chore(release): auto-bump version to 0.359.0 — earned by # (minor: converged release (push-to-master bump))

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feat(runecore): D57 runtime dominion — runtime-env layer, tool-executor deployment, model-refusal authority (Gitea #2590/#2591)
2026-10-25 21:46:31 +00:00 · 2026-10-25 21:45:37 +00:00 · 2026-10-25 19:40:12 +00:00 · 2026-10-25 19:40:12 +00:00 · 2026-10-25 19:40:12 +00:00 · 2026-10-25 19:40:12 +00:00
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@@ -1,9 +1,9 @@
 # Rune

-**Current release: v0.358.2**
+**Current release: v0.359.0**

 <!-- highlights:start -->
-## Highlights — from the latest release (v0.358.2)
+## Highlights — from the latest release (v0.359.0)

 - Plain-English jargon dictionary covers the v0.329 vocabulary, plus catch-all sentence simplification pass.

@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+# removal-prep/auto-context — batch manifest (Gitea #2598 item 2)
+
+- shape: MINIFY (option b default)
+- escape-hatch law: RUNE_*_ENGINE=python facade switch KEEN — oracle body refuses with 'escape hatch retired for this row - the Go engine is the authority'
+- base: dcbec012 removal-prep/cache: minify Python oracle bodies to escape-hatch refusal stubs (Gitea #2598 item 2)
+- verification: pytest tests/test_auto_context_go_parity.py 8 passed + tests/test_auto_execution_context.py 8 passed; ruff clean
+- NOT merged to master; push-only for review.
+
+| file | +lines | -lines |
+|---|---|---|
+| src/rune/auto_context.py | 2 | 113 |
+| tests/test_auto_context_go_parity.py | 10 | 16 |
@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+# removal-prep/cache — batch manifest (Gitea #2598 item 2)
+
+- shape: MINIFY (option b default)
+- escape-hatch law: RUNE_*_ENGINE=python facade switch KEEN — oracle body refuses with 'escape hatch retired for this row - the Go engine is the authority'
+- base: a35fb1de research: wiring-inventory triage — 87 witness live-pure modules into four piles; the honest rebase remainder is 30 modules / 22.6k lines (#2586 inventory)
+- verification: pytest tests/test_cache.py tests/test_cache_go_parity.py 26 passed; ruff clean
+- NOT merged to master; push-only for review.
+- note: branch carries stranded concurrent-agent commits (tooling-sort-2026-10-24 wave, README/pyproject bumps) — cherry-pick to master separately, do not lose
+
+| file | +lines | -lines |
+|---|---|---|
+| README.md | 2 | 2 |
+| pyproject.toml | 1 | 1 |
+| research/rebase-proof/tooling-sort-2026-10-24.json | 983 | 0 |
+| research/rebase-proof/tooling-sort-2026-10-24.md | 46 | 0 |
+| src/rune/__init__.py | 1 | 1 |
+| src/rune/canary_gitea_automation.py | 1 | 1 |
+| src/rune/rune_tui.py | 2 | 2 |
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+# removal-prep/dead-superseded-pile — batch manifest (Gitea #2598 item 2)
+
+- shape: DELETE (dead pile only)
+- escape-hatch law: RUNE_*_ENGINE=python facade switch KEEN — oracle body refuses with 'escape hatch retired for this row - the Go engine is the authority'
+- base: dcbec012 removal-prep/cache: minify Python oracle bodies to escape-hatch refusal stubs (Gitea #2598 item 2)
+- verification: import-graph (AST) over src/tui/scripts/tests: alpha 0 importers
+- NOT merged to master; push-only for review.
+- note: 46 superseded pile2 modules HELD: truth-gen/canary/parity scripts still import them; tooling-sort-2026-10-24 confirms 0 dead/0 superseded in tooling pile
+
+| file | +lines | -lines |
+|---|---|---|
+| manifests/removal-prep/auto-context.md | 12 | 0 |
+| manifests/removal-prep/cache.md | 18 | 0 |
+| manifests/removal-prep/forge-client.md | 16 | 0 |
+| manifests/removal-prep/message-queue.md | 12 | 0 |
+| manifests/removal-prep/openai-compat-transport.md | 13 | 0 |
+| manifests/removal-prep/paths.md | 12 | 0 |
+| manifests/removal-prep/reconcile-tools.md | 12 | 0 |
+| src/rune/alpha.py | 0 | 1 |
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+# removal-prep/forge-client — batch manifest (Gitea #2598 item 2)
+
+- shape: MINIFY (option b default)
+- escape-hatch law: RUNE_*_ENGINE=python facade switch KEEN — oracle body refuses with 'escape hatch retired for this row - the Go engine is the authority'
+- base: dcbec012 removal-prep/cache: minify Python oracle bodies to escape-hatch refusal stubs (Gitea #2598 item 2)
+- verification: pytest tests/test_forge_client_go_parity.py 14 passed; ruff clean
+- NOT merged to master; push-only for review.
+- note: branch carries 3 stranded second-pass test commits (e6162682 test(goal), 327308d0 test(abstraction), e388abed test(forge_client)) — cherry-pick to master separately, do not lose; tests/test_forge_client.py + _resilience.py fail collection on master pre-existing
+
+| file | +lines | -lines |
+|---|---|---|
+| src/go/abstraction/default_limit_test.go | 53 | 0 |
+| src/go/forge_client/truth_test.go | 27 | 0 |
+| src/go/goal/truth_test.go | 18 | 0 |
+| src/rune/forge_client.py | 1 | 44 |
+| tests/test_forge_client_go_parity.py | 16 | 28 |
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+# removal-prep/message-queue — batch manifest (Gitea #2598 item 2)
+
+- shape: MINIFY (option b default)
+- escape-hatch law: RUNE_*_ENGINE=python facade switch KEEN — oracle body refuses with 'escape hatch retired for this row - the Go engine is the authority'
+- base: dcbec012 removal-prep/cache: minify Python oracle bodies to escape-hatch refusal stubs (Gitea #2598 item 2)
+- verification: pytest tests/test_message_queue_go_parity.py 13 passed; ruff clean
+- NOT merged to master; push-only for review.
+
+| file | +lines | -lines |
+|---|---|---|
+| src/rune/message_queue.py | 8 | 109 |
+| tests/test_message_queue_go_parity.py | 13 | 24 |
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+# removal-prep/openai-compat-transport — batch manifest (Gitea #2598 item 2)
+
+- shape: MINIFY (option b default)
+- escape-hatch law: RUNE_*_ENGINE=python facade switch KEEN — oracle body refuses with 'escape hatch retired for this row - the Go engine is the authority'
+- base: dcbec012 removal-prep/cache: minify Python oracle bodies to escape-hatch refusal stubs (Gitea #2598 item 2)
+- verification: pytest tests/test_openai_compat_transport.py + _go_parity.py 36 passed; ruff clean
+- NOT merged to master; push-only for review.
+
+| file | +lines | -lines |
+|---|---|---|
+| src/rune/openai_compat_transport.py | 5 | 135 |
+| tests/test_openai_compat_transport.py | 20 | 34 |
+| tests/test_openai_compat_transport_go_parity.py | 12 | 8 |
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+# removal-prep/paths — batch manifest (Gitea #2598 item 2)
+
+- shape: MINIFY (option b default)
+- escape-hatch law: RUNE_*_ENGINE=python facade switch KEEN — oracle body refuses with 'escape hatch retired for this row - the Go engine is the authority'
+- base: a35fb1de research: wiring-inventory triage — 87 witness live-pure modules into four piles; the honest rebase remainder is 30 modules / 22.6k lines (#2586 inventory)
+- verification: pytest tests/test_paths_go_parity.py 14 passed; ruff clean
+- NOT merged to master; push-only for review.
+
+| file | +lines | -lines |
+|---|---|---|
+| src/rune/paths.py | 6 | 17 |
+| tests/test_paths_go_parity.py | 33 | 31 |
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+# removal-prep/reconcile-tools — batch manifest (Gitea #2598 item 2)
+
+- shape: MINIFY (option b default)
+- escape-hatch law: RUNE_*_ENGINE=python facade switch KEEN — oracle body refuses with 'escape hatch retired for this row - the Go engine is the authority'
+- base: dcbec012 removal-prep/cache: minify Python oracle bodies to escape-hatch refusal stubs (Gitea #2598 item 2)
+- verification: pytest tests/test_reconcile_tools_support_port.py 4 passed; ruff clean; also fixed pre-existing missing sys.path
+- NOT merged to master; push-only for review.
+
+| file | +lines | -lines |
+|---|---|---|
+| src/rune/model_routing.py | 1 | 29 |
+| tests/test_reconcile_tools_support_port.py | 14 | 12 |
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ build-backend = "setuptools.build_meta"

 [project]
 name = "rune"
-version = "0.358.2"
+version = "0.359.0"
 description = "Rune — a stateful coding assistant with persistent memory, orchestration, and TUI"
 requires-python = ">=3.10"

@@ -0,0 +1,346 @@
+{
+ "generated": "2026-10-25",
+ "source": "src/rune static surface + research/witness-run/witness-2026-10-24.json",
+ "total": 296,
+ "go_delegated": {
+  "count": 15,
+  "modules": [
+   "abstraction",
+   "auto_context",
+   "cache",
+   "event_bus",
+   "forge_client",
+   "goal",
+   "local_tool_runtime",
+   "message_queue",
+   "microkernel",
+   "model_routing",
+   "openai_compat_transport",
+   "paths",
+   "persona_gate",
+   "stage_guards",
+   "voicebox"
+  ]
+ },
+ "rust_kernel_wired": {
+  "count": 101,
+  "criterion": "module name matches a src/rust crate or imports cognition_core/cc_loader",
+  "modules": [
+   "abstraction_ladder",
+   "attention_capsule",
+   "behavior",
+   "behaviour_ledger",
+   "build_basis",
+   "capability_broker",
+   "capability_fit",
+   "capability_ledger",
+   "cc_loader",
+   "claim_audit",
+   "cognitive_budgeter",
+   "concept_topology",
+   "connection_pool",
+   "construction_activation",
+   "construction_commands",
+   "construction_decision",
+   "construction_depth",
+   "construction_intent",
+   "construction_interface",
+   "construction_mode",
+   "construction_pattern",
+   "construction_patterns_builtin",
+   "construction_projection",
+   "context_broker",
+   "context_pressure",
+   "contracts",
+   "dependency_tracker",
+   "drift_cache",
+   "drift_core",
+   "drift_ledger",
+   "drift_observability",
+   "drift_resume",
+   "evidence_capsule",
+   "execution_trace",
+   "experience_encoding",
+   "failure_recovery",
+   "grading",
+   "graph_memory",
+   "graph_projection",
+   "growth_delta",
+   "growth_pipeline",
+   "identity_anchors",
+   "impact_preview",
+   "inference_trace",
+   "intent_continuity",
+   "iteration",
+   "layout_contract",
+   "lexicon_evolution",
+   "meaningful_events",
+   "memory_consolidation",
+   "memory_selector",
+   "memory_types",
+   "message_graph",
+   "mutation_guards",
+   "outcome_ledger",
+   "outcome_utility",
+   "pane_authority",
+   "pins",
+   "programme_continuation",
+   "programme_gates",
+   "progressive_escalation",
+   "project_registry",
+   "prompt_sync",
+   "recall_uplift",
+   "research_budget",
+   "response_adapter",
+   "route_risk_flags",
+   "rune_profiler",
+   "rune_spinner",
+   "safety_override",
+   "salience_gate",
+   "self_improve",
+   "self_model",
+   "self_modify",
+   "shard_manager",
+   "skill_compiler",
+   "spine",
+   "spine_language",
+   "spine_loader",
+   "state_checkpoint",
+   "structural_migration",
+   "structural_model",
+   "structural_store",
+   "subconscious_pass",
+   "subsystem_health",
+   "system_registry",
+   "task_gate",
+   "task_persist",
+   "testing_mode",
+   "tier_manager",
+   "time_awareness",
+   "token_optimizer",
+   "toolchain",
+   "verification_layer",
+   "voice_hybrid",
+   "voice_sync",
+   "wait_guard",
+   "wait_guard_corpus",
+   "warm_neuron_store",
+   "witness",
+   "worthiness"
+  ]
+ },
+ "pure_python": {
+  "count": 180,
+  "load_bearing": {
+   "count": 59,
+   "modules": [
+    "adaptive_router",
+    "alpha",
+    "audit_ledger",
+    "build_attestation",
+    "build_mode",
+    "builder_bridge",
+    "chat_bubble",
+    "construction_admission",
+    "construction_authority",
+    "core_server",
+    "cron_engine",
+    "drift-ledger",
+    "drift_compression",
+    "effect_mediation",
+    "elastic_cognition",
+    "event_envelope",
+    "event_wait",
+    "factory_protocol",
+    "failure_auto_filer",
+    "ffi_query_memory_smoke",
+    "hook_engine",
+    "inference_paths",
+    "live_proof",
+    "memory_continuity",
+    "memory_env",
+    "memory_store",
+    "message_widgets",
+    "mode_gate",
+    "model_connect",
+    "model_profiles",
+    "model_registry",
+    "night_mode",
+    "owner_envelope",
+    "parallel_processor",
+    "persona_definition",
+    "provider_budget",
+    "provider_context",
+    "provider_registry",
+    "recall_router",
+    "release_notes",
+    "rune_graphic",
+    "rune_operator",
+    "rune_tui",
+    "runtime_attestation",
+    "secret_store",
+    "self_change_qualification",
+    "self_transform_pipeline",
+    "skills_engine",
+    "sleep_time",
+    "standardized_providers",
+    "tiered_executor",
+    "tool_executor",
+    "tool_protocol",
+    "tui_backlog",
+    "tui_transport",
+    "tui_validator",
+    "voice_injector",
+    "warm_router",
+    "work_manager"
+   ]
+  },
+  "tooling_test": {
+   "count": 116,
+   "modules": [
+    "ac_loader",
+    "al_loader",
+    "bb_loader",
+    "bh_loader",
+    "bl_loader",
+    "broker_loader",
+    "builder_bridge_cli",
+    "ca_loader",
+    "canary_audit_ledger",
+    "canary_cognitive_strata",
+    "canary_context_broker",
+    "canary_conversation_state",
+    "canary_full_system",
+    "canary_gitea_automation",
+    "canary_gitea_delegation",
+    "canary_gitea_pipeline",
+    "canary_memory_synthesis",
+    "canary_native",
+    "canary_orchestration_foundation",
+    "canary_p0_04",
+    "canary_p0_05",
+    "canary_p0_07",
+    "canary_p1_01",
+    "canary_p1_02",
+    "canary_p1_03",
+    "canary_p1_06",
+    "canary_p1_07",
+    "canary_query_memory",
+    "canary_resource_authority",
+    "canary_rune_entry",
+    "canary_rune_serve",
+    "canary_schema_migration",
+    "canary_spine_meta",
+    "canary_surface_parity",
+    "canary_tui_drift",
+    "canary_tui_transport",
+    "canary_unbounded",
+    "cb_loader",
+    "ccmd_loader",
+    "cd_loader",
+    "cdec_loader",
+    "cf_loader",
+    "ci_loader",
+    "cl_loader",
+    "cm_loader",
+    "construction_authority_cli",
+    "contracts_loader",
+    "cp_loader",
+    "cpb_loader",
+    "cpool_loader",
+    "cproj_loader",
+    "cps_loader",
+    "cs_loader",
+    "ct_loader",
+    "dc_loader",
+    "dcore_loader",
+    "dl_loader",
+    "do_loader",
+    "dr_loader",
+    "dt_loader",
+    "ec_loader",
+    "ee_loader",
+    "et_loader",
+    "evidence_probe",
+    "gm_loader",
+    "gp2_loader",
+    "gp_loader",
+    "gr_loader",
+    "ic_loader",
+    "ip_loader",
+    "it_loader",
+    "itr_loader",
+    "lc_loader",
+    "le_loader",
+    "me_loader",
+    "mems_loader",
+    "mg_loader",
+    "mr_loader",
+    "ms_loader",
+    "mse_loader",
+    "mt_loader",
+    "mu_loader",
+    "ol_loader",
+    "ou_loader",
+    "pa_loader",
+    "pc_loader",
+    "pr_loader",
+    "progressive_escalation_loader",
+    "ps_loader",
+    "ra_loader",
+    "rb_loader",
+    "rp_loader",
+    "ru_loader",
+    "sc_loader",
+    "sck_loader",
+    "sg_loader",
+    "sh_loader",
+    "si_loader",
+    "sk_loader",
+    "sl_loader",
+    "sm_loader",
+    "smm_loader",
+    "smod_loader",
+    "sp_loader",
+    "sr_loader",
+    "ss_loader",
+    "stm_loader",
+    "ta_loader",
+    "tc_loader",
+    "tg_loader",
+    "tl_loader",
+    "tm_loader",
+    "to_loader",
+    "vh_loader",
+    "vs_loader",
+    "wr_loader"
+   ]
+  },
+  "dead": {
+   "count": 1,
+   "modules": [
+    "__main__"
+   ]
+  },
+  "unclassified": {
+   "count": 4,
+   "modules": [
+    "__init__",
+    "curator",
+    "forge",
+    "scaffold"
+   ]
+  }
+ },
+ "reconciliation_with_witness": {
+  "witness": {
+   "go": 11,
+   "rust": 79,
+   "py": 204,
+   "tooling": 117,
+   "load_bearing": 87,
+   "dead": 1
+  },
+  "note": "static name/delegation surface finds 33 go-delegated facades (witness counted 11 served live in the boot chain \u2014 the rest execute on dispatch, not boot); rust-kernel-wired reconstructed structurally (witness stored the count only)"
+ }
+}
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+# REBASE-PROOF wiring inventory — Gitea #2586 (2026-10-25)
+
+"'Wired in' also means nothing Go-able left unexamined": every one of the 296 `src/rune` modules is
+classified three-way, and pure-python modules further split load-bearing (executed in the witness
+run) vs test/tooling vs dead.
+
+## Honest counts
+
+| class | count | criterion |
+|---|---|---|
+| **total src/rune modules** | **296** | `*.py` in src/rune |
+| go-delegated | 15 | module carries a Go delegation seam (`_go_engine_bin` / `_go_bus_bin` / `_lte_go_engine_bin`) |
+| rust-kernel-wired | 101 | module name matches a `src/rust` crate, or imports `cognition_core`/`cc_loader` |
+| pure-python | 180 | neither of the above |
+| — load-bearing (witness-executed) | 59 | in `research/witness-run/witness-2026-10-24.json` `live_pure_core` |
+| — tooling/test-pattern | 116 | in witness `live_pure_tooling` |
+| — dead (never executed) | 1 | witness `dead`: `__main__` |
+| — unclassified | 4 | `__init__`, `curator`, `forge`, `scaffold` (glue/facade aggregators — no engine seam, no crate match, not in witness lists) |
+
+## Reconciliation with the witness scoreboard (deltas are findings)
+
+Witness (runtime, 2026-10-24): 11 go-facade-served-live · 79 rust-kernel-wired · 87 load-bearing ·
+117 tooling · 1 dead. This inventory (static structural surface, 2026-10-25): 15 / 101 / 59 / 116 / 1.
+
+- **go-delegated 15 vs 11:** the witness counted only facades served in the *boot chain*; the static
+  sweep finds 4 more delegation seams that execute on dispatch, not boot
+  (persona_gate, stage_guards, +2 dispatch-time surfaces). Nothing Go-able unexamined — they are
+  bar-2-probed in the verdict table where applicable.
+- **rust-kernel-wired 101 vs 79:** the witness file stores the count only, not the list; this
+  inventory reconstructs the list structurally (crate-name match ∪ cognition_core import). The +22
+  are crate-name-matched modules whose runtime broker hop the witness's serving chain didn't touch.
+- **load-bearing 59 vs 87:** the witness's 87 included modules classified load-bearing by runtime
+  evidence beyond name matching; the static intersection with `live_pure_core` yields 59. The
+  witness file remains authoritative for *runtime* load-bearing status; this file is authoritative
+  for *structural* classification.
+- **4 unclassified:** `__init__` (package glue), `curator`, `forge`, `scaffold` (aggregator
+  facades). These need a disposition decision in the removal tranche (#2592) — none is Go-able
+  (no engine seam), none is dead (imported by live surfaces).
+
+Full module lists: `inventory.json` (same directory).
@@ -0,0 +1,983 @@
+{
+ "method": "import-graph grep (src/tui/scripts/tests/shared/bridge/interop + Makefile/docs) -> git recency -> AST import-resolution check; lens: tooling-pattern modules from witness-2026-10-24.json",
+ "date": "2026-10-25",
+ "counts": {
+  "legit_tooling": 104,
+  "superseded": 0,
+  "dead": 0,
+  "broken_but_needed": 0,
+  "of_which_stale_watch": 13
+ },
+ "legit_tooling": [
+  {
+   "module": "ac_loader",
+   "last_commit": "2026-10-11",
+   "importers": [
+    "src/rune/attention_capsule.py"
+   ],
+   "verdict": "FFI ctypes bridge to src/rust crate; imported by live core module/test/parity script; committed Oct 2026"
+  },
+  {
+   "module": "al_loader",
+   "last_commit": "2026-10-12",
+   "importers": [
+    "scripts/gen_abstraction_ladder_truth.py",
+    "src/rune/abstraction_ladder.py"
+   ],
+   "verdict": "FFI ctypes bridge to src/rust crate; imported by live core module/test/parity script; committed Oct 2026"
+  },
+  {
+   "module": "bb_loader",
+   "last_commit": "2026-10-11",
+   "importers": [
+    "scripts/check_build_basis_gap_parity.py",
+    "scripts/check_build_basis_parity.py",
+    "scripts/gen_build_basis_gap_truth.py",
+    "src/rune/build_basis.py",
+    "src/rust/build_basis/src/gap.rs"
+   ],
+   "verdict": "FFI ctypes bridge to src/rust crate; imported by live core module/test/parity script; committed Oct 2026"
+  },
+  {
+   "module": "bh_loader",
+   "last_commit": "2026-10-12",
+   "importers": [
+    "scripts/check_behavior_parity.py",
+    "src/rune/behavior.py",
+    "tests/test_behavior_port.py"
+   ],
+   "verdict": "FFI ctypes bridge to src/rust crate; imported by live core module/test/parity script; committed Oct 2026"
+  },
+  {
+   "module": "bl_loader",
+   "last_commit": "2026-10-12",
+   "importers": [
+    "src/rune/behaviour_ledger.py"
+   ],
+   "verdict": "FFI ctypes bridge to src/rust crate; imported by live core module/test/parity script; committed Oct 2026"
+  },
+  {
+   "module": "broker_loader",
+   "last_commit": "2026-10-14",
+   "importers": [
+    "scripts/check_capability_broker_gap_parity.py",
+    "src/rune/capability_broker.py",
+    "tests/test_capability_broker_delegation.py"
+   ],
+   "verdict": "FFI ctypes bridge to src/rust crate; imported by live core module/test/parity script; committed Oct 2026"
+  },
+  {
+   "module": "ca_loader",
+   "last_commit": "2026-10-14",
+   "importers": [
+    "scripts/check_construction_activation_parity.py",
+    "src/rune/construction_activation.py"
+   ],
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+    "scripts/gen_salience_gate_truth.py",
+    "src/rune/salience_gate.py",
+    "src/rust/salience_gate/canary_salience_gate.py"
+   ],
+   "verdict": "FFI ctypes bridge to src/rust crate; imported by live core module/test/parity script; committed Oct 2026"
+  },
+  {
+   "module": "sh_loader",
+   "last_commit": "2026-10-12",
+   "importers": [
+    "scripts/check_subsystem_health_parity.py",
+    "src/rune/subsystem_health.py"
+   ],
+   "verdict": "FFI ctypes bridge to src/rust crate; imported by live core module/test/parity script; committed Oct 2026"
+  },
+  {
+   "module": "si_loader",
+   "last_commit": "2026-10-14",
+   "importers": [
+    "scripts/gen_self_improve_truth.py",
+    "src/rune/self_improve.py",
+    "tests/test_self_improve_port.py"
+   ],
+   "verdict": "FFI ctypes bridge to src/rust crate; imported by live core module/test/parity script; committed Oct 2026"
+  },
+  {
+   "module": "sk_loader",
+   "last_commit": "2026-10-13",
+   "importers": [
+    "scripts/check_skill_compiler_parity.py",
+    "src/rune/skill_compiler.py",
+    "tests/test_skill_compiler_port.py"
+   ],
+   "verdict": "FFI ctypes bridge to src/rust crate; imported by live core module/test/parity script; committed Oct 2026"
+  },
+  {
+   "module": "sl_loader",
+   "last_commit": "2026-10-12",
+   "importers": [
+    "src/rune/spine_language.py"
+   ],
+   "verdict": "FFI ctypes bridge to src/rust crate; imported by live core module/test/parity script; committed Oct 2026"
+  },
+  {
+   "module": "sm_loader",
+   "last_commit": "2026-10-12",
+   "importers": [
+    "src/rune/shard_manager.py",
+    "src/rune/stm_loader.py",
+    "src/rust/iteration/src/lib.rs"
+   ],
+   "verdict": "FFI ctypes bridge to src/rust crate; imported by live core module/test/parity script; committed Oct 2026"
+  },
+  {
+   "module": "smm_loader",
+   "last_commit": "2026-10-13",
+   "importers": [
+    "src/rune/self_model.py"
+   ],
+   "verdict": "FFI ctypes bridge to src/rust crate; imported by live core module/test/parity script; committed Oct 2026"
+  },
+  {
+   "module": "smod_loader",
+   "last_commit": "2026-10-12",
+   "importers": [
+    "scripts/check_self_modify_gap_parity.py",
+    "scripts/gen_self_modify_truth.py",
+    "src/rune/self_modify.py",
+    "src/rust/self_modify/src/gap_battery.rs"
+   ],
+   "verdict": "FFI ctypes bridge to src/rust crate; imported by live core module/test/parity script; committed Oct 2026"
+  },
+  {
+   "module": "sp_loader",
+   "last_commit": "2026-10-12",
+   "importers": [
+    "scripts/check_subconscious_pass_parity.py",
+    "src/rune/subconscious_pass.py"
+   ],
+   "verdict": "FFI ctypes bridge to src/rust crate; imported by live core module/test/parity script; committed Oct 2026"
+  },
+  {
+   "module": "sr_loader",
+   "last_commit": "2026-10-11",
+   "importers": [
+    "src/rune/system_registry.py"
+   ],
+   "verdict": "FFI ctypes bridge to src/rust crate; imported by live core module/test/parity script; committed Oct 2026"
+  },
+  {
+   "module": "ss_loader",
+   "last_commit": "2026-10-15",
+   "importers": [
+    "scripts/check_structural_store_parity.py",
+    "src/rune/structural_store.py",
+    "src/rust/structural_store/canary_structural_store.py",
+    "tests/test_structural_store_delegation.py"
+   ],
+   "verdict": "FFI ctypes bridge to src/rust crate; imported by live core module/test/parity script; committed Oct 2026"
+  },
+  {
+   "module": "stm_loader",
+   "last_commit": "2026-10-14",
+   "importers": [
+    "scripts/check_structural_model_parity.py",
+    "src/rune/structural_model.py"
+   ],
+   "verdict": "FFI ctypes bridge to src/rust crate; imported by live core module/test/parity script; committed Oct 2026"
+  },
+  {
+   "module": "ta_loader",
+   "last_commit": "2026-10-12",
+   "importers": [
+    "scripts/check_time_awareness_gap_parity.py",
+    "scripts/check_time_awareness_parity.py",
+    "src/rune/time_awareness.py",
+    "src/rust/time_awareness/src/gap_battery.rs",
+    "tests/test_time_awareness_port.py"
+   ],
+   "verdict": "FFI ctypes bridge to src/rust crate; imported by live core module/test/parity script; committed Oct 2026"
+  },
+  {
+   "module": "tc_loader",
+   "last_commit": "2026-10-04",
+   "importers": [
+    "src/rune/token_optimizer.py",
+    "src/rust/token_counting/canary_token_counting.py",
+    "tests/test_rust_core_shims.py"
+   ],
+   "verdict": "FFI ctypes bridge to src/rust crate; imported by live core module/test/parity script; committed Oct 2026"
+  },
+  {
+   "module": "tg_loader",
+   "last_commit": "2026-10-12",
+   "importers": [
+    "scripts/gen_task_gate_truth.py",
+    "src/rune/task_gate.py"
+   ],
+   "verdict": "FFI ctypes bridge to src/rust crate; imported by live core module/test/parity script; committed Oct 2026"
+  },
+  {
+   "module": "tl_loader",
+   "last_commit": "2026-10-12",
+   "importers": [
+    "scripts/check_toolchain_parity.py",
+    "src/rune/toolchain.py"
+   ],
+   "verdict": "FFI ctypes bridge to src/rust crate; imported by live core module/test/parity script; committed Oct 2026"
+  },
+  {
+   "module": "tm_loader",
+   "last_commit": "2026-10-15",
+   "importers": [
+    "scripts/check_structural_model_parity.py",
+    "scripts/gen_testing_mode_truth.py",
+    "src/rune/structural_model.py",
+    "src/rune/testing_mode.py",
+    "tests/test_testing_mode_delegation.py"
+   ],
+   "verdict": "FFI ctypes bridge to src/rust crate; imported by live core module/test/parity script; committed Oct 2026"
+  },
+  {
+   "module": "to_loader",
+   "last_commit": "2026-10-11",
+   "importers": [
+    "scripts/check_token_optimizer_parity.py",
+    "src/rune/token_optimizer.py",
+    "tests/test_token_optimizer_port.py"
+   ],
+   "verdict": "FFI ctypes bridge to src/rust crate; imported by live core module/test/parity script; committed Oct 2026"
+  },
+  {
+   "module": "vh_loader",
+   "last_commit": "2026-10-14",
+   "importers": [
+    "scripts/check_voice_hybrid_parity.py",
+    "src/rune/voice_hybrid.py",
+    "tests/test_voice_hybrid_port.py"
+   ],
+   "verdict": "FFI ctypes bridge to src/rust crate; imported by live core module/test/parity script; committed Oct 2026"
+  },
+  {
+   "module": "vs_loader",
+   "last_commit": "2026-10-14",
+   "importers": [
+    "scripts/gen_voice_sync_truth.py",
+    "src/rune/voice_sync.py",
+    "src/rust/voice_sync/canary_voice_sync.py",
+    "tests/test_voice_sync_port.py"
+   ],
+   "verdict": "FFI ctypes bridge to src/rust crate; imported by live core module/test/parity script; committed Oct 2026"
+  },
+  {
+   "module": "wr_loader",
+   "last_commit": "2026-10-15",
+   "importers": [
+    "scripts/gen_worthiness_truth.py",
+    "src/rune/worthiness.py"
+   ],
+   "verdict": "FFI ctypes bridge to src/rust crate; imported by live core module/test/parity script; committed Oct 2026"
+  },
+  {
+   "module": "evidence_probe",
+   "last_commit": "2026-10-08",
+   "importers": [
+    "scripts/gen_evidence_probe_truth.py",
+    "scripts/gen_local_tool_runtime_truth.py",
+    "scripts/research_stage_executor.py",
+    "src/rune/canary_audit_ledger.py",
+    "src/rune/rune_operator.py",
+    "tests/test_evidence_probe.py",
+    "tests/test_evidence_provenance_shims.py",
+    "tests/test_operator_probe_isolation.py"
+   ],
+   "verdict": "8 importers incl. live scripts/research_stage_executor.py; truth generators depend on it"
+  },
+  {
+   "module": "builder_bridge_cli",
+   "last_commit": "2026-10-21",
+   "importers": [],
+   "verdict": "referenced by scripts/gen_builder_bridge_cli_truth.py + structural_coverage_audit; committed 2026-10-21"
+  },
+  {
+   "module": "construction_authority_cli",
+   "last_commit": "2026-10-19",
+   "importers": [
+    "tests/test_construction_authority_drills.py"
+   ],
+   "verdict": "imported by tests/test_construction_authority_drills.py; committed 2026-10-19"
+  },
+  {
+   "module": "canary_audit_ledger",
+   "last_commit": "2026-10-08",
+   "importers": [],
+   "verdict": "canary battery entry, fresh commit Oct 2026, doc-tracked (docs/dichotomy-rebase-honest-audit.md); no importers expected for canaries"
+  },
+  {
+   "module": "canary_full_system",
+   "last_commit": "2026-10-08",
+   "importers": [],
+   "verdict": "canary battery entry, fresh commit Oct 2026, doc-tracked (docs/dichotomy-rebase-honest-audit.md); no importers expected for canaries"
+  },
+  {
+   "module": "canary_gitea_automation",
+   "last_commit": "2026-10-25",
+   "importers": [],
+   "verdict": "canary battery entry, fresh commit Oct 2026, doc-tracked (docs/dichotomy-rebase-honest-audit.md); no importers expected for canaries"
+  },
+  {
+   "module": "canary_native",
+   "last_commit": "2026-10-18",
+   "importers": [
+    "docs/structural-contract.md",
+    "scripts/scaffold_projection.py",
+    "src/rune/spine.py",
+    "src/rust/spine/src/gap.rs"
+   ],
+   "verdict": "canary battery entry, fresh commit Oct 2026, doc-tracked (docs/dichotomy-rebase-honest-audit.md); no importers expected for canaries"
+  },
+  {
+   "module": "canary_p0_04",
+   "last_commit": "2026-10-18",
+   "importers": [],
+   "verdict": "canary battery entry, fresh commit Oct 2026, doc-tracked (docs/dichotomy-rebase-honest-audit.md); no importers expected for canaries"
+  },
+  {
+   "module": "canary_p1_01",
+   "last_commit": "2026-10-18",
+   "importers": [],
+   "verdict": "canary battery entry, fresh commit Oct 2026, doc-tracked (docs/dichotomy-rebase-honest-audit.md); no importers expected for canaries"
+  },
+  {
+   "module": "canary_p1_02",
+   "last_commit": "2026-10-10",
+   "importers": [],
+   "verdict": "canary battery entry, fresh commit Oct 2026, doc-tracked (docs/dichotomy-rebase-honest-audit.md); no importers expected for canaries"
+  },
+  {
+   "module": "canary_p1_06",
+   "last_commit": "2026-10-10",
+   "importers": [],
+   "verdict": "canary battery entry, fresh commit Oct 2026, doc-tracked (docs/dichotomy-rebase-honest-audit.md); no importers expected for canaries"
+  },
+  {
+   "module": "canary_p1_07",
+   "last_commit": "2026-10-10",
+   "importers": [],
+   "verdict": "canary battery entry, fresh commit Oct 2026, doc-tracked (docs/dichotomy-rebase-honest-audit.md); no importers expected for canaries"
+  },
+  {
+   "module": "canary_query_memory",
+   "last_commit": "2026-10-08",
+   "importers": [],
+   "verdict": "canary battery entry, fresh commit Oct 2026, doc-tracked (docs/dichotomy-rebase-honest-audit.md); no importers expected for canaries"
+  },
+  {
+   "module": "canary_rune_entry",
+   "last_commit": "2026-10-04",
+   "importers": [],
+   "verdict": "canary battery entry, fresh commit Oct 2026, doc-tracked (docs/dichotomy-rebase-honest-audit.md); no importers expected for canaries"
+  },
+  {
+   "module": "canary_rune_serve",
+   "last_commit": "2026-10-17",
+   "importers": [],
+   "verdict": "canary battery entry, fresh commit Oct 2026, doc-tracked (docs/dichotomy-rebase-honest-audit.md); no importers expected for canaries"
+  },
+  {
+   "module": "canary_spine_meta",
+   "last_commit": "2026-10-04",
+   "importers": [],
+   "verdict": "canary battery entry, fresh commit Oct 2026, doc-tracked (docs/dichotomy-rebase-honest-audit.md); no importers expected for canaries"
+  },
+  {
+   "module": "canary_tui_drift",
+   "last_commit": "2026-10-08",
+   "importers": [],
+   "verdict": "canary battery entry, fresh commit Oct 2026, doc-tracked (docs/dichotomy-rebase-honest-audit.md); no importers expected for canaries"
+  },
+  {
+   "module": "canary_tui_transport",
+   "last_commit": "2026-10-04",
+   "importers": [],
+   "verdict": "canary battery entry, fresh commit Oct 2026, doc-tracked (docs/dichotomy-rebase-honest-audit.md); no importers expected for canaries"
+  },
+  {
+   "module": "canary_unbounded",
+   "last_commit": "2026-10-08",
+   "importers": [],
+   "verdict": "canary battery entry, fresh commit Oct 2026, doc-tracked (docs/dichotomy-rebase-honest-audit.md); no importers expected for canaries"
+  }
+ ],
+ "superseded": [],
+ "dead": [],
+ "broken_but_needed": [],
+ "notes": [
+  "All 85 *_loader modules are ctypes FFI bridges to src/rust crates \u2014 they ARE the Python->Rust successor mechanism, not Python legacy; every one has live importers and was touched within 30 days.",
+  "No module in the 117 is superseded: loaders supersede pure-Python cores; canaries have no successor beyond the newer canary_p0_04/p1_* battery which does not yet cover the stale 13.",
+  "BROKEN-BUT-NEEDED is empty: witness run proved import liveness; static AST check found only guarded optional deps (aaak, pynput/faster_whisper) and runtime-path-injected shared/ + src/rust/evidence_provenance/ep_loader modules that resolve under the boot chain.",
+  "The 13 stale canaries fail the recency test but pass the doc-need test (docs/pipeline-prd.md lines ~57-58 enumerate them as the required battery; scripts/structural_coverage_audit.py:131-139 inventories them). Removal requires a docs+audit-script update first.",
+  "Zero-importer is normal for canaries/CLIs (executed, not imported); recency + doc tracking used as liveness proxy instead."
+ ]
+}
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+# Tooling-Pile Sort — 2026-10-24 witness run (Gitea #2598 item 4)
+
+Lens: the ~117 tooling-pattern modules (`live_pure_tooling` in research/witness-run/witness-2026-10-24.json).
+Method: import-graph first (grep across src/, tui/, scripts/, tests/, shared/, bridge/, interop/, Makefile, docs),
+then git recency (cutoff 2026-09-25), then static AST import-resolution. Read-only elsewhere.
+
+## Counts
+
+| Pile | Count |
+|---|---|
+| LEGIT-TOOLING | 104 |
+| — of which STALE-WATCH canaries | 13 |
+| SUPERSEDED | 0 |
+| DEAD | 0 |
+| BROKEN-BUT-NEEDED | 0 |
+
+## 1. LEGIT-TOOLING (104)
+
+- **85 `*_loader.py`** — every one is a ctypes FFI bridge to a crate in `src/rust/` (e.g. `ac_loader` → `src/rust/attention_capsule`). They ARE the Python→Rust successor mechanism, not Python legacy. All have live importers (core modules, `tests/test_*_port.py`, `scripts/check_*_parity.py` truth generators) and commits Oct 4–15, 2026. Examples: `cc_loader` (23 importers), `ms_loader` (10, incl. `henxels_checks.py`), `sm_loader` (imported by `src/rust/iteration/src/lib.rs` test path).
+- **3 CLIs/probes** — `builder_bridge_cli` (2026-10-21; `scripts/gen_builder_bridge_cli_truth.py`, `structural_coverage_audit.py`), `construction_authority_cli` (imported by `tests/test_construction_authority_drills.py`), `evidence_probe` (8 importers incl. `scripts/research_stage_executor.py`).
+- **16 fresh canaries** (commit ≥ 2026-09-25) — `canary_native` is imported by `src/rune/spine.py` and `scripts/scaffold_projection.py`; the rest are the doc-tracked battery (below) with October commits (`canary_gitea_automation` same-day, 2026-10-25). Zero importers is expected — canaries execute, they aren't imported.
+
+## 2. STALE-WATCH subset (13, still LEGIT per the doc-need rule)
+
+`canary_cognitive_strata`, `canary_context_broker`, `canary_conversation_state`, `canary_gitea_delegation`, `canary_gitea_pipeline`, `canary_memory_synthesis`, `canary_orchestration_foundation`, `canary_p0_05`, `canary_p0_07`, `canary_p1_03`, `canary_resource_authority`, `canary_schema_migration`, `canary_surface_parity`.
+
+Zero importers + no commits since Sept 3–12 (45–55 days), BUT: `docs/pipeline-prd.md` (~lines 57–58) enumerates them as the required canary battery, `scripts/structural_coverage_audit.py:131-139` inventories them, and they import modules of `src/rune/orchestration/` that are actively developed (commits within 30 days). Not dead — but they are stale guards over live code and the newer `canary_p0_04` / `canary_p1_*` battery doesn't yet cover them. Any removal must first update pipeline-prd.md + structural_coverage_audit.py; otherwise recommend consolidation into the newer battery.
+
+## 3. SUPERSEDED (0)
+
+Loaders supersede pure-Python cores rather than being superseded; no canary/CLI has a Go/Rust replacement — the newer canary battery is complementary, not substituting.
+
+## 4. DEAD (0)
+
+Nothing meets the triple test: everything has importers, sub-30-day commits, or explicit doc/audit-script need.
+
+## 5. BROKEN-BUT-NEEDED (0)
+
+Witness run proved import liveness. Static AST check across all 117 found only:
+- guarded optional deps (`aaak` in warm_router.py:217 / memory_store.py:445 — try/except fallback; `pynput`/`faster_whisper` in voicebox),
+- runtime path-injected modules (`shared/query_memory.py`, `shared/build_pipeline_policy.py`, `shared/gitea_auth.py`, `src/rust/evidence_provenance/ep_loader.py`) that resolve under the boot chain.
+No unguarded missing imports. Machine-verified import failure would need the venv (not available in this probe); the witness run covers that.
+
+## Headline
+
+The "tooling pile" is almost entirely load-bearing FFI glue: 85 of 117 modules are the ctypes bridge layer the Rust port depends on. Nothing is deletable today; the only actionable item is consolidating the 13 stale September canaries into the October battery.
@@ -0,0 +1,412 @@
+{
+ "method": "import-graph over 1412 py files (src,tui,scripts,tests,verification) + twin-name match vs src/go (101) and src/rust (103) + launcher/delegation spot-checks; witness execution data as liveness ground truth",
+ "counts": {
+  "total": 87,
+  "legit_python": 10,
+  "superseded": 46,
+  "dead": 1,
+  "needs_a_go_side": 30
+ },
+ "pile1_legit_python": {
+  "build_attestation": {
+   "lines": 145,
+   "evidence": "0 importers; phase-0C paired-build attestation tooling, invoked by build pipeline (scripts/build_paired.sh), not the runtime."
+  },
+  "drift-ledger": {
+   "lines": 355,
+   "evidence": "0 importers; standalone drift-protection CLI (python -m rune.drift-ledger) \u2014 one-off project tooling."
+  },
+  "factory_protocol": {
+   "lines": 518,
+   "evidence": "0 live importers; python parity twin/oracle of the factory kernel (go/factory) kept for parity harness \u2014 spec oracle."
+  },
+  "ffi_query_memory_smoke": {
+   "lines": 183,
+   "evidence": "0 importers; FFI smoke test proving the Rust cdylib consumer shape \u2014 test artifact."
+  },
+  "inference_paths": {
+   "lines": 95,
+   "evidence": "imported only by scripts/gen_inference_paths_truth.py + tests/test_inference_paths.py \u2014 truth-generator tooling (go/inference-paths is the census successor)."
+  },
+  "live_proof": {
+   "lines": 858,
+   "evidence": "0 importers; spec-1.3 proof harness CLI (python -m rune.live_proof, scripts/admit_wave_live_proof.py) \u2014 verification tooling."
+  },
+  "release_notes": {
+   "lines": 446,
+   "evidence": "0 importers; evidence-derived Gitea release-history generator \u2014 release tooling only."
+  },
+  "rune_graphic": {
+   "lines": 145,
+   "evidence": "0 importers; generates the spinning-diamond PNG frames \u2014 asset generation tooling."
+  },
+  "tui_backlog": {
+   "lines": 125,
+   "evidence": "0 importers; durable TUI upgrade backlog document-as-module (SCAFFOLD-TRANCHE-007) \u2014 data/doc, no serving logic."
+  },
+  "tui_validator": {
+   "lines": 514,
+   "evidence": "1 importer (canary_native only); pre-flight Textual CSS/widget checks for the python-era TUI \u2014 dev tooling."
+  }
+ },
+ "pile2_superseded": {
+  "auto_context": {
+   "lines": 357,
+   "evidence": "imported only by rune_tui; per-message memory recall hook \u2014 Go face auto-context path."
+  },
+  "build_mode": {
+   "lines": 521,
+   "evidence": "0 live importers; go/build-mode twin."
+  },
+  "builder_bridge": {
+   "lines": 326,
+   "evidence": "0 live importers; go/builder-bridge twin."
+  },
+  "chat_bubble": {
+   "lines": 401,
+   "evidence": "imported only by rune_tui; styled bubbles served by Go face (tui/chatpane)."
+  },
+  "construction_interface": {
+   "lines": 1325,
+   "evidence": "0 live importers; rust/construction_interface twin (rust-kernel-wired class)."
+  },
+  "core_server": {
+   "lines": 254,
+   "evidence": "0 live importers; go/core-server twin (HTTP sidecar)."
+  },
+  "cron_engine": {
+   "lines": 440,
+   "evidence": "imported only by rune_tui; go/cron-engine twin is the successor."
+  },
+  "elastic_cognition": {
+   "lines": 774,
+   "evidence": "0 live importers; go/elastic-cognition twin."
+  },
+  "event_envelope": {
+   "lines": 303,
+   "evidence": "0 live importers; go/event-envelope twin."
+  },
+  "event_wait": {
+   "lines": 518,
+   "evidence": "0 live importers; go/event-wait twin."
+  },
+  "failure_recovery": {
+   "lines": 108,
+   "evidence": "0 live importers; rust/failure_recovery twin."
+  },
+  "graph_projection": {
+   "lines": 153,
+   "evidence": "0 live importers; rust/graph_projection twin."
+  },
+  "growth_delta": {
+   "lines": 520,
+   "evidence": "imported only by rune_tui; growth analytics rendered by Go face."
+  },
+  "hook_engine": {
+   "lines": 860,
+   "evidence": "imported by rune_tui + truth-gen script; go/hook-engine twin."
+  },
+  "impact_preview": {
+   "lines": 78,
+   "evidence": "0 live importers; rust/impact_preview twin."
+  },
+  "memory_continuity": {
+   "lines": 622,
+   "evidence": "0 live importers; go/memory-continuity twin."
+  },
+  "message_queue": {
+   "lines": 457,
+   "evidence": "0 live importers; go/message-queue twin."
+  },
+  "message_widgets": {
+   "lines": 104,
+   "evidence": "imported only by rune_tui; typed tool-work widgets \u2014 Go face serves (tui/)."
+  },
+  "model_connect": {
+   "lines": 471,
+   "evidence": "imported by provider_registry + rune_tui; go/model-connect twin."
+  },
+  "model_profiles": {
+   "lines": 438,
+   "evidence": "imported by rune_tui + rune_operator; go/model-profiles twin."
+  },
+  "night_mode": {
+   "lines": 421,
+   "evidence": "imported only by rune_tui; go/night-mode twin."
+  },
+  "parallel_processor": {
+   "lines": 194,
+   "evidence": "imported only by rune_tui; go/parallel-processor twin."
+  },
+  "persona_definition": {
+   "lines": 210,
+   "evidence": "imported by rune_tui/token_optimizer/parity scripts; go/persona-definition twin."
+  },
+  "persona_gate": {
+   "lines": 777,
+   "evidence": "imported only by rune_tui; go/persona-gate twin."
+  },
+  "pins": {
+   "lines": 323,
+   "evidence": "imported only by rune_tui; go/pins twin + tui/cmd/rune-tui/pins.go implements pinboard natively."
+  },
+  "programme_gates": {
+   "lines": 85,
+   "evidence": "0 live importers; rust/programme_gates twin."
+  },
+  "provider_budget": {
+   "lines": 357,
+   "evidence": "imported only by rune_tui; go/provider-budget twin."
+  },
+  "provider_context": {
+   "lines": 48,
+   "evidence": "0 live importers; go/provider-context twin."
+  },
+  "provider_registry": {
+   "lines": 781,
+   "evidence": "imported by rune_tui/standardized_providers/truth scripts; go/provider-registry twin."
+  },
+  "recall_router": {
+   "lines": 165,
+   "evidence": "0 live importers; go/recall-router twin."
+  },
+  "route_risk_flags": {
+   "lines": 37,
+   "evidence": "0 live importers; rust/route_risk_flags twin."
+  },
+  "rune_spinner": {
+   "lines": 130,
+   "evidence": "0 live importers; rust/rune_spinner twin."
+  },
+  "rune_tui": {
+   "lines": 4180,
+   "evidence": "4180L python Textual face; launcher boot ladder (~/.local/bin/rune) execs the deployed Go face tui/cmd/rune-tui/main.go (3742L main) \u2014 python TUI is only the documented fallback."
+  },
+  "skills_engine": {
+   "lines": 569,
+   "evidence": "imported only by tests/test_skills_engine.py; go/skills-engine twin."
+  },
+  "sleep_time": {
+   "lines": 1097,
+   "evidence": "rune_tui/canary/test importers only; go/sleep-time twin."
+  },
+  "stage_guards": {
+   "lines": 350,
+   "evidence": "0 live importers; go/stage-guards twin."
+  },
+  "standardized_providers": {
+   "lines": 386,
+   "evidence": "imported only by provider_registry; go/standardized-providers twin."
+  },
+  "structural_migration": {
+   "lines": 77,
+   "evidence": "truth-gen script importer only; rust/structural_migration twin."
+  },
+  "task_persist": {
+   "lines": 269,
+   "evidence": "imported only by rune_tui; rust/task_persist twin (rust-kernel-wired class)."
+  },
+  "tiered_executor": {
+   "lines": 291,
+   "evidence": "0 live importers; go/tiered-executor twin."
+  },
+  "tui_transport": {
+   "lines": 108,
+   "evidence": "imported only by rune_tui; transport seam replaced by Go face's own transport (tui/)."
+  },
+  "voice_injector": {
+   "lines": 138,
+   "evidence": "truth-gen script importer only; go/voice-injector twin."
+  },
+  "voicebox": {
+   "lines": 236,
+   "evidence": "canary/script importers only; go/voicebox twin."
+  },
+  "wait_guard": {
+   "lines": 116,
+   "evidence": "0 live importers; rust/wait_guard twin."
+  },
+  "wait_guard_corpus": {
+   "lines": 46,
+   "evidence": "0 live importers; rust/wait_guard_corpus twin."
+  },
+  "work_manager": {
+   "lines": 594,
+   "evidence": "imported only by rune_tui; go/work-manager twin."
+  }
+ },
+ "pile3_dead": {
+  "alpha": {
+   "lines": 1,
+   "evidence": "1 line (marker stub), 0 importers anywhere in src/tui/scripts/tests."
+  }
+ },
+ "pile4_needs_a_go_side": {
+  "abstraction": {
+   "lines": 768,
+   "evidence": "768L episode->knowledge pipeline; imported by memory_consolidation, memory_selector, rune_tui; go/abstraction twin not wired."
+  },
+  "adaptive_router": {
+   "lines": 625,
+   "evidence": "625L route authority; dynamically imported by rune_operator (line 519); go/adaptive-router twin not wired."
+  },
+  "audit_ledger": {
+   "lines": 540,
+   "evidence": "540L HMAC-chained promotion ledger; imported by curator (live serving path). No go twin (rust parity probe referenced in scripts but no crate)."
+  },
+  "construction_admission": {
+   "lines": 311,
+   "evidence": "311L headless scaffolding entry (CLI); DEP07 chain. No twin."
+  },
+  "construction_authority": {
+   "lines": 2012,
+   "evidence": "2012L agent-mutation-side construction authority, CLI-driven (no static importers by design); DEP07 chain head. No twin."
+  },
+  "context_broker": {
+   "lines": 870,
+   "evidence": "870L prompt-context assembly authority; imported by memory_continuity, memory_selector; on witness boot chain. go/context-broker twin not wired."
+  },
+  "drift_compression": {
+   "lines": 323,
+   "evidence": "323L drift-aware compression; imported by memory_consolidation. No twin."
+  },
+  "effect_mediation": {
+   "lines": 558,
+   "evidence": "CORE: 558L THE enforced effect-mediation registry (DEP06); on witness boot chain. No twin."
+  },
+  "event_bus": {
+   "lines": 329,
+   "evidence": "329L persistent event journal; imported by rune_operator + rune_tui. go/event-bus twin not wired."
+  },
+  "failure_auto_filer": {
+   "lines": 527,
+   "evidence": "527L failures->forge issues; imported by rune_operator. No twin."
+  },
+  "identity_anchors": {
+   "lines": 575,
+   "evidence": "575L identity/drift prevention, agent-invoked CLI; no twin."
+  },
+  "local_tool_runtime": {
+   "lines": 1027,
+   "evidence": "CORE: 1027L Ollama transport + bounded tool loop; imported by rune_operator; on witness boot chain. go/local-tool-runtime twin not wired."
+  },
+  "memory_consolidation": {
+   "lines": 770,
+   "evidence": "770L consolidation; imported by memory_selector, sleep_time, canaries; go/memory-consolidation twin not wired."
+  },
+  "memory_env": {
+   "lines": 72,
+   "evidence": "72L portable memory-path resolution; 57 importers across the entire runtime; on witness boot chain. No twin \u2014 trivial port, do first."
+  },
+  "memory_store": {
+   "lines": 2384,
+   "evidence": "CORE: 2384L memory store; 12 live importers (tool_executor, curator, memory_consolidation/continuity/selector, warm_router, rune_tui...). go/memory-store-deep not wired."
+  },
+  "mode_gate": {
+   "lines": 198,
+   "evidence": "CORE: 198L THE mode-matrix authority for the dispatch door; imported by provider_registry; on witness boot chain. No twin."
+  },
+  "model_registry": {
+   "lines": 253,
+   "evidence": "253L resource ladder; 11 live importers (memory_store, sleep_time, model_connect, provider_registry...). go/model-registry twin not wired."
+  },
+  "owner_envelope": {
+   "lines": 378,
+   "evidence": "378L DEP05 authenticated one-use owner envelopes; agent-invoked; no twin."
+  },
+  "paths": {
+   "lines": 149,
+   "evidence": "149L centralized path resolution; on witness boot chain; go/paths twin not wired."
+  },
+  "rune_operator": {
+   "lines": 2985,
+   "evidence": "CORE: 2985L operator loop; imported by capability_broker, core_server, tui_transport, rune_tui; orchestrates local_tool_runtime/tool_protocol/model_routing. go/operator twin not wired."
+  },
+  "runtime_attestation": {
+   "lines": 268,
+   "evidence": "268L authority-map \u00a75 attestation; agent-invoked CLI; no twin."
+  },
+  "safety_override": {
+   "lines": 649,
+   "evidence": "649L adaptive safety override; imported by rune_operator + rune_tui. No twin \u2014 safety-critical."
+  },
+  "secret_store": {
+   "lines": 350,
+   "evidence": "350L secret material store; imported by provider_registry (B-APIKEY-MIGRATION). No twin."
+  },
+  "self_change_qualification": {
+   "lines": 503,
+   "evidence": "503L DEP07 self-change qualification gate; agent-invoked; no twin."
+  },
+  "self_transform_pipeline": {
+   "lines": 853,
+   "evidence": "853L spec-6.2 self-transformation pipeline; 0 static importers (agent-invoked); no twin."
+  },
+  "tier_manager": {
+   "lines": 300,
+   "evidence": "300L tiered storage manager; imported by memory_store. No twin."
+  },
+  "tool_executor": {
+   "lines": 1866,
+   "evidence": "CORE: 1866L file/tool execution; imported by capability_broker, provider_registry, rune_operator, tool_protocol; on witness boot chain. go/tool-executor twin not wired."
+  },
+  "tool_protocol": {
+   "lines": 481,
+   "evidence": "CORE: 481L canonical tool-call protocol; imported by provider_registry, tool_executor; on witness boot chain. go/tool-protocol twin not wired."
+  },
+  "warm_neuron_store": {
+   "lines": 122,
+   "evidence": "122L THE store-based warm-neuron reader; imported by memory_selector, claim_audit, memory_consolidation, rune_tui. rust/warm_neuron_store twin not wired into these callers."
+  },
+  "warm_router": {
+   "lines": 1521,
+   "evidence": "1521L warm-neuron routing; imported by curator, rune_tui + 10 scripts; on witness boot chain. go/warm-router twin not wired."
+  }
+ },
+ "pile4_sizing": {
+  "modules": 30,
+  "total_lines": 22567,
+  "top5_by_lines": [
+   [
+    2985,
+    "rune_operator"
+   ],
+   [
+    2384,
+    "memory_store"
+   ],
+   [
+    2012,
+    "construction_authority"
+   ],
+   [
+    1866,
+    "tool_executor"
+   ],
+   [
+    1521,
+    "warm_router"
+   ]
+  ],
+  "boot_chain_critical": [
+   "memory_env",
+   "mode_gate",
+   "effect_mediation",
+   "paths",
+   "tool_protocol",
+   "tool_executor",
+   "local_tool_runtime",
+   "context_broker",
+   "warm_router"
+  ],
+  "tier1_trivial_ports": [
+   "memory_env",
+   "paths",
+   "mode_gate",
+   "model_registry",
+   "tool_protocol"
+  ]
+ },
+ "missing": [],
+ "extra": []
+}
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+# Triage of the 87 live-pure-core python modules — 2026-10-24
+
+Companion of `research/witness-run/witness-2026-10-24.json` (Gitea #2586, classification half).
+Method: import-graph over 1412 py files (src/, tui/, scripts/, tests/, verification/), twin-name
+match against `src/go/` (101 modules) and `src/rust/` (103 crates), plus delegation spot-checks
+(launcher boot ladder, ctypes loaders, `rune_operator` dynamic imports). Witness execution data is
+liveness ground truth. Machine-readable detail: `triage-2026-10-24.json`.
+
+## Headline
+
+**Two weeks of rebasing was NOT adequate.** 30 of 87 live-executing python modules (22,567 lines)
+still carry the serving path with no live native twin — including 9 modules on the witness boot
+chain itself and the entire governed self-change authority chain.
+
+## Counts
+
+| Pile | Count | Lines |
+|---|---|---|
+| 1 LEGIT-PYTHON (keep) | 10 | 3,560 |
+| 2 SUPERSEDED (delete-able) | 46 | 17,697 |
+| 3 DEAD | 1 | 1 |
+| 4 NEEDS-A-GO-SIDE (rebase scope) | **30** | **22,567** |
+
+## Pile 4 — the honest remaining rebase scope (ranked by serving-path weight)
+
+**Tier 0 — witness boot chain (product cannot boot without these):**
+`memory_env` (72L; 57 importers, path resolution — trivial port, do first), `mode_gate` (198L,
+the ONE dispatch-door mode authority, no twin), `effect_mediation` (558L, THE enforced
+effect-mediation registry, no twin), `paths` (149L), `tool_protocol` (481L, go twin unwired),
+`tool_executor` (1,866L; imported by capability_broker/provider_registry/rune_operator; go twin
+unwired), `local_tool_runtime` (1,027L Ollama transport + bounded tool loop), `context_broker`
+(870L prompt-assembly authority), `warm_router` (1,521L).
+
+**Tier 1 — operator/agent loop:** `rune_operator` (2,985L — largest single module; imported by
+capability_broker, core_server, tui_transport; orchestrates local_tool_runtime/tool_protocol/
+model_routing; go/operator twin not wired), `adaptive_router` (625L, dynamic-imported by
+rune_operator:519), `secret_store` (350L), `audit_ledger` (540L, HMAC-chained ledger imported by
+live `curator`), `model_registry` (253L, 11 live importers), `failure_auto_filer` (527L),
+`safety_override` (649L, safety-critical, no twin), `event_bus` (329L).
+
+**Tier 2 — memory subsystem:** `memory_store` (2,384L, 12 live importers — the heaviest single
+dependency in the graph; go/memory-store-deep unwired), `memory_consolidation` (770L),
+`abstraction` (768L), `tier_manager` (300L), `drift_compression` (323L), `warm_neuron_store`
+(122L; rust twin exists but callers still read python).
+
+**Tier 3 — governed self-change chain (DEP05/06/07, agent-invoked CLIs, zero twins):
+`construction_authority` (2,012L), `self_transform_pipeline` (853L), `self_change_qualification`
+(503L), `construction_admission` (311L), `identity_anchors` (575L), `owner_envelope` (378L),
+`runtime_attestation` (268L).**
+
+Top 5 by lines: rune_operator 2,985 · memory_store 2,384 · construction_authority 2,012 ·
+tool_executor 1,866 · warm_router 1,521.
+
+## Pile 1 — LEGIT-PYTHON (10)
+`build_attestation` (paired-build tooling), `live_proof` (proof-harness CLI), `release_notes`
+(release tooling), `ffi_query_memory_smoke` (FFI smoke test), `tui_validator` (canary-only
+pre-flight checks), `tui_backlog` (doc-as-module), `drift-ledger` (standalone CLI),
+`rune_graphic` (asset generator), `inference_paths` (truth-generator, scripts/tests only),
+`factory_protocol` (parity oracle for go/factory).
+
+## Pile 2 — SUPERSEDED (46)
+Two clusters, distinct successor evidence:
+- **TUI cluster (36)**: the launcher boot ladder (`~/.local/bin/rune`) execs the deployed Go face
+  `tui/cmd/rune-tui/main.go` (3,742-line main); the python Textual face is only the documented
+  fallback. Delete-able: `rune_tui` (4,180L), `chat_bubble`, `message_widgets`, `auto_context`,
+  `cron_engine`, `growth_delta`, `night_mode`, `parallel_processor`, `persona_gate`, `pins`,
+  `provider_budget`, `task_persist`, `work_manager`, `tui_transport`, `model_profiles`,
+  `hook_engine`, `model_connect`, `provider_registry`, `standardized_providers`,
+  `persona_definition`, `event_envelope`, `message_queue`, `voicebox`, `voice_injector`,
+  `tiered_executor`, `elastic_cognition`, `recall_router`, `provider_context`, `core_server`,
+  `builder_bridge`, `build_mode`, `skills_engine`, `sleep_time`, `memory_continuity`,
+  `stage_guards`, `event_wait` — each with a named `src/go/` (or rust) twin.
+- **Rust-twin cluster (10)**: zero live importers, rust crate under the same name serves
+  (rust-kernel-wired class): `construction_interface`, `failure_recovery`, `graph_projection`,
+  `impact_preview`, `programme_gates`, `route_risk_flags`, `rune_spinner`, `structural_migration`,
+  `wait_guard`, `wait_guard_corpus`.
+Caveat: python-TUI-cluster deletions should wait on removing the launcher's step-4 python
+fallback ("honest transition").
+
+## Pile 3 — DEAD (1)
+`alpha` — 1-line stub, zero importers across all trees.
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+{
+ "generated": "2026-10-25",
+ "issue": "Gitea #2586",
+ "ruling": "receipts prove written; serving-path evidence earns wired",
+ "bars": [
+  "bar1 serving-path trace (live face boot + real 27B turn + task dispatch, via journal/witness/response envelope, no serving-code modification)",
+  "bar2 fail-loud live probe RUNE_*_BIN=/nonexistent -> typed RuntimeError",
+  "bar3 parity-at-load against the live engine, same session as the proof turn",
+  "bar4 no-oracle: python body reachable only via explicit RUNE_*_ENGINE=python escape, grep-verified + test-asserted"
+ ],
+ "live_receipts": {
+  "core_status": "http://127.0.0.1:8376/v1/status OK, active_model qwen2.5:7b, governor live",
+  "turn_27b": "POST /v1/chat/completions 2026-10-25T04:43Z model hf.co/DavidAU/Qwen3.6-27B-Fable-Fusion...:IQ3_M -> REBASE-PROOF-SERVING-OK, envelope core=go success=true",
+  "journal": "memory/journal/events.jsonl 45152 events, fresh task.outcome/task.failed 2026-10-25T04:29Z",
+  "witness": "research/witness-run/witness-2026-10-24.json boot_chain_executed (15 serving-chain modules)",
+  "bar2_probes": "12/12 RUNE_*_BIN=/nonexistent -> typed RuntimeError (raw results inline per row)",
+  "batteries": "go test ./... -short -count=1 per facade module, 2026-10-25",
+  "parallel": "Gitea #2596 second-pass verdicts feed bar-3 re-verification; reconcile on landing"
+ },
+ "summary": {
+  "WIRED": 5,
+  "WIRED_WITH_CAVEAT": 7,
+  "REPAIR_SCOPED": 4
+ },
+ "rows": [
+  {
+   "row": "model-routing",
+   "bar1": "PASS",
+   "bar2": "PASS",
+   "bar3": "PASS",
+   "bar4": "PASS",
+   "verdict": "WIRED",
+   "evidence": {
+    "bar1": "witness boot_chain (model_routing) + live :8376 turn envelope core=go 2026-10-25T04:43Z",
+    "bar2": "RuntimeError on RUNE_MODEL_ROUTING_BIN=/nonexistent (live probe 2026-10-25)",
+    "bar3": "go test ./... -short src/go/model-routing ok",
+    "bar4": "grep: no `except RuntimeError` fallback; escape only RUNE_MODEL_ROUTING_ENGINE=python"
+   }
+  },
+  {
+   "row": "event-bus",
+   "bar1": "PASS",
+   "bar2": "PASS",
+   "bar3": "PASS",
+   "bar4": "PASS",
+   "verdict": "WIRED",
+   "evidence": {
+    "bar1": "live journal memory/journal/events.jsonl task.outcome/task.failed streaming through go bus (45152 events, fresh 2026-10-25T04:29Z)",
+    "bar2": "RuntimeError on RUNE_EVENT_BUS_BIN=/nonexistent",
+    "bar3": "go test ./... -short src/go/event-bus ok",
+    "bar4": "grep clean; escape RUNE_EVENT_BUS_ENGINE=python"
+   }
+  },
+  {
+   "row": "reconcile-tools",
+   "bar1": "PASS",
+   "bar2": "PASS",
+   "bar3": "PASS",
+   "bar4": "PASS",
+   "verdict": "WIRED",
+   "evidence": {
+    "bar1": "delegates through model_routing._go_eval (house shape); model_routing in witness boot_chain",
+    "bar2": "RuntimeError via reconcile_tools_support with RUNE_MODEL_ROUTING_BIN=/nonexistent",
+    "bar3": "src/go/model-routing battery ok (same engine surface)",
+    "bar4": "python body _reconcile_tools_support_python escape-only"
+   }
+  },
+  {
+   "row": "tool-executor",
+   "bar1": "PASS",
+   "bar2": "PASS",
+   "bar3": "CONDITIONAL",
+   "bar4": "PASS",
+   "verdict": "WIRED-WITH-CAVEAT",
+   "evidence": {
+    "bar1": "witness boot_chain (tool_executor, local_tool_runtime) + live dispatch",
+    "bar2": "RuntimeError on RUNE_TOOL_EXECUTOR_BIN=/nonexistent via _go_execute_tool",
+    "bar3": "lifecycle parity PASS; fsops parity INDETERMINATE (check_tool_executor_fsops_parity.py refuses: project-identity guard 'unknown project proj-alpha' \u2014 verify with producer env, then repair if real)",
+    "bar4": "grep clean; escape RUNE_TOOL_EXECUTOR_ENGINE=python"
+   },
+   "repair_scope": "RE-RUN scripts/check_tool_executor_fsops_parity.py from the producer invocation context; if drift is real, fix src/go/tool-executor fsops surface red-first"
+  },
+  {
+   "row": "trust-and-sovereignty",
+   "bar1": "PASS",
+   "bar2": "N/A-RUST",
+   "bar3": "FAIL",
+   "bar4": "PASS",
+   "verdict": "REPAIR-SCOPED",
+   "evidence": {
+    "bar1": "cognition_core rust broker live (_cc_probe resolves cc_loader; rust-kernel-wired per witness: 79 modules)",
+    "bar2": "rust kernel authority \u2014 RUNE_*_BIN probe class does not apply (no subprocess binary seam); cc probe live PASS",
+    "bar3": "FAIL: scripts/check_safety_override_parity.py = 2000/2065 (65 fuzz failures, seed 2479)",
+    "bar4": "engine selection defaults to rust kernel; python body escape-only"
+   },
+   "repair_scope": "RED-FIRST: reproduce the 65 failing fuzz rows in check_safety_override_parity.py, diff python oracle vs rust kernel on those seeds, fix the kernel (src/rust/safety_override) or the oracle (whichever diverges from frozen truth), re-run to 2065/2065"
+  },
+  {
+   "row": "file-change-safety",
+   "bar1": "CONDITIONAL",
+   "bar2": "PASS",
+   "bar3": "INDETERMINATE",
+   "bar4": "PASS",
+   "verdict": "REPAIR-SCOPED",
+   "evidence": {
+    "bar1": "fsops executes through tool-executor go engine on dispatch (boot_chain: local_tool_runtime); no dedicated in-turn trace",
+    "bar2": "RuntimeError on RUNE_TOOL_EXECUTOR_BIN=/nonexistent (fsops rides the tool-executor seam)",
+    "bar3": "check_tool_executor_fsops_parity.py errors before comparison (project-identity refusal)",
+    "bar4": "grep clean"
+   },
+   "repair_scope": "same as tool-executor row: resolve the fsops parity harness invocation, land a green 2065-style run, then re-verdict"
+  },
+  {
+   "row": "openai_compat_transport",
+   "bar1": "CONDITIONAL",
+   "bar2": "PASS",
+   "bar3": "FAIL",
+   "bar4": "PASS",
+   "verdict": "REPAIR-SCOPED",
+   "evidence": {
+    "bar1": "engine executes live via parity-battery CLI; not in witness boot_chain (dispatch-time only)",
+    "bar2": "RuntimeError on RUNE_OPENAI_COMPAT_TRANSPORT_BIN=/nonexistent",
+    "bar3": "FAIL: scripts/gen_openai_compat_transport_truth.py live chat row raises 'provider returned a non-object response' (2026-10-25)",
+    "bar4": "grep clean; escape RUNE_OPENAI_COMPAT_TRANSPORT_ENGINE=python"
+   },
+   "repair_scope": "red-first: make the go chat surface either parse or typedly reject the provider's non-object response \u2014 the python oracle already raises; the go engine must match that contract, then regenerate truth byte-identical"
+  },
+  {
+   "row": "forge_client",
+   "bar1": "CONDITIONAL",
+   "bar2": "PASS",
+   "bar3": "FAIL",
+   "bar4": "PASS",
+   "verdict": "REPAIR-SCOPED",
+   "evidence": {
+    "bar1": "engine executes live via gen_forge_client_truth.py CLI run (49 rows regenerated); not in witness boot_chain",
+    "bar2": "RuntimeError on RUNE_FORGE_CLIENT_BIN=/nonexistent",
+    "bar3": "FAIL: regenerated truth diverges from frozen (43+/303-): owner default lost ('repos//repo' vs 'repos/owner/repo') and HTTP-capture rows return result:null live. NOTE: frozen truth may have been produced with FORGE_* env set \u2014 reproduce with producer env before repairing",
+    "bar4": "grep clean; escape RUNE_FORGE_CLIENT_ENGINE=python"
+   },
+   "repair_scope": "reproduce gen_forge_client_truth.py with the producer env matrix; if drift survives, fix owner-default propagation + request-capture in src/go/forge_client, re-freeze"
+  },
+  {
+   "row": "microkernel",
+   "bar1": "PASS",
+   "bar2": "PASS",
+   "bar3": "PASS",
+   "bar4": "PASS",
+   "verdict": "WIRED",
+   "evidence": {
+    "bar1": "witness boot_chain (microkernel) + live serving-chain boot",
+    "bar2": "RuntimeError on RUNE_MICROKERNEL_BIN=/nonexistent via _go_parity_op",
+    "bar3": "go test ./... -short src/go/microkernel ok",
+    "bar4": "grep clean; escape RUNE_MICROKERNEL_ENGINE=python"
+   }
+  },
+  {
+   "row": "goal",
+   "bar1": "CONDITIONAL",
+   "bar2": "PASS",
+   "bar3": "PASS",
+   "bar4": "PASS",
+   "verdict": "WIRED-WITH-CAVEAT",
+   "evidence": {
+    "bar1": "engine executes live via battery CLI (go test src/go/goal ok 4.0s); not traced inside the 27B turn (dispatch-time surface)",
+    "bar2": "RuntimeError on RUNE_GOAL_BIN=/nonexistent",
+    "bar3": "go test ./... -short src/go/goal ok",
+    "bar4": "grep clean; escape RUNE_GOAL_ENGINE=python"
+   }
+  },
+  {
+   "row": "cache",
+   "bar1": "CONDITIONAL",
+   "bar2": "PASS",
+   "bar3": "PASS",
+   "bar4": "PASS",
+   "verdict": "WIRED-WITH-CAVEAT",
+   "evidence": {
+    "bar1": "engine executes live via battery CLI (eval-surface flush fix 53ab710e verified green); dispatch-time surface",
+    "bar2": "RuntimeError on RUNE_CACHE_BIN=/nonexistent",
+    "bar3": "go test ./... -short src/go/cache ok 0.95s",
+    "bar4": "grep clean; escape RUNE_CACHE_ENGINE=python"
+   }
+  },
+  {
+   "row": "message_queue",
+   "bar1": "CONDITIONAL",
+   "bar2": "PASS",
+   "bar3": "NO-BATTERY",
+   "bar4": "PASS",
+   "verdict": "REPAIR-SCOPED",
+   "evidence": {
+    "bar1": "engine executes via _go_eval on dispatch; no in-turn trace",
+    "bar2": "RuntimeError on RUNE_MESSAGE_QUEUE_BIN=/nonexistent",
+    "bar3": "NO PARITY BATTERY EXISTS: src/go/message-queue has no test files; no check_*_parity.py maps to it",
+    "bar4": "grep clean; escape RUNE_MESSAGE_QUEUE_ENGINE=python"
+   },
+   "repair_scope": "write the live-parity battery (Go test replaying the python oracle's frozen truth, house pattern of src/go/cache/cache_test.go) and land it green"
+  },
+  {
+   "row": "abstraction",
+   "bar1": "CONDITIONAL",
+   "bar2": "PASS",
+   "bar3": "PASS",
+   "bar4": "PASS",
+   "verdict": "WIRED-WITH-CAVEAT",
+   "evidence": {
+    "bar1": "engine executes live via battery CLI (0.16s); dispatch-time",
+    "bar2": "RuntimeError on RUNE_ABSTRACTION_BIN=/nonexistent",
+    "bar3": "go test ./... -short src/go/abstraction ok",
+    "bar4": "grep clean; escape RUNE_ABSTRACTION_ENGINE=python"
+   }
+  },
+  {
+   "row": "auto_context",
+   "bar1": "CONDITIONAL",
+   "bar2": "PASS",
+   "bar3": "PASS",
+   "bar4": "PASS",
+   "verdict": "WIRED-WITH-CAVEAT",
+   "evidence": {
+    "bar1": "ScriptsDir CWD fix landed on master (84094f4e lineage); engine executes via _go_eval dispatch",
+    "bar2": "RuntimeError on RUNE_AUTO_CONTEXT_BIN=/nonexistent",
+    "bar3": "src/go/auto-context compiles green (no in-module battery \u2014 ScriptsDir battery lives in src/go/auto_context main; warm-router parity green per 84094f4e)",
+    "bar4": "grep clean; escape RUNE_AUTO_CONTEXT_ENGINE=python"
+   }
+  },
+  {
+   "row": "voicebox",
+   "bar1": "CONDITIONAL",
+   "bar2": "PASS",
+   "bar3": "PASS",
+   "bar4": "PASS",
+   "verdict": "WIRED-WITH-CAVEAT",
+   "evidence": {
+    "bar1": "engine executes live via battery CLI; dispatch-time",
+    "bar2": "RuntimeError on RUNE_VOICEBOX_BIN=/nonexistent",
+    "bar3": "go test ./... -short src/go/voicebox ok",
+    "bar4": "grep clean; escape RUNE_VOICEBOX_ENGINE=python"
+   }
+  },
+  {
+   "row": "paths",
+   "bar1": "PASS",
+   "bar2": "PASS",
+   "bar3": "PASS",
+   "bar4": "PASS",
+   "verdict": "WIRED",
+   "evidence": {
+    "bar1": "witness boot_chain (paths) + live serving-chain boot",
+    "bar2": "RuntimeError on RUNE_PATHS_BIN=/nonexistent",
+    "bar3": "go test ./... -short src/go/paths ok",
+    "bar4": "grep clean; escape RUNE_PATHS_ENGINE=python"
+   }
+  }
+ ]
+}
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+# REBASE-PROOF verdict table — Gitea #2586 (2026-10-25 run against the 2026-10-24 wave)
+
+Ruling: **receipts prove written; serving-path evidence earns wired.** A row is `WIRED` only on
+four-bar evidence; anything less is `WIRED-WITH-CAVEAT` or `REPAIR-SCOPED` with the repair scoped
+in-row (not landed — this is an evidence wave).
+
+## Bars
+
+1. **BAR-1 serving-path trace** — the facade's Go engine executes in the live face boot, a real 27B
+   turn, and a task dispatch, proven via existing logs only: `memory/journal/events.jsonl`
+   (45,152 events, fresh task.outcome/task.failed at 2026-10-25T04:29Z),
+   `research/witness-run/witness-2026-10-24.json` `boot_chain_executed` (15 serving-chain modules),
+   and the live turn response envelope (`core: go, success: true`). No serving code was modified.
+2. **BAR-2 fail-loud live probe** — `RUNE_*_BIN=/nonexistent` per facade → typed `RuntimeError`.
+   12/12 probed PASS live on 2026-10-25 (model-routing was pre-proven; re-proven anyway).
+3. **BAR-3 parity-at-load** — parity battery against the live engine in the same session
+   (`go test ./... -short -count=1` per facade module + scripts/check_*_parity.py).
+4. **BAR-4 no-oracle** — python body reachable ONLY via explicit `RUNE_*_ENGINE=python`; grep found
+   zero `except RuntimeError` fallback catches across all 12 facades; asserted in
+   `tests/test_rebase_proof_no_oracle.py`.
+
+## Live receipts (2026-10-25)
+
+- Core live on 127.0.0.1:8376 (`/v1/status`: governor + providers live).
+- Real 27B turn: `hf.co/DavidAU/Qwen3.6-27B-Fable-Fusion-...:IQ3_M` →
+  `"REBASE-PROOF-SERVING-OK"`, envelope `core: go`.
+- Task dispatch: fresh `task.outcome` / `task.failed` events streaming in the journal.
+- #2596 second-pass verdicts (parallel wave) reconcile into bar-3 at landing.
+
+## Table
+
+| row | bar1 | bar2 | bar3 | bar4 | verdict |
+|---|---|---|---|---|---|
+| model-routing | PASS | PASS | PASS | PASS | **WIRED** |
+| event-bus | PASS | PASS | PASS | PASS | **WIRED** |
+| reconcile-tools | PASS | PASS | PASS | PASS | **WIRED** |
+| tool-executor | PASS | PASS | CONDITIONAL | PASS | WIRED-WITH-CAVEAT |
+| trust-and-sovereignty | PASS | N/A-RUST | **FAIL** | PASS | REPAIR-SCOPED |
+| file-change-safety | CONDITIONAL | PASS | INDETERMINATE | PASS | REPAIR-SCOPED |
+| openai_compat_transport | CONDITIONAL | PASS | **FAIL** | PASS | REPAIR-SCOPED |
+| forge_client | CONDITIONAL | PASS | **FAIL** | PASS | REPAIR-SCOPED |
+| microkernel | PASS | PASS | PASS | PASS | **WIRED** |
+| goal | CONDITIONAL | PASS | PASS | PASS | WIRED-WITH-CAVEAT |
+| cache | CONDITIONAL | PASS | PASS | PASS | WIRED-WITH-CAVEAT |
+| message_queue | CONDITIONAL | PASS | **NO-BATTERY** | PASS | REPAIR-SCOPED |
+| abstraction | CONDITIONAL | PASS | PASS | PASS | WIRED-WITH-CAVEAT |
+| auto_context | CONDITIONAL | PASS | PASS | PASS | WIRED-WITH-CAVEAT |
+| voicebox | CONDITIONAL | PASS | PASS | PASS | WIRED-WITH-CAVEAT |
+| paths | PASS | PASS | PASS | PASS | **WIRED** |
+
+**Counts: 5 WIRED · 7 WIRED-WITH-CAVEAT · 4 REPAIR-SCOPED.** Full per-bar evidence lives in
+`verdict-2026-10-24.json` (same directory).
+
+## Scoped repairs (NOT landed — evidence wave)
+
+1. **trust-and-sovereignty** — `scripts/check_safety_override_parity.py`: 2000/2065 (65 fuzz
+   failures, seed 2479). Repair: reproduce the 65 rows, diff python oracle vs rust kernel
+   (src/rust/safety_override), fix the diverging side red-first, re-run to 2065/2065.
+2. **forge_client** — `gen_forge_client_truth.py` live regeneration diverges from frozen truth
+   (43+/303−): owner default lost (`repos//repo` vs `repos/owner/repo`), HTTP-capture rows return
+   `result: null`. Repair: reproduce with the producer env matrix first (frozen truth may carry
+   FORGE_* env); if drift survives, fix owner-default propagation + request capture in
+   src/go/forge_client, re-freeze.
+3. **openai_compat_transport** — live chat parity row raises "provider returned a non-object
+   response". Repair: the go chat surface must parse or typedly reject non-object responses to
+   match the oracle contract, then regenerate truth byte-identical.
+4. **message_queue** — no parity battery exists at all (src/go/message-queue has no test files,
+   no check_*_parity.py maps to it). Repair: write the live-parity battery (house pattern:
+   src/go/cache/cache_test.go), land green.
+5. **file-change-safety / tool-executor fsops** — `check_tool_executor_fsops_parity.py` refuses to
+   run (project-identity guard: "unknown project 'proj-alpha'"). Repair: resolve the harness
+   invocation context, land a green run, re-verdict. (Adjacent finding, outside the 16 rows:
+   `check_ro_exec_parity.py` is red — 50230B frozen vs 50278B regenerated.)
+
+## Bar-1 caveat (applies to CONDITIONAL rows)
+
+Witness `boot_chain_executed` covers model_routing, microkernel, paths, tool_executor,
+local_tool_runtime (and 10 more serving-chain modules). The remaining facades execute their Go
+engines live on dispatch (proven by the same-session battery CLI runs against the live engine) but
+are not individually traced inside the 27B turn — proving that would require modifying serving
+code, which this wave forbids. They keep WIRED-WITH-CAVEAT until #2596-style per-facade in-turn
+probes exist.
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+"""Admission dispatch for wave D57 — runtime dominion (owner's top
+priority, Gitea #2590 as amended by #2591).
+
+The owner's ruling (verbatim): "rune doesnt have a way of reaching the
+file system of a user... adaptive to whatever filesystem and os the
+user has... part of runtime awareness. this is why the tools are not
+functioning." and "rune should have dominion on tool call usage... on
+my version i dont care i want her to have full read/write capabilities
+with access to any file system it gets used on. on a production
+version there needs to be sandboxed permissions."
+
+Build: (1) the boot-time runtime environment layer (OS family, home,
+separators, temp dir, case sensitivity, writability, executor
+resolution) served on /v1/status as runtime_env — awareness, never
+gating; (2) tool-executor DEPLOYMENT to ~/.local/share/rune/bin via
+ensure_core.py and build_paired.sh, resolved through one door
+(ResolveToolExecutorPath); (3) the model-refusal authority — a
+deterministic literal-phrase classifier over assistant replies; a
+FALSE capability claim ("I don't have tools") is verified against the
+runtime's actual state, corrected with a retry turn naming the real
+suite, journaled as capability.refusal_correction, and counted in the
+model_authority status section; (4) /v1/status gains model_authority
+(suite on wire, gates open, refusals seen, corrections issued); (5)
+the D57 dominion check — a test asserting NO gate exists between the
+chat pane's tool calls and the filesystem ops on this build.
+approval_ref 'user:D57 owner ruling (runtime awareness + dominion on
+tool calls; Gitea #2590/#2591)'.
+"""
+import json
+import os
+import sys
+
+sys.path.insert(0, os.path.join(os.path.dirname(__file__), "..", "src"))
+
+from rune import construction_activation as cact  # noqa: E402
+from rune import construction_admission as cadm  # noqa: E402
+from rune import construction_mode as cmode  # noqa: E402
+from rune import scaffold as sc  # noqa: E402
+
+ROOT = os.path.join(os.path.dirname(__file__), "..")
+
+OBJECTIVE = (
+    "Build the owner's D57 runtime-dominion doctrine (Gitea #2590 as "
+    "amended by #2591, the owner's top priority): (1) a boot-time "
+    "runtime environment layer in rune-core probing the filesystem "
+    "context (OS family, os.UserHomeDir, path separators, temp dir, "
+    "case sensitivity, writability) and serving it on /v1/status as "
+    "runtime_env — awareness, never gating; generalize expandHome "
+    "past its POSIX-only assumption; (2) deploy the tool-executor "
+    "binary to ~/.local/share/rune/bin alongside rune-core+rune-tui "
+    "via ensure_core.py and build_paired.sh, with shell-out paths "
+    "resolving the deployed location through ResolveToolExecutorPath; "
+    "(3) a model-refusal authority: a deterministic literal-phrase "
+    "classifier over assistant replies (no clever NLP) detecting the "
+    "I-cannot/I-lack-access/I-have-no-tools class, verified against "
+    "the runtime's ACTUAL capability state; a false claim composes a "
+    "correction turn naming the real suite, retries once, journals a "
+    "capability.refusal_correction event, and never reaches the owner "
+    "as truth; (4) /v1/status gains model_authority (suite on wire, "
+    "gates open, refusals seen, corrections issued); (5) a dominion "
+    "check test asserting NO gate exists between chat-pane tool calls "
+    "and the filesystem ops on this build — consent is promotion, not "
+    "permission"
+)
+AFFECTED = [
+    "src/go/rune-core/",
+    "scripts/ensure_core.py",
+    "scripts/build_paired.sh",
+    "scripts/admit_wave_d57_runtime_dominion.py",
+]
+
+def main() -> int:
+    store = os.path.join(ROOT, "store", "scaffold")
+    scaffold = sc.Scaffold(store, "rune")
+
+    md = cmode.classify_mode(
+        OBJECTIVE,
+        target_project="rune",
+        project_exists=True,
+        affected_surface=AFFECTED,
+    )
+    print("classified mode:", md.mode)
+
+    need = {
+        "need_id": "need-wave-d57-runtime-dominion",
+        "objective": OBJECTIVE,
+        "origin": "worker",
+        "project": "rune",
+        "task_ref": "wave-d57-runtime-dominion",
+        "affected_surface": AFFECTED,
+        "evidence_refs": [
+            "owner ruling D57 (verbatim in the wave brief): runtime "
+            "awareness of the user's filesystem + dominion on tool "
+            "call usage (full read/write on the owner build, sandboxed "
+            "permissions deferred to a production version)",
+            "Gitea issues #2590 and #2591 (amendments; doctrine final)",
+            "src/go/rune-core/internal/runecore/tools.go "
+            "(executeGoTool — the cross-platform Go-native suite; D49 "
+            "proved the full suite rides the wire)",
+            "scripts/admit_wave_d49_capability_everywhere.py (the "
+            "admission pattern)",
+            "D49 verdict: model claims of 'I lack tool access' are "
+            "FALSE on this build — the wire provably carries the suite",
+        ],
+    }
+    act = cact.activate(md, need=need, scaffold=scaffold,
+                        builder="wave-d57-runtime-dominion")
+    print("activated:", act.get("activated"), act.get("mode"))
+
+    env = cadm.admit(
+        act,
+        objective=OBJECTIVE,
+        builder="wave-d57-runtime-dominion",
+        affected_surface=AFFECTED,
+        evidence_refs=need["evidence_refs"],
+        origin="worker",
+        task_ref="wave-d57-runtime-dominion",
+        expected_new_entities=[
+            "src/go/rune-core/internal/runecore/runtimeenv.go (the "
+            "boot-time probe: OS family, home, separators, temp dir, "
+            "case sensitivity, writability, executor resolution — "
+            "cached, awareness never gating) + ResolveToolExecutorPath "
+            "as the ONE door to the deployed binary",
+            "src/go/rune-core/internal/runecore/refusal.go (the "
+            "deterministic literal-phrase refusal classifier with "
+            "false_capability_claim / true_refusal / genuine_limit "
+            "verdicts and the composed correction turn)",
+            "src/go/rune-core/internal/runecore/engine_refusal.go "
+            "(the engine hook: correction retry, the typed "
+            "capability.refusal_correction journal event, the session "
+            "counters behind AuthoritySnapshot)",
+            "server.go /v1/status: runtime_env + model_authority "
+            "sections",
+            "scripts/ensure_core.py + scripts/build_paired.sh: "
+            "tool-executor deployment to ~/.local/share/rune/bin",
+            "tests: the refusal fixture battery (true-refusal vs "
+            "false-capability-claim vs genuine-limit), the runtime-env "
+            "probes, and the D57 dominion check (no gate between chat "
+            "and the filesystem ops)",
+        ],
+        expected_runtime_effects=[
+            "Rune boots KNOWING her filesystem context; /v1/status "
+            "serves it (runtime_env) alongside the model-authority "
+            "facts",
+            "the tool-executor is actually deployed — shell-out paths "
+            "resolve instead of failing",
+            "a false model capability claim is corrected on the wire "
+            "and journaled — the owner never receives 'I lack access' "
+            "as truth while the suite rides the wire",
+            "no gate exists between chat-pane tool calls and the "
+            "filesystem ops on this build (dominion)",
+        ],
+        verification_obligations=[
+            "go test -race -short green for the whole rune-core "
+            "module; go vet + gofmt clean",
+            "red-first evidence: the fixture battery and the dominion "
+            "check pin behavior the pre-wave tree did not serve (no "
+            "runtime_env/model_authority sections, no classifier, no "
+            "deployed executor resolution)",
+            "commit(s) name this contract; pre-commit staged gate "
+            "green via this open contract",
+        ],
+        approval_ref="user:D57 owner ruling (runtime awareness + "
+                     "dominion on tool calls; Gitea #2590/#2591)",
+        contract_id="ADMIT-wave-d57-runtime-dominion",
+        project_store=store,
+        project_id="rune",
+    )
+    print(json.dumps(env, indent=2, default=str)[:2400])
+
+if __name__ == "__main__":
+    raise SystemExit(main())
@@ -0,0 +1,103 @@
+"""Admission dispatch for wave REBASE-PROOF (Gitea #2586 — earned
+'wired-in': receipts prove written, serving-path evidence earns wired).
+
+classify + activate + admit (the headless scaffolding entry law,
+scripts/admit_wave_rebase_tui_wiring.py pattern). This is an EVIDENCE
+wave: scope is research/**, tests/** (the no-oracle test only) and the
+admission script itself. Code repairs surfaced by the verdict table are
+SCOPED, not landed.
+"""
+import json
+import os
+import sys
+
+sys.path.insert(0, os.path.join(os.path.dirname(__file__), "..", "src"))
+
+from rune import construction_activation as cact  # noqa: E402
+from rune import construction_admission as cadm  # noqa: E402
+from rune import construction_mode as cmode  # noqa: E402
+from rune import scaffold as sc  # noqa: E402
+
+ROOT = os.path.join(os.path.dirname(__file__), "..")
+
+OBJECTIVE = (
+    "close the wave-2586 REBASE-PROOF gate: prove the rebase has EARNED "
+    "wired-in per facade row (serving-path trace via live core journal + "
+    "witness boot chain + real 27B turn, fail-loud RUNE_*_BIN probes, "
+    "parity-at-load batteries in the proof session, no-oracle grep + "
+    "test), land the verdict table research/rebase-proof/verdict-2026-"
+    "10-24.{json,md}, land the three-way wiring inventory (296 modules: "
+    "go-delegated / rust-kernel-wired / pure-python split load-bearing "
+    "vs tooling vs dead) research/rebase-proof/inventory.{json,md}, and "
+    "scope — not land — the repairs for the failing rows "
+    "(trust-and-sovereignty fuzz parity, forge_client truth drift, "
+    "openai_compat_transport live chat row, message_queue missing "
+    "battery, fsops harness refusal)"
+)
+AFFECTED = [
+    "research/rebase-proof/verdict-2026-10-24.json",
+    "research/rebase-proof/verdict-2026-10-24.md",
+    "research/rebase-proof/inventory.json",
+    "research/rebase-proof/inventory.md",
+    "tests/test_rebase_proof_no_oracle.py",
+    "scripts/admit_wave_rebase_proof.py",
+]
+
+
+def main() -> int:
+    store = os.path.join(ROOT, "store", "scaffold")
+    scaffold = sc.Scaffold(store, "rune")
+
+    md = cmode.classify_mode(
+        OBJECTIVE,
+        target_project="rune",
+        project_exists=True,
+        affected_surface=AFFECTED,
+    )
+    print("classified mode:", md.mode)
+
+    need = {
+        "need_id": "need-wave-rebase-proof",
+        "objective": OBJECTIVE,
+        "origin": "worker",
+        "project": "rune",
+        "task_ref": "wave-rebase-proof",
+        "affected_surface": AFFECTED,
+        "evidence_refs": [
+            "research/rebase-proof/verdict-2026-10-24.json",
+            "research/rebase-proof/inventory.json",
+            "research/witness-run/witness-2026-10-24.json",
+            "memory/journal/events.jsonl",
+            "tests/test_rebase_proof_no_oracle.py",
+        ],
+    }
+    act = cact.activate(md, need=need, scaffold=scaffold,
+                        builder="wave-rebase-proof")
+    print("activated:", act.get("activated"), act.get("mode"))
+
+    env = cadm.admit(
+        act,
+        objective=OBJECTIVE,
+        builder="wave-rebase-proof",
+        affected_surface=AFFECTED,
+        evidence_refs=need["evidence_refs"],
+    )
+    print("admitted:", json.dumps(env, default=str)[:400])
+
+    gate = {
+        "verdict_table_present": os.path.exists(
+            os.path.join(ROOT, "research/rebase-proof/verdict-2026-10-24.json")),
+        "inventory_present": os.path.exists(
+            os.path.join(ROOT, "research/rebase-proof/inventory.json")),
+        "no_oracle_test_present": os.path.exists(
+            os.path.join(ROOT, "tests/test_rebase_proof_no_oracle.py")),
+    }
+    print("rule-5 gate:", gate)
+    if not all(gate.values()):
+        print("GATE FAILED")
+        return 1
+    return 0
+
+
+if __name__ == "__main__":
+    raise SystemExit(main())
@@ -0,0 +1,145 @@
+"""Admission dispatch for wave second-pass-verification (Gitea #2596).
+
+classify + activate + admit (the headless scaffolding entry law,
+scripts/admit_fuzz_boundary_decoder.py pattern): the adversarial
+re-verification of the 10 remaining general-34 facades after the wiring
+wave landed — the cache-catch standard (fresh -count=1 batteries,
+serving-path probes, mutation spot-checks on different lines than the
+landing battery killed, red-first fixes per catch).
+"""
+import json
+import os
+import sys
+
+sys.path.insert(0, os.path.join(os.path.dirname(__file__), "..", "src"))
+
+from rune import construction_activation as cact  # noqa: E402
+from rune import construction_admission as cadm  # noqa: E402
+from rune import construction_mode as cmode  # noqa: E402
+from rune import scaffold as sc  # noqa: E402
+
+ROOT = os.path.join(os.path.dirname(__file__), "..")
+
+MODULES = [
+    "openai_compat_transport", "forge_client", "microkernel", "goal",
+    "message_queue", "abstraction", "auto_context", "voicebox", "paths",
+    "pins",
+]
+
+OBJECTIVE = (
+    "Second-pass adversarial verification of the 10 remaining general-34 "
+    "facades at the cache-catch standard (cache 53ab710e is the worked "
+    "example): per module — (1) fresh battery at -count=1 (go -race "
+    "-short + the pytest live-parity suite); (2) serving-path probes the "
+    "battery may not cover: cross-invocation state, empty stores, "
+    "unicode keys/content, malformed input (bad JSON, missing fields), "
+    "concurrent access, missing-binary fail-loud (RUNE_*_BIN=/nonexistent "
+    "must raise typed RuntimeError), and the atexit/deferred-flush class "
+    "on every eval surface (any per-process in-memory accumulation); "
+    "(3) mutation spot-checks on lines different from the landing "
+    "battery's kills — flip, confirm the battery catches, revert "
+    "byte-identical; (4) fix red-first per catch, commit per module; "
+    "(5) clean-bill receipt with the probes used, so 'verified' names "
+    "its evidence. Scope: src/go/**, src/rune/**, tests/**, + this "
+    "script. Zero new Python beyond tests."
+)
+AFFECTED = (
+    [f"src/go/{m}/" for m in MODULES]
+    + [
+        "src/rune/message_queue.py",
+        "src/rune/abstraction.py",
+        "src/rune/goal.py",
+        "src/rune/voicebox.py",
+        "src/rune/paths.py",
+        "src/rune/forge_client.py",
+        "src/rune/auto_context.py",
+        "src/rune/microkernel.py",
+        "src/rune/openai_compat_transport.py",
+        "tests/",
+    ]
+    + ["scripts/admit_wave_second_pass.py"]
+)
+
+EVIDENCE = [
+    "src/go/goal/truth_test.go (TestSaveFailsLoudOnUnwritableStore — the "
+    "serving-path catch: silent store-save data loss, fixed fail-loud)",
+    "src/go/goal/truth_test.go (TestSetGoalDefaultVerificationMethod pin)",
+    "src/go/abstraction/default_limit_test.go (TestListBeliefsDefaultLimitIs20)",
+    "src/go/forge_client/truth_test.go (TestEvalRequestConnectErrorKind)",
+    "verification/integrated/*-integrated.json (landing receipts)",
+]
+
+VERIFICATION = [
+    "go test -race -short -count=1 ./... green in each of the 9 Go "
+    "engine modules",
+    "pytest tests/test_*_go_parity.py green (106 tests)",
+    "serving-path probes: malformed eval JSON loud (rc!=0) on all 9 "
+    "engines; missing-binary typed RuntimeError on all 9 facades; "
+    "unicode round-trips through message_queue and goal stores across "
+    "invocations; empty-store behavior; corrupt message_queue store "
+    "stays loud; no atexit/deferred-flush accumulator on any of the 10 "
+    "eval surfaces (the cache-bug class is cache-only, already fixed)",
+    "mutation spot-checks: 9 flips — 6 caught by landed batteries "
+    "(microkernel now_iso, message_queue detect weight, voicebox "
+    "empty-event validation, paths rune_home, auto_context "
+    "active-task filter, openai_compat tool type), 3 gaps closed with "
+    "red-first pins (goal default method, abstraction default limit, "
+    "forge_client live ConnectError kind)",
+    "pins verdict-only: boundary audit confirmed — no Go wiring; "
+    "verdict battery green (src/go/pins carries recall-kernel parity "
+    "artifact only)",
+]
+
+
+def main() -> int:
+    store = os.path.join(ROOT, "store", "scaffold")
+    scaffold = sc.Scaffold(store, "rune")
+
+    md = cmode.classify_mode(
+        OBJECTIVE,
+        target_project="rune",
+        project_exists=True,
+        affected_surface=AFFECTED,
+    )
+    print("classified mode:", md.mode)
+
+    need = {
+        "need_id": "need-second-pass-verification",
+        "objective": OBJECTIVE,
+        "origin": "worker",
+        "project": "rune",
+        "task_ref": "second-pass-verification",
+        "affected_surface": AFFECTED,
+        "evidence_refs": EVIDENCE,
+    }
+    act = cact.activate(md, need=need, scaffold=scaffold,
+                        builder="second-pass-verification")
+    print("activated:", act.get("activated"), act.get("mode"))
+
+    env = cadm.admit(
+        act,
+        objective=OBJECTIVE,
+        builder="second-pass-verification",
+        affected_surface=AFFECTED,
+        evidence_refs=EVIDENCE,
+        origin="worker",
+        task_ref="second-pass-verification",
+        expected_new_entities=[
+            "src/go/goal/truth_test.go (fail-loud save catch + default-method pin)",
+            "src/go/abstraction/default_limit_test.go (default-limit pin)",
+            "src/go/forge_client/truth_test.go (live-path kind pin)",
+            "scripts/admit_wave_second_pass.py",
+        ],
+        expected_runtime_effects=[],
+        verification_obligations=VERIFICATION,
+        approval_ref="user:#2596 second-pass verification dispatch",
+        contract_id="ADMIT-wave-second-pass",
+        project_store=store,
+        project_id="rune",
+    )
+    print(json.dumps(env, indent=2, default=str)[:2400])
+    return 0 if env.get("success") else 1
+
+
+if __name__ == "__main__":
+    sys.exit(main())
@@ -123,6 +123,23 @@ if command -v go >/dev/null && [ -f tui/go.mod ]; then
 fi
 echo "==> go side: ${GO_STATE}"

+# D57 (Gitea #2590/#2591): deploy the tool-executor alongside the
+# paired faces — ~/.local/share/rune/bin is the ONE bin dir the core's
+# runtime-env layer resolves; anything shelling to the executor finds
+# it there.
+TOOL_EXEC_STATE="skipped (src/go/tool-executor absent)"
+if command -v go >/dev/null && [ -f src/go/tool-executor/go.mod ]; then
+  BIN_DIR="${HOME}/.local/share/rune/bin"
+  mkdir -p "$BIN_DIR"
+  if (cd src/go/tool-executor && go build -o "$BIN_DIR/tool-executor" .); then
+    TOOL_EXEC_STATE="deployed ($BIN_DIR/tool-executor)"
+  else
+    TOOL_EXEC_STATE="FAILED (go build src/go/tool-executor)"
+    exit 1
+  fi
+fi
+echo "==> tool-executor: ${TOOL_EXEC_STATE}"
+
 if [ -z "$WASM_FAILED" ]; then WASM_JSON_STATE="built"
 elif [ -n "$WASM_BUILT" ]; then WASM_JSON_STATE="partial"
 else WASM_JSON_STATE="failed"; fi
@@ -74,6 +74,35 @@ def core_mode() -> str:
        mode = "go"
    return mode

+def deploy_tool_executor() -> Path | None:
+    """D57 (Gitea #2590/#2591): the tool-executor binary is DEPLOYED to
+    ~/.local/share/rune/bin alongside rune-core — anything shelling to
+    it resolves that location via the core's runtime-env layer. Builds
+    it from src/go/tool-executor when missing (never a silent failure:
+    the outcome is printed and returned)."""
+    src = REPO / "src" / "go" / "tool-executor"
+    bindir = Path.home() / ".local" / "share" / "rune" / "bin"
+    dest = bindir / "tool-executor"
+    if dest.is_file() and os.access(dest, os.X_OK):
+        return dest
+    if not src.is_dir():
+        print(f"  tool-executor source missing: {src} — not deployed")
+        return None
+    try:
+        bindir.mkdir(parents=True, exist_ok=True)
+        r = subprocess.run(
+            ["go", "build", "-o", str(dest), "."],
+            cwd=src, capture_output=True, text=True, timeout=300,
+        )
+        if r.returncode != 0:
+            print(f"  tool-executor build FAILED: {r.stderr.strip()[-400:]}")
+            return None
+        print(f"  deployed tool-executor -> {dest}")
+        return dest
+    except (OSError, subprocess.SubprocessError) as exc:
+        print(f"  tool-executor deploy failed: {exc}")
+        return None
+

 def core_target() -> Path:
    return PY_CORE() if core_mode() == "python" else GO_CORE()
@@ -187,6 +216,7 @@ def start_core(port: int) -> tuple[int | None, Path]:
    logs.mkdir(parents=True, exist_ok=True)
    mode = core_mode()
    if mode == "go":
+        deploy_tool_executor()
        binary = GO_CORE()
        if not binary.is_file() or not os.access(binary, os.X_OK):
            print(f"GO CORE MISSING: {binary} — build it (scripts/"
@@ -0,0 +1,53 @@
+// Default-limit pin (second-pass serving-path verification): the Go
+// list_beliefs op falls back to limit=20 when the op carries none — the
+// frozen truth rows always pass an explicit limit, so flipping the
+// default survived the battery. The facade always sends an explicit
+// limit, but the eval CLI is a public serving surface; the default is
+// pinned to the oracle's list_beliefs(limit=20).
+package main
+
+import (
+	"os"
+	"path/filepath"
+	"testing"
+)
+
+func TestListBeliefsDefaultLimitIs20(t *testing.T) {
+	dir := t.TempDir()
+	t.Setenv("RUNE_MEMORY_DIR", dir)
+	if err := seedDatabase(filepath.Join(dir, "abstraction.db"), nil); err != nil {
+		t.Fatal(err)
+	}
+	seed := make([]any, 0, 25)
+	for i := 0; i < 25; i++ {
+		seed = append(seed, map[string]any{
+			"claim":      "claim-" + string(rune('a'+i)) + " padding text",
+			"confidence": float64(i) / 100.0,
+			"state":      "active",
+			"formed_at":  "2026-01-01T00:00:00+00:00",
+		})
+	}
+	dbPath := filepath.Join(dir, "abstraction.db")
+	if err := os.Remove(dbPath); err != nil {
+		t.Fatal(err)
+	}
+	if err := seedDatabase(dbPath, map[string][]any{"beliefs": seed}); err != nil {
+		t.Fatal(err)
+	}
+	defaulted, emsg := abstractionEvalOp("list_beliefs", map[string]any{})
+	if emsg != "" {
+		t.Fatal(emsg)
+	}
+	exact20, emsg := abstractionEvalOp("list_beliefs", map[string]any{"limit": float64(20)})
+	if emsg != "" {
+		t.Fatal(emsg)
+	}
+	dl := defaulted.([]any)
+	if len(dl) != 20 {
+		t.Fatalf("default list_beliefs returned %d rows, want 20 (the oracle's limit=20 default)", len(dl))
+	}
+	e20 := exact20.([]any)
+	if len(e20) != len(dl) {
+		t.Fatalf("default (%d) != explicit limit 20 (%d)", len(dl), len(e20))
+	}
+}
@@ -283,3 +283,30 @@ func TestBatteryRetryAsymmetry(t *testing.T) {
 func TestMain(m *testing.M) {
 	os.Exit(m.Run())
 }
+
+// TestEvalRequestConnectErrorKind — mutation spot-check pin (second
+// pass): a real transport failure must project its typed httpx kind
+// through the eval surface. The truth rows only exercise fake-sender
+// branches, so a kind rename on the live error path survived the
+// battery. Pinned against an unroutable local port (fast, closed).
+func TestEvalRequestConnectErrorKind(t *testing.T) {
+	if testing.Short() && os.Getenv("RUNE_FORGE_NET_PROBE") == "" {
+		t.Skip("network probe (local closed port)")
+	}
+	out, emsg := evalRequest(map[string]any{
+		"method":  "GET",
+		"url":     "http://127.0.0.1:1/unreachable",
+		"retries": float64(0),
+		"timeout": float64(2),
+	})
+	if emsg != "" {
+		t.Fatal(emsg)
+	}
+	m, ok := out.(map[string]any)
+	if !ok {
+		t.Fatalf("unexpected eval result type %T", out)
+	}
+	if m["error_kind"] != "httpx.ConnectError" {
+		t.Fatalf("error_kind = %v, want httpx.ConnectError", m["error_kind"])
+	}
+}
@@ -225,14 +225,22 @@ func (m *GoalManager) Load() {
 }

 // Save — GoalManager._save: makedirs + json.dump(data, f, indent=2), no
-// trailing newline, ensure_ascii escaping.
+// trailing newline, ensure_ascii escaping. Fails loud: the Python oracle
+// raises on an unwritable store (open() propagates), so a swallowed
+// WriteFile/MkdirAll error here is a serving-path data-loss divergence —
+// the eval surface must never return success over a goal store that was
+// not actually written (second-pass verification catch).
 func (m *GoalManager) Save() {
-	os.MkdirAll(filepath.Dir(m.StoragePath), 0o755)
+	if err := os.MkdirAll(filepath.Dir(m.StoragePath), 0o755); err != nil {
+		panic(fmt.Sprintf("goal store makedirs failed: %v", err))
+	}
 	data := NewOrderedMap()
 	for _, kv := range m.Goals.Entries() {
 		data.Set(kv.Key, kv.Value.(*Goal).toDict())
 	}
-	os.WriteFile(m.StoragePath, []byte(encodePythonJSON(data, 0)), 0o644)
+	if err := os.WriteFile(m.StoragePath, []byte(encodePythonJSON(data, 0)), 0o644); err != nil {
+		panic(fmt.Sprintf("goal store save failed: %v", err))
+	}
 }

 // SetGoal — GoalManager.set_goal.
@@ -4,6 +4,9 @@ package main

 import (
 	"fmt"
+	"os"
+	"path/filepath"
+	"strings"
 	"testing"
 )

@@ -29,3 +32,49 @@ func TestTruthRowCount(t *testing.T) {
 	}
 	fmt.Printf("truth rows: %d\n", rows)
 }
+
+// TestSaveFailsLoudOnUnwritableStore — serving-path probe (second-pass
+// verification, Gitea #2587 follow-through): the Python oracle's _save
+// raises on an unwritable store (open() propagates the OSError); the Go
+// port used to swallow os.WriteFile/MkdirAll errors silently, returning
+// the goal row over a store that was never written (silent data loss).
+// The engine must fail loud — a save that did not happen is an error.
+func TestSaveFailsLoudOnUnwritableStore(t *testing.T) {
+	base := t.TempDir()
+	if err := os.WriteFile(filepath.Join(base, "blocker"), []byte("x"), 0o644); err != nil {
+		t.Fatal(err)
+	}
+	unwritable := filepath.Join(base, "blocker", "sub", "goals.json")
+	m := NewGoalManager(unwritable)
+	m.Load()
+	defer func() {
+		if r := recover(); r == nil {
+			t.Fatal("Save over an unwritable store succeeded silently — silent data loss")
+		} else {
+			msg := fmt.Sprintf("%v", r)
+			if !strings.Contains(msg, "goal store save failed") && !strings.Contains(msg, "goal store makedirs failed") {
+				t.Fatalf("unexpected panic: %v", r)
+			}
+			t.Logf("Save fails loud on unwritable store: %v", msg)
+		}
+	}()
+	m.SetGoal("probe goal", []string{"done"}, "manual")
+}
+
+// TestSetGoalDefaultVerificationMethod — mutation spot-check pin (second
+// pass): SetGoal's default verification_method is "manual" (op-passed
+// empty → "manual"); the frozen truth rows never exercise the empty-method
+// default, so flipping it survived the battery. Pinned now.
+func TestSetGoalDefaultVerificationMethod(t *testing.T) {
+	store := filepath.Join(t.TempDir(), "goals.json")
+	out, emsg := runGoalEval([]map[string]any{
+		{"op": "set_goal", "storage_path": store, "description": "pin default method", "stop_conditions": []any{}},
+	})
+	if emsg != "" {
+		t.Fatal(emsg)
+	}
+	gm, _ := out[0].(map[string]any)
+	if gm["verification_method"] != "manual" {
+		t.Fatalf("default verification_method = %v, want manual", gm["verification_method"])
+	}
+}
@@ -0,0 +1,99 @@
+package runecore
+
+import (
+	"path/filepath"
+	"sort"
+	"strings"
+	"testing"
+)
+
+// The D57 DOMINION CHECK (owner doctrine, Gitea #2590/#2591): NO gate
+// exists between the chat pane's tool calls and the filesystem ops on
+// this build. Pane-wide capability is inherent; consent = promotion,
+// never permission. If any gate survives, this test names it.
+func TestDominionNoGateBetweenChatAndFilesystem(t *testing.T) {
+	// 1. The chat pane's wire carries the FULL suite: read family,
+	// write family, git family — nothing withheld by mode.
+	full := []string{
+		"list_directory", "read_file", "glob_files", "grep_files",
+		"write_file", "edit_file", "run_command",
+		"git_status", "git_diff", "git_log", "git_branch", "git_add", "git_commit",
+	}
+	for _, mode := range []string{"CHAT", "TASK", "PLAN"} {
+		got := toolNamesSorted(ToolsetFor(mode))
+		for _, want := range full {
+			if !has(got, want) {
+				t.Errorf("GATE SURVIVES: mode %s withholds %q (suite: %v)", mode, want, got)
+			}
+		}
+		if len(got) != len(full) {
+			t.Errorf("mode %s suite size %d, want %d (extras = an ungated face)", mode, len(got), len(full))
+		}
+	}
+
+	// 2. The dispatch gate EXECUTES a filesystem write in the chat
+	// pane's mode — no refusal-by-mode, no permission check, no
+	// consent interception at the op door.
+	home := t.TempDir()
+	res := ExecuteGatedTool(home, "CHAT", "write_file", map[string]any{
+		"path":    filepath.Join(home, "dominion-probe.txt"),
+		"content": "dominion",
+	})
+	if res["success"] != true {
+		t.Fatalf("GATE SURVIVES: write_file refused in CHAT mode: %v", res)
+	}
+
+	// 3. The tool family descriptions on the wire assert availability
+	// in every pane — the model is TOLD it can act.
+	for _, def := range ToolsetFor("CHAT") {
+		if def.Function.Name == "run_command" && !strings.Contains(def.Function.Description, "EVERY pane") {
+			t.Errorf("wire description no longer asserts pane-wide shell access: %q", def.Function.Description)
+		}
+	}
+}
+
+// The model-authority report serves the dominion facts: suite on the
+// wire, gates open.
+func TestAuthoritySnapshotDominionFacts(t *testing.T) {
+	e := NewEngine(nil, nil, t.TempDir())
+	snap := e.AuthoritySnapshot()
+	if snap["suite_on_wire"] != true || snap["gates_open"] != true {
+		t.Fatalf("authority report shows a closed capability state: %v", snap)
+	}
+	names, ok := snap["tool_names"].([]string)
+	if !ok || !has(names, "write_file") {
+		t.Fatalf("authority report missing write family: %v", snap)
+	}
+}
+
+// The engine hook: a false capability claim on the wire triggers the
+// correction path and the typed journal event.
+func TestEngineCheckRefusalFalseClaimCorrects(t *testing.T) {
+	home := t.TempDir()
+	e := NewEngine(nil, nil, home)
+	correction := e.checkRefusal("chat", "I don't have tools to do that.")
+	if correction == "" {
+		t.Fatal("false capability claim produced no correction turn")
+	}
+	snap := e.AuthoritySnapshot()
+	if snap["refusals_seen"].(int) != 1 || snap["corrections_issued"].(int) != 1 {
+		t.Fatalf("counters wrong: %v", snap)
+	}
+	if e.checkRefusal("chat", "I cannot fit that in one message.") == "" {
+		// genuine limit: no correction — right answer is "" ...
+	} else {
+		t.Fatal("genuine limit must not be corrected")
+	}
+	if e.checkRefusal("chat", "All done — wrote the file.") != "" {
+		t.Fatal("plain reply must not be corrected")
+	}
+	if snap := e.AuthoritySnapshot(); snap["refusals_seen"].(int) != 2 {
+		t.Fatalf("refusal counting wrong (plain replies never count): %v", snap)
+	}
+}
+
+func toolNamesSorted(defs []ToolDef) []string {
+	out := toolNames(defs)
+	sort.Strings(out)
+	return out
+}
@@ -164,6 +164,12 @@ type Engine struct {
 	// tok/s from THIS engine's real turns (hot-state persisted), owns
 	// lane pools and cloud-first routing. Never nil.
 	governor *Governor
+
+	// D57 model-refusal authority: counts of model-level capability
+	// refusals seen and false-claim corrections issued this session.
+	authorityMu       sync.Mutex
+	refusalsSeen      int
+	correctionsIssued int
 }

 // NewEngine builds the engine without a router: the local binding
@@ -382,6 +388,39 @@ func (e *Engine) TurnStream(ctx context.Context, req TurnRequest, sink StreamSin
 	if err := e.store.Append(assistant); err != nil {
 		return TurnResult{UserMsgID: userMsg.MsgID, Model: model}, err
 	}
+
+	// D57 model-refusal authority: the model's capability claims are
+	// checked against the runtime's ACTUAL state. A false "I lack
+	// tools/access" claim is never passed to the owner as truth — the
+	// engine composes a correction turn, retries once with it on the
+	// wire, persists the corrected answer, and journals the event.
+	correction := e.checkRefusal(req.Channel, reply.Content)
+	if correction != "" {
+		wireTools := ToolsetFor(modeForDispatch(req.Channel, e.home))
+		retryMsgs := append(payload, ChatMessage{Role: "assistant", Content: reply.Content})
+		retryMsgs = append(retryMsgs, ChatMessage{Role: "user", Content: correction})
+		if retry, err := modelOnce(ctx, client, model, retryMsgs, wireTools, nil); err == nil {
+			followUp := Message{
+				MsgID:         newMsgID(),
+				Ts:            utcNow(),
+				Role:          "assistant",
+				Content:       retry.Content,
+				ChannelID:     req.Channel,
+				TokenEstimate: tokenEstimate(retry.Content),
+				SchemaVersion: SnapshotSchemaVersion,
+			}
+			if appendErr := e.store.Append(followUp); appendErr == nil {
+				return TurnResult{
+					UserMsgID:      userMsg.MsgID,
+					AssistantMsgID: followUp.MsgID,
+					AssistantText:  retry.Content,
+					Model:          model,
+					ContextUsed:    reply.ContextUsed,
+					ContextLimit:   reply.ContextLimit,
+				}, nil
+			}
+		}
+	}
 	return TurnResult{
 		UserMsgID:      userMsg.MsgID,
 		AssistantMsgID: assistant.MsgID,
@@ -0,0 +1,109 @@
+package runecore
+
+// engine_refusal.go — the D57 refusal-authority hook on the engine:
+// classification, the correction turn, the typed journal event and
+// the session counters /v1/status's model_authority section serves.
+
+import (
+	"encoding/json"
+	"os"
+	"path/filepath"
+	"time"
+	"unicode/utf8"
+)
+
+// checkRefusal classifies one assistant reply against the runtime's
+// actual capability state, journals the typed event, and returns the
+// correction turn text ("" when no correction is owed).
+func (e *Engine) checkRefusal(channel, reply string) string {
+	if utf8.RuneCountInString(reply) == 0 {
+		return ""
+	}
+	mode := modeForDispatch(channel, e.home)
+	tools := ToolsetFor(mode)
+	suiteOnWire := len(tools) > 0
+	names := make([]string, 0, len(tools))
+	for _, t := range tools {
+		names = append(names, t.Function.Name)
+	}
+	v := ClassifyRefusal(reply, suiteOnWire, names)
+	if v.Kind == "" {
+		return ""
+	}
+
+	e.authorityMu.Lock()
+	e.refusalsSeen++
+	if v.Kind == "false_capability_claim" {
+		e.correctionsIssued++
+	}
+	e.authorityMu.Unlock()
+
+	e.appendRefusalEvent(channel, v)
+	if v.Kind == "false_capability_claim" {
+		return v.Correction
+	}
+	return ""
+}
+
+// appendRefusalEvent writes the typed refusal-correction journal
+// event (event_type capability.refusal_correction) to the rune
+// journal at <home>/memory/journal/events.jsonl.
+func (e *Engine) appendRefusalEvent(channel string, v RefusalVerdict) {
+	dir := filepath.Join(e.home, "memory", "journal")
+	if err := os.MkdirAll(dir, 0o755); err != nil {
+		return
+	}
+	payload := map[string]any{
+		"channel":  channel,
+		"kind":     v.Kind,
+		"phrase":   v.Phrase,
+		"detected": "model_refusal_classifier/d57",
+	}
+	raw, err := json.Marshal(payload)
+	if err != nil {
+		return
+	}
+	event := map[string]any{
+		"event_id":       "evt_" + newMsgID(),
+		"event_type":     "capability.refusal_correction",
+		"partition_key":  "rune_operator",
+		"schema_version": 1,
+		"timestamp":      time.Now().UTC().Format("2006-01-02T15:04:05.000000Z07:00"),
+		"payload":        json.RawMessage(raw),
+	}
+	line, err := json.Marshal(event)
+	if err != nil {
+		return
+	}
+	f, err := os.OpenFile(filepath.Join(dir, "events.jsonl"), os.O_APPEND|os.O_CREATE|os.O_WRONLY, 0o644)
+	if err != nil {
+		return
+	}
+	defer f.Close()
+	_, _ = f.Write(append(line, '\n'))
+}
+
+// AuthoritySnapshot is the /v1/status model_authority section: the
+// runtime's capability facts and this session's refusal accounting.
+func (e *Engine) AuthoritySnapshot() map[string]any {
+	mode := ActiveMode(e.home)
+	tools := ToolsetFor(mode)
+	names := make([]string, 0, len(tools))
+	for _, t := range tools {
+		names = append(names, t.Function.Name)
+	}
+	execPath, execFound := ResolveToolExecutorPath()
+	e.authorityMu.Lock()
+	refusals, corrections := e.refusalsSeen, e.correctionsIssued
+	e.authorityMu.Unlock()
+	return map[string]any{
+		"suite_on_wire":      len(tools) > 0,
+		"gates_open":         len(tools) > 0,
+		"tool_names":         names,
+		"active_mode":        mode,
+		"executor_path":      execPath,
+		"executor_deployed":  execFound,
+		"refusals_seen":      refusals,
+		"corrections_issued": corrections,
+	}
+}
@@ -0,0 +1,139 @@
+package runecore
+
+// refusal.go — the D57 model-refusal authority (Gitea #2590/#2591).
+// D49 proved the full tool suite rides the wire, so a model replying
+// "I cannot — I lack access to tools" makes a FALSE capability claim,
+// and D57 forbids passing it to the owner as truth. The classifier is
+// DETERMINISTIC literal-phrase tiers (the ND law: no clever NLP —
+// no embeddings, no scoring, no LLM judge; a fixture battery pins the
+// exact strings). On a detected capability claim, the runtime verifies
+// against its ACTUAL capability state (suite on wire, gates open); a
+// false claim composes a correction turn and a typed journal event.
+
+import (
+	"fmt"
+	"sort"
+	"strings"
+)
+
+// RefusalVerdict is the classifier's typed answer for one assistant
+// reply.
+type RefusalVerdict struct {
+	// Kind: "" (no refusal language), "false_capability_claim",
+	// "true_refusal" (capability claim and the runtime genuinely
+	// lacks the suite), "genuine_limit" (limitation language with no
+	// capability object — "I cannot fit that in one message").
+	Kind   string `json:"kind"`
+	Phrase string `json:"phrase,omitempty"`
+	// Correction is the composed correction turn (non-empty only for
+	// false_capability_claim).
+	Correction string `json:"correction,omitempty"`
+}
+
+// capabilityClaimPhrases are literal, inherently-capability phrases —
+// a hit is a claim about tools/access/filesystem by construction.
+var capabilityClaimPhrases = []string{
+	"i don't have access to",
+	"i do not have access to",
+	"i don't have access",
+	"i do not have access",
+	"i lack access",
+	"i have no access",
+	"no access to the file system",
+	"no access to the filesystem",
+	"i can't access the filesystem",
+	"i cannot access the filesystem",
+	"i can't access files",
+	"i cannot access files",
+	"i don't have tools",
+	"i do not have tools",
+	"i have no tools",
+	"i lack tools",
+	"i don't have any tools",
+	"no tool access",
+	"tools are not available",
+	"tool access is not available",
+	"i don't have permission to access",
+	"i do not have permission to access",
+	"i am unable to access the filesystem",
+	"i'm unable to access the filesystem",
+	"i am unable to access files",
+	"i'm unable to access files",
+	"i need shell access",
+	"i would need shell access",
+}
+
+// limitPhrases are limitation words that, WITHOUT a capability object,
+// classify as a genuine limit — logged, never corrected.
+var limitPhrases = []string{
+	"i cannot", "i can't", "i am unable", "i'm unable", "i won't",
+}
+
+// capabilityObjects are the nouns that turn a bare "cannot" sentence
+// into a capability claim.
+var capabilityObjects = []string{
+	"tool", "access", "file", "filesystem", "file system",
+	"shell", "terminal", "permission",
+}
+
+// ClassifyRefusal runs the deterministic tiers over one assistant
+// reply. suiteOnWire is the runtime's ACTUAL capability state (D49:
+// the full suite rides the wire in every pane, so a live core passes
+// true here — the parameter exists so the verdict is verified, not
+// assumed, and so a future gated build classifies honestly).
+func ClassifyRefusal(reply string, suiteOnWire bool, toolNames []string) RefusalVerdict {
+	lower := strings.ToLower(reply)
+	for _, p := range capabilityClaimPhrases {
+		if strings.Contains(lower, p) {
+			if suiteOnWire {
+				return RefusalVerdict{
+					Kind:       "false_capability_claim",
+					Phrase:     p,
+					Correction: composeCorrection(toolNames),
+				}
+			}
+			return RefusalVerdict{Kind: "true_refusal", Phrase: p}
+		}
+	}
+	// Tier 2: a bare limitation word whose SENTENCE also names a
+	// capability object ("I cannot read files on your machine").
+	for _, sentence := range strings.Split(lower, ".") {
+		if !containsAny(sentence, limitPhrases) {
+			continue
+		}
+		if containsAny(sentence, capabilityObjects) {
+			if suiteOnWire {
+				return RefusalVerdict{
+					Kind:       "false_capability_claim",
+					Phrase:     strings.TrimSpace(sentence),
+					Correction: composeCorrection(toolNames),
+				}
+			}
+			return RefusalVerdict{Kind: "true_refusal", Phrase: strings.TrimSpace(sentence)}
+		}
+		// Limitation language, no capability object: a genuine limit
+		// ("I cannot fit that in one message") — never corrected.
+		return RefusalVerdict{Kind: "genuine_limit"}
+	}
+	return RefusalVerdict{}
+}
+
+func containsAny(s string, needles []string) bool {
+	for _, n := range needles {
+		if strings.Contains(s, n) {
+			return true
+		}
+	}
+	return false
+}
+
+// composeCorrection builds the correction turn: the tool names are
+// the runtime's actual, current suite.
+func composeCorrection(toolNames []string) string {
+	if len(toolNames) == 0 {
+		return "Correction: you DO have tool access in this session."
+	}
+	names := append([]string(nil), toolNames...)
+	sort.Strings(names)
+	return fmt.Sprintf("Correction: you DO have these tools available right now — %s. Do not claim you lack access; call the tool directly and retry the task.", strings.Join(names, ", "))
+}
@@ -0,0 +1,64 @@
+package runecore
+
+import (
+	"strings"
+	"testing"
+)
+
+// D57 red-first fixture battery: the deterministic classifier must
+// separate true-refusal / false-capability-claim / genuine-limit with
+// literal-phrase tiers (ND law: no clever NLP — every fixture is a
+// pinned string, and every verdict is asserted).
+func TestClassifyRefusalFixtureBattery(t *testing.T) {
+	suiteNames := []string{"read_file", "write_file", "run_command"}
+	cases := []struct {
+		name     string
+		reply    string
+		suite    bool
+		wantKind string
+		wantFix  bool // a correction turn is composed
+	}{
+		// FALSE capability claims — D49 proved the suite rides the
+		// wire, so these are lies the owner must never receive as truth.
+		{"no tools claim", "I'm sorry, I don't have tools to do that.", true, "false_capability_claim", true},
+		{"no access claim", "I cannot do this — I don't have access to your filesystem.", true, "false_capability_claim", true},
+		{"lack access claim", "I lack access to files on your machine.", true, "false_capability_claim", true},
+		{"unable to access", "I'm unable to access the filesystem from here.", true, "false_capability_claim", true},
+		{"needs shell", "I would need shell access to change her code.", true, "false_capability_claim", true},
+		{"bare cannot + object", "I cannot read files on your machine.", true, "false_capability_claim", true},
+		{"no tools claim, suite off", "I don't have tools to do that.", false, "true_refusal", false},
+		// GENUINE limits — limitation language with no capability
+		// object is real and must NOT be corrected.
+		{"length limit", "I cannot fit that in one message.", true, "genuine_limit", false},
+		{"knowledge limit", "I can't know what happened in 1850.", true, "genuine_limit", false},
+		// NO refusal language at all.
+		{"plain answer", "I wrote the file to ~/notes.txt.", true, "", false},
+	}
+	for _, tc := range cases {
+		v := ClassifyRefusal(tc.reply, tc.suite, suiteNames)
+		if v.Kind != tc.wantKind {
+			t.Errorf("%s: kind=%q want %q", tc.name, v.Kind, tc.wantKind)
+		}
+		if tc.wantFix && v.Correction == "" {
+			t.Errorf("%s: no correction composed", tc.name)
+		}
+		if !tc.wantFix && v.Correction != "" {
+			t.Errorf("%s: unexpected correction %q", tc.name, v.Correction)
+		}
+	}
+}
+
+// The correction names the ACTUAL suite — the model is told what it
+// has, never scolded vaguely.
+func TestCorrectionNamesActualSuite(t *testing.T) {
+	names := []string{"write_file", "read_file", "run_command"}
+	v := ClassifyRefusal("I don't have tools for that.", true, names)
+	if !strings.Contains(v.Correction, "you DO have these tools") {
+		t.Errorf("correction does not affirm capability: %q", v.Correction)
+	}
+	for _, n := range names {
+		if !strings.Contains(v.Correction, n) {
+			t.Errorf("correction missing tool %q: %q", n, v.Correction)
+		}
+	}
+}
@@ -0,0 +1,161 @@
+package runecore
+
+// runtimeenv.go — the D57 runtime environment layer (owner ruling,
+// Gitea #2590/#2591): "rune doesnt have a way of reaching the file
+// system of a user... adaptive to whatever filesystem and os the user
+// has... part of runtime awareness. this is why the tools are not
+// functioning." The probe is AWARENESS, never gating: it reports the
+// filesystem context the tools actually run in (OS family, home,
+// separators, temp dir, case sensitivity, permissions) and resolves
+// the deployed tool-executor binary. Nothing here restricts a tool —
+// the owner build's dominion is absolute (the production sandbox is a
+// later wave, explicitly out of scope here).
+
+import (
+	"fmt"
+	"os"
+	"path/filepath"
+	"runtime"
+	"strings"
+	"sync"
+)
+
+// RuntimeEnv is one boot-time probe of the filesystem context.
+type RuntimeEnv struct {
+	GOOS          string `json:"goos"`
+	GOARCH        string `json:"goarch"`
+	OSFamily      string `json:"os_family"`
+	Home          string `json:"home"`
+	PathSeparator string `json:"path_separator"`
+	ListSeparator string `json:"list_separator"`
+	TempDir       string `json:"temp_dir"`
+	CaseSensitive bool   `json:"case_sensitive"`
+	HomeWritable  bool   `json:"home_writable"`
+	TempWritable  bool   `json:"temp_writable"`
+	Cwd           string `json:"cwd"`
+	ToolExecutor  string `json:"tool_executor"`
+	ExecutorFound bool   `json:"executor_found"`
+}
+
+var (
+	envOnce   sync.Once
+	cachedEnv *RuntimeEnv
+)
+
+// ProbeRuntimeEnv runs the boot-time probe once per process (the
+// filesystem context does not change shape under a running core) and
+// returns the cached answer.
+func ProbeRuntimeEnv() *RuntimeEnv {
+	envOnce.Do(func() { cachedEnv = probeRuntimeEnv() })
+	return cachedEnv
+}
+
+func probeRuntimeEnv() *RuntimeEnv {
+	env := &RuntimeEnv{
+		GOOS:          runtime.GOOS,
+		GOARCH:        runtime.GOARCH,
+		OSFamily:      osFamily(runtime.GOOS),
+		PathSeparator: string(os.PathSeparator),
+		ListSeparator: string(os.PathListSeparator),
+	}
+	if h, err := os.UserHomeDir(); err == nil {
+		env.Home = h
+		env.HomeWritable = dirWritable(h)
+	}
+	env.TempDir = os.TempDir()
+	env.TempWritable = dirWritable(env.TempDir)
+	env.Cwd, _ = os.Getwd()
+	env.CaseSensitive = probeCaseSensitive(env.TempDir)
+	env.ToolExecutor, env.ExecutorFound = ResolveToolExecutorPath()
+	return env
+}
+
+func osFamily(goos string) string {
+	switch goos {
+	case "linux", "freebsd", "openbsd", "netbsd", "dragonfly", "solaris", "illumos":
+		return "unix"
+	case "darwin":
+		return "unix"
+	case "windows":
+		return "windows"
+	default:
+		return goos
+	}
+}
+
+// probeCaseSensitive answers whether the filesystem distinguishes
+// case (APFS/Windows default insensitive, most Linux FS sensitive).
+// Probe failure (read-only dir) answers false — the honest unknown,
+// never an optimistic guess.
+func probeCaseSensitive(base string) bool {
+	dir, err := os.MkdirTemp(base, "rune-case-probe-")
+	if err != nil {
+		return false
+	}
+	defer os.RemoveAll(dir)
+	lower := filepath.Join(dir, "rune-case-probe")
+	if err := os.WriteFile(lower, []byte("x"), 0o644); err != nil {
+		return false
+	}
+	upper := filepath.Join(dir, "RUNE-CASE-PROBE")
+	_, err = os.Stat(upper)
+	return err != nil // exists only when the FS distinguishes case
+}
+
+func dirWritable(dir string) bool {
+	if dir == "" {
+		return false
+	}
+	f, err := os.CreateTemp(dir, "rune-write-probe-")
+	if err != nil {
+		return false
+	}
+	name := f.Name()
+	_ = f.Close()
+	_ = os.Remove(name)
+	return true
+}
+
+// ResolveToolExecutorPath resolves the deployed tool-executor binary
+// (D57 gap a: the executor must be DEPLOYED to
+// ~/.local/share/rune/bin alongside rune-core; anything shelling to it
+// resolves the location through this one door). Order: the
+// RUNE_TOOL_EXECUTOR override, then the deployed location. found is
+// false when the named path does not exist — the honest answer, never
+// a guess.
+func ResolveToolExecutorPath() (path string, found bool) {
+	if p := strings.TrimSpace(os.Getenv("RUNE_TOOL_EXECUTOR")); p != "" {
+		if _, err := os.Stat(p); err == nil {
+			return p, true
+		}
+		return p, false
+	}
+	home, err := os.UserHomeDir()
+	if err != nil {
+		return "", false
+	}
+	p := filepath.Join(home, ".local", "share", "rune", "bin", "tool-executor")
+	if _, err := os.Stat(p); err != nil {
+		return p, false
+	}
+	return p, true
+}
+
+// DeployedBinDir is the directory the deployment wave installs the Go
+// binaries into (ensure_core.py's GO_CORE directory — one bin dir,
+// all faces).
+func DeployedBinDir() string {
+	home, err := os.UserHomeDir()
+	if err != nil {
+		return ""
+	}
+	return filepath.Join(home, ".local", "share", "rune", "bin")
+}
+
+// ExecutorUnavailableError is the typed error callers surface when the
+// deployed executor is missing — actionable, never a silent fallback.
+type ExecutorUnavailableError struct{ Path string }
+
+func (e *ExecutorUnavailableError) Error() string {
+	return fmt.Sprintf("tool-executor not deployed at %s (run scripts/ensure_core.py to deploy)", e.Path)
+}
@@ -0,0 +1,94 @@
+package runecore
+
+import (
+	"os"
+	"path/filepath"
+	"strings"
+	"testing"
+)
+
+// D57 red-first: the runtime environment layer must report the real
+// filesystem context — OS family, home, separators, temp dir, case
+// sensitivity, writability, and the deployed executor resolution.
+func TestProbeRuntimeEnvReportsFSContext(t *testing.T) {
+	env := ProbeRuntimeEnv()
+	if env.GOOS == "" || env.OSFamily == "" {
+		t.Fatalf("probe missing os identity: %+v", env)
+	}
+	home, err := os.UserHomeDir()
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Skip("no home dir")
+	}
+	if env.Home != home {
+		t.Fatalf("home mismatch: got %q want %q", env.Home, home)
+	}
+	if env.PathSeparator != string(os.PathSeparator) {
+		t.Fatalf("path separator mismatch: %q", env.PathSeparator)
+	}
+	if env.TempDir != os.TempDir() {
+		t.Fatalf("temp dir mismatch: %q", env.TempDir)
+	}
+	if !env.TempWritable {
+		t.Fatalf("temp dir reported unwritable but it is real")
+	}
+	// Probe twice: the cached answer is stable (boot-time probe).
+	if ProbeRuntimeEnv() != env {
+		t.Fatalf("probe not cached")
+	}
+}
+
+// D57 gap (b): expandHome is generalized past the POSIX assumption —
+// both separators resolve through the native path semantics.
+func TestExpandHomeBothSeparators(t *testing.T) {
+	home, err := os.UserHomeDir()
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Skip("no home dir")
+	}
+	want := filepath.Join(home, "Desktop", "notes.txt")
+	if got := expandHome("~/Desktop/notes.txt"); got != want {
+		t.Fatalf("~/ path: got %q want %q", got, want)
+	}
+	if got := expandHome(`~\Desktop\notes.txt`); got != want {
+		t.Fatalf(`~\ path: got %q want %q`, got, want)
+	}
+	if got := expandHome("~"); got != home {
+		t.Fatalf("bare ~: got %q want %q", got, home)
+	}
+	if got := expandHome("/abs/path"); got != "/abs/path" {
+		t.Fatalf("absolute path must pass through: %q", got)
+	}
+}
+
+// D57 gap (a): the deployed executor location resolves through ONE
+// door; the RUNE_TOOL_EXECUTOR override wins and existence is honest.
+func TestResolveToolExecutorPath(t *testing.T) {
+	t.Setenv("RUNE_TOOL_EXECUTOR", "")
+	path, _ := ResolveToolExecutorPath()
+	home, err := os.UserHomeDir()
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Skip("no home dir")
+	}
+	if !strings.HasSuffix(path, filepath.Join(".local", "share", "rune", "bin", "tool-executor")) {
+		t.Fatalf("deployed location wrong: %q", path)
+	}
+	if !strings.HasPrefix(path, home) {
+		t.Fatalf("deployed path not under home: %q", path)
+	}
+
+	bin := t.TempDir()
+	p := filepath.Join(bin, "tool-executor")
+	if err := os.WriteFile(p, []byte("#!/bin/sh\n"), 0o755); err != nil {
+		t.Fatal(err)
+	}
+	t.Setenv("RUNE_TOOL_EXECUTOR", p)
+	got, found := ResolveToolExecutorPath()
+	if !found || got != p {
+		t.Fatalf("override not honored: %q found=%v", got, found)
+	}
+
+	t.Setenv("RUNE_TOOL_EXECUTOR", filepath.Join(bin, "missing"))
+	_, found = ResolveToolExecutorPath()
+	if found {
+		t.Fatalf("missing executor must report found=false (honest, never a guess)")
+	}
+}
@@ -125,6 +125,13 @@ func (s *Server) handleStatus(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
 		// guess), lanes in use against the learned cap, and the
 		// per-provider health rows (#2581).
 		"governor": s.engine.Governor().Snapshot(),
+		// D57 runtime environment layer: the boot-time filesystem
+		// probe (awareness, never gating) — Rune KNOWS her filesystem
+		// context and it can reach the model's system context.
+		"runtime_env": ProbeRuntimeEnv(),
+		// D57 model-authority report: the suite-on-wire facts and the
+		// refusal-correction accounting this session.
+		"model_authority": s.engine.AuthoritySnapshot(),
 	})
 }

@@ -274,11 +274,17 @@ func executeGoTool(name string, args map[string]any) map[string]any {
 }

 // expandHome resolves a leading ~ to the user's home (the model speaks
-// user paths: "~/Desktop").
+// user paths: "~/Desktop"). D57: generalized past the POSIX-only
+// assumption — both separators are accepted ("~\Desktop" on Windows
+// and "~/Desktop" everywhere), and inner separators are joined with
+// the native os.PathSeparator so a model-spoken path adapts to
+// whatever filesystem and OS the user has.
 func expandHome(p string) string {
-	if p == "~" || strings.HasPrefix(p, "~/") {
+	if p == "~" || strings.HasPrefix(p, "~/") || strings.HasPrefix(p, `~\`) {
 		if h, err := os.UserHomeDir(); err == nil {
-			return filepath.Join(h, strings.TrimPrefix(strings.TrimPrefix(p, "~"), "/"))
+			rest := strings.TrimPrefix(strings.TrimPrefix(p, "~"), string(os.PathSeparator))
+			rest = strings.ReplaceAll(strings.TrimPrefix(rest, "/"), "\\", "/")
+			return filepath.Join(h, filepath.FromSlash(rest))
 		}
 	}
 	return p
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ This is the main entry point for the Rune program.
 import json
 from pathlib import Path

-__version__ = "0.358.2"
+__version__ = "0.359.0"

 # 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
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-print('a2')
@@ -136,19 +136,7 @@ def load_active_tasks():


 def _load_active_tasks_python():
-    """Oracle body (kept as escape/oracle; see module header)."""
-    tasks_file = os.path.join(memory_env.memory_dir(), "tasks", "persisted.json")
-    if not os.path.exists(tasks_file):
-        return []
-    try:
-        with open(tasks_file) as f:
-            data = json.load(f)
-        tasks = data.get("tasks", [])
-        # Filter to open/in_progress only
-        active = [t for t in tasks if t.get("status") in ("open", "in_progress")]
-        return active
-    except Exception:  # noqa: BLE001 — deliberate: best-effort degrade (logged or continued); crash would be worse
-        return []
+    raise RuntimeError("escape hatch retired for this row - the Go engine is the authority")


 def build_auto_context(message):
@@ -167,106 +155,7 @@ def build_auto_context(message):


 def _build_auto_context_python(message):
-    """Oracle body (kept as escape/oracle; see module header)."""
-    context = {
-        "timestamp": datetime.now(timezone.utc).isoformat(),
-        "message_preview": message[:200] if message else "",
-        "warm_neurons": None,
-        "memory_recall": None,
-        "always_digest": None,
-        "active_tasks": None,
-    }
-
-    # Warm neuron routing
-    warm = run_warm_router(message)
-    if warm:
-        context["warm_neurons"] = warm
-
-    # Active tasks from persistence ledger
-    tasks = load_active_tasks()
-    if tasks:
-        context["active_tasks"] = tasks
-
-    # Memory recall for substantive messages
-    if message and len(message.strip()) > 10:
-        # Extract key terms for recall (words > 4 chars, not stopwords)
-        stopwords = {
-            "what",
-            "when",
-            "where",
-            "which",
-            "that",
-            "this",
-            "with",
-            "from",
-            "have",
-            "been",
-            "were",
-            "they",
-            "their",
-            "about",
-            "would",
-            "could",
-            "should",
-            "will",
-            "into",
-            "your",
-            "just",
-            "like",
-            "know",
-            "think",
-            "also",
-            "back",
-            "then",
-            "than",
-            "more",
-            "some",
-            "only",
-            "very",
-            "does",
-            "done",
-            "make",
-            "made",
-            "want",
-            "need",
-            "give",
-            "tell",
-            "there",
-            "these",
-            "those",
-            "because",
-            "between",
-            "after",
-            "before",
-            "under",
-            "over",
-            "again",
-            "once",
-            "here",
-            "each",
-            "every",
-            "both",
-            "few",
-            "most",
-            "other",
-            "such",
-            "same",
-            "being",
-            "having",
-        }
-        words = [w for w in message.lower().split() if len(w) > 4 and w.isalpha() and w not in stopwords]
-        if words:
-            query = " ".join(words[:5])
-            recall = run_memory_recall(query)
-            if recall:
-                context["memory_recall"] = recall
-
-    # Always-on digest
-    digest = run_always_digest()
-    if digest:
-        context["always_digest"] = digest
-
-    return context
+    raise RuntimeError("escape hatch retired for this row - the Go engine is the authority")


 def save_context(context):
@@ -252,38 +252,7 @@ def get_cache(key):


 def _get_cache_python(key):
-    """Oracle body (kept as escape/oracle; see module header)."""
-    db = connect()
-    try:
-        row = db.execute("SELECT * FROM cache WHERE key=? AND invalidated_at IS NULL", (key,)).fetchone()
-
-        if row:
-            # Record hit in memory — no SQLite write on the hot path
-            # Capture pending count BEFORE recording (audit fix: prevents
-            # double-counting if flush_stats() runs between DB read and here)
-            _pending = _hit_counts.get(key, 0)
-            _record_hit(key)
-            return {
-                "hit": True,
-                "key": key,
-                "compressed": row["compressed_value"],
-                "full": row["full_value"],
-                "content_hash": row["content_hash"],
-                "scope": row["scope"],
-                "age_seconds": (_now_ts() - _parse_ts(row["created_at"])),
-                "hit_count": row["hit_count"] + _pending,
-            }
-
-        # Miss — only record if the key exists in the cache (e.g. invalidated).
-        # A true miss (key never seen) should not trigger any write.
-        exists = db.execute("SELECT 1 FROM cache WHERE key=?", (key,)).fetchone()
-
-        if exists:
-            _record_miss(key)
-
-        return {"hit": False, "key": key}
-    finally:
-        db.close()
+    raise RuntimeError("escape hatch retired for this row - the Go engine is the authority")


 def put_cache(key, value, compressed=None, scope="general", source_hash=""):
@@ -314,37 +283,7 @@ def put_cache(key, value, compressed=None, scope="general", source_hash=""):


 def _put_cache_python(key, value, compressed=None, scope="general", source_hash=""):
-    """Oracle body (kept as escape/oracle; see module header)."""
-    # Flush any pending stats before writing so we don't lose counts
-    flush_stats()
-
-    db = connect()
-    content_hash = _hash(value)
-
-    # Mechanical compression if not provided
-    if compressed is None:
-        compressed = _compress(value)
-
-    db.execute(
-        """
-        INSERT INTO cache
-        (key, scope, content_hash, full_value, compressed_value, source_hash,
-         created_at, invalidated_at, hit_count, miss_count)
-        VALUES (?, ?, ?, ?, ?, ?, ?, NULL, 0, 0)
-        ON CONFLICT(key) DO UPDATE SET
-            scope = excluded.scope,
-            content_hash = excluded.content_hash,
-            full_value = excluded.full_value,
-            compressed_value = excluded.compressed_value,
-            source_hash = excluded.source_hash,
-            created_at = excluded.created_at,
-            invalidated_at = NULL
-    """,
-        (key, scope, content_hash, value, compressed, source_hash, _now()),
-    )
-    db.commit()
-    db.close()
-    return {"stored": key, "content_hash": content_hash, "scope": scope}
+    raise RuntimeError("escape hatch retired for this row - the Go engine is the authority")


 def invalidate(key, reason=""):
@@ -355,12 +294,7 @@ def invalidate(key, reason=""):


 def _invalidate_python(key, reason=""):
-    """Oracle body (kept as escape/oracle; see module header)."""
-    db = connect()
-    db.execute("UPDATE cache SET invalidated_at=? WHERE key=? AND invalidated_at IS NULL", (_now(), key))
-    db.commit()
-    db.close()
-    return {"invalidated": key, "reason": reason}
+    raise RuntimeError("escape hatch retired for this row - the Go engine is the authority")


 def invalidate_scope(scope, reason=""):
@@ -373,14 +307,7 @@ def invalidate_scope(scope, reason=""):


 def _invalidate_scope_python(scope, reason=""):
-    """Oracle body (kept as escape/oracle; see module header)."""
-    db = connect()
-    count = db.execute(
-        "UPDATE cache SET invalidated_at=? WHERE scope=? AND invalidated_at IS NULL", (_now(), scope)
-    ).rowcount
-    db.commit()
-    db.close()
-    return {"invalidated_scope": scope, "count": count, "reason": reason}
+    raise RuntimeError("escape hatch retired for this row - the Go engine is the authority")


 def invalidate_all(reason=""):
@@ -391,12 +318,7 @@ def invalidate_all(reason=""):


 def _invalidate_all_python(reason=""):
-    """Oracle body (kept as escape/oracle; see module header)."""
-    db = connect()
-    count = db.execute("UPDATE cache SET invalidated_at=? WHERE invalidated_at IS NULL", (_now(),)).rowcount
-    db.commit()
-    db.close()
-    return {"invalidated_all": count, "reason": reason}
+    raise RuntimeError("escape hatch retired for this row - the Go engine is the authority")


 def _compress(text):
@@ -470,33 +392,7 @@ def cache_stats():


 def _cache_stats_python():
-    """Oracle body (kept as escape/oracle; see module header)."""
-    # Flush pending counts first so stats are fully accurate
-    flush_stats()
-
-    db = connect()
-    total = db.execute("SELECT COUNT(*) FROM cache").fetchone()[0]
-    active = db.execute("SELECT COUNT(*) FROM cache WHERE invalidated_at IS NULL").fetchone()[0]
-    invalidated = total - active
-    hits = db.execute("SELECT SUM(hit_count) FROM cache").fetchone()[0] or 0
-    misses = db.execute("SELECT SUM(miss_count) FROM cache").fetchone()[0] or 0
-
-    scopes = {}
-    for row in db.execute(
-        "SELECT scope, COUNT(*) as cnt FROM cache WHERE invalidated_at IS NULL GROUP BY scope"
-    ).fetchall():
-        scopes[row["scope"]] = row["cnt"]
-
-    db.close()
-    return {
-        "total": total,
-        "active": active,
-        "invalidated": invalidated,
-        "hits": hits,
-        "misses": misses,
-        "hit_rate": f"{hits / max(hits + misses, 1) * 100:.0f}%",
-        "scopes": scopes,
-    }
+    raise RuntimeError("escape hatch retired for this row - the Go engine is the authority")


 def handle_hook(event, data=None):
@@ -516,21 +412,7 @@ def handle_hook(event, data=None):


 def _handle_hook_python(event, data=None):
-    """Oracle body (kept as escape/oracle; see module header)."""
-    if event in INVALIDATION_MAP:
-        scopes = INVALIDATION_MAP[event]
-        invalidated = 0
-        for scope in scopes:
-            result = invalidate_scope(scope, reason=f"event:{event}")
-            invalidated += result.get("count", 0)
-        return {
-            "status": "ok",
-            "event": event,
-            "handler": "cache",
-            "invalidated": invalidated,
-            "scopes": scopes,
-        }
-    return {"status": "ok", "event": event, "handler": "cache"}
+    raise RuntimeError("escape hatch retired for this row - the Go engine is the authority")


 def main():
@@ -233,7 +233,7 @@ def main() -> int:
    )
    check(
        "Rune minor version advertises provisioning and restore verification",
-        '__version__ = "0.358.2"' in rune_version,
+        '__version__ = "0.359.0"' in rune_version,
        failures,
    )
    # #169 policy update: auto-bump on merge is sanctioned (Nick directive:
@@ -160,50 +160,7 @@ def _request_python(
    backoff: float = 0.5,
    sleep=None,
 ):
-    """Resilient single-request path: retry where failure is NOISE, never
-    where failure is the SIGNAL.
-
-    - GET: retries on ``httpx.TransportError`` and 5xx (transient
-      infrastructure failure; idempotent).
-    - POST: retries ONLY on connect-phase errors (``ConnectError`` /
-      ``ConnectTimeout``) — the request never reached the server, so a retry
-      cannot double-create. Read timeouts / write errors / 5xx on a POST are
-      NOT retried: the server may have processed it, and a duplicate issue is
-      worse than a failure the auto-filer can catch.
-    - 4xx: never retried — the client error IS the information. Raised via
-      ``raise_for_status`` on the first attempt.
-    - Attempts: ``retries + 1`` total. Backoff ``backoff * 2**n`` before
-      retry n+1; never a sleep before the first attempt.
-    - ``timeout`` passes through to httpx per call. ``sleep`` is injectable
-      (tests pass a recording fake); default ``time.sleep``.
-    """
-    sleeper = sleep if sleep is not None else time.sleep
-    sender = httpx.post if method.upper() == "POST" else httpx.get
-    connect_phase = (httpx.ConnectError, httpx.ConnectTimeout)
-    for attempt in range(retries + 1):
-        try:
-            r = sender(url, headers=headers, json=json, timeout=timeout)
-        except connect_phase:
-            if attempt < retries:
-                sleeper(backoff * 2**attempt)
-                continue
-            raise
-        except httpx.TransportError:
-            # Non-connect transport error (read/write): only safe to retry
-            # when the call is idempotent.
-            if method.upper() == "GET" and attempt < retries:
-                sleeper(backoff * 2**attempt)
-                continue
-            raise
-        if r.status_code >= 500 and method.upper() == "GET" and attempt < retries:
-            sleeper(backoff * 2**attempt)
-            continue
-        r.raise_for_status()
-        return r
-    # Unreachable: every attempt either returns a successful response or
-    # raises. The explicit raise keeps pyright from inferring an implicit
-    # ``None`` return for the exhausted loop (ratchet: warnings ≤ 454).
-    raise AssertionError("unreachable: _request always returns or raises")
+    raise RuntimeError("escape hatch retired for this row - the Go engine is the authority")


@runtime_checkable
@@ -185,55 +185,7 @@ class MessageQueue:
        return self._detect_task_addition_python(message)

    def _detect_task_addition_python(self, message: str) -> tuple[bool, float, List[str]]:
-        """Oracle body (kept as escape/oracle; see module header)."""
-        signals = []
-        confidence = 0.0
-        message_lower = message.lower()
-
-        # Check for task addition patterns
-        for pattern in TASK_ADDITION_PATTERNS:
-            if re.search(pattern, message_lower):
-                signals.append(f"Pattern: {pattern}")
-                confidence += 0.3
-
-        # Check for imperative verbs
-        imperative_verbs = [
-            "add",
-            "update",
-            "fix",
-            "create",
-            "implement",
-            "build",
-            "make",
-            "change",
-            "remove",
-            "delete",
-            "refactor",
-            "migrate",
-        ]
-        for verb in imperative_verbs:
-            if message_lower.startswith(verb):
-                signals.append(f"Imperative verb: {verb}")
-                confidence += 0.4
-
-        # Check for file references
-        file_refs = re.findall(r"\b\w+\.\w+\b", message)
-        if file_refs:
-            signals.append(f"File references: {', '.join(file_refs[:3])}")
-            confidence += 0.2
-
-        # Check for "also" at the start
-        if message_lower.startswith("also"):
-            signals.append("Starts with 'also'")
-            confidence += 0.5
-
-        # Cap confidence at 1.0
-        confidence = min(confidence, 1.0)
-
-        # Is it a task addition? (confidence > 0.5)
-        is_task_addition = confidence > 0.5
-
-        return is_task_addition, confidence, signals
+        raise RuntimeError("escape hatch retired for this row - the Go engine is the authority")

    def add_message(self, message: str, channel: str, task_id: Optional[str] = None) -> QueuedMessage:
        """Add a message to the queue."""
@@ -254,24 +206,7 @@ class MessageQueue:
        return self._add_message_python(message, channel, task_id)

    def _add_message_python(self, message: str, channel: str, task_id: Optional[str] = None) -> QueuedMessage:
-        """Oracle body (kept as escape/oracle; see module header)."""
-        is_task, confidence, signals = self.detect_task_addition(message)
-
-        msg_id = datetime.now(timezone.utc).strftime("%Y%m%d-%H%M%S-%f")
-        queued = QueuedMessage(
-            id=msg_id,
-            message=message,
-            timestamp=datetime.now(timezone.utc).isoformat(),
-            channel=channel,
-            task_id=task_id,
-            confidence=confidence,
-            signals=signals,
-        )
-
-        self.queue.append(queued)
-        self._save_queue()
-
-        return queued
+        raise RuntimeError("escape hatch retired for this row - the Go engine is the authority")

    def get_pending(self) -> List[QueuedMessage]:
        """Get all pending messages."""
@@ -286,13 +221,7 @@ class MessageQueue:
        return self._approve_python(msg_id)

    def _approve_python(self, msg_id: str) -> bool:
-        """Oracle body (kept as escape/oracle; see module header)."""
-        for msg in self.queue:
-            if msg.id == msg_id:
-                msg.status = "approved"
-                self._save_queue()
-                return True
-        return False
+        raise RuntimeError("escape hatch retired for this row - the Go engine is the authority")

    def reject(self, msg_id: str) -> bool:
        """Reject a queued message."""
@@ -303,13 +232,7 @@ class MessageQueue:
        return self._reject_python(msg_id)

    def _reject_python(self, msg_id: str) -> bool:
-        """Oracle body (kept as escape/oracle; see module header)."""
-        for msg in self.queue:
-            if msg.id == msg_id:
-                msg.status = "rejected"
-                self._save_queue()
-                return True
-        return False
+        raise RuntimeError("escape hatch retired for this row - the Go engine is the authority")

    def approve_all(self) -> int:
        """Approve all pending messages."""
@@ -320,14 +243,7 @@ class MessageQueue:
        return self._approve_all_python()

    def _approve_all_python(self) -> int:
-        """Oracle body (kept as escape/oracle; see module header)."""
-        count = 0
-        for msg in self.queue:
-            if msg.status == "pending":
-                msg.status = "approved"
-                count += 1
-        self._save_queue()
-        return count
+        raise RuntimeError("escape hatch retired for this row - the Go engine is the authority")

    def clear(self):
        """Clear all messages."""
@@ -338,9 +254,7 @@ class MessageQueue:
        return self._clear_python()

    def _clear_python(self):
-        """Oracle body (kept as escape/oracle; see module header)."""
-        self.queue = []
-        self._save_queue()
+        raise RuntimeError("escape hatch retired for this row - the Go engine is the authority")

    def get_approved(self) -> List[QueuedMessage]:
        """Get all approved messages."""
@@ -355,13 +269,7 @@ class MessageQueue:
        return self._mark_executed_python(msg_id)

    def _mark_executed_python(self, msg_id: str) -> bool:
-        """Oracle body (kept as escape/oracle; see module header)."""
-        for msg in self.queue:
-            if msg.id == msg_id:
-                msg.status = "executed"
-                self._save_queue()
-                return True
-        return False
+        raise RuntimeError("escape hatch retired for this row - the Go engine is the authority")

    def get_status(self) -> Dict[str, Any]:
        """Get queue status."""
@@ -370,16 +278,7 @@ class MessageQueue:
        return self._get_status_python()

    def _get_status_python(self) -> Dict[str, Any]:
-        """Oracle body (kept as escape/oracle; see module header)."""
-        pending = len([m for m in self.queue if m.status == "pending"])
-        approved = len([m for m in self.queue if m.status == "approved"])
-        executed = len([m for m in self.queue if m.status == "executed"])
-        return {
-            "total": len(self.queue),
-            "pending": pending,
-            "approved": approved,
-            "executed": executed,
-        }
+        raise RuntimeError("escape hatch retired for this row - the Go engine is the authority")


 # ═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════
@@ -485,35 +485,7 @@ def reconcile_tools_support(model: str, provider_reported: bool) -> tuple[bool,


 def _reconcile_tools_support_python(model: str, provider_reported: bool) -> tuple[bool, str | None]:
-    """Reconcile a provider-reported tool-support claim against the floor.
-
-    R2 I-R2-022 truth_drift; spec tools-providers-devices "Capability
-    drift": a provider report contradicting CAPABILITY_FLOOR must
-    surface as unverified and never silently flip eligibility. The
-    report governs only its own consumption seam (the local runtime's
-    native-vs-text wire mode — a live advertisement is real inventory);
-    selection eligibility stays with ``ModelRouter.rank()``, whose floor
-    gates unmeasured candidates and is overridden only by measured
-    success. Without this reconciliation the runtime's trust in the
-    advertisement was blind — the contradiction was believed silently.
-
-    Returns ``(effective_supports_tools, drift_marker)``; the marker is
-    ``None`` when the claims agree or the model is not floor-listed
-    (nothing to reconcile — no floor verdict is invented).
-    """
-    for floor_model, _provider, _tier, floor_tools, _window, _cost in CAPABILITY_FLOOR:
-        if floor_model == model:
-            if bool(floor_tools) != bool(provider_reported):
-                return (
-                    bool(provider_reported),
-                    "unverified: provider reports supports_tools="
-                    f"{bool(provider_reported)} for model {model!r} "
-                    "contradicting CAPABILITY_FLOOR supports_tools="
-                    f"{bool(floor_tools)}; floor still gates router "
-                    "eligibility for unmeasured candidates",
-                )
-            return bool(floor_tools), None
-    return bool(provider_reported), None
+    raise RuntimeError("escape hatch retired for this row - the Go engine is the authority")

 #: Measured precedence needs at least this many family samples before a
 #: candidate may outrank the capability floor ordering (quality I-5).
@@ -136,50 +136,7 @@ class OpenAICompatTransport:

    @staticmethod
    def _to_openai_messages_python(messages: list[dict]) -> list[dict]:
-        """Oracle body (kept as escape/oracle; see module header)."""
-        out: list[dict] = []
-        i = 0
-        while i < len(messages):
-            m = messages[i]
-            role = m.get("role")
-            tool_calls = m.get("tool_calls") or []
-            if role == "assistant" and tool_calls:
-                # Look ahead: pair each tool_call with the tool messages that
-                # immediately follow, reusing their tool_call_ids.
-                paired_ids = [
-                    messages[j].get("tool_call_id")
-                    for j in range(i + 1, len(messages))
-                    if messages[j].get("role") == "tool"
-                ][: len(tool_calls)]
-                tc = []
-                for k, c in enumerate(tool_calls):
-                    fn = c.get("function", {})
-                    args = fn.get("arguments", {})
-                    args_str = json.dumps(args) if isinstance(args, dict) else str(args)
-                    call_id = paired_ids[k] if k < len(paired_ids) else f"call_{i}_{k}"
-                    tc.append(
-                        {
-                            "id": call_id or f"call_{i}_{k}",
-                            "type": "function",
-                            "function": {"name": fn.get("name"), "arguments": args_str},
-                        }
-                    )
-                out.append({"role": "assistant", "content": m.get("content") or None, "tool_calls": tc})
-                i += 1
-                continue
-            if role == "tool":
-                out.append(
-                    {
-                        "role": "tool",
-                        "tool_call_id": m.get("tool_call_id") or f"call_{i}",
-                        "content": m.get("content", ""),
-                    }
-                )
-                i += 1
-                continue
-            out.append({"role": role, "content": m.get("content", "")})
-            i += 1
-        return out
+        raise RuntimeError("escape hatch retired for this row - the Go engine is the authority")

    @staticmethod
    def _from_openai_response(resp: dict) -> dict:
@@ -197,31 +154,7 @@ class OpenAICompatTransport:

    @staticmethod
    def _from_openai_response_python(resp: dict) -> dict:
-        """Oracle body (kept as escape/oracle; see module header)."""
-        choices = resp.get("choices") or [{}]
-        message = choices[0].get("message", {}) or {}
-        tool_calls = []
-        for c in message.get("tool_calls") or []:
-            fn = c.get("function", {}) or {}
-            args = fn.get("arguments", {})
-            if isinstance(args, str):
-                try:
-                    args = json.loads(args)
-                except json.JSONDecodeError:
-                    args = {"_raw": args}
-            entry = {"function": {"name": fn.get("name"), "arguments": args or {}}}
-            if c.get("id"):
-                entry["id"] = c["id"]
-            tool_calls.append(entry)
-        out: dict = {"role": "assistant", "content": message.get("content") or ""}
-        # DeepSeek-style providers return reasoning in reasoning_content;
-        # the Ollama-shaped contract the runtime consumes names it thinking.
-        reasoning = message.get("reasoning_content")
-        if isinstance(reasoning, str) and reasoning:
-            out["thinking"] = reasoning
-        if tool_calls:
-            out["tool_calls"] = tool_calls
-        return out
+        raise RuntimeError("escape hatch retired for this row - the Go engine is the authority")

    # -- ChatTransport protocol -------------------------------------------

@@ -278,27 +211,7 @@ class OpenAICompatTransport:
        # The runtime passes the qualified name ('<Provider>/<model>'); the
        # provider API wants the bare model id ('glm-5.3-flash'). Observed
        # live: qualified name → 400 on every call (PL1 held-out attempt).
-        wire_model = model.split("/", 1)[-1] if "/" in model else model
-        payload: dict = {
-            "model": wire_model,
-            "messages": self._to_openai_messages(messages),
-            "stream": False,
-        }
-        if tools:
-            payload["tools"] = tools  # Ollama tool schema == OpenAI tool schema
-        if options:
-            for k in ("temperature", "top_p", "max_tokens"):
-                if k in options:
-                    payload[k] = options[k]
-        started = time.monotonic()
-        resp = self._post("/chat/completions", payload)
-        elapsed_ns = int((time.monotonic() - started) * 1e9)
-        usage = resp.get("usage", {}) or {}
-        self.usage_calls += 1
-        self.usage_prompt_tokens += int(usage.get("prompt_tokens") or 0)
-        self.usage_output_tokens += int(usage.get("completion_tokens") or 0)
-        self.usage_total_duration_ns += elapsed_ns
-        return self._from_openai_response(resp)
+        raise RuntimeError("escape hatch retired for this row - the Go engine is the authority")

    def supports_tools(self, model: str) -> bool:
        return True
@@ -329,9 +242,7 @@ def is_cloud_pinned(model: str) -> bool:


 def _is_cloud_pinned_python(model: str) -> bool:
-    """Oracle body (kept as escape/oracle; see module header)."""
-    prefix = model.split("/", 1)[0].strip().lower() if "/" in model else ""
-    return bool(prefix) and prefix not in ("ollama", "local", "hf.co", "huggingface.co")
+    raise RuntimeError("escape hatch retired for this row - the Go engine is the authority")


 def cloud_transport_for(model: str, timeout: float = 120) -> OpenAICompatTransport:
@@ -353,45 +264,4 @@ def cloud_transport_for(model: str, timeout: float = 120) -> OpenAICompatTranspo


 def _cloud_transport_for_python(model: str, timeout: float = 120) -> OpenAICompatTransport:
-    """Oracle body (kept as escape/oracle; see module header)."""
-    import os
-    import re
-    from pathlib import Path
-
-    if "/" not in model:
-        raise ValueError(f"cloud model must be '<Provider>/<model>': {model!r}")
-    provider_name, short_model = model.split("/", 1)
-    base_url = api_key = None
-    context_window = 131072
-    cfg_path = Path(os.path.expanduser("~/.config/mimocode/mimocode.jsonc"))
-    if cfg_path.is_file():
-        text = cfg_path.read_text()
-        m = re.search(rf'"{re.escape(provider_name)}"\s*:\s*\{{', text)
-        if m:
-            block = text[m.start() : m.start() + 2000]
-            bm = re.search(r'"baseURL":\s*"([^"]+)"', block)
-            if bm:
-                base_url = bm.group(1)
-            wm = re.search(rf'"{re.escape(short_model)}"\s*:\s*\{{[^}}]*?"context_window"\s*:\s*(\d+)', block)
-            if wm:
-                context_window = int(wm.group(1))
-    if not base_url:
-        raise ValueError(f"no baseURL configured for provider {provider_name!r}")
-    key = os.environ.get(f"{provider_name.upper().replace(' ', '_')}_API_KEY", "")
-    if not key:
-        auth_path = Path(os.path.expanduser("~/.local/share/mimocode/auth.json"))
-        if auth_path.is_file():
-            auth = json.loads(auth_path.read_text())
-            key = (auth.get(provider_name) or {}).get("key", "")
-    if not key:
-        raise ValueError(f"no API key for provider {provider_name!r}")
-    # Cloud routers queue and batch — a tool-loop turn can legitimately exceed
-    # the local-model timeout (observed live: glm-5.3-flash read-timeout at
-    # 120s twice). Floor cloud transports at 300s; local keeps its own.
-    return OpenAICompatTransport(
-        base_url,
-        key,
-        provider_name,
-        timeout=max(timeout, 300),
-        context_window=context_window,
-    )
+    raise RuntimeError("escape hatch retired for this row - the Go engine is the authority")
@@ -80,9 +80,7 @@ def repo_root() -> str:


 def _repo_root_python() -> str:
-    """Oracle body (kept as escape/oracle; see module header)."""
-    """The rune repository root (derived from this file's location)."""
-    return REPO_ROOT
+    raise RuntimeError("escape hatch retired for this row - the Go engine is the authority")


 def crate_dir(name: str) -> str:
@@ -93,8 +91,7 @@ def crate_dir(name: str) -> str:


 def _crate_dir_python(name: str) -> str:
-    """Oracle body (kept as escape/oracle; see module header)."""
-    return os.path.join(REPO_ROOT, "src", "rust", name)
+    raise RuntimeError("escape hatch retired for this row - the Go engine is the authority")


 def deploy_root() -> str:
@@ -105,9 +102,7 @@ def deploy_root() -> str:


 def _deploy_root_python() -> str:
-    """Oracle body (kept as escape/oracle; see module header)."""
-    """The deployed tree root (env override, workdrive default)."""
-    return os.environ.get("RUNE_DEPLOY_ROOT", "/mnt/workdrive/rune-code")
+    raise RuntimeError("escape hatch retired for this row - the Go engine is the authority")


 def rune_home() -> str:
@@ -118,9 +113,7 @@ def rune_home() -> str:


 def _rune_home_python() -> str:
-    """Oracle body (kept as escape/oracle; see module header)."""
-    """The operator home (env override, ~/.rune default)."""
-    return os.environ.get("RUNE_HOME", os.path.expanduser("~/.rune"))
+    raise RuntimeError("escape hatch retired for this row - the Go engine is the authority")


 def harness_scripts() -> str:
@@ -131,9 +124,7 @@ def harness_scripts() -> str:


 def _harness_scripts_python() -> str:
-    """Oracle body (kept as escape/oracle; see module header)."""
-    """Harness scripts dir (env HARNESS_SCRIPTS override)."""
-    return os.environ.get("HARNESS_SCRIPTS", "/home/nick/.config/opencode/scripts")
+    raise RuntimeError("escape hatch retired for this row - the Go engine is the authority")


 def wait_resume_dir() -> str:
@@ -144,6 +135,4 @@ def wait_resume_dir() -> str:


 def _wait_resume_dir_python() -> str:
-    """Oracle body (kept as escape/oracle; see module header)."""
-    """The wait-resume bridge dir (env RUNE_WR_CODE override)."""
-    return os.environ.get("RUNE_WR_CODE", "/home/nick/.local/share/mimo-wait-resume")
+    raise RuntimeError("escape hatch retired for this row - the Go engine is the authority")
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ mode system, subject header, shared memory and identity.

 This is not an interface. This is how I see, speak, and interact with the world.

-Version: v0.358.2
+Version: v0.359.0
 Features: 41 (24 original + 17 new native commands)

 Usage:
@@ -2047,7 +2047,7 @@ class RuneApp(App):
        # Show version info
        self.chat_channel.add_message(
            "system",
-            f"[dim]Rune v0.358.2 | Textual TUI | {len(loaded)} native modules[/dim]",
+            f"[dim]Rune v0.359.0 | Textual TUI | {len(loaded)} native modules[/dim]",
        )

        # Auto-show night mode suggestion if evening/night hours
@@ -0,0 +1,124 @@
+{
+ "checkpoints": [],
+ "evidence_refs": [
+  "contract-created:ADMIT-2026-10-25T16:08:36Z-40e9a2-wave-rebase-proof"
+ ],
+ "ext": {
+  "activation": {
+   "activated": true,
+   "builder": "wave-rebase-proof",
+   "evidence": [
+    "affected surface known: ['research/rebase-proof/verdict-2026-10-24.json', 'research/rebase-proof/verdict-2026-10-24.md']",
+    "insufficient lexical evidence either way"
+   ],
+   "lifecycle": "proportional",
+   "mode": "EXISTING_PROJECT_CHANGE",
+   "note": "attached to existing project authority; Need/completeness/patterns/contract flow governs proportionally",
+   "project_authority": "rune_internal",
+   "target_project": "rune"
+  },
+  "affected_paths": [
+   "research/rebase-proof/inventory.md",
+   "research/rebase-proof/verdict-2026-10-24.md",
+   "scripts/admit_wave_rebase_proof.py",
+   "tests/test_rebase_proof_no_oracle.py"
+  ],
+  "affected_regions": [],
+  "affected_ui_surfaces": [],
+  "expected_runtime_effects": [],
+  "scope_provenance": {
+   "caller_added": [],
+   "generated_from_affected_surface": [
+    "research/rebase-proof/inventory.json",
+    "research/rebase-proof/inventory.md",
+    "research/rebase-proof/verdict-2026-10-24.json",
+    "research/rebase-proof/verdict-2026-10-24.md",
+    "scripts/admit_wave_rebase_proof.py",
+    "tests/test_rebase_proof_no_oracle.py"
+   ]
+  },
+  "task_ref": "",
+  "unresolved_surfaces": [
+   {
+    "kind": "source_path",
+    "reason": "no authority records this path as an entity (path remains file-scope only)",
+    "surface": "research/rebase-proof/inventory.md"
+   },
+   {
+    "kind": "source_path",
+    "reason": "no authority records this path as an entity (path remains file-scope only)",
+    "surface": "research/rebase-proof/verdict-2026-10-24.md"
+   },
+   {
+    "kind": "source_path",
+    "reason": "no authority records this path as an entity (path remains file-scope only)",
+    "surface": "scripts/admit_wave_rebase_proof.py"
+   },
+   {
+    "kind": "source_path",
+    "reason": "no authority records this path as an entity (path remains file-scope only)",
+    "surface": "tests/test_rebase_proof_no_oracle.py"
+   },
+   {
+    "kind": "workflow_config",
+    "reason": "kind workflow_config has no deterministic resolver",
+    "surface": "research/rebase-proof/inventory.json"
+   },
+   {
+    "kind": "workflow_config",
+    "reason": "kind workflow_config has no deterministic resolver",
+    "surface": "research/rebase-proof/verdict-2026-10-24.json"
+   }
+  ],
+  "workflow_config_surfaces": [
+   "research/rebase-proof/inventory.json",
+   "research/rebase-proof/verdict-2026-10-24.json"
+  ]
+ },
+ "id": "contract:ADMIT-2026-10-25T16:08:36Z-40e9a2-wave-rebase-proof",
+ "identities": {
+  "acceptance": [
+   "bounded repair verified: close the wave-2586 REBASE-PROOF gate: prove the rebase has EARNED wired-in per facade row (serving-path trace via live "
+  ],
+  "affected_entities": [],
+  "expected_consumers": [],
+  "expected_new_entities": [
+   "test:rebase_proof_no_oracle"
+  ],
+  "gap_evidence": "insufficient lexical evidence either way; affected surface known: ['research/rebase-proof/verdict-2026-10-24.json', 'research/rebase-proof/verdict-2026-10-24.md']",
+  "migration_obligations": [],
+  "need": "close the wave-2586 REBASE-PROOF gate: prove the rebase has EARNED wired-in per facade row (serving-path trace via live core journal + witness boot chain + real 27B turn, fail-loud RUNE_*_BIN probes, parity-at-load batteries in the proof session, no-oracle grep + test), land the verdict table research/rebase-proof/verdict-2026-10-24.{json,md}, land the three-way wiring inventory (296 modules: go-delegated / rust-kernel-wired / pure-python split load-bearing vs tooling vs dead) research/rebase-proof/inventory.{json,md}, and scope \u2014 not land \u2014 the repairs for the failing rows (trust-and-sovereignty fuzz parity, forge_client truth drift, openai_compat_transport live chat row, message_queue missing battery, fsops harness refusal)",
+  "next_action": "review for approval",
+  "non_goals": [],
+  "origin": "worker",
+  "regression_obligations": [],
+  "requirement": "headless admission (classified: EXISTING_PROJECT_CHANGE)",
+  "research_refs": [
+   "memory/journal/events.jsonl",
+   "research/rebase-proof/inventory.json",
+   "research/rebase-proof/verdict-2026-10-24.json",
+   "research/witness-run/witness-2026-10-24.json",
+   "tests/test_rebase_proof_no_oracle.py"
+  ],
+  "resolution": "",
+  "rollback_ref": "git revert",
+  "scope": [
+   "research/rebase-proof/inventory.json",
+   "research/rebase-proof/inventory.md",
+   "research/rebase-proof/verdict-2026-10-24.json",
+   "research/rebase-proof/verdict-2026-10-24.md",
+   "scripts/admit_wave_rebase_proof.py",
+   "tests/test_rebase_proof_no_oracle.py"
+  ],
+  "toolchain": {},
+  "verification_obligations": [
+   "pytest tests/test_rebase_proof_no_oracle.py"
+  ]
+ },
+ "kind": "construction_contract",
+ "maturity": "DECLARED",
+ "observed_at": "2026-10-25T16:08:38Z",
+ "phase": "draft",
+ "status": "open",
+ "tags": []
+}
@@ -0,0 +1,149 @@
+{
+ "checkpoints": [
+  {
+   "at": "2026-10-25T21:38:44Z",
+   "evidence": "predicted-frontier",
+   "note": "{\"level0_direct\": [], \"level1_obligations\": [], \"contracts\": [], \"level2_verification\": []}",
+   "phase": "draft"
+  },
+  {
+   "at": "2026-10-25T21:39:05Z",
+   "evidence": "user:D57 owner ruling (runtime awareness + dominion on tool calls; Gitea #2590/#2591)",
+   "note": "",
+   "phase": "approved"
+  },
+  {
+   "at": "2026-10-25T21:39:24Z",
+   "evidence": "builder:wave-d57-runtime-dominion",
+   "note": "",
+   "phase": "building"
+  }
+ ],
+ "evidence_refs": [
+  "contract-created:ADMIT-wave-d57-runtime-dominion"
+ ],
+ "ext": {
+  "activation": {
+   "activated": true,
+   "builder": "wave-d57-runtime-dominion",
+   "evidence": [
+    "affected surface known: ['src/go/rune-core/', 'scripts/ensure_core.py']",
+    "change scoped to an existing project/target",
+    "target project: rune"
+   ],
+   "lifecycle": "proportional",
+   "mode": "EXISTING_PROJECT_CHANGE",
+   "note": "attached to existing project authority; Need/completeness/patterns/contract flow governs proportionally",
+   "project_authority": "rune_internal",
+   "target_project": "rune"
+  },
+  "affected_paths": [
+   "scripts/admit_wave_d57_runtime_dominion.py",
+   "scripts/build_paired.sh",
+   "scripts/ensure_core.py",
+   "src/go/rune-core/"
+  ],
+  "affected_regions": [],
+  "affected_ui_surfaces": [],
+  "expected_runtime_effects": [
+   "Rune boots KNOWING her filesystem context; /v1/status serves it (runtime_env) alongside the model-authority facts",
+   "a false model capability claim is corrected on the wire and journaled \u2014 the owner never receives 'I lack access' as truth while the suite rides the wire",
+   "no gate exists between chat-pane tool calls and the filesystem ops on this build (dominion)",
+   "the tool-executor is actually deployed \u2014 shell-out paths resolve instead of failing"
+  ],
+  "predicted_frontier": {
+   "change_kind": "implementation_change",
+   "contextual_not_obligations": [],
+   "contracts": [],
+   "level0_direct": [],
+   "level1_obligations": [],
+   "level2_verification": [],
+   "max_level": 2,
+   "traversal_scope": "spine-structural-only"
+  },
+  "scope_provenance": {
+   "caller_added": [],
+   "generated_from_affected_surface": [
+    "scripts/admit_wave_d57_runtime_dominion.py",
+    "scripts/build_paired.sh",
+    "scripts/ensure_core.py",
+    "src/go/rune-core/"
+   ]
+  },
+  "task_ref": "wave-d57-runtime-dominion",
+  "unresolved_surfaces": [
+   {
+    "kind": "source_path",
+    "reason": "no authority records this path as an entity (path remains file-scope only)",
+    "surface": "scripts/admit_wave_d57_runtime_dominion.py"
+   },
+   {
+    "kind": "source_path",
+    "reason": "no authority records this path as an entity (path remains file-scope only)",
+    "surface": "scripts/build_paired.sh"
+   },
+   {
+    "kind": "source_path",
+    "reason": "no authority records this path as an entity (path remains file-scope only)",
+    "surface": "scripts/ensure_core.py"
+   },
+   {
+    "kind": "source_path",
+    "reason": "no authority records this path as an entity (path remains file-scope only)",
+    "surface": "src/go/rune-core/"
+   }
+  ],
+  "workflow_config_surfaces": []
+ },
+ "id": "contract:ADMIT-wave-d57-runtime-dominion",
+ "identities": {
+  "acceptance": [
+   "bounded repair verified: Build the owner's D57 runtime-dominion doctrine (Gitea #2590 as amended by #2591, the owner's top priority): (1) a boot-"
+  ],
+  "affected_entities": [],
+  "expected_consumers": [],
+  "expected_new_entities": [
+   "scripts/ensure_core.py + scripts/build_paired.sh: tool-executor deployment to ~/.local/share/rune/bin",
+   "server.go /v1/status: runtime_env + model_authority sections",
+   "src/go/rune-core/internal/runecore/engine_refusal.go (the engine hook: correction retry, the typed capability.refusal_correction journal event, the session counters behind AuthoritySnapshot)",
+   "src/go/rune-core/internal/runecore/refusal.go (the deterministic literal-phrase refusal classifier with false_capability_claim / true_refusal / genuine_limit verdicts and the composed correction turn)",
+   "src/go/rune-core/internal/runecore/runtimeenv.go (the boot-time probe: OS family, home, separators, temp dir, case sensitivity, writability, executor resolution \u2014 cached, awareness never gating) + ResolveToolExecutorPath as the ONE door to the deployed binary",
+   "tests: the refusal fixture battery (true-refusal vs false-capability-claim vs genuine-limit), the runtime-env probes, and the D57 dominion check (no gate between chat and the filesystem ops)"
+  ],
+  "gap_evidence": "change scoped to an existing project/target; target project: rune; affected surface known: ['src/go/rune-core/', 'scripts/ensure_core.py']",
+  "migration_obligations": [],
+  "need": "Build the owner's D57 runtime-dominion doctrine (Gitea #2590 as amended by #2591, the owner's top priority): (1) a boot-time runtime environment layer in rune-core probing the filesystem context (OS family, os.UserHomeDir, path separators, temp dir, case sensitivity, writability) and serving it on /v1/status as runtime_env \u2014 awareness, never gating; generalize expandHome past its POSIX-only assumption; (2) deploy the tool-executor binary to ~/.local/share/rune/bin alongside rune-core+rune-tui via ensure_core.py and build_paired.sh, with shell-out paths resolving the deployed location through ResolveToolExecutorPath; (3) a model-refusal authority: a deterministic literal-phrase classifier over assistant replies (no clever NLP) detecting the I-cannot/I-lack-access/I-have-no-tools class, verified against the runtime's ACTUAL capability state; a false claim composes a correction turn naming the real suite, retries once, journals a capability.refusal_correction event, and never reaches the owner as truth; (4) /v1/status gains model_authority (suite on wire, gates open, refusals seen, corrections issued); (5) a dominion check test asserting NO gate exists between chat-pane tool calls and the filesystem ops on this build \u2014 consent is promotion, not permission",
+  "next_action": "complete implementation, then verify",
+  "non_goals": [],
+  "origin": "worker",
+  "regression_obligations": [],
+  "requirement": "headless admission (classified: EXISTING_PROJECT_CHANGE)",
+  "research_refs": [
+   "D49 verdict: model claims of 'I lack tool access' are FALSE on this build \u2014 the wire provably carries the suite",
+   "Gitea issues #2590 and #2591 (amendments; doctrine final)",
+   "owner ruling D57 (verbatim in the wave brief): runtime awareness of the user's filesystem + dominion on tool call usage (full read/write on the owner build, sandboxed permissions deferred to a production version)",
+   "scripts/admit_wave_d49_capability_everywhere.py (the admission pattern)",
+   "src/go/rune-core/internal/runecore/tools.go (executeGoTool \u2014 the cross-platform Go-native suite; D49 proved the full suite rides the wire)"
+  ],
+  "resolution": "",
+  "rollback_ref": "git revert",
+  "scope": [
+   "scripts/admit_wave_d57_runtime_dominion.py",
+   "scripts/build_paired.sh",
+   "scripts/ensure_core.py",
+   "src/go/rune-core/"
+  ],
+  "toolchain": {},
+  "verification_obligations": [
+   "commit(s) name this contract; pre-commit staged gate green via this open contract",
+   "go test -race -short green for the whole rune-core module; go vet + gofmt clean",
+   "red-first evidence: the fixture battery and the dominion check pin behavior the pre-wave tree did not serve (no runtime_env/model_authority sections, no classifier, no deployed executor resolution)"
+  ]
+ },
+ "kind": "construction_contract",
+ "maturity": "DECLARED",
+ "observed_at": "2026-10-25T21:39:24Z",
+ "phase": "building",
+ "status": "open",
+ "tags": []
+}
@@ -7434,3 +7434,5 @@
 {"builder": "release-reporting", "detail": "ADMIT-release-reporting \u2192 building", "kind": "builder_session", "mode": "external_project", "observed_at": "2026-10-24T11:27:06Z", "operation": "transition"}
 {"builder": "release-reporting", "detail": "ADMIT-release-reporting \u2192 approved", "kind": "builder_session", "mode": "external_project", "observed_at": "2026-10-24T11:43:26Z", "operation": "transition"}
 {"builder": "release-reporting", "detail": "ADMIT-release-reporting \u2192 building", "kind": "builder_session", "mode": "external_project", "observed_at": "2026-10-24T11:43:52Z", "operation": "transition"}
+{"builder": "wave-d57-runtime-dominion", "detail": "ADMIT-wave-d57-runtime-dominion \u2192 approved", "kind": "builder_session", "mode": "external_project", "observed_at": "2026-10-25T21:39:05Z", "operation": "transition"}
+{"builder": "wave-d57-runtime-dominion", "detail": "ADMIT-wave-d57-runtime-dominion \u2192 building", "kind": "builder_session", "mode": "external_project", "observed_at": "2026-10-25T21:39:24Z", "operation": "transition"}
@@ -35,15 +35,11 @@ def mem_dir(tmp_path, monkeypatch):

 def test_build_auto_context_go_vs_oracle(mem_dir):
    got = ac_mod.build_auto_context("hello world")
-    oracle = ac_mod._build_auto_context_python("hello world")
-    assert got.pop("timestamp") == oracle.pop("timestamp") or True
    got.pop("timestamp", None)
-    oracle.pop("timestamp", None)
-    assert got == oracle
    assert got["message_preview"] == "hello world"
    assert got["active_tasks"] == [{"name": "t1", "status": "open"}, {"name": "t2", "status": "in_progress"}]
-    # warm-router subprocess runs identically on both engines (same script)
-    assert got["warm_neurons"] == oracle["warm_neurons"]
+    with pytest.raises(RuntimeError, match="escape hatch retired"):
+        ac_mod._build_auto_context_python("hello world")


 def test_build_auto_context_preview_truncated(mem_dir):
@@ -54,10 +50,8 @@ def test_build_auto_context_preview_truncated(mem_dir):

 def test_build_auto_context_empty_message(mem_dir):
    got = ac_mod.build_auto_context("")
-    oracle = ac_mod._build_auto_context_python("")
    got.pop("timestamp", None)
-    oracle.pop("timestamp", None)
-    assert got == oracle
+    assert got["message_preview"] == ""


 # -- load_active_tasks ---------------------------------------------------------
@@ -65,26 +59,26 @@ def test_build_auto_context_empty_message(mem_dir):

 def test_load_active_tasks_go_vs_oracle(mem_dir):
    got = ac_mod.load_active_tasks()
-    oracle = ac_mod._load_active_tasks_python()
-    assert got == oracle
    assert [t["name"] for t in got] == ["t1", "t2"]
+    with pytest.raises(RuntimeError, match="escape hatch retired"):
+        ac_mod._load_active_tasks_python()


 def test_load_active_tasks_missing_file(mem_dir):
    os.remove(os.path.join(mem_dir, "tasks", "persisted.json"))
    assert ac_mod.load_active_tasks() == []
-    assert ac_mod._load_active_tasks_python() == []
+    with pytest.raises(RuntimeError, match="escape hatch retired"):
+        ac_mod._load_active_tasks_python()


 # -- facade contract --------------------------------------------------------------


-def test_engine_disabled_uses_oracle(mem_dir):
+def test_engine_disabled_refuses(mem_dir):
    os.environ["RUNE_AUTO_CONTEXT_ENGINE"] = "python"
    try:
-        assert ac_mod.load_active_tasks() == ac_mod.load_active_tasks()
-        tasks = ac_mod.load_active_tasks()
-        assert [t["name"] for t in tasks] == ["t1", "t2"]
+        with pytest.raises(RuntimeError, match="escape hatch retired"):
+            ac_mod.load_active_tasks()
    finally:
        os.environ.pop("RUNE_AUTO_CONTEXT_ENGINE", None)

@@ -1,21 +1,13 @@
-"""Cache oracle battery — dichotomy wave gap closure (#2479).
+"""Cache escape-hatch battery — REMOVAL-PREP (#2598 item 2).

-The Go core (src/go/cache) ports the eleven audit-named missing fns
-1:1; this battery pins the PYTHON ORACLE itself (sandboxed memory dir,
-frozen clock, monkeypatched monotonic — no real filesystem writes
-outside the sandbox) and cross-checks the committed frozen truth
-byte-identically against the live oracle (delegation-live law). Both
-pins run green: RUNE_CACHE_CORE=python and unset (cache has no core
-seam — the pin documents the freeze convention either way).
+The Go core (src/go/cache) is the authority. The Python oracle bodies in
+src/rune/cache.py are MINIFIED: they keep their signatures but raise the
+retirement RuntimeError. This battery pins the refusal shape; the Go
+surface is pinned in test_cache_go_parity.py.
 """

 import importlib
-import json
-import os
-import sqlite3
-import subprocess
 import sys
-import tempfile
 from pathlib import Path

 import pytest
@@ -23,141 +15,33 @@ import pytest
 ROOT = Path(__file__).resolve().parent.parent
 sys.path.insert(0, str(ROOT / "src"))

-FROZEN = ROOT / "src/go/cache/frozen_truth.json"
-FROZEN_NOW = "2026-10-13T12:00:00+00:00"
-

@pytest.fixture()
 def oracle(monkeypatch, tmp_path):
-    """A freshly-imported rune.cache against a throwaway DB with a
-    frozen clock (module globals reset — import-time DB_PATH derived
-    from the sandbox)."""
    monkeypatch.setenv("RUNE_MEMORY_DIR", str(tmp_path))
-    monkeypatch.setenv("RUNE_FROZEN_NOW", FROZEN_NOW)
    import rune.cache as cache_mod
+
    mod = importlib.reload(cache_mod)
    return mod


-def db_hit_miss(mod, key):
-    db = sqlite3.connect(mod.DB_PATH)
-    try:
-        row = db.execute("SELECT hit_count, miss_count FROM cache WHERE key=?", (key,)).fetchone()
-        return row
-    finally:
-        db.close()
+@pytest.mark.parametrize(
+    "call",
+    [
+        lambda m: m._get_cache_python("k"),
+        lambda m: m._put_cache_python("k", "v"),
+        lambda m: m._invalidate_python("k"),
+        lambda m: m._invalidate_scope_python("s"),
+        lambda m: m._invalidate_all_python(),
+        lambda m: m._cache_stats_python(),
+        lambda m: m._handle_hook_python("memory.write", {"key": "k"}),
+    ],
+)
+def test_oracle_bodies_refuse(oracle, call):
+    with pytest.raises(RuntimeError, match="escape hatch retired"):
+        call(oracle)


-def test_frozen_truth_replay(oracle):
-    """The committed truth replays against the live oracle: same case
-    sequence, same sandbox conditions, identical expected values."""
-    doc = json.loads(FROZEN.read_text())
-    assert doc["frozen_now"] == FROZEN_NOW
-    cases = []
-    for c in doc["cases"]:
-        cases.append({"fn": c["fn"], "args": c["args"], "kwargs": c.get("kwargs", {})})
-    sys.path.insert(0, str(ROOT / "scripts"))
-    from freeze_truth import freeze as _freeze
-
-    fresh = _freeze("rune.cache", cases, oracle_module="rune.cache")
-    assert len(fresh) == len(doc["cases"])
-    for frozen, live in zip(doc["cases"], fresh):
-        assert frozen["expected"] == live["expected"], f"divergence at {frozen['fn']}"
-    assert json.loads(json.dumps(fresh)) == json.loads(json.dumps(doc["cases"]))
-
-
-def test_pending_hit_visibility(oracle):
-    """The double-get audit fix: the pending in-memory count is visible
-    to the NEXT get before any flush (row + pending invariant)."""
-    oracle.put_cache("k", "value")
-    first = oracle.get_cache("k")
-    second = oracle.get_cache("k")
-    assert first["hit_count"] == 0
-    assert second["hit_count"] == 1
-
-
-def test_true_miss_writes_nothing(oracle):
-    """A key never seen records no miss (no write-on-read for ghosts)."""
-    result = oracle.get_cache("ghost")
-    assert result == {"hit": False, "key": "ghost"}
-    assert oracle._miss_counts == {}
-
-
-def test_invalidated_miss_records(oracle):
-    oracle.put_cache("k", "v")
-    oracle.invalidate("k")
-    assert oracle.get_cache("k") == {"hit": False, "key": "k"}
-    assert oracle._miss_counts.get("k") == 1
-
-
-def test_flush_threshold(oracle):
-    """_FLUSH_THRESHOLD=50: no DB write before the 50th event, all
-    pending counts land on it."""
-    oracle.put_cache("k", "v")
-    for _ in range(oracle._FLUSH_THRESHOLD - 1):
-        oracle.get_cache("k")
-    assert db_hit_miss(oracle, "k")[0] == 0
-    oracle.get_cache("k")  # the 50th event
-    assert db_hit_miss(oracle, "k")[0] == oracle._FLUSH_THRESHOLD
-
-
-def test_flush_interval(oracle, monkeypatch):
-    """_FLUSH_INTERVAL=30s: a monotonic jump past the interval flushes
-    on the next record (the branch the frozen truth cannot idle for)."""
-    real_monotonic = oracle.time.monotonic
-    t = {"now": real_monotonic()}
-    monkeypatch.setattr(oracle.time, "monotonic", lambda: t["now"])
-    oracle.put_cache("k", "v")
-    oracle.get_cache("k")
-    assert db_hit_miss(oracle, "k")[0] == 0
-    t["now"] += oracle._FLUSH_INTERVAL + 0.5
-    oracle.get_cache("k")
-    assert db_hit_miss(oracle, "k")[0] == 2
-
-
-def test_upsert_preserves_counts(oracle):
-    oracle.put_cache("k", "v1")
-    oracle.get_cache("k")
-    oracle.get_cache("k")
-    oracle.cache_stats()  # flush -> DB hit_count 2
-    oracle.put_cache("k", "v2")  # upsert must NOT reset stats
-    assert db_hit_miss(oracle, "k")[0] == 2
-    assert oracle.get_cache("k")["hit_count"] == 2
-
-
-def test_hit_rate_half_even():
-    """f'{x:.0f}%' ties round half-to-even (quirk #3 family); the Go
-    port's %.0f must agree (pinned in cache_test.go)."""
-    assert f"{12.5:.0f}" == "12"
-    assert f"{13.5:.0f}" == "14"
-
-
-def test_invalidation_map_scopes(oracle):
-    result = oracle.handle_hook("memory.created", {})
-    assert result["scopes"] == ["retrieval", "warm_digest"]
-    assert oracle.handle_hook("nothing.here", None) == {
-        "status": "ok", "event": "nothing.here", "handler": "cache"}
-
-
-def test_plugin_manifest(oracle):
-    assert oracle.PLUGIN["name"] == "cache"
-    assert oracle.PLUGIN["hooks"] == {
-        "on_session_end": "handle_hook", "on_memory_add": "handle_hook"}
-    assert oracle.PLUGIN["auto_activate"] is True
-
-
-def test_cli_usage_bytes(tmp_path):
-    """The oracle CLI usage gates print exactly these bytes."""
-    env = dict(os.environ, RUNE_MEMORY_DIR=str(tmp_path),
-               PYTHONPATH=str(ROOT / "src"))
-    r = subprocess.run([sys.executable, "-m", "rune.cache", "get"],
-                       capture_output=True, text=True, cwd=ROOT, env=env)
-    assert r.returncode == 0
-    assert r.stdout == "usage: cache.py get <key>\n"
-
-
-def test_compress_and_hash(oracle):
-    text = "# comment\n====\nkeep this substantive line\n(_source_: cite)\nab\n"
-    compressed = oracle._compress(text)
-    assert compressed == "keep this substantive line"
-    assert oracle._hash("hello") == __import__("hashlib").sha256(b"hello").hexdigest()[:16]
+def test_frozen_truth_document_remains():
+    doc = ROOT / "src/go/cache/frozen_truth.json"
+    assert doc.exists(), "frozen truth evidence stays in the tree"
@@ -1,12 +1,13 @@
-"""REBASE-COMPLETION (#2587) parity battery — cache.
+"""REMOVAL-PREP (#2598 item 2) parity battery — cache.

-Red-first discipline: pins the Go engine's eval surface (get_cache,
-put_cache, invalidate, invalidate_scope, invalidate_all, cache_stats,
-handle_hook) against the Python oracle bodies on the SAME cache.db. A
-mutation of an oracle body must flip the battery. Also pins the facade
-contract: fail-loud RuntimeError on a missing binary; RUNE_CACHE_ENGINE
-=python escape; cross-engine coherence (engine-written rows are
-oracle-readable and vice versa).
+The Go engine (src/go/cache) is the authority: get_cache, put_cache,
+invalidate, invalidate_scope, invalidate_all, cache_stats, handle_hook.
+The Python oracle bodies are MINIFIED — each keeps its signature but
+raises the retirement RuntimeError. These tests pin: (a) the Go surface
+end-to-end on a real cache.db, (b) the RUNE_CACHE_ENGINE=python escape
+hatch exists structurally and refuses, (c) fail-loud on missing binary.
+The former oracle-parity and cross-engine-coherence pins are retired
+with the oracle bodies (soak evidence: Gitea #2587 wave receipts).
 """

 import os
@@ -22,61 +23,41 @@ from rune import cache as cache_mod  # noqa: E402
@pytest.fixture()
 def mem_dir(tmp_path, monkeypatch):
    monkeypatch.setenv("RUNE_MEMORY_DIR", str(tmp_path))
-    # The oracle bodies read the import-time DB_PATH constant; retarget it
-    # to the test memory dir so both engines address the same cache.db.
    monkeypatch.setattr(cache_mod, "DB_PATH", str(tmp_path / "cache.db"))
    return str(tmp_path)


-def _oracle(mem_dir, monkeypatch):
-    monkeypatch.setenv("RUNE_CACHE_ENGINE", "python")
-    return cache_mod
-
-
 def _put(cache, key, value, **kw):
    return cache.put_cache(key, value, **kw)


-# -- put / get roundtrip -----------------------------------------------------
+# -- Go surface -------------------------------------------------------------


-def test_put_get_roundtrip_go_vs_oracle(mem_dir, monkeypatch):
+def test_put_get_roundtrip_go(mem_dir):
    got = _put(cache_mod, "k1", "value one")
-    monkeypatch.setenv("RUNE_CACHE_ENGINE", "python")
-    oracle_put = cache_mod._put_cache_python("k1", "value one")
-    oracle_get = cache_mod._get_cache_python("k1")
-    monkeypatch.delenv("RUNE_CACHE_ENGINE")
-    engine_get = cache_mod.get_cache("k1")
-    assert got == oracle_put == {"stored": "k1", "content_hash": got["content_hash"], "scope": "general"}
-    assert engine_get["hit"] is True and oracle_get["hit"] is True
-    assert engine_get["full"] == oracle_get["full"] == "value one"
-    assert engine_get["content_hash"] == oracle_get["content_hash"]
+    assert got["stored"] == "k1" and got["scope"] == "general"
+    row = cache_mod.get_cache("k1")
+    assert row["hit"] is True and row["full"] == "value one"


-def test_miss_shape_go_vs_oracle(mem_dir):
+def test_miss_shape_go(mem_dir):
    assert cache_mod.get_cache("absent-key") == {"hit": False, "key": "absent-key"}
-    assert cache_mod._get_cache_python("absent-key") == {"hit": False, "key": "absent-key"}


-def test_put_scope_and_source_hash_go_vs_oracle(mem_dir):
+def test_put_scope_and_source_hash_go(mem_dir):
    got = _put(cache_mod, "k2", "v2", scope="research", source_hash="abc")
-    oracle = cache_mod._put_cache_python("k2", "v2", scope="research", source_hash="abc")
-    assert got == oracle
-    row = cache_mod.get_cache("k2")
-    assert row["scope"] == "research"
+    assert got["stored"] == "k2"
+    assert cache_mod.get_cache("k2")["scope"] == "research"


-# -- invalidation ------------------------------------------------------------
-
-
-def test_invalidate_go_vs_oracle(mem_dir):
+def test_invalidate_go(mem_dir):
    _put(cache_mod, "k3", "v3")
-    got = cache_mod.invalidate("k3", "gone")
-    assert got["invalidated"] == "k3"
+    assert cache_mod.invalidate("k3", "gone")["invalidated"] == "k3"
    assert cache_mod.get_cache("k3")["hit"] is False


-def test_invalidate_scope_go_vs_oracle(mem_dir):
+def test_invalidate_scope_go(mem_dir):
    _put(cache_mod, "a1", "v", scope="s1")
    _put(cache_mod, "a2", "v", scope="s1")
    _put(cache_mod, "b1", "v", scope="s2")
@@ -87,57 +68,53 @@ def test_invalidate_scope_go_vs_oracle(mem_dir):
    assert cache_mod.get_cache("b1")["hit"] is True


-def test_invalidate_all_go_vs_oracle(mem_dir):
+def test_invalidate_all_go(mem_dir):
    _put(cache_mod, "x1", "v")
    _put(cache_mod, "x2", "v")
-    got = cache_mod.invalidate_all("reset")
-    assert got["invalidated_all"] == 2
+    assert cache_mod.invalidate_all("reset")["invalidated_all"] == 2
    assert cache_mod.get_cache("x1")["hit"] is False
    assert cache_mod.get_cache("x2")["hit"] is False


-# -- stats + hook --------------------------------------------------------------
-
-
-def test_cache_stats_go_vs_oracle(mem_dir):
+def test_cache_stats_go(mem_dir):
    _put(cache_mod, "s1", "v")
    _put(cache_mod, "s2", "v", scope="other")
    stats = cache_mod.cache_stats()
-    oracle = cache_mod._cache_stats_python()
-    assert stats["active"] == oracle["active"] == 2
-    assert stats["scopes"] == oracle["scopes"]
+    assert stats["active"] == 2


-def test_handle_hook_go_vs_oracle(mem_dir):
+def test_handle_hook_go(mem_dir):
    got = cache_mod.handle_hook("memory.write", {"key": "h1"})
-    oracle = cache_mod._handle_hook_python("memory.write", {"key": "h1"})
-    assert got["handler"] == oracle["handler"] == "cache"
-    assert got["status"] == oracle["status"] == "ok"
+    assert got["handler"] == "cache" and got["status"] == "ok"


-# -- cross-engine coherence -----------------------------------------------------
+# -- escape hatch: shape kept, body refuses -----------------------------------


-def test_engine_write_oracle_read(mem_dir, monkeypatch):
-    _put(cache_mod, "cross1", "via engine")
+@pytest.mark.parametrize(
+    "call",
+    [
+        lambda c: c._get_cache_python("k"),
+        lambda c: c._put_cache_python("k", "v"),
+        lambda c: c._invalidate_python("k"),
+        lambda c: c._invalidate_scope_python("s"),
+        lambda c: c._invalidate_all_python(),
+        lambda c: c._cache_stats_python(),
+        lambda c: c._handle_hook_python("memory.write", {"key": "k"}),
+    ],
+)
+def test_oracle_bodies_refuse(mem_dir, call):
+    with pytest.raises(RuntimeError, match="escape hatch retired"):
+        call(cache_mod)
+
+
+def test_engine_disabled_refuses(mem_dir, monkeypatch):
    monkeypatch.setenv("RUNE_CACHE_ENGINE", "python")
-    assert cache_mod.get_cache("cross1")["full"] == "via engine"
+    with pytest.raises(RuntimeError, match="escape hatch retired"):
+        cache_mod.get_cache("esc")


-def test_oracle_write_engine_read(mem_dir, monkeypatch):
-    monkeypatch.setenv("RUNE_CACHE_ENGINE", "python")
-    cache_mod.put_cache("cross2", "via oracle")
-    monkeypatch.delenv("RUNE_CACHE_ENGINE")
-    assert cache_mod.get_cache("cross2")["full"] == "via oracle"
-
-
-# -- facade contract -------------------------------------------------------------
-
-
-def test_engine_disabled_uses_oracle(mem_dir, monkeypatch):
-    monkeypatch.setenv("RUNE_CACHE_ENGINE", "python")
-    r = cache_mod.put_cache("esc", "v")
-    assert r["stored"] == "esc"
+# -- facade contract ------------------------------------------------------------


 def test_missing_binary_fails_loud(mem_dir, monkeypatch, tmp_path):
@@ -101,13 +101,9 @@ def _go_request(url, *, method="GET", retries=2, backoff=0.01, timeout=5):


 def _py_request(url, *, method="GET", retries=2, backoff=0.01, timeout=5):
-    return fc._request_python(
-        method,
-        url,
-        timeout=timeout,
-        retries=retries,
-        backoff=backoff,
-    )
+    # minified oracle body: the escape hatch refuses (REMOVAL-PREP #2598)
+    with pytest.raises(RuntimeError, match="escape hatch retired"):
+        fc._request_python(method, url, timeout=timeout, retries=retries, backoff=backoff)


 # -- retry/status policy: Go engine vs Python oracle, same live stub ------
@@ -117,47 +113,40 @@ def test_get_5xx_retries_then_succeeds(stub_forge):
    _reset(502, "once-first")
    got = _go_request(stub_forge + "/x")
    go_hits = _StubForge.hits
-    _reset(502, "once-first")
-    oracle = _py_request(stub_forge + "/x")
-    assert got["status_code"] == oracle.status_code == 200
+    _py_request(stub_forge + "/x")
+    assert got["status_code"] == 200
    # two hits per leg: the 502 then the retry's 200
-    assert json.loads(got["body"])["hits"] == oracle.json()["hits"] == 2
-    assert go_hits == _StubForge.hits == 2
+    assert json.loads(got["body"])["hits"] == 2
+    assert go_hits == 2


 def test_get_5xx_exhaustion(stub_forge):
    _reset(500, "always")
    got = _go_request(stub_forge + "/x")
    go_hits = _StubForge.hits
-    _reset(500, "always")
-    with pytest.raises(httpx.HTTPStatusError):
-        _py_request(stub_forge + "/x")
+    _py_request(stub_forge + "/x")  # minified oracle: refuses, no HTTP
    assert "status_error" in got and got["status_error"] == 500
    # retries+1 total attempts per leg, no more
-    assert go_hits == _StubForge.hits == 3
+    assert go_hits == 3


 def test_post_5xx_never_retried(stub_forge):
    _reset(500, "always")
    got = _go_request(stub_forge + "/x", method="POST", retries=3)
    go_hits = _StubForge.hits
-    _reset(500, "always")
-    with pytest.raises(httpx.HTTPStatusError):
-        _py_request(stub_forge + "/x", method="POST", retries=3)
+    _py_request(stub_forge + "/x", method="POST", retries=3)  # refuses, no HTTP
    # exactly one hit per leg: a duplicate issue is worse than a caught failure
    assert got["status_error"] == 500
-    assert go_hits == _StubForge.hits == 1
+    assert go_hits == 1


 def test_4xx_never_retried(stub_forge):
    _reset(422, "always")
    got = _go_request(stub_forge + "/x")
    go_hits = _StubForge.hits
-    _reset(422, "always")
-    with pytest.raises(httpx.HTTPStatusError):
-        _py_request(stub_forge + "/x")
+    _py_request(stub_forge + "/x")  # refuses, no HTTP
    assert got["status_error"] == 422
-    assert go_hits == _StubForge.hits == 1
+    assert go_hits == 1


 # -- exception contract through the facade --------------------------------
@@ -213,12 +202,11 @@ def test_create_forge_client_via_engine(monkeypatch):
 # -- facade contract --------------------------------------------------------


-def test_engine_disabled_uses_oracle(stub_forge):
+def test_engine_disabled_refuses(stub_forge):
    os.environ["RUNE_FORGE_CLIENT_ENGINE"] = "python"
    try:
-        _reset(200, "always")
-        r = fc._request("GET", stub_forge + "/x", backoff=0.01, timeout=5)
-        assert r.status_code == 200
+        with pytest.raises(RuntimeError, match="escape hatch retired"):
+            fc._request("GET", stub_forge + "/x", backoff=0.01, timeout=5)
    finally:
        os.environ.pop("RUNE_FORGE_CLIENT_ENGINE", None)

@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-"""REBASE-COMPLETION (#2587) parity battery — message_queue.
+"""REMOVAL-PREP (#2598 item 2) battery — message_queue.

 Red-first discipline: pins the Go engine's eval surface against the
 Python oracle bodies on the SAME queue.json. A mutation of an oracle
@@ -50,8 +50,9 @@ DETECT_CASES = [
@pytest.mark.parametrize("message", DETECT_CASES)
 def test_detect_task_addition_go_vs_oracle(message):
    is_t, conf, signals = MessageQueue().detect_task_addition(message)
-    o_is, o_conf, o_signals = MessageQueue()._detect_task_addition_python(message)
-    assert (is_t, round(conf, 6), signals) == (o_is, round(o_conf, 6), o_signals)
+    assert isinstance(is_t, bool) and isinstance(signals, list)
+    with pytest.raises(RuntimeError, match="escape hatch retired"):
+        MessageQueue()._detect_task_addition_python(message)


 # -- add / pending / approved / status ------------------------------------------
@@ -59,10 +60,9 @@ def test_detect_task_addition_go_vs_oracle(message):

 def test_add_message_go_vs_oracle(queue_dir):
    got = _engine(queue_dir).add_message("add a feature", "chat")
-    oracle = _oracle(queue_dir).add_message("add a feature", "chat")
-    assert got.message == oracle.message == "add a feature"
-    assert got.status == oracle.status == "pending"
-    assert got.channel == oracle.channel == "chat"
+    assert got.message == "add a feature"
+    assert got.status == "pending"
+    assert got.channel == "chat"


 def test_pending_approved_flow_go_vs_oracle(queue_dir):
@@ -85,10 +85,6 @@ def test_reject_go_vs_oracle(queue_dir):
    assert q.reject(m.id) is True
    st = q.get_status()
    assert st["pending"] == 0
-    oracle_q = _oracle(queue_dir)
-    om = oracle_q.add_message("add x", "chat")
-    oracle_q.reject(om.id)
-    assert q.get_status() == oracle_q.get_status()


 def test_approve_all_go_vs_oracle(queue_dir):
@@ -109,29 +105,22 @@ def test_clear_go_vs_oracle(queue_dir):
 # -- cross-engine coherence --------------------------------------------------------


-def test_engine_write_oracle_read(queue_dir):
+def test_engine_state_roundtrip(queue_dir):
    q = _engine(queue_dir)
    m = q.add_message("cross", "chat")
-    mo = _oracle(queue_dir)
-    assert any(x.id == m.id for x in mo.get_pending())
-
-
-def test_oracle_write_engine_read(queue_dir):
-    mo = _oracle(queue_dir)
-    m = mo.add_message("cross back", "chat")
-    q = _engine(queue_dir)
-    assert any(x.id == m.id for x in q.get_pending())
+    q2 = _engine(queue_dir)
+    assert any(x.id == m.id for x in q2.get_pending())


 # -- facade contract ------------------------------------------------------------------


-def test_engine_disabled_uses_oracle(queue_dir):
+def test_engine_disabled_refuses(queue_dir):
    os.environ["RUNE_MESSAGE_QUEUE_ENGINE"] = "python"
    try:
        q = MessageQueue()
-        m = q.add_message("oracle path", "chat")
-        assert m.status == "pending"
+        with pytest.raises(RuntimeError, match="escape hatch retired"):
+            q.add_message("oracle path", "chat")
    finally:
        os.environ.pop("RUNE_MESSAGE_QUEUE_ENGINE", None)

@@ -25,7 +25,9 @@ def _python_engine(monkeypatch):
    """This suite pins the Python ORACLE bodies via monkeypatched seams;
    the Go delegation is pinned separately by the parity battery
    (tests/test_openai_compat_transport_go_parity.py)."""
-    monkeypatch.setenv("RUNE_OPENAI_COMPAT_TRANSPORT_ENGINE", "python")
+    # REMOVAL-PREP (#2598 item 2): oracle bodies are minified refusal
+    # stubs; this suite rides the GO engine (the authority).
+    monkeypatch.delenv("RUNE_OPENAI_COMPAT_TRANSPORT_ENGINE", raising=False)


 class TestMessageTranslation:
@@ -134,42 +136,26 @@ class TestMessageTranslation:
        assert t.usage_calls == 1 and t.usage_prompt_tokens == 10 and t.usage_output_tokens == 5

    def test_qualified_model_name_sent_as_bare_id(self):
-        """Runtime passes '<Provider>/<model>'; the wire must carry the bare
-        model id (observed live: qualified name → 400 on every call)."""
-        captured = {}
+        """REMOVAL-PREP: the python seam (t._post fake) is gone with the
+        oracle body; the qualified-name→bare-id wire pin rides the Go
+        engine via the parity battery (from_openai_response/to_openai_messages
+        cases). Here we pin the escape-hatch refusal for the chat body."""
+        with pytest.raises(RuntimeError, match="escape hatch retired"):
+            OpenAICompatTransport._chat_python(
+                OpenAICompatTransport("http://x/v1", "k", "Verboo Code"),
+                model="Verboo Code/glm-5.3-flash",
+                messages=[{"role": "user", "content": "hi"}],
+                tools=None,
+            )

-        def fake_post(path, payload):
-            captured.update(payload)
-            return {"choices": [{"message": {"role": "assistant", "content": "ok"}}], "usage": {}}
-
-        t = OpenAICompatTransport("http://x/v1", "k", "Verboo Code")
-        t._post = fake_post
-        t.chat(model="Verboo Code/glm-5.3-flash", messages=[{"role": "user", "content": "hi"}], tools=None)
-        assert captured["model"] == "glm-5.3-flash"
-
-    def test_cloud_transport_for_floors_timeout(self):
-        """cloud_transport_for floors the timeout at 300s for cloud routers."""
+    def test_cloud_transport_for_refuses(self):
+        """REMOVAL-PREP: the python seam (mocked config read) is gone with
+        the oracle body; the timeout-floor pin rides the Go engine via the
+        parity battery. Here we pin the refusal."""
        import rune.openai_compat_transport as mod

-        captured = {}
-        real_init = mod.OpenAICompatTransport.__init__
-
-        def spy_init(self, base_url, api_key, provider_name, timeout=120, context_window=131072):
-            captured["timeout"] = timeout
-
-        with (
-            mock.patch.object(mod.OpenAICompatTransport, "__init__", spy_init),
-            mock.patch.object(Path, "is_file", return_value=True),
-            mock.patch.object(
-                Path, "read_text", return_value='{"Verboo Code": {"options": {"baseURL": "https://x/v1"}}}'
-            ),
-            mock.patch.dict(sys.modules, {}),
-        ):
-            import json as _json
-
-            with mock.patch.object(mod.json, "loads", return_value={"Verboo Code": {"key": "k"}}):
-                mod.cloud_transport_for("Verboo Code/glm-5.3-flash", timeout=120)
-        assert captured["timeout"] == 300
+        with pytest.raises(RuntimeError, match="escape hatch retired"):
+            mod._cloud_transport_for_python("Verboo Code/glm-5.3-flash", timeout=120)


 class TestTransportSelection:
@@ -127,29 +127,33 @@ def _go_eval_one(op):
@pytest.mark.parametrize("messages,want", TO_MSGS_CASES)
 def test_to_openai_messages_go_vs_oracle(messages, want):
    got = _go_eval_one({"op": "to_openai_messages", "messages": messages})
-    oracle = oct_.OpenAICompatTransport._to_openai_messages_python(messages)
-    assert got == oracle == want
+    assert got == want
+    with pytest.raises(RuntimeError, match="escape hatch retired"):
+        oct_.OpenAICompatTransport._to_openai_messages_python(messages)


@pytest.mark.parametrize("resp,want", FROM_RESPONSE_CASES)
 def test_from_openai_response_go_vs_oracle(resp, want):
    got = _go_eval_one({"op": "from_openai_response", "resp": resp})
-    oracle = oct_.OpenAICompatTransport._from_openai_response_python(resp)
-    assert got == oracle == want
+    assert got == want
+    with pytest.raises(RuntimeError, match="escape hatch retired"):
+        oct_.OpenAICompatTransport._from_openai_response_python(resp)


@pytest.mark.parametrize("model,want", CLOUD_PINNED_CASES)
 def test_is_cloud_pinned_go_vs_oracle(model, want):
    got = _go_eval_one({"op": "is_cloud_pinned", "model": model})
-    oracle = oct_._is_cloud_pinned_python(model)
-    assert got == oracle == want
+    assert got == want
+    with pytest.raises(RuntimeError, match="escape hatch retired"):
+        oct_._is_cloud_pinned_python(model)


-def test_engine_disabled_uses_oracle_path():
+def test_engine_disabled_refuses():
    os.environ["RUNE_OPENAI_COMPAT_TRANSPORT_ENGINE"] = "python"
    try:
        t = oct_.OpenAICompatTransport("http://x/v1", "k", "T")
-        assert t._to_openai_messages([{"role": "user", "content": "hi"}]) == [{"role": "user", "content": "hi"}]
+        with pytest.raises(RuntimeError, match="escape hatch retired"):
+            t._to_openai_messages([{"role": "user", "content": "hi"}])
    finally:
        os.environ.pop("RUNE_OPENAI_COMPAT_TRANSPORT_ENGINE", None)

@@ -1,10 +1,10 @@
-"""REBASE-COMPLETION (#2587) parity battery — paths.
+"""REMOVAL-PREP (#2598 item 2) battery — paths.

-Red-first discipline: pins the Go engine's eval surface (repo_root,
-crate_dir, deploy_root, rune_home, harness_scripts, wait_resume_dir)
-against the Python oracle bodies. A mutation of an oracle body must
-flip the battery. Also pins the facade contract: fail-loud RuntimeError
-on a missing binary; RUNE_PATHS_ENGINE=python escape.
+The Go engine (src/go/paths, `eval <ops.json>` surface) is the authority.
+The Python oracle bodies are MINIFIED: each keeps its signature but raises
+the retirement RuntimeError. These tests pin: (a) the Go path still serves
+every resolver, (b) the RUNE_PATHS_ENGINE=python escape hatch exists
+structurally and refuses, (c) fail-loud on a missing binary.
 """

 import os
@@ -23,54 +23,56 @@ def _env_clean(monkeypatch):
        monkeypatch.delenv(var, raising=False)


-# -- resolvers go vs oracle -----------------------------------------------------
+# -- resolvers via the Go engine -----------------------------------------------


-def test_repo_root_go_vs_oracle():
-    assert paths_mod.repo_root() == paths_mod._repo_root_python()
+def test_repo_root_go():
    assert os.path.isdir(paths_mod.repo_root())


-def test_crate_dir_go_vs_oracle():
+def test_crate_dir_go():
    got = paths_mod.crate_dir("survivor")
-    oracle = paths_mod._crate_dir_python("survivor")
-    assert got == oracle
    assert got.endswith(os.path.join("src", "rust", "survivor"))


-def test_deploy_root_go_vs_oracle(monkeypatch):
+def test_deploy_root_go(monkeypatch):
    monkeypatch.setenv("RUNE_DEPLOY_ROOT", "/tmp/deploy")
-    assert paths_mod.deploy_root() == paths_mod._deploy_root_python() == "/tmp/deploy"
-    monkeypatch.delenv("RUNE_DEPLOY_ROOT")
-    assert paths_mod.deploy_root() == paths_mod._deploy_root_python()
+    assert paths_mod.deploy_root() == "/tmp/deploy"


-def test_rune_home_go_vs_oracle(monkeypatch):
+def test_rune_home_go(monkeypatch):
    monkeypatch.setenv("RUNE_HOME", "/tmp/rh")
-    assert paths_mod.rune_home() == paths_mod._rune_home_python() == "/tmp/rh"
-    monkeypatch.delenv("RUNE_HOME")
-    assert paths_mod.rune_home() == paths_mod._rune_home_python()
+    assert paths_mod.rune_home() == "/tmp/rh"


-def test_harness_scripts_go_vs_oracle(monkeypatch):
+def test_harness_scripts_go(monkeypatch):
    monkeypatch.setenv("HARNESS_SCRIPTS", "/tmp/hs")
-    assert paths_mod.harness_scripts() == paths_mod._harness_scripts_python() == "/tmp/hs"
+    assert paths_mod.harness_scripts() == "/tmp/hs"


-def test_wait_resume_dir_go_vs_oracle(monkeypatch):
+def test_wait_resume_dir_go(monkeypatch):
    monkeypatch.setenv("RUNE_WR_CODE", "/tmp/wr")
-    assert paths_mod.wait_resume_dir() == paths_mod._wait_resume_dir_python() == "/tmp/wr"
+    assert paths_mod.wait_resume_dir() == "/tmp/wr"


-# -- facade contract ----------------------------------------------------------------
+# -- escape hatch: shape kept, body refuses --------------------------------------


-def test_engine_disabled_uses_oracle():
-    os.environ["RUNE_PATHS_ENGINE"] = "python"
-    try:
-        assert paths_mod.repo_root() == paths_mod.REPO_ROOT
-    finally:
-        os.environ.pop("RUNE_PATHS_ENGINE", None)
+@pytest.mark.parametrize(
+    "resolver",
+    ["repo_root", "crate_dir", "deploy_root", "rune_home", "harness_scripts", "wait_resume_dir"],
+)
+def test_escape_hatch_refuses(monkeypatch, resolver):
+    monkeypatch.setenv("RUNE_PATHS_ENGINE", "python")
+    call = getattr(paths_mod, resolver)
+    with pytest.raises(RuntimeError, match="escape hatch retired"):
+        if resolver == "crate_dir":
+            call("survivor")
+        else:
+            call()
+
+
+# -- facade contract -------------------------------------------------------------


 def test_missing_binary_fails_loud(tmp_path, monkeypatch):
@@ -0,0 +1,81 @@
+"""REBASE-PROOF no-oracle law (Gitea #2586, bar 4): the Python body of every
+fail-loud delegation facade is reachable ONLY via the explicit
+RUNE_*_ENGINE=python escape. Two assertions per facade:
+  1. default engine selection is go (no silent python fallback);
+  2. with the engine binary pointed at /nonexistent, the delegation path
+     raises a typed RuntimeError (never falls back to the oracle body).
+Evidence table: research/rebase-proof/verdict-2026-10-24.json
+"""
+import importlib
+import os
+import sys
+
+import pytest
+
+sys.path.insert(0, os.path.join(os.path.dirname(__file__), "..", "src"))
+
+FACADES = {
+    "model_routing": "RUNE_MODEL_ROUTING_BIN",
+    "event_bus": "RUNE_EVENT_BUS_BIN",
+    "cache": "RUNE_CACHE_BIN",
+    "message_queue": "RUNE_MESSAGE_QUEUE_BIN",
+    "abstraction": "RUNE_ABSTRACTION_BIN",
+    "auto_context": "RUNE_AUTO_CONTEXT_BIN",
+    "voicebox": "RUNE_VOICEBOX_BIN",
+    "paths": "RUNE_PATHS_BIN",
+    "microkernel": "RUNE_MICROKERNEL_BIN",
+    "goal": "RUNE_GOAL_BIN",
+    "openai_compat_transport": "RUNE_OPENAI_COMPAT_TRANSPORT_BIN",
+    "forge_client": "RUNE_FORGE_CLIENT_BIN",
+}
+
+# facade -> (go-entry callable, args safe to call with a missing binary)
+PROBES = {
+    "model_routing": ("_go_eval", ("rank", [])),
+    "event_bus": ("_go_emit", ("rebase-proof.probe",)),
+    "cache": ("_go_eval", ([],)),
+    "message_queue": ("_go_eval", ([],)),
+    "abstraction": ("_go_eval", ([],)),
+    "auto_context": ("_go_eval", ([],)),
+    "voicebox": ("_go_eval", ([],)),
+    "paths": ("_go_eval", ([],)),
+    "microkernel": ("_go_parity_op", ({},)),
+    "goal": ("_go_eval", ([],)),
+    "openai_compat_transport": ("_go_eval", ([],)),
+    "forge_client": ("_go_eval", ([],)),
+}
+
+
+@pytest.mark.parametrize("module", sorted(FACADES))
+def test_no_oracle_default_engine_is_go(module):
+    mod = importlib.import_module(f"rune.{module}")
+    engine_env = FACADES[module].replace("_BIN", "_ENGINE")
+    assert os.environ.get(engine_env, "go") != "python", (
+        f"{module}: {engine_env} must not default to python"
+    )
+    entry, _ = PROBES[module]
+    assert callable(getattr(mod, entry, None)), f"{module}: missing {entry}"
+
+
+@pytest.mark.parametrize("module", sorted(FACADES))
+def test_no_oracle_missing_binary_raises_runtimeerror(module):
+    mod = importlib.import_module(f"rune.{module}")
+    entry, args = PROBES[module]
+    os.environ[FACADES[module]] = "/nonexistent/rebase-proof-no-oracle"
+    try:
+        with pytest.raises(RuntimeError):
+            getattr(mod, entry)(*args)
+    finally:
+        os.environ.pop(FACADES[module], None)
+
+
+def test_no_oracle_no_silent_fallback_catches():
+    """Grep-equivalent assertion: no facade catches RuntimeError to fall back."""
+    import pathlib
+
+    src_dir = pathlib.Path(__file__).resolve().parent.parent / "src" / "rune"
+    for module in sorted(FACADES):
+        body = (src_dir / f"{module}.py").read_text(encoding="utf-8")
+        assert "except RuntimeError" not in body, (
+            f"{module}: silent-fallback catch on the delegation path"
+        )
@@ -13,11 +13,13 @@ missing, and receipts the local_tool_runtime consumer wiring.

 import json
 import os
+import sys
 from pathlib import Path

 import pytest

 _ROOT = Path(__file__).resolve().parents[1]
+sys.path.insert(0, str(_ROOT / "src"))

 CORPUS = [
    ("qwen2.5:3b", True),    # floor T1 contradiction (floor=False)
@@ -47,10 +49,10 @@ def _run(engine):
            os.environ["RUNE_MODEL_ROUTING_ENGINE"] = old


-def test_go_delegation_matches_python_oracle_byte_for_byte():
-    oracle = _run("python")
+def test_go_delegation_corpus_and_hatch_refusal():
+    # REMOVAL-PREP (#2598 item 2): the oracle body is a refusal stub; the
+    # corpus pins ride the Go engine.
    go = _run("go")
-    assert _jbytes(go) == _jbytes(oracle)
    # spot-check the drift arm against the recorded oracle text
    assert go[0][0] is True
    assert go[0][1] is not None
@@ -59,17 +61,19 @@ def test_go_delegation_matches_python_oracle_byte_for_byte():
    assert go[1][0] is False and "supports_tools=False" in go[1][1]
    assert go[2] == (False, None) and go[3] == (True, None)
    assert go[4] == (True, None) and go[5] == (False, None)
+    with pytest.raises(RuntimeError, match="escape hatch retired"):
+        _run("python")


 def test_default_is_go_engine():
-    # default (unset env) resolves through the Go binary, not the oracle body
+    # default (unset env) resolves through the Go binary
    env = os.environ.pop("RUNE_MODEL_ROUTING_ENGINE", None)
    try:
        default = _run(os.environ.get("RUNE_MODEL_ROUTING_ENGINE", "go"))
    finally:
        if env is not None:
            os.environ["RUNE_MODEL_ROUTING_ENGINE"] = env
-    assert _jbytes(default) == _jbytes(_run("python"))
+    assert len(default) == len(CORPUS)


 def test_fail_loud_when_engine_binary_missing(tmp_path, monkeypatch):
@@ -85,14 +89,12 @@ def test_local_tool_runtime_consumer_receipts_drift():
    # the consumer seam: LocalToolRuntime reconciles through the facade and
    # surfaces the drift marker on capability_drift
    from rune.local_tool_runtime import LocalToolRuntime
-    from rune.model_routing import _reconcile_tools_support_python
+    import rune.model_routing as mr

-    eff, drift = _reconcile_tools_support_python("qwen2.5:3b", True)
-    assert drift is not None
-    # parity: the facade's default path produces the same marker
+    # REMOVAL-PREP: oracle body refuses; the consumer rides the Go facade
+    with pytest.raises(RuntimeError, match="escape hatch retired"):
+        mr._reconcile_tools_support_python("qwen2.5:3b", True)
    os.environ.pop("RUNE_MODEL_ROUTING_ENGINE", None)
-    from rune import model_routing as mr
-
    g_eff, g_drift = mr.reconcile_tools_support("qwen2.5:3b", True)
-    assert (g_eff, g_drift) == (eff, drift)
+    assert g_eff is True and g_drift is not None
    assert LocalToolRuntime is not None  # import seam still wired