent=1, sort_keys=True))
@@ -77,66 +92,34 @@ class BehaviourLedger:
                dependencies: list[str] | None = None,
                automated_ref: str = "",
                environment: str = "") -> dict:
-        bid = (behaviour_id if behaviour_id.startswith("behaviour:")
-               else f"behaviour:{behaviour_id}")
-        if bid in self.doc["behaviours"]:
-            raise ValueError(f"behaviour exists: {bid}")
-        rec = {
-            "behaviour_id": bid,
-            "owning_project": owning_project,
-            "intended_behaviour": intended_behaviour,
-            "origin_intent": origin_intent,
-            "pass_criteria": pass_criteria,
-            "fail_criteria": fail_criteria,
-            "procedure": procedure,
-            "owner_component": owner_component,   # structural entity id
-            "dependencies": list(dependencies or []),  # structural ids
-            "automated_ref": automated_ref,
-            "environment": environment,
-            "state": UNVALIDATED,
-            "evidence": [],           # [{at, generation, kind, detail}]
-            "history": [],            # every state transition, never lost
-            "invalidations": [],      # [{at, generation, because}]
-            "limitations": [],
-            "created_at": _now(),
-            "updated_at": _now(),
-        }
-        self.doc["behaviours"][bid] = rec
+        self.doc, rec = ep_loader.bl_define(
+            self.doc, behaviour_id=behaviour_id,
+            owning_project=owning_project,
+            intended_behaviour=intended_behaviour,
+            origin_intent=origin_intent,
+            pass_criteria=pass_criteria,
+            fail_criteria=fail_criteria,
+            procedure=procedure,
+            owner_component=owner_component,
+            dependencies=dependencies,
+            automated_ref=automated_ref,
+            environment=environment,
+            now=_now())
         return rec
 
     def get(self, behaviour_id: str) -> dict | None:
-        return self.doc["behaviours"].get(
-            behaviour_id if behaviour_id.startswith("behaviour:")
-            else f"behaviour:{behaviour_id}")
+        return ep_loader.bl_get(self.doc, behaviour_id)
 
     # -- state transitions (all recorded in history — rule 19G) -------------
 
-    def _transition(self, rec: dict, new_state: str, *, kind: str,
-                    detail: str = "", generation: str = "") -> None:
-        if new_state not in STATES:
-            raise ValueError(f"unknown validation state {new_state!r}")
-        rec["history"].append({
-            "at": _now(), "from": rec["state"], "to": new_state,
-            "kind": kind, "detail": detail[:200],
-            "generation": generation})
-        rec["state"] = new_state
-        rec["updated_at"] = _now()
-
     def record_auto_verification(self, behaviour_id: str, *,
                                  passed: bool, detail: str = "",
                                  generation: str = "") -> dict:
         """Automated verification. GREEN NEVER IMPLIES USER_CONFIRMED
         (rule 19W-22): the ceiling here is AUTO_VERIFIED."""
-        rec = self.get(behaviour_id)
-        if rec is None:
-            raise ValueError(f"unknown behaviour {behaviour_id!r}")
-        rec["evidence"].append({"at": _now(), "kind": "automated",
-                                "passed": passed,
-                                "detail": detail[:200],
-                                "generation": generation})
-        self._transition(rec, AUTO_VERIFIED if passed else TEST_FAILED,
-                         kind="automated_verification", detail=detail,
-                         generation=generation)
+        self.doc, rec = ep_loader.bl_record_auto(
+            self.doc, behaviour_id, passed=passed, detail=detail,
+            generation=generation, now=_now())
         return rec
 
     def record_real_world(self, behaviour_id: str, *, passed: bool,
@@ -144,32 +127,16 @@ class BehaviourLedger:
                           confirmed_by: str = "user") -> dict:
         """Real-world/manual test result (testing mode). USER_CONFIRMED
         requires an explicit confirmed_by='user' pass (rule 19M)."""
-        rec = self.get(behaviour_id)
-        if rec is None:
-            raise ValueError(f"unknown behaviour {behaviour_id!r}")
-        rec["evidence"].append({"at": _now(), "kind": "real_world",
-                                "passed": passed,
-                                "detail": detail[:200],
-                                "generation": generation,
-                                "by": confirmed_by})
-        if passed:
-            state = (USER_CONFIRMED if confirmed_by == "user"
-                     else REAL_WORLD_PASSED)
-        else:
-            state = TEST_FAILED
-        self._transition(rec, state, kind="real_world", detail=detail,
-                         generation=generation)
+        self.doc, rec = ep_loader.bl_record_real_world(
+            self.doc, behaviour_id, passed=passed, detail=detail,
+            generation=generation, confirmed_by=confirmed_by, now=_now())
         return rec
 
     def accept_limitation(self, behaviour_id: str, *, note: str,
                           approved_by: str = "user") -> dict:
-        rec = self.get(behaviour_id)
-        if rec is None:
-            raise ValueError(f"unknown behaviour {behaviour_id!r}")
-        rec["limitations"].append({"at": _now(), "note": note[:200],
-                                   "approved_by": approved_by})
-        self._transition(rec, ACCEPTED_LIMITATION, kind="accept_limitation",
-                         detail=note, )
+        self.doc, rec = ep_loader.bl_accept_limitation(
+            self.doc, behaviour_id, note=note,
+            approved_by=approved_by, now=_now())
         return rec
 
     # -- selective invalidation (rule 19I) -----------------------------------
@@ -182,44 +149,15 @@ class BehaviourLedger:
         structural dependencies intersect the changed closure. Every
         invalidation carries a reason; unrelated confirmations stay.
         Returns the invalidated records."""
-        reasons = reasons or {}
-        invalidated = []
-        for rec in self.doc["behaviours"].values():
-            if rec["state"] not in CONFIRMED_STATES:
-                continue
-            overlap = set(rec.get("dependencies") or []) & changed_entities
-            if rec.get("owner_component") in changed_entities:
-                overlap.add(rec["owner_component"])
-            if not overlap:
-                continue  # unrelated hardened behaviour: PRESERVED (19S-5)
-            because = reasons.get(
-                rec["behaviour_id"],
-                f"structural change touched: {sorted(overlap)}")
-            rec["invalidations"].append({
-                "at": _now(), "generation": generation,
-                "because": because[:200],
-                "was": rec["state"],
-                "changed_entities": sorted(overlap)})
-            # HISTORY IS PRESERVED — prior confirmation stays queryable
-            self._transition(rec, RETEST_REQUIRED,
-                             kind="selective_invalidation",
-                             detail=f"was {rec['state']}; {because}",
-                             generation=generation)
-            invalidated.append(rec)
-        return invalidated
+        self.doc, recs = ep_loader.bl_invalidate(
+            self.doc, changed_entities=sorted(changed_entities),
+            generation=generation, reasons=reasons, now=_now())
+        return recs
 
     def retest_history(self, behaviour_id: str) -> list[dict]:
         """Generation-aware history: all confirmations + invalidations
         for one behaviour, oldest first (rule 19S-12)."""
-        rec = self.get(behaviour_id)
-        if rec is None:
-            return []
-        events = []
-        for h in rec["history"]:
-            events.append({"at": h["at"], "generation": h.get("generation"),
-                           "event": f"{h['from']}→{h['to']}",
-                           "kind": h["kind"], "detail": h.get("detail", "")})
-        return events
+        return ep_loader.bl_retest_history(self.doc, behaviour_id)
 
     # -- queue (testing mode, 19L/M) ------------------------------------------
 
@@ -228,24 +166,8 @@ class BehaviourLedger:
         """Eligible testing items: anything not confirmed/accepted/n.a.
         Dynamic — the queue re-derives from states after every fix
         (rule 19M)."""
-        out = []
-        for rec in self.doc["behaviours"].values():
-            if rec["state"] in (USER_CONFIRMED, ACCEPTED_LIMITATION,
-                                NOT_APPLICABLE):
-                continue
-            if project and rec.get("owning_project") != project:
-                continue
-            if component and rec.get("owner_component") != component:
-                continue
-            out.append(rec)
-        out.sort(key=lambda r: (0 if r["state"] == TEST_FAILED else 1,
-                                r["behaviour_id"]))
-        return out
+        return ep_loader.bl_outstanding(
+            self.doc, component=component or "", project=project or "")
 
     def summary(self) -> dict:
-        counts: dict[str, int] = {}
-        for rec in self.doc["behaviours"].values():
-            counts[rec["state"]] = counts.get(rec["state"], 0) + 1
-        return {"total": len(self.doc["behaviours"]),
-                "states": counts,
-                "outstanding": len(self.outstanding())}
+        return ep_loader.bl_summary(self.doc)

src/rune/builder_bridge.py

@@ -64,6 +64,7 @@ class BuilderCapsule:
     memory_lines: list = field(default_factory=list)
     lesson_lines: list = field(default_factory=list)
     constraints: list = field(default_factory=list)
+    construction_lines: list = field(default_factory=list)
     generated_at: str = ""
     core_version: str = "rune-core/operator-path"
 
@@ -75,6 +76,7 @@ class BuilderCapsule:
             "memory_lines": self.memory_lines[:MAX_MEMORY_LINES],
             "lesson_lines": self.lesson_lines[:MAX_LESSON_LINES],
             "constraints": self.constraints,
+            "construction_lines": self.construction_lines,
             "generated_at": self.generated_at,
             "core_version": self.core_version,
         }
@@ -87,10 +89,14 @@ class BuilderCapsule:
             and not d["lesson_lines"]
             and not d["unknowns"]
             and not d["constraints"]
+            and not d["construction_lines"]
             and d["task_route"] in ("LOCAL_FIX", "STANDARD_CHANGE")
         ):
             return ""  # nothing useful — inject nothing (handoff §5)
         lines = [f"### Rune Core preflight ({d['task_route']})"]
+        if d["construction_lines"]:
+            lines.append("**Active Scaffolding construction (read-only projection):**")
+            lines += [f"- {c}" for c in d["construction_lines"]]
         if d["memory_lines"]:
             lines.append("**Relevant Rune memory:**")
             lines += [f"- {m}" for m in d["memory_lines"]]
@@ -107,6 +113,56 @@ class BuilderCapsule:
         return "\n".join(lines)
 
 
+def _construction_store() -> str:
+    """The SAME construction store the operator path uses (env override
+    honoured; default derives from the repo root, never a bare relative
+    path). Kept identical to rune_operator._construction_store."""
+    import os as _os
+    env = _os.environ.get("RUNE_CONSTRUCTION_STORE")
+    if env:
+        return env
+    from pathlib import Path as _P
+    return str(_P(__file__).resolve().parent.parent.parent / "store" / "scaffold")
+
+
+def _active_construction_lines() -> list:
+    """Read-only projection of the ACTIVE Scaffolding construction into
+    builder-consumable lines. This is the MiMo edge of the shared
+    Construction Context (§15) — it surfaces canonical state; it is NOT a
+    second construction authority and never mutates. Degrade-safe: any
+    failure returns [] (the bridge must never block the builder)."""
+    try:
+        from .construction_interface import ConstructionInterface
+        env = ConstructionInterface(builder="mimo-bridge",
+                                    project_store=_construction_store(),
+                                    project_id="issue161-harness"
+                                    ).construction_context()
+        st = env.get("state") or {}
+        if not st.get("active"):
+            return []
+        out = [f"contract {st.get('contract_id')} · phase {st.get('phase')}"
+               f" · status {st.get('status')}"
+               f" · mode {st.get('construction_mode')}"]
+        if st.get("project"):
+            out.append(f"project: {st['project']}")
+        if st.get("need"):
+            out.append(f"need: {st['need']}")
+        scope = st.get("scope") or []
+        if scope:
+            out.append("scope: " + ", ".join(str(x) for x in scope[:8]))
+        obl = st.get("obligations") or []
+        if obl:
+            out.append(f"outstanding obligations: {len(obl)}")
+            for o in obl[:3]:
+                txt = o.get("obligation") or o.get("kind") or o
+                out.append(f"  - {str(txt)[:120]}")
+        if st.get("next_action"):
+            out.append(f"next action: {st['next_action']}")
+        return out
+    except Exception:  # noqa: BLE001 — projection only; never block the builder
+        return []
+
+
 def _default_selector():
     """The SAME MemorySelector the operator path uses (lazy, degrade-safe)."""
     try:
@@ -166,6 +222,11 @@ def preflight(task_text: str, memory_selector=None) -> BuilderCapsule:
     # design (handoff §9: raw SEED records are outcome telemetry, not lessons).
     capsule.lesson_lines = _validated_lessons_for(task_text or "")
 
+    # Active Scaffolding construction state (read-only projection of the
+    # shared Construction Context). Empty when no contract is active, so
+    # the inject-nothing policy is preserved for ordinary turns.
+    capsule.construction_lines = _active_construction_lines()
+
     return capsule
 
 

src/rune/canary_audit_ledger.py

@@ -0,0 +1,540 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env python3
+"""canary_audit_ledger.py — Python canary for slice-2 ports 1-6.
+
+Slice-1 PASS/FAIL discipline (counter harness, exit 1 on any FAIL), pinned to
+the FROZEN CONTRACT /mnt/workdrive/rune/plans/2026-10-03-phase-g-evidence-provenance-contract.md:
+§5 requires the canary pair to carry per-port sections for ALL SIX ports.
+
+DUAL-MODE LAW (added 2026-10-03 after run 18141 went red): sections 2/3/4/5
+pin the LIVE promotion ledger when it exists in this process's HOME (desktop
+runs — the drift-key pin is the §3 linchpin). Under CI's sandboxed HOME the
+ledger file does not exist, so the same sections run an ISOLATED battery
+against the sandboxed ledger with count expectations re-derived from the
+seeded entries — identical test count, identical shapes, honest MODE print.
+The artifact coupling is disclosed, not hidden: the Rust binary + cdylib
+resolve to the checkout's own target/release/ (CI's host-executor topology
+makes the desktop build visible; if they ever go missing, ep_loader raises
+and this canary FAILS LOUDLY rather than testing nothing).
+
+Canary expectations are OBSERVED, not invented:
+- Deployed shim head + verify_chain() on the live 23-entry ledger:
+  {'valid': True, 'entries': 23, 'reason': 'chain intact'} (observed 2026-10-03).
+- verify_chain() return shape is a 3-key dict, no tuple unpacking.
+- Deployed SECRET_KEY default: 'rune-drift-integrity-2024' (the live-chain key).
+- Empty-ledger contract: missing ledger file -> valid-and-empty dict.
+- Shadow battery (18/18 GREEN, banked): read/write/CLI-error shapes all match
+  the old vintage at the shim.
+
+Run under ~/.venvs/memory/bin/python3.
+"""
+
+import os
+import sys
+
+sys.path.insert(0, "/home/nick/.config/opencode/scripts")
+
+# Repo-derived roots (no /mnt/workdrive hardcodes): this file lives in
+# src/rune/, so the crate is two parents up plus src/rust/evidence_provenance.
+_REPO = os.path.abspath(os.path.join(os.path.dirname(os.path.abspath(__file__)), "..", ".."))
+_CRATE_DIR = os.path.join(_REPO, "src", "rust", "evidence_provenance")
+if os.environ.get("EP_RUST_LIB"):
+    # CI: the build step emits to a runner-owned /tmp target dir and the job
+    # points EP_RUST_LIB at the cdylib FILE (that's the form ep_loader's
+    # override takes). The binary lives next to it.
+    _BIN = os.path.join(os.path.dirname(os.environ["EP_RUST_LIB"]),
+                        "evidence_provenance")
+else:
+    _BIN = os.path.join(_CRATE_DIR, "target", "release", "evidence_provenance")
+
+# Dual-mode switch (DUAL-MODE LAW in the docstring): LIVE when this process's
+# HOME carries the real promotion ledger AND we are not inside the CI sandbox.
+# The discriminator is the repo's own CI-sandbox convention — the workflow sets
+# RUNE_HOME=/tmp/rune-ci-<run_id> and its cleanup guard matches /tmp/rune-ci-*
+# exactly. File EXISTENCE is NOT a valid discriminator: run 18141's shim writes
+# left a zombie 1-entry ledger in the runner's persistent HOME, which would
+# flip a naive isfile() gate to LIVE with the wrong data (proven 2026-10-03
+# on run 18161: "entries >= 23 — got 1").
+_LIVE_LEDGER = os.path.expanduser("~/.config/opencode/memory/promotion_ledger.jsonl")
+_IN_CI_SANDBOX = os.environ.get("RUNE_HOME", "").startswith("/tmp/rune-ci-")
+LIVE = os.path.isfile(_LIVE_LEDGER) and not _IN_CI_SANDBOX
+
+PASS = 0
+FAIL = 0
+
+
+def test(name, condition, detail=""):
+    global PASS, FAIL
+    if condition:
+        PASS += 1
+        print(f"  ✓ {name}")
+    else:
+        FAIL += 1
+        print(f"  ✗ {name} — {detail}")
+
+
+def main():
+    global PASS, FAIL
+
+    print("=== AUDIT LEDGER CANARY (slice-2 ports 1-6) ===")
+    print(f"MODE: {'LIVE (deployed surface + live ledger)' if LIVE else 'ISOLATED (sandboxed ledger — CI mode)'}\n")
+
+    bin_home = None  # binary HOME override for §5 in ISOLATED mode
+
+    # --- 1. Deployed module surface ---
+    print("--- 1. Deployed module surface ---")
+    try:
+        import audit_ledger
+
+        test("audit_ledger imports (deployed shim)", True)
+        for name in (
+            "_compute_hash",
+            "append_entry",
+            "verify_chain",
+            "get_entries",
+            "log_promotion",
+            "log_gate_result",
+            "log_drift_alert",
+            "main",
+        ):
+            test(f"has {name}", hasattr(audit_ledger, name))
+        test("LEDGER_FILE is the live ledger path",
+             audit_ledger.LEDGER_FILE ==
+             os.path.expanduser("~/.config/opencode/memory/promotion_ledger.jsonl"),
+             f"got {audit_ledger.LEDGER_FILE}")
+        test("SECRET_KEY default is the drift key (live-chain key)",
+             audit_ledger.SECRET_KEY == "rune-drift-integrity-2024",
+             f"got {audit_ledger.SECRET_KEY}")
+    except Exception as e:  # noqa: BLE001 — canary battery law: a failed probe is a FAIL test, not a crash
+        test("audit_ledger module", False, str(e))
+        print(f"CANARY ABORT: import failed — {e}")
+        sys.exit(1)
+
+    # --- 2. Ledger verification through the shim (live on desktop / isolated in CI) ---
+    print("\n--- 2. Ledger verification ---")
+    if not LIVE:
+        # Seed a PER-RUN isolated ledger (never the runner's persistent HOME —
+        # leftover writes there are what poisoned run 18161's mode detection):
+        # point the shim's module-level LEDGER_FILE at a temp path; all §2/§3/§4
+        # reads/writes then land in the temp file. Binary §5 gets HOME=<temp>.
+        # Placed AFTER §1 so the surface pins observe the shim's DEFAULT
+        # resolution before the override.
+        import tempfile as _tf
+
+        bin_home = _tf.mkdtemp(prefix="alcanary_home_")
+        iso_ledger = os.path.join(bin_home, ".config", "opencode", "memory",
+                                  "promotion_ledger.jsonl")
+        os.makedirs(os.path.dirname(iso_ledger), exist_ok=True)
+        audit_ledger.LEDGER_FILE = iso_ledger
+        for seed_id in (9001, 9002):
+            audit_ledger.append_entry("promotion", seed_id,
+                                      {"reason": "canary-ci-seed", "old_status": "a",
+                                       "new_status": "b", "wash_count": 1})
+    try:
+        result = audit_ledger.verify_chain()
+        test("verify_chain() returns dict", isinstance(result, dict), f"got {type(result)}")  # type: ignore[reportUnnecessaryIsInstance]
+        test("valid is True on the chain", result.get("valid") is True,
+             f"got {result.get('valid')}")
+        if LIVE:
+            test("entries >= 23 (ledger grew through prior canaries)",
+                 result.get("entries", 0) >= 23, f"got {result.get('entries')}")
+        else:
+            test("entries == 2 (the §2 seeds this process wrote)",
+                 result.get("entries") == 2, f"got {result.get('entries')}")
+        test("reason is 'chain intact'", result.get("reason") == "chain intact",
+             f"got {result.get('reason')}")
+    except Exception as e:  # noqa: BLE001 — canary battery law: a failed probe is a FAIL test, not a crash
+        test("live verify_chain()", False, str(e))
+
+    # --- 3. Read path: get_entries ---
+    print("\n--- 3. Read path ---")
+    try:
+        entries = audit_ledger.get_entries(limit=5)
+        test("get_entries(5) returns a list", isinstance(entries, list))  # type: ignore[reportUnnecessaryIsInstance]
+        if LIVE:
+            test("get_entries(5) returns 5 entries on the live ledger", len(entries) == 5,
+                 f"got {len(entries)}")
+        else:
+            test("get_entries(5) returns the 2 seeded entries (isolated)", len(entries) == 2,
+                 f"got {len(entries)}")
+        first = entries[0] if entries else {}
+        test("entry carries hash chain fields",
+             "hash" in first and "prev_hash" in first,
+             f"keys: {sorted(first.keys())}")
+        # Observed deployed-vintage serving order: ASCENDING (oldest-first
+        # within the limit window) — verified against the live ledger 2026-10-03.
+        test("entries served in ascending timestamp order (deployed-vintage shape)",
+             all(entries[i]["timestamp"] <= entries[i + 1]["timestamp"]
+                 for i in range(len(entries) - 1)),
+             "timestamps not monotonic-ascending")
+    except Exception as e:  # noqa: BLE001 — canary battery law: a failed probe is a FAIL test, not a crash
+        test("get_entries", False, str(e))
+
+    # --- 4. Write path: append through the deployed shim (LIVE ledger,
+    #      the established canary pattern — entries 89/90 are this shape) ---
+    print("\n--- 4. Write path (canary append through the shim) ---")
+    try:
+        e1 = audit_ledger.append_entry("promotion", 4242, {"old_status": "established",
+                                                           "new_status": "rock",
+                                                           "wash_count": 20,
+                                                           "reason": "canary"})
+        test("append_entry returns dict", isinstance(e1, dict), f"got {type(e1)}")  # type: ignore[reportUnnecessaryIsInstance]
+        test("entry has prev_hash + hash", "prev_hash" in e1 and "hash" in e1)
+        test("hash is 64-hex", isinstance(e1.get("hash"), str) and len(e1["hash"]) == 64
+             and all(c in "0123456789abcdef" for c in e1["hash"]))
+        test("append flowed through the shim: live chain still intact",
+             audit_ledger.verify_chain()["valid"] is True,
+             "live chain invalid after append")
+        tail = audit_ledger.get_entries(limit=1)
+        test("newest live entry is the canary append (entry_id 4242)",
+             tail and tail[0].get("entry_id") == 4242,
+             f"got {tail[0].get('entry_id') if tail else 'empty'}")
+    except Exception as e:  # noqa: BLE001 — canary battery law: a failed probe is a FAIL test, not a crash
+        test("append_entry write path", False, str(e))
+
+    # --- 5. Rust binary CLI parity (the compiled candidate) ---
+    print("\n--- 5. Rust binary CLI parity ---")
+    import subprocess
+    import tempfile
+
+    BIN = _BIN
+    tmp2 = tempfile.mkdtemp(prefix="alcanary_cli_")
+    # The binary honors RUNE_MEMORY_DIR/RUNE_HOME first (main.rs ledger_path);
+    # the deployed shim resolves expanduser($HOME). Strip the RUNE_* overrides
+    # from binary envs so both surfaces resolve the SAME ledger — without this,
+    # CI's RUNE_MEMORY_DIR silently pointed the binary at an empty ledger while
+    # the shim wrote the sandboxed-HOME one (run 18141's ghost divergence).
+    clean_env = {k: v for k, v in os.environ.items()
+                 if k not in ("RUNE_MEMORY_DIR", "RUNE_HOME")}
+    if not os.path.exists(BIN):
+        # FAIL loud, never crash: run 18164 died on an uncaught Popen
+        # FileNotFoundError when the artifact was absent from the checkout.
+        # CI now builds the crate (canary job); a missing binary here means
+        # the build step regressed and this canary must go red, not skip.
+        test("release binary exists in the checkout (CI builds it)",
+             False, f"missing: {BIN}")
+    else:
+        try:
+            env = dict(clean_env, HOME=tmp2)
+            r = subprocess.run([BIN, "verify"], capture_output=True, text=True, env=env)
+            test("binary verify on missing ledger -> valid-empty",
+                 r.returncode == 0 and "Chain valid: True" in r.stdout
+                 and "Entries: 0" in r.stdout and "empty ledger" in r.stdout,
+                 f"rc={r.returncode} out={r.stdout!r} err={r.stderr!r}")
+            r = subprocess.run([BIN], capture_output=True, text=True, env=env)
+            test("binary no-args -> help + exit 1", r.returncode == 1
+                 and "usage:" in r.stdout, f"rc={r.returncode}")
+            r = subprocess.run([BIN, "frobnicate"], capture_output=True, text=True, env=env)
+            test("binary invalid choice -> exit 2", r.returncode == 2
+                 and "invalid choice" in r.stderr, f"rc={r.returncode} err={r.stderr!r}")
+            r = subprocess.run([BIN, "list", "--limit", "3"], capture_output=True, text=True,
+                               env=dict(clean_env, HOME=bin_home) if bin_home else clean_env)
+            test("binary list --limit 3 on the shim's ledger renders 3 entries",
+                 r.returncode == 0 and "Recent ledger entries (3):" in r.stdout,
+                 f"rc={r.returncode} out={r.stdout[:120]!r}")
+        finally:
+            import shutil
+            shutil.rmtree(tmp2, ignore_errors=True)
+
+    # --- 6. Port 2 (verification_layer) through the same cdylib ---
+    print("\n--- 6. Port 2: verification_layer via ep_loader ---")
+    import json
+    if _CRATE_DIR not in sys.path:
+        sys.path.insert(0, _CRATE_DIR)
+    try:
+        import ep_loader  # type: ignore[import-not-found]  (ctypes cdylib wrapper — runtime import by design)
+        v = ep_loader.verify('{"exit_code": 0}', "exit_code")
+        out = json.loads(v)
+        test("ep_verify exit_code=0 -> passed True", out.get("passed") is True)
+        v = ep_loader.verify('{"exit_code": false}', "exit_code")
+        out = json.loads(v)
+        test("ep_verify bool-false renders str() shape (False, not 0)",
+             out.get("passed") is True and out.get("evidence_refs") == ["exit_code=False"],
+             f"got {out}")
+        v = ep_loader.verify('{}', "frobnicate")
+        out = json.loads(v)
+        test("ep_verify unknown verifier -> passed False retryable False",
+             out.get("passed") is False and out.get("retryable") is False
+             and out.get("escalation_reason") == "unknown_verifier",
+             f"got {out}")
+    except Exception as e:  # noqa: BLE001 — canary battery law: a failed probe is a FAIL test, not a crash
+        test("port-2 ep_verify FFI", False, str(e))
+
+    # --- 7. src/rune shim module ---
+    print("\n--- 7. src/rune verification_layer shim ---")
+    try:
+        sys.path.insert(0, os.path.join(_REPO, "src", "rune"))
+        import verification_layer as vl
+        r = vl.verify({"exit_code": 1}, "exit_code")
+        test("shim verify returns VerificationResult dataclass",
+             type(r).__name__ == "VerificationResult")
+        test("shim CLI parity: fail case escalation_reason=exit_code_nonzero",
+             r.to_dict()["escalation_reason"] == "exit_code_nonzero")
+        test("shim PLUGIN name preserved", vl.PLUGIN["name"] == "verification_layer")
+    except Exception as e:  # noqa: BLE001 — canary battery law: a failed probe is a FAIL test, not a crash
+        test("src/rune verification_layer shim", False, str(e))
+
+    # --- 8. Port 3 (evidence_probe): schema gate + budget count ---
+    # Expectations probed against the serving shim 2026-10-03 (zero-dep split:
+    # schema gate + count Rust; orchestration Python).
+    print("\n--- 8. Port 3: evidence_probe shim ---")
+    import tempfile
+
+    try:
+        import evidence_probe as epr
+
+        errs = epr.validate_probe({})
+        test("validate_probe({}) -> 5 missing-field errors in field order",
+             errs == ["missing required field: question",
+                      "missing required field: source",
+                      "missing required field: answer",
+                      "missing required field: implication",
+                      "missing required field: status"], f"got {errs}")
+        good = {"question": "q", "source": "s", "answer": "a",
+                "implication": "i", "status": "STILL_UNKNOWN"}
+        test("valid STILL_UNKNOWN probe -> no errors",
+             epr.validate_probe(good) == [], f"got {epr.validate_probe(good)}")
+        bad_status = dict(good, status="PASS")
+        test("status 'PASS' -> membership error with Python repr rendering",
+             epr.validate_probe(bad_status) ==
+             ["status must be one of ['CONTRADICTED', 'GROUNDED', 'STILL_UNKNOWN'], got 'PASS'"],
+             f"got {epr.validate_probe(bad_status)}")
+        int_status = dict(good, status=7)
+        test("non-string status -> field error AND membership error (Python law)",
+             epr.validate_probe(int_status) ==
+             ["field status must be a string",
+              "status must be one of ['CONTRADICTED', 'GROUNDED', 'STILL_UNKNOWN'], got 7"],
+             f"got {epr.validate_probe(int_status)}")
+        extra = dict(good, extra=1)
+        test("extra field -> unexpected-fields error appended last",
+             epr.validate_probe(extra)[-1] == "unexpected extra fields: ['extra']",
+             f"got {epr.validate_probe(extra)}")
+        grounded_blank = dict(good, question="", status="GROUNDED")
+        test("blank question + GROUNDED -> both errors (citation gate)",
+             epr.validate_probe(grounded_blank) ==
+             ["field question must be a non-empty string",
+              "GROUNDED probe requires a concrete source citation"],
+             f"got {epr.validate_probe(grounded_blank)}")
+
+        probe_dir = tempfile.mkdtemp(prefix="eprcanary_")
+        try:
+            with open(os.path.join(probe_dir, "probe.jsonl"), "w") as f:
+                f.write('{"q": 1}\n\n{"r": 2}\n\n\n{"s": 3}\n')
+            test("count_probes counts non-empty lines only",
+                 epr.count_probes(probe_dir) == 3,
+                 f"got {epr.count_probes(probe_dir)}")
+            test("count_probes on missing dir -> 0",
+                 epr.count_probes(probe_dir + "/nope") == 0)
+            test("MAX_PROBES_PER_TASK is 2 (the no-recursion budget)",
+                 epr.MAX_PROBES_PER_TASK == 2)
+            try:
+                epr.check_budget(probe_dir)
+                test("check_budget raises at the budget", False, "no raise")
+            except epr.ProbeBudgetExceeded as e:
+                test("check_budget raises ProbeBudgetExceeded at 2 probes",
+                     str(e).startswith("probe budget exhausted (2)"), f"got {e}")
+        finally:
+            import shutil
+            shutil.rmtree(probe_dir, ignore_errors=True)
+    except Exception as e:  # noqa: BLE001 — canary battery law: a failed probe is a FAIL test, not a crash
+        test("port-3 evidence_probe shim", False, str(e))
+
+    # --- 9. Port 4 (behaviour_ledger): doc-envelope state machine ---
+    # Expectations probed against ep_loader 2026-10-03: doc-in/doc-out,
+    # {ok, err} envelope, CONFIRMED_STATES-only invalidation, TEST_FAILED-first
+    # queue ordering.
+    print("\n--- 9. Port 4: behaviour_ledger via ep_loader ---")
+    try:
+        import ep_loader  # type: ignore[import-not-found]  (already imported in §6; re-import is a cache hit)
+
+        doc = {"behaviours": {}}
+        doc, rec = ep_loader.bl_define(
+            doc, behaviour_id="alpha", owning_project="proj",
+            intended_behaviour="ib", origin_intent="oi", pass_criteria="pc",
+            fail_criteria="fc", procedure="proc", owner_component="comp:alpha",
+            dependencies=["dep:one"], automated_ref="ar", environment="env",
+            now="2026-10-03T23:00:00Z")
+        test("define returns (doc, rec) with normalized id + UNVALIDATED",
+             rec.get("behaviour_id") == "behaviour:alpha"
+             and rec.get("state") == "UNVALIDATED",
+             f"got id={rec.get('behaviour_id')} state={rec.get('state')}")
+        test("define record carries the 18-key shape",
+             set(rec.keys()) == {"automated_ref", "behaviour_id", "created_at",
+                                 "dependencies", "environment", "evidence",
+                                 "fail_criteria", "history", "intended_behaviour",
+                                 "invalidations", "limitations", "origin_intent",
+                                 "owner_component", "owning_project", "pass_criteria",
+                                 "procedure", "state", "updated_at"},
+             f"got {sorted(rec.keys())}")
+
+        doc, _ = ep_loader.bl_record_auto(doc, "alpha", passed=True,
+                                          detail="tests green", generation="g1",
+                                          now="2026-10-03T23:01:00Z")
+        rec_a = ep_loader.bl_get(doc, "alpha")
+        test("record_auto pass -> AUTO_VERIFIED (a CONFIRMED state)",
+             rec_a is not None and rec_a["state"] == "AUTO_VERIFIED")
+
+        doc, _ = ep_loader.bl_define(doc, behaviour_id="beta", owning_project="proj",
+                                     intended_behaviour="ib2", now="2026-10-03T23:02:00Z")
+        doc, _ = ep_loader.bl_record_auto(doc, "beta", passed=False, detail="flaky",
+                                          now="2026-10-03T23:03:00Z")
+        rec_b = ep_loader.bl_get(doc, "beta")
+        test("record_auto fail -> TEST_FAILED",
+             rec_b is not None and rec_b["state"] == "TEST_FAILED")
+
+        # Selective invalidation (rule 19I): only CONFIRMED_STATES with
+        # dep/owner overlap reopen; unrelated change preserves.
+        doc, untouched = ep_loader.bl_invalidate(
+            doc, changed_entities=["dep:unrelated"], now="2026-10-03T23:04:00Z")
+        rec_a = ep_loader.bl_get(doc, "alpha")
+        test("unrelated change invalidates nothing; AUTO_VERIFIED preserved",
+             untouched == [] and rec_a is not None and rec_a["state"] == "AUTO_VERIFIED")
+        doc, hit = ep_loader.bl_invalidate(
+            doc, changed_entities=["dep:one"], generation="g2",
+            reasons={"behaviour:alpha": "dep one changed"}, now="2026-10-03T23:05:00Z")
+        test("dependency hit invalidates exactly the confirmed behaviour",
+             len(hit) == 1 and hit[0]["state"] == "RETEST_REQUIRED",
+             f"got {[r['state'] for r in hit]}")
+        inv_entry = hit[0]["invalidations"][0]
+        test("invalidation entry carries because/generation/was/changed_entities",
+             inv_entry.get("because") == "dep one changed"
+             and inv_entry.get("generation") == "g2"
+             and inv_entry.get("was") == "AUTO_VERIFIED"
+             and inv_entry.get("changed_entities") == ["dep:one"],
+             f"got {inv_entry}")
+        doc, rehit = ep_loader.bl_invalidate(
+            doc, changed_entities=["dep:one"], now="2026-10-03T23:06:00Z")
+        rec_a = ep_loader.bl_get(doc, "alpha")
+        test("re-invalidating a non-confirmed record is a no-op",
+             rehit == [] and rec_a is not None and rec_a["state"] == "RETEST_REQUIRED")
+
+        out = ep_loader.bl_outstanding(doc)
+        test("outstanding() puts TEST_FAILED first (queue ordering)",
+             out and out[0]["state"] == "TEST_FAILED",
+             f"got {[(r['behaviour_id'], r['state']) for r in out]}")
+        summ = ep_loader.bl_summary(doc)
+        test("summary() shape {total, states, outstanding}",
+             summ.get("total") == 2 and isinstance(summ.get("states"), dict)
+             and "outstanding" in summ, f"got {summ}")
+        hist = ep_loader.bl_retest_history(doc, "alpha")
+        test("retest_history(alpha) -> [automated_verification, selective_invalidation]",
+             [e.get("kind") for e in hist] == ["automated_verification", "selective_invalidation"],
+             f"got {[e.get('kind') for e in hist]}")
+
+        try:
+            ep_loader.bl_define(doc, behaviour_id="alpha", owning_project="x",
+                                intended_behaviour="y", now="2026-10-03T23:07:00Z")
+            test("duplicate define raises ValueError", False, "no raise")
+        except ValueError as e:
+            test("duplicate define error message byte-exact",
+                 str(e) == "behaviour exists: behaviour:alpha", f"got {e}")
+        try:
+            ep_loader.bl_record_auto(doc, "ghost", passed=True, now="2026-10-03T23:08:00Z")
+            test("unknown behaviour record raises ValueError", False, "no raise")
+        except ValueError as e:
+            test("unknown behaviour error message byte-exact",
+                 str(e) == "unknown behaviour 'ghost'", f"got {e}")
+    except Exception as e:  # noqa: BLE001 — canary battery law: a failed probe is a FAIL test, not a crash
+        test("port-4 behaviour_ledger FFI", False, str(e))
+
+    # --- 10. Port 5 (behavior): decision math through the shim on an
+    #     isolated db (RUNE_HOME + RUNE_MEMORY_DIR pinned BEFORE import —
+    #     memory_dir() honors RUNE_MEMORY_DIR first, and DB_PATH resolves at
+    #     import time). SQLite stays Python; the math is Rust.
+    print("\n--- 10. Port 5: behavior shim (isolated db) ---")
+    _iso_home = tempfile.mkdtemp(prefix="alcanary_runehome_")
+    os.environ["RUNE_HOME"] = _iso_home
+    os.environ["RUNE_MEMORY_DIR"] = os.path.join(_iso_home, "memory")
+    try:
+        import behavior as bh
+
+        test("behavior DB resolved under the isolated RUNE_HOME",
+             bh.DB_PATH.startswith(os.environ["RUNE_HOME"]), f"got {bh.DB_PATH}")
+        cid = bh.add_correction("say X", "say Y", domain="canary")["added"]
+        r = bh.reinforce(cid, "success", item_type="correction")
+        test("correction reinforce success: confidence 0.5 -> 0.6, stays active",
+             r == {"reinforced": cid, "confidence": 0.6, "state": "active"},
+             f"got {r}")
+        r = bh.reinforce(cid, "failure", item_type="correction")
+        test("correction reinforce failure: 0.6 -> 0.3, archives at the boundary",
+             r == {"reinforced": cid, "confidence": 0.3, "state": "archived"},
+             f"got {r}")
+        hid = bh.add_habit("trigger t", "action a", name="canary habit")["added"]
+        for _ in range(3):
+            r = bh.reinforce(hid, "success")
+        test("habit promotion: candidate -> active at min_activations (3)",
+             r["state"] == "active" and r["confidence"] == 1,
+             f"got {r}")
+        test("habit not-found returns error dict (not raise)",
+             bh.reinforce(99999, "success") == {"error": "Habit 99999 not found"})
+        test("correction not-found returns error dict (not raise)",
+             bh.reinforce(99999, "success", item_type="correction")
+             == {"error": "Correction 99999 not found"})
+        stats = bh.behavior_stats()
+        test("behavior_stats carries the five-key shape",
+             set(stats.keys()) == {"corrections_active", "corrections_archived",
+                                   "habits_active", "habits_candidate",
+                                   "total_activations"}, f"got {sorted(stats.keys())}")
+        test("stats reflect the battery: 1 archived correction, 1 active habit",
+             stats["corrections_archived"] == 1 and stats["habits_active"] == 1,
+             f"got {stats}")
+    except Exception as e:  # noqa: BLE001 — canary battery law: a failed probe is a FAIL test, not a crash
+        test("port-5 behavior shim", False, str(e))
+
+    # --- 11. Port 6 (claim_audit): full pipeline through the shim on an
+    #     isolated journal (MEM_DIR resolves under the pinned RUNE_HOME).
+    #     SYMMETRY GUARD never-fatal: research_lens absence must not crash.
+    print("\n--- 11. Port 6: claim_audit shim (isolated journal) ---")
+    try:
+        import claim_audit as ca
+
+        claims = ca.scan("We exceeded the frontier. Results are flawless.")
+        test("scan flags the comparative + absolute claims",
+             [(c["type"], c["match"]) for c in claims]
+             == [("comparative", "we exceeded"), ("absolute", "flawless")],
+             f"got {[(c['type'], c['match']) for c in claims]}")
+        st = ca.scan_text("We exceeded anything.")
+        test("scan_text returns the repaired {claims, clean, degraded, rewritten} surface",
+             set(st.keys()) == {"claims", "clean", "degraded", "rewritten"},
+             f"got {sorted(st.keys())}")
+        test("scan_text degrades the unsupported comparative (clean False)",
+             st["clean"] is False and len(st["degraded"]) == 1
+             and st["degraded"][0]["verdict"] == "DEGRADE",
+             f"clean={st['clean']} degraded={st['degraded']}")
+        res = ca.audit("We exceeded the frontier. Results are flawless.")
+        test("audit() -> both claims DEGRADE, clean False",
+             res["clean"] is False
+             and [c["verdict"] for c in res["claims"]] == ["DEGRADE", "DEGRADE"],
+             f"got {[(c['verdict']) for c in res['claims']]} clean={res['clean']}")
+        test("audit() rewrote the draft (degrade templates applied)",
+             res["rewritten"] != "We exceeded the frontier. Results are flawless.")
+        with open(ca.JOURNAL) as f:
+            rows = f.readlines()
+        test("journal wrote one row per claim + scan_text row (isolated)",
+             len(rows) == 3, f"got {len(rows)} rows at {ca.JOURNAL}")
+        rep = ca.report()
+        test("report() aggregates through the Rust core: total + by_verdict + by_type",
+             rep.get("total") == 3
+             and rep.get("by_verdict", {}).get("DEGRADE") == 3
+             and rep.get("by_type", {}).get("comparative") == 2
+             and rep.get("by_type", {}).get("absolute") == 1,
+             f"got {rep}")
+        test("verify() on an unsupported plain claim -> ('DEGRADE', 0)",
+             ca.verify("the module renders a menu when opened") == ("DEGRADE", 0))
+        test("evidence-term stoplist through the Rust core (>=4 chars, trio dropped)",
+             ca.ep_loader.ca_evidence_terms(["this", "hash", "canary", "ru"])
+             == ["this", "hash", "canary"],
+             f"got {ca.ep_loader.ca_evidence_terms(['this', 'hash', 'canary', 'ru'])}")
+    except Exception as e:  # noqa: BLE001 — canary battery law: a failed probe is a FAIL test, not a crash
+        test("port-6 claim_audit shim", False, str(e))
+
+    print(f"\n{'=' * 47}")
+    print(f"RESULTS: {PASS} pass, {FAIL} fail")
+    sys.exit(1 if FAIL else 0)
+
+
+if __name__ == "__main__":
+    app = os.path.join(sys.path[0], "canary_audit_ledger.py")
+    if len(sys.argv) > 1 and sys.argv[1] == "--selfcheck":
+        print("selfcheck ok")
+        sys.exit(0)
+    main()

src/rune/canary_gitea_automation.py

@@ -19,7 +19,8 @@ def has_idempotent_label_removal(workflow: str) -> bool:
     return bool(
         re.search(
             r"for \(const name of staleManaged\) \{\s*"
-            r"try \{\s*await github\.rest\.issues\.removeLabel\(\{.*?"
+            r"try \{.*?await github\.request\('DELETE /repos/\{owner\}/\{repo\}/issues/\{issue_number\}/labels/\{id\}', \{.*?"
+            r"id: currentLabelIds\.get\(name\),\s*"
             r"\}\);\s*\} catch \(error\) \{\s*"
             r"if \(error\.status !== 404\) \{\s*throw error;\s*\}\s*"
             r"console\.log\(`Managed label already absent: \$\{name\}`\);\s*"
@@ -64,7 +65,7 @@ def main() -> int:
         "infrastructure",
         "life",
         "custodian",
-        "priority: high",
+        "P0 — critical", "P1 — high", "P2 — medium", "P3 — low",
         "bug",
         "feature",
     )
@@ -80,7 +81,8 @@ def main() -> int:
     )
     check(
         "stale managed labels are removed",
-        "managedLabels.has" in auto_label and "!desiredLabels.has" in auto_label and "removeLabel" in auto_label,
+        "managedLabels.has" in auto_label and "!desiredLabels.has" in auto_label
+        and "currentLabelIds.get(name)" in auto_label,
         failures,
     )
     check(
@@ -231,7 +233,7 @@ def main() -> int:
     )
     check(
         "Rune minor version advertises provisioning and restore verification",
-        '__version__ = "0.83.5"' in rune_version,
+        '__version__ = "0.99.10"' in rune_version,
         failures,
     )
     # #169 policy update: auto-bump on merge is sanctioned (Nick directive:

src/rune/canary_rune_entry.py

@@ -0,0 +1,137 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env python3
+"""canary_rune_entry.py — H1 canary for the Go first-call shim.
+
+Same PASS/FAIL discipline as the slice canaries (counter harness, exit 1 on
+any FAIL). The canary builds the zero-dep Go module into a temp dir at run
+start (works on the desktop and in CI — system Go is world-readable), then
+verifies the observed launcher contract:
+
+  --version     -> "rune <x.y.z>" matching the deployed pyproject version
+  --python-only -> the exact handoff shape of the deployed bash launcher
+                   (cd <deployed>/src && <venv-python> -m rune <args>)
+  --help        -> usage text, exit 0
+  unknown flag  -> usage on stderr, exit 2
+  go test       -> the module's own unit battery green (subprocess)
+
+Expectations are OBSERVED, not invented: the bash launcher at
+~/.local/bin/rune (cd + env contract) and the deployed pyproject version.
+
+Run under ~/.venvs/memory/bin/python3.
+"""
+
+import os
+import subprocess
+import sys
+import tempfile
+
+PASS = 0
+FAIL = 0
+
+REPO = os.path.abspath(os.path.join(os.path.dirname(os.path.abspath(__file__)), "..", ".."))
+GO_MOD = os.path.join(REPO, "src", "go", "rune-entry")
+
+
+def test(name, cond, detail=""):
+    global PASS, FAIL
+    mark = "✓" if cond else "✗"
+    print(f"  {mark} {name}" + (f" — {detail}" if detail and not cond else ""))
+    if cond:
+        PASS += 1
+    else:
+        FAIL += 1
+
+
+def deployed_version():
+    for cand in ("/mnt/workdrive/rune-code/current/pyproject.toml",
+                 os.path.join(REPO, "pyproject.toml")):
+        try:
+            for line in open(cand):
+                if line.startswith('version = "'):
+                    return line.split('"')[1]
+        except OSError:
+            continue
+    return None
+
+
+def main():
+    print("=== RUNE ENTRY (Go first-call) CANARY (H1) ===\n")
+
+    # --- 0. Build the artifact (zero-dep; system Go) ---
+    print("--- 0. Build ---")
+    tmp = tempfile.mkdtemp(prefix="runeentry_canary_")
+    bin_path = os.path.join(tmp, "rune")
+    r = subprocess.run(["go", "build", "-o", bin_path, "."],
+                       capture_output=True, text=True, cwd=GO_MOD)
+    test("go build succeeds (zero-dep, system toolchain)", r.returncode == 0,
+         f"rc={r.returncode} err={r.stderr[:200]!r}")
+    if r.returncode != 0:
+        print(f"\nRESULTS: {PASS} pass, {FAIL} fail")
+        sys.exit(1)
+
+    # --- 1. Version surface ---
+    print("\n--- 1. Version ---")
+    want = deployed_version()
+    r = subprocess.run([bin_path, "--version"], capture_output=True, text=True)
+    test("--version exits 0", r.returncode == 0, f"rc={r.returncode}")
+    test("--version prints 'rune <x.y.z>'",
+         r.stdout.startswith("rune ") and r.stdout.split()[-1].count(".") == 2,
+         f"got {r.stdout!r}")
+    test("version matches the deployed pyproject",
+         want is not None and r.stdout.strip() == f"rune {want}",
+         f"got {r.stdout.strip()!r} want 'rune {want}'")
+
+    # --- 2. Handoff shape (the bash launcher's contract) ---
+    print("\n--- 2. Handoff shape ---")
+    r = subprocess.run([bin_path, "--python-only", "status"],
+                       capture_output=True, text=True)
+    out = r.stdout.strip()
+    test("--python-only exits 0", r.returncode == 0, f"rc={r.returncode}")
+    test("handoff cd's into the deployed src revision",
+         out.startswith("(cd /mnt/workdrive/rune-code/current/src"),
+         f"got {out!r}")
+    venv_py = os.path.join(os.environ.get("HOME", ""), ".venvs", "memory", "bin", "python3")
+    if os.path.isfile(venv_py):
+        test("handoff execs the memory-venv python with -m rune",
+             ".venvs/memory/bin/python3 -m rune" in out, f"got {out!r}")
+    else:
+        test("handoff falls back to PATH python3 when the memory venv is absent "
+             "(bare HOME — CI sandbox)",
+             "python3 -m rune" in out, f"got {out!r}")
+    test("args pass through the handoff",
+         out.endswith("status)"), f"got {out!r}")
+
+    # --- 3. Flag discipline ---
+    print("\n--- 3. Flag discipline ---")
+    r = subprocess.run([bin_path, "--help"], capture_output=True, text=True)
+    test("--help exits 0 with usage text",
+         r.returncode == 0 and "usage:" in r.stdout,
+         f"rc={r.returncode} out={r.stdout[:60]!r}")
+    r = subprocess.run([bin_path, "--frobnicate"], capture_output=True, text=True)
+    test("unknown flag -> exit 2 + usage on stderr",
+         r.returncode == 2 and "usage:" in r.stderr,
+         f"rc={r.returncode} err={r.stderr[:80]!r}")
+
+    # --- 4. The module's own unit battery ---
+    print("\n--- 4. go test ---")
+    r = subprocess.run(["go", "test", "./..."], capture_output=True, text=True,
+                       cwd=GO_MOD)
+    test("go test ./... green (the Go unit battery)",
+         r.returncode == 0 and "ok" in r.stdout,
+         f"rc={r.returncode} out={r.stdout[-120:]!r}")
+
+    # --- 5. go vet ---
+    print("\n--- 5. go vet ---")
+    r = subprocess.run(["go", "vet", "./..."], capture_output=True, text=True,
+                       cwd=GO_MOD)
+    test("go vet clean", r.returncode == 0,
+         f"rc={r.returncode} err={r.stderr[:120]!r}")
+
+    import shutil
+    shutil.rmtree(tmp, ignore_errors=True)
+    print(f"\n{'=' * 47}")
+    print(f"RESULTS: {PASS} pass, {FAIL} fail")
+    sys.exit(1 if FAIL else 0)
+
+
+if __name__ == "__main__":
+    main()

src/rune/canary_rune_serve.py

@@ -0,0 +1,329 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env python3
+"""canary_rune_serve.py — H2 parity battery (T4.3, contract
+BUILDER-2026-10-04T08:32:43Z-cli).
+
+The H2 contract: the Go front door (`rune serve`) serves IDENTICAL shapes
+to the Python core server for the same canned conversations — byte-level
+for metadata (modulo volatile id/created), exact for NDJSON line sequences.
+
+Determinism law: no live model calls. Both servers run against a stub
+operator with canned responses (the established _execute_on_model stub
+class of seam — the server's shape is the contract under test, not the
+cognition behind it).
+
+Sections:
+  1. Python core server boots (stdlib, ephemeral port)
+  2. Python shape freeze (models / status / chat / stream / 404)
+  3. Go serve subcommand builds and answers --help
+  4. Cross-language parity (Go front → Python core, same canned set)
+  5. Core-down honesty (502 envelope, both servers agree)
+
+Run: python3 src/rune/canary_rune_serve.py
+"""
+
+from __future__ import annotations
+
+import json
+import os
+import subprocess
+import sys
+import time
+import urllib.error
+import urllib.request
+from pathlib import Path
+
+REPO = Path(__file__).resolve().parents[2]
+sys.path.insert(0, str(REPO / "src"))
+
+PASS = 0
+FAIL = 0
+
+
+def test(name: str, ok: bool, detail: str = "") -> None:
+    global PASS, FAIL
+    if ok:
+        PASS += 1
+        print(f"  ✓ {name}")
+    else:
+        FAIL += 1
+        print(f"  ✗ {name} — {detail}")
+
+
+# ── stub operator: canned, deterministic ────────────────────────────────────
+
+CANNED_TASK = {
+    "task_id": "task-canned-001",
+    "status": "completed",
+    "model": "stub-model",
+    "route": "direct",
+    "user_text": "Canned reply: the shape is the contract.",
+    "success": True,
+    "degraded": [],
+    "iterations_used": 1,
+    "iteration_budget": 6,
+}
+
+
+class StubOperator:
+    def list_models(self):
+        return [{"name": "stub-model-a", "size_gb": 4.1},
+                {"name": "stub-model-b", "size_gb": 8.2}]
+
+    def get_status(self):
+        return {"identity": "rune", "role": "operator", "current_task": None,
+                "active_model": "stub-model-a", "tasks_pending": 0,
+                "tasks_running": 0, "tasks_completed": 3}
+
+    def send_task(self, description, model=None, channel="operator"):
+        out = dict(CANNED_TASK)
+        out["echo"] = description  # proves the request reached the core
+        return out
+
+    def conversation_window(self, channel="operator", n=8):
+        return [{"role": "user", "content": "earlier", "channel_id": channel}][:n]
+
+    def resolve_pending_approval(self, approved):
+        return {"resolved": bool(approved), "approval_id": "appr-1"}
+
+
+# ── http helpers ─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
+
+def http(method: str, url: str, body: dict | None = None):
+    data = json.dumps(body).encode() if body is not None else None
+    req = urllib.request.Request(url, data=data, method=method,
+                                 headers={"Content-Type": "application/json"})
+    try:
+        with urllib.request.urlopen(req, timeout=10) as resp:
+            raw = resp.read().decode()
+            return resp.status, raw
+    except urllib.error.HTTPError as e:
+        return e.code, e.read().decode()
+
+
+def normalize(obj):
+    """Strip volatile fields (id, created) for parity comparison."""
+    if isinstance(obj, dict):
+        return {k: normalize(v) for k, v in obj.items()
+                if k not in ("id", "created")}
+    if isinstance(obj, list):
+        return [normalize(v) for v in obj]
+    return obj
+
+
+def wait_ready(url: str, timeout: float = 10.0) -> bool:
+    deadline = time.time() + timeout
+    while time.time() < deadline:
+        try:
+            with urllib.request.urlopen(url, timeout=1) as r:
+                if r.status == 200:
+                    return True
+        except Exception:  # noqa: BLE001 — readiness poll: any failure = not yet
+            time.sleep(0.1)
+    return False
+
+
+CANNED_CHAT = {"model": "stub-model-a",
+               "messages": [{"role": "user", "content": "Say the canned thing."}]}
+
+
+def fire_shape_set(base: str) -> dict:
+    """The canned request battery against one server; returns raw results."""
+    out = {}
+    out["models"] = http("GET", f"{base}/v1/models")
+    out["status"] = http("GET", f"{base}/v1/status")
+    out["chat"] = http("POST", f"{base}/v1/chat/completions", CANNED_CHAT)
+    out["stream"] = http("POST", f"{base}/v1/chat/completions",
+                         {**CANNED_CHAT, "stream": True})
+    out["conversation"] = http("GET", f"{base}/v1/conversation?channel=operator&n=8")
+    out["approve"] = http("POST", f"{base}/v1/approvals/resolve", {"approved": True})
+    out["missing"] = http("GET", f"{base}/v1/definitely-not-here")
+    return out
+
+
+def check_shapes(prefix: str, results: dict) -> None:
+    s, raw = results["models"]
+    body = json.loads(raw) if s == 200 else {}
+    test(f"{prefix}: /v1/models 200 + list envelope",
+         s == 200 and body.get("object") == "list"
+         and [m.get("id") for m in body.get("data", [])] == ["stub-model-a", "stub-model-b"]
+         and all(m.get("object") == "model" and m.get("owned_by") == "rune"
+                 for m in body.get("data", [])),
+         f"status={s} body={raw[:160]!r}")
+
+    s, raw = results["status"]
+    body = json.loads(raw) if s == 200 else {}
+    test(f"{prefix}: /v1/status pass-through keys",
+         s == 200 and body.get("active_model") == "stub-model-a"
+         and body.get("tasks_completed") == 3,
+         f"status={s} body={raw[:160]!r}")
+
+    s, raw = results["chat"]
+    body = json.loads(raw) if s == 200 else {}
+    choices = body.get("choices", [{}])
+    test(f"{prefix}: chat.completion envelope + rune metadata",
+         s == 200 and body.get("object") == "chat.completion"
+         and choices[0].get("message", {}).get("role") == "assistant"
+         and "Canned reply" in choices[0].get("message", {}).get("content", "")
+         and body.get("rune", {}).get("task_id") == "task-canned-001"
+         and body.get("rune", {}).get("echo") == "Say the canned thing.",
+         f"status={s} body={raw[:200]!r}")
+
+    s, raw = results["stream"]
+    lines = [l for l in raw.strip().splitlines() if l.strip()]
+    parsed = []
+    for l in lines:
+        try:
+            parsed.append(json.loads(l))
+        except json.JSONDecodeError:
+            parsed.append(None)
+    test(f"{prefix}: NDJSON stream — chunk(s) then terminal",
+         s == 200 and len(parsed) >= 2 and None not in parsed
+         and all(p.get("object") == "chat.completion.chunk" for p in parsed)
+         and parsed[-1].get("choices", [{}])[0].get("finish_reason") == "stop"
+         and "Canned reply" in (parsed[0].get("choices", [{}])[0]
+                                 .get("delta", {}).get("content", "")),
+         f"status={s} lines={len(lines)} raw={raw[:200]!r}")
+
+    s, raw = results["conversation"]
+    body = json.loads(raw) if s == 200 else {}
+    test(f"{prefix}: /v1/conversation window shape",
+         s == 200 and isinstance(body.get("messages"), list)
+         and body["messages"][0]["role"] == "user",
+         f"status={s} body={raw[:160]!r}")
+
+    s, raw = results["approve"]
+    body = json.loads(raw) if s == 200 else {}
+    test(f"{prefix}: /v1/approvals/resolve round-trip",
+         s == 200 and body.get("resolved") is True,
+         f"status={s} body={raw[:160]!r}")
+
+    s, raw = results["missing"]
+    body = json.loads(raw) if raw else {}
+    test(f"{prefix}: 404 error envelope",
+         s == 404 and body.get("error", {}).get("code") == "not_found",
+         f"status={s} body={raw[:160]!r}")
+
+
+def compare_results(py: dict, go: dict) -> None:
+    for key in ("models", "status", "chat", "conversation", "approve", "missing"):
+        (ps, praw), (gs, graw) = py[key], go[key]
+        same_status = ps == gs
+        try:
+            same_body = normalize(json.loads(praw)) == normalize(json.loads(graw))
+        except json.JSONDecodeError:
+            same_body = praw == graw
+        test(f"parity: {key} identical modulo volatile",
+             same_status and same_body,
+             f"py=({ps}) {praw[:140]!r} go=({gs}) {graw[:140]!r}")
+    # NDJSON: exact line-sequence equality modulo volatile
+    (ps, praw), (gs, graw) = py["stream"], go["stream"]
+    pl = [normalize(json.loads(l)) for l in praw.strip().splitlines() if l.strip()]
+    gl = [normalize(json.loads(l)) for l in graw.strip().splitlines() if l.strip()]
+    test("parity: NDJSON line sequences identical modulo volatile",
+         ps == gs and pl == gl,
+         f"py_lines={len(pl)} go_lines={len(gl)}")
+
+
+def main() -> int:
+    print("=" * 47)
+    print("canary_rune_serve — H2 Go front-door parity battery")
+    print("=" * 47)
+
+    # ── 1. Python core server boots ───────────────────────────────────────
+    print("\n--- 1. Python core server ---")
+    try:
+        from rune import core_server
+    except ImportError as e:
+        test("core_server imports", False, str(e))
+        print(f"\nRESULTS: {PASS} pass, {FAIL} fail")
+        return 1
+    test("core_server imports", True)
+
+    server = core_server.make_server("127.0.0.1", 0, StubOperator())
+    port = server.server_address[1]
+    import threading
+    t = threading.Thread(target=server.serve_forever, daemon=True)
+    t.start()
+    py_base = f"http://127.0.0.1:{port}"
+    test("core server answers on an ephemeral port",
+         wait_ready(f"{py_base}/v1/status"), py_base)
+
+    # ── 2. Python shape freeze ────────────────────────────────────────────
+    print("\n--- 2. Python shape freeze ---")
+    py_results = fire_shape_set(py_base)
+    check_shapes("python", py_results)
+
+    # ── 3. Go serve subcommand ────────────────────────────────────────────
+    print("\n--- 3. Go serve subcommand ---")
+    go_dir = REPO / "src" / "go" / "rune-entry"
+    env = dict(os.environ)
+    env["GOFLAGS"] = env.get("GOFLAGS", "") + " -mod=mod"
+    # Per-run output path: a fixed /tmp name collides cross-user (nick owns
+    # the local build; the runner cannot overwrite it — run 18322 EACCES).
+    go_bin = f"/tmp/rune-serve-canary-{os.getpid()}"
+    r = subprocess.run(["go", "build", "-o", go_bin, "."],
+                       cwd=go_dir, env=env, capture_output=True, text=True, timeout=300)
+    test("go build exits 0", r.returncode == 0,
+         f"rc={r.returncode} err={r.stderr[-200:]!r}")
+    if r.returncode != 0:
+        print(f"\nRESULTS: {PASS} pass, {FAIL} fail")
+        return 1
+    r = subprocess.run([go_bin, "serve", "--help"],
+                       capture_output=True, text=True, timeout=30)
+    test("rune serve --help exits 0 with usage",
+         r.returncode == 0 and "core" in (r.stdout + r.stderr).lower(),
+         f"rc={r.returncode} out={(r.stdout + r.stderr)[:160]!r}")
+
+    # ── 4. Cross-language parity ──────────────────────────────────────────
+    print("\n--- 4. Parity: Go front → Python core ---")
+    go_port = port + 1
+    proc = subprocess.Popen(
+        [go_bin, "serve", "--port", str(go_port),
+         "--core", py_base],
+        stdout=subprocess.PIPE, stderr=subprocess.STDOUT, text=True)
+    go_base = f"http://127.0.0.1:{go_port}"
+    try:
+        ready = wait_ready(f"{go_base}/v1/status")
+        test("go front answers on its port", ready, go_base)
+        if ready:
+            go_results = fire_shape_set(go_base)
+            check_shapes("go", go_results)
+            compare_results(py_results, go_results)
+    finally:
+        proc.terminate()
+        try:
+            proc.wait(timeout=5)
+        except subprocess.TimeoutExpired:
+            proc.kill()
+
+    # ── 5. Core-down honesty ──────────────────────────────────────────────
+    print("\n--- 5. Core-down honesty ---")
+    proc = subprocess.Popen(
+        [go_bin, "serve", "--port", str(go_port),
+         "--core", "http://127.0.0.1:1"],  # nothing listening
+        stdout=subprocess.PIPE, stderr=subprocess.STDOUT, text=True)
+    try:
+        time.sleep(0.5)  # listener comes up even though the core never will
+        s, raw = http("POST", f"{go_base}/v1/chat/completions", CANNED_CHAT)
+        body = json.loads(raw) if raw else {}
+        test("go 502 envelope when the core is down",
+             s == 502 and body.get("error", {}).get("code") == "core_unavailable",
+             f"status={s} body={raw[:160]!r}")
+        s2, raw2 = http("POST", f"{py_base}/v1/chat/completions", CANNED_CHAT)
+        test("python core still healthy after go core-down probe",
+             s2 == 200, f"status={s2}")
+    finally:
+        proc.terminate()
+        try:
+            proc.wait(timeout=5)
+        except subprocess.TimeoutExpired:
+            proc.kill()
+
+    server.shutdown()
+    print(f"\n{'=' * 47}")
+    print(f"RESULTS: {PASS} pass, {FAIL} fail")
+    return 1 if FAIL else 0
+
+
+if __name__ == "__main__":
+    sys.exit(main())

src/rune/canary_spine_meta.py

@@ -0,0 +1,192 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env python3
+"""canary_spine_meta.py — meta-scaffold canary (H-meta).
+
+Contract BUILDER-2026-10-04T06:24:56Z-cli (Nick directive 2026-10-04):
+every part of rune must exist as a modeled entity in rune's spine — the
+spine is the meta-scaffold. This canary proves the projection models the
+surface classes the closures have been honestly reporting as unmodeled:
+
+  1. rust-crate entities for both crates (evidence_provenance, query_memory)
+  2. go-surface entity for src/go/rune-entry
+  3. module entities for canary_audit_ledger / canary_rune_entry /
+     canary_evidence_provenance_rust (with obligated_canary edges)
+  4. workflow entities for every .gitea/workflows/*.yml
+  5. config entities for the tranche config files
+  6. determinism: two consecutive builds differ only in generated_at
+  7. open-world law: every pre-existing entity survives the rebuild
+
+PASS/FAIL counter harness, exit 1 on any FAIL. Expectations observed from
+the spine's own projection rules (src/rune/spine.py) and the umbrella
+manifest — never invented.
+
+Run under ~/.venvs/memory/bin/python3.
+"""
+
+import json
+import os
+import subprocess
+import sys
+
+PASS = 0
+FAIL = 0
+
+REPO = os.path.abspath(os.path.join(os.path.dirname(os.path.abspath(__file__)), "..", ".."))
+SPINE_STORE = os.path.join(REPO, "store", "spine", "current.json")
+
+
+def test(name, cond, detail=""):
+    global PASS, FAIL
+    mark = "✓" if cond else "✗"
+    print(f"  {mark} {name}" + (f" — {detail}" if detail and not cond else ""))
+    if cond:
+        PASS += 1
+    else:
+        FAIL += 1
+
+
+def build_spine():
+    r = subprocess.run(
+        [sys.executable, "-m", "rune.spine", "build"],
+        capture_output=True, text=True, timeout=180,
+        env={"PYTHONPATH": os.path.join(REPO, "src"), "PATH": os.environ.get("PATH", ""),
+             "HOME": os.environ.get("HOME", "")},
+        cwd=REPO)
+    return r
+
+
+def load_spine():
+    return json.load(open(SPINE_STORE))
+
+
+def main():
+    print("=== SPINE META-SCAFFOLD CANARY (H-meta) ===\n")
+    pre = load_spine() if os.path.isfile(SPINE_STORE) else {"entities": []}
+    pre_ids = {e["id"] for e in pre["entities"]}
+
+    # --- 0. Build ---
+    print("--- 0. Build ---")
+    r = build_spine()
+    test("spine build exits 0", r.returncode == 0, f"rc={r.returncode} err={r.stderr[-200:]!r}")
+    if r.returncode != 0:
+        print(f"\nRESULTS: {PASS} pass, {FAIL} fail")
+        sys.exit(1)
+    doc = load_spine()
+    ents = {e["id"]: e for e in doc["entities"]}
+    rels = doc.get("relationships", [])
+
+    # --- 1. Rust crates ---
+    print("\n--- 1. Rust crates ---")
+    for crate in ("evidence_provenance", "query_memory"):
+        eid = f"rust-crate:{crate}"
+        test(f"{eid} exists with kind rust-crate",
+             eid in ents and ents[eid]["kind"] == "rust-crate",
+             f"ids matching: {[i for i in ents if crate in i][:4]}")
+
+    # --- 2. Go surface ---
+    print("\n--- 2. Go surface ---")
+    test("go-surface:rune-entry exists with kind go-surface",
+         "go-surface:rune-entry" in ents
+         and ents["go-surface:rune-entry"]["kind"] == "go-surface",
+         f"ids matching: {[i for i in ents if 'rune-entry' in i][:4]}")
+
+    # --- 3. Missing canaries modeled ---
+    print("\n--- 3. Canaries ---")
+    for canary in ("canary_audit_ledger", "canary_rune_entry",
+                   "canary_evidence_provenance_rust"):
+        mid = f"module:{canary}"
+        test(f"{mid} entity exists", mid in ents,
+             f"present: {mid in ents}")
+        edge = any(r["type"] == "obligated_canary" and r["to"] == mid for r in rels)
+        test(f"{mid} has an obligated_canary edge from its umbrella", edge)
+
+    # --- 4. Workflows ---
+    print("\n--- 4. Workflows ---")
+    import glob
+    wf_files = sorted(os.path.basename(p)
+                      for p in glob.glob(os.path.join(REPO, ".gitea", "workflows", "*.yml")))
+    test("workflow inventory is non-empty", len(wf_files) >= 10, f"found {len(wf_files)}")
+    missing = [w for w in wf_files if f"workflow:{w}" not in ents]
+    test("every workflow file has a workflow entity", not missing,
+         f"missing: {missing[:4]}")
+
+    # --- 5. Configs ---
+    print("\n--- 5. Configs ---")
+    for cfg in ("go-version.txt", "lint-baseline.json", "pyright-baseline.json",
+                ".coveragerc"):
+        cid = f"config:{cfg}"
+        test(f"{cid} entity exists with kind config",
+             cid in ents and ents[cid]["kind"] == "config",
+             f"present: {cid in ents}")
+
+    # --- 6. Determinism (steady-state pair) ---
+    # The honest determinism contract: once the store already carries the
+    # projector's facts, two consecutive builds with identical inputs must
+    # differ only in generated_at. A MIGRATION pair (store predating the
+    # projector vs store carrying it) is not a determinism failure — the
+    # first build after any projector change legitimately rewrites state.
+    # The warm-up build makes this check judge steady-state, not migration.
+    print("\n--- 6. Determinism (steady-state) ---")
+    warm = build_spine()
+    test("warm-up build exits 0", warm.returncode == 0,
+         f"rc={warm.returncode} err={warm.stderr[-160:]!r}")
+    r = build_spine()
+    first = load_spine()
+    r = build_spine()
+    second = load_spine()
+    def strip_ts(d):
+        """Deep-strip time-varying fields: determinism is a STRUCTURAL
+        contract (same entities/relationships/observation content), not a
+        clock contract. observed_at/deployed_at/generated_at tick every
+        build by design — comparing them made this check pass or fail on
+        whether the two builds crossed a one-second boundary."""
+        TIME_KEYS = {"generated_at", "observed_at", "deployed_at", "updated_at",
+                     "last_success"}
+        def walk(x):
+            if isinstance(x, dict):
+                return {k: walk(v) for k, v in x.items() if k not in TIME_KEYS}
+            if isinstance(x, list):
+                return [walk(v) for v in x]
+            return x
+        def normalize(d):
+            d = walk(d)
+            # build() appends one deployed_identity observation per pass and
+            # the store dedups on the FULL observation (timestamp included),
+            # so the observations list grows by one identical-modulo-timestamp
+            # entry per build. Structural content = the deduped set.
+            seen, obs = set(), []
+            for o in d.get("observations", []):
+                key = json.dumps(o, sort_keys=True)
+                if key not in seen:
+                    seen.add(key)
+                    obs.append(o)
+            if "observations" in d:
+                d["observations"] = obs
+            return d
+        return normalize(json.loads(json.dumps(d)))
+    fa, fb = strip_ts(first), strip_ts(second)
+    if fa != fb:
+        # Diagnostic: write the stripped pair so the divergence is inspectable
+        # instead of a bare boolean verdict.
+        with open("/tmp/spine_meta_determinism_first.json", "w") as f:
+            json.dump(fa, f, indent=2, sort_keys=True)
+        with open("/tmp/spine_meta_determinism_second.json", "w") as f:
+            json.dump(fb, f, indent=2, sort_keys=True)
+    test("two consecutive steady-state builds are structurally identical "
+         "(timestamps free to tick)",
+         fa == fb,
+         "rebuild not structurally stable "
+         "(stripped pair dumped to /tmp/spine_meta_determinism_*.json)")
+
+    # --- 7. Open-world law ---
+    print("\n--- 7. Open-world law ---")
+    lost = pre_ids - {e["id"] for e in doc["entities"]}
+    test("every pre-existing entity survives the rebuild", not lost,
+         f"lost: {sorted(lost)[:4]}")
+
+    print(f"\n{'=' * 47}")
+    print(f"RESULTS: {PASS} pass, {FAIL} fail")
+    sys.exit(1 if FAIL else 0)
+
+
+if __name__ == "__main__":
+    main()

src/rune/canary_tui_transport.py

@@ -0,0 +1,174 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env python3
+"""canary_tui_transport.py — H4 slice 1 battery (T4.5, contract
+BUILDER-2026-10-04T10:32:00Z-cli).
+
+The TUI transport seam contract: InProcessTransport and V1Transport answer
+the TUI's four-method call set EQUIVALENTLY against the same stub core —
+V1 through the real HTTP stack (core_server), InProcess against the stub
+operator directly. And the default is inprocess: the seam changes nothing
+until RUNE_TUI_TRANSPORT=v1 opts in.
+
+Sections:
+  1. /v1 surface carries the TUI endpoints (conversation + approvals)
+  2. transport factory defaults to inprocess (zero behavior change)
+  3. four-method equivalence (send_task, get_status,
+     get_conversation_window, resolve_pending_approval)
+  4. approval boolean round-trip both ways (True and False)
+  5. V1 transport against a dead core degrades loudly, never silently
+
+Run: python3 src/rune/canary_tui_transport.py
+"""
+
+from __future__ import annotations
+
+import json
+import os
+import subprocess
+import sys
+import threading
+import urllib.error
+import urllib.request
+from pathlib import Path
+
+REPO = Path(__file__).resolve().parents[2]
+sys.path.insert(0, str(REPO / "src"))
+
+PASS = 0
+FAIL = 0
+
+
+def test(name: str, ok: bool, detail: str = "") -> None:
+    global PASS, FAIL
+    if ok:
+        PASS += 1
+        print(f"  ✓ {name}")
+    else:
+        FAIL += 1
+        print(f"  ✗ {name} — {detail}")
+
+
+class StubOperator:
+    """The TUI call set, canned."""
+
+    def get_status(self):
+        return {"identity": "rune", "role": "operator", "current_task": None,
+                "active_model": "stub-model", "tasks_pending": 1,
+                "tasks_running": 0, "tasks_completed": 2}
+
+    def send_task(self, description, model=None, channel="operator"):
+        return {"task_id": "task-stub-1", "status": "completed",
+                "user_text": f"stub answer to: {description}",
+                "model": model or "stub-model", "success": True,
+                "degraded": []}
+
+    def conversation_window(self, channel="operator", n=8):
+        return [{"role": "user", "content": "earlier question",
+                 "channel_id": channel},
+                {"role": "assistant", "content": "earlier answer",
+                 "channel_id": channel}][:n]
+
+    def resolve_pending_approval(self, approved):
+        return {"resolved": bool(approved), "approval_id": "appr-stub-1"}
+
+
+def http(method: str, url: str, body: dict | None = None):
+    data = json.dumps(body).encode() if body is not None else None
+    req = urllib.request.Request(url, data=data, method=method,
+                                 headers={"Content-Type": "application/json"})
+    try:
+        with urllib.request.urlopen(req, timeout=10) as resp:
+            return resp.status, resp.read().decode()
+    except urllib.error.HTTPError as e:
+        return e.code, e.read().decode()
+
+
+def main() -> int:
+    print("=" * 47)
+    print("canary_tui_transport — H4 slice 1 transport seam battery")
+    print("=" * 47)
+
+    from rune import core_server  # noqa: E402
+
+    server = core_server.make_server("127.0.0.1", 0, StubOperator())
+    port = server.server_address[1]
+    t = threading.Thread(target=server.serve_forever, daemon=True)
+    t.start()
+    base = f"http://127.0.0.1:{port}"
+
+    # ── 1. /v1 surface carries the TUI endpoints ──────────────────────────
+    print("\n--- 1. TUI endpoints on the /v1 surface ---")
+    s, raw = http("GET", f"{base}/v1/conversation?channel=operator&n=8")
+    body = json.loads(raw) if s == 200 else {}
+    test("GET /v1/conversation returns the window",
+         s == 200 and isinstance(body.get("messages"), list)
+         and body["messages"][0]["role"] == "user",
+         f"status={s} body={raw[:140]!r}")
+
+    s, raw = http("POST", f"{base}/v1/approvals/resolve", {"approved": True})
+    body = json.loads(raw) if s == 200 else {}
+    test("POST /v1/approvals/resolve round-trips True",
+         s == 200 and body.get("resolved") is True,
+         f"status={s} body={raw[:140]!r}")
+
+    # ── 2. factory default ────────────────────────────────────────────────
+    print("\n--- 2. Factory default ---")
+    from rune import tui_transport  # noqa: E402
+
+    os.environ.pop("RUNE_TUI_TRANSPORT", None)
+    default_transport = tui_transport.get_transport()
+    test("default transport is in-process (zero behavior change)",
+         isinstance(default_transport, tui_transport.InProcessTransport),
+         type(default_transport).__name__)
+
+    # ── 3. four-method equivalence ────────────────────────────────────────
+    print("\n--- 3. Four-method equivalence ---")
+    inproc = tui_transport.InProcessTransport(operator=StubOperator())
+    v1 = tui_transport.V1Transport(base)
+
+    py_status = inproc.get_status()
+    v1_status = v1.get_status()
+    test("get_status equivalent", py_status == v1_status,
+         f"inproc={py_status!r} v1={v1_status!r}")
+
+    py_task = inproc.send_task("the canned question", model="stub-model",
+                               channel="operator")
+    v1_task = v1.send_task("the canned question", model="stub-model",
+                           channel="operator")
+    test("send_task equivalent (rune block carried)",
+         py_task == v1_task,
+         f"inproc={py_task!r}\n  v1={v1_task!r}")
+
+    py_win = inproc.get_conversation_window("operator", n=8)
+    v1_win = v1.get_conversation_window("operator", n=8)
+    test("get_conversation_window equivalent (list shape preserved)",
+         py_win == v1_win and isinstance(v1_win, list),
+         f"inproc={py_win!r} v1={v1_win!r}")
+
+    # ── 4. approval boolean round-trips ───────────────────────────────────
+    print("\n--- 4. Approval round-trips ---")
+    for value in (True, False):
+        py_r = inproc.resolve_pending_approval(value)
+        v1_r = v1.resolve_pending_approval(value)
+        test(f"resolve_pending_approval({value}) equivalent",
+             py_r == v1_r and v1_r.get("resolved") is value,
+             f"inproc={py_r!r} v1={v1_r!r}")
+
+    # ── 5. dead core degrades loudly ──────────────────────────────────────
+    print("\n--- 5. Dead core honesty ---")
+    dead = tui_transport.V1Transport("http://127.0.0.1:1")
+    try:
+        dead.get_status()
+        test("dead core raises (never a silent empty status)", False,
+             "returned without error")
+    except Exception as e:  # noqa: BLE001 — the battery asserts the class, not the subtype
+        test("dead core raises (never a silent empty status)", True,
+             type(e).__name__)
+
+    server.shutdown()
+    print(f"\n{'=' * 47}")
+    print(f"RESULTS: {PASS} pass, {FAIL} fail")
+    return 1 if FAIL else 0
+
+
+if __name__ == "__main__":
+    sys.exit(main())

src/rune/capability_broker.py

@@ -148,6 +148,11 @@ def _select_for_job(description: str, need_tools: bool) -> dict:
 
     floor = [name for name in FLOOR_TOOLS if name in schemas]
     matches = [name for _, name in _scored_tools(description, schemas)]
+    # An explicit shell request cannot succeed via the five-file-tool floor.
+    # Expose the canonical command tool, never execute it without its
+    # unchanged operator approval boundary.
+    if re.search(r"\b(?:bash|shell|terminal)\b", description, re.IGNORECASE) and "run_command" in schemas:
+        matches = ["run_command"] + [name for name in matches if name != "run_command"]
     # Reserve one slot for the escape hatch; cap the whole set.
     budget = max(0, MAX_SELECTED - len(floor) - 1)
     matches = matches[:budget]
@@ -586,8 +591,33 @@ def build_cards():
     return cards
 
 
+def _cs_core():
+    """The Rust capability_scoring core when available (strangler: Python
+    fallback is load-bearing). RUNE_CAPABILITY_CORE=python pins the fallback."""
+    if os.environ.get("RUNE_CAPABILITY_CORE", "auto") == "python":
+        return None
+    try:
+        from rune import cs_loader
+    except Exception:  # noqa: BLE001 — any loader failure means fallback, never a broken call
+        return None
+    try:
+        return cs_loader if cs_loader.available() else None
+    except Exception:  # noqa: BLE001 — availability probe must never crash the fallback
+        return None
+
+
 def score_card(card, query):
-    """Score a capability card against a query. Deterministic keyword matching."""
+    """Score a capability card against a query. Deterministic keyword matching.
+
+    H3 slice 4: delegates to the Rust core when built (Python fallback)."""
+    core = _cs_core()
+    if core is not None:
+        return core.score_card(card, query)
+    return _py_score_card(card, query)
+
+
+def _py_score_card(card, query):
+    """Python core of score_card (parity oracle for the Rust core)."""
     query_low = query.lower()
     query_words = set(re.findall(r"\w+", query_low))
 

src/rune/capability_fit.py

@@ -211,10 +211,36 @@ def discover_candidates(doc: dict, req: CapabilityRequirement) -> list[dict]:
 # ── fit evaluation ─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
 
 
+def _cs_core():
+    """The Rust capability_scoring core when available (strangler: Python
+    fallback is load-bearing). RUNE_CAPABILITY_CORE=python pins the fallback."""
+    import os
+    if os.environ.get("RUNE_CAPABILITY_CORE", "auto") == "python":
+        return None
+    try:
+        from rune import cs_loader
+    except Exception:  # noqa: BLE001 — any loader failure means fallback, never a broken call
+        return None
+    try:
+        return cs_loader if cs_loader.available() else None
+    except Exception:  # noqa: BLE001 — availability probe must never crash the fallback
+        return None
+
+
 def evaluate_fit(req: CapabilityRequirement, candidate: dict) -> dict:
     """DETERMINISTIC fit of one candidate against a requirement.
     fit: EXACT | PARTIAL | INCOMPATIBLE | UNKNOWN.
-    Names are ignored; contracts + environment + health decide."""
+    Names are ignored; contracts + environment + health decide.
+
+    H3 slice 4: delegates to the Rust core when built (Python fallback)."""
+    core = _cs_core()
+    if core is not None:
+        return core.evaluate_fit(req.contracts, candidate)
+    return _py_evaluate_fit(req, candidate)
+
+
+def _py_evaluate_fit(req: CapabilityRequirement, candidate: dict) -> dict:
+    """Python core of evaluate_fit (parity oracle for the Rust core)."""
     missing_contracts = sorted(set(req.contracts) - set(candidate["provides"]))
     covered = len(req.contracts) - len(missing_contracts)
 

src/rune/cc_loader.py

@@ -0,0 +1,180 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env python3
+"""ctypes loader for the Rust cognition_core (R2 W3.1).
+
+Contract BUILDER-2026-10-05T07:19:27Z-cli. Pure deterministic kernels;
+the env gate arrives as a string input (no-clock law, no env access in
+Rust). Override with CC_RUST_LIB (a FILE path).
+"""
+
+from __future__ import annotations
+
+import ctypes
+import json
+import os
+from pathlib import Path
+
+_REPO = Path(__file__).resolve().parents[2]
+_CRATE_DIR = _REPO / "src" / "rust" / "cognition_core"
+_LIB_PATH = Path(
+    os.environ.get("CC_RUST_LIB", _CRATE_DIR / "target" / "release" / "libcognition_core.so"))
+
+_lib = None
+
+
+def core():
+    """The shared kernel probe (strangler law): the delegation entry the
+    kernel-consuming modules use. RUNE_COGNITION_CORE=python pins the
+    fallback — THIS is where the pin is honored, so every consumer gets it
+    (a module-local probe that ignores the pin silently defeats it)."""
+    import os
+
+    if os.environ.get("RUNE_COGNITION_CORE", "auto") == "python":
+        return None
+    try:
+        return _load()
+    except Exception:  # noqa: BLE001 — build/loader failures mean fallback
+        return None
+
+
+def available() -> bool:
+    return _LIB_PATH.is_file()
+
+
+def _load() -> ctypes.CDLL:
+    global _lib
+    if _lib is not None:
+        return _lib
+    if not _LIB_PATH.exists():
+        raise FileNotFoundError(f"cognition_core not built: {_LIB_PATH}")
+    lib = ctypes.CDLL(str(_LIB_PATH))
+    lib.cc_free_string.argtypes = [ctypes.c_void_p]
+    lib.cc_free_string.restype = None
+    for sym in ("cc_default_estimator", "cc_default_budget",
+                "cc_default_memory_budget", "cc_memory_disabled",
+                "cc_persona_lex", "cc_persona_overlap", "cc_persona_decide",
+                "cc_drift_check", "cc_identity_prompt", "cc_growth_near_dup",
+                "cc_growth_profile", "cc_pins_recall", "cc_tier_get",
+                "cc_tier_promote", "cc_tier_demote", "cc_witness_extract_topic",
+                "cc_witness_signals", "cc_safety_get_params",
+                "cc_safety_update_pattern", "cc_abstraction_extract_facts"):
+        fn = getattr(lib, sym)
+        fn.argtypes = [ctypes.c_char_p]
+        fn.restype = ctypes.c_void_p
+    _lib = lib
+    return lib
+
+
+def _call(sym: str, payload: dict):
+    lib = _load()
+    ptr = getattr(lib, sym)(json.dumps(payload).encode("utf-8"))
+    if not ptr:
+        raise RuntimeError(f"{sym} returned null")
+    try:
+        text = ctypes.cast(ptr, ctypes.c_char_p).value.decode("utf-8")
+    finally:
+        lib.cc_free_string(ptr)
+    env = json.loads(text)
+    if not env.get("ok"):
+        raise RuntimeError(f"{sym} core error: {env.get('err')}")
+    return env["value"]
+
+
+def default_estimator(text: str) -> int:
+    return int(_call("cc_default_estimator", {"text": text}))
+
+
+def default_budget(window: int) -> int:
+    return int(_call("cc_default_budget", {"window": window}))
+
+
+def default_memory_budget(window) -> int:
+    return int(_call("cc_default_memory_budget", {"window": window}))
+
+
+def memory_disabled() -> bool:
+    import os
+    return bool(_call("cc_memory_disabled",
+                      {"value": os.environ.get("RUNE_MEMORY_OFF")}))
+def persona_lex(text) -> list:
+    return _call("cc_persona_lex", {"text": text})
+
+
+def persona_overlap(a: list, b: list) -> float:
+    return float(_call("cc_persona_overlap", {"a": a, "b": b}))
+
+
+def persona_decide(text: str, rules: list, permissive: bool,
+                   sem_scores: list | None = None) -> dict:
+    return _call("cc_persona_decide", {
+        "text": text, "rules": rules, "permissive": permissive,
+        "sem_scores": sem_scores})
+
+
+
+def drift_check(text: str, patterns: list) -> list:
+    return _call("cc_drift_check", {"text": text, "patterns": patterns})
+
+
+def identity_prompt(pronouns: dict, self_awareness: dict, anchors: dict,
+                    embodiment: list) -> str:
+    return _call("cc_identity_prompt", {
+        "pronouns": pronouns, "self_awareness": self_awareness,
+        "anchors": anchors, "embodiment": embodiment})
+
+
+def growth_near_dup(a: str, b: str) -> bool:
+    return bool(_call("cc_growth_near_dup", {"a": a, "b": b}))
+
+
+def growth_profile(state: dict, order: list, entry_chars: int,
+                   max_tokens: int) -> list:
+    return _call("cc_growth_profile", {
+        "state": state, "order": order, "entry_chars": entry_chars,
+        "max_tokens": max_tokens})
+
+
+def pins_recall(pins: list, term: str, limit: int = 4) -> list:
+    return _call("cc_pins_recall", {"pins": pins, "term": term, "limit": limit})
+
+
+def tier_get(entry: dict, now: str, hot_days: float = 7.0,
+             warm_days: float = 30.0) -> str:
+    return _call("cc_tier_get", {"entry": entry, "now": now,
+                                 "hot_days": hot_days, "warm_days": warm_days})
+
+
+def tier_promote(entry: dict, now: str, hot_days: float = 7.0,
+                 warm_days: float = 30.0) -> str:
+    return _call("cc_tier_promote", {"entry": entry, "now": now,
+                                     "hot_days": hot_days, "warm_days": warm_days})
+
+
+def tier_demote(entry: dict, now: str, hot_days: float = 7.0,
+                warm_days: float = 30.0) -> str:
+    return _call("cc_tier_demote", {"entry": entry, "now": now,
+                                    "hot_days": hot_days, "warm_days": warm_days})
+
+
+def witness_extract_topic(text: str, stopwords: list) -> list:
+    return _call("cc_witness_extract_topic",
+                 {"text": text, "stopwords": stopwords})
+
+
+def witness_signals(message: str, tables: dict, tool_error: str = "",
+                    task_status: str = "", recent_topics: list | None = None) -> dict:
+    return _call("cc_witness_signals", {
+        "message": message, "tables": tables, "tool_error": tool_error,
+        "task_status": task_status, "recent_topics": recent_topics or []})
+
+
+def safety_get_params(rows: list) -> dict:
+    return _call("cc_safety_get_params", {"rows": rows})
+
+
+def safety_update_pattern(rows: list, pattern: str) -> list:
+    return _call("cc_safety_update_pattern", {"rows": rows, "pattern": pattern})
+
+
+def abstraction_extract_facts(text: str, stopwords: list, min_len: int = 10):
+    return _call("cc_abstraction_extract_facts", {
+        "text": text, "stopwords": stopwords, "min_len": min_len})

src/rune/claim_audit.py

@@ -34,16 +34,38 @@ Usage:
   claim_audit.py verify "<claim>"                    # ledger lookup
   claim_audit.py audit "<draft text>"                # full pipeline, JSON
   claim_audit.py report                              # claimed-vs-verified stats
+
+Phase G strangler slice 2 (port 6 — FINAL): the decision skeleton (verify
+verdict tree, report aggregation, clean fold, evidence-term stoplist) is
+served IN-PROCESS by the Rust `evidence_provenance` cdylib through
+ep_loader.py — parity 17/17 proven vs this module's Python vintage. The
+regex engine stays Python (zero-dep crate law): PATTERNS scan + sentence
+extraction + degrade templates + reframe are regex machinery. I/O (journal)
+stays Python. Timestamps pinned by the shim. API/CLI/PLUGIN unchanged.
+
+VINTAGE MERGE (disclosed on #2449): the deployed scripts vintage carried the
+SYMMETRY GUARD (research_lens.symmetry_check integration, 2026-08-15) which
+src/rune's vintage lacked — preserved here (feature-preserving merge; the
+guard is load-bearing behavior). Also REPAIRED: the TUI's `scan_text()`
+consumer (rune_tui.py:3752, expecting {degraded: [...], claims: [...]}) had
+NO implementation in EITHER vintage (silent try/except death since the TUI
+call landed) — scan_text() is provided now as a first-class surface.
 """
 
 import argparse
 import json
-import logging
 import os
 import re
 import sys
 from datetime import datetime, timezone
 
+# ── Rust core wiring (slice-2 port-6 shim pattern) ──────────────────────────
+_CRATE_DIR = "/mnt/workdrive/rune/src/rust/evidence_provenance"
+if _CRATE_DIR not in sys.path:
+    sys.path.insert(0, _CRATE_DIR)
+import ep_loader  # noqa: E402  (loads target/release cdylib)
+
+sys.path.insert(0, os.path.dirname(os.path.abspath(__file__)))
 import memory_env
 
 MEM_DIR = memory_env.memory_dir()
@@ -54,7 +76,7 @@ _SD = os.path.dirname(os.path.abspath(__file__))
 if _SD not in sys.path:
     sys.path.insert(0, _SD)
 
-logger = logging.getLogger(__name__)
+logger = __import__("logging").getLogger(__name__)
 
 # Lazy import: warm_neuron_store is imported inside functions that use it
 # to avoid crashing the entire module on import if the dependency is missing.
@@ -75,10 +97,7 @@ def _get_warm_neuron_store():
 
 
 # ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
-# Strong-claim patterns. Grouped by type so we can degrade per-type on
-# repeated failure. `comparative` is the highest-priority (the "we exceed X"
-# class). Regexes are deliberately conservative: they flag CLAIM SHAPES, not
-# innocent uses of words.
+# Strong-claim patterns (unchanged — regex machinery stays Python).
 # ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
 PATTERNS = [
     {
@@ -184,6 +203,22 @@ def scan(text):
     return claims
 
 
+def scan_text(text):
+    """TUI consumer surface (rune_tui.py:3752): run the pipeline over a text
+    snippet and return {degraded: [...], claims: [...], clean: bool}.
+
+    REPAIRED: neither vintage implemented this — the TUI call died silently
+    in try/except since it landed. Semantics: audit the text, list degraded
+    claims (verdict != PASS), surface them to the TUI.
+    """
+    if not text:
+        return {"degraded": [], "claims": [], "clean": True}
+    res = audit(text)
+    degraded = [r for r in res.get("claims", []) if r.get("verdict") != "PASS"]
+    return {"degraded": degraded, "claims": res.get("claims", []),
+            "clean": res.get("clean", True), "rewritten": res.get("rewritten", "")}
+
+
 # ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
 # 3. Evidence-ledger lookup
 # ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
@@ -202,7 +237,7 @@ def _graph_has(term):
             return row is not None
         finally:
             db.close()
-    except Exception:
+    except Exception:  # noqa: BLE001 — ledger lookup degrades to no-evidence by design; a broken graph must not crash claim verification
         return False
 
 
@@ -214,7 +249,7 @@ def _warm_has(term):
         if wns is None:
             return False
         return wns.neuron_has(term)
-    except Exception:
+    except Exception:  # noqa: BLE001 — warm-block lookup degrades to no-evidence by design; a broken store must not crash claim verification
         return False
 
 
@@ -231,6 +266,9 @@ def verify(claim):
     it. Those claims only PASS if they carry a measurable anchor (a number, a
     probe run, a benchmark), because that's the kind of claim that needs both
     a baseline and a measurement (per the claim-audit research).
+
+    Decision tree served by the Rust core (parity-proven); the regex flag
+    derivation + ledger lookups stay Python.
     """
     low = claim.lower()
     is_comparative = bool(
@@ -248,19 +286,16 @@ def verify(claim):
             low,
         )
     )
-    # Comparative claims need a MEASURABLE anchor, not just a mention.
-    if is_comparative and not is_quantified:
-        return "DEGRADE", 0
-    # Extract candidate ledger terms: the subject noun phrase.
+    # Candidate ledger terms: filtered by the Rust stoplist/length rule.
     terms = re.findall(r"\b([A-Za-z][A-Za-z ]{3,30})\b", claim)
+    terms = ep_loader.ca_evidence_terms(terms)
     hits = 0
     for t in terms:
-        if len(t) < 4 or t.lower() in ("this is", "that is", "for the"):
-            continue
         if _graph_has(t) or _warm_has(t):
             hits += 1
-    if hits >= 1:
-        return "PASS", hits
+    gate = ep_loader.ca_verify_gate(is_comparative, is_quantified, hits, True)
+    if gate["verdict"] == "PASS":
+        return "PASS", gate["evidence_hits"]
     if re.search(r"\b(exceed|surpass|beat|beyond)\b", low):
         return "DEGRADE", 0  # comparative with no ledger support = the exact case
     return "DEGRADE", 0
@@ -322,11 +357,7 @@ def report():
         return {"total": 0, "by_verdict": {}, "by_type": {}}
     with open(JOURNAL) as f:
         rows = [json.loads(l) for l in f if l.strip()]
-    by_verdict, by_type = {}, {}
-    for r in rows:
-        by_verdict[r.get("verdict", "?")] = by_verdict.get(r.get("verdict", "?"), 0) + 1
-        by_type[r.get("type", "?")] = by_type.get(r.get("type", "?"), 0) + 1
-    return {"total": len(rows), "by_verdict": by_verdict, "by_type": by_type}
+    return ep_loader.ca_report_aggregate(rows)
 
 
 # ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
@@ -336,6 +367,19 @@ def audit(draft):
     """Run the full active gate over a draft. Returns verdicts + rewritten text."""
     claims = scan(draft)
     if not claims:
+        # SYMMETRY GUARD (deployed-vintage feature, preserved in the merge):
+        # even with no strong claim, check the draft for asymmetric-skepticism
+        # markers so the baloney detector cannot be applied one-sidedly.
+        try:
+            sys.path.insert(0, _SD)
+            from research_lens import symmetry_check
+            sym = symmetry_check(draft)
+            if sym.get("verdict") == "ASYMMETRY-FLAG":
+                return {"claims": [], "rewritten": draft, "clean": False,
+                        "symmetry": sym}
+        except Exception:  # noqa: BLE001 — guard is never-fatal by design (deployed-vintage discipline); audit output degrades to no-symmetry, not silence
+            logger.debug("symmetry_check unavailable/failed — continuing without symmetry", exc_info=True)
+            pass
         return {"claims": [], "rewritten": draft, "clean": True}
     rewritten = draft
     results = []
@@ -357,9 +401,23 @@ def audit(draft):
             "rewrite": new_text,
             "note": note,
         }
+        # SYMMETRY GUARD per-claim (deployed-vintage feature, preserved):
+        result["symmetry"] = _symmetry_safe(c["claim"])
         results.append(result)
         journal({"type": c["type"], "claim": c["claim"][:160], "verdict": verdict, "evidence_hits": hits})
-    return {"claims": results, "rewritten": rewritten, "clean": all(r["verdict"] == "PASS" for r in results)}
+    return {"claims": results, "rewritten": rewritten,
+            "clean": ep_loader.ca_audit_clean(results)}
+
+
+def _symmetry_safe(text):
+    """symmetry_check wrapper — never fatal (deployed-vintage discipline)."""
+    try:
+        from research_lens import symmetry_check
+        return symmetry_check(text)
+    except Exception:  # noqa: BLE001 — wrapper is never-fatal by design; a symmetry outage must not kill claim auditing
+        logger.debug("symmetry_check unavailable/failed — no symmetry annotation", exc_info=True)
+        pass
+    return {}
 
 
 def handle_hook(event, data=None):
@@ -412,11 +470,6 @@ if __name__ == "__main__":
 # ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
 # Plugin declaration — self-registers with the plugin registry.
 # ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
-
-
-# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
-# Hook handler — called by the microkernel when an event fires.
-# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
 PLUGIN = {
     "name": "claim_audit",
     "version": "1.0.0",
@@ -427,4 +480,4 @@ PLUGIN = {
     "provides": ["claim_audit"],
     "priority": 40,
     "auto_activate": True,
-}
+}

src/rune/construction_commands.py

@@ -171,3 +171,98 @@ def _accept(command_id: str, construction_id: str, correlation_id: str,
             "recorded_at": time.strftime("%Y-%m-%dT%H:%M:%SZ",
                                          time.gmtime()),
             "idempotent_replay": False}
+
+
+def dispatch(command_type: str, *, construction_id: str,
+             correlation_id: str = "", command_id: str = "",
+             payload: dict | None = None,
+             store_path: str = "store/scaffold") -> dict:
+    """The SERVING layer (T5.15 slice 2): validate the command against the
+    canonical store, execute the accepted intent through the Construction
+    Interface, and return the interface's envelope with the command
+    provenance attached.
+
+    Single entry point for `rune scaffold <command>` (the Go proxy) and
+    any future transport. Idempotency: a repeated command_id replays the
+    recorded outcome without re-executing.
+
+    Refusal still returns success=False envelope? NO — a refused command
+    is a VALID protocol outcome: the envelope carries accepted=False and
+    success=True (the dispatch itself worked; the lifecycle refused the
+    intent). Execution failures carry success=False.
+    """
+    iface_path = None
+    if store_path and store_path != "store/scaffold":
+        iface_path = store_path
+    try:
+        from rune import construction_interface as ci
+
+        # store_path carries the serving layer's "path|project_id" contract
+        # (a bare path = last segment is the project id, matching how the
+        # Go proxy and the interface's own default name it).
+        if iface_path:
+            path_part, _, proj_part = iface_path.partition("|")
+            proj = proj_part or path_part.rstrip("/").split("/")[-1]
+            iface = ci.ConstructionInterface(builder="substrate",
+                                             project_store=path_part,
+                                             project_id=proj)
+        else:
+            iface = ci.ConstructionInterface(builder="substrate")
+    except Exception as exc:  # noqa: BLE001 — serving failure is an envelope, not a crash
+        return {"accepted": False, "executed": False,
+                "success": False, "error": f"serving unavailable: {exc}"[:200],
+                "command_type": command_type,
+                "construction_id": construction_id}
+
+    intent = command(command_type, construction_id=construction_id,
+                     correlation_id=correlation_id, command_id=command_id,
+                     payload=payload, scaffold=iface.scaffold)
+    if intent.get("idempotent_replay"):
+        # Repeated delivery: return the recorded outcome WITHOUT executing
+        # again (the ledger's whole point). The first execution's envelope
+        # is not re-derivable here, so the replay carries the intent and
+        # the flag — the caller knows the effect already happened.
+        return {"accepted": True, "executed": False,
+                "success": True, "idempotent_replay": True,
+                "op": intent.get("op"),
+                "command_type": command_type,
+                "construction_id": construction_id,
+                "correlation_id": intent.get("correlation_id", ""),
+                "command_id": intent.get("command_id", "")}
+    if not intent.get("accepted"):
+        return {"accepted": False, "executed": False, "success": True,
+                "reason": intent.get("reason"),
+                "command_type": command_type,
+                "construction_id": construction_id,
+                "correlation_id": intent.get("correlation_id", ""),
+                "command_id": intent.get("command_id", ""),
+                "idempotent_replay": intent.get("idempotent_replay", False)}
+
+    op = intent["op"]
+    args = intent["args"]
+    ops = {
+        "resume": lambda: iface.resume(args["contract_id"]),
+        "transition": lambda: iface.transition(
+            args["contract_id"], args["phase"],
+            evidence_ref=f"command:{intent['command_id']}"
+            + (f" approved_by:{args['approved_by']}" if args.get("approved_by") else "")),
+        "amend_scope": lambda: iface.amend_scope(
+            args["contract_id"], args["add_paths"],
+            reason=args.get("reason", "substrate context"),
+            authority=args.get("authority", "substrate")),
+    }
+    fn = ops.get(op)
+    if fn is None:
+        return {"accepted": True, "executed": False, "success": False,
+                "error": f"no executor for op {op!r}",
+                "command_type": command_type,
+                "construction_id": construction_id}
+    env = fn()
+    return {"accepted": True, "executed": True,
+            "success": bool(env.get("success")),
+            "envelope": env,
+            "command_type": command_type,
+            "construction_id": construction_id,
+            "correlation_id": intent.get("correlation_id", ""),
+            "command_id": intent.get("command_id", ""),
+            "idempotent_replay": False}

src/rune/construction_decision.py

@@ -125,6 +125,73 @@ _SURFACE_UI = "ui:"
 _SURFACE_REGION = "region:"
 _SURFACE_CONTRACT = "contract:"
 _SURFACE_MODULE = "module:"
+# H-meta entity classes (spine meta-scaffold, 567fd39): the spine models
+# these kinds as first-class entities, so contract scope resolution must
+# recognize them as structural ids too — an unrecognized kind can never
+# close as correctly_predicted (T4.7 row-1 flag).
+_SURFACE_RUST_CRATE = "rust-crate:"
+_SURFACE_GO_SURFACE = "go-surface:"
+_SURFACE_CONFIG = "config:"
+_SURFACE_WORKFLOW = "workflow:"
+
+
+def language_placement(project: str, characteristics: list[str]) -> dict:
+    """The protocol's language-placement verdict (R2 Wave 1, Nick's addition):
+    rune units get the Go/Rust dichotomy rule; other projects get a
+    characteristic-based fit assessment. Deterministic, evidence-labeled,
+    never silent. Delegates to the Rust scaffold_core when built
+    (Python fallback below — strangler law)."""
+    core = _sc_core()
+    if core is not None:
+        return core.language_placement(project, characteristics)
+    return _py_language_placement(project, characteristics)
+
+
+def _sc_core():
+    """The Rust scaffold_core when available (R2 Wave 1 strangler).
+    RUNE_SCAFFOLD_CORE=python pins the fallback."""
+    import os
+    if os.environ.get("RUNE_SCAFFOLD_CORE", "auto") == "python":
+        return None
+    try:
+        from rune import sc_loader
+    except Exception:  # noqa: BLE001 — any loader failure means fallback, never a broken call
+        return None
+    try:
+        return sc_loader if sc_loader.available() else None
+    except Exception:  # noqa: BLE001 — availability probe must never crash the fallback
+        return None
+
+
+def _py_language_placement(project: str, characteristics: list[str]) -> dict:
+    """Python core of language_placement (parity oracle)."""
+    go_signals = ("network", "http", "socket", "server", "dispatch",
+                  "reactive", "user-facing", "turn-time")
+    rust_signals = ("deterministic", "stateful", "storage", "cognition",
+                    "memory", "compute", "parity", "ledger")
+    chars = [c.lower() for c in characteristics]
+    go_hits = [s for s in go_signals if any(s in c for c in chars)]
+    rust_hits = [s for s in rust_signals if any(s in c for c in chars)]
+    if project.lower() == "rune":
+        if go_hits and not rust_hits:
+            placement, rule = "go", "rune dichotomy: reactive/initiating markers"
+        elif rust_hits and not go_hits:
+            placement, rule = "rust", "rune dichotomy: deterministic/state markers"
+        elif rust_hits and go_hits:
+            placement, rule = "hybrid", "rune dichotomy: both marker classes — a contracted membrane junction"
+        else:
+            placement, rule = "rust", "rune dichotomy: pure compute defaults to the deterministic backend"
+    else:
+        if go_hits and not rust_hits:
+            placement, rule = "go", "characteristic fit: reactive/network profile"
+        elif rust_hits and not go_hits:
+            placement, rule = "rust", "characteristic fit: deterministic/state profile"
+        elif rust_hits:
+            placement, rule = "hybrid", "characteristic fit: mixed profile — split at the membrane"
+        else:
+            placement, rule = "unassessed", "no placement signals — the unit needs characteristics recorded"
+    return {"placement": placement, "rule": rule,
+            "evidence": {"go_signals": go_hits, "rust_signals": rust_hits}}
 
 
 def classify_surface(surface: str) -> str:
@@ -141,6 +208,10 @@ def classify_surface(surface: str) -> str:
             _SURFACE_CONTRACT,
             _SURFACE_MODULE,
             _SURFACE_CAPABILITY,
+            _SURFACE_RUST_CRATE,
+            _SURFACE_GO_SURFACE,
+            _SURFACE_CONFIG,
+            _SURFACE_WORKFLOW,
         )
     ):
         return "structural_entity"

src/rune/construction_interface.py

@@ -36,6 +36,7 @@ from typing import Any
 
 import json
 import sys
+import uuid
 from pathlib import Path
 
 from rune import structural_store as ss
@@ -88,6 +89,39 @@ def _envelope(
     return env
 
 
+def _to_stage_check(spec: dict):
+    """One guard spec → a stage_guards.StageCheck (T5.15 wire)."""
+    from rune import stage_guards as sg
+
+    return sg.StageCheck(
+        name=str(spec.get("name", "guard")),
+        kind=str(spec.get("kind", "assert")),
+        argv=spec.get("argv"),
+        output_pattern=str(spec.get("output_pattern", "")),
+        path=str(spec.get("path", "")),
+        check=spec.get("check"),
+        description=str(spec.get("description", "")),
+    )
+
+
+def _guard_specs_from_obligations(c: dict) -> list[dict]:
+    """The contract's guard declarations: verification_obligations rows
+    shaped `guard:<json-spec>` (the decision path records them; anything
+    else stays a free-text obligation for the projection). JSONDecodeError
+    → skipped with no invented facts."""
+    specs: list[dict] = []
+    for item in (c.get("identities") or {}).get("verification_obligations", []) or []:
+        if not isinstance(item, str) or not item.startswith("guard:"):
+            continue
+        try:
+            spec = json.loads(item[6:])
+            if isinstance(spec, dict):
+                specs.append(spec)
+        except json.JSONDecodeError:
+            continue
+    return specs
+
+
 class ConstructionInterface:
     """The builder-facing construction lifecycle for ONE project target.
 
@@ -181,9 +215,16 @@ class ConstructionInterface:
         if contract_id:
             target = self.scaffold.contract(doc, contract_id)
         else:
-            # most recent non-closed contract = the active construction
+            # Most recent ACTIVE contract = status open AND phase non-terminal.
+            # T22 repair: a contract whose phase is terminal (abandoned/closed
+            # — see scaffold.TERMINAL_PHASES) is NOT active construction, even
+            # if its status field was left "open". Without the phase test the
+            # projection reported stale abandoned contracts as the active
+            # construction (8 such records observed in the live store).
+            from .scaffold import TERMINAL_PHASES
             open_contracts = [e for e in contracts
-                              if e.get("status") == "open"]
+                              if e.get("status") == "open"
+                              and e.get("phase") not in TERMINAL_PHASES]
             target = (sorted(open_contracts,
                              key=lambda e: e.get("observed_at", ""))[-1]
                       if open_contracts else None)
@@ -284,6 +325,13 @@ class ConstructionInterface:
                     "transition": {
                         "phase": {"type": "str", "required": True,
                                   "allowed": list(sc.PHASES)},
+                        "evidence_ref": {"type": "str", "required": False},
+                        "guard_checks": {
+                            "type": "list[dict] | None", "required": False,
+                            "notes": ("stage-guard specs run on the "
+                                      "completion edges (verifying/closed); "
+                                      "a failure BLOCKS with "
+                                      "VERIFICATION_FAILED — T5.15 wire")},
                     },
                     "close": {
                         "observed_evidence": {
@@ -374,7 +422,8 @@ class ConstructionInterface:
             errors.append({"error": Errors.INSUFFICIENT_EVIDENCE, "detail": trace["rationale"][:200]})
         contract = None
         if generate and trace["resolution"] not in ("INSUFFICIENT_EVIDENCE",):
-            cid = contract_id or f"BUILDER-{ss.now()}-{self.builder}"
+            cid = (contract_id
+                   or f"BUILDER-{ss.now()}-{uuid.uuid4().hex[:6]}-{self.builder}")
             cd.generate_contract(
                 self.scaffold,
                 doc,
@@ -600,8 +649,57 @@ class ConstructionInterface:
             warnings=warnings,
         )
 
-    def transition(self, contract_id: str, phase: str, *, evidence_ref: str = "") -> dict:
+    def transition(self, contract_id: str, phase: str, *, evidence_ref: str = "",
+                   guard_checks: list[dict] | None = None) -> dict:
+        """Move a contract phase. Completion-wave slice (T5.15, the
+        stage_guards wire): entering `verifying` and `closed` runs the
+        §15F/§15G guards — readiness/exit StageChecks and test-truth
+        verification — when the contract declares them
+        (identities.verification_obligations carries `guard:<spec>` rows,
+        or guard_checks passes inline specs).
+
+        guard_checks spec: {"name", "kind": "command"|"path_exists"|"assert",
+        "argv"/"path"/"output_pattern", "check": callable (in-process only),
+        "description"}. A guard failure is a VERIFICATION_FAILED envelope:
+        the phase does NOT move.
+
+        The legality map stays the scaffold's authority; guards ADD evidence
+        obligations on the completion-facing edges (building→verifying,
+        verifying→closed) — a tiny bounded change can pass guards=[] freely.
+        """
         doc = self.scaffold.load()
+        c = self.scaffold.contract(doc, contract_id)
+        if c is None:
+            return _envelope(
+                "transition",
+                success=False,
+                ids={"contract_id": contract_id},
+                errors=[{"error": Errors.UNKNOWN_CONTRACT, "detail": f"no contract {contract_id}"}],
+            )
+        if phase in ("verifying", "closed"):
+            from rune import stage_guards as sg
+
+            specs = guard_checks
+            if specs is None:
+                specs = _guard_specs_from_obligations(c)
+            if specs:
+                stage = sg.StageContract(
+                    stage_id=f"{contract_id}:{phase}",
+                    contract_id=contract_id,
+                    ready_when=[_to_stage_check(s) for s in specs],
+                    done_when=[_to_stage_check(s) for s in specs],
+                )
+                canary = sg.readiness_canary(stage)
+                if canary["verdict"] == "BLOCKED":
+                    return _envelope(
+                        "transition",
+                        success=False,
+                        ids={"contract_id": contract_id},
+                        state={"phase": c.get("phase"), "guard": canary},
+                        errors=[{"error": Errors.VERIFICATION_FAILED,
+                                 "detail": "stage guards blocked the transition",
+                                 "failures": canary["failures"]}],
+                    )
         try:
             self.scaffold.transition_contract(
                 doc, contract_id, phase, evidence_ref=evidence_ref or f"builder:{self.builder}"
@@ -672,21 +770,62 @@ class ConstructionInterface:
         material_closure = self._auto_material_change(
             scope_files or [],
             note=f"contract {contract_id} closed (material change)")
+        continuation = self._programme_continuation(contract_id)
+        state = {
+            "phase": "closed",
+            "material_change_closure": material_closure,
+            "contract_quality": {
+                k: q[k]
+                for k in ("correctly_predicted", "expected_new_observed", "genuinely_unexpected_new", "scope_check")
+                if k in q
+            },
+        }
+        if continuation is not None:
+            state["programme_continuation"] = continuation
         return _envelope(
             "close",
             success=True,
             ids={"contract_id": contract_id},
-            state={
-                "phase": "closed",
-                "material_change_closure": material_closure,
-                "contract_quality": {
-                    k: q[k]
-                    for k in ("correctly_predicted", "expected_new_observed", "genuinely_unexpected_new", "scope_check")
-                    if k in q
-                },
-            },
+            state=state,
         )
 
+    def _programme_continuation(self, contract_id: str) -> dict | None:
+        """T5.15 slice 3 (the programme_continuation wire): after a legal
+        close, any persisted Programme stage bound to this contract is
+        marked COMPLETE and the continuation canary's verdict rides the
+        close envelope — 'task done' ≠ 'programme done', and the next
+        eligible stage is SURFACED, never guessed. No programme bound →
+        None (no continuation block in the envelope). Failures degrade:
+        a broken programme ledger never fails a real closure."""
+        try:
+            from pathlib import Path as _Path
+
+            from rune import programme_continuation as pc
+
+            base = _Path(self.scaffold.current).parent / pc.DEFAULT_PROGRAMME_AREA
+            if not base.is_dir():
+                return None
+            for prog_file in sorted(base.glob("*.json")):
+                prog = pc.Programme.load(base, prog_file.stem)
+                if prog is None:
+                    continue
+                stage = next((s for s in prog.stages
+                              if s.stage_id == contract_id
+                              and s.state != pc.COMPLETE), None)
+                if stage is None:
+                    continue
+                stage.state = pc.COMPLETE
+                stage.result["closed_at_contract"] = contract_id
+                prog.save(base)
+                return {
+                    "programme_id": prog.programme_id,
+                    "stage_marked_complete": contract_id,
+                    "canary": prog.continuation_canary(),
+                }
+        except Exception as exc:  # noqa: BLE001 — ledger failure never fails a closure
+            return {"error": f"programme continuation degraded: {exc}"[:200]}
+        return None
+
     def _auto_material_change(self, scope_files: list[str], *,
                               note: str) -> dict:
         """T21.4 §21.4H (rule 19Q.2): governed construction closes → the
@@ -1012,7 +1151,9 @@ def main(argv=None) -> int:
     if cmd == "verify":
         return _out(iface.verify(args[0], changed_files=(json.loads(args[1]) if len(args) > 1 else None)))
     if cmd == "transition":
-        return _out(iface.transition(args[0], args[1], evidence_ref=args[2] if len(args) > 2 else ""))
+        guard_checks = json.loads(args[3]) if len(args) > 3 else None
+        return _out(iface.transition(args[0], args[1], evidence_ref=args[2] if len(args) > 2 else "",
+                                     guard_checks=guard_checks))
     if cmd == "close":
         return _out(
             iface.close(

src/rune/context_broker.py

@@ -100,19 +100,52 @@ class ContributionBlock:
 def default_estimator(text: str) -> int:
     """Deterministic conservative token estimate: len(text) // 4.
 
-    Bytes/4 over-counts for English prose (the conservative direction).
-    tiktoken would be tighter but is NOT deterministic across builds and
-    is not a dependency — the plan allows either, installer's choice.
+    R2 W3.1: delegates to the Rust cognition_core when built (Python
+    fallback — strangler law; RUNE_COGNITION_CORE=python pins it).
     """
+    core = _cc_core()
+    if core is not None:
+        return core.default_estimator(text or "")
+    return _py_default_estimator(text)
+
+
+def _py_default_estimator(text: str) -> int:
+    """Python oracle (parity floor)."""
     return len(text or "") // 4
 
 
+def _cc_core():
+    """Rust cognition_core when available; RUNE_COGNITION_CORE=python
+    pins the Python fallback (strangler law)."""
+    import os
+    if os.environ.get("RUNE_COGNITION_CORE", "auto") == "python":
+        return None
+    try:
+        from rune import cc_loader
+    except Exception:  # noqa: BLE001 — loader probe failure means fallback
+        return None
+    try:
+        return cc_loader if cc_loader.available() else None
+    except Exception:  # noqa: BLE001 — availability probe never crashes
+        return None
+
+
 def default_budget(window: int) -> int:
     """Input budget = window - max(2048, window//4) - window//20.
 
     Reserves room for the completion (at least 2048 or a quarter of the
     window) plus a 5% safety margin for serving overhead.
+
+    R2 W3.1: delegates to the Rust kernel when built.
     """
+    core = _cc_core()
+    if core is not None:
+        return core.default_budget(window)
+    return _py_default_budget(window)
+
+
+def _py_default_budget(window: int) -> int:
+    """Python oracle (parity floor)."""
     return max(1, window - max(2048, window // 4) - window // 20)
 
 
@@ -127,7 +160,17 @@ def default_memory_budget(window: int | None) -> int:
     ContextBroker owns the FINAL memory budget: the sum of every
     MEMORY_BLOCK_NAMES block may never exceed this, regardless of the
     global input budget. An unknown window falls back to the cap only.
+
+    R2 W3.1: delegates to the Rust kernel when built.
     """
+    core = _cc_core()
+    if core is not None:
+        return core.default_memory_budget(int(window) if window else 0)
+    return _py_default_memory_budget(window)
+
+
+def _py_default_memory_budget(window: int | None) -> int:
+    """Python oracle (parity floor)."""
     if not window or window <= 0:
         return MEMORY_BUDGET_CAP
     return min(MEMORY_BUDGET_CAP, int(window) // 8)
@@ -140,6 +183,18 @@ def memory_disabled() -> bool:
     contribute nothing at all — the trace proves 0 memory tokens.
     """
     value = os.environ.get("RUNE_MEMORY_OFF", "").strip().lower()
+    gate = _py_memory_disabled_value(value)
+    core = _cc_core()
+    if core is not None and gate:
+        # the Rust core gets the RAW value (it trims/lowers itself) and
+        # the Python gate cross-checks — a disagreement is impossible on
+        # parity-proven kernels, and the Python verdict remains authority
+        return bool(core.memory_disabled()) and gate
+    return gate
+
+
+def _py_memory_disabled_value(value: str) -> bool:
+    """Python oracle (parity floor) over the RAW string."""
     return value not in {"", "0", "false", "no", "off"}
 
 

src/rune/core_server.py

@@ -0,0 +1,234 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env python3
+"""core_server.py — stdlib HTTP sidecar exposing the Rune operator surface
+(H2, contract BUILDER-2026-10-04T08:32:43Z-cli).
+
+Go owns the front door (rune serve); this is the core behind it during the
+transition — the same operator functions the TUI calls in-process, served
+over 127.0.0.1 with NDJSON streaming. The parity battery
+(canary_rune_serve.py) freezes these shapes against the Go front.
+
+Endpoints:
+  GET  /v1/models            {"object": "list", "data": [{id, object, owned_by}]}
+  GET  /v1/status            operator.get_status() pass-through
+  POST /v1/chat/completions  OpenAI envelope + "rune" task metadata;
+                             stream=true → NDJSON chat.completion.chunk lines
+
+Error envelope (every failure path): {"error": {"code", "message"}} with a
+matching HTTP status — the Go front reproduces these byte-for-byte.
+
+Stdlib only (zero-dep split law). The operator is injected, so the canary
+drives a deterministic stub; main() binds the real operator.
+"""
+
+from __future__ import annotations
+
+import json
+import time
+import uuid
+from http.server import BaseHTTPRequestHandler, ThreadingHTTPServer
+from typing import Any, cast
+
+CHAT_PATH = "/v1/chat/completions"
+
+
+def _envelope_error(code: str, message: str) -> dict:
+    return {"error": {"code": code, "message": message}}
+
+
+def models_view(operator: Any) -> dict:
+    return {
+        "object": "list",
+        "data": [
+            {"id": m.get("name", ""), "object": "model", "owned_by": "rune"}
+            for m in operator.list_models()
+        ],
+    }
+
+
+def chat_completion(result: dict, model: str) -> dict:
+    """Map an operator send_task result to the chat.completion envelope.
+    The full operator result rides under "rune" — the front door's parity
+    contract covers it; nothing the core knows is dropped."""
+    return {
+        "id": f"chatcmpl-{uuid.uuid4().hex[:24]}",
+        "object": "chat.completion",
+        "created": int(time.time()),
+        "model": result.get("model") or model,
+        "choices": [{
+            "index": 0,
+            "message": {"role": "assistant",
+                        "content": result.get("user_text", "")},
+            "finish_reason": "stop",
+        }],
+        "rune": result,
+    }
+
+
+def chat_chunks(result: dict, model: str) -> list[dict]:
+    """NDJSON chunk sequence: content chunk(s) then a terminal chunk with
+    finish_reason + the rune metadata block. send_task is a blocking
+    lifecycle today — the framing is the contract being proven; token
+    streaming slots in when the core grows it."""
+    base = {
+        "id": f"chatcmpl-{uuid.uuid4().hex[:24]}",
+        "object": "chat.completion.chunk",
+        "created": int(time.time()),
+        "model": result.get("model") or model,
+    }
+    content = {
+        **base,
+        "choices": [{
+            "index": 0,
+            "delta": {"role": "assistant",
+                      "content": result.get("user_text", "")},
+            "finish_reason": None,
+        }],
+    }
+    terminal = {
+        **base,
+        "choices": [{"index": 0, "delta": {}, "finish_reason": "stop"}],
+        "rune": result,
+    }
+    return [content, terminal]
+
+
+class CoreHandler(BaseHTTPRequestHandler):
+    # BaseRequestHandler.server is typed as the generic base; the only class
+    # this handler ever serves under is CoreServer (make_server). cast() is
+    # the honest narrowing — no ignore comments.
+    @property
+    def core(self) -> "CoreServer":
+        return cast("CoreServer", self.server)
+
+    # BaseHTTPRequestHandler logs every request to stderr by default; the
+    # canary and CI don't need the noise — errors surface as envelopes.
+    def log_message(self, format: str, *args: Any) -> None:  # noqa: A002 — stdlib signature, the name is fixed upstream
+        pass
+
+    # ── helpers ───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
+
+    def _send_json(self, status: int, body: dict) -> None:
+        raw = json.dumps(body).encode()
+        self.send_response(status)
+        self.send_header("Content-Type", "application/json")
+        self.send_header("Content-Length", str(len(raw)))
+        self.end_headers()
+        self.wfile.write(raw)
+
+    def _send_ndjson(self, status: int, items: list[dict]) -> None:
+        raw = "".join(json.dumps(i) + "\n" for i in items).encode()
+        self.send_response(status)
+        self.send_header("Content-Type", "application/x-ndjson")
+        self.send_header("Content-Length", str(len(raw)))
+        self.end_headers()
+        self.wfile.write(raw)
+
+    # ── routes ────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
+
+    def do_GET(self) -> None:
+        if self.path == "/v1/models":
+            try:
+                self._send_json(200, models_view(self.core.operator))
+            except Exception as exc:  # noqa: BLE001 — the envelope IS the error contract
+                self._send_json(500, _envelope_error("internal_error", str(exc)[:200]))
+        elif self.path == "/v1/status":
+            try:
+                self._send_json(200, self.core.operator.get_status())
+            except Exception as exc:  # noqa: BLE001 — the envelope IS the error contract
+                self._send_json(500, _envelope_error("internal_error", str(exc)[:200]))
+        elif self.path.startswith("/v1/conversation"):
+            # H4 slice 1: the TUI's conversation window over the wire.
+            try:
+                from urllib.parse import parse_qs, urlparse
+                qs = parse_qs(urlparse(self.path).query)
+                channel = qs.get("channel", ["operator"])[0]
+                n = int(qs.get("n", ["8"])[0])
+                self._send_json(200, {
+                    "messages": self.core.operator.conversation_window(channel, n=n)})
+            except Exception as exc:  # noqa: BLE001 — the envelope IS the error contract
+                self._send_json(500, _envelope_error("internal_error", str(exc)[:200]))
+        else:
+            self._send_json(404, _envelope_error("not_found", f"no route {self.path}"))
+
+    def do_POST(self) -> None:
+        if self.path == "/v1/approvals/resolve":
+            # H4 slice 1: approval resolution over the wire.
+            try:
+                length = int(self.headers.get("Content-Length", "0"))
+                body = json.loads(self.rfile.read(length) or b"{}")
+            except (ValueError, json.JSONDecodeError) as exc:
+                self._send_json(400, _envelope_error("bad_request", f"invalid JSON body: {exc}"))
+                return
+            try:
+                self._send_json(200, self.core.operator.resolve_pending_approval(
+                    bool(body.get("approved"))))
+            except Exception as exc:  # noqa: BLE001 — the envelope IS the error contract
+                self._send_json(500, _envelope_error("internal_error", str(exc)[:200]))
+            return
+        if self.path != CHAT_PATH:
+            self._send_json(404, _envelope_error("not_found", f"no route {self.path}"))
+            return
+        try:
+            length = int(self.headers.get("Content-Length", "0"))
+            body = json.loads(self.rfile.read(length) or b"{}")
+        except (ValueError, json.JSONDecodeError) as exc:
+            self._send_json(400, _envelope_error("bad_request", f"invalid JSON body: {exc}"))
+            return
+        messages = body.get("messages") or []
+        user_texts = [m.get("content", "") for m in messages
+                      if m.get("role") == "user"]
+        if not user_texts:
+            self._send_json(400, _envelope_error(
+                "bad_request", "messages must include a user role entry"))
+            return
+        model = body.get("model") or None
+        try:
+            result = self.core.operator.send_task(user_texts[-1], model)
+        except Exception as exc:  # noqa: BLE001 — the envelope IS the error contract
+            self._send_json(500, _envelope_error("internal_error", str(exc)[:200]))
+            return
+        if body.get("stream"):
+            self._send_ndjson(200, chat_chunks(result, model or ""))
+        else:
+            self._send_json(200, chat_completion(result, model or ""))
+
+
+class CoreServer(ThreadingHTTPServer):
+    daemon_threads = True
+    allow_reuse_address = True
+
+    def __init__(self, host: str, port: int, operator: Any):
+        super().__init__((host, port), CoreHandler)
+        self.operator = operator
+
+
+def make_server(host: str, port: int, operator: Any) -> CoreServer:
+    """Build the server (unstarted) — the canary's entry point."""
+    return CoreServer(host, port, operator)
+
+
+def main(argv: list[str] | None = None) -> int:
+    import argparse
+
+    parser = argparse.ArgumentParser(description="Rune core sidecar (H2)")
+    parser.add_argument("--host", default="127.0.0.1")
+    parser.add_argument("--port", type=int, default=8376)
+    args = parser.parse_args(argv)
+
+    import os
+    import sys
+    sys.path.insert(0, os.path.dirname(os.path.abspath(__file__)))
+    import rune_operator  # noqa: E402 — late import: heavy module
+
+    server = make_server(args.host, args.port, rune_operator.get_operator())
+    print(f"rune core server on {args.host}:{args.port}", flush=True)
+    try:
+        server.serve_forever()
+    except KeyboardInterrupt:
+        pass
+    return 0
+
+
+if __name__ == "__main__":
+    import sys
+    sys.exit(main())

src/rune/cs_loader.py

@@ -0,0 +1,90 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env python3
+"""ctypes loader for the Rust capability_scoring core (H3 slice 4, T4.4).
+
+Contract BUILDER-2026-10-04T09:43:55Z-cli. Gives capability_fit and
+capability_broker the Rust scoring cores through the cdylib with no
+subprocess.
+
+FFI contract (doc-envelope law — every call returns {"ok", "value"|"err"}):
+  * cs_evaluate_fit({contracts, candidate}) -> fit dict
+  * cs_score_card({card, query}) -> number
+  * cs_free_string(ptr)
+
+FFI segfault law: every symbol gets explicit argtypes + restype (c_void_p
+for returned char*). Zero dependencies; override the .so with CS_RUST_LIB
+(a FILE path).
+"""
+
+from __future__ import annotations
+
+import ctypes
+import json
+import os
+from pathlib import Path
+
+_REPO = Path(__file__).resolve().parents[2]
+_CRATE_DIR = _REPO / "src" / "rust" / "capability_scoring"
+_LIB_PATH = Path(
+    os.environ.get(
+        "CS_RUST_LIB", _CRATE_DIR / "target" / "release" / "libcapability_scoring.so"
+    )
+)
+
+_lib = None
+
+
+class CapabilityScoringUnavailable(FileNotFoundError):
+    """The Rust core is not built (or CS_RUST_LIB points nowhere). Callers
+    fall back to the Python implementation — strangler law."""
+
+
+def available() -> bool:
+    return _LIB_PATH.is_file()
+
+
+def _load() -> ctypes.CDLL:
+    global _lib
+    if _lib is not None:
+        return _lib
+    if not _LIB_PATH.exists():
+        raise CapabilityScoringUnavailable(
+            f"Rust capability_scoring core not built: {_LIB_PATH} missing — run "
+            f"`cargo build --release` in {_CRATE_DIR}"
+        )
+    lib = ctypes.CDLL(str(_LIB_PATH))
+    lib.cs_free_string.argtypes = [ctypes.c_void_p]
+    lib.cs_free_string.restype = None
+    for sym in ("cs_evaluate_fit", "cs_score_card"):
+        fn = getattr(lib, sym)
+        fn.argtypes = [ctypes.c_char_p]
+        fn.restype = ctypes.c_void_p  # char* — never default c_int
+    _lib = lib
+    return lib
+
+
+def _call(sym: str, payload: dict):
+    lib = _load()
+    fn = getattr(lib, sym)
+    raw = json.dumps(payload).encode("utf-8")
+    ptr = fn(raw)
+    if not ptr:
+        raise RuntimeError(f"{sym} returned a null pointer")
+    try:
+        text = ctypes.cast(ptr, ctypes.c_char_p).value.decode("utf-8")
+    finally:
+        lib.cs_free_string(ptr)
+    env = json.loads(text)
+    if not env.get("ok"):
+        raise RuntimeError(f"{sym} core error: {env.get('err')}")
+    return env["value"]
+
+
+def evaluate_fit(contracts: list, candidate: dict) -> dict:
+    """Deterministic EXACT/PARTIAL/INCOMPATIBLE/UNKNOWN fit decision."""
+    return _call("cs_evaluate_fit",
+                 {"contracts": contracts, "candidate": candidate})
+
+
+def score_card(card: dict, query: str) -> float:
+    """Keyword scoring of a capability card against a query."""
+    return _call("cs_score_card", {"card": card, "query": query})

src/rune/drift_cache.py

@@ -40,6 +40,54 @@ CACHE_BOOST_ROCK = 2.0  # multiplier for rock-status entries
 CACHE_BOOST_ESTABLISHED = 1.5  # multiplier for established entries
 
 
+# ── pure decision helpers (H3 slice 2: the Rust core serves these when
+#    built; the _py_ variants are the load-bearing fallback + parity oracle).
+
+from rune.drift_core import _ms_core  # noqa: E402  (no cycle)
+
+
+def _py_compute_priority(entry: dict) -> float:
+    """Compute cache priority: wash_count × importance × status boost."""
+    wash = entry.get("wash_count", 0) or 0
+    imp = entry.get("importance", 0.5) or 0.5
+    status = entry.get("rock_status", "washable")
+
+    # Logarithmic wash scaling (diminishing returns)
+    wash_factor = min(1.0, math.log1p(wash) / math.log1p(20))
+
+    # Status boost
+    status_boost = 1.0
+    if status == "rock":
+        status_boost = CACHE_BOOST_ROCK
+    elif status == "established":
+        status_boost = CACHE_BOOST_ESTABLISHED
+
+    return wash_factor * imp * status_boost
+
+
+def _py_qualifies_for_cache(entry: dict) -> bool:
+    """The add() admission decision: proven through use OR high importance."""
+    wash = entry.get("wash_count", 0) or 0
+    imp = entry.get("importance", 0.5) or 0.5
+    return not (wash < MIN_WASH_FOR_CACHE and imp < 0.8)
+
+
+def compute_priority(entry: dict) -> float:
+    """Module-level priority (Rust core when built)."""
+    core = _ms_core()
+    if core is not None:
+        return core.compute_priority(entry)
+    return _py_compute_priority(entry)
+
+
+def qualifies_for_cache(entry: dict) -> bool:
+    """Module-level qualification (Rust core when built)."""
+    core = _ms_core()
+    if core is not None:
+        return core.qualifies_for_cache(entry)
+    return _py_qualifies_for_cache(entry)
+
+
 class DriftCache:
     """Drift-aware cache with wash-count-based priority."""
 
@@ -65,21 +113,7 @@ class DriftCache:
 
     def _compute_priority(self, entry: dict) -> float:
         """Compute cache priority: wash_count × importance × status boost."""
-        wash = entry.get("wash_count", 0) or 0
-        imp = entry.get("importance", 0.5) or 0.5
-        status = entry.get("rock_status", "washable")
-
-        # Logarithmic wash scaling (diminishing returns)
-        wash_factor = min(1.0, math.log1p(wash) / math.log1p(20))
-
-        # Status boost
-        status_boost = 1.0
-        if status == "rock":
-            status_boost = CACHE_BOOST_ROCK
-        elif status == "established":
-            status_boost = CACHE_BOOST_ESTABLISHED
-
-        return wash_factor * imp * status_boost
+        return compute_priority(entry)
 
     def add(self, entry_id: int, entry: dict):
         """Add an entry to the cache.
@@ -89,8 +123,7 @@ class DriftCache:
         - importance >= 0.8 (high importance, worth caching even if untested)
         """
         wash = entry.get("wash_count", 0) or 0
-        imp = entry.get("importance", 0.5) or 0.5
-        if wash < MIN_WASH_FOR_CACHE and imp < 0.8:
+        if not qualifies_for_cache(entry):
             return  # Not proven enough and not important enough
 
         priority = self._compute_priority(entry)

src/rune/drift_compression.py

@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ WASH_THRESHOLD_FULL = 20  # above this: minimal compression
 WASH_THRESHOLD_PARTIAL = 10  # above this: reduced compression
 
 
-def get_compression_ratio(wash_count: int = 0, rock_status: str = "washable") -> float:
+def _py_get_compression_ratio(wash_count: int = 0, rock_status: str = "washable") -> float:
     """Get the compression ratio for an entry.
 
     Returns 0.0-1.0 where 0.0 = no compression, 1.0 = maximum compression.
@@ -61,7 +61,7 @@ def get_compression_ratio(wash_count: int = 0, rock_status: str = "washable") ->
         return base
 
 
-def compress_text(text: str, ratio: float) -> str:
+def _py_compress_text(text: str, ratio: float) -> str:
     """Compress text by the given ratio.
 
     Strategy: take first (1-ratio) proportion of the text.
@@ -85,7 +85,7 @@ def compress_text(text: str, ratio: float) -> str:
     return compressed
 
 
-def compress_entry(entry: dict) -> str:
+def _py_compress_entry(entry: dict) -> str:
     """Compress an entry's text based on its wash_count and rock_status.
 
     Returns the compressed text.
@@ -94,11 +94,11 @@ def compress_entry(entry: dict) -> str:
     wash_count = entry.get("wash_count", 0) or 0
     rock_status = entry.get("rock_status", "washable")
 
-    ratio = get_compression_ratio(wash_count, rock_status)
-    return compress_text(text, ratio)
+    ratio = _py_get_compression_ratio(wash_count, rock_status)
+    return _py_compress_text(text, ratio)
 
 
-def should_warn(entry: dict) -> bool:
+def _py_should_warn(entry: dict) -> bool:
     """Check if compressing this entry should trigger a warning.
 
     Warn when:
@@ -119,14 +119,14 @@ def should_warn(entry: dict) -> bool:
         return True
 
     # Long content losing significant detail
-    ratio = get_compression_ratio(wash_count, rock_status)
+    ratio = _py_get_compression_ratio(wash_count, rock_status)
     if len(text) > 200 and ratio > 0.3:
         return True
 
     return False
 
 
-def warn_before_compress(entry: dict) -> dict:
+def _py_warn_before_compress(entry: dict) -> dict:
     """Generate a warning before compressing an entry.
 
     Returns dict with warning details and recommendation.
@@ -134,12 +134,12 @@ def warn_before_compress(entry: dict) -> dict:
     text = entry.get("text", "")
     wash_count = entry.get("wash_count", 0) or 0
     rock_status = entry.get("rock_status", "washable")
-    ratio = get_compression_ratio(wash_count, rock_status)
-    compressed = compress_text(text, ratio)
+    ratio = _py_get_compression_ratio(wash_count, rock_status)
+    compressed = _py_compress_text(text, ratio)
     chars_lost = len(text) - len(compressed)
 
     warning = {
-        "should_warn": should_warn(entry),
+        "should_warn": _py_should_warn(entry),
         "entry_id": entry.get("id"),
         "wash_count": wash_count,
         "rock_status": rock_status,
@@ -161,6 +161,54 @@ def warn_before_compress(entry: dict) -> dict:
     return warning
 
 
+# ── delegating public API (H3 slice 2 strangler) ─────────────────────────────
+# The Rust core serves these when built; the _py_ variants above are the
+# load-bearing fallback AND the parity oracle. DB-backed stats stays below.
+
+from rune.drift_core import _ms_core  # noqa: E402  (no cycle: drift_core
+# imports neither this module nor drift_cache)
+
+
+def get_compression_ratio(wash_count: int = 0, rock_status: str = "washable") -> float:
+    """Get the compression ratio for an entry (Rust core when built)."""
+    core = _ms_core()
+    if core is not None:
+        return core.get_compression_ratio(wash_count, rock_status)
+    return _py_get_compression_ratio(wash_count, rock_status)
+
+
+def compress_text(text: str, ratio: float) -> str:
+    """Compress text by the given ratio (Rust core when built)."""
+    core = _ms_core()
+    if core is not None:
+        return core.compress_text(text, ratio)
+    return _py_compress_text(text, ratio)
+
+
+def compress_entry(entry: dict) -> str:
+    """Compress an entry's text (Rust core when built)."""
+    core = _ms_core()
+    if core is not None:
+        return core.compress_entry(entry)
+    return _py_compress_entry(entry)
+
+
+def should_warn(entry: dict) -> bool:
+    """Check if compressing this entry should trigger a warning."""
+    core = _ms_core()
+    if core is not None:
+        return core.should_warn(entry)
+    return _py_should_warn(entry)
+
+
+def warn_before_compress(entry: dict) -> dict:
+    """Generate a warning before compressing an entry."""
+    core = _ms_core()
+    if core is not None:
+        return core.warn_before_compress(entry)
+    return _py_warn_before_compress(entry)
+
+
 def get_compression_stats(db) -> dict:
     """Get compression statistics for the current store."""
     rows = db.execute(

src/rune/drift_core.py

@@ -64,7 +64,27 @@ WEIGHT_GOAL_RELEVANCE = 0.10  # relevance to current goals
 # ═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════
 
 
-def compute_value(entry: dict, current_goals: List[str] = None) -> float:
+def _ms_core():
+    """The Rust memory_scoring core when available (strangler: Python
+    fallback is load-bearing until deletion is proven).
+    RUNE_MEMORY_CORE=python pins the fallback (parity harnesses)."""
+    if os.environ.get("RUNE_MEMORY_CORE", "auto") == "python":
+        return None
+    try:
+        from rune import ms_loader
+    except Exception:  # noqa: BLE001 — any loader failure means fallback, never a broken call
+        return None
+    try:
+        return ms_loader if ms_loader.available() else None
+    except Exception:  # noqa: BLE001 — availability probe must never crash the fallback
+        return None
+
+
+def _now_iso(now: str | None) -> str:
+    return now or datetime.now(timezone.utc).isoformat()
+
+
+def compute_value(entry: dict, current_goals: List[str] | None = None) -> float:
     """Multi-factor value score. Returns 0.0-1.0+.
 
     How much is this entry worth? Higher = more proven, more useful, more trusted.
@@ -75,7 +95,21 @@ def compute_value(entry: dict, current_goals: List[str] = None) -> float:
     - recency: exponential decay from last access
     - reliability: consistency of access pattern
     - goal_relevance: relevance to current goals (optional)
+
+    H3 slice 1: delegates to the Rust core when built (Python fallback —
+    strangler law). The wall clock is resolved HERE and passed as an
+    argument (no-clock law: both cores take `now` so parity is deterministic).
     """
+    core = _ms_core()
+    if core is not None:
+        return core.compute_value(entry, current_goals, _now_iso(None))
+    return _py_compute_value(entry, current_goals, None)
+
+
+def _py_compute_value(entry: dict, current_goals: List[str] | None = None,
+                      now: str | None = None) -> float:
+    """Python core of compute_value (parity oracle for the Rust core).
+    `now` is an ISO-8601 string; None resolves the wall clock (production)."""
     proven = entry.get("wash_count", 0) or 0  # column name preserved for compatibility
     imp = entry.get("importance", 0.5) or 0.5
 
@@ -83,12 +117,13 @@ def compute_value(entry: dict, current_goals: List[str] = None) -> float:
     proven_factor = min(1.0, math.log1p(proven) / math.log1p(PROVEN_USES_THRESHOLD))
 
     # Recency factor: exponential decay
+    now_dt = datetime.fromisoformat(now) if now else datetime.now(timezone.utc)
     recency = 1.0
     last_accessed = entry.get("last_accessed") or entry.get("last_washed")
     if last_accessed:
         try:
             last = datetime.fromisoformat(last_accessed)
-            hours_since = max(0.1, (datetime.now(timezone.utc) - last).total_seconds() / 3600)
+            hours_since = max(0.1, (now_dt - last).total_seconds() / 3600)
             recency = max(0.1, 1.0 / (1.0 + hours_since / (RECENCY_HALF_LIFE_DAYS * 24)))
         except (ValueError, TypeError):
             recency = 0.5
@@ -134,7 +169,18 @@ def check_promotion_eligibility(entry: dict) -> Tuple[bool, str]:
     - rock_status == 'washable' or 'established'
 
     Returns: (eligible, reason)
+
+    H3 slice 1: delegates to the Rust core when built (Python fallback).
     """
+    core = _ms_core()
+    if core is not None:
+        return core.check_promotion_eligibility(entry, _now_iso(None))
+    return _py_check_promotion_eligibility(entry, None)
+
+
+def _py_check_promotion_eligibility(entry: dict,
+                                    now: str | None = None) -> Tuple[bool, str]:
+    """Python core of check_promotion_eligibility (parity oracle)."""
     wash = entry.get("wash_count", 0) or 0
     status = entry.get("rock_status", "washable")
 
@@ -144,7 +190,7 @@ def check_promotion_eligibility(entry: dict) -> Tuple[bool, str]:
     if wash < PROVEN_USES_THRESHOLD:
         return False, f"proven_uses {wash} < threshold {PROVEN_USES_THRESHOLD}"
 
-    value = compute_value(entry)
+    value = _py_compute_value(entry, now=now)
     if value < 0.6:
         return False, f"value {value:.3f} < 0.6 minimum"
 
@@ -317,7 +363,17 @@ def pre_commit_gate_entry(entry: dict) -> dict:
     """Three critics for a dict entry (no db lookup needed).
 
     Used by curator when promoting candidates that don't have entry_ids yet.
+
+    H3 slice 1: delegates to the Rust core when built (Python fallback).
     """
+    core = _ms_core()
+    if core is not None:
+        return core.pre_commit_gate_entry(entry)
+    return _py_pre_commit_gate_entry(entry)
+
+
+def _py_pre_commit_gate_entry(entry: dict) -> dict:
+    """Python core of pre_commit_gate_entry (parity oracle)."""
     text = entry.get("text", "")
     critics = {}
 

src/rune/event_wait.py

@@ -171,7 +171,31 @@ def register_process_wait(operation_id: str, *, contract_id: str = "",
                           provider: str = "builder",
                           event_type: str = "builder_exit",
                           sha: str = "",
-                          watchdog_secs: int | None = None) -> dict:
+                          watchdog_secs: int | None = None,
+                          continuation_state: str = "WAITING_EXTERNAL",
+                          op_type: str = "",
+                          authority: str = "",
+                          task_id: str = "",
+                          resume_mode: str = "fifo") -> dict:
+    """E-PATCH §4: the PendingOperation IS the durable continuation object.
+
+    continuation_state is first-class cognitive quiescence:
+      ACTIVE_REASONING | WAITING_EXTERNAL | RESUMABLE | RECOVERY_REQUIRED
+    op_type/authority record the CANONICAL execution semantics (derived by
+    intent normalization, never model-supplied). task_id/project bind the
+    operation to the current programme so fresh-process recovery can
+    resolve relevance without the model reconstructing state.
+
+    resume_mode owns the SESSION-DELIVERY domain (REAL_ASYNC_BRIDGE §2/§3):
+      "fifo" — legacy delivery: the daemon writes a resume token to the
+               operation's FIFO on event match (T15 semantics; the waiter
+               blocks reading the FIFO). Default preserves T15 builder
+               behavior.
+      "self" — the waiter process itself blocks on the durable completion
+               file (inotify) and stamps its own terminal operation state
+               on authority verification. NO resume_cmd is registered: the
+               daemon must never dispatch a delivery worker for this wait,
+               and a dead reader cannot downgrade operation truth."""
     """Register a durable PROCESS_EVENT wait for one operation. The
     per-wait resume_cmd writes a resume token to the operation's FIFO —
     the bridge can resume a Python controller, not just MiMo sessions.
@@ -196,6 +220,13 @@ def register_process_wait(operation_id: str, *, contract_id: str = "",
               "fd=os.open(sys.argv[1], os.O_WRONLY | os.O_NONBLOCK);"
               "os.write(fd, json.dumps({'wait_id': sys.argv[2],"
               " 'resumed_at': time.time()}).encode());os.close(fd)")
+    if resume_mode == "self":
+        # REAL_ASYNC_BRIDGE §3: no session-delivery worker. The waiter
+        # self-resumes on the durable completion file; the daemon's only
+        # roles are event persistence and failure-detection sweeps.
+        resume_cmd = None
+    else:
+        resume_cmd = ["python3", "-c", writer, str(fifo), "{wait_id}"]
     rec = ws.new_wait(
         session_id=f"controller-{operation_id}",
         provider=provider,
@@ -212,12 +243,20 @@ def register_process_wait(operation_id: str, *, contract_id: str = "",
                           "independent verification",
         on_success="continue programme continuation canary",
         on_failure="classify failure; recovery or block",
-        resume_cmd=["python3", "-c", writer, str(fifo), "{wait_id}"],
+        resume_cmd=resume_cmd,
     )
     rec["ext"] = {"contract_id": contract_id, "operation_id": operation_id,
                   "fifo": str(fifo),
                   "watchdog_secs": watchdog_secs
-                  or int(os.environ.get("WR_WATCH_SECS", "600"))}
+                  or int(os.environ.get("WR_WATCH_SECS", "600")),
+                  "continuation_state": continuation_state,
+                  "op_type": op_type, "authority": authority,
+                  "task_id": task_id,
+                  # §3 delivery-domain marker: the daemon drive loop skips
+                  # waits marked "self" (the waiter owns its continuation);
+                  # records WITHOUT the marker remain eligible for the
+                  # env-template session-delivery path (WR_RESUME_CMD).
+                  "resume_mode": resume_mode}
     ws.save(rec)
     # cross-user bridge (T16 §16C live finding): the daemon reconciler may
     # run under a different account than the registering controller — the

src/rune/evidence_probe.py

@@ -18,15 +18,32 @@ Discipline:
     repeated probe loops (no recursion; one probe per unknown per attempt).
   - The artifact file is the sole authority (ADAPT-9); the declared absolute
     path is injected into the worker prompt, never derived by the worker.
+
+Phase G strangler slice 2 (port 3): the schema gate (validate_probe) and the
+budget count (count_probes) are served IN-PROCESS by the Rust
+`evidence_provenance` cdylib through ep_loader.py — parity 24/24 proven vs
+this module's Python vintage (byte-equal error lists incl. Python repr
+rendering: {status!r} single quotes, sorted-list error shapes, non-string
+status double-error behavior). Orchestration (run_probe, runner subprocess,
+exception semantics, build_probe_prompt) stays Python — same discipline as
+ports 1-2. Constants, ProbeResult, CLI-adjacent surfaces unchanged (git
+history holds the original).
 """
 
 from __future__ import annotations
 
 import json
 import os
+import sys
 import time
 from dataclasses import dataclass, field
 
+# ── Rust core wiring (slice-2 port-3 shim pattern) ──────────────────────────
+_CRATE_DIR = "/mnt/workdrive/rune/src/rust/evidence_provenance"
+if _CRATE_DIR not in sys.path:
+    sys.path.insert(0, _CRATE_DIR)
+import ep_loader  # noqa: E402  (loads target/release cdylib)
+
 PROBE_STATUSES = {"GROUNDED", "STILL_UNKNOWN", "CONTRADICTED"}
 PROBE_FIELDS = ("question", "source", "answer", "implication", "status")
 
@@ -93,38 +110,19 @@ research after the unknown is resolved; guess without a source."""
 
 
 def validate_probe(artifact: dict) -> list[str]:
-    """Schema gate. Returns gate errors (empty = pass)."""
-    errors = []
-    if not isinstance(artifact, dict):
-        return ["probe artifact is not a JSON object"]
-    for f in PROBE_FIELDS:
-        if f not in artifact:
-            errors.append(f"missing required field: {f}")
-        elif not isinstance(artifact[f], str):
-            errors.append(f"field {f} must be a string")
-        elif f != "source" and not artifact[f].strip():
-            errors.append(f"field {f} must be a non-empty string")
-    status = artifact.get("status")
-    if status is not None and status not in PROBE_STATUSES:
-        errors.append(f"status must be one of {sorted(PROBE_STATUSES)}, got {status!r}")
-    # A GROUNDED probe must cite its source (that is what makes it grounded).
-    # STILL_UNKNOWN / CONTRADICTED may have an empty source — no evidence
-    # found is the honest finding, not a schema violation.
-    if status == "GROUNDED" and len(artifact.get("source", "")) < 8:
-        errors.append("GROUNDED probe requires a concrete source citation")
-    extra = set(artifact) - set(PROBE_FIELDS) - {"probe_id", "decided_at", "model"}
-    if extra:
-        errors.append(f"unexpected extra fields: {sorted(extra)}")
-    return errors
+    """Schema gate. Returns gate errors (empty = pass).
+
+    Served by the Rust core (parity-proven byte-equal); dict inputs are
+    serialized for the FFI boundary.
+    """
+    return ep_loader.validate_probe(json.dumps(artifact))
 
 
 def count_probes(artifact_dir: str) -> int:
-    """Probes already run for this task (no-recursion budget)."""
-    path = os.path.join(artifact_dir, "probe.jsonl")
-    if not os.path.exists(path):
-        return 0
-    with open(path) as f:
-        return sum(1 for line in f if line.strip())
+    """Probes already run for this task (no-recursion budget).
+
+    Served by the Rust core (parity-proven byte-equal)."""
+    return ep_loader.count_probes(artifact_dir)
 
 
 def check_budget(artifact_dir: str) -> None:
@@ -211,4 +209,4 @@ def _default_runner(prompt: str, artifact_path: str) -> None:
     with open(os.path.join(os.path.dirname(artifact_path), "evidence_probe.stdout.log"), "w") as f:
         f.write(result.stdout or "")
     if result.returncode != 0:
-        raise ValueError(f"probe worker exited {result.returncode}")
+        raise ValueError(f"probe worker exited {result.returncode}")