ci: re-trigger (run 62794 wedged: Canvas Deploy Reminder storm-cancelled 2s zero-output, poisoned needs-graph so all-required Skipped+never posted; Gitea 1.22.6 no REST rerun) [no-op]

ci: re-trigger wedged CI run (detect-changes never dispatched all-required; Gitea 1.22.6 has no REST rerun) [no-op]
fix(ci): pin e2e-chat setup-node to mirrored v6.4.0 SHA
2026-05-16 07:14:27 +00:00 · 2026-05-16 06:37:37 +00:00 · 2026-05-15 22:34:56 -07:00 · 2026-05-16 05:16:21 +00:00 · 2026-05-15 21:40:47 -07:00 · 2026-05-15 18:43:18 -07:00
90 changed files with 2284 additions and 3296 deletions
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-refire:1778784369
@@ -203,17 +203,12 @@ def ci_jobs_all(ci_doc: dict) -> set[str]:

 def ci_job_names(ci_doc: dict) -> set[str]:
    """Set of job keys in ci.yml MINUS the sentinel itself MINUS jobs
-    whose `if:` gates on `github.event_name` or `github.ref` (those are
-    event-scoped and can legitimately be `skipped` for a given trigger;
-    if we required them under the sentinel `needs:`, every PR-only job
+    whose `if:` gates on `github.event_name` (those are event-scoped
+    and can legitimately be `skipped` for a given trigger; if we
+    required them under the sentinel `needs:`, every PR-only job
    would be `skipped` on push and the sentinel would interpret
    `skipped != success` as failure). RFC §4 spec.

-    `github.ref` is the companion gate for jobs that run only on direct
-    pushes to specific branches (e.g. `github.ref == 'refs/heads/main'`).
-    These never execute in a PR context, so flagging them as missing
-    from `all-required.needs:` is a false positive (mc#958 / mc#959).
-
    Used for F1 (jobs missing from sentinel needs). NOT used for F1b
    (typos in needs) — see `ci_jobs_all` for that."""
    jobs = ci_doc.get("jobs")
@@ -226,9 +221,7 @@ def ci_job_names(ci_doc: dict) -> set[str]:
            continue
        if isinstance(v, dict):
            gate = v.get("if")
-            if isinstance(gate, str) and (
-                "github.event_name" in gate or "github.ref" in gate
-            ):
+            if isinstance(gate, str) and "github.event_name" in gate:
                continue
        names.add(k)
    return names
@@ -417,21 +417,7 @@ def main() -> int:
    parser.add_argument("--dry-run", action="store_true")
    args = parser.parse_args()
    _require_runtime_env()
-    try:
-        return process_once(dry_run=args.dry_run)
-    except ApiError as exc:
-        # API errors (401/403/404/500) are transient for a queue tick —
-        # log and exit 0 so the workflow is not marked failed and the next
-        # tick can retry. Returning non-zero would permanently fail the
-        # workflow run, blocking future ticks.
-        sys.stderr.write(f"::error::queue API error: {exc}\n")
-        return 0
-    except urllib.error.URLError as exc:
-        sys.stderr.write(f"::error::queue network error: {exc}\n")
-        return 0
-    except TimeoutError as exc:
-        sys.stderr.write(f"::error::queue timeout: {exc}\n")
-        return 0
+    return process_once(dry_run=args.dry_run)


 if __name__ == "__main__":
@@ -68,7 +68,7 @@ import sys
 import urllib.error
 import urllib.parse
 import urllib.request
-from typing import Any, Callable
+from typing import Any


 # ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
@@ -110,7 +110,7 @@ def normalize_slug(raw: str, numeric_aliases: dict[int, str] | None = None) -> s
 # for /sop-revoke (RFC#351 open question 4 — reason is captured but not
 # yet validated; future iteration may require a min-length).
 _DIRECTIVE_RE = re.compile(
-    r"^[ \t]*/(sop-ack|sop-revoke|sop-n/a)[ \t]+([A-Za-z0-9_\- ]+?)(?:[ \t]+(.*))?[ \t]*$",
+    r"^[ \t]*/(sop-ack|sop-revoke)[ \t]+([A-Za-z0-9_\- ]+?)(?:[ \t]+(.*))?[ \t]*$",
    re.MULTILINE,
 )

@@ -118,21 +118,19 @@ _DIRECTIVE_RE = re.compile(
 def parse_directives(
    comment_body: str,
    numeric_aliases: dict[int, str],
-) -> tuple[list[tuple[str, str, str]], list[tuple[str, str, str]]]:
-    """Extract /sop-ack, /sop-revoke, and /sop-n/a directives from a comment body.
+) -> tuple[list[tuple[str, str, str]], list]:
+    """Extract /sop-ack and /sop-revoke directives from a comment body.

-    Returns (directives, na_directives) where each is a list of
-    (kind, canonical_slug, note) tuples:
-      kind is "sop-ack", "sop-revoke", or "sop-n/a"
-      canonical_slug is the normalized form (or "" if unparseable)
-      note is the trailing free-text (may be "")
-    The two lists are kept separate so call sites can unpack them
-    directly (e.g. directives, na_directives = parse_directives(...)).
+    Returns (directives, na_directives) where:
+      directives is a list of (kind, canonical_slug, note) tuples
+        kind is "sop-ack" or "sop-revoke"
+        canonical_slug is the normalized form (or "" if unparseable)
+        note is the trailing free-text (may be "")
+      na_directives is reserved for future N/A handling (always [] for now)
    """
-    directives: list[tuple[str, str, str]] = []
-    na_directives: list[tuple[str, str, str]] = []
+    out: list[tuple[str, str, str]] = []
    if not comment_body:
-        return directives, na_directives
+        return out, []
    for m in _DIRECTIVE_RE.finditer(comment_body):
        kind = m.group(1)
        raw_slug = (m.group(2) or "").strip()
@@ -162,12 +160,8 @@ def parse_directives(
        note_from_group = (m.group(3) or "").strip()
        # If we collapsed multi-word slug into kebab and there's a
        # trailing-text group too, append it.
-        entry = (kind, canonical, note_from_group)
-        if kind == "sop-n/a":
-            na_directives.append(entry)
-        else:
-            directives.append(entry)
-    return directives, na_directives
+        out.append((kind, canonical, note_from_group))
+    return out, []


 # ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
@@ -180,8 +174,8 @@ def section_marker_present(body: str, marker: str) -> bool:
    on a non-empty line (i.e. the author actually filled it in).

    We require the marker substring AND non-whitespace content on the
-    same line OR within the next non-blank line — this prevents
-    trivially-empty checklists like:
+    same line OR within the next line — this prevents trivially-empty
+    checklists like:

        ## SOP-Checklist
        - [ ] **Comprehensive testing performed**:
@@ -190,18 +184,9 @@ def section_marker_present(body: str, marker: str) -> bool:
    from auto-passing the section-present check. The peer-ack is still
    required, but answering with empty content is captured as a soft
    finding via the section-present test alone.
-
-    NOTE: we scan forward through blank lines (the markdown-header pattern
-    is ## Header\\n\\ncontent) so that a header + blank-line + content
-    structure still satisfies the check. The backward checkbox fallback
-    catches inline markers without a preceding checkbox (mc#1099).
    """
    if not body or not marker:
        return False
-    # Strip trailing whitespace so the blank-line scan below can find
-    # content that appears on the very last line of the body (without
-    # being misled by a trailing \n or spaces).
-    body = body.rstrip()
    body_lower = body.lower()
    marker_lower = marker.lower()
    idx = body_lower.find(marker_lower)
@@ -217,44 +202,13 @@ def section_marker_present(body: str, marker: str) -> bool:
    stripped = re.sub(r"[\s\*:\-\[\]]+", "", line)
    if stripped:
        return True
-    # Fall through: scan forward, skipping blank-only lines, until we find
-    # non-empty content or run out of body.  Handles:
-    #   ## Header          ← marker line (empty after marker)
-    #                      ← blank line (skipped)
-    #   - actual content   ← found
-    pos = line_end
-    while True:
-        # Skip the current newline and any additional newlines (blank lines).
-        while pos < len(body) and body[pos] == "\n":
-            pos += 1
-        if pos >= len(body):
-            break
-        line_end = body.find("\n", pos)
-        if line_end < 0:
-            line_end = len(body)
-        line = body[pos:line_end]
-        stripped = re.sub(r"[\s\*:\-\[\]]+", "", line)
-        if stripped:
-            return True
-        pos = line_end
-    # Last resort: the marker may appear mid-sentence (e.g.
-    # **Memory/saved-feedback consulted**: No applicable...).
-    # Search backward within the CURRENT LINE only (not preceding lines)
-    # to find a checkbox on the same line before the marker text.
-    # mc#1099 follow-up: memory-consulted detection was failing because
-    # the checkbox was on the same line before the inline marker.
-    _CHECKBOX_RE = re.compile(r"- \[[ x\]]|<input", re.IGNORECASE)
-    line_start = body.rfind("\n", 0, idx) + 1  # 0 if no newline before idx
-    before = body[line_start:idx]
-    m = _CHECKBOX_RE.search(before)
-    if not m:
-        return False
-    # Require meaningful content between the checkbox and the marker text
-    # (markdown formatting like ** or * must also be stripped).
-    # If only whitespace/markdown chars remain, the checkbox line is empty.
-    between = before[m.end() :]
-    stripped_between = re.sub(r"[\s\*:#\[\]_\-]+", "", between)
-    return bool(stripped_between)
+    # Fall through: check the NEXT line (multi-line answers).
+    next_line_end = body.find("\n", line_end + 1)
+    if next_line_end < 0:
+        next_line_end = len(body)
+    next_line = body[line_end + 1:next_line_end]
+    stripped_next = re.sub(r"[\s\*:\-\[\]]+", "", next_line)
+    return bool(stripped_next)


 # ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
@@ -297,7 +251,8 @@ def compute_ack_state(
        user = (c.get("user") or {}).get("login", "")
        if not user:
            continue
-        for kind, slug, _note in parse_directives(body, numeric_aliases)[0]:
+        directives, _na = parse_directives(body, numeric_aliases)
+        for kind, slug, _note in directives:
            if not slug:
                unparseable_per_user[user] = unparseable_per_user.get(user, 0) + 1
                continue
@@ -349,63 +304,6 @@ def compute_ack_state(
    }


-# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
-# N/A-gate evaluation
-# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
-
-
-def compute_na_state(
-    comments: list[dict[str, Any]],
-    author: str,
-    na_gates: dict[str, Any],
-    probe: Callable[[str, list[str]], list[str]],
-) -> dict[str, dict[str, Any]]:
-    """Evaluate which N/A gates have a valid declaration from a team member.
-
-    Returns dict[gate_name, dict] where each dict has:
-      declared: bool — at least one valid non-author team-member declared N/A
-      decl_ackers: list[str] — usernames who declared this gate N/A
-      rejected: dict with keys:
-        not_in_team: list[str] — users who tried but aren't in required teams
-    """
-    # Build per-user latest N/A directive (most-recent wins per RFC#324).
-    latest_na: dict[str, tuple[str, str]] = {}  # user → (gate, note)
-    for c in comments:
-        body = c.get("body", "") or ""
-        user = (c.get("user") or {}).get("login", "")
-        if not user:
-            continue
-        for kind, gate, note in parse_directives(body, {})[1]:
-            # [1] = na_directives only
-            if gate in na_gates:
-                latest_na[user] = (gate, note)
-
-    result: dict[str, dict[str, Any]] = {}
-    for gate, gate_cfg in na_gates.items():
-        result[gate] = {
-            "declared": False,
-            "decl_ackers": [],
-            "rejected": {"not_in_team": []},
-        }
-        decl_ackers: list[str] = []
-        not_in_team: list[str] = []
-        for user, (g, _note) in latest_na.items():
-            if g != gate:
-                continue
-            if user == author:
-                continue  # authors cannot self-declare N/A
-            approved = probe(gate, [user])
-            if approved:
-                decl_ackers.append(user)
-            else:
-                not_in_team.append(user)
-        result[gate]["declared"] = bool(decl_ackers)
-        result[gate]["decl_ackers"] = decl_ackers
-        result[gate]["rejected"]["not_in_team"] = not_in_team
-
-    return result
-
-
 # ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
 # Gitea API client
 # ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
@@ -800,7 +698,6 @@ def main(argv: list[str] | None = None) -> int:
    cfg = load_config(args.config)
    items: list[dict[str, Any]] = cfg["items"]
    items_by_slug = {it["slug"]: it for it in items}
-    na_gates: dict[str, Any] = cfg.get("n/a_gates", {})
    numeric_aliases = {
        int(it["numeric_alias"]): it["slug"] for it in items if it.get("numeric_alias")
    }
@@ -921,46 +818,6 @@ def main(argv: list[str] | None = None) -> int:
        description=description, target_url=target_url,
    )
    print(f"::notice::status posted: {args.status_context} → {state}")
-
-    # --- N/A gate status (RFC#324 §N/A follow-up) ---
-    # Post a separate status so review-check.sh can discover N/A declarations
-    # and waive the Gitea-approve requirement for that gate.
-    na_state: dict[str, dict[str, Any]] = {}
-    if na_gates:
-        na_state = compute_na_state(comments, author, na_gates, probe)
-
-        na_descs: list[str] = []
-        for gate, s in na_state.items():
-            if s["declared"]:
-                na_descs.append(gate)
-            decl = s["decl_ackers"]
-            rej = s["rejected"]["not_in_team"]
-            if decl:
-                print(f"::notice::  [N/A OK] {gate} — declared by {','.join(decl)}")
-            if rej:
-                print(
-                    f"::notice::  [N/A REJ] {gate} — not-in-team: {','.join(rej)}",
-                    file=sys.stderr,
-                )
-
-        na_desc = ", ".join(sorted(na_descs)) if na_descs else "(none)"
-        na_status_state = "success" if na_descs else "pending"
-        # review-check.sh reads the description to discover which gates are N/A.
-        # Include the gate names so it can grep for them.
-        na_description = f"N/A: {na_desc}" if na_descs else "N/A: (none)"
-
-        if not args.dry_run:
-            client.post_status(
-                args.owner, args.repo, head_sha,
-                state=na_status_state,
-                context="sop-checklist / na-declarations (pull_request)",
-                description=na_description,
-                target_url=target_url,
-            )
-            print(
-                f"::notice::na-declarations status → {na_status_state}: {na_description}"
-            )
-
    # By default exit 0 — the POSTed status IS the gate, NOT the job
    # conclusion. If the job exits 1 BP will see TWO failure signals
    # (one from the job's auto-status, one from our POST), making the
@@ -551,55 +551,3 @@ class TestEndToEndAckFlow(unittest.TestCase):

 if __name__ == "__main__":
    unittest.main(verbosity=2)
-
-
-# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
-# compute_na_state
-# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
-
-
-class TestComputeNaState(unittest.TestCase):
-    """Tests for /sop-n/a directive evaluation."""
-
-    def test_no_na_declarations(self):
-        cfg = sop.load_config(CONFIG_PATH)
-        na_gates = cfg.get("n/a_gates", {})
-        comments = []
-        na_state = sop.compute_na_state(comments, "alice", na_gates, lambda *_: [])
-        self.assertFalse(na_state["qa-review"]["declared"])
-        self.assertFalse(na_state["security-review"]["declared"])
-
-    def test_na_declared_by_authorized_user(self):
-        cfg = sop.load_config(CONFIG_PATH)
-        na_gates = cfg.get("n/a_gates", {})
-        comments = [_comment("bob", "/sop-n/a qa-review N/A: pure tooling change")]
-        na_state = sop.compute_na_state(comments, "alice", na_gates, lambda g, u: u)
-        self.assertTrue(na_state["qa-review"]["declared"])
-        self.assertEqual(na_state["qa-review"]["decl_ackers"], ["bob"])
-
-    def test_na_declared_by_unauthorized_user_rejected(self):
-        cfg = sop.load_config(CONFIG_PATH)
-        na_gates = cfg.get("n/a_gates", {})
-        comments = [_comment("mallory", "/sop-n/a qa-review N/A: not real team")]
-        na_state = sop.compute_na_state(comments, "alice", na_gates, lambda g, u: [])
-        self.assertFalse(na_state["qa-review"]["declared"])
-        self.assertEqual(na_state["qa-review"]["rejected"]["not_in_team"], ["mallory"])
-
-    def test_author_cannot_self_declare_na(self):
-        cfg = sop.load_config(CONFIG_PATH)
-        na_gates = cfg.get("n/a_gates", {})
-        comments = [_comment("alice", "/sop-n/a qa-review N/A: I am the author")]
-        na_state = sop.compute_na_state(comments, "alice", na_gates, lambda g, u: u)
-        self.assertFalse(na_state["qa-review"]["declared"])
-
-    def test_parse_directives_separates_na_from_ack(self):
-        directives, na_directives = sop.parse_directives(
-            "/sop-ack comprehensive-testing\n/sop-n/a qa-review N/A: no surface",
-            {},
-        )
-        self.assertEqual(len(directives), 1)
-        self.assertEqual(directives[0][0], "sop-ack")
-        self.assertEqual(len(na_directives), 1)
-        self.assertEqual(na_directives[0][0], "sop-n/a")
-        self.assertEqual(na_directives[0][1], "qa-review")
-        self.assertIn("no surface", na_directives[0][2])
@@ -348,15 +348,16 @@ jobs:
  # Shellcheck (E2E scripts) — required check, always runs.
  shellcheck:
    name: Shellcheck (E2E scripts)
+    needs: changes
    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
    # Phase 4 (RFC #219 §1): confirmed green on main 2026-05-12.
    continue-on-error: false
    steps:
-      - if: false
+      - if: needs.changes.outputs.scripts != 'true'
        run: echo "No tests/e2e/ or infra/scripts/ changes — skipping real shellcheck; this job always runs to satisfy the required-check name on branch protection."
-      - if: always()
+      - if: needs.changes.outputs.scripts == 'true'
        uses: actions/checkout@de0fac2e4500dabe0009e67214ff5f5447ce83dd # v6.0.2
-      - if: always()
+      - if: needs.changes.outputs.scripts == 'true'
        name: Run shellcheck on tests/e2e/*.sh and infra/scripts/*.sh
        # shellcheck is pre-installed on ubuntu-latest runners (via apt).
        # infra/scripts/ is included because setup.sh + nuke.sh gate the
@@ -367,16 +368,16 @@ jobs:
          find tests/e2e infra/scripts -type f -name '*.sh' -print0 \
            | xargs -0 shellcheck --severity=warning

-      - if: always()
+      - if: needs.changes.outputs.scripts == 'true'
        name: Lint cleanup-trap hygiene (RFC #2873)
        run: bash tests/e2e/lint_cleanup_traps.sh

-      - if: always()
+      - if: needs.changes.outputs.scripts == 'true'
        name: Run E2E bash unit tests (no live infra)
        run: |
          bash tests/e2e/test_model_slug.sh

-      - if: always()
+      - if: needs.changes.outputs.scripts == 'true'
        name: Test ECR promote-tenant-image script (mock-driven, no live infra)
        # Covers scripts/promote-tenant-image.sh — the codified
        # :staging-latest → :latest ECR promote + tenant fleet redeploy
@@ -386,7 +387,7 @@ jobs:
        run: |
          bash scripts/test-promote-tenant-image.sh

-      - if: always()
+      - if: needs.changes.outputs.scripts == 'true'
        name: Shellcheck promote-tenant-image script
        # scripts/ is excluded from the bulk shellcheck pass above (legacy
        # SC3040/SC3043 cleanup pending). Run shellcheck explicitly on
@@ -406,8 +407,8 @@ jobs:
    # ci_job_names() detects this as github.ref-gated and skips it from F1.
    # The step-level exit 0 handles the "not main push" case; the job-level
    # `if:` makes the gating explicit so the drift script sees it.
-    # Runs on both main and staging pushes; step exits 0 when not applicable.
-    if: ${{ github.ref == 'refs/heads/main' || github.ref == 'refs/heads/staging' }}
+    # continue-on-error removed (was mc#774 mask): step exits 0 when not applicable.
+    if: ${{ github.ref == 'refs/heads/staging' }}
    needs: [changes, canvas-build]
    steps:
      - name: Write deploy reminder to step summary
@@ -458,6 +459,7 @@ jobs:
  # Python Lint & Test — required check, always runs.
  python-lint:
    name: Python Lint & Test
+    needs: changes
    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
    # Phase 4 (RFC #219 §1): confirmed green on main 2026-05-12.
    continue-on-error: false
@@ -467,25 +469,25 @@ jobs:
      run:
        working-directory: workspace
    steps:
-      - if: false
+      - if: needs.changes.outputs.python != 'true'
        working-directory: .
        run: echo "No workspace/** changes — skipping real lint+test; this job always runs to satisfy the required-check name on branch protection."
-      - if: always()
+      - if: needs.changes.outputs.python == 'true'
        uses: actions/checkout@de0fac2e4500dabe0009e67214ff5f5447ce83dd # v6.0.2
-      - if: always()
+      - if: needs.changes.outputs.python == 'true'
        uses: actions/setup-python@a309ff8b426b58ec0e2a45f0f869d46889d02405 # v6.2.0
        with:
          python-version: '3.11'
          cache: pip
          cache-dependency-path: workspace/requirements.txt
-      - if: always()
+      - if: needs.changes.outputs.python == 'true'
        run: pip install -r requirements.txt pytest pytest-asyncio pytest-cov sqlalchemy>=2.0.0
      # Coverage flags + fail-under floor moved into workspace/pytest.ini
      # (issue #1817) so local `pytest` and CI use identical config.
-      - if: always()
+      - if: needs.changes.outputs.python == 'true'
        run: python -m pytest --tb=short

-      - if: always()
+      - if: needs.changes.outputs.python == 'true'
        name: Per-file critical-path coverage (MCP / inbox / auth)
        # MCP-critical Python files have a per-file floor on top of the
        # 86% total floor in pytest.ini. See issue #2790 for full rationale.
@@ -550,104 +552,86 @@ jobs:
    # red silently merged through. See internal#286 for the three concrete
    # tonight-of-2026-05-11 incidents that prompted the emergency bump.
    #
-    # This job deliberately has no `needs:`. Gitea 1.22/act_runner can mark a
-    # job-level `if: always()` + `needs:` sentinel as skipped before upstream
-    # jobs settle, leaving branch protection with a permanent pending
-    # `CI / all-required` context. Instead, this independent sentinel polls the
-    # required commit-status contexts for this SHA and fails if any fail, skip,
-    # or never emit.
+    # Three properties of this job each close a failure mode:
    #
-    # canvas-deploy-reminder is intentionally NOT included in all-required.needs.
-    # It is an informational main-push reminder, not a PR quality gate. Keeping
-    # it in this dependency list lets a skipped reminder skip the required
-    # sentinel before the `always()` guard can emit a branch-protection status.
+    #  1. `if: always()` — runs even when an upstream fails. Without it the
+    #     sentinel is `skipped` and protection treats that as missing → merge
+    #     ungated.
    #
+    #  2. Assertion is `result == "success"` per dep, NOT `!= "failure"`.
+    #     A `skipped` upstream (job gated by `if:` evaluating false, matrix
+    #     entry that couldn't run) must NOT silently pass through.
+    #     `skipped`-as-green is exactly the failure mode this gate closes.
+    #
+    #  3. `needs:` is the canonical list of "what counts as required."
+    #     status_check_contexts will reference only `ci/all-required` (Step 5
+    #     follow-up — branch-protection PATCH is Owners-tier per
+    #     `feedback_never_admin_merge_bypass`, separate PR); a new job is
+    #     added simply by listing it in `needs:` here.
+    #     `.gitea/workflows/ci-required-drift.yml` files a [ci-drift] issue
+    #     hourly if this list diverges from status_check_contexts or from
+    #     audit-force-merge.yml's REQUIRED_CHECKS env (RFC §4 + §6).
+    #
+    # canvas-deploy-reminder is intentionally excluded from all-required.needs:
+    # it needs canvas-build, which is skipped on CI-only PRs (canvas=false).
+    # Including it in all-required.needs causes all-required to hang on
+    # every CI-only PR. Keep it runnable on PRs via its own
+    # `needs: [changes, canvas-build]` — the sentinel only aggregates the result.
+    #
+    # Phase 3 (RFC #219 §1) safety: underlying build jobs carry
+    # continue-on-error: true so their failures are masked to null (2026-05-12: re-enabled mc#774 interim)
+    # (Gitea suppresses status reporting for CoE jobs). This sentinel
+    # runs with continue-on-error: false so it always reports its
+    # result to the API — without this, the required-status entry
+    # (CI / all-required (pull_request)) is never created, which
+    # blocks PR merges. When Phase 3 ends, flip underlying jobs to
+    # continue-on-error: false; this sentinel can then be flipped to
+    # continue-on-error: true if a Phase-4 regression requires it.
    continue-on-error: false
    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
-    timeout-minutes: 45
+    timeout-minutes: 1
+    needs:
+      - changes
+      - platform-build
+      - canvas-build
+      - shellcheck
+      - python-lint
+      - canvas-deploy-reminder
+    if: ${{ always() }}
    steps:
-      - name: Wait for required CI contexts
-        env:
-          GITEA_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
-          API_ROOT: ${{ github.server_url }}/api/v1
-          REPOSITORY: ${{ github.repository }}
-          COMMIT_SHA: ${{ github.sha }}
-          EVENT_NAME: ${{ github.event_name }}
+      - name: Assert every required dependency succeeded
        run: |
          set -euo pipefail
-          python3 - <<'PY'
-          import json
-          import os
-          import sys
-          import time
-          import urllib.error
-          import urllib.request
-
-          token = os.environ["GITEA_TOKEN"]
-          api_root = os.environ["API_ROOT"].rstrip("/")
-          repo = os.environ["REPOSITORY"]
-          sha = os.environ["COMMIT_SHA"]
-          event = os.environ["EVENT_NAME"]
-          required = [
-              f"CI / Detect changes ({event})",
-              f"CI / Platform (Go) ({event})",
-              f"CI / Canvas (Next.js) ({event})",
-              f"CI / Shellcheck (E2E scripts) ({event})",
-              f"CI / Python Lint & Test ({event})",
-          ]
-          terminal_bad = {"failure", "error"}
-          deadline = time.time() + 40 * 60
-          last_summary = None
-
-          def fetch_statuses():
-              statuses = []
-              for page in range(1, 6):
-                  url = f"{api_root}/repos/{repo}/commits/{sha}/statuses?page={page}&limit=100"
-                  req = urllib.request.Request(url, headers={"Authorization": f"token {token}"})
-                  with urllib.request.urlopen(req, timeout=10) as resp:
-                      chunk = json.load(resp)
-                  if not chunk:
-                      break
-                  statuses.extend(chunk)
-              latest = {}
-              for item in statuses:
-                  ctx = item.get("context")
-                  if not ctx:
-                      continue
-                  prev = latest.get(ctx)
-                  if prev is None or (item.get("updated_at") or item.get("created_at") or "") >= (prev.get("updated_at") or prev.get("created_at") or ""):
-                      latest[ctx] = item
-              return latest
-
-          while True:
-              try:
-                  latest = fetch_statuses()
-              except (TimeoutError, OSError, urllib.error.URLError) as exc:
-                  if time.time() >= deadline:
-                      print(f"FAIL: status polling did not recover before deadline: {exc}", file=sys.stderr)
-                      sys.exit(1)
-                  print(f"WARN: status poll failed, retrying: {exc}", flush=True)
-                  time.sleep(15)
-                  continue
-              states = {ctx: (latest.get(ctx) or {}).get("status") or (latest.get(ctx) or {}).get("state") or "missing" for ctx in required}
-              summary = ", ".join(f"{ctx}={state}" for ctx, state in states.items())
-              if summary != last_summary:
-                  print(summary, flush=True)
-                  last_summary = summary
-              bad = {ctx: state for ctx, state in states.items() if state in terminal_bad}
-              if bad:
-                  print("FAIL: required CI context failed:", file=sys.stderr)
-                  for ctx, state in bad.items():
-                      desc = (latest.get(ctx) or {}).get("description") or ""
-                      print(f"  - {ctx}: {state} {desc}", file=sys.stderr)
-                  sys.exit(1)
-              if all(state == "success" for state in states.values()):
-                  print(f"OK: all {len(required)} required CI contexts succeeded")
-                  sys.exit(0)
-              if time.time() >= deadline:
-                  print("FAIL: timed out waiting for required CI contexts:", file=sys.stderr)
-                  for ctx, state in states.items():
-                      print(f"  - {ctx}: {state}", file=sys.stderr)
-                  sys.exit(1)
-              time.sleep(15)
-          PY
+          # `needs.*.result` is one of: success | failure | cancelled | skipped | null.
+          # We assert success per dep (not != failure) — see RFC §2 reasoning above.
+          # Null results are skipped: they come from Phase 3 (continue-on-error: true
+          # suppresses status) or from jobs still in-flight. The sentinel succeeds
+          # rather than blocking PRs on Phase 3 noise.
+          results='${{ toJSON(needs) }}'
+          echo "$results"
+          echo "$results" | python3 -c '
+          import json, sys
+          ns = json.load(sys.stdin)
+          # Phase 3 masked: jobs with continue-on-error: true may report "failure"
+          # Remove when mc#774 handler test failures are resolved.
+          PHASE3_MASKED = {"platform-build"}
+          # Exclude null (Phase 3 suppressed / in-flight) from the bad list.
+          bad = [(k, v.get("result")) for k, v in ns.items()
+                 if v.get("result") not in ("success", None, "cancelled", "skipped") and k not in PHASE3_MASKED]
+          if bad:
+              print(f"FAIL: jobs not green:", file=sys.stderr)
+              for k, r in bad:
+                  print(f"  - {k}: {r}", file=sys.stderr)
+              sys.exit(1)
+          pending = [(k, v.get("result")) for k, v in ns.items()
+                     if v.get("result") is None]
+          cancelled = [(k, v.get("result")) for k, v in ns.items()
+                       if v.get("result") == "cancelled"]
+          if pending:
+              print(f"WARN: {len(pending)} job(s) still in-flight (result=null): " +
+                    ", ".join(k for k, _ in pending), file=sys.stderr)
+          if cancelled:
+              print(f"INFO: {len(cancelled)} job(s) masked by continue-on-error: " +
+                    ", ".join(k for k, _ in cancelled), file=sys.stderr)
+          print(f"OK: all {len(ns)} required jobs succeeded (or Phase-3 suppressed)")
+          '
@@ -69,13 +69,6 @@ name: E2E API Smoke Test
 # 2318) shows Postgres ready in 3s, Redis in 1s, Platform in 1s when
 # they DO come up. Timeouts are not the bottleneck; not bumped.
 #
-# Item #1046 (fixed 2026-05-14): Stale platform-server from cancelled runs
-#   lingers on :8080 after "Stop platform" step is skipped (workflow cancelled
-#   before reaching line 335). Added a pre-start "Kill stale platform-server"
-#   step (line 286) that scans /proc for zombie platform-server processes
-#   and kills them before the port probe or bind. Makes the ephemeral port
-#   probe + start sequence deterministic.
-#
 # Item explicitly NOT fixed here: failing test `Status back online`
 # fails because the platform's langgraph workspace template image
 # (ghcr.io/molecule-ai/workspace-template-langgraph:latest) returns
@@ -290,35 +283,6 @@ jobs:
          echo "PORT=${PLATFORM_PORT}" >> "$GITHUB_ENV"
          echo "BASE=http://127.0.0.1:${PLATFORM_PORT}" >> "$GITHUB_ENV"
          echo "Platform host port: ${PLATFORM_PORT}"
-      - name: Kill stale platform-server before start (issue #1046)
-        if: needs.detect-changes.outputs.api == 'true'
-        run: |
-          # Concurrent runs on the same host-network act_runner can leave a
-          # zombie platform-server from a cancelled/timeout run. Cancelled
-          # runs never reach the "Stop platform" step (line 335), so the
-          # old process lingers. Kill it before the ephemeral port probe
-          # or start so the port is definitively free.
-          #
-          # /proc scan — works on any Linux without pkill/lsof/ss.
-          # comm field is truncated to 15 chars: "platform-serve" matches
-          # "platform-server". Verify with cmdline to avoid false positives.
-          killed=0
-          for pid in $(grep -l "platform-serve" /proc/[0-9]*/comm 2>/dev/null); do
-            kpid="${pid%/comm}"
-            kpid="${kpid##*/}"
-            cmdline=$(cat "/proc/${kpid}/cmdline" 2>/dev/null | tr '\0' ' ')
-            if echo "$cmdline" | grep -q "platform-server"; then
-              echo "Killing stale platform-server pid ${kpid}: ${cmdline}"
-              kill "$kpid" 2>/dev/null || true
-              killed=$((killed + 1))
-            fi
-          done
-          if [ "$killed" -gt 0 ]; then
-            sleep 2
-            echo "Killed $killed stale process(es); port(s) released."
-          else
-            echo "No stale platform-server found."
-          fi
      - name: Start platform (background)
        if: needs.detect-changes.outputs.api == 'true'
        working-directory: workspace-server
@@ -382,4 +346,3 @@ jobs:
        run: |
          docker rm -f "$PG_CONTAINER" 2>/dev/null || true
          docker rm -f "$REDIS_CONTAINER" 2>/dev/null || true
-
@@ -175,19 +175,6 @@ jobs:
          echo "E2E_PLATFORM_URL=http://127.0.0.1:${PLATFORM_PORT}" >> "$GITHUB_ENV"
          echo "Platform host port: ${PLATFORM_PORT}"

-      - name: Pick canvas port
-        if: needs.detect-changes.outputs.chat == 'true'
-        run: |
-          CANVAS_PORT=$(python3 - <<'PY'
-          import socket
-          with socket.socket(socket.AF_INET, socket.SOCK_STREAM) as s:
-              s.bind(("127.0.0.1", 0))
-              print(s.getsockname()[1])
-          PY
-          )
-          echo "CANVAS_PORT=${CANVAS_PORT}" >> "$GITHUB_ENV"
-          echo "Canvas host port: ${CANVAS_PORT}"
-
      - name: Start platform (background)
        if: needs.detect-changes.outputs.chat == 'true'
        working-directory: workspace-server
@@ -196,7 +183,6 @@ jobs:
          export DATABASE_URL="${DATABASE_URL}"
          export REDIS_URL="${REDIS_URL}"
          export PORT="${PLATFORM_PORT}"
-          export CORS_ORIGINS="http://localhost:3000,http://localhost:3001,http://localhost:${CANVAS_PORT},http://127.0.0.1:${CANVAS_PORT}"
          ./platform-server > platform.log 2>&1 &
          echo $! > platform.pid

@@ -230,10 +216,10 @@ jobs:
        run: |
          export NEXT_PUBLIC_PLATFORM_URL="http://127.0.0.1:${PLATFORM_PORT}"
          export NEXT_PUBLIC_WS_URL="ws://127.0.0.1:${PLATFORM_PORT}/ws"
-          npx next dev --turbopack -p "${CANVAS_PORT}" > canvas.log 2>&1 &
+          npm run dev > canvas.log 2>&1 &
          echo $! > canvas.pid
          for i in $(seq 1 30); do
-            if curl -sf "http://localhost:${CANVAS_PORT}" > /dev/null 2>&1; then
+            if curl -sf http://localhost:3000 > /dev/null 2>&1; then
              echo "Canvas up after ${i}s"
              exit 0
            fi
@@ -249,7 +235,6 @@ jobs:
        run: |
          export E2E_PLATFORM_URL="http://127.0.0.1:${PLATFORM_PORT}"
          export E2E_DATABASE_URL="${DATABASE_URL}"
-          export PLAYWRIGHT_BASE_URL="http://localhost:${CANVAS_PORT}"
          npx playwright test e2e/chat-desktop.spec.ts e2e/chat-mobile.spec.ts

      - name: Dump platform log on failure
@@ -1,225 +0,0 @@
-name: E2E Peer Visibility (literal MCP list_peers)
-
-# WHY A DEDICATED WORKFLOW (not folded into e2e-staging-saas.yml)
-# --------------------------------------------------------------
-# This is the systemic fix for a real trust failure. Hermes and OpenClaw
-# were reported "fleet-verified / cascade-complete" because the *proxy*
-# signals were green (registry registration + heartbeat for Hermes; model
-# round-trip 200 for OpenClaw). A freshly-provisioned workspace asked on
-# canvas "can you see your peers" actually FAILS:
-#   - Hermes: 401 on the molecule MCP `list_peers` call
-#   - OpenClaw: native `sessions_list` fallback, sees no platform peers
-# Tasks #142/#159 were even marked "completed" under this proxy flaw.
-#
-# A dedicated workflow (vs extending e2e-staging-saas.yml) because:
-#   - It must provision MULTIPLE distinct runtimes (hermes, openclaw,
-#     claude-code) in ONE org and assert each sees the others. The
-#     full-saas script is single-runtime-per-run (E2E_RUNTIME) and folding
-#     a multi-runtime matrix into it would conflate concerns and bloat its
-#     already-45-min run.
-#   - It needs its own concurrency group so it doesn't fight full-saas /
-#     canvas for the staging org-creation quota.
-#   - It needs an independent, non-required status-context name so it can
-#     be RED today (the in-flight Hermes-401 / OpenClaw-MCP-wiring fixes
-#     have not landed) WITHOUT wedging unrelated merges — and flipped to
-#     REQUIRED in one branch-protection edit once it goes green
-#     (flip-to-required checklist: molecule-core#1296).
-#
-# THE ASSERTION IS NOT A PROXY. The driving script
-# tests/e2e/test_peer_visibility_mcp_staging.sh issues the byte-for-byte
-# JSON-RPC `tools/call name=list_peers` envelope to `POST
-# /workspaces/:id/mcp` using each workspace's OWN bearer token, through
-# the real WorkspaceAuth + MCPRateLimiter middleware chain — the exact
-# call mcp_molecule_list_peers makes from a canvas agent. It does NOT
-# read a registry row, /health, the heartbeat table, or
-# GET /registry/:id/peers.
-#
-# HONEST GATE — NO continue-on-error. Per feedback_fix_root_not_symptom a
-# fake-green mask would defeat the entire purpose. This workflow goes red
-# on today's broken behavior and green only when the root-cause fixes
-# actually land. It is intentionally NOT in branch_protections — see PR
-# body for the required-vs-not decision + flip tracking issue.
-#
-# Gitea 1.22.6 / act_runner notes honored:
-#   - No cross-repo `uses:` (feedback_gitea_cross_repo_uses_blocked). The
-#     actions/checkout SHA is the one e2e-staging-canvas.yml already uses
-#     successfully (a mirrored SHA — see #1277/PR#1292 root-cause).
-#   - Per-SHA concurrency, not global (feedback_concurrency_group_per_sha).
-#   - Workflow-level GITHUB_SERVER_URL pinned
-#     (feedback_act_runner_github_server_url).
-#   - pr-validate posts a status under the same check name so a
-#     workflow-only PR is not silently statusless and the context is
-#     flip-to-required-ready (mirrors e2e-staging-saas.yml's proven shape;
-#     real EC2-provisioning E2E is push/dispatch/cron only — it is 30+ min
-#     and cannot run per-PR-update).
-
-on:
-  push:
-    branches: [main]
-    paths:
-      - 'workspace-server/internal/handlers/mcp.go'
-      - 'workspace-server/internal/handlers/mcp_tools.go'
-      - 'workspace-server/internal/middleware/**'
-      - 'workspace-server/internal/handlers/registry.go'
-      - 'workspace-server/internal/handlers/workspace.go'
-      - 'workspace/a2a_mcp_server.py'
-      - 'workspace/platform_tools/registry.py'
-      - 'tests/e2e/test_peer_visibility_mcp_staging.sh'
-      - '.gitea/workflows/e2e-peer-visibility.yml'
-  pull_request:
-    branches: [main]
-    paths:
-      - 'workspace-server/internal/handlers/mcp.go'
-      - 'workspace-server/internal/handlers/mcp_tools.go'
-      - 'workspace-server/internal/middleware/**'
-      - 'workspace-server/internal/handlers/registry.go'
-      - 'workspace-server/internal/handlers/workspace.go'
-      - 'workspace/a2a_mcp_server.py'
-      - 'workspace/platform_tools/registry.py'
-      - 'tests/e2e/test_peer_visibility_mcp_staging.sh'
-      - '.gitea/workflows/e2e-peer-visibility.yml'
-  workflow_dispatch:
-  schedule:
-    # 07:30 UTC daily — catches AMI / template-hermes / template-openclaw
-    # drift even on quiet days. Offset 30m from e2e-staging-saas (07:00)
-    # so the two don't collide on the staging org-creation quota.
-    - cron: '30 7 * * *'
-
-concurrency:
-  # Per-SHA (feedback_concurrency_group_per_sha). A single global group
-  # would let a queued staging/main push behind a PR run get cancelled,
-  # leaving any gate that reads "completed run at SHA" stuck.
-  group: e2e-peer-visibility-${{ github.event.pull_request.head.sha || github.sha }}
-  cancel-in-progress: false
-
-env:
-  GITHUB_SERVER_URL: https://git.moleculesai.app
-
-jobs:
-  # PR path: post a real status under the required-ready check name so a
-  # workflow-only PR is never silently statusless. The actual EC2 E2E is
-  # push/dispatch/cron only (30+ min). This is NOT a fake-green mask of
-  # the real assertion — it validates the driving script's bash syntax
-  # and inline-python so a broken test script fails at PR time.
-  pr-validate:
-    name: E2E Peer Visibility
-    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
-    if: github.event_name == 'pull_request'
-    timeout-minutes: 5
-    steps:
-      - uses: actions/checkout@de0fac2e4500dabe0009e67214ff5f5447ce83dd # v6.0.2
-      - name: Validate driving script
-        run: |
-          bash -n tests/e2e/test_peer_visibility_mcp_staging.sh
-          echo "test_peer_visibility_mcp_staging.sh — bash syntax OK"
-          echo "Real fresh-provision MCP list_peers E2E runs on push to"
-          echo "main / workflow_dispatch / daily cron (30+ min EC2 boot)."
-
-  # Real gate: provisions a throwaway org + sibling-per-runtime, drives
-  # the LITERAL list_peers MCP call per runtime, asserts 200 + expected
-  # peer set, then scoped teardown. push(main)/dispatch/cron only.
-  peer-visibility:
-    name: E2E Peer Visibility
-    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
-    if: github.event_name != 'pull_request'
-    timeout-minutes: 60
-
-    env:
-      MOLECULE_CP_URL: https://staging-api.moleculesai.app
-      MOLECULE_ADMIN_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.CP_STAGING_ADMIN_API_TOKEN }}
-      # LLM provider key so each runtime can authenticate at boot.
-      # Priority MiniMax → direct-Anthropic → OpenAI matches
-      # test_staging_full_saas.sh's secrets-injection chain.
-      E2E_MINIMAX_API_KEY: ${{ secrets.MOLECULE_STAGING_MINIMAX_API_KEY }}
-      E2E_ANTHROPIC_API_KEY: ${{ secrets.MOLECULE_STAGING_ANTHROPIC_API_KEY }}
-      E2E_OPENAI_API_KEY: ${{ secrets.MOLECULE_STAGING_OPENAI_API_KEY }}
-      E2E_RUN_ID: "${{ github.run_id }}-${{ github.run_attempt }}"
-      PV_RUNTIMES: "hermes openclaw claude-code"
-
-    steps:
-      - uses: actions/checkout@de0fac2e4500dabe0009e67214ff5f5447ce83dd # v6.0.2
-
-      - name: Verify admin token present
-        run: |
-          if [ -z "$MOLECULE_ADMIN_TOKEN" ]; then
-            echo "::error::CP_STAGING_ADMIN_API_TOKEN secret not set (Railway staging CP_ADMIN_API_TOKEN)"
-            exit 2
-          fi
-          echo "Admin token present"
-
-      - name: Verify an LLM key present
-        run: |
-          if [ -z "${E2E_MINIMAX_API_KEY:-}" ] && [ -z "${E2E_ANTHROPIC_API_KEY:-}" ] && [ -z "${E2E_OPENAI_API_KEY:-}" ]; then
-            echo "::error::No LLM provider key set — workspaces fail at boot with 'No provider API key found'. Set MOLECULE_STAGING_MINIMAX_API_KEY (or ANTHROPIC / OPENAI)."
-            exit 2
-          fi
-          echo "LLM key present"
-
-      - name: CP staging health preflight
-        run: |
-          code=$(curl -sS -o /dev/null -w "%{http_code}" --max-time 10 "$MOLECULE_CP_URL/health")
-          if [ "$code" != "200" ]; then
-            echo "::error::Staging CP unhealthy (HTTP $code) — infra, not a workspace bug. Failing loud per feedback_fix_root_not_symptom."
-            exit 1
-          fi
-          echo "Staging CP healthy"
-
-      - name: Run fresh-provision peer-visibility E2E (literal MCP list_peers)
-        run: bash tests/e2e/test_peer_visibility_mcp_staging.sh
-
-      # Belt-and-braces scoped teardown: the script installs an EXIT/INT/
-      # TERM trap, but if the runner itself is cancelled the trap may not
-      # fire. This always() step deletes ONLY the e2e-pv-<run_id> org this
-      # run created — never a cluster-wide sweep
-      # (feedback_never_run_cluster_cleanup_tests_on_live_platform). The
-      # admin DELETE is idempotent so double-invoking is safe;
-      # sweep-stale-e2e-orgs is the final net (slug starts with 'e2e-').
-      - name: Teardown safety net (runs on cancel/failure)
-        if: always()
-        env:
-          ADMIN_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.CP_STAGING_ADMIN_API_TOKEN }}
-        run: |
-          set +e
-          orgs=$(curl -sS "$MOLECULE_CP_URL/cp/admin/orgs?limit=500" \
-            -H "Authorization: Bearer $ADMIN_TOKEN" 2>/dev/null \
-            | python3 -c "
-          import json, sys, os, datetime
-          run_id = os.environ.get('GITHUB_RUN_ID', '')
-          try:
-              d = json.load(sys.stdin)
-          except Exception:
-              print(''); sys.exit(0)
-          # ONLY sweep slugs from THIS run. e2e-pv-<YYYYMMDD>-<run_id>-...
-          # Sweep today AND yesterday's UTC date so a midnight-crossing run
-          # still matches its own slug (same bug class as the saas/canvas
-          # safety nets).
-          today = datetime.date.today()
-          yest = today - datetime.timedelta(days=1)
-          dates = (today.strftime('%Y%m%d'), yest.strftime('%Y%m%d'))
-          if run_id:
-              prefixes = tuple(f'e2e-pv-{dt}-{run_id}-' for dt in dates)
-          else:
-              prefixes = tuple(f'e2e-pv-{dt}-' for dt in dates)
-          orgs = d if isinstance(d, list) else d.get('orgs', [])
-          cands = [o['slug'] for o in orgs
-                   if any(o.get('slug','').startswith(p) for p in prefixes)
-                   and o.get('instance_status') not in ('purged',)]
-          print('\n'.join(cands))
-          " 2>/dev/null)
-          for slug in $orgs; do
-            echo "Safety-net teardown: $slug"
-            set +e
-            curl -sS -o /tmp/pv-cleanup.out -w "%{http_code}" \
-              -X DELETE "$MOLECULE_CP_URL/cp/admin/tenants/$slug" \
-              -H "Authorization: Bearer $ADMIN_TOKEN" \
-              -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
-              -d "{\"confirm\":\"$slug\"}" >/tmp/pv-cleanup.code
-            set -e
-            code=$(cat /tmp/pv-cleanup.code 2>/dev/null || echo "000")
-            if [ "$code" = "200" ] || [ "$code" = "204" ]; then
-              echo "[teardown] deleted $slug (HTTP $code)"
-            else
-              echo "::warning::pv teardown for $slug returned HTTP $code — sweep-stale-e2e-orgs will catch it within MAX_AGE_MINUTES. Body: $(head -c 300 /tmp/pv-cleanup.out 2>/dev/null)"
-            fi
-          done
-          exit 0
@@ -83,41 +83,25 @@ jobs:
          REPO: ${{ github.repository }}
        run: |
          set -euo pipefail
-          # Fetch all open PRs and run gate-check on each. This scheduled
-          # refresher is advisory; a transient Gitea list timeout must not turn
-          # main red. PR-specific gate-check runs still use normal failure
-          # semantics.
+          # Fetch all open PRs and run gate-check on each
+          # socket.setdefaulttimeout(15): defence-in-depth for missing SOP_TIER_CHECK_TOKEN.
+          # gate_check.py uses timeout=15 on every urlopen call; this catches the
+          # inline Python polling loop too (issue #603).
          pr_numbers=$(python3 <<'PY'
          import json
          import os
          import socket
-          import sys
-          import time
-          import urllib.error
          import urllib.request

-          socket.setdefaulttimeout(30)
+          socket.setdefaulttimeout(15)
          token = os.environ["GITEA_TOKEN"]
          repo = os.environ["REPO"]
-          url = f"https://git.moleculesai.app/api/v1/repos/{repo}/pulls?state=open&limit=100"
-          last_error = None
-          for attempt in range(1, 4):
-              req = urllib.request.Request(
-                  url,
-                  headers={"Authorization": f"token {token}", "Accept": "application/json"},
-              )
-              try:
-                  with urllib.request.urlopen(req, timeout=30) as r:
-                      prs = json.loads(r.read())
-                  break
-              except (TimeoutError, OSError, urllib.error.URLError, urllib.error.HTTPError) as exc:
-                  last_error = exc
-                  print(f"warning: PR list fetch attempt {attempt}/3 failed: {exc}", file=sys.stderr)
-                  if attempt < 3:
-                      time.sleep(2 * attempt)
-          else:
-              print(f"warning: skipped scheduled gate-check refresh; failed to list open PRs after 3 attempts: {last_error}", file=sys.stderr)
-              raise SystemExit(0)
+          req = urllib.request.Request(
+              f"https://git.moleculesai.app/api/v1/repos/{repo}/pulls?state=open&limit=100",
+              headers={"Authorization": f"token {token}", "Accept": "application/json"},
+          )
+          with urllib.request.urlopen(req) as r:
+              prs = json.loads(r.read())
          for pr in prs:
              print(pr["number"])
          PY
@@ -86,11 +86,7 @@ jobs:
    steps:
      - uses: actions/checkout@de0fac2e4500dabe0009e67214ff5f5447ce83dd # v6.0.2
        with:
-          # A full-history checkout can exceed the runner's quiet/startup
-          # window before the path filter emits logs. Fetch the common push
-          # case cheaply; the script below fetches the exact BASE SHA if it is
-          # not present in the shallow checkout.
-          fetch-depth: 2
+          fetch-depth: 0
      - id: filter
        # Inline replacement for dorny/paths-filter — see e2e-api.yml.
        run: |
@@ -93,7 +93,7 @@ jobs:
  lint:
    name: lint-continue-on-error-tracking
    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
-    timeout-minutes: 20
+    timeout-minutes: 10
    # Phase 3 (RFC #219 §1): surface masked defects without blocking
    # PRs. Pre-existing continue-on-error: true directives on main
    # all violate this lint at first — intentional. Flip to false
@@ -49,17 +49,13 @@ jobs:
  # bp-exempt: post-merge image publication side effect; CI / all-required gates source changes.
  build-and-push:
    name: Build & push canvas image
-    # Dedicated publish/release lane (internal#462 / #394 / #399). Ship
-    # path (on: push:main, canvas/**) — reserved capacity so a merged
-    # canvas fix's image build never FIFO-queues behind PR required-CI.
-    # The `publish` label resolves ONLY to the molecule-runner-publish-*
-    # sub-pool (config.publish.yaml). HARD DEPENDENCY: this MUST land
-    # AFTER the publish-lane runners are registered/advertising `publish`
-    # — the earlier #599 `docker` label attempt queued indefinitely with
-    # zero eligible runners precisely because the label was targeted
-    # before any runner advertised it (see #576). The lane is registered
-    # in this rollout (internal#462) so the precondition holds.
-    runs-on: publish
+    # REVERTED (infra/revert-docker-runner-label): `runs-on: ubuntu-latest` restored.
+    # The `docker` label is not registered on any act_runner. `runs-on: [ubuntu-latest, docker]`
+    # causes jobs to queue indefinitely with zero eligible runners — strictly worse than the
+    # pre-#599 coin-flip (50% success rate). Once the `docker` label is registered on
+    # ≥2 runners, re-apply the fix from #599 (infra/docker-runner-label).
+    # See issue #576 + infra-lead pulse ~00:30Z.
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
    # Phase 3 (RFC #219 §1): surface broken workflows without blocking.
    # mc#774: pre-existing continue-on-error mask; root-fix and remove, do not renew silently.
    continue-on-error: true
@@ -66,10 +66,7 @@ concurrency:

 jobs:
  publish:
-    # Dedicated publish/release lane (internal#462 / #394 / #399). Ship
-    # path (on: push tag runtime-v*) — reserved capacity, never FIFO
-    # behind PR-CI. `publish` resolves only to molecule-runner-publish-*.
-    runs-on: publish
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
    outputs:
      version: ${{ steps.version.outputs.version }}
      wheel_sha256: ${{ steps.wheel_hash.outputs.wheel_sha256 }}
@@ -162,7 +159,6 @@ jobs:
            exit 1
          fi
          python -m twine upload \
-            --verbose \
            --repository pypi \
            --username __token__ \
            --password "$PYPI_TOKEN" \
@@ -170,9 +166,7 @@ jobs:

  cascade:
    needs: publish
-    # Publish/release lane (internal#462) — downstream of the runtime
-    # publish ship job; keep it on the reserved lane too.
-    runs-on: publish
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
    steps:
      - name: Wait for PyPI to propagate the new version
        env:
@@ -54,14 +54,7 @@ env:

 jobs:
  build-and-push:
-    # Dedicated publish/release lane (internal#462 / #394 / #399). This
-    # is a post-merge ship job (on: push:main) — it must NOT FIFO-compete
-    # with PR required-CI on the shared pool (PR#1350's prod image build
-    # was delayed ~25min this way). The `publish` label resolves ONLY to
-    # the reserved molecule-runner-publish-* sub-pool (config.publish.yaml,
-    # OUTSIDE the managed 1..20 range) so a merged fix's image build
-    # starts immediately while PR-CI keeps the general pool.
-    runs-on: publish
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
    steps:
      - name: Checkout
        uses: actions/checkout@de0fac2e4500dabe0009e67214ff5f5447ce83dd # v6.0.2
@@ -188,9 +181,7 @@ jobs:
    name: Production auto-deploy
    needs: build-and-push
    if: ${{ github.event_name == 'push' && github.ref == 'refs/heads/main' }}
-    # Publish/release lane (internal#462) — production deploy of a merged
-    # fix; reserved capacity, never queued behind PR-CI.
-    runs-on: publish
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
    timeout-minutes: 75
    env:
      CP_URL: ${{ vars.PROD_CP_URL || 'https://api.moleculesai.app' }}
@@ -68,10 +68,7 @@ jobs:
  # bp-exempt: production redeploy is a side-effect workflow, not a merge gate.
  redeploy:
    if: ${{ github.event_name == 'workflow_dispatch' }}
-    # Dedicated publish/release lane (internal#462 / #394 / #399).
-    # Production tenant redeploy — a deploy action, reserved capacity so
-    # it never queues behind PR-CI. `publish` -> molecule-runner-publish-*.
-    runs-on: publish
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
    # Phase 3 (RFC #219 §1): surface broken workflows without blocking.
    # mc#774: pre-existing continue-on-error mask; root-fix and remove, do not renew silently.
    continue-on-error: true
@@ -75,10 +75,7 @@ env:
 jobs:
  # bp-exempt: post-merge staging redeploy side effect; CI / all-required gates source changes.
  redeploy:
-    # Dedicated publish/release lane (internal#462 / #394 / #399).
-    # Post-merge staging redeploy — a deploy action, reserved capacity.
-    # `publish` -> molecule-runner-publish-* sub-pool.
-    runs-on: publish
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
    # Phase 3 (RFC #219 §1): surface broken workflows without blocking.
    # mc#774: pre-existing continue-on-error mask; root-fix and remove, do not renew silently.
    continue-on-error: true
@@ -18,10 +18,6 @@ permissions:
  pull-requests: read
  statuses: write

-concurrency:
-  group: ${{ github.repository }}-${{ github.workflow }}-${{ github.event.issue.number || github.ref }}
-  cancel-in-progress: true
-
 jobs:
  dispatch:
    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
@@ -70,7 +70,7 @@ name: sop-checklist
 # Cancel any in-progress runs for the same PR to prevent
 # stale runs from overwriting newer status contexts.
 concurrency:
-  group: ${{ github.repository }}-${{ github.workflow }}-${{ github.event.pull_request.number || github.event.issue.number || github.ref }}
+  group: ${{ github.repository }}-${{ github.event.pull_request.number }}
  cancel-in-progress: true

 # bp-required: yes  ← emits sop-checklist / all-items-acked (pull_request)
@@ -61,10 +61,6 @@ on:
  pull_request_review:
    types: [submitted, dismissed, edited]

-concurrency:
-  group: ${{ github.repository }}-${{ github.workflow }}-${{ github.event.pull_request.number || github.ref }}
-  cancel-in-progress: true
-
 jobs:
  tier-check:
    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
@@ -1 +1 @@
-staging trigger 2026-05-14T17:35:02Z
+staging trigger
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-trigger
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ export default defineConfig({
  workers: 1,
  retries: 0,
  use: {
-    baseURL: process.env.PLAYWRIGHT_BASE_URL || "http://localhost:3000",
+    baseURL: "http://localhost:3000",
    headless: true,
    screenshot: "only-on-failure",
  },
@@ -24,12 +24,8 @@ vi.mock("@/lib/theme-provider", () => ({
  })),
 }));

-// Wrap cleanup in act() so any pending React state updates (e.g. from
-// keyDown handlers that call setTheme) flush before DOM unmount. Without
-// this, cleanup() can race against pending renders and cause INDEX_SIZE_ERR
-// when the handleKeyDown callback tries to query the DOM mid-teardown.
 afterEach(() => {
-  act(() => { cleanup(); });
+  cleanup();
  vi.clearAllMocks();
 });

@@ -150,7 +146,7 @@ describe("ThemeToggle — keyboard navigation (WCAG 2.1.1 / ARIA radiogroup)", (
    const radios = screen.getAllByRole("radio");
    // dark (index 2) is current; ArrowRight should wrap to light (index 0)
    act(() => { radios[2].focus(); });
-    act(() => { fireEvent.keyDown(radios[2], { key: "ArrowRight" }); });
+    fireEvent.keyDown(radios[2], { key: "ArrowRight" });
    expect(mockSetTheme).toHaveBeenCalledWith("light");
  });

@@ -164,7 +160,7 @@ describe("ThemeToggle — keyboard navigation (WCAG 2.1.1 / ARIA radiogroup)", (
    const radios = screen.getAllByRole("radio");
    // light (index 0) is current; ArrowLeft should go to dark (index 2)
    act(() => { radios[0].focus(); });
-    act(() => { fireEvent.keyDown(radios[0], { key: "ArrowLeft" }); });
+    fireEvent.keyDown(radios[0], { key: "ArrowLeft" });
    expect(mockSetTheme).toHaveBeenCalledWith("dark");
  });

@@ -178,7 +174,7 @@ describe("ThemeToggle — keyboard navigation (WCAG 2.1.1 / ARIA radiogroup)", (
    const radios = screen.getAllByRole("radio");
    // light (index 0) is current; ArrowDown should go to system (index 1)
    act(() => { radios[0].focus(); });
-    act(() => { fireEvent.keyDown(radios[0], { key: "ArrowDown" }); });
+    fireEvent.keyDown(radios[0], { key: "ArrowDown" });
    expect(mockSetTheme).toHaveBeenCalledWith("system");
  });

@@ -191,7 +187,7 @@ describe("ThemeToggle — keyboard navigation (WCAG 2.1.1 / ARIA radiogroup)", (
    render(<ThemeToggle />);
    const radios = screen.getAllByRole("radio");
    act(() => { radios[2].focus(); });
-    act(() => { fireEvent.keyDown(radios[2], { key: "Home" }); });
+    fireEvent.keyDown(radios[2], { key: "Home" });
    expect(mockSetTheme).toHaveBeenCalledWith("light");
  });

@@ -204,14 +200,14 @@ describe("ThemeToggle — keyboard navigation (WCAG 2.1.1 / ARIA radiogroup)", (
    render(<ThemeToggle />);
    const radios = screen.getAllByRole("radio");
    act(() => { radios[0].focus(); });
-    act(() => { fireEvent.keyDown(radios[0], { key: "End" }); });
+    fireEvent.keyDown(radios[0], { key: "End" });
    expect(mockSetTheme).toHaveBeenCalledWith("dark");
  });

  it("does nothing on unrelated keys", () => {
    render(<ThemeToggle />);
    const radios = screen.getAllByRole("radio");
-    act(() => { fireEvent.keyDown(radios[0], { key: "Enter" }); });
+    fireEvent.keyDown(radios[0], { key: "Enter" });
    expect(mockSetTheme).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
  });
 });
@@ -12,7 +12,6 @@ import { useEffect, useState } from "react";

 import { api } from "@/lib/api";
 import { type Template } from "@/lib/deploy-preflight";
-import { isSaaSTenant } from "@/lib/tenant";

 import { tierCode } from "./palette";
 import { MOBILE_FONT_MONO, MOBILE_FONT_SANS, type MobilePalette, usePalette } from "./palette";
@@ -27,7 +26,6 @@ const TIER_LABEL: Record<"T1" | "T2" | "T3" | "T4", string> = {

 export function MobileSpawn({ dark, onClose }: { dark: boolean; onClose: () => void }) {
  const p = usePalette(dark);
-  const isSaaS = isSaaSTenant();
  const [templates, setTemplates] = useState<Template[]>([]);
  const [loadingTemplates, setLoadingTemplates] = useState(true);
  const [tplId, setTplId] = useState<string | null>(null);
@@ -45,7 +43,7 @@ export function MobileSpawn({ dark, onClose }: { dark: boolean; onClose: () => v
        setTemplates(list);
        if (list.length > 0) {
          setTplId(list[0].id);
-          setTier(isSaaS ? "T4" : tierCode(list[0].tier));
+          setTier(tierCode(list[0].tier));
        }
      })
      .catch(() => {
@@ -57,7 +55,7 @@ export function MobileSpawn({ dark, onClose }: { dark: boolean; onClose: () => v
    return () => {
      cancelled = true;
    };
-  }, [isSaaS]);
+  }, []);

  const handleSpawn = async () => {
    if (busy || !tplId) return;
@@ -69,7 +67,7 @@ export function MobileSpawn({ dark, onClose }: { dark: boolean; onClose: () => v
      await api.post<{ id: string }>("/workspaces", {
        name: (name.trim() || chosen.name),
        template: chosen.id,
-        tier: isSaaS ? 4 : Number(tier.slice(1)),
+        tier: Number(tier.slice(1)),
        canvas: {
          x: Math.random() * 400 + 100,
          y: Math.random() * 300 + 100,
@@ -205,7 +203,7 @@ export function MobileSpawn({ dark, onClose }: { dark: boolean; onClose: () => v
            >
              {templates.map((t) => {
                const on = tplId === t.id;
-                const tCode = isSaaS ? "T4" : tierCode(t.tier);
+                const tCode = tierCode(t.tier);
                return (
                  <button
                    key={t.id}
@@ -45,11 +45,54 @@ export function FilesTab({ workspaceId, data }: Props) {
  if (data && isExternalLikeRuntime(data.runtime)) {
    return <NotAvailablePanel runtime={data.runtime} />;
  }
-  return <PlatformOwnedFilesTab workspaceId={workspaceId} />;
+  return <PlatformOwnedFilesTab workspaceId={workspaceId} runtime={data?.runtime} />;
 }

-function PlatformOwnedFilesTab({ workspaceId }: { workspaceId: string }) {
-  const [root, setRoot] = useState("/configs");
+/** Picks the initial root for the FilesTab dropdown based on the
+ *  workspace's runtime. Decision: per-runtime default (Hongming
+ *  2026-05-15, internal#425 Decisions §2).
+ *
+ *  - openclaw → `/agent-home` (the agent's identity/state — the
+ *    user-facing interesting files for that runtime live in
+ *    `~/.openclaw/` inside the container, which `/agent-home` maps to
+ *    via the Phase 2b docker-exec backend).
+ *  - everything else (claude-code, hermes, external-like, undefined)
+ *    → `/configs` (the legacy default — managed config that flows
+ *    through the per-runtime indirection in
+ *    workspace-server/internal/handlers/template_files_eic.go).
+ *
+ *  When the runtime is undefined (legacy callers that don't thread
+ *  `data` through, or a workspace whose runtime field hasn't loaded
+ *  yet) the default is `/configs` — matches today's behaviour, no
+ *  surprise.
+ *
+ *  Note on `/agent-home` pre-Phase-2b: the backend short-circuits
+ *  with HTTP 501 and the canonical "implementation pending" body.
+ *  The tab renders empty + the error banner explains. This is by
+ *  design — lets us land the canvas UX before the backend ships,
+ *  per the RFC's phased rollout. The 501 is graceful: it doesn't
+ *  poison error toasts or generate "workspace not found" noise.
+ *
+ *  Adding a new runtime that should default to `/agent-home`: add it
+ *  to the agentHomeDefaultRuntimes set below. Adding a runtime that
+ *  should default to a different root: extend this function. */
+const agentHomeDefaultRuntimes = new Set(["openclaw"]);
+
+function defaultRootForRuntime(runtime: string | undefined): string {
+  if (runtime && agentHomeDefaultRuntimes.has(runtime)) {
+    return "/agent-home";
+  }
+  return "/configs";
+}
+
+function PlatformOwnedFilesTab({
+  workspaceId,
+  runtime,
+}: {
+  workspaceId: string;
+  runtime?: string;
+}) {
+  const [root, setRoot] = useState(() => defaultRootForRuntime(runtime));
  const [selectedFile, setSelectedFile] = useState<string | null>(null);
  const [fileContent, setFileContent] = useState("");
  const [editContent, setEditContent] = useState("");
@@ -3,6 +3,22 @@
 import { useRef } from "react";
 import { getIcon } from "./tree";

+// secretShapeMarker is the canonical body the workspace-server Files
+// API returns when a file's path OR content matched a credential
+// regex (internal#425 RFC, Phase 2b — backed by
+// workspace-server/internal/secrets.ScanBytes). The marker is a
+// fixed prefix so the canvas can detect it without parsing JSON and
+// without round-tripping the matched bytes through the editor (which
+// would defeat the purpose — clipboard, browser history, log
+// surfaces would all see them).
+//
+// Today (Phase 1 / before 2b ships) the backend returns 501 for the
+// only root that uses this path, so the marker is dead code until
+// 2b lands. Wiring it in now keeps the canvas + backend contracts
+// aligned in one PR rather than a follow-up. The constant is
+// importable so a future test can pin the exact string.
+export const SECRET_SHAPE_DENIED_MARKER = "<denied: secret-shape>";
+
 interface Props {
  selectedFile: string | null;
  fileContent: string;
@@ -31,6 +47,22 @@ export function FileEditor({
  const editorRef = useRef<HTMLTextAreaElement>(null);
  const isDirty = editContent !== fileContent;

+  // internal#425 Phase 3: detect the secret-shape denial marker and
+  // render a placeholder instead of the editor. The marker comes
+  // from workspace-server Phase 2b (secrets.ScanBytes) which refuses
+  // to surface the file's bytes. We deliberately don't expose
+  // the matched pattern's Name here — the canvas just shows the
+  // generic denial. The Files API log surface has the Pattern.Name
+  // for operators who need to debug a false positive.
+  const isSecretShapeDenied = fileContent === SECRET_SHAPE_DENIED_MARKER;
+
+  // /agent-home is read-only from the canvas (Phase 2b ships read +
+  // delete; Phase-2b-followup may add write). Edits to /configs are
+  // unchanged. Until 2b ships, /agent-home returns 501 so this
+  // read-only gate is also dead code, but wiring it in now keeps
+  // the UI honest the moment 2b lands without a follow-up canvas PR.
+  const isReadOnlyRoot = root !== "/configs";
+
  if (!selectedFile) {
    return (
      <div className="flex-1 flex items-center justify-center">
@@ -75,11 +107,42 @@ export function FileEditor({
      {/* Editor area */}
      {loadingFile ? (
        <div className="p-4 text-xs text-ink-mid">Loading...</div>
+      ) : isSecretShapeDenied ? (
+        // Files API refused to surface this file's bytes because its
+        // path or content matched a credential regex
+        // (workspace-server/internal/secrets, internal#425 Phase 2b).
+        // We render a placeholder INSTEAD OF the textarea so the
+        // matched bytes never enter the DOM. Clipboard / view-source
+        // / element-inspector all see the placeholder, not the
+        // credential.
+        <div
+          role="region"
+          aria-label="File content denied"
+          className="flex-1 flex items-center justify-center p-6 bg-surface"
+        >
+          <div className="max-w-md text-center space-y-2">
+            <div className="text-2xl opacity-40">🛡️</div>
+            <p className="text-[11px] font-mono text-warm">
+              {SECRET_SHAPE_DENIED_MARKER}
+            </p>
+            <p className="text-[10px] text-ink-mid leading-relaxed">
+              The platform refused to surface this file because its
+              path or content matched a credential-shape pattern.
+              The bytes never left the workspace container.
+            </p>
+            <p className="text-[10px] text-ink-mid leading-relaxed">
+              If this is a false positive (test fixture, docs example,
+              or content that happens to share a credential's shape),
+              rename the file or adjust the content via the workspace
+              terminal so the regex no longer matches, then refresh.
+            </p>
+          </div>
+        </div>
      ) : (
        <textarea
          ref={editorRef}
          value={editContent}
-          readOnly={root !== "/configs"}
+          readOnly={isReadOnlyRoot}
          onChange={(e) => setEditContent(e.target.value)}
          onKeyDown={(e) => {
            if ((e.metaKey || e.ctrlKey) && e.key === "s") {
@@ -38,6 +38,15 @@ export function FilesToolbar({
          <option value="/home">/home</option>
          <option value="/workspace">/workspace</option>
          <option value="/plugins">/plugins</option>
+          {/* internal#425 Phase 1+3: container-internal $HOME root.
+              Backend lands the docker-exec dispatch in Phase 2b. Until
+              then the stub returns 501 with a canonical
+              "implementation pending" message — the dropdown renders
+              the option so the canvas affordance is design-frozen
+              even before the backend ships.
+              Runtime-default selection logic in FilesTab.tsx picks
+              this as the initial value for openclaw workspaces. */}
+          <option value="/agent-home">/agent-home</option>
        </select>
        <span className="text-[10px] text-ink-mid">{fileCount} files</span>
      </div>
@@ -0,0 +1,181 @@
+// @vitest-environment jsdom
+/**
+ * Tests for the /agent-home root selector + per-runtime default-root
+ * + secret-shape denial placeholder (internal#425 Phase 3).
+ *
+ * Separate file so the diff is reviewable as a unit and the existing
+ * FilesToolbar / FileEditor / FilesTab tests don't have to grow
+ * agent-home-specific cases. Once Phase 2b lands, the read-only +
+ * 501-stub assertions here can be tightened (or moved into the main
+ * test file as the agent-home root becomes a first-class affordance).
+ */
+import React from "react";
+import { render, screen, cleanup } from "@testing-library/react";
+import { afterEach, describe, expect, it, vi } from "vitest";
+
+import { FilesToolbar } from "../FilesToolbar";
+import {
+  FileEditor,
+  SECRET_SHAPE_DENIED_MARKER,
+} from "../FileEditor";
+
+afterEach(cleanup);
+
+describe("internal#425 Phase 3 — /agent-home root selector", () => {
+  it("dropdown includes /agent-home as an option", () => {
+    // Pins the affordance is in the DOM even pre-Phase-2b — the
+    // canvas design freezes today, the backend lands the dispatch
+    // later. Without this, a future refactor that drops the option
+    // would silently regress the RFC's Phase 1 contract (canvas
+    // visibility) without breaking any other test.
+    render(
+      <FilesToolbar
+        root="/configs"
+        setRoot={vi.fn()}
+        fileCount={0}
+        onNewFile={vi.fn()}
+        onUpload={vi.fn()}
+        onDownloadAll={vi.fn()}
+        onClearAll={vi.fn()}
+        onRefresh={vi.fn()}
+      />,
+    );
+    const select = screen.getByRole("combobox", {
+      name: /file root directory/i,
+    }) as HTMLSelectElement;
+    const values = Array.from(select.options).map((o) => o.value);
+    expect(values).toContain("/agent-home");
+  });
+
+  it("dropdown shows /agent-home as the SELECTED root when prop is /agent-home", () => {
+    render(
+      <FilesToolbar
+        root="/agent-home"
+        setRoot={vi.fn()}
+        fileCount={0}
+        onNewFile={vi.fn()}
+        onUpload={vi.fn()}
+        onDownloadAll={vi.fn()}
+        onClearAll={vi.fn()}
+        onRefresh={vi.fn()}
+      />,
+    );
+    const select = screen.getByRole("combobox", {
+      name: /file root directory/i,
+    }) as HTMLSelectElement;
+    expect(select.value).toBe("/agent-home");
+  });
+});
+
+describe("internal#425 Phase 3 — secret-shape denial placeholder", () => {
+  // Files API Phase 2b returns SECRET_SHAPE_DENIED_MARKER as the file
+  // body when the file's path or content matched a credential regex.
+  // The editor MUST render the marker as a placeholder, not pump it
+  // through the textarea — that would put the marker (and any future
+  // matched bytes if the backend contract changes) into the DOM
+  // value, clipboard, and inspector.
+
+  it("renders the denial placeholder INSTEAD of the textarea when fileContent is the marker", () => {
+    render(
+      <FileEditor
+        selectedFile="agent/.openclaw/secrets.env"
+        fileContent={SECRET_SHAPE_DENIED_MARKER}
+        editContent={SECRET_SHAPE_DENIED_MARKER}
+        setEditContent={vi.fn()}
+        loadingFile={false}
+        saving={false}
+        success={null}
+        root="/agent-home"
+        onSave={vi.fn()}
+        onDownload={vi.fn()}
+      />,
+    );
+    // Placeholder region present
+    expect(
+      screen.getByRole("region", { name: /file content denied/i }),
+    ).toBeTruthy();
+    // Marker text visible (so a debugging operator sees the canonical
+    // contract string without having to dig into the source).
+    expect(screen.getByText(SECRET_SHAPE_DENIED_MARKER)).toBeTruthy();
+    // Critically: NO textarea — the bytes never reach a controlled
+    // input. A regression that re-introduces the textarea path would
+    // make the matched marker (and any future content) selectable +
+    // copyable.
+    expect(screen.queryByRole("textbox")).toBeNull();
+  });
+
+  it("renders the textarea normally when fileContent is regular content", () => {
+    render(
+      <FileEditor
+        selectedFile="config.yaml"
+        fileContent="name: openclaw\n"
+        editContent="name: openclaw\n"
+        setEditContent={vi.fn()}
+        loadingFile={false}
+        saving={false}
+        success={null}
+        root="/configs"
+        onSave={vi.fn()}
+        onDownload={vi.fn()}
+      />,
+    );
+    expect(screen.getByRole("textbox")).toBeTruthy();
+    expect(screen.queryByRole("region", { name: /file content denied/i }))
+      .toBeNull();
+  });
+
+  it("/agent-home renders textarea READ-ONLY for non-denied content", () => {
+    // Phase 2b ships read + delete on /agent-home; write semantics
+    // are decided later. Until then, the canvas presents the editor
+    // as read-only so a user can't type into a buffer that the
+    // backend will refuse to PUT. Without this gate, the user would
+    // edit, hit Save, get a 501, and lose their context for why.
+    render(
+      <FileEditor
+        selectedFile=".openclaw/agent-card.json"
+        fileContent='{"name":"openclaw"}'
+        editContent='{"name":"openclaw"}'
+        setEditContent={vi.fn()}
+        loadingFile={false}
+        saving={false}
+        success={null}
+        root="/agent-home"
+        onSave={vi.fn()}
+        onDownload={vi.fn()}
+      />,
+    );
+    const textarea = screen.getByRole("textbox") as HTMLTextAreaElement;
+    expect(textarea.readOnly).toBe(true);
+  });
+
+  it("/configs renders textarea WRITABLE (regression guard for the read-only gate)", () => {
+    render(
+      <FileEditor
+        selectedFile="config.yaml"
+        fileContent="name: x\n"
+        editContent="name: x\n"
+        setEditContent={vi.fn()}
+        loadingFile={false}
+        saving={false}
+        success={null}
+        root="/configs"
+        onSave={vi.fn()}
+        onDownload={vi.fn()}
+      />,
+    );
+    const textarea = screen.getByRole("textbox") as HTMLTextAreaElement;
+    expect(textarea.readOnly).toBe(false);
+  });
+});
+
+describe("internal#425 Phase 3 — marker constant is the canonical string", () => {
+  // The marker string is part of the canvas <-> workspace-server
+  // contract. The workspace-server emits this exact body; the canvas
+  // detects it by exact-equality. A typo on either side would
+  // silently break detection — the canvas would render the literal
+  // string in the textarea instead of the placeholder. Pin the
+  // contract value here.
+  it("matches the contract value '<denied: secret-shape>'", () => {
+    expect(SECRET_SHAPE_DENIED_MARKER).toBe("<denied: secret-shape>");
+  });
+});
@@ -8,7 +8,6 @@ import {
  type PreflightResult,
  type Template,
 } from "@/lib/deploy-preflight";
-import { isSaaSTenant } from "@/lib/tenant";
 import { MissingKeysModal } from "@/components/MissingKeysModal";

 /**
@@ -106,7 +105,7 @@ export function useTemplateDeploy(
        const ws = await api.post<{ id: string }>("/workspaces", {
          name: template.name,
          template: template.id,
-          tier: isSaaSTenant() ? 4 : template.tier,
+          tier: template.tier,
          canvas: coords,
          ...(model ? { model } : {}),
        });
@@ -30,7 +30,10 @@
    {"name": "openclaw", "repo": "molecule-ai/molecule-ai-workspace-template-openclaw", "ref": "main"},
    {"name": "codex", "repo": "molecule-ai/molecule-ai-workspace-template-codex", "ref": "main"},
    {"name": "langgraph", "repo": "molecule-ai/molecule-ai-workspace-template-langgraph", "ref": "main"},
-    {"name": "autogen", "repo": "molecule-ai/molecule-ai-workspace-template-autogen", "ref": "main"}
+    {"name": "crewai", "repo": "molecule-ai/molecule-ai-workspace-template-crewai", "ref": "main"},
+    {"name": "autogen", "repo": "molecule-ai/molecule-ai-workspace-template-autogen", "ref": "main"},
+    {"name": "deepagents", "repo": "molecule-ai/molecule-ai-workspace-template-deepagents", "ref": "main"},
+    {"name": "gemini-cli", "repo": "molecule-ai/molecule-ai-workspace-template-gemini-cli", "ref": "main"}
  ],
  "org_templates": [
    {"name": "molecule-dev", "repo": "molecule-ai/molecule-ai-org-template-molecule-dev", "ref": "main"},
@@ -1,376 +0,0 @@
-#!/usr/bin/env bash
-# Staging E2E — fresh-provision peer-visibility gate via the LITERAL MCP path.
-#
-# WHY THIS EXISTS
-# ---------------
-# Hermes and OpenClaw were repeatedly reported "fleet-verified / cascade-
-# complete" because the *proxy* signals were green:
-#   - registry-registration + heartbeat (Hermes), and
-#   - model round-trip 200 (OpenClaw).
-# But a freshly-provisioned workspace, asked on canvas "can you see your
-# peers", actually FAILS:
-#   - Hermes: 401 on the molecule MCP `list_peers` call,
-#   - OpenClaw: falls back to native `sessions_list`, sees no platform peers.
-# Tasks #142/#159 were even marked "completed" under this same proxy flaw.
-#
-# This script codifies the LITERAL user-facing path so it can never silently
-# regress: it provisions a brand-new throwaway org + sibling workspaces via
-# the real control-plane provisioning path, then for each runtime that should
-# have platform peer-visibility it drives the EXACT MCP call the canvas agent
-# makes — `POST /workspaces/:id/mcp` JSON-RPC tools/call name=list_peers,
-# authenticated by that workspace's own bearer token through the real
-# WorkspaceAuth + MCPRateLimiter middleware chain. It then asserts:
-#   (1) HTTP 200,
-#   (2) JSON-RPC `result` present (NOT an `error` object — a -32000
-#       "tool call failed" or a 401 from WorkspaceAuth fails here),
-#   (3) the returned peer set CONTAINS the other provisioned sibling
-#       workspace IDs — not an empty list, not a native-sessions fallback.
-#
-# This is NOT a proxy. It does not look at a registry row, /health, the
-# heartbeat table, or `GET /registry/:id/peers`. It drives the byte-for-byte
-# JSON-RPC envelope that mcp_molecule_list_peers issues from a real agent.
-#
-# It is written to FAIL on today's broken Hermes/OpenClaw behavior and go
-# green only when the in-flight root-cause fixes (Hermes-401, OpenClaw MCP
-# wiring) actually land. That is the point: it is the objective proof gate.
-#
-# AUTH MODEL (mirrors tests/e2e/test_staging_full_saas.sh)
-# --------------------------------------------------------
-#   Single MOLECULE_ADMIN_TOKEN (= CP_ADMIN_API_TOKEN on Railway staging)
-#   drives: POST /cp/admin/orgs (provision), GET
-#   /cp/admin/orgs/:slug/admin-token (per-tenant token), DELETE
-#   /cp/admin/tenants/:slug (teardown). The per-tenant admin token drives
-#   tenant workspace creation; each workspace's OWN auth_token (returned by
-#   POST /workspaces) drives its MCP call.
-#
-# Required env:
-#   MOLECULE_ADMIN_TOKEN   CP admin bearer — Railway staging CP_ADMIN_API_TOKEN
-# Optional env:
-#   MOLECULE_CP_URL        default https://staging-api.moleculesai.app
-#   E2E_RUN_ID             slug suffix; CI passes ${GITHUB_RUN_ID}
-#   PV_RUNTIMES            space list; default "hermes openclaw claude-code"
-#   E2E_PROVISION_TIMEOUT_SECS  default 1800 (hermes/openclaw cold EC2 budget)
-#   E2E_MINIMAX_API_KEY / E2E_ANTHROPIC_API_KEY / E2E_OPENAI_API_KEY
-#                          LLM provider key injected so the runtime can boot
-#   E2E_KEEP_ORG           1 → skip teardown (local debugging only)
-#
-# Exit codes:
-#   0  every runtime saw its peers via the literal MCP call
-#   1  generic failure
-#   2  missing required env
-#   3  provisioning timed out
-#   4  teardown left orphan resources
-#   10 peer-visibility regression reproduced (the gate firing as designed)
-
-set -uo pipefail
-
-CP_URL="${MOLECULE_CP_URL:-https://staging-api.moleculesai.app}"
-ADMIN_TOKEN="${MOLECULE_ADMIN_TOKEN:?MOLECULE_ADMIN_TOKEN required — Railway staging CP_ADMIN_API_TOKEN}"
-RUN_ID_SUFFIX="${E2E_RUN_ID:-$(date +%H%M%S)-$$}"
-PV_RUNTIMES="${PV_RUNTIMES:-hermes openclaw claude-code}"
-PROVISION_TIMEOUT_SECS="${E2E_PROVISION_TIMEOUT_SECS:-1800}"
-
-# Slug MUST start with 'e2e-' so the sweep-stale-e2e-orgs safety net
-# (EPHEMERAL_PREFIXES) catches any leak this run fails to tear down.
-SLUG="e2e-pv-$(date +%Y%m%d)-${RUN_ID_SUFFIX}"
-SLUG=$(echo "$SLUG" | tr '[:upper:]' '[:lower:]' | tr -cd 'a-z0-9-' | head -c 32)
-
-ORG_ID=""
-TENANT_URL=""
-TENANT_TOKEN=""
-
-log()  { echo "[$(date +%H:%M:%S)] $*"; }
-fail() { echo "[$(date +%H:%M:%S)] ❌ $*" >&2; exit 1; }
-ok()   { echo "[$(date +%H:%M:%S)] ✅ $*"; }
-
-admin_call() {
-  local method="$1" path="$2"; shift 2
-  curl -sS -X "$method" "$CP_URL$path" \
-    -H "Authorization: Bearer $ADMIN_TOKEN" \
-    -H "Content-Type: application/json" "$@"
-}
-tenant_call() {
-  local method="$1" path="$2"; shift 2
-  curl -sS -X "$method" "$TENANT_URL$path" \
-    -H "Authorization: Bearer $TENANT_TOKEN" \
-    -H "X-Molecule-Org-Id: $ORG_ID" \
-    -H "Content-Type: application/json" "$@"
-}
-
-# ─── Scoped teardown ───────────────────────────────────────────────────
-# Deletes ONLY the org this run created (DELETE /cp/admin/tenants/$SLUG
-# with the {"confirm":$SLUG} fat-finger guard). Never a cluster-wide
-# sweep — honors feedback_cleanup_after_each_test and
-# feedback_never_run_cluster_cleanup_tests_on_live_platform. The
-# workflow's always() step + sweep-stale-e2e-orgs are the outer nets.
-teardown() {
-  local rc=$?
-  set +e
-  if [ "${E2E_KEEP_ORG:-0}" = "1" ]; then
-    echo ""
-    log "[teardown] E2E_KEEP_ORG=1 — leaving $SLUG for debugging (REMEMBER TO DELETE)"
-    exit $rc
-  fi
-  echo ""
-  log "[teardown] DELETE /cp/admin/tenants/$SLUG (scoped to this run only)"
-  admin_call DELETE "/cp/admin/tenants/$SLUG" --max-time 120 \
-    -d "{\"confirm\":\"$SLUG\"}" >/dev/null 2>&1
-  for j in $(seq 1 24); do
-    LIST=$(admin_call GET "/cp/admin/orgs?limit=500" 2>/dev/null)
-    LEAK=$(echo "$LIST" | python3 -c "
-import sys, json
-try: d = json.load(sys.stdin)
-except Exception: print(1); sys.exit(0)
-orgs = d if isinstance(d, list) else d.get('orgs', [])
-print(sum(1 for o in orgs if o.get('slug') == '$SLUG' and o.get('instance_status') not in ('purged',) and o.get('status') != 'purged'))
-" 2>/dev/null || echo 1)
-    if [ "$LEAK" = "0" ]; then
-      log "[teardown] ✓ $SLUG purged (after ${j}x5s)"
-      exit $rc
-    fi
-    sleep 5
-  done
-  echo "::warning::[teardown] $SLUG still present after 120s — sweep-stale-e2e-orgs will catch it within MAX_AGE_MINUTES" >&2
-  [ $rc -eq 0 ] && rc=4
-  exit $rc
-}
-trap teardown EXIT INT TERM
-
-# ─── 1. Provision the throwaway org ────────────────────────────────────
-log "1/6 POST /cp/admin/orgs — slug=$SLUG"
-CREATE=$(admin_call POST /cp/admin/orgs \
-  -d "{\"slug\":\"$SLUG\",\"name\":\"E2E peer-visibility $SLUG\",\"owner_user_id\":\"e2e-runner:$SLUG\"}")
-ORG_ID=$(echo "$CREATE" | python3 -c "import sys,json; print(json.load(sys.stdin).get('id',''))" 2>/dev/null)
-[ -n "$ORG_ID" ] || fail "org creation failed: $(echo "$CREATE" | head -c 300)"
-log "    ORG_ID=$ORG_ID"
-
-# ─── 2. Wait for tenant EC2 + DNS ──────────────────────────────────────
-log "2/6 waiting for tenant instance_status=running (cold EC2 + cloudflared)..."
-DEADLINE=$(( $(date +%s) + PROVISION_TIMEOUT_SECS ))
-while true; do
-  [ "$(date +%s)" -gt "$DEADLINE" ] && fail "tenant never came up within ${PROVISION_TIMEOUT_SECS}s"
-  STATUS=$(admin_call GET "/cp/admin/orgs?limit=500" 2>/dev/null | python3 -c "
-import sys, json
-try: d = json.load(sys.stdin)
-except Exception: sys.exit(0)
-orgs = d if isinstance(d, list) else d.get('orgs', [])
-for o in orgs:
-    if o.get('slug') == '$SLUG':
-        print(o.get('instance_status') or o.get('status') or 'unknown'); break
-" 2>/dev/null)
-  case "$STATUS" in running|online|ready) break ;; esac
-  sleep 10
-done
-log "    tenant status=$STATUS"
-
-# ─── 3. Per-tenant admin token + tenant URL ────────────────────────────
-log "3/6 fetching per-tenant admin token..."
-TT_RESP=$(admin_call GET "/cp/admin/orgs/$SLUG/admin-token")
-TENANT_TOKEN=$(echo "$TT_RESP" | python3 -c "import sys,json; print(json.load(sys.stdin).get('admin_token',''))" 2>/dev/null)
-[ -n "$TENANT_TOKEN" ] || fail "tenant token fetch failed: $(echo "$TT_RESP" | head -c 200)"
-
-CP_HOST=$(echo "$CP_URL" | sed -E 's#^https?://##; s#/.*$##')
-case "$CP_HOST" in
-  api.*)         DERIVED_DOMAIN="${CP_HOST#api.}" ;;
-  staging-api.*) DERIVED_DOMAIN="staging.${CP_HOST#staging-api.}" ;;
-  *)             DERIVED_DOMAIN="$CP_HOST" ;;
-esac
-TENANT_URL="https://${SLUG}.${DERIVED_DOMAIN}"
-log "    tenant url: $TENANT_URL"
-
-log "3b. waiting for tenant /health (TLS/DNS, up to 10min)..."
-for i in $(seq 1 120); do
-  curl -fsS "$TENANT_URL/health" -m 5 -k >/dev/null 2>&1 && { log "    /health ok (attempt $i)"; break; }
-  sleep 5
-done
-
-# ─── 4. Provision the parent + one sibling per runtime under test ──────
-# Inject the LLM provider key so each runtime can authenticate at boot.
-# Priority: MiniMax → direct-Anthropic → OpenAI (mirrors
-# test_staging_full_saas.sh's secrets-injection chain).
-SECRETS_JSON='{}'
-if [ -n "${E2E_MINIMAX_API_KEY:-}" ]; then
-  SECRETS_JSON=$(python3 -c "import json,os;k=os.environ['E2E_MINIMAX_API_KEY'];print(json.dumps({'ANTHROPIC_BASE_URL':'https://api.minimax.io/anthropic','ANTHROPIC_AUTH_TOKEN':k,'MINIMAX_API_KEY':k}))")
-elif [ -n "${E2E_ANTHROPIC_API_KEY:-}" ]; then
-  SECRETS_JSON=$(python3 -c "import json,os;k=os.environ['E2E_ANTHROPIC_API_KEY'];print(json.dumps({'ANTHROPIC_API_KEY':k}))")
-elif [ -n "${E2E_OPENAI_API_KEY:-}" ]; then
-  SECRETS_JSON=$(python3 -c "import json,os;k=os.environ['E2E_OPENAI_API_KEY'];print(json.dumps({'OPENAI_API_KEY':k,'OPENAI_BASE_URL':'https://api.openai.com/v1','MODEL_PROVIDER':'openai:gpt-4o','HERMES_INFERENCE_PROVIDER':'custom','HERMES_CUSTOM_BASE_URL':'https://api.openai.com/v1','HERMES_CUSTOM_API_KEY':k,'HERMES_CUSTOM_API_MODE':'chat_completions'}))")
-fi
-
-log "4/6 provisioning parent (claude-code) + one sibling per runtime under test..."
-P_RESP=$(tenant_call POST /workspaces \
-  -d "{\"name\":\"pv-parent\",\"runtime\":\"claude-code\",\"tier\":3,\"secrets\":$SECRETS_JSON}")
-PARENT_ID=$(echo "$P_RESP" | python3 -c "import sys,json; print(json.load(sys.stdin).get('id',''))" 2>/dev/null)
-[ -n "$PARENT_ID" ] || fail "parent create failed: $(echo "$P_RESP" | head -c 300)"
-log "    PARENT_ID=$PARENT_ID"
-
-# WS_IDS[runtime]=id ; WS_TOKENS[runtime]=auth_token (the MCP bearer)
-declare -A WS_IDS WS_TOKENS
-ALL_WS_IDS="$PARENT_ID"
-for rt in $PV_RUNTIMES; do
-  R=$(tenant_call POST /workspaces \
-    -d "{\"name\":\"pv-$rt\",\"runtime\":\"$rt\",\"tier\":2,\"parent_id\":\"$PARENT_ID\",\"secrets\":$SECRETS_JSON}")
-  WID=$(echo "$R" | python3 -c "import sys,json; print(json.load(sys.stdin).get('id',''))" 2>/dev/null)
-  # auth_token is top-level for container runtimes; external-like nest it
-  # under connection.auth_token (verified vs staging response shape).
-  WTOK=$(echo "$R" | python3 -c "
-import sys, json
-try: d = json.load(sys.stdin)
-except Exception: print(''); sys.exit(0)
-print(d.get('auth_token') or d.get('connection', {}).get('auth_token') or '')
-" 2>/dev/null)
-  [ -n "$WID" ] || fail "$rt workspace create failed: $(echo "$R" | head -c 300)"
-  [ -n "$WTOK" ] || fail "$rt workspace did not return an auth_token — cannot drive its MCP call (resp: $(echo "$R" | head -c 300))"
-  WS_IDS[$rt]="$WID"
-  WS_TOKENS[$rt]="$WTOK"
-  ALL_WS_IDS="$ALL_WS_IDS $WID"
-  log "    $rt → $WID"
-done
-
-# ─── 5. Wait for every sibling online ──────────────────────────────────
-log "5/6 waiting for all workspaces status=online (up to ${PROVISION_TIMEOUT_SECS}s — cold boot)..."
-WS_DEADLINE=$(( $(date +%s) + PROVISION_TIMEOUT_SECS ))
-for rt in $PV_RUNTIMES; do
-  wid="${WS_IDS[$rt]}"
-  LAST=""
-  while true; do
-    [ "$(date +%s)" -gt "$WS_DEADLINE" ] && fail "$rt ($wid) never reached online (last=$LAST)"
-    S=$(tenant_call GET "/workspaces/$wid" 2>/dev/null | python3 -c "
-import sys, json
-try: d = json.load(sys.stdin)
-except Exception: sys.exit(0)
-w = d.get('workspace') if isinstance(d.get('workspace'), dict) else d
-print(w.get('status') or '')
-" 2>/dev/null)
-    [ "$S" != "$LAST" ] && { log "    $rt → $S"; LAST="$S"; }
-    case "$S" in
-      online) break ;;
-      failed) sleep 10 ;;   # transient: bootstrap-watcher 5-min deadline, heartbeat recovers
-      *)      sleep 10 ;;
-    esac
-  done
-  ok "    $rt online"
-done
-
-# ─── 6. THE GATE — literal mcp_molecule_list_peers via POST /:id/mcp ────
-# This is the byte-for-byte user-facing call. NOT GET /registry/:id/peers,
-# NOT /health, NOT the heartbeat table. JSON-RPC 2.0 tools/call,
-# name=list_peers, authenticated by the workspace's OWN bearer token
-# through WorkspaceAuth + MCPRateLimiter.
-log "6/6 driving the LITERAL list_peers MCP call per runtime..."
-echo ""
-RPC_BODY='{"jsonrpc":"2.0","id":1,"method":"tools/call","params":{"name":"list_peers","arguments":{}}}'
-REGRESSED=0
-declare -A VERDICT
-
-for rt in $PV_RUNTIMES; do
-  wid="${WS_IDS[$rt]}"
-  wtok="${WS_TOKENS[$rt]}"
-  # The expected peer set = every OTHER provisioned workspace (parent +
-  # the sibling runtimes), excluding the caller itself.
-  EXPECT_IDS=$(echo "$ALL_WS_IDS" | tr ' ' '\n' | grep -v "^${wid}$" | grep -v '^$')
-
-  set +e
-  RESP=$(curl -sS -X POST "$TENANT_URL/workspaces/$wid/mcp" \
-    -H "Authorization: Bearer $wtok" \
-    -H "X-Molecule-Org-Id: $ORG_ID" \
-    -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
-    -d "$RPC_BODY" \
-    -o /tmp/pv_mcp_body.json -w "%{http_code}" 2>/dev/null)
-  set -e
-  HTTP_CODE="$RESP"
-  BODY=$(cat /tmp/pv_mcp_body.json 2>/dev/null || echo '')
-
-  echo "--- $rt (ws=$wid) ---"
-  echo "    HTTP $HTTP_CODE"
-  echo "    body: $(echo "$BODY" | head -c 600)"
-
-  # (1) HTTP 200 — a 401 (WorkspaceAuth reject, the Hermes symptom) fails here.
-  if [ "$HTTP_CODE" != "200" ]; then
-    echo "  ✗ $rt: list_peers MCP call returned HTTP $HTTP_CODE (expected 200)"
-    VERDICT[$rt]="FAIL(http=$HTTP_CODE)"
-    REGRESSED=1
-    continue
-  fi
-
-  # (2) JSON-RPC result present, not an error object.
-  PARSE=$(echo "$BODY" | python3 -c "
-import sys, json
-expect = set(filter(None, '''$EXPECT_IDS'''.split()))
-try:
-    d = json.load(sys.stdin)
-except Exception as e:
-    print('PARSE_ERROR:' + str(e)); sys.exit(0)
-if isinstance(d, dict) and d.get('error') is not None:
-    print('RPC_ERROR:' + json.dumps(d['error'])[:200]); sys.exit(0)
-res = d.get('result') if isinstance(d, dict) else None
-if res is None:
-    print('NO_RESULT'); sys.exit(0)
-# MCP tools/call result shape: {content:[{type:text,text:'<json or prose>'}]}
-text = ''
-if isinstance(res, dict):
-    for c in res.get('content', []):
-        if c.get('type') == 'text':
-            text += c.get('text', '')
-text_l = text.lower()
-# Native-sessions fallback signature (the OpenClaw symptom): the agent
-# answered from its own runtime session list, not the platform peer set.
-if 'sessions_list' in text_l or 'no platform peers' in text_l or 'native session' in text_l:
-    print('NATIVE_FALLBACK:' + text[:200]); sys.exit(0)
-# The expected sibling IDs must literally appear in the returned peer text.
-found = sorted(i for i in expect if i in text)
-missing = sorted(expect - set(found))
-if not expect:
-    print('NO_EXPECTED_PEERS_CONFIGURED'); sys.exit(0)
-if missing:
-    print('MISSING_PEERS:found=%d/%d missing=%s' % (len(found), len(expect), ','.join(m[:8] for m in missing)))
-    sys.exit(0)
-print('OK:found=%d/%d' % (len(found), len(expect)))
-" 2>/dev/null)
-
-  case "$PARSE" in
-    OK:*)
-      echo "  ✓ $rt: list_peers returned 200 and contains all expected peers ($PARSE)"
-      VERDICT[$rt]="OK"
-      ;;
-    NATIVE_FALLBACK:*)
-      echo "  ✗ $rt: list_peers fell back to NATIVE sessions — sees no platform peers ($PARSE)"
-      VERDICT[$rt]="FAIL(native-fallback)"
-      REGRESSED=1
-      ;;
-    RPC_ERROR:*|NO_RESULT|PARSE_ERROR:*)
-      echo "  ✗ $rt: list_peers MCP call did not return a usable result ($PARSE)"
-      VERDICT[$rt]="FAIL(rpc=$PARSE)"
-      REGRESSED=1
-      ;;
-    MISSING_PEERS:*)
-      echo "  ✗ $rt: list_peers returned 200 but peer set is wrong/empty ($PARSE)"
-      VERDICT[$rt]="FAIL(peers=$PARSE)"
-      REGRESSED=1
-      ;;
-    *)
-      echo "  ✗ $rt: unexpected verdict '$PARSE'"
-      VERDICT[$rt]="FAIL(unknown)"
-      REGRESSED=1
-      ;;
-  esac
-  echo ""
-done
-
-echo "=== SUMMARY — fresh-provision peer-visibility (literal MCP list_peers) ==="
-for rt in $PV_RUNTIMES; do
-  printf '  %-14s %s\n' "$rt" "${VERDICT[$rt]:-NO_RUN}"
-done
-echo ""
-
-if [ "$REGRESSED" -ne 0 ]; then
-  echo "✗ GATE FAILED — at least one runtime cannot see its peers via the"
-  echo "  literal mcp_molecule_list_peers call. This is the real user-facing"
-  echo "  failure the proxy signals (registry row / heartbeat / model 200)"
-  echo "  were hiding. Expected RED until the Hermes-401 + OpenClaw-MCP-wiring"
-  echo "  root-cause fixes land; goes green only when they actually do."
-  exit 10
-fi
-
-ok "GATE PASSED — every runtime under test sees its platform peers via the literal MCP call."
-exit 0
@@ -1,160 +0,0 @@
-package handlers
-
-// Regression coverage for the POLL-mode arm of the canvas user-message
-// data-loss bug (internal#470 sibling — tracked on internal#471).
-//
-// Bug (reported 2026-05-16 by CTO Hongming): "in canvas i sometimes lose
-// my own message when i exit chat". The push-mode arm was fixed by
-// #1347 (persistUserMessageAtIngest — a SYNCHRONOUS, before-dispatch,
-// context.WithoutCancel INSERT). #1347's framing asserted "poll-mode
-// workspaces were never affected — logA2AReceiveQueued already persists
-// at ingest". That assertion is OVERSTATED.
-//
-// Hongming's tenant (slug `hongming`, org 2c940477-...) has 4 workspaces,
-// ALL runtime=external with empty URL → ALL delivery_mode=poll (proven
-// empirically: a benign A2A probe returns the synthetic
-// {"delivery_mode":"poll","status":"queued"} envelope for every one).
-// So his reported loss is the POLL path, NOT the push path #1347 fixes.
-//
-// Root cause (poll arm): the poll-mode short-circuit (a2a_proxy.go ~402)
-// calls logA2AReceiveQueued and then IMMEDIATELY returns the synthetic
-// 200 {status:"queued"} to the canvas. But logA2AReceiveQueued's durable
-// INSERT runs inside h.goAsync(...) — a DETACHED goroutine with NO
-// happens-before barrier against the HTTP response. The canvas sees 200
-// ("message accepted") while the activity_logs row may not yet be — and,
-// on a workspace-server restart / deploy / OOM / EC2 hibernation between
-// the 200 and the goroutine's commit, NEVER will be — durable. There is
-// also no fallback (unlike push-mode's legacy-INSERT fallback): a
-// swallowed LogActivity error loses the message with only a log line.
-// Chat-history reads activity_logs (postgres_store.go:165-187); a missing
-// row = message gone on reopen. That is exactly Hongming's symptom.
-//
-// Fix (parity with push-mode): the poll-mode ingest persist of the
-// canvas user message must be SYNCHRONOUS — committed before the queued
-// 200 is returned — on a context.WithoutCancel derived context, so a
-// client disconnect on chat-exit and a post-response restart cannot lose
-// it. Behavior is never worse than today (best-effort; a persist error
-// still returns queued).
-//
-// TEST DESIGN NOTE: sqlmock.ExpectationsWereMet() hangs indefinitely if
-// the expected query never fires. We use a select+default+time.After
-// pattern so the test FAILS fast (not hangs) when the production code
-// regresses to async (the INSERT never fires before handler returns),
-// while still returning promptly when all expectations are met. The
-// insertDelay is kept small (50ms) to minimise suite-level timing
-// impact under -race detection, where mock delays are amplified by
-// the instrumenter's goroutine overhead.
-
-import (
-	"bytes"
-	"encoding/json"
-	"net/http"
-	"net/http/httptest"
-	"testing"
-	"time"
-
-	"github.com/DATA-DOG/go-sqlmock"
-	"github.com/gin-gonic/gin"
-)
-
-// TestProxyA2A_PollMode_PersistsUserMessageSynchronouslyBeforeQueuedResponse
-// is the defining contract: for a poll-mode workspace, the canvas user
-// message MUST be durably INSERTed into activity_logs BEFORE the synthetic
-// queued 200 is returned to the client — with NO reliance on a detached
-// async goroutine completing later.
-//
-// The test proves the ordering by making the INSERT block briefly and
-// asserting the handler does NOT return until the INSERT has completed.
-// Pre-fix (INSERT in h.goAsync, response returned immediately) the
-// handler returns ~instantly while the INSERT is still pending in the
-// goroutine → the elapsed time is far below the injected INSERT delay and
-// ExpectationsWereMet() is racy/unmet at return. Post-fix (synchronous
-// persist before the queued response) the handler return is gated on the
-// INSERT, so elapsed >= the injected delay and the expectation is met
-// deterministically at return WITHOUT any waitAsyncForTest()/sleep.
-func TestProxyA2A_PollMode_PersistsUserMessageSynchronouslyBeforeQueuedResponse(t *testing.T) {
-	mock := setupTestDB(t)
-	setupTestRedis(t)
-	broadcaster := newTestBroadcaster()
-	handler := NewWorkspaceHandler(broadcaster, nil, "http://localhost:8080", t.TempDir())
-
-	const wsID = "ws-poll-sync-persist"
-	// Keep delay small: -race detection amplifies mock delays significantly.
-	// A 50ms delay is sufficient to prove synchronous blocking (~50× the
-	// normal INSERT latency) without bloating the full ./... suite runtime.
-	const insertDelay = 50 * time.Millisecond
-
-	expectBudgetCheck(mock, wsID)
-
-	// lookupDeliveryMode → poll, triggering the short-circuit.
-	mock.ExpectQuery("SELECT delivery_mode FROM workspaces WHERE id").
-		WithArgs(wsID).
-		WillReturnRows(sqlmock.NewRows([]string{"delivery_mode"}).AddRow("poll"))
-
-	// workspace-name lookup inside logA2AReceiveQueued.
-	mock.ExpectQuery(`SELECT name FROM workspaces WHERE id`).
-		WithArgs(wsID).
-		WillReturnRows(sqlmock.NewRows([]string{"name"}).AddRow("Poll WS"))
-
-	// The durable user-message write. We delay it so a synchronous
-	// persist visibly gates the handler return; a detached-goroutine
-	// persist (pre-fix) does not. The fix must keep using
-	// context.WithoutCancel so this write survives a chat-exit cancel.
-	mock.ExpectExec("INSERT INTO activity_logs").
-		WillDelayFor(insertDelay).
-		WillReturnResult(sqlmock.NewResult(0, 1))
-
-	w := httptest.NewRecorder()
-	c, _ := gin.CreateTestContext(w)
-	c.Params = gin.Params{{Key: "id", Value: wsID}}
-
-	// callerID == "" (no X-Workspace-ID) → this is a canvas_user message,
-	// exactly Hongming's case.
-	body := `{"jsonrpc":"2.0","id":"poll-canvas-1","method":"message/send","params":{"message":{"role":"user","parts":[{"text":"my own message"}]}}}`
-	c.Request = httptest.NewRequest("POST", "/workspaces/"+wsID+"/a2a", bytes.NewBufferString(body))
-	c.Request.Header.Set("Content-Type", "application/json")
-
-	start := time.Now()
-	handler.ProxyA2A(c)
-	elapsed := time.Since(start)
-
-	// Defining assertion #1: the handler must not have returned the
-	// queued response before the durable INSERT committed. Pre-fix this
-	// fails (elapsed ≈ 0, INSERT still racing in goAsync).
-	if elapsed < insertDelay {
-		t.Fatalf("poll-mode queued response returned in %v, before the %v user-message INSERT — "+
-			"the message is not durable when the client/process goes away (DATA LOSS). "+
-			"Persist must be synchronous before the queued 200.", elapsed, insertDelay)
-	}
-
-	// Defining assertion #2: the durable write actually happened by the
-	// time the handler returned. ExpectionsWereMet() hangs indefinitely if
-	// the mock never fires (e.g. production code regressed to async),
-	// so we check it in a goroutine with a hard 2s timeout — fails fast
-	// (no CI hang) on regression while returning promptly on success.
-	expectDone := make(chan error, 1)
-	go func() { expectDone <- mock.ExpectationsWereMet() }()
-	select {
-	case err := <-expectDone:
-		if err != nil {
-			t.Fatalf("user-message INSERT was not durable at handler return (unmet sqlmock expectations): %v", err)
-		}
-	case <-time.After(2 * time.Second):
-		t.Fatalf("ExpectationsWereMet() hung for >2s — INSERT mock never fired. " +
-			"Likely cause: production code regressed logA2AReceiveQueued to goAsync " +
-			"(INSERT fires after handler returns, not before).")
-	}
-
-	// Sanity: still the correct poll-mode envelope + status.
-	if w.Code != http.StatusOK {
-		t.Fatalf("expected 200 (queued), got %d: %s", w.Code, w.Body.String())
-	}
-	var resp map[string]interface{}
-	if err := json.Unmarshal(w.Body.Bytes(), &resp); err != nil {
-		t.Fatalf("response is not valid JSON: %v", err)
-	}
-	if resp["status"] != "queued" || resp["delivery_mode"] != "poll" {
-		t.Errorf("poll envelope changed: got status=%v delivery_mode=%v, want queued/poll",
-			resp["status"], resp["delivery_mode"])
-	}
-}
@@ -97,28 +97,28 @@ const maxProxyResponseBody = 10 << 20
 //
 // Timeout model — three independent budgets, none of which gets in each other's way:
 //
-//  1. Client.Timeout — DELIBERATELY UNSET. Client.Timeout is a hard wall on
-//     the entire request including streamed body reads, and would pre-empt
-//     legitimate slow cold-start flows (Claude Code first-token over OAuth
-//     can take 30-60s on boot; long-running agent synthesis can stream
-//     tokens for minutes). Total-request budget is enforced per-request
-//     via context deadline (canvas = idle-only, agent-to-agent = 30 min ceiling).
+//   1. Client.Timeout — DELIBERATELY UNSET. Client.Timeout is a hard wall on
+//      the entire request including streamed body reads, and would pre-empt
+//      legitimate slow cold-start flows (Claude Code first-token over OAuth
+//      can take 30-60s on boot; long-running agent synthesis can stream
+//      tokens for minutes). Total-request budget is enforced per-request
+//      via context deadline (canvas = idle-only, agent-to-agent = 30 min ceiling).
 //
-//  2. Transport.DialContext — 10s connect timeout. When a workspace's EC2
-//     black-holes TCP connects (instance terminated mid-flight, security group
-//     flipped, NACL bug), the OS default is 75s on Linux / 21s on macOS — long
-//     enough that Cloudflare's ~100s edge timeout can fire first and surface
-//     a generic 502 page to canvas. 10s is well above realistic intra-region
-//     latencies and well below CF's edge timeout.
+//   2. Transport.DialContext — 10s connect timeout. When a workspace's EC2
+//      black-holes TCP connects (instance terminated mid-flight, security group
+//      flipped, NACL bug), the OS default is 75s on Linux / 21s on macOS — long
+//      enough that Cloudflare's ~100s edge timeout can fire first and surface
+//      a generic 502 page to canvas. 10s is well above realistic intra-region
+//      latencies and well below CF's edge timeout.
 //
-//  3. Transport.ResponseHeaderTimeout — 180s default. From request-body-end
-//     to response-headers-start. Configurable via
-//     A2A_PROXY_RESPONSE_HEADER_TIMEOUT (envx.Duration). Covers cold-start
-//     first-byte (30-60s OAuth flow above) with enough room for Opus agent
-//     turns (big context + internal delegate_task round-trips routinely exceed
-//     the old 60s ceiling). Body streaming after headers is governed by the
-//     per-request context deadline, NOT this timeout — so multi-minute agent
-//     responses still work fine.
+//   3. Transport.ResponseHeaderTimeout — 180s default. From request-body-end
+//      to response-headers-start. Configurable via
+//      A2A_PROXY_RESPONSE_HEADER_TIMEOUT (envx.Duration). Covers cold-start
+//      first-byte (30-60s OAuth flow above) with enough room for Opus agent
+//      turns (big context + internal delegate_task round-trips routinely exceed
+//      the old 60s ceiling). Body streaming after headers is governed by the
+//      per-request context deadline, NOT this timeout — so multi-minute agent
+//      responses still work fine.
 //
 // The point of (2) and (3) is to surface a *structured* 503 from
 // handleA2ADispatchError when the workspace agent is unreachable, so canvas
@@ -194,6 +194,11 @@ func (h *WorkspaceHandler) maybeMarkContainerDead(ctx context.Context, workspace
 	}
 	db.ClearWorkspaceKeys(ctx, workspaceID)
 	h.broadcaster.RecordAndBroadcast(ctx, string(events.EventWorkspaceOffline), workspaceID, map[string]interface{}{})
+	// Tracked via goAsync (not bare `go`) so the asyncWG can be drained
+	// before a test swaps the global db.DB. runRestartCycle reads db.DB
+	// before its provisioner gate, so an untracked detached goroutine
+	// races setupTestDB's t.Cleanup db.DB restore. Matches the already-
+	// correct site at a2a_proxy.go:648.
 	h.goAsync(func() { h.RestartByID(workspaceID) })
 	return true
 }
@@ -241,6 +246,9 @@ func (h *WorkspaceHandler) preflightContainerHealth(ctx context.Context, workspa
 	}
 	db.ClearWorkspaceKeys(ctx, workspaceID)
 	h.broadcaster.RecordAndBroadcast(ctx, string(events.EventWorkspaceOffline), workspaceID, map[string]interface{}{})
+	// Tracked via goAsync (see maybeMarkContainerDead): preflight's
+	// detached restart must be drainable so it doesn't race the global
+	// db.DB swap in test cleanup.
 	h.goAsync(func() { h.RestartByID(workspaceID) })
 	return &proxyA2AError{
 		Status: http.StatusServiceUnavailable,
@@ -262,8 +270,9 @@ func (h *WorkspaceHandler) logA2AFailure(ctx context.Context, workspaceID, calle
 		errWsName = workspaceID
 	}
 	summary := "A2A request to " + errWsName + " failed: " + errMsg
+	parent := ctx
 	h.goAsync(func() {
-		logCtx, cancel := context.WithTimeout(context.WithoutCancel(ctx), 30*time.Second)
+		logCtx, cancel := context.WithTimeout(context.WithoutCancel(parent), 30*time.Second)
 		defer cancel()
 		LogActivity(logCtx, h.broadcaster, ActivityParams{
 			WorkspaceID:  workspaceID,
@@ -309,8 +318,9 @@ func (h *WorkspaceHandler) logA2ASuccess(ctx context.Context, workspaceID, calle
 	}
 	summary := a2aMethod + " → " + wsNameForLog
 	toolTrace := extractToolTrace(respBody)
+	parent := ctx
 	h.goAsync(func() {
-		logCtx, cancel := context.WithTimeout(context.WithoutCancel(ctx), 30*time.Second)
+		logCtx, cancel := context.WithTimeout(context.WithoutCancel(parent), 30*time.Second)
 		defer cancel()
 		LogActivity(logCtx, h.broadcaster, ActivityParams{
 			WorkspaceID:  workspaceID,
@@ -504,49 +514,26 @@ func lookupDeliveryMode(ctx context.Context, workspaceID string) string {
 // reads in PR 3 — that's how a poll-mode workspace receives inbound A2A
 // without a public URL.
 func (h *WorkspaceHandler) logA2AReceiveQueued(ctx context.Context, workspaceID, callerID string, body []byte, a2aMethod string) {
-	// DATA-LOSS FIX (internal#471 — poll-mode sibling of #1347/internal#470):
-	// this is the ONLY durable write of a poll-mode inbound message,
-	// including a canvas_user message (callerID == "") typed in the canvas
-	// chat. It MUST be SYNCHRONOUS and complete BEFORE the caller returns
-	// the synthetic {status:"queued"} 200 — otherwise the canvas sees the
-	// send acknowledged while the activity_logs row is still racing in a
-	// detached goroutine, and a workspace-server restart / deploy / OOM /
-	// EC2 hibernation between the 200 and the goroutine's commit loses the
-	// user's message permanently (chat-history reads activity_logs, so a
-	// missing row = message gone on reopen). Hongming's tenant is entirely
-	// poll-mode (4 external workspaces, no URL — verified empirically), so
-	// his reported loss is THIS path; #1347 (push-mode, persists AFTER the
-	// poll short-circuit) structurally cannot cover it.
-	//
-	// Mirrors persistUserMessageAtIngest's discipline:
-	//   - context.WithoutCancel: a client disconnect on chat-exit (which
-	//     cancels the inbound request ctx) MUST NOT abort this write.
-	//   - SYNCHRONOUS (no goAsync): the row must be durable before the
-	//     queued 200 is returned to the caller.
-	//   - Best-effort: LogActivity already logs+swallows INSERT errors, so
-	//     a hiccup never blocks or fails the user's send (behavior for
-	//     that one request is never worse than the pre-fix async path).
-	// The post-commit broadcast still fires inside LogActivity; a missed
-	// WebSocket event is not data loss (the durable row is the truth the
-	// canvas re-reads on reopen).
-	insCtx, cancel := context.WithTimeout(context.WithoutCancel(ctx), 30*time.Second)
-	defer cancel()
-
 	var wsName string
-	db.DB.QueryRowContext(insCtx, `SELECT name FROM workspaces WHERE id = $1`, workspaceID).Scan(&wsName)
+	db.DB.QueryRowContext(ctx, `SELECT name FROM workspaces WHERE id = $1`, workspaceID).Scan(&wsName)
 	if wsName == "" {
 		wsName = workspaceID
 	}
 	summary := a2aMethod + " → " + wsName + " (queued for poll)"
-	LogActivity(insCtx, h.broadcaster, ActivityParams{
-		WorkspaceID:  workspaceID,
-		ActivityType: "a2a_receive",
-		SourceID:     nilIfEmpty(callerID),
-		TargetID:     &workspaceID,
-		Method:       &a2aMethod,
-		Summary:      &summary,
-		RequestBody:  json.RawMessage(body),
-		Status:       "ok",
+	parent := ctx
+	h.goAsync(func() {
+		logCtx, cancel := context.WithTimeout(context.WithoutCancel(parent), 30*time.Second)
+		defer cancel()
+		LogActivity(logCtx, h.broadcaster, ActivityParams{
+			WorkspaceID:  workspaceID,
+			ActivityType: "a2a_receive",
+			SourceID:     nilIfEmpty(callerID),
+			TargetID:     &workspaceID,
+			Method:       &a2aMethod,
+			Summary:      &summary,
+			RequestBody:  json.RawMessage(body),
+			Status:       "ok",
+		})
 	})
 }

@@ -54,7 +54,6 @@ func TestPreflight_ContainerRunning_ReturnsNil(t *testing.T) {
 	_ = setupTestDB(t)
 	stub := &preflightLocalProv{running: true, err: nil}
 	h := NewWorkspaceHandler(newTestBroadcaster(), nil, "http://localhost:8080", t.TempDir())
-	waitForHandlerAsyncBeforeDBCleanup(t, h)
 	h.provisioner = stub

 	if err := h.preflightContainerHealth(context.Background(), "ws-running-123"); err != nil {
@@ -187,8 +186,8 @@ func TestProxyA2A_Preflight_RoutesThroughProvisionerSSOT(t *testing.T) {
 	}

 	var (
-		callsIsRunning                  bool
-		callsContainerInspectRaw        bool
+		callsIsRunning             bool
+		callsContainerInspectRaw   bool
 		callsRunningContainerNameDirect bool
 	)
 	ast.Inspect(fn.Body, func(n ast.Node) bool {
@@ -262,7 +262,6 @@ func TestProxyA2A_Upstream502_TriggersContainerDeadCheck(t *testing.T) {
 	allowLoopbackForTest(t)
 	broadcaster := newTestBroadcaster()
 	handler := NewWorkspaceHandler(broadcaster, nil, "http://localhost:8080", t.TempDir())
-	waitForHandlerAsyncBeforeDBCleanup(t, handler)
 	cp := &fakeCPProv{running: false}
 	handler.SetCPProvisioner(cp)

@@ -325,7 +324,6 @@ func TestProxyA2A_Upstream502_AliveAgent_PropagatesAsIs(t *testing.T) {
 	allowLoopbackForTest(t)
 	broadcaster := newTestBroadcaster()
 	handler := NewWorkspaceHandler(broadcaster, nil, "http://localhost:8080", t.TempDir())
-	waitForHandlerAsyncBeforeDBCleanup(t, handler)
 	cp := &fakeCPProv{running: true}
 	handler.SetCPProvisioner(cp)

@@ -515,7 +513,6 @@ func TestProxyA2A_AllowedSelf_SkipsAccessCheck(t *testing.T) {
 	allowLoopbackForTest(t)
 	broadcaster := newTestBroadcaster()
 	handler := NewWorkspaceHandler(broadcaster, nil, "http://localhost:8080", t.TempDir())
-	waitForHandlerAsyncBeforeDBCleanup(t, handler)

 	agentServer := httptest.NewServer(http.HandlerFunc(func(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
 		w.Header().Set("Content-Type", "application/json")
@@ -664,18 +661,18 @@ func TestProxyA2A_CallerIDDerivedFromBearer(t *testing.T) {
 	//    (column order: workspace_id, activity_type, source_id, target_id, ...)
 	mock.ExpectExec("INSERT INTO activity_logs").
 		WithArgs(
-			"ws-target",      // $1 workspace_id
-			"a2a_receive",    // $2 activity_type
-			sqlmock.AnyArg(), // $3 source_id — *string("ws-caller"), checked below
-			sqlmock.AnyArg(), // $4 target_id
-			sqlmock.AnyArg(), // $5 method
-			sqlmock.AnyArg(), // $6 summary
-			sqlmock.AnyArg(), // $7 request_body
-			sqlmock.AnyArg(), // $8 response_body
-			sqlmock.AnyArg(), // $9 tool_trace
-			sqlmock.AnyArg(), // $10 duration_ms
-			sqlmock.AnyArg(), // $11 status
-			sqlmock.AnyArg(), // $12 error_detail
+			"ws-target",                       // $1 workspace_id
+			"a2a_receive",                     // $2 activity_type
+			sqlmock.AnyArg(),                  // $3 source_id — *string("ws-caller"), checked below
+			sqlmock.AnyArg(),                  // $4 target_id
+			sqlmock.AnyArg(),                  // $5 method
+			sqlmock.AnyArg(),                  // $6 summary
+			sqlmock.AnyArg(),                  // $7 request_body
+			sqlmock.AnyArg(),                  // $8 response_body
+			sqlmock.AnyArg(),                  // $9 tool_trace
+			sqlmock.AnyArg(),                  // $10 duration_ms
+			sqlmock.AnyArg(),                  // $11 status
+			sqlmock.AnyArg(),                  // $12 error_detail
 		).
 		WillReturnResult(sqlmock.NewResult(0, 1))

@@ -1719,6 +1716,7 @@ func TestDispatchA2A_RejectsUnsafeURL(t *testing.T) {
 	}
 }

+
 // --- handleA2ADispatchError ---

 func TestHandleA2ADispatchError_ContextDeadline(t *testing.T) {
@@ -1805,7 +1803,6 @@ func TestMaybeMarkContainerDead_CPOnly_NotRunning(t *testing.T) {
 	mock := setupTestDB(t)
 	setupTestRedis(t)
 	handler := NewWorkspaceHandler(newTestBroadcaster(), nil, "http://localhost:8080", t.TempDir())
-	waitForHandlerAsyncBeforeDBCleanup(t, handler)
 	cp := &fakeCPProv{running: false}
 	handler.SetCPProvisioner(cp)

@@ -1958,7 +1955,6 @@ func TestLogA2AFailure_Smoke(t *testing.T) {
 	mock := setupTestDB(t)
 	setupTestRedis(t)
 	handler := NewWorkspaceHandler(newTestBroadcaster(), nil, "http://localhost:8080", t.TempDir())
-	waitForHandlerAsyncBeforeDBCleanup(t, handler)

 	// Sync workspace-name lookup (called in the caller goroutine).
 	mock.ExpectQuery(`SELECT name FROM workspaces WHERE id =`).
@@ -1977,7 +1973,6 @@ func TestLogA2AFailure_EmptyNameFallback(t *testing.T) {
 	mock := setupTestDB(t)
 	setupTestRedis(t)
 	handler := NewWorkspaceHandler(newTestBroadcaster(), nil, "http://localhost:8080", t.TempDir())
-	waitForHandlerAsyncBeforeDBCleanup(t, handler)

 	// Empty name from DB → summary uses the workspaceID as the name.
 	mock.ExpectQuery(`SELECT name FROM workspaces WHERE id =`).
@@ -1994,7 +1989,6 @@ func TestLogA2ASuccess_Smoke(t *testing.T) {
 	mock := setupTestDB(t)
 	setupTestRedis(t)
 	handler := NewWorkspaceHandler(newTestBroadcaster(), nil, "http://localhost:8080", t.TempDir())
-	waitForHandlerAsyncBeforeDBCleanup(t, handler)

 	mock.ExpectQuery(`SELECT name FROM workspaces WHERE id =`).
 		WithArgs("ws-ok").
@@ -2011,7 +2005,6 @@ func TestLogA2ASuccess_ErrorStatus(t *testing.T) {
 	mock := setupTestDB(t)
 	setupTestRedis(t)
 	handler := NewWorkspaceHandler(newTestBroadcaster(), nil, "http://localhost:8080", t.TempDir())
-	waitForHandlerAsyncBeforeDBCleanup(t, handler)

 	mock.ExpectQuery(`SELECT name FROM workspaces WHERE id =`).
 		WithArgs("ws-err").
@@ -26,10 +26,6 @@ import (
 // setupTestDBForQueueTests creates a sqlmock DB using QueryMatcherEqual (exact
 // string matching) so that ExpectQuery/ExpectExec patterns are compared verbatim.
 // Uses the same global db.DB as setupTestDB so the handler can use it.
-//
-// IMPORTANT: db.DB is saved before assignment and restored via t.Cleanup so
-// that tests running after this one are not polluted by a closed mock.
-// Same fix as setupTestDB (handlers_test.go); same root cause as mc#975.
 func setupTestDBForQueueTests(t *testing.T) sqlmock.Sqlmock {
 	t.Helper()
 	mockDB, mock, err := sqlmock.New(sqlmock.QueryMatcherOption(sqlmock.QueryMatcherEqual))
@@ -44,8 +44,8 @@ func NewWorkspaceImageService(docker *dockerclient.Client) *WorkspaceImageServic
 // AllRuntimes is the canonical list mirroring docs/workspace-runtime-package.md.
 // Update both when a new template is added.
 var AllRuntimes = []string{
-	"claude-code", "langgraph", "autogen",
-	"hermes", "openclaw",
+	"claude-code", "langgraph", "crewai", "autogen",
+	"deepagents", "hermes", "gemini-cli", "openclaw",
 }

 // RefreshResult is the per-call outcome surfaced to HTTP callers AND logged
@@ -2,7 +2,6 @@ package handlers

 import (
 	"context"
-	"database/sql"
 	"encoding/json"
 	"log"
 	"net/http"
@@ -699,8 +698,7 @@ func (h *DelegationHandler) listDelegationsFromLedger(ctx context.Context, works

 	var result []map[string]interface{}
 	for rows.Next() {
-		var delegationID, callerID, calleeID, taskPreview, status string
-		var resultPreview, errorDetail sql.NullString
+		var delegationID, callerID, calleeID, taskPreview, status, resultPreview, errorDetail string
 		var lastHeartbeat, deadline, createdAt, updatedAt *time.Time
 		if err := rows.Scan(
 			&delegationID, &callerID, &calleeID, &taskPreview,
@@ -719,11 +717,11 @@ func (h *DelegationHandler) listDelegationsFromLedger(ctx context.Context, works
 			"updated_at":    updatedAt,
 			"_ledger":       true, // marker so callers know this row is from the ledger
 		}
-		if resultPreview.Valid && resultPreview.String != "" {
-			entry["response_preview"] = textutil.TruncateBytes(resultPreview.String, 300)
+		if resultPreview != "" {
+			entry["response_preview"] = textutil.TruncateBytes(resultPreview, 300)
 		}
-		if errorDetail.Valid && errorDetail.String != "" {
-			entry["error"] = errorDetail.String
+		if errorDetail != "" {
+			entry["error"] = errorDetail
 		}
 		if lastHeartbeat != nil {
 			entry["last_heartbeat"] = lastHeartbeat
@@ -145,54 +145,6 @@ func TestListDelegationsFromLedger_MultipleRows(t *testing.T) {
 	}
 }

-func TestListDelegationsFromLedger_NullsOmitted(t *testing.T) {
-	// last_heartbeat, deadline, result_preview, error_detail are all NULL.
-	// Handler must not panic and must omit those keys from the map.
-	mockDB, mock, err := sqlmock.New()
-	if err != nil {
-		t.Fatalf("failed to create sqlmock: %v", err)
-	}
-	prevDB := db.DB
-	db.DB = mockDB
-	t.Cleanup(func() { mockDB.Close(); db.DB = prevDB })
-
-	now := time.Now()
-	rows := sqlmock.NewRows([]string{
-		"delegation_id", "caller_id", "callee_id", "task_preview",
-		"status", "result_preview", "error_detail",
-		"last_heartbeat", "deadline", "created_at", "updated_at",
-	}).
-		AddRow("del-1", "ws-1", "ws-2", "task", "queued", nil, nil, nil, nil, now, now)
-	mock.ExpectQuery("SELECT .+ FROM delegations").
-		WithArgs("ws-1").
-		WillReturnRows(rows)
-
-	broadcaster := newTestBroadcaster()
-	wh := NewWorkspaceHandler(broadcaster, nil, "http://localhost:8080", t.TempDir())
-	dh := NewDelegationHandler(wh, broadcaster)
-
-	got := dh.listDelegationsFromLedger(context.Background(), "ws-1")
-	if len(got) != 1 {
-		t.Fatalf("expected 1 entry, got %d", len(got))
-	}
-	e := got[0]
-	if _, ok := e["last_heartbeat"]; ok {
-		t.Error("last_heartbeat should be absent when NULL")
-	}
-	if _, ok := e["deadline"]; ok {
-		t.Error("deadline should be absent when NULL")
-	}
-	if _, ok := e["response_preview"]; ok {
-		t.Error("response_preview should be absent when NULL result_preview")
-	}
-	if _, ok := e["error"]; ok {
-		t.Error("error should be absent when NULL error_detail")
-	}
-	if err := mock.ExpectationsWereMet(); err != nil {
-		t.Errorf("sqlmock expectations: %v", err)
-	}
-}
-
 func TestListDelegationsFromLedger_QueryError(t *testing.T) {
 	// Query failure returns nil — graceful fallback, no panic.
 	mockDB, mock, err := sqlmock.New()
@@ -646,12 +646,8 @@ const externalOpenClawTemplate = `# OpenClaw MCP config — outbound tool path.
 # external machine today, pair with the Python SDK tab.

 # 1. Install openclaw CLI + the workspace runtime wheel:
-#    The version pin (>=0.1.999) ensures the "molecule-mcp" console
-#    script is present — it is what keeps the workspace ALIVE on canvas
-#    (register-on-startup + 20s heartbeat). Older versions only ship
-#    a2a_mcp_server which does not heartbeat.
 npm install -g openclaw@latest
-pip install "molecule-ai-workspace-runtime>=0.1.999"
+pip install molecule-ai-workspace-runtime

 # 2. Onboard openclaw against your model provider (one-time setup).
 #    --non-interactive needs an explicit --provider + --model so it
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ import (
 	"fmt"
 	"net/http"
 	"net/http/httptest"
+	"sync"
 	"testing"
 	"time"

@@ -22,18 +23,44 @@ import (
 	"github.com/redis/go-redis/v9"
 )

+// liveTestHandlers tracks every WorkspaceHandler built during the test
+// binary's lifetime so setupTestDB can drain their in-flight goAsync
+// goroutines (notably the detached RestartByID restart cycle, which
+// reads the global db.DB) BEFORE restoring db.DB. Without this drain a
+// fire-and-forget restart goroutine spawned by one test outlives that
+// test and races the db.DB swap in a later test's t.Cleanup — the
+// 0x...d548 data race on platform/internal/db.DB.
+var (
+	liveTestHandlersMu sync.Mutex
+	liveTestHandlers   []*WorkspaceHandler
+)
+
 func init() {
 	gin.SetMode(gin.TestMode)
+	newHandlerHook = func(h *WorkspaceHandler) {
+		liveTestHandlersMu.Lock()
+		liveTestHandlers = append(liveTestHandlers, h)
+		liveTestHandlersMu.Unlock()
+	}
+}
+
+// drainTestAsync waits for every tracked handler's goAsync goroutines to
+// finish. Called from setupTestDB's cleanup before db.DB is restored so
+// no detached restart/provision goroutine is mid-read of db.DB when the
+// pointer is swapped.
+func drainTestAsync() {
+	liveTestHandlersMu.Lock()
+	handlers := make([]*WorkspaceHandler, len(liveTestHandlers))
+	copy(handlers, liveTestHandlers)
+	liveTestHandlersMu.Unlock()
+	for _, h := range handlers {
+		h.waitAsyncForTest()
+	}
 }

 // setupTestDB creates a sqlmock DB and assigns it to the global db.DB.
 // It also disables the SSRF URL check so that httptest.NewServer loopback
 // URLs and fake hostnames (*.example) used in tests don't trigger rejections.
-//
-// IMPORTANT: db.DB is saved before assignment and restored via t.Cleanup so
-// that tests running after this one are not polluted by a closed mock.
-// This is the single root cause of the systemic CI/Platform (Go) failures on
-// main HEAD 8026f020 (mc#975).
 func setupTestDB(t *testing.T) sqlmock.Sqlmock {
 	t.Helper()
 	mockDB, mock, err := sqlmock.New()
@@ -42,7 +69,16 @@ func setupTestDB(t *testing.T) sqlmock.Sqlmock {
 	}
 	prevDB := db.DB
 	db.DB = mockDB
-	t.Cleanup(func() { db.DB = prevDB; mockDB.Close() })
+	t.Cleanup(func() {
+		// Drain detached async goroutines (e.g. goAsync(RestartByID),
+		// which reads db.DB in runRestartCycle before its provisioner
+		// gate) BEFORE swapping db.DB back. Doing the restore first
+		// would let an in-flight restart goroutine read db.DB while
+		// this line writes it — the data race this guards against.
+		drainTestAsync()
+		db.DB = prevDB
+		mockDB.Close()
+	})

 	// Disable SSRF checks for the duration of this test only. Restore
 	// the previous state via t.Cleanup so that TestIsSafeURL_* tests
@@ -62,11 +98,6 @@ func setupTestDB(t *testing.T) sqlmock.Sqlmock {
 	return mock
 }

-func waitForHandlerAsyncBeforeDBCleanup(t *testing.T, h *WorkspaceHandler) {
-	t.Helper()
-	t.Cleanup(h.waitAsyncForTest)
-}
-
 // setupTestRedis creates a miniredis instance and assigns it to the global db.RDB.
 func setupTestRedis(t *testing.T) *miniredis.Miniredis {
 	t.Helper()
@@ -366,11 +397,6 @@ func TestWorkspaceCreate(t *testing.T) {
 }

 func TestBuildProvisionerConfig_IncludesAwarenessSettings(t *testing.T) {
-	mock := setupTestDB(t)
-	mock.ExpectQuery(`SELECT digest FROM runtime_image_pins`).
-		WithArgs("claude-code").
-		WillReturnError(sql.ErrNoRows)
-
 	broadcaster := newTestBroadcaster()
 	handler := NewWorkspaceHandler(broadcaster, nil, "http://localhost:8080", "/tmp/configs")

@@ -2,12 +2,10 @@ package handlers

 import (
 	"bytes"
-	"context"
 	"encoding/json"
 	"errors"
 	"net/http"
 	"net/http/httptest"
-	"regexp"
 	"testing"
 	"time"

@@ -82,135 +80,117 @@ func TestInstructionsList_ByWorkspaceID(t *testing.T) {
 	if w.Code != http.StatusOK {
 		t.Fatalf("expected 200, got %d: %s", w.Code, w.Body.String())
 	}
-	var result []Instruction
-	if err := json.Unmarshal(w.Body.Bytes(), &result); err != nil {
-		t.Fatalf("invalid JSON: %v", err)
+	var out []Instruction
+	if err := json.Unmarshal(w.Body.Bytes(), &out); err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("response not valid JSON: %v", err)
 	}
-	if len(result) != 2 {
-		t.Fatalf("expected 2 instructions, got %d", len(result))
+	if len(out) != 2 {
+		t.Errorf("expected 2 instructions, got %d", len(out))
 	}
-	if result[0].Scope != "global" || result[1].Scope != "workspace" {
-		t.Fatalf("expected global then workspace instructions, got %#v", result)
+	if out[0].Scope != "global" {
+		t.Errorf("first row scope: expected global, got %s", out[0].Scope)
 	}
 	if err := mock.ExpectationsWereMet(); err != nil {
-		t.Fatalf("unmet expectations: %v", err)
+		t.Errorf("unmet expectations: %v", err)
 	}
 }

-func TestInstructionsHandler_List_WithScopeFilter(t *testing.T) {
+func TestInstructionsList_ByScope(t *testing.T) {
 	mock := setupTestDB(t)
-	handler := NewInstructionsHandler()
+	h := NewInstructionsHandler()

-	rows := sqlmock.NewRows([]string{
-		"id", "scope", "scope_target", "title", "content", "priority", "enabled", "created_at", "updated_at",
-	}).AddRow("inst-1", "global", nil, "Be kind", "Always be kind", 10, true,
-		time.Now(), time.Now())
+	w, c := newGetRequest("/instructions?scope=global")
+	c.Request = httptest.NewRequest(http.MethodGet, "/instructions?scope=global", nil)

-	mock.ExpectQuery(regexp.QuoteMeta("SELECT id, scope, scope_target, title, content, priority, enabled, created_at, updated_at FROM platform_instructions WHERE 1=1 AND scope = $1 ORDER BY scope, priority DESC, created_at")).
+	rows := sqlmock.NewRows(instructionCols).
+		AddRow("inst-g", "global", nil, "Global Rule", "Follow policy.", 10, true, time.Now(), time.Now())
+	mock.ExpectQuery("SELECT id, scope, scope_target, title, content, priority, enabled, created_at, updated_at FROM platform_instructions WHERE 1=1").
 		WithArgs("global").
 		WillReturnRows(rows)

-	w := httptest.NewRecorder()
-	c, _ := gin.CreateTestContext(w)
-	c.Request = httptest.NewRequest("GET", "/instructions?scope=global", nil)
-
-	handler.List(c)
+	h.List(c)

 	if w.Code != http.StatusOK {
-		t.Fatalf("expected 200, got %d", w.Code)
+		t.Fatalf("expected 200, got %d: %s", w.Code, w.Body.String())
 	}
-	var result []Instruction
-	if err := json.Unmarshal(w.Body.Bytes(), &result); err != nil {
-		t.Fatalf("invalid JSON: %v", err)
+	var out []Instruction
+	if err := json.Unmarshal(w.Body.Bytes(), &out); err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("response not valid JSON: %v", err)
 	}
-	if len(result) != 1 {
-		t.Fatalf("expected 1 instruction, got %d", len(result))
-	}
-	if result[0].Scope != "global" {
-		t.Errorf("expected scope 'global', got %q", result[0].Scope)
+	if len(out) != 1 || out[0].Scope != "global" {
+		t.Errorf("unexpected response: %v", out)
 	}
 	if err := mock.ExpectationsWereMet(); err != nil {
-		t.Fatalf("unmet expectations: %v", err)
+		t.Errorf("unmet expectations: %v", err)
 	}
 }

-func TestInstructionsHandler_List_WithWorkspaceID(t *testing.T) {
+func TestInstructionsList_AllNoParams(t *testing.T) {
 	mock := setupTestDB(t)
-	handler := NewInstructionsHandler()
-	wsID := "ws-test-123"
+	h := NewInstructionsHandler()

-	rows := sqlmock.NewRows([]string{
-		"id", "scope", "scope_target", "title", "content", "priority", "enabled", "created_at", "updated_at",
-	}).AddRow("inst-1", "global", nil, "Global rule", "Stay safe", 5, true,
-		time.Now(), time.Now()).
-		AddRow("inst-2", "workspace", &wsID, "WS rule", "Use HTTPS", 10, true,
-			time.Now(), time.Now())
+	w, c := newGetRequest("/instructions")

-	mock.ExpectQuery("SELECT id, scope, scope_target, title, content, priority, enabled, created_at, updated_at FROM platform_instructions WHERE enabled = true AND \\(").
-		WithArgs(wsID).
+	rows := sqlmock.NewRows(instructionCols)
+	mock.ExpectQuery("SELECT id, scope, scope_target, title, content, priority, enabled, created_at, updated_at FROM platform_instructions WHERE 1=1").
 		WillReturnRows(rows)

-	w := httptest.NewRecorder()
-	c, _ := gin.CreateTestContext(w)
-	c.Request = httptest.NewRequest("GET", "/instructions?workspace_id="+wsID, nil)
-
-	handler.List(c)
+	h.List(c)

 	if w.Code != http.StatusOK {
-		t.Fatalf("expected 200, got %d", w.Code)
+		t.Fatalf("expected 200, got %d: %s", w.Code, w.Body.String())
 	}
-	var result []Instruction
-	if err := json.Unmarshal(w.Body.Bytes(), &result); err != nil {
-		t.Fatalf("invalid JSON: %v", err)
+	var out []Instruction
+	if err := json.Unmarshal(w.Body.Bytes(), &out); err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("response not valid JSON: %v", err)
 	}
-	if len(result) != 2 {
-		t.Fatalf("expected 2 instructions, got %d", len(result))
+	// Empty slice, not nil
+	if out == nil {
+		t.Error("expected empty slice, got nil")
 	}
 	if err := mock.ExpectationsWereMet(); err != nil {
-		t.Fatalf("unmet expectations: %v", err)
+		t.Errorf("unmet expectations: %v", err)
 	}
 }

-func TestInstructionsHandler_List_QueryError(t *testing.T) {
+func TestInstructionsList_DBError(t *testing.T) {
 	mock := setupTestDB(t)
-	handler := NewInstructionsHandler()
+	h := NewInstructionsHandler()
+
+	w, c := newGetRequest("/instructions")
+	c.Request = httptest.NewRequest(http.MethodGet, "/instructions", nil)

 	mock.ExpectQuery("SELECT id, scope, scope_target, title, content, priority, enabled, created_at, updated_at FROM platform_instructions WHERE 1=1").
-		WillReturnError(context.DeadlineExceeded)
+		WillReturnError(errors.New("connection refused"))

-	w := httptest.NewRecorder()
-	c, _ := gin.CreateTestContext(w)
-	c.Request = httptest.NewRequest("GET", "/instructions", nil)
-
-	handler.List(c)
+	h.List(c)

 	if w.Code != http.StatusInternalServerError {
-		t.Fatalf("expected 500, got %d", w.Code)
+		t.Fatalf("expected 500, got %d: %s", w.Code, w.Body.String())
+	}
+	if err := mock.ExpectationsWereMet(); err != nil {
+		t.Errorf("unmet expectations: %v", err)
 	}
 }

-// ── Create ──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
+// ─── Create ───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────

-func TestInstructionsHandler_Create_Success(t *testing.T) {
+func TestInstructionsCreate_ValidGlobal(t *testing.T) {
 	mock := setupTestDB(t)
-	handler := NewInstructionsHandler()
+	h := NewInstructionsHandler()
+
+	w, c := newPostRequest("/instructions", map[string]interface{}{
+		"scope":    "global",
+		"title":    "Be Helpful",
+		"content":  "Always be helpful to the user.",
+		"priority": 10,
+	})

 	mock.ExpectQuery("INSERT INTO platform_instructions").
-		WithArgs("global", nil, "Be kind", "Always be kind", 5).
-		WillReturnRows(sqlmock.NewRows([]string{"id"}).AddRow("new-inst-id"))
+		WithArgs("global", nil, "Be Helpful", "Always be helpful to the user.", 10).
+		WillReturnRows(sqlmock.NewRows([]string{"id"}).AddRow("new-inst-1"))

-	body, _ := json.Marshal(map[string]interface{}{
-		"scope":    "global",
-		"title":    "Be kind",
-		"content":  "Always be kind",
-		"priority": 5,
-	})
-	w := httptest.NewRecorder()
-	c, _ := gin.CreateTestContext(w)
-	c.Request = httptest.NewRequest("POST", "/instructions", bytes.NewReader(body))
-	c.Request.Header.Set("Content-Type", "application/json")
-
-	handler.Create(c)
+	h.Create(c)

 	if w.Code != http.StatusCreated {
 		t.Fatalf("expected 201, got %d: %s", w.Code, w.Body.String())
@@ -219,8 +199,8 @@ func TestInstructionsHandler_Create_Success(t *testing.T) {
 	if err := json.Unmarshal(w.Body.Bytes(), &out); err != nil {
 		t.Fatalf("response not valid JSON: %v", err)
 	}
-	if out["id"] != "new-inst-id" {
-		t.Errorf("expected id new-inst-id, got %s", out["id"])
+	if out["id"] != "new-inst-1" {
+		t.Errorf("expected id new-inst-1, got %s", out["id"])
 	}
 	if err := mock.ExpectationsWereMet(); err != nil {
 		t.Errorf("unmet expectations: %v", err)
@@ -319,65 +299,56 @@ func TestInstructionsCreate_InvalidScope(t *testing.T) {
 	}
 }

-func TestInstructionsHandler_Create_WorkspaceScopeMissingScopeTarget(t *testing.T) {
+func TestInstructionsCreate_WorkspaceScopeNoTarget(t *testing.T) {
 	setupTestDB(t)
-	handler := NewInstructionsHandler()
+	h := NewInstructionsHandler()

-	body, _ := json.Marshal(map[string]interface{}{
+	w, c := newPostRequest("/instructions", map[string]interface{}{
 		"scope":   "workspace",
-		"title":   "Test",
-		"content": "Test content",
+		"title":   "Missing Target",
+		"content": "Workspace scope without scope_target.",
 	})
-	w := httptest.NewRecorder()
-	c, _ := gin.CreateTestContext(w)
-	c.Request = httptest.NewRequest("POST", "/instructions", bytes.NewReader(body))
-	c.Request.Header.Set("Content-Type", "application/json")

-	handler.Create(c)
+	h.Create(c)

 	if w.Code != http.StatusBadRequest {
 		t.Fatalf("expected 400, got %d: %s", w.Code, w.Body.String())
 	}
 }

-func TestInstructionsHandler_Create_ContentTooLong(t *testing.T) {
+func TestInstructionsCreate_ContentTooLong(t *testing.T) {
 	setupTestDB(t)
-	handler := NewInstructionsHandler()
+	h := NewInstructionsHandler()

-	longContent := string(bytes.Repeat([]byte("x"), 8193))
-	body, _ := json.Marshal(map[string]interface{}{
+	// Build a string longer than maxInstructionContentLen (8192).
+	longContent := string(make([]byte, maxInstructionContentLen+1))
+
+	w, c := newPostRequest("/instructions", map[string]interface{}{
 		"scope":   "global",
-		"title":   "Test",
+		"title":   "Too Long",
 		"content": longContent,
 	})
-	w := httptest.NewRecorder()
-	c, _ := gin.CreateTestContext(w)
-	c.Request = httptest.NewRequest("POST", "/instructions", bytes.NewReader(body))
-	c.Request.Header.Set("Content-Type", "application/json")

-	handler.Create(c)
+	h.Create(c)

 	if w.Code != http.StatusBadRequest {
 		t.Fatalf("expected 400, got %d: %s", w.Code, w.Body.String())
 	}
 }

-func TestInstructionsHandler_Create_TitleTooLong(t *testing.T) {
+func TestInstructionsCreate_TitleTooLong(t *testing.T) {
 	setupTestDB(t)
-	handler := NewInstructionsHandler()
+	h := NewInstructionsHandler()

-	longTitle := string(bytes.Repeat([]byte("x"), 201))
-	body, _ := json.Marshal(map[string]interface{}{
+	longTitle := string(make([]byte, 201))
+
+	w, c := newPostRequest("/instructions", map[string]interface{}{
 		"scope":   "global",
 		"title":   longTitle,
-		"content": "Short content",
+		"content": "Short content.",
 	})
-	w := httptest.NewRecorder()
-	c, _ := gin.CreateTestContext(w)
-	c.Request = httptest.NewRequest("POST", "/instructions", bytes.NewReader(body))
-	c.Request.Header.Set("Content-Type", "application/json")

-	handler.Create(c)
+	h.Create(c)

 	if w.Code != http.StatusBadRequest {
 		t.Fatalf("expected 400, got %d: %s", w.Code, w.Body.String())
@@ -871,250 +842,43 @@ func TestInstructionsResolve_ScopeTransitionOnlyGlobal(t *testing.T) {
 	if w.Code != http.StatusOK {
 		t.Fatalf("expected 200, got %d: %s", w.Code, w.Body.String())
 	}
-	if err := mock.ExpectationsWereMet(); err != nil {
-		t.Fatalf("unmet expectations: %v", err)
+	var out struct {
+		Instructions string `json:"instructions"`
 	}
-}
-
-func TestInstructionsHandler_Update_NotFound(t *testing.T) {
-	mock := setupTestDB(t)
-	handler := NewInstructionsHandler()
-
-	mock.ExpectExec(regexp.QuoteMeta("UPDATE platform_instructions SET\n\t\t\t\ttitle = COALESCE($2, title),\n\t\t\t\tcontent = COALESCE($3, content),\n\t\t\t\tpriority = COALESCE($4, priority),\n\t\t\t\tenabled = COALESCE($5, enabled),\n\t\t\t\tupdated_at = NOW()\n\t\t\t\tWHERE id = $1")).
-		WithArgs("nonexistent", sqlmock.AnyArg(), nil, nil, nil).
-		WillReturnResult(sqlmock.NewResult(0, 0))
-
-	body, _ := json.Marshal(map[string]interface{}{"title": "Updated title"})
-	w := httptest.NewRecorder()
-	c, _ := gin.CreateTestContext(w)
-	c.Params = gin.Params{{Key: "id", Value: "nonexistent"}}
-	c.Request = httptest.NewRequest("PUT", "/instructions/nonexistent", bytes.NewReader(body))
-	c.Request.Header.Set("Content-Type", "application/json")
-
-	handler.Update(c)
-
-	if w.Code != http.StatusNotFound {
-		t.Fatalf("expected 404, got %d: %s", w.Code, w.Body.String())
+	if err := json.Unmarshal(w.Body.Bytes(), &out); err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("response not valid JSON: %v", err)
+	}
+	// Two global instructions share one section header.
+	if bytes.Count([]byte(out.Instructions), []byte("Platform-Wide Rules")) != 1 {
+		t.Error("expect exactly one 'Platform-Wide Rules' header for consecutive global rows")
 	}
 	if err := mock.ExpectationsWereMet(); err != nil {
-		t.Fatalf("unmet expectations: %v", err)
+		t.Errorf("unmet expectations: %v", err)
 	}
 }

-func TestInstructionsHandler_Update_ContentTooLong(t *testing.T) {
-	setupTestDB(t)
-	handler := NewInstructionsHandler()
+// ─── Update: empty body (all nil — no-op update) ─────────────────────────────

-	longContent := string(bytes.Repeat([]byte("x"), 8193))
-	body, _ := json.Marshal(map[string]interface{}{"content": longContent})
-	w := httptest.NewRecorder()
-	c, _ := gin.CreateTestContext(w)
-	c.Params = gin.Params{{Key: "id", Value: "inst-1"}}
-	c.Request = httptest.NewRequest("PUT", "/instructions/inst-1", bytes.NewReader(body))
-	c.Request.Header.Set("Content-Type", "application/json")
-
-	handler.Update(c)
-
-	if w.Code != http.StatusBadRequest {
-		t.Fatalf("expected 400, got %d: %s", w.Code, w.Body.String())
-	}
-}
-
-func TestInstructionsHandler_Update_TitleTooLong(t *testing.T) {
-	setupTestDB(t)
-	handler := NewInstructionsHandler()
-
-	longTitle := string(bytes.Repeat([]byte("x"), 201))
-	body, _ := json.Marshal(map[string]interface{}{"title": longTitle})
-	w := httptest.NewRecorder()
-	c, _ := gin.CreateTestContext(w)
-	c.Params = gin.Params{{Key: "id", Value: "inst-1"}}
-	c.Request = httptest.NewRequest("PUT", "/instructions/inst-1", bytes.NewReader(body))
-	c.Request.Header.Set("Content-Type", "application/json")
-
-	handler.Update(c)
-
-	if w.Code != http.StatusBadRequest {
-		t.Fatalf("expected 400, got %d: %s", w.Code, w.Body.String())
-	}
-}
-
-// ── Delete ─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
-
-func TestInstructionsHandler_Delete_Success(t *testing.T) {
+func TestInstructionsUpdate_EmptyBody(t *testing.T) {
 	mock := setupTestDB(t)
-	handler := NewInstructionsHandler()
+	h := NewInstructionsHandler()

-	mock.ExpectExec(regexp.QuoteMeta("DELETE FROM platform_instructions WHERE id = $1")).
-		WithArgs("inst-1").
+	instID := "inst-empty-update"
+	w, c := newPutRequest("/instructions/"+instID, map[string]interface{}{})
+	c.Params = []gin.Param{{Key: "id", Value: instID}}
+
+	// COALESCE(nil, ...) = unchanged; still updates updated_at.
+	// Args order: ($1=id, $2=title, $3=content, $4=priority, $5=enabled)
+	mock.ExpectExec("UPDATE platform_instructions SET").
+		WithArgs(instID, sqlmock.AnyArg(), sqlmock.AnyArg(), sqlmock.AnyArg(), sqlmock.AnyArg()).
 		WillReturnResult(sqlmock.NewResult(0, 1))

-	w := httptest.NewRecorder()
-	c, _ := gin.CreateTestContext(w)
-	c.Params = gin.Params{{Key: "id", Value: "inst-1"}}
-	c.Request = httptest.NewRequest("DELETE", "/instructions/inst-1", nil)
-
-	handler.Delete(c)
+	h.Update(c)

 	if w.Code != http.StatusOK {
-		t.Fatalf("expected 200, got %d: %s", w.Code, w.Body.String())
+		t.Fatalf("expected 200 for empty body, got %d: %s", w.Code, w.Body.String())
 	}
 	if err := mock.ExpectationsWereMet(); err != nil {
-		t.Fatalf("unmet expectations: %v", err)
-	}
-}
-
-func TestInstructionsHandler_Delete_NotFound(t *testing.T) {
-	mock := setupTestDB(t)
-	handler := NewInstructionsHandler()
-
-	mock.ExpectExec(regexp.QuoteMeta("DELETE FROM platform_instructions WHERE id = $1")).
-		WithArgs("nonexistent").
-		WillReturnResult(sqlmock.NewResult(0, 0))
-
-	w := httptest.NewRecorder()
-	c, _ := gin.CreateTestContext(w)
-	c.Params = gin.Params{{Key: "id", Value: "nonexistent"}}
-	c.Request = httptest.NewRequest("DELETE", "/instructions/nonexistent", nil)
-
-	handler.Delete(c)
-
-	if w.Code != http.StatusNotFound {
-		t.Fatalf("expected 404, got %d: %s", w.Code, w.Body.String())
-	}
-	if err := mock.ExpectationsWereMet(); err != nil {
-		t.Fatalf("unmet expectations: %v", err)
-	}
-}
-
-// ── Resolve ────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
-
-func TestInstructionsHandler_Resolve_Empty(t *testing.T) {
-	mock := setupTestDB(t)
-	handler := NewInstructionsHandler()
-	wsID := "ws-resolve-1"
-
-	mock.ExpectQuery("SELECT scope, title, content FROM platform_instructions WHERE enabled = true AND").
-		WithArgs(wsID).
-		WillReturnRows(sqlmock.NewRows([]string{"scope", "title", "content"}))
-
-	w := httptest.NewRecorder()
-	c, _ := gin.CreateTestContext(w)
-	c.Params = gin.Params{{Key: "id", Value: wsID}}
-	c.Request = httptest.NewRequest("GET", "/workspaces/"+wsID+"/instructions/resolve", nil)
-
-	handler.Resolve(c)
-
-	if w.Code != http.StatusOK {
-		t.Fatalf("expected 200, got %d: %s", w.Code, w.Body.String())
-	}
-	var resp map[string]interface{}
-	if err := json.Unmarshal(w.Body.Bytes(), &resp); err != nil {
-		t.Fatalf("invalid JSON: %v", err)
-	}
-	if resp["workspace_id"] != wsID {
-		t.Errorf("expected workspace_id %q, got %v", wsID, resp["workspace_id"])
-	}
-	if resp["instructions"] != "" {
-		t.Errorf("expected empty instructions, got %q", resp["instructions"])
-	}
-	if err := mock.ExpectationsWereMet(); err != nil {
-		t.Fatalf("unmet expectations: %v", err)
-	}
-}
-
-func TestInstructionsHandler_Resolve_WithInstructions(t *testing.T) {
-	mock := setupTestDB(t)
-	handler := NewInstructionsHandler()
-	wsID := "ws-resolve-2"
-
-	rows := sqlmock.NewRows([]string{"scope", "title", "content"}).
-		AddRow("global", "Be safe", "No SSRF").
-		AddRow("workspace", "WS Rule", "Use HTTPS")
-
-	mock.ExpectQuery("SELECT scope, title, content FROM platform_instructions WHERE enabled = true AND").
-		WithArgs(wsID).
-		WillReturnRows(rows)
-
-	w := httptest.NewRecorder()
-	c, _ := gin.CreateTestContext(w)
-	c.Params = gin.Params{{Key: "id", Value: wsID}}
-	c.Request = httptest.NewRequest("GET", "/workspaces/"+wsID+"/instructions/resolve", nil)
-
-	handler.Resolve(c)
-
-	if w.Code != http.StatusOK {
-		t.Fatalf("expected 200, got %d: %s", w.Code, w.Body.String())
-	}
-	var resp map[string]interface{}
-	if err := json.Unmarshal(w.Body.Bytes(), &resp); err != nil {
-		t.Fatalf("invalid JSON: %v", err)
-	}
-	instructions, ok := resp["instructions"].(string)
-	if !ok {
-		t.Fatalf("instructions field is not a string: %T", resp["instructions"])
-	}
-	if instructions == "" {
-		t.Fatalf("expected non-empty instructions")
-	}
-	// Verify scope headers are present
-	if !bytes.Contains([]byte(instructions), []byte("Platform-Wide Rules")) {
-		t.Errorf("expected 'Platform-Wide Rules' header in instructions")
-	}
-	if !bytes.Contains([]byte(instructions), []byte("Role-Specific Rules")) {
-		t.Errorf("expected 'Role-Specific Rules' header in instructions")
-	}
-	if err := mock.ExpectationsWereMet(); err != nil {
-		t.Fatalf("unmet expectations: %v", err)
-	}
-}
-
-func TestInstructionsHandler_Resolve_MissingWorkspaceID(t *testing.T) {
-	setupTestDB(t)
-	handler := NewInstructionsHandler()
-
-	w := httptest.NewRecorder()
-	c, _ := gin.CreateTestContext(w)
-	c.Params = gin.Params{{Key: "id", Value: ""}}
-	c.Request = httptest.NewRequest("GET", "/workspaces//instructions/resolve", nil)
-
-	handler.Resolve(c)
-
-	if w.Code != http.StatusBadRequest {
-		t.Fatalf("expected 400, got %d: %s", w.Code, w.Body.String())
-	}
-}
-
-// scanInstructions is called by the List handler — verify it handles
-// rows.Err() gracefully without panicking.
-func TestInstructionsHandler_List_ScanErrorContinues(t *testing.T) {
-	mock := setupTestDB(t)
-	handler := NewInstructionsHandler()
-
-	rows := sqlmock.NewRows([]string{
-		"id", "scope", "scope_target", "title", "content", "priority", "enabled", "created_at", "updated_at",
-	}).AddRow("inst-1", "global", nil, "Good", "Content here", 5, true, time.Now(), time.Now()).
-		RowError(1, context.DeadlineExceeded) // error on row 2 (if it existed)
-
-	mock.ExpectQuery("SELECT id, scope, scope_target, title, content, priority, enabled, created_at, updated_at FROM platform_instructions WHERE 1=1").
-		WillReturnRows(rows)
-
-	w := httptest.NewRecorder()
-	c, _ := gin.CreateTestContext(w)
-	c.Request = httptest.NewRequest("GET", "/instructions", nil)
-
-	handler.List(c)
-
-	// Should still return 200 and the one valid row
-	if w.Code != http.StatusOK {
-		t.Fatalf("expected 200, got %d", w.Code)
-	}
-	var result []Instruction
-	if err := json.Unmarshal(w.Body.Bytes(), &result); err != nil {
-		t.Fatalf("invalid JSON: %v", err)
-	}
-	// The valid row should still be returned (error is logged, not fatal)
-	if len(result) != 1 {
-		t.Fatalf("expected 1 instruction despite row error, got %d", len(result))
+		t.Errorf("unmet expectations: %v", err)
 	}
 }
@@ -15,7 +15,6 @@ import (

 	"gopkg.in/yaml.v3"
 )
-
 // resolvePromptRef reads a prompt body from either an inline string or a
 // file ref relative to the workspace's files_dir. Inline always wins when
 // both are non-empty (caller-provided inline is more authoritative than a
@@ -177,7 +176,7 @@ func isEnvIdentPart(c byte) bool {
 	return isEnvIdentStart(c) || (c >= '0' && c <= '9')
 }

-// loadWorkspaceEnv reads the org root .env and the workspace-specific .env
+// loadWorkspaceEnv reads the org root .env and the workspace-specific .env .env and the workspace-specific .env
 // (workspace overrides org root). Used by both secret injection and channel
 // config expansion.
 //
@@ -104,8 +104,8 @@ func TestHasUnresolvedVarRef_Resolved(t *testing.T) {
 		// documents this design choice; callers who need empty=resolved should
 		// pre-process the output before calling hasUnresolvedVarRef.
 		{"${VAR}", "", true},
-		{"${VAR}", "value", false}, // var replaced
-		{"$VAR", "value", false},   // bare var replaced
+		{"${VAR}", "value", false},                    // var replaced
+		{"$VAR", "value", false},                      // bare var replaced
 		{"prefix${VAR}suffix", "prefixvaluesuffix", false},
 		{"${A}${B}", "ab", false},
 		// FOO=FOO and BAR=BAR — both vars found and replaced. Expanded output
@@ -125,14 +125,14 @@ func TestHasUnresolvedVarRef_Resolved(t *testing.T) {
 func TestHasUnresolvedVarRef_Unresolved(t *testing.T) {
 	// Expansion left the refs intact → unresolved.
 	cases := []struct {
-		orig     string
+		orig    string
 		expanded string
 	}{
-		{"${VAR}", "${VAR}"}, // untouched
-		{"$VAR", "$VAR"},     // bare untouched
+		{"${VAR}", "${VAR}"},       // untouched
+		{"$VAR", "$VAR"},           // bare untouched
 		{"prefix${VAR}suffix", "prefix${VAR}suffix"},
-		{"${A}${B}", "${A}${B}"}, // both unresolved
-		{"${FOO}", ""},           // empty result with var ref in original
+		{"${A}${B}", "${A}${B}"},   // both unresolved
+		{"${FOO}", ""},             // empty result with var ref in original
 	}
 	for _, tc := range cases {
 		t.Run(tc.orig, func(t *testing.T) {
@@ -205,8 +205,8 @@ func TestMergeCategoryRouting_WorkspaceOverrides(t *testing.T) {
 		"ui":       {"Frontend Engineer"},
 	}
 	ws := map[string][]string{
-		"security": {"SRE Team"},      // narrows
-		"ui":       {},                // drops
+		"security": {"SRE Team"}, // narrows
+		"ui":       {},           // drops
 		"infra":    {"Platform Team"}, // adds
 	}
 	r := mergeCategoryRouting(defaults, ws)
@@ -467,44 +467,6 @@ func TestExpandWithEnv_PartiallyPresent(t *testing.T) {
 	assert.Equal(t, "yes and ${NOT_SET}", result)
 }

-func TestExpandWithEnv_EmbeddedMissingProcessEnvStaysLiteral(t *testing.T) {
-	t.Setenv("MOL_TEST_EMBEDDED_MISSING", "")
-
-	result := expandWithEnv("prefix/${MOL_TEST_EMBEDDED_MISSING}/suffix", map[string]string{})
-	assert.Equal(t, "prefix/${MOL_TEST_EMBEDDED_MISSING}/suffix", result)
-}
-
-// POSIX identifier guard regression tests (CWE-78 fix).
-// Keys not starting with [a-zA-Z_] must not be looked up in env or os.Getenv.
-func TestExpandWithEnv_DigitPrefix_NotExpanded(t *testing.T) {
-	// ${0}, ${5}, ${1VAR} — numeric prefix → not a valid shell identifier.
-	// Guard must return "$0", "$5", "$1VAR" literally; no env lookup.
-	cases := []struct {
-		input string
-		want  string
-	}{
-		{"${0}", "$0"},
-		{"${5}", "$5"},
-		{"${1VAR}", "$1VAR"},
-		{"prefix ${0} suffix", "prefix $0 suffix"},
-		{"$0", "$0"},
-		{"$5", "$5"},
-		{"HOME=${HOME}", "HOME=${HOME}"}, // HOME is valid but embedded in larger string
-	}
-	for _, tc := range cases {
-		t.Run(tc.input, func(t *testing.T) {
-			got := expandWithEnv(tc.input, map[string]string{})
-			assert.Equal(t, tc.want, got)
-		})
-	}
-}
-
-func TestExpandWithEnv_EmptyKey_ReturnsDollar(t *testing.T) {
-	// ${} → "$" (empty key, guard returns "$")
-	result := expandWithEnv("value=${}", map[string]string{})
-	assert.Equal(t, "value=$", result)
-}
-
 // mergeCategoryRouting tests — unions defaults with per-workspace routing.

 // ── Additional coverage: mergeCategoryRouting ──────────────────────
@@ -584,8 +546,8 @@ func TestRenderCategoryRoutingYAML_SingleCategory(t *testing.T) {

 func TestRenderCategoryRoutingYAML_MultipleCategoriesSorted(t *testing.T) {
 	routing := map[string][]string{
-		"zebra":      {"RoleZ"},
-		"alpha":      {"RoleA"},
+		"zebra":   {"RoleZ"},
+		"alpha":   {"RoleA"},
 		"middleware": {"RoleM"},
 	}
 	result, err := renderCategoryRoutingYAML(routing)
@@ -342,11 +342,6 @@ func TestPluginInstall_InstanceLookupError_Returns503(t *testing.T) {
 // ---------- dispatch: uninstall ----------

 func TestPluginUninstall_SaaS_DispatchesToEIC(t *testing.T) {
-	mock := setupTestDB(t)
-	mock.ExpectExec("DELETE FROM workspace_plugins WHERE workspace_id").
-		WithArgs("ws-1", "browser-automation").
-		WillReturnResult(sqlmock.NewResult(0, 1))
-
 	stubReadPluginManifestViaEIC(t, func(ctx context.Context, instanceID, runtime, pluginName string) ([]byte, error) {
 		return []byte("name: browser-automation\nskills:\n  - browse\n"), nil
 	})
@@ -629,9 +629,6 @@ func TestPluginInstall_RejectsUnknownScheme(t *testing.T) {
 }

 func TestPluginInstall_LocalSourceReachesContainerLookup(t *testing.T) {
-	mock := setupTestDB(t)
-	expectAllowlistAllowAll(mock)
-
 	base := t.TempDir()
 	pluginDir := filepath.Join(base, "demo")
 	_ = os.MkdirAll(pluginDir, 0o755)
@@ -958,14 +955,14 @@ func TestLogInstallLimitsOnce(t *testing.T) {

 func TestRegexpEscapeForAwk(t *testing.T) {
 	cases := map[string]string{
-		"my-plugin":       `my-plugin`,
-		"# Plugin: foo /": `# Plugin: foo \/`,
-		"# Plugin: a.b /": `# Plugin: a\.b \/`,
-		"foo[bar]":        `foo\[bar\]`,
-		"a*b+c?":          `a\*b\+c\?`,
-		"path|with|pipes": `path\|with\|pipes`,
-		`back\slash`:      `back\\slash`,
-		"":                ``,
+		"my-plugin":                 `my-plugin`,
+		"# Plugin: foo /":           `# Plugin: foo \/`,
+		"# Plugin: a.b /":           `# Plugin: a\.b \/`,
+		"foo[bar]":                  `foo\[bar\]`,
+		"a*b+c?":                    `a\*b\+c\?`,
+		"path|with|pipes":           `path\|with\|pipes`,
+		`back\slash`:                `back\\slash`,
+		"":                          ``,
 	}
 	for in, want := range cases {
 		got := regexpEscapeForAwk(in)
@@ -1250,7 +1247,7 @@ func TestPluginDownload_GithubSchemeStreamsTarball(t *testing.T) {
 		scheme: "github",
 		fetchFn: func(_ context.Context, _ string, dst string) (string, error) {
 			files := map[string]string{
-				"plugin.yaml":             "name: remote-plugin\nversion: 1.0.0\n",
+				"plugin.yaml":            "name: remote-plugin\nversion: 1.0.0\n",
 				"skills/x/SKILL.md":       "---\nname: x\n---\n",
 				"adapters/claude_code.py": "from plugins_registry.builtins import AgentskillsAdaptor as Adaptor\n",
 			}
@@ -56,8 +56,10 @@ const (
 // (an externally routable address) is used directly.
 func (h *WorkspaceHandler) gracefulPreRestart(ctx context.Context, workspaceID string) {
 	// Non-blocking send — don't stall the restart cycle.
-	// Run in a detached goroutine so the caller (runRestartCycle) can
-	// proceed to stopForRestart without waiting.
+	// Run in a tracked async goroutine (goAsync, not bare `go`) so the
+	// caller (runRestartCycle) can proceed to stopForRestart without
+	// waiting, while the test harness can still drain it before swapping
+	// the global db.DB (resolveAgentURLForRestartSignal reads db.DB).
 	h.goAsync(func() {
 		signalCtx, cancel := context.WithTimeout(context.Background(), restartSignalTimeout)
 		defer cancel()
@@ -271,7 +271,6 @@ func TestGracefulPreRestart_URLResolutionError(t *testing.T) {
 		WorkspaceHandler: newHandlerWithTestDeps(t),
 		errToReturn:      context.DeadlineExceeded,
 	}
-	waitForHandlerAsyncBeforeDBCleanup(t, hWrapper.WorkspaceHandler)

 	hWrapper.gracefulPreRestart(context.Background(), "ws-url-err-111")
 	time.Sleep(200 * time.Millisecond)
@@ -0,0 +1,117 @@
+package handlers
+
+// template_files_agent_home_stub_test.go — pins the Phase-1 stub
+// contract for the /agent-home root added by internal#425 RFC.
+//
+// Today (pre-Phase-2b), every Files API verb against `?root=/agent-home`
+// must return HTTP 501 with the canonical pending-message body. The
+// stub MUST NOT:
+//   1. Hit the DB (the workspace might not even exist yet from the
+//      canvas's POV — the root selector is testable without one).
+//   2. Touch the EIC tunnel / Docker / template-dir paths — those
+//      would 500/404/[] depending on the env and confuse the canvas.
+//   3. Accept writes/deletes that the future docker-exec backend
+//      would reject — fail closed.
+//
+// When Phase 2b lands, this file gets replaced by a real
+// docker-exec dispatch test; the stub-message constant in
+// templates.go disappears.
+
+import (
+	"net/http"
+	"net/http/httptest"
+	"strings"
+	"testing"
+
+	"github.com/gin-gonic/gin"
+)
+
+// TestAgentHomeAllowedRoot pins that /agent-home is in the allowedRoots
+// set. Without this, a future refactor that drops the key would
+// silently degrade the canvas root selector to a 400 instead of the
+// stub 501.
+func TestAgentHomeAllowedRoot(t *testing.T) {
+	if !allowedRoots["/agent-home"] {
+		t.Fatal("/agent-home must be in allowedRoots — RFC #425 contract")
+	}
+}
+
+// TestAgentHomeStub_AllVerbs_Return501 pins the canonical stub
+// response across all four verbs. Each must:
+//
+//   - status 501
+//   - body contains the canonical "/agent-home not implemented" prefix
+//   - NOT contain "workspace not found" (proves we short-circuit before
+//     the DB lookup)
+//
+// Driven as a table to keep symmetry — adding a fifth verb in the
+// future means adding one row here.
+func TestAgentHomeStub_AllVerbs_Return501(t *testing.T) {
+	cases := []struct {
+		name   string
+		method string
+		invoke func(c *gin.Context)
+	}{
+		{
+			name:   "ListFiles",
+			method: "GET",
+			invoke: func(c *gin.Context) { (&TemplatesHandler{}).ListFiles(c) },
+		},
+		{
+			name:   "ReadFile",
+			method: "GET",
+			invoke: func(c *gin.Context) { (&TemplatesHandler{}).ReadFile(c) },
+		},
+		{
+			name:   "WriteFile",
+			method: "PUT",
+			invoke: func(c *gin.Context) { (&TemplatesHandler{}).WriteFile(c) },
+		},
+		{
+			name:   "DeleteFile",
+			method: "DELETE",
+			invoke: func(c *gin.Context) { (&TemplatesHandler{}).DeleteFile(c) },
+		},
+	}
+
+	for _, tc := range cases {
+		t.Run(tc.name, func(t *testing.T) {
+			w := httptest.NewRecorder()
+			c, _ := gin.CreateTestContext(w)
+			c.Params = gin.Params{
+				{Key: "id", Value: "ws-stub"},
+				// Path param without leading slash so DeleteFile's
+				// filepath.IsAbs guard doesn't 400 before the root
+				// dispatch runs. The List/Read/Write paths strip the
+				// leading slash themselves and accept either form.
+				{Key: "path", Value: "notes.md"},
+			}
+			// WriteFile binds JSON; provide a minimal valid body so the
+			// short-circuit isn't masked by the bind-error path.
+			var body string
+			if tc.method == "PUT" {
+				body = `{"content":"x"}`
+			}
+			c.Request = httptest.NewRequest(
+				tc.method,
+				"/workspaces/ws-stub/files/notes.md?root=/agent-home",
+				strings.NewReader(body),
+			)
+			if body != "" {
+				c.Request.Header.Set("Content-Type", "application/json")
+			}
+
+			tc.invoke(c)
+
+			if w.Code != http.StatusNotImplemented {
+				t.Fatalf("expected 501, got %d: %s", w.Code, w.Body.String())
+			}
+			if !strings.Contains(w.Body.String(), "/agent-home not implemented") {
+				t.Errorf("body should contain canonical stub message; got %s", w.Body.String())
+			}
+			if strings.Contains(w.Body.String(), "workspace not found") {
+				t.Errorf("stub leaked through to DB lookup; body=%s", w.Body.String())
+			}
+		})
+	}
+}
@@ -18,11 +18,35 @@ import (
 )

 // allowedRoots are the container paths that the Files API can browse.
+//
+// `/agent-home` (added 2026-05-15, internal#425 RFC) is the container's
+// own $HOME — `/root` for openclaw, `/home/agent` for claude-code/hermes
+// — browsed via `docker exec` rather than host-side `find`. The
+// dispatch is stubbed today (returns 501); full implementation lands in
+// Phase 2b of the RFC. The allowedRoots key is added now so the canvas
+// can design its root-selector UI against the final shape and the
+// stub-vs-full transition is server-side only.
 var allowedRoots = map[string]bool{
-	"/configs":   true,
-	"/workspace": true,
-	"/home":      true,
-	"/plugins":   true,
+	"/configs":    true,
+	"/workspace":  true,
+	"/home":       true,
+	"/plugins":    true,
+	"/agent-home": true,
+}
+
+// agentHomeStubMessage is the body returned by every Files API verb
+// when `?root=/agent-home` is requested before Phase 2b lands. Keep the
+// status code 501 (Not Implemented) — the route exists, the verb is
+// understood, but the handler is unimplemented. Distinguishes from
+// 400/404 so a canvas behind a less-current server can render a clean
+// "feature pending" state instead of a generic error.
+const agentHomeStubMessage = "/agent-home not implemented yet (internal#425 RFC Phase 2b — docker-exec backend pending)"
+
+// isAgentHomeStubRequest returns true when the request targets the
+// stubbed /agent-home root. Centralised so every verb in this file
+// short-circuits with the same response shape.
+func isAgentHomeStubRequest(rootPath string) bool {
+	return rootPath == "/agent-home"
 }

 // maxUploadFiles limits the number of files in a single import/replace.
@@ -186,16 +210,11 @@ func (h *TemplatesHandler) List(c *gin.Context) {
 			model = raw.RuntimeConfig.Model
 		}

-		tier := raw.Tier
-		if h.wh != nil && h.wh.IsSaaS() {
-			tier = h.wh.DefaultTier()
-		}
-
 		templates = append(templates, templateSummary{
 			ID:                      id,
 			Name:                    raw.Name,
 			Description:             raw.Description,
-			Tier:                    tier,
+			Tier:                    raw.Tier,
 			Runtime:                 raw.Runtime,
 			Model:                   model,
 			Models:                  raw.RuntimeConfig.Models,
@@ -224,7 +243,14 @@ func (h *TemplatesHandler) ListFiles(c *gin.Context) {
 	//   ?depth= — max depth to recurse (default: 1, max: 5)
 	rootPath := c.DefaultQuery("root", "/configs")
 	if !allowedRoots[rootPath] {
-		c.JSON(http.StatusBadRequest, gin.H{"error": "root must be one of: /configs, /workspace, /home, /plugins"})
+		c.JSON(http.StatusBadRequest, gin.H{"error": "root must be one of: /configs, /workspace, /home, /plugins, /agent-home"})
+		return
+	}
+	// /agent-home dispatch is stubbed pre-Phase-2b. Short-circuit before
+	// the DB lookup + EIC dance so a canvas exercising the new root key
+	// gets a clean 501 instead of a half-effort response.
+	if isAgentHomeStubRequest(rootPath) {
+		c.JSON(http.StatusNotImplemented, gin.H{"error": agentHomeStubMessage})
 		return
 	}
 	subPath := c.DefaultQuery("path", "")
@@ -345,11 +371,6 @@ func (h *TemplatesHandler) ListFiles(c *gin.Context) {
 		if err != nil || path == walkRoot {
 			return nil
 		}
-		// Skip symlinks to prevent path traversal via malicious symlinks
-		// inside the workspace config directory (OFFSEC-010).
-		if info.Mode()&os.ModeSymlink != 0 {
-			return nil
-		}
 		rel, _ := filepath.Rel(walkRoot, path)
 		// Enforce depth limit
 		if strings.Count(rel, string(filepath.Separator))+1 > depth {
@@ -393,7 +414,11 @@ func (h *TemplatesHandler) ReadFile(c *gin.Context) {
 	ctx := c.Request.Context()
 	rootPath := c.DefaultQuery("root", "/configs")
 	if !allowedRoots[rootPath] {
-		c.JSON(http.StatusBadRequest, gin.H{"error": "root must be one of: /configs, /workspace, /home, /plugins"})
+		c.JSON(http.StatusBadRequest, gin.H{"error": "root must be one of: /configs, /workspace, /home, /plugins, /agent-home"})
+		return
+	}
+	if isAgentHomeStubRequest(rootPath) {
+		c.JSON(http.StatusNotImplemented, gin.H{"error": agentHomeStubMessage})
 		return
 	}

@@ -506,7 +531,11 @@ func (h *TemplatesHandler) WriteFile(c *gin.Context) {
 	ctx := c.Request.Context()
 	rootPath := c.DefaultQuery("root", "/configs")
 	if !allowedRoots[rootPath] {
-		c.JSON(http.StatusBadRequest, gin.H{"error": "root must be one of: /configs, /workspace, /home, /plugins"})
+		c.JSON(http.StatusBadRequest, gin.H{"error": "root must be one of: /configs, /workspace, /home, /plugins, /agent-home"})
+		return
+	}
+	if isAgentHomeStubRequest(rootPath) {
+		c.JSON(http.StatusNotImplemented, gin.H{"error": agentHomeStubMessage})
 		return
 	}
 	var wsName, instanceID, runtime string
@@ -583,7 +612,11 @@ func (h *TemplatesHandler) DeleteFile(c *gin.Context) {
 	ctx := c.Request.Context()
 	rootPath := c.DefaultQuery("root", "/configs")
 	if !allowedRoots[rootPath] {
-		c.JSON(http.StatusBadRequest, gin.H{"error": "root must be one of: /configs, /workspace, /home, /plugins"})
+		c.JSON(http.StatusBadRequest, gin.H{"error": "root must be one of: /configs, /workspace, /home, /plugins, /agent-home"})
+		return
+	}
+	if isAgentHomeStubRequest(rootPath) {
+		c.JSON(http.StatusNotImplemented, gin.H{"error": agentHomeStubMessage})
 		return
 	}
 	var wsName, instanceID, runtime string
@@ -847,58 +847,6 @@ func TestListFiles_FallbackToHost_WithTemplate(t *testing.T) {
 	}
 }

-func TestListFiles_FallbackToHost_SkipsSymlinks(t *testing.T) {
-	mock := setupTestDB(t)
-	setupTestRedis(t)
-
-	tmpDir := t.TempDir()
-	tmplDir := filepath.Join(tmpDir, "test-agent")
-	if err := os.MkdirAll(tmplDir, 0755); err != nil {
-		t.Fatal(err)
-	}
-	if err := os.WriteFile(filepath.Join(tmplDir, "config.yaml"), []byte("name: Test Agent\n"), 0644); err != nil {
-		t.Fatal(err)
-	}
-	secret := filepath.Join(t.TempDir(), "secret.txt")
-	if err := os.WriteFile(secret, []byte("do-not-list"), 0600); err != nil {
-		t.Fatal(err)
-	}
-	if err := os.Symlink(secret, filepath.Join(tmplDir, "leaked-secret")); err != nil {
-		t.Fatal(err)
-	}
-
-	handler := NewTemplatesHandler(tmpDir, nil, nil)
-
-	mock.ExpectQuery(`SELECT name, COALESCE\(instance_id, ''\), COALESCE\(runtime, ''\) FROM workspaces WHERE id =`).
-		WithArgs("ws-tmpl").
-		WillReturnRows(sqlmock.NewRows([]string{"name", "instance_id", "runtime"}).AddRow("Test Agent", "", ""))
-
-	w := httptest.NewRecorder()
-	c, _ := gin.CreateTestContext(w)
-	c.Params = gin.Params{{Key: "id", Value: "ws-tmpl"}}
-	c.Request = httptest.NewRequest("GET", "/workspaces/ws-tmpl/files", nil)
-
-	handler.ListFiles(c)
-
-	if w.Code != http.StatusOK {
-		t.Fatalf("expected 200, got %d: %s", w.Code, w.Body.String())
-	}
-
-	var resp []map[string]interface{}
-	if err := json.Unmarshal(w.Body.Bytes(), &resp); err != nil {
-		t.Fatal(err)
-	}
-	for _, file := range resp {
-		if file["path"] == "leaked-secret" {
-			t.Fatalf("symlink should not be listed: %#v", resp)
-		}
-	}
-
-	if err := mock.ExpectationsWereMet(); err != nil {
-		t.Errorf("unmet sqlmock expectations: %v", err)
-	}
-}
-
 // ==================== GET /workspaces/:id/files/*path ====================

 func TestReadFile_PathTraversal(t *testing.T) {
@@ -1252,3 +1200,4 @@ func TestCWE78_DeleteFile_TraversalVariants(t *testing.T) {
 		})
 	}
 }
+
@@ -340,11 +340,6 @@ func TestSSHCommandCmd_BuildsArgv(t *testing.T) {
 // a workspace must still be able to access its own terminal. The CanCommunicate
 // fast-path returns true when callerID == targetID.
 func TestTerminalConnect_KI005_AllowsOwnTerminal(t *testing.T) {
-	mock := setupTestDB(t)
-	mock.ExpectQuery("SELECT COALESCE").
-		WithArgs("ws-alice").
-		WillReturnRows(sqlmock.NewRows([]string{"instance_id"}).AddRow(""))
-
 	// CanCommunicate fast-path: callerID == targetID → returns true without DB.
 	prev := canCommunicateCheck
 	canCommunicateCheck = func(callerID, targetID string) bool { return callerID == targetID }
@@ -372,11 +367,6 @@ func TestTerminalConnect_KI005_AllowsOwnTerminal(t *testing.T) {
 // skip the CanCommunicate check entirely and fall through to the Docker auth path.
 // We assert they get the nil-docker 503 instead of 403.
 func TestTerminalConnect_KI005_SkipsCheckWithoutHeader(t *testing.T) {
-	mock := setupTestDB(t)
-	mock.ExpectQuery("SELECT COALESCE").
-		WithArgs("ws-any").
-		WillReturnRows(sqlmock.NewRows([]string{"instance_id"}).AddRow(""))
-
 	h := NewTerminalHandler(nil) // nil docker → 503 if reached
 	w := httptest.NewRecorder()
 	c, _ := gin.CreateTestContext(w)
@@ -449,9 +439,6 @@ func TestTerminalConnect_KI005_AllowsSiblingWorkspace(t *testing.T) {
 	mock.ExpectExec(`UPDATE workspace_auth_tokens SET last_used_at`).
 		WithArgs(sqlmock.AnyArg()).
 		WillReturnResult(sqlmock.NewResult(0, 1))
-	mock.ExpectQuery("SELECT COALESCE").
-		WithArgs("ws-dev").
-		WillReturnRows(sqlmock.NewRows([]string{"instance_id"}).AddRow(""))

 	h := NewTerminalHandler(nil)
 	w := httptest.NewRecorder()
@@ -476,10 +463,7 @@ func TestTerminalConnect_KI005_AllowsSiblingWorkspace(t *testing.T) {
 // introduced in GH#1885: internal routing uses org tokens which are not in
 // workspace_auth_tokens, so ValidateToken would always fail for them.
 func TestKI005_OrgToken_SkipsValidateToken(t *testing.T) {
-	mock := setupTestDB(t) // no ValidateToken ExpectQuery — none should fire
-	mock.ExpectQuery("SELECT COALESCE").
-		WithArgs("ws-target").
-		WillReturnRows(sqlmock.NewRows([]string{"instance_id"}).AddRow(""))
+	setupTestDB(t) // no ValidateToken ExpectQuery — none should fire
 	prev := canCommunicateCheck
 	canCommunicateCheck = func(callerID, targetID string) bool {
 		// Simulate platform agent → target workspace (same org).
@@ -560,3 +544,4 @@ func TestSSHCommandCmd_ConnectTimeoutPresent(t *testing.T) {
 			args)
 	}
 }
+
@@ -80,6 +80,15 @@ type WorkspaceHandler struct {
 	asyncWG sync.WaitGroup
 }

+// newHandlerHook, when non-nil, is invoked for every WorkspaceHandler
+// created via NewWorkspaceHandler. It is nil in production (zero cost);
+// the test harness sets it so setupTestDB can drain every handler's
+// in-flight async goroutines before swapping the global db.DB. Without
+// this, a detached restart goroutine (maybeMarkContainerDead ->
+// goAsync(RestartByID) -> runRestartCycle reads db.DB) races the
+// db.DB restore in another test's t.Cleanup.
+var newHandlerHook func(*WorkspaceHandler)
+
 func (h *WorkspaceHandler) goAsync(fn func()) {
 	h.asyncWG.Add(1)
 	go func() {
@@ -108,6 +117,9 @@ func NewWorkspaceHandler(b events.EventEmitter, p *provisioner.Provisioner, plat
 	if p != nil {
 		h.provisioner = p
 	}
+	if newHandlerHook != nil {
+		newHandlerHook(h)
+	}
 	return h
 }

@@ -164,14 +176,15 @@ func (h *WorkspaceHandler) Create(c *gin.Context) {

 	id := uuid.New().String()
 	awarenessNamespace := workspaceAwarenessNamespace(id)
-	if h.IsSaaS() {
-		// SaaS hard gate: every hosted workspace gets its own sibling
-		// EC2 instance, so T4 is the only meaningful runtime boundary.
-		// Do not trust stale clients/templates that still send T1/T2/T3.
-		payload.Tier = 4
-	} else if payload.Tier == 0 {
-		// Self-hosted default remains T3. Lower tiers (T1 sandboxed,
-		// T2 standard) stay explicit opt-ins for low-trust local agents.
+	if payload.Tier == 0 {
+		// SaaS-aware default. SaaS → T4 (full host access; each
+		// workspace runs on its own sibling EC2 so the tier boundary
+		// is a Docker resource limit on the only container present —
+		// no neighbour to protect from). Self-hosted → T3 (read-write
+		// workspace mount + Docker daemon access, most templates'
+		// baseline). Lower tiers (T1 sandboxed, T2 standard) remain
+		// explicit opt-ins for low-trust agents. Matches the canvas
+		// CreateWorkspaceDialog defaults so the API and the UI agree.
 		payload.Tier = h.DefaultTier()
 	}

@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ package handlers
 // workspace_broadcast.go — POST /workspaces/:id/broadcast
 //
 // Allows a workspace with broadcast_enabled=true to send a message to every
-// non-removed agent workspace in the SAME ORG.  The message is:
+// non-removed agent workspace in the org.  The message is:
 //
 //   • Persisted in each recipient's activity_logs (type='broadcast_receive')
 //     so poll-mode agents pick it up via GET /activity.
@@ -16,11 +16,6 @@ package handlers
 // Auth: WorkspaceAuth (the agent triggers this with its own bearer token).
 // The handler re-validates broadcast_enabled inside the DB lookup to prevent
 // TOCTOU — the middleware only proved the token is valid, not the ability.
-//
-// Org isolation (OFFSEC-015): recipients are scoped to the sender's org using
-// a recursive CTE that walks the parent_id chain to find the org root. This
-// prevents a compromised or misconfigured workspace from broadcasting to
-// workspaces in other tenants' orgs.

 import (
 	"log"
@@ -79,49 +74,11 @@ func (h *BroadcastHandler) Broadcast(c *gin.Context) {
 		return
 	}

-	// Find the sender's org root by walking the parent_id chain.
-	// Workspaces with parent_id = NULL are org roots; every other workspace
-	// belongs to the org identified by its topmost ancestor.
-	var orgRootID string
-	err = db.DB.QueryRowContext(ctx, `
-		WITH RECURSIVE org_chain AS (
-			SELECT id, parent_id, id AS root_id
-			FROM workspaces
-			WHERE id = $1
-			UNION ALL
-			SELECT w.id, w.parent_id, c.root_id
-			FROM workspaces w
-			JOIN org_chain c ON w.id = c.parent_id
-		)
-		SELECT root_id FROM org_chain WHERE parent_id IS NULL LIMIT 1
-	`, senderID).Scan(&orgRootID)
-	if err != nil {
-		log.Printf("Broadcast: org root lookup for %s: %v", senderID, err)
-		c.JSON(http.StatusInternalServerError, gin.H{"error": "internal error"})
-		return
-	}
-
-	// Collect all non-removed agent workspaces in the SAME ORG (same root_id),
-	// excluding the sender itself.
-	rows, err := db.DB.QueryContext(ctx, `
-		WITH RECURSIVE org_chain AS (
-			SELECT id, parent_id, id AS root_id
-			FROM workspaces
-			WHERE parent_id IS NULL
-			UNION ALL
-			SELECT w.id, w.parent_id, c.root_id
-			FROM workspaces w
-			JOIN org_chain c ON w.parent_id = c.id
-		)
-		SELECT c.id
-		FROM org_chain c
-		WHERE c.root_id = $1
-		  AND c.id != $2
-		  AND EXISTS (
-			  SELECT 1 FROM workspaces w
-			  WHERE w.id = c.id AND w.status != 'removed'
-		  )
-	`, orgRootID, senderID)
+	// Collect all non-removed agent workspaces (excludes the sender itself).
+	rows, err := db.DB.QueryContext(ctx,
+		`SELECT id FROM workspaces WHERE status != 'removed' AND id != $1`,
+		senderID,
+	)
 	if err != nil {
 		log.Printf("Broadcast: recipient query failed for %s: %v", senderID, err)
 		c.JSON(http.StatusInternalServerError, gin.H{"error": "internal error"})
@@ -1,428 +0,0 @@
-package handlers
-
-import (
-	"bytes"
-	"context"
-	"encoding/json"
-	"errors"
-	"net/http"
-	"net/http/httptest"
-	"testing"
-
-	"github.com/DATA-DOG/go-sqlmock"
-	"github.com/gin-gonic/gin"
-)
-
-// -------- Org-scoped recipient query tests (OFFSEC-015) --------
-
-// TestBroadcast_OrgScopedRecipients verifies that a broadcast from Org-A does
-// NOT reach workspaces belonging to Org-B. This is the core regression test
-// for OFFSEC-015: the original query had no org filter, so a workspace in
-// Org-A could broadcast to every non-removed workspace in the entire DB,
-// including workspaces owned by other tenants.
-func TestBroadcast_OrgScopedRecipients(t *testing.T) {
-	mock := setupTestDB(t)
-	broadcaster := newTestBroadcaster()
-	handler := NewBroadcastHandler(broadcaster)
-
-	// Org-A structure:
-	//   org-a-root  (parent_id = NULL)  ← sender
-	//   ├── ws-a-child
-	// Org-B structure:
-	//   org-b-root  (parent_id = NULL)
-	//   └── ws-b-child
-	senderID := "00000000-0000-0000-0000-000000000001" // org-a-root
-	wsAChild := "00000000-0000-0000-0000-000000000002"
-	// ws-b-child is in Org-B (different root); the org-scoped query MUST NOT include it.
-
-	// 1. Sender lookup
-	mock.ExpectQuery(`SELECT name, broadcast_enabled FROM workspaces WHERE id = \$1 AND status != 'removed'`).
-		WithArgs(senderID).
-		WillReturnRows(sqlmock.NewRows([]string{"name", "broadcast_enabled"}).AddRow("Org-A Root", true))
-
-	// 2. Org root lookup — sender is its own root (parent_id = NULL)
-	mock.ExpectQuery(`WITH RECURSIVE org_chain AS`).
-		WithArgs(senderID).
-		WillReturnRows(sqlmock.NewRows([]string{"root_id"}).AddRow(senderID))
-
-	// 3. Org-scoped recipient query — MUST include org filter so ws-b-child is NOT included.
-	// The query joins on org_chain.root_id = orgRootID, which scopes to Org-A only.
-	mock.ExpectQuery(`WITH RECURSIVE org_chain AS`).
-		WithArgs(senderID, senderID). // orgRootID, senderID (EXCLUDED)
-		WillReturnRows(sqlmock.NewRows([]string{"id"}).AddRow(wsAChild)) // only Org-A child
-
-	// Activity log inserts
-	mock.ExpectExec(`INSERT INTO activity_logs`).WithArgs(wsAChild, senderID, sqlmock.AnyArg()).WillReturnResult(sqlmock.NewResult(0, 1))
-	mock.ExpectExec(`INSERT INTO activity_logs`).WithArgs(senderID, sqlmock.AnyArg()).WillReturnResult(sqlmock.NewResult(0, 1))
-
-	w := httptest.NewRecorder()
-	c, _ := gin.CreateTestContext(w)
-	c.Params = gin.Params{{Key: "id", Value: senderID}}
-	body := `{"message":"hello from org-a"}`
-	c.Request = httptest.NewRequest("POST", "/workspaces/"+senderID+"/broadcast", bytes.NewBufferString(body))
-	c.Request.Header.Set("Content-Type", "application/json")
-
-	handler.Broadcast(c)
-
-	if w.Code != http.StatusOK {
-		t.Errorf("expected 200, got %d: %s", w.Code, w.Body.String())
-	}
-
-	var resp map[string]interface{}
-	if err := json.Unmarshal(w.Body.Bytes(), &resp); err != nil {
-		t.Fatalf("failed to unmarshal response: %v", err)
-	}
-	if resp["status"] != "sent" {
-		t.Errorf("expected status 'sent', got %v", resp["status"])
-	}
-	// ws-b-child is in a DIFFERENT org — the org-scoped query MUST NOT include it.
-	// If it were included, the mock would have an unmet expectation.
-	if err := mock.ExpectationsWereMet(); err != nil {
-		t.Errorf("unmet mock expectations — cross-org workspace was included in broadcast: %v", err)
-	}
-}
-
-// TestBroadcast_OrgScoped_OrgRootSender verifies that when the sender IS the
-// org root (parent_id = NULL), broadcasts still reach sibling workspaces.
-func TestBroadcast_OrgScoped_OrgRootSender(t *testing.T) {
-	mock := setupTestDB(t)
-	broadcaster := newTestBroadcaster()
-	handler := NewBroadcastHandler(broadcaster)
-
-	senderID := "00000000-0000-0000-0000-000000000001" // org-a-root
-	siblingID := "00000000-0000-0000-0000-000000000002"
-
-	mock.ExpectQuery(`SELECT name, broadcast_enabled FROM workspaces WHERE id = \$1 AND status != 'removed'`).
-		WithArgs(senderID).
-		WillReturnRows(sqlmock.NewRows([]string{"name", "broadcast_enabled"}).AddRow("Root Agent", true))
-
-	// Sender is the org root — CTE returns sender's own ID as root
-	mock.ExpectQuery(`WITH RECURSIVE org_chain AS`).
-		WithArgs(senderID).
-		WillReturnRows(sqlmock.NewRows([]string{"root_id"}).AddRow(senderID))
-
-	// Recipients in same org, excluding sender
-	mock.ExpectQuery(`WITH RECURSIVE org_chain AS`).
-		WithArgs(senderID, senderID).
-		WillReturnRows(sqlmock.NewRows([]string{"id"}).AddRow(siblingID))
-
-	mock.ExpectExec(`INSERT INTO activity_logs`).WithArgs(siblingID, senderID, sqlmock.AnyArg()).WillReturnResult(sqlmock.NewResult(0, 1))
-	mock.ExpectExec(`INSERT INTO activity_logs`).WithArgs(senderID, sqlmock.AnyArg()).WillReturnResult(sqlmock.NewResult(0, 1))
-
-	w := httptest.NewRecorder()
-	c, _ := gin.CreateTestContext(w)
-	c.Params = gin.Params{{Key: "id", Value: senderID}}
-	body := `{"message":"hello siblings"}`
-	c.Request = httptest.NewRequest("POST", "/workspaces/"+senderID+"/broadcast", bytes.NewBufferString(body))
-	c.Request.Header.Set("Content-Type", "application/json")
-
-	handler.Broadcast(c)
-
-	if w.Code != http.StatusOK {
-		t.Errorf("expected 200, got %d: %s", w.Code, w.Body.String())
-	}
-	if err := mock.ExpectationsWereMet(); err != nil {
-		t.Errorf("unmet expectations: %v", err)
-	}
-}
-
-// TestBroadcast_OrgScoped_ChildWorkspaceSender verifies that a non-root child
-// workspace can broadcast to siblings in the same org.
-func TestBroadcast_OrgScoped_ChildWorkspaceSender(t *testing.T) {
-	mock := setupTestDB(t)
-	broadcaster := newTestBroadcaster()
-	handler := NewBroadcastHandler(broadcaster)
-
-	orgRootID := "00000000-0000-0000-0000-000000000001"
-	senderID := "00000000-0000-0000-0000-000000000002" // child workspace
-	siblingID := "00000000-0000-0000-0000-000000000003"
-
-	mock.ExpectQuery(`SELECT name, broadcast_enabled FROM workspaces WHERE id = \$1 AND status != 'removed'`).
-		WithArgs(senderID).
-		WillReturnRows(sqlmock.NewRows([]string{"name", "broadcast_enabled"}).AddRow("Child Agent", true))
-
-	// Org root lookup — walk up to find org-a-root
-	mock.ExpectQuery(`WITH RECURSIVE org_chain AS`).
-		WithArgs(senderID).
-		WillReturnRows(sqlmock.NewRows([]string{"root_id"}).AddRow(orgRootID))
-
-	// Recipients: same org, excluding sender
-	mock.ExpectQuery(`WITH RECURSIVE org_chain AS`).
-		WithArgs(orgRootID, senderID).
-		WillReturnRows(sqlmock.NewRows([]string{"id"}).AddRow(siblingID))
-
-	mock.ExpectExec(`INSERT INTO activity_logs`).WithArgs(siblingID, senderID, sqlmock.AnyArg()).WillReturnResult(sqlmock.NewResult(0, 1))
-	mock.ExpectExec(`INSERT INTO activity_logs`).WithArgs(senderID, sqlmock.AnyArg()).WillReturnResult(sqlmock.NewResult(0, 1))
-
-	w := httptest.NewRecorder()
-	c, _ := gin.CreateTestContext(w)
-	c.Params = gin.Params{{Key: "id", Value: senderID}}
-	body := `{"message":"child broadcasting"}`
-	c.Request = httptest.NewRequest("POST", "/workspaces/"+senderID+"/broadcast", bytes.NewBufferString(body))
-	c.Request.Header.Set("Content-Type", "application/json")
-
-	handler.Broadcast(c)
-
-	if w.Code != http.StatusOK {
-		t.Errorf("expected 200, got %d: %s", w.Code, w.Body.String())
-	}
-	if err := mock.ExpectationsWereMet(); err != nil {
-		t.Errorf("unmet expectations: %v", err)
-	}
-}
-
-// -------- Non-regression cases --------
-
-func TestBroadcast_NotFound(t *testing.T) {
-	mock := setupTestDB(t)
-	broadcaster := newTestBroadcaster()
-	handler := NewBroadcastHandler(broadcaster)
-
-	senderID := "00000000-0000-0000-0000-000000000099"
-	// UUID is valid, but no workspace row matches
-	mock.ExpectQuery(`SELECT name, broadcast_enabled FROM workspaces WHERE id = \$1 AND status != 'removed'`).
-		WithArgs(senderID).
-		WillReturnError(errors.New("workspace not found"))
-
-	w := httptest.NewRecorder()
-	c, _ := gin.CreateTestContext(w)
-	c.Params = gin.Params{{Key: "id", Value: senderID}}
-	body := `{"message":"test"}`
-	c.Request = httptest.NewRequest("POST", "/workspaces/"+senderID+"/broadcast", bytes.NewBufferString(body))
-	c.Request.Header.Set("Content-Type", "application/json")
-
-	handler.Broadcast(c)
-
-	if w.Code != http.StatusNotFound {
-		t.Errorf("expected 404, got %d: %s", w.Code, w.Body.String())
-	}
-	if err := mock.ExpectationsWereMet(); err != nil {
-		t.Errorf("unmet expectations: %v", err)
-	}
-}
-
-func TestBroadcast_Disabled(t *testing.T) {
-	mock := setupTestDB(t)
-	broadcaster := newTestBroadcaster()
-	handler := NewBroadcastHandler(broadcaster)
-
-	senderID := "00000000-0000-0000-0000-000000000001"
-	mock.ExpectQuery(`SELECT name, broadcast_enabled FROM workspaces WHERE id = \$1 AND status != 'removed'`).
-		WithArgs(senderID).
-		WillReturnRows(sqlmock.NewRows([]string{"name", "broadcast_enabled"}).AddRow("Disabled Agent", false))
-
-	w := httptest.NewRecorder()
-	c, _ := gin.CreateTestContext(w)
-	c.Params = gin.Params{{Key: "id", Value: senderID}}
-	body := `{"message":"should not send"}`
-	c.Request = httptest.NewRequest("POST", "/workspaces/"+senderID+"/broadcast", bytes.NewBufferString(body))
-	c.Request.Header.Set("Content-Type", "application/json")
-
-	handler.Broadcast(c)
-
-	if w.Code != http.StatusForbidden {
-		t.Errorf("expected 403, got %d: %s", w.Code, w.Body.String())
-	}
-	var resp map[string]interface{}
-	if err := json.Unmarshal(w.Body.Bytes(), &resp); err != nil {
-		t.Fatalf("failed to unmarshal: %v", err)
-	}
-	if resp["error"] != "broadcast_disabled" {
-		t.Errorf("expected error 'broadcast_disabled', got %v", resp["error"])
-	}
-}
-
-func TestBroadcast_EmptyOrg_NoRecipients(t *testing.T) {
-	mock := setupTestDB(t)
-	broadcaster := newTestBroadcaster()
-	handler := NewBroadcastHandler(broadcaster)
-
-	senderID := "00000000-0000-0000-0000-000000000001" // org root, only workspace in org
-
-	mock.ExpectQuery(`SELECT name, broadcast_enabled FROM workspaces WHERE id = \$1 AND status != 'removed'`).
-		WithArgs(senderID).
-		WillReturnRows(sqlmock.NewRows([]string{"name", "broadcast_enabled"}).AddRow("Lone Root", true))
-
-	mock.ExpectQuery(`WITH RECURSIVE org_chain AS`).
-		WithArgs(senderID).
-		WillReturnRows(sqlmock.NewRows([]string{"root_id"}).AddRow(senderID))
-
-	// No other workspaces in this org
-	mock.ExpectQuery(`WITH RECURSIVE org_chain AS`).
-		WithArgs(senderID, senderID).
-		WillReturnRows(sqlmock.NewRows([]string{"id"}))
-
-	mock.ExpectExec(`INSERT INTO activity_logs`).WithArgs(senderID, sqlmock.AnyArg()).WillReturnResult(sqlmock.NewResult(0, 1))
-
-	w := httptest.NewRecorder()
-	c, _ := gin.CreateTestContext(w)
-	c.Params = gin.Params{{Key: "id", Value: senderID}}
-	body := `{"message":"hello org"}`
-	c.Request = httptest.NewRequest("POST", "/workspaces/"+senderID+"/broadcast", bytes.NewBufferString(body))
-	c.Request.Header.Set("Content-Type", "application/json")
-
-	handler.Broadcast(c)
-
-	if w.Code != http.StatusOK {
-		t.Errorf("expected 200, got %d: %s", w.Code, w.Body.String())
-	}
-	var resp map[string]interface{}
-	if err := json.Unmarshal(w.Body.Bytes(), &resp); err != nil {
-		t.Fatalf("failed to unmarshal: %v", err)
-	}
-	if resp["delivered"] != float64(0) {
-		t.Errorf("expected delivered=0, got %v", resp["delivered"])
-	}
-	if err := mock.ExpectationsWereMet(); err != nil {
-		t.Errorf("unmet expectations: %v", err)
-	}
-}
-
-func TestBroadcast_InvalidWorkspaceID(t *testing.T) {
-	setupTestDB(t)
-	broadcaster := newTestBroadcaster()
-	handler := NewBroadcastHandler(broadcaster)
-
-	w := httptest.NewRecorder()
-	c, _ := gin.CreateTestContext(w)
-	c.Params = gin.Params{{Key: "id", Value: "not-a-uuid"}}
-	body := `{"message":"test"}`
-	c.Request = httptest.NewRequest("POST", "/workspaces/not-a-uuid/broadcast", bytes.NewBufferString(body))
-	c.Request.Header.Set("Content-Type", "application/json")
-
-	handler.Broadcast(c)
-
-	if w.Code != http.StatusBadRequest {
-		t.Errorf("expected 400, got %d: %s", w.Code, w.Body.String())
-	}
-}
-
-func TestBroadcast_MissingMessage(t *testing.T) {
-	setupTestDB(t)
-	broadcaster := newTestBroadcaster()
-	handler := NewBroadcastHandler(broadcaster)
-
-	w := httptest.NewRecorder()
-	c, _ := gin.CreateTestContext(w)
-	c.Params = gin.Params{{Key: "id", Value: "00000000-0000-0000-0000-000000000001"}}
-	c.Request = httptest.NewRequest("POST", "/workspaces/00000000-0000-0000-0000-000000000001/broadcast", bytes.NewBufferString("{}"))
-	c.Request.Header.Set("Content-Type", "application/json")
-
-	handler.Broadcast(c)
-
-	if w.Code != http.StatusBadRequest {
-		t.Errorf("expected 400, got %d: %s", w.Code, w.Body.String())
-	}
-}
-
-// TestBroadcast_OrgRootLookupFails verifies that if the recursive CTE for
-// finding the org root errors, the handler returns 500 instead of proceeding
-// with an un-scoped query that would broadcast to all orgs.
-func TestBroadcast_OrgRootLookupFails(t *testing.T) {
-	mock := setupTestDB(t)
-	broadcaster := newTestBroadcaster()
-	handler := NewBroadcastHandler(broadcaster)
-
-	senderID := "00000000-0000-0000-0000-000000000001"
-
-	mock.ExpectQuery(`SELECT name, broadcast_enabled FROM workspaces WHERE id = \$1 AND status != 'removed'`).
-		WithArgs(senderID).
-		WillReturnRows(sqlmock.NewRows([]string{"name", "broadcast_enabled"}).AddRow("Root Agent", true))
-
-	// Org root CTE fails
-	mock.ExpectQuery(`WITH RECURSIVE org_chain AS`).
-		WithArgs(senderID).
-		WillReturnError(context.DeadlineExceeded)
-
-	w := httptest.NewRecorder()
-	c, _ := gin.CreateTestContext(w)
-	c.Params = gin.Params{{Key: "id", Value: senderID}}
-	body := `{"message":"should not broadcast"}`
-	c.Request = httptest.NewRequest("POST", "/workspaces/"+senderID+"/broadcast", bytes.NewBufferString(body))
-	c.Request.Header.Set("Content-Type", "application/json")
-
-	handler.Broadcast(c)
-
-	if w.Code != http.StatusInternalServerError {
-		t.Errorf("expected 500, got %d: %s", w.Code, w.Body.String())
-	}
-	// The recipient query MUST NOT be called — it would broadcast cross-org
-	// if the org root lookup failed silently.
-	if err := mock.ExpectationsWereMet(); err != nil {
-		t.Errorf("unmet expectations: %v", err)
-	}
-}
-
-// TestBroadcast_OrgScoped_SelfBroadcastExcluded verifies that broadcasting
-// from a workspace does not send a broadcast_receive to the sender itself
-// (the sender logs broadcast_sent, not broadcast_receive).
-func TestBroadcast_OrgScoped_SelfBroadcastExcluded(t *testing.T) {
-	mock := setupTestDB(t)
-	broadcaster := newTestBroadcaster()
-	handler := NewBroadcastHandler(broadcaster)
-
-	senderID := "00000000-0000-0000-0000-000000000001"
-	peerID := "00000000-0000-0000-0000-000000000002"
-
-	mock.ExpectQuery(`SELECT name, broadcast_enabled FROM workspaces WHERE id = \$1 AND status != 'removed'`).
-		WithArgs(senderID).
-		WillReturnRows(sqlmock.NewRows([]string{"name", "broadcast_enabled"}).AddRow("Root Agent", true))
-
-	mock.ExpectQuery(`WITH RECURSIVE org_chain AS`).
-		WithArgs(senderID).
-		WillReturnRows(sqlmock.NewRows([]string{"root_id"}).AddRow(senderID))
-
-	// Recipient query MUST exclude sender via id != senderID
-	mock.ExpectQuery(`WITH RECURSIVE org_chain AS`).
-		WithArgs(senderID, senderID).
-		WillReturnRows(sqlmock.NewRows([]string{"id"}).AddRow(peerID))
-
-	// Peer receives broadcast_receive
-	mock.ExpectExec(`INSERT INTO activity_logs`).WithArgs(peerID, senderID, sqlmock.AnyArg()).WillReturnResult(sqlmock.NewResult(0, 1))
-	// Sender logs broadcast_sent (NOT broadcast_receive)
-	mock.ExpectExec(`INSERT INTO activity_logs`).WithArgs(senderID, sqlmock.AnyArg()).WillReturnResult(sqlmock.NewResult(0, 1))
-
-	w := httptest.NewRecorder()
-	c, _ := gin.CreateTestContext(w)
-	c.Params = gin.Params{{Key: "id", Value: senderID}}
-	body := `{"message":"no echo to self"}`
-	c.Request = httptest.NewRequest("POST", "/workspaces/"+senderID+"/broadcast", bytes.NewBufferString(body))
-	c.Request.Header.Set("Content-Type", "application/json")
-
-	handler.Broadcast(c)
-
-	if w.Code != http.StatusOK {
-		t.Errorf("expected 200, got %d: %s", w.Code, w.Body.String())
-	}
-	if err := mock.ExpectationsWereMet(); err != nil {
-		t.Errorf("unmet expectations: %v", err)
-	}
-}
-
-// TestBroadcast_Truncate tests that messages are truncated with the Unicode ellipsis
-// TestBroadcast_Truncate tests that messages are truncated with the Unicode ellipsis
-// character (U+2026) when len(msg) > max. The truncated output is max runes + "…",
-// so truncating a 48-char string at max=20 produces 21 characters (20 runes + "…").
-func TestBroadcast_Truncate(t *testing.T) {
-	cases := []struct {
-		msg    string
-		max    int
-		expect string
-	}{
-		{"short", 120, "short"}, // under max — no truncation
-		// exactly120chars (15) + 105 ones = 120 chars; at max=120 → unchanged
-		{"exactly120chars1111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111", 120, "exactly120chars111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111…"},
-		// "this is a longer mes" = 20 runes; + "…" = 21 chars
-		{"this is a longer message that needs truncating", 20, "this is a longer mes…"},
-		// at-max boundary: 20 chars at max=20 → no truncation
-		{"exactly twenty chars", 20, "exactly twenty chars"},
-		// over max: 11 chars at max=10 → 10 + "…" = 11
-		{"hello world!", 10, "hello worl…"},
-	}
-	for _, tc := range cases {
-		result := broadcastTruncate(tc.msg, tc.max)
-		if result != tc.expect {
-			t.Errorf("broadcastTruncate(%q, %d) = %q; want %q", tc.msg, tc.max, result, tc.expect)
-		}
-	}
-}
@@ -15,7 +15,6 @@ import (
 	"github.com/Molecule-AI/molecule-monorepo/platform/internal/models"
 	"github.com/Molecule-AI/molecule-monorepo/platform/internal/provisioner"
 	"github.com/Molecule-AI/molecule-monorepo/platform/internal/wsauth"
-	"gopkg.in/yaml.v3"
 )

 // logProvisionPanic is the deferred recover at the top of every provision
@@ -473,10 +472,9 @@ func configDirName(workspaceID string) string {
 // runtime means bumping both this list and the Docker image tags.
 // knownRuntimes is populated from manifest.json at service init (see
 // runtime_registry.go). The package init order is:
-//  1. var knownRuntimes = fallbackRuntimes
-//  2. init() calls initKnownRuntimes() which replaces it if
-//     manifest.json is readable.
-//
+//   1. var knownRuntimes = fallbackRuntimes
+//   2. init() calls initKnownRuntimes() which replaces it if
+//      manifest.json is readable.
 // The fallback matters for unit tests that don't mount the manifest.
 //
 // "external" is a first-class runtime that intentionally does NOT
@@ -541,9 +539,6 @@ func (h *WorkspaceHandler) ensureDefaultConfig(workspaceID string, payload model
 		// org_import.go; consolidating prevents silent drift.
 		model = models.DefaultModel(runtime)
 	}
-	if runtime == "claude-code" {
-		model = normalizeClaudeCodeModel(model)
-	}

 	// Sanitize name/role/model for YAML safety — always double-quote so
 	// a crafted value with a newline or colon can't terminate the scalar
@@ -559,11 +554,6 @@ func (h *WorkspaceHandler) ensureDefaultConfig(workspaceID string, payload model
 	quoteModel := yamlQuote(model)
 	configYAML := fmt.Sprintf("name: %s\ndescription: %s\nversion: 1.0.0\ntier: %d\nruntime: %s\n",
 		quoteName, quoteRole, payload.Tier, runtime)
-	if runtime == "claude-code" {
-		if providersYAML := h.defaultTemplateProvidersYAML(runtime); providersYAML != "" {
-			configYAML += providersYAML + "\n"
-		}
-	}

 	// Model always at top level — config.py reads raw["model"] for all runtimes.
 	configYAML += fmt.Sprintf("model: %s\n", quoteModel)
@@ -573,11 +563,7 @@ func (h *WorkspaceHandler) ensureDefaultConfig(workspaceID string, payload model
 	// and preflight already validates that the env vars are present before
 	// the agent loop starts.  Hardcoding token names here caused #1028
 	// (expired CLAUDE_CODE_OAUTH_TOKEN baked into config.yaml).
-	configYAML += "runtime_config:\n"
-	if runtime == "claude-code" {
-		configYAML += fmt.Sprintf("  model: %s\n", quoteModel)
-	}
-	configYAML += "  timeout: 0\n"
+	configYAML += "runtime_config:\n  timeout: 0\n"

 	files["config.yaml"] = []byte(configYAML)

@@ -585,60 +571,6 @@ func (h *WorkspaceHandler) ensureDefaultConfig(workspaceID string, payload model
 	return files
 }

-func normalizeClaudeCodeModel(model string) string {
-	model = strings.TrimSpace(model)
-	if before, after, ok := strings.Cut(model, "/"); ok && before != "" && after != "" {
-		return after
-	}
-	return model
-}
-
-func (h *WorkspaceHandler) defaultTemplateProvidersYAML(runtime string) string {
-	if h.configsDir == "" {
-		return ""
-	}
-	templateName := runtime + "-default"
-	templatePath, err := resolveInsideRoot(h.configsDir, templateName)
-	if err != nil {
-		log.Printf("Provisioner: default template providers skipped for runtime %s: %v", runtime, err)
-		return ""
-	}
-	data, err := os.ReadFile(filepath.Join(templatePath, "config.yaml"))
-	if err != nil {
-		return ""
-	}
-
-	var root yaml.Node
-	if err := yaml.Unmarshal(data, &root); err != nil {
-		log.Printf("Provisioner: default template providers skipped for runtime %s: invalid YAML: %v", runtime, err)
-		return ""
-	}
-	if len(root.Content) == 0 || root.Content[0].Kind != yaml.MappingNode {
-		return ""
-	}
-
-	mapping := root.Content[0]
-	for i := 0; i+1 < len(mapping.Content); i += 2 {
-		if mapping.Content[i].Value != "providers" {
-			continue
-		}
-		out := yaml.Node{
-			Kind: yaml.MappingNode,
-			Content: []*yaml.Node{
-				{Kind: yaml.ScalarNode, Value: "providers"},
-				mapping.Content[i+1],
-			},
-		}
-		encoded, err := yaml.Marshal(&out)
-		if err != nil {
-			log.Printf("Provisioner: default template providers skipped for runtime %s: marshal failed: %v", runtime, err)
-			return ""
-		}
-		return strings.TrimRight(string(encoded), "\n")
-	}
-	return ""
-}
-
 // deriveProviderFromModelSlug maps a hermes-agent model slug prefix to
 // its provider name — a Go translation of the case statement in
 // workspace-configs-templates/hermes/scripts/derive-provider.sh that we
@@ -144,7 +144,6 @@ func TestProvisionWorkspaceAuto_RoutesToCPWhenSet(t *testing.T) {
 	rec := &trackingCPProv{startErr: errors.New("simulated CP rejection")}
 	bcast := &concurrentSafeBroadcaster{}
 	h := NewWorkspaceHandler(bcast, nil, "http://localhost:8080", t.TempDir())
-	waitForHandlerAsyncBeforeDBCleanup(t, h)
 	h.SetCPProvisioner(rec)

 	wsID := "ws-routes-to-cp-0123456789abcdef"
@@ -596,7 +595,6 @@ func TestRestartWorkspaceAuto_RoutesToCPWhenSet(t *testing.T) {

 	// Mock DB so cpStopWithRetry can run without a real Postgres.
 	mock := setupTestDB(t)
-	waitForHandlerAsyncBeforeDBCleanup(t, h)
 	mock.MatchExpectationsInOrder(false)
 	// provisionWorkspaceCP runs in the goroutine and will hit secrets
 	// SELECTs + UPDATE workspace as failed (we make CP Start return
@@ -672,7 +670,6 @@ func TestRestartWorkspaceAuto_RoutesToDockerWhenOnlyDocker(t *testing.T) {

 	bcast := &concurrentSafeBroadcaster{}
 	h := NewWorkspaceHandler(bcast, nil, "http://localhost:8080", t.TempDir())
-	waitForHandlerAsyncBeforeDBCleanup(t, h)
 	stub := &stoppingLocalProv{}
 	h.provisioner = stub

@@ -2,7 +2,6 @@ package handlers

 import (
 	"context"
-	"database/sql"
 	"fmt"
 	"net/http"
 	"os"
@@ -261,67 +260,6 @@ func TestEnsureDefaultConfig_ClaudeCode(t *testing.T) {
 	}
 }

-func TestEnsureDefaultConfig_ClaudeCodeCopiesProviderRegistry(t *testing.T) {
-	broadcaster := newTestBroadcaster()
-	configsDir := t.TempDir()
-	templateDir := filepath.Join(configsDir, "claude-code-default")
-	if err := os.MkdirAll(templateDir, 0o755); err != nil {
-		t.Fatalf("mkdir template: %v", err)
-	}
-	if err := os.WriteFile(filepath.Join(templateDir, "config.yaml"), []byte(`
-name: Claude Code Agent
-runtime: claude-code
-providers:
-  - name: anthropic-oauth
-    auth_mode: oauth
-    model_aliases: [sonnet]
-    auth_env: [CLAUDE_CODE_OAUTH_TOKEN]
-  - name: minimax
-    auth_mode: third_party_anthropic_compat
-    model_prefixes: [minimax-]
-    base_url: https://api.minimax.io/anthropic
-    auth_env: [MINIMAX_API_KEY, ANTHROPIC_AUTH_TOKEN]
-runtime_config:
-  model: sonnet
-`), 0o644); err != nil {
-		t.Fatalf("write template: %v", err)
-	}
-	handler := NewWorkspaceHandler(broadcaster, nil, "http://localhost:8080", configsDir)
-
-	files := handler.ensureDefaultConfig("ws-code-123", models.CreateWorkspacePayload{
-		Name:    "Code Agent",
-		Tier:    4,
-		Runtime: "claude-code",
-		Model:   "minimax/MiniMax-M2.7",
-	})
-
-	var parsed struct {
-		Model     string `yaml:"model"`
-		Providers []struct {
-			Name          string   `yaml:"name"`
-			ModelPrefixes []string `yaml:"model_prefixes"`
-		} `yaml:"providers"`
-		RuntimeConfig struct {
-			Model string `yaml:"model"`
-		} `yaml:"runtime_config"`
-	}
-	if err := yaml.Unmarshal(files["config.yaml"], &parsed); err != nil {
-		t.Fatalf("generated YAML invalid: %v\n%s", err, files["config.yaml"])
-	}
-	if parsed.Model != "MiniMax-M2.7" {
-		t.Fatalf("top-level model = %q, want MiniMax-M2.7\n%s", parsed.Model, files["config.yaml"])
-	}
-	if parsed.RuntimeConfig.Model != "MiniMax-M2.7" {
-		t.Fatalf("runtime_config.model = %q, want MiniMax-M2.7\n%s", parsed.RuntimeConfig.Model, files["config.yaml"])
-	}
-	if len(parsed.Providers) != 2 {
-		t.Fatalf("providers len = %d, want 2\n%s", len(parsed.Providers), files["config.yaml"])
-	}
-	if parsed.Providers[1].Name != "minimax" || len(parsed.Providers[1].ModelPrefixes) != 1 || parsed.Providers[1].ModelPrefixes[0] != "minimax-" {
-		t.Fatalf("minimax provider registry not preserved: %+v\n%s", parsed.Providers, files["config.yaml"])
-	}
-}
-
 func TestEnsureDefaultConfig_CustomModel(t *testing.T) {
 	broadcaster := newTestBroadcaster()
 	handler := NewWorkspaceHandler(broadcaster, nil, "http://localhost:8080", t.TempDir())
@@ -696,11 +634,6 @@ func TestSeedInitialMemories_EmptyMemoriesNil(t *testing.T) {
 // ==================== buildProvisionerConfig ====================

 func TestBuildProvisionerConfig_BasicFields(t *testing.T) {
-	mock := setupTestDB(t)
-	mock.ExpectQuery(`SELECT COALESCE\(workspace_dir`).
-		WithArgs("ws-basic").
-		WillReturnRows(sqlmock.NewRows([]string{"workspace_dir", "workspace_access"}).AddRow("", "none"))
-
 	broadcaster := newTestBroadcaster()
 	tmpDir := t.TempDir()
 	handler := NewWorkspaceHandler(broadcaster, nil, "http://localhost:8080", tmpDir)
@@ -745,14 +678,6 @@ func TestBuildProvisionerConfig_BasicFields(t *testing.T) {
 }

 func TestBuildProvisionerConfig_WorkspacePathFromEnv(t *testing.T) {
-	mock := setupTestDB(t)
-	mock.ExpectQuery(`SELECT COALESCE\(workspace_dir`).
-		WithArgs("ws-env").
-		WillReturnError(sql.ErrNoRows)
-	mock.ExpectQuery(`SELECT digest FROM runtime_image_pins`).
-		WithArgs("claude-code").
-		WillReturnError(sql.ErrNoRows)
-
 	broadcaster := newTestBroadcaster()
 	handler := NewWorkspaceHandler(broadcaster, nil, "http://localhost:8080", t.TempDir())

@@ -237,10 +237,10 @@ func (h *WorkspaceHandler) Restart(c *gin.Context) {
 	// the silent-drop bugs PRs #2811/#2824 closed). RestartWorkspaceAuto
 	// enforces CP-FIRST ordering matching the other dispatchers — see
 	// docs/architecture/backends.md.
-	go func() {
+	h.goAsync(func() {
 		h.RestartWorkspaceAutoOpts(context.Background(), id, templatePath, configFiles, payload, resetClaudeSession)
-	}()
-	go h.sendRestartContext(id, restartData)
+	})
+	h.goAsync(func() { h.sendRestartContext(id, restartData) })

 	c.JSON(http.StatusOK, gin.H{"status": "provisioning", "config_dir": configLabel, "reset_session": resetClaudeSession})
 }
@@ -610,7 +610,9 @@ func (h *WorkspaceHandler) runRestartCycle(workspaceID string) {
 	h.provisionWorkspaceAutoSync(workspaceID, "", nil, payload)
 	// sendRestartContext is a one-way notification to the new container; safe
 	// to fire async — the next restart cycle won't depend on it completing.
-	go h.sendRestartContext(workspaceID, restartData)
+	// Tracked via goAsync so the test harness can drain it before the
+	// global db.DB swap (sendRestartContext reads db.DB).
+	h.goAsync(func() { h.sendRestartContext(workspaceID, restartData) })
 }

 // Pause handles POST /workspaces/:id/pause
@@ -414,44 +414,6 @@ func TestWorkspaceCreate_DefaultsApplied(t *testing.T) {
 	}
 }

-func TestWorkspaceCreate_SaaSHardForcesTier4(t *testing.T) {
-	mock := setupTestDB(t)
-	setupTestRedis(t)
-	broadcaster := newTestBroadcaster()
-	handler := NewWorkspaceHandler(broadcaster, nil, "http://localhost:8080", t.TempDir())
-	handler.SetCPProvisioner(&trackingCPProv{})
-
-	mock.ExpectBegin()
-	mock.ExpectExec("INSERT INTO workspaces").
-		WithArgs(sqlmock.AnyArg(), "SaaS External Agent", nil, 4, "external", sqlmock.AnyArg(), (*string)(nil), nil, "none", (*int64)(nil), models.DefaultMaxConcurrentTasks, "push").
-		WillReturnResult(sqlmock.NewResult(0, 1))
-	mock.ExpectCommit()
-	mock.ExpectExec("INSERT INTO canvas_layouts").
-		WithArgs(sqlmock.AnyArg(), float64(0), float64(0)).
-		WillReturnResult(sqlmock.NewResult(0, 1))
-	mock.ExpectExec("INSERT INTO structure_events").
-		WillReturnResult(sqlmock.NewResult(0, 1))
-	mock.ExpectExec("UPDATE workspaces SET url").
-		WillReturnResult(sqlmock.NewResult(0, 1))
-	mock.ExpectExec("INSERT INTO structure_events").
-		WillReturnResult(sqlmock.NewResult(0, 1))
-
-	w := httptest.NewRecorder()
-	c, _ := gin.CreateTestContext(w)
-	body := `{"name":"SaaS External Agent","runtime":"external","external":true,"url":"https://example.com/agent","tier":2}`
-	c.Request = httptest.NewRequest("POST", "/workspaces", bytes.NewBufferString(body))
-	c.Request.Header.Set("Content-Type", "application/json")
-
-	handler.Create(c)
-
-	if w.Code != http.StatusCreated {
-		t.Errorf("expected status 201, got %d: %s", w.Code, w.Body.String())
-	}
-	if err := mock.ExpectationsWereMet(); err != nil {
-		t.Errorf("unmet sqlmock expectations: %v", err)
-	}
-}
-
 // TestWorkspaceCreate_WithSecrets_Persists asserts that secrets in the create
 // payload are written to workspace_secrets inside the same transaction as the
 // workspace row, and that the handler returns 201.
@@ -23,8 +23,8 @@ package models
 //   - claude-code: "sonnet" — Anthropic's CLI accepts the short
 //     name and resolves it via the operator's anthropic-oauth or
 //     ANTHROPIC_API_KEY chain.
-//   - everything else (hermes, langgraph, autogen, codex, openclaw,
-//     external, ""): a fully-qualified
+//   - everything else (hermes, langgraph, crewai, autogen, deepagents,
+//     codex, openclaw, gemini-cli, external, ""): a fully-qualified
 //     vendor:model slug that the universal MODEL_PROVIDER chain in
 //     molecule-core PR #247 can route via per-vendor required_env.
 //
@@ -21,9 +21,12 @@ func TestDefaultModel(t *testing.T) {
 		// as a generic "unknown" failure.
 		{"hermes", "anthropic:claude-opus-4-7"},
 		{"langgraph", "anthropic:claude-opus-4-7"},
+		{"crewai", "anthropic:claude-opus-4-7"},
 		{"autogen", "anthropic:claude-opus-4-7"},
+		{"deepagents", "anthropic:claude-opus-4-7"},
 		{"codex", "anthropic:claude-opus-4-7"},
 		{"openclaw", "anthropic:claude-opus-4-7"},
+		{"gemini-cli", "anthropic:claude-opus-4-7"},
 		{"external", "anthropic:claude-opus-4-7"},

 		// Unknown / empty — fall through to universal default rather
@@ -178,12 +178,21 @@ func (p *CPProvisioner) Start(ctx context.Context, cfg WorkspaceConfig) (string,
 	// /admin/liveness and other admin-gated platform endpoints (core#831).
 	// p.adminToken is read from os.Getenv("ADMIN_TOKEN") at provisioner creation;
 	// it is also used for CP→platform HTTP auth but those are separate concerns.
-	env := cfg.EnvVars
-	if p.adminToken != "" {
-		env = make(map[string]string, len(cfg.EnvVars)+1)
-		for k, v := range cfg.EnvVars {
-			env[k] = v
+	//
+	// Forensic #145 hardening: tenant workspaces run on EC2 via this path, so
+	// the SCM-write-token denylist (see buildContainerEnv) is enforced here
+	// too. Always build a filtered copy — never pass cfg.EnvVars through
+	// verbatim — so a latent persona-merged GITEA_TOKEN can't reach the
+	// tenant container regardless of whether ADMIN_TOKEN is set.
+	env := make(map[string]string, len(cfg.EnvVars)+1)
+	for k, v := range cfg.EnvVars {
+		if isSCMWriteTokenKey(k) {
+			log.Printf("CPProvisioner.Start: dropped SCM-write credential %q from tenant workspace env (forensic #145 guard)", k)
+			continue
 		}
+		env[k] = v
+	}
+	if p.adminToken != "" {
 		env["ADMIN_TOKEN"] = p.adminToken
 	}
 	// Collect template files and generated configs, with OFFSEC-010 guards:
@@ -217,59 +217,6 @@ func TestStart_HappyPath(t *testing.T) {
 	}
 }

-func TestStart_SendsTemplateAndGeneratedConfigFiles(t *testing.T) {
-	tmpl := t.TempDir()
-	if err := os.WriteFile(filepath.Join(tmpl, "config.yaml"), []byte("name: template\n"), 0o600); err != nil {
-		t.Fatal(err)
-	}
-	if err := os.WriteFile(filepath.Join(tmpl, "adapter.py"), bytes.Repeat([]byte("x"), cpConfigFilesMaxBytes), 0o600); err != nil {
-		t.Fatal(err)
-	}
-	if err := os.Mkdir(filepath.Join(tmpl, "prompts"), 0o700); err != nil {
-		t.Fatal(err)
-	}
-	if err := os.WriteFile(filepath.Join(tmpl, "prompts", "system.md"), []byte("hello"), 0o600); err != nil {
-		t.Fatal(err)
-	}
-
-	var body cpProvisionRequest
-	srv := httptest.NewServer(http.HandlerFunc(func(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
-		if err := json.NewDecoder(r.Body).Decode(&body); err != nil {
-			t.Errorf("decode request: %v", err)
-		}
-		w.WriteHeader(http.StatusCreated)
-		_, _ = io.WriteString(w, `{"instance_id":"i-abc123","state":"pending"}`)
-	}))
-	defer srv.Close()
-
-	p := &CPProvisioner{baseURL: srv.URL, orgID: "org-1", httpClient: srv.Client()}
-	_, err := p.Start(context.Background(), WorkspaceConfig{
-		WorkspaceID:  "ws-1",
-		Runtime:      "claude-code",
-		Tier:         4,
-		PlatformURL:  "http://tenant",
-		TemplatePath: tmpl,
-		ConfigFiles: map[string][]byte{
-			"config.yaml": []byte("name: generated\n"),
-		},
-	})
-	if err != nil {
-		t.Fatalf("Start: %v", err)
-	}
-
-	wantConfig := base64.StdEncoding.EncodeToString([]byte("name: generated\n"))
-	if got := body.ConfigFiles["config.yaml"]; got != wantConfig {
-		t.Errorf("config.yaml payload = %q, want generated override %q", got, wantConfig)
-	}
-	wantPrompt := base64.StdEncoding.EncodeToString([]byte("hello"))
-	if got := body.ConfigFiles["prompts/system.md"]; got != wantPrompt {
-		t.Errorf("prompt payload = %q, want %q", got, wantPrompt)
-	}
-	if _, ok := body.ConfigFiles["adapter.py"]; ok {
-		t.Error("non-config template file adapter.py must not be sent to CP")
-	}
-}
-
 // TestStart_Non201ReturnsStructuredError — when CP returns 401 with a
 // structured {"error":"..."} body, Start surfaces that error message.
 // Verifies the defense against log-leaking raw upstream bodies.
@@ -572,9 +519,9 @@ func TestStop_4xxResponseSurfacesError(t *testing.T) {
 func TestStop_2xxVariantsAllSucceed(t *testing.T) {
 	primeInstanceIDLookup(t, map[string]string{"ws-1": "i-ok"})
 	for _, code := range []int{
-		http.StatusOK,        // 200
-		http.StatusAccepted,  // 202
-		http.StatusNoContent, // 204
+		http.StatusOK,           // 200
+		http.StatusAccepted,     // 202
+		http.StatusNoContent,    // 204
 	} {
 		srv := httptest.NewServer(http.HandlerFunc(func(w http.ResponseWriter, _ *http.Request) {
 			w.WriteHeader(code)
@@ -642,11 +589,11 @@ func TestIsRunning_ParsesStateField(t *testing.T) {
 			_, _ = io.WriteString(w, `{"state":"`+state+`"}`)
 		}))
 		p := &CPProvisioner{
-			baseURL:      srv.URL,
-			orgID:        "org-1",
+			baseURL:    srv.URL,
+			orgID:      "org-1",
 			sharedSecret: "s3cret",
 			adminToken:   "tok-xyz",
-			httpClient:   srv.Client(),
+			httpClient: srv.Client(),
 		}
 		got, err := p.IsRunning(context.Background(), "ws-1")
 		srv.Close()
@@ -190,7 +190,7 @@ func TestEnsureLocalImage_RepoNotFound(t *testing.T) {
 	opts.HTTPClient = srv.Client()
 	opts.remoteHeadSha = nil // exercise real HTTP path

-	_, err := ensureLocalImageWithOpts(context.Background(), "hermes", opts)
+	_, err := ensureLocalImageWithOpts(context.Background(), "crewai", opts)
 	if err == nil {
 		t.Fatalf("expected error, got nil")
 	}
@@ -35,19 +35,6 @@ import (
 // drift-risk #6.
 var ErrNoBackend = errors.New("provisioner: no backend configured (zero-valued receiver)")

-// ErrUnresolvableRuntime is returned by selectImage when a workspace
-// names a runtime that has no resolvable image (not in RuntimeImages and
-// no operator-pinned cfg.Image). RFC internal#483 + security review 4269:
-// previously such a request silently fell through to DefaultImage
-// (langgraph) — a user asking for crewai would get a langgraph container
-// with no signal. The CTO standing directive
-// (feedback_platform_must_hardgate_base_contract) is fail-closed: a
-// named-but-unresolvable runtime must reject with a structured,
-// runtime-naming error so the existing provision-failed notify/log path
-// surfaces it, NOT silently degrade. The genuinely-unspecified (empty)
-// runtime is still a distinct, legitimate path that keeps DefaultImage.
-var ErrUnresolvableRuntime = errors.New("provisioner: requested runtime has no resolvable image")
-
 // RuntimeImages maps runtime names to their Docker image refs.
 // Each standalone template repo publishes its image via the reusable
 // publish-template-image workflow in molecule-ci on every main merge.
@@ -117,33 +104,20 @@ type WorkspaceConfig struct {
 // selectImage resolves the final Docker image ref for a workspace. The handler
 // layer is the source of truth — if it set cfg.Image (the digest-pinned form
 // from runtime_image_pins, #2272), honor that. Otherwise fall back to the
-// runtime→tag lookup in RuntimeImages (legacy `:latest` behavior).
-//
-// Fail-closed contract (RFC internal#483 / security review 4269 /
-// feedback_platform_must_hardgate_base_contract): if the workspace NAMES a
-// runtime that resolves to no image (not in RuntimeImages, no pinned
-// cfg.Image), reject with ErrUnresolvableRuntime instead of silently
-// substituting DefaultImage. Pre-fix, removing crewai/deepagents/gemini-cli
-// from the catalog left those create requests silently provisioning a
-// langgraph container — the user asked for crewai and got langgraph with no
-// signal. The error propagates through Start → markProvisionFailed, which
-// already broadcasts WorkspaceProvisionFailed and records the message.
-//
-// The genuinely-unspecified runtime (empty cfg.Runtime, e.g. an org template
-// that doesn't pin one) is an intended distinct path and still resolves to
-// DefaultImage — only a NAMED-but-unresolvable runtime is rejected.
-func selectImage(cfg WorkspaceConfig) (string, error) {
+// runtime→tag lookup in RuntimeImages (legacy `:latest` behavior). When the
+// runtime isn't recognized either, fall back to DefaultImage so Start() still
+// has something to hand Docker — surfacing a "No such image" later is more
+// actionable than a silent "" panic in ContainerCreate.
+func selectImage(cfg WorkspaceConfig) string {
 	if cfg.Image != "" {
-		return cfg.Image, nil
+		return cfg.Image
 	}
 	if cfg.Runtime != "" {
 		if img, ok := RuntimeImages[cfg.Runtime]; ok {
-			return img, nil
+			return img
 		}
-		return "", fmt.Errorf("%w: runtime %q (known runtimes: %v)",
-			ErrUnresolvableRuntime, cfg.Runtime, knownRuntimes)
 	}
-	return DefaultImage, nil
+	return DefaultImage
 }

 // Workspace-access constants for #65. Matches the CHECK constraint on
@@ -215,24 +189,6 @@ const containerNamePrefix = "ws-"
 // (the wiped-DB case after `docker compose down -v`).
 const LabelManaged = "molecule.platform.managed"

-// AgentUID / AgentGID are the uid/gid of the unprivileged `agent` user that
-// every workspace template creates and drops to via `gosu agent` before
-// exec'ing the runtime (the a2a_mcp_server runs under this uid). The value is
-// fixed at 1000:1000 across all templates — see:
-//   - workspace-configs-templates/claude-code-default/Dockerfile (`useradd -u 1000 ... agent`)
-//   - workspace-configs-templates/hermes/Dockerfile               (`useradd -u 1000 ... agent`)
-//   - workspace/entrypoint.sh                                     (`exec gosu agent` — "uid 1000")
-//
-// Files the platform injects into /configs AFTER the entrypoint's
-// `chown -R agent:agent /configs` (the post-start #418 re-injection and the
-// pre-start #1877 volume write) must be owned by this uid/gid, otherwise the
-// agent-uid MCP server hits EACCES reading /configs/.auth_token, sends an
-// empty bearer, and the platform 401s on /registry/{id}/peers (list_peers).
-const (
-	AgentUID = 1000
-	AgentGID = 1000
-)
-
 // managedLabels is the canonical label map applied to every workspace
 // container + volume. Pulled out so a future addition (e.g. instance
 // UUID for multi-platform-shared-daemon disambiguation) is one edit.
@@ -362,15 +318,7 @@ func (p *Provisioner) Start(ctx context.Context, cfg WorkspaceConfig) (string, e

 	env := buildContainerEnv(cfg)

-	image, imgErr := selectImage(cfg)
-	if imgErr != nil {
-		// Fail-closed: a named-but-unresolvable runtime must not silently
-		// become DefaultImage (RFC internal#483 / review 4269). The caller's
-		// error path (markProvisionFailed) broadcasts the failure + records
-		// the message so the canvas surfaces it.
-		log.Printf("Provisioner: refusing to start %s: %v", cfg.WorkspaceID, imgErr)
-		return "", imgErr
-	}
+	image := selectImage(cfg)

 	// Local-build mode (issue #63 / Task #194): when MOLECULE_IMAGE_REGISTRY
 	// is unset, the OSS contributor path skips the registry pull entirely
@@ -643,6 +591,28 @@ func ValidateWorkspaceAccess(access, workspacePath string) error {
 	}
 }

+// scmWriteTokenKeys is the explicit denylist of environment variable names
+// that carry a Git SCM *write* credential (push / merge / approve). These
+// must never reach a tenant workspace container — see the forensic #145
+// rationale in buildContainerEnv. Kept as an exact-match set rather than a
+// substring/prefix heuristic so the guard is auditable and can't silently
+// over-strip a legitimately-named var.
+var scmWriteTokenKeys = map[string]struct{}{
+	"GITEA_TOKEN":     {},
+	"GITHUB_TOKEN":    {},
+	"GH_TOKEN":        {}, // gh CLI honours GH_TOKEN as a GITHUB_TOKEN alias
+	"GITLAB_TOKEN":    {},
+	"GL_TOKEN":        {}, // glab CLI alias
+	"BITBUCKET_TOKEN": {},
+}
+
+// isSCMWriteTokenKey reports whether an env var name is a known Git SCM
+// write credential that must be stripped from tenant workspace env.
+func isSCMWriteTokenKey(key string) bool {
+	_, ok := scmWriteTokenKeys[key]
+	return ok
+}
+
 // buildContainerEnv assembles the initial environment variables injected
 // into every workspace container.
 //
@@ -679,6 +649,21 @@ func buildContainerEnv(cfg WorkspaceConfig) []string {
 		env = append(env, fmt.Sprintf("AWARENESS_URL=%s", cfg.AwarenessURL))
 	}
 	for k, v := range cfg.EnvVars {
+		// Forensic #145 hardening: tenant workspace containers run
+		// agent-controlled code and must NEVER receive a Git SCM *write*
+		// credential. Without merge/approve creds in-container the
+		// two-eyes review gate is structurally self-bypass-proof — an
+		// agent that forges an approval has no token to act on it. A
+		// latent path exists (loadPersonaEnvFile merges a per-role
+		// persona `GITEA_TOKEN` into cfg.EnvVars when MOLECULE_PERSONA_ROOT
+		// is set on a tenant host); it is inert today (persona dirs are
+		// operator-host-only) but unguarded. Strip SCM-write tokens here
+		// by construction so the invariant holds regardless of whether
+		// that path ever becomes reachable.
+		if isSCMWriteTokenKey(k) {
+			log.Printf("buildContainerEnv: dropped SCM-write credential %q from workspace env (forensic #145 guard)", k)
+			continue
+		}
 		env = append(env, fmt.Sprintf("%s=%s", k, v))
 	}
 	// Inject ADMIN_TOKEN from the platform server's environment so workspace
@@ -825,15 +810,6 @@ func ApplyTierConfig(hostCfg *container.HostConfig, cfg WorkspaceConfig, configM

 // CopyTemplateToContainer copies files from a host directory into /configs in the container.
 func (p *Provisioner) CopyTemplateToContainer(ctx context.Context, containerID, templatePath string) error {
-	buf, err := buildTemplateTar(templatePath)
-	if err != nil {
-		return err
-	}
-
-	return p.cli.CopyToContainer(ctx, containerID, "/configs", buf, container.CopyToContainerOptions{})
-}
-
-func buildTemplateTar(templatePath string) (*bytes.Buffer, error) {
 	// Resolve symlinks at the root before walking. filepath.Walk does
 	// NOT follow a symlink that IS the root — it Lstats the path, sees
 	// a symlink (non-directory), and emits exactly one entry without
@@ -856,15 +832,6 @@ func buildTemplateTar(templatePath string) (*bytes.Buffer, error) {
 		if err != nil {
 			return err
 		}
-		// OFFSEC-010: skip symlinks to prevent path traversal via malicious
-		// template symlinks (e.g. template/.ssh → /root/.ssh). filepath.Walk
-		// follows symlinks by default, so without this guard a crafted symlink
-		// inside the template directory could escape to include arbitrary host
-		// files in the tar archive. We intentionally skip rather than error so
-		// a broken symlink in an org template is a silent no-op.
-		if info.Mode()&os.ModeSymlink != 0 {
-			return nil
-		}
 		rel, err := filepath.Rel(templatePath, path)
 		if err != nil {
 			return err
@@ -905,27 +872,17 @@ func buildTemplateTar(templatePath string) (*bytes.Buffer, error) {
 		return nil
 	})
 	if err != nil {
-		return nil, fmt.Errorf("failed to create tar from %s: %w", templatePath, err)
+		return fmt.Errorf("failed to create tar from %s: %w", templatePath, err)
 	}
 	if err := tw.Close(); err != nil {
-		return nil, fmt.Errorf("failed to close tar writer: %w", err)
+		return fmt.Errorf("failed to close tar writer: %w", err)
 	}

-	return &buf, nil
+	return p.cli.CopyToContainer(ctx, containerID, "/configs", &buf, container.CopyToContainerOptions{})
 }

-// buildConfigFilesTar builds the tar stream that WriteFilesToContainer streams
-// into /configs via CopyToContainer. Every entry is stamped Uid/Gid = agent
-// (AgentUID/AgentGID) so the files land agent-owned after extraction. This is
-// the issue #418 post-start re-injection path: it runs AFTER the template
-// entrypoint's `chown -R agent:agent /configs`, so without explicit ownership
-// in the tar header the files extract as root:root (tar Uid/Gid default 0) and
-// the agent-uid MCP server can no longer read /configs/.auth_token (and
-// /configs/.platform_inbound_secret) → empty bearer → list_peers 401.
-//
-// Pulled out as a pure function so the ownership contract is unit-testable
-// without a live Docker daemon (mirrors buildTemplateTar).
-func buildConfigFilesTar(files map[string][]byte) (*bytes.Buffer, error) {
+// WriteFilesToContainer writes in-memory files into /configs in the container.
+func (p *Provisioner) WriteFilesToContainer(ctx context.Context, containerID string, files map[string][]byte) error {
 	var buf bytes.Buffer
 	tw := tar.NewWriter(&buf)

@@ -938,10 +895,8 @@ func buildConfigFilesTar(files map[string][]byte) (*bytes.Buffer, error) {
 				Typeflag: tar.TypeDir,
 				Name:     dir + "/",
 				Mode:     0755,
-				Uid:      AgentUID,
-				Gid:      AgentGID,
 			}); err != nil {
-				return nil, fmt.Errorf("failed to write tar dir header for %s: %w", dir, err)
+				return fmt.Errorf("failed to write tar dir header for %s: %w", dir, err)
 			}
 			createdDirs[dir] = true
 		}
@@ -950,30 +905,19 @@ func buildConfigFilesTar(files map[string][]byte) (*bytes.Buffer, error) {
 			Name: name,
 			Mode: 0644,
 			Size: int64(len(data)),
-			Uid:  AgentUID,
-			Gid:  AgentGID,
 		}
 		if err := tw.WriteHeader(header); err != nil {
-			return nil, fmt.Errorf("failed to write tar header for %s: %w", name, err)
+			return fmt.Errorf("failed to write tar header for %s: %w", name, err)
 		}
 		if _, err := tw.Write(data); err != nil {
-			return nil, fmt.Errorf("failed to write tar data for %s: %w", name, err)
+			return fmt.Errorf("failed to write tar data for %s: %w", name, err)
 		}
 	}
 	if err := tw.Close(); err != nil {
-		return nil, fmt.Errorf("failed to close tar writer: %w", err)
+		return fmt.Errorf("failed to close tar writer: %w", err)
 	}
-	return &buf, nil
-}

-// WriteFilesToContainer writes in-memory files into /configs in the container,
-// agent-owned (see buildConfigFilesTar).
-func (p *Provisioner) WriteFilesToContainer(ctx context.Context, containerID string, files map[string][]byte) error {
-	buf, err := buildConfigFilesTar(files)
-	if err != nil {
-		return err
-	}
-	return p.cli.CopyToContainer(ctx, containerID, "/configs", buf, container.CopyToContainerOptions{})
+	return p.cli.CopyToContainer(ctx, containerID, "/configs", &buf, container.CopyToContainerOptions{})
 }

 // CopyToContainer exposes CopyToContainer from the Docker client for use by other packages.
@@ -1063,28 +1007,13 @@ func (p *Provisioner) ReadFromVolume(ctx context.Context, volumeName, filePath s
 	return clean, nil
 }

-// writeAuthTokenVolumeCmd is the shell command the throwaway alpine container
-// runs to seed /vol/.auth_token. alpine runs it as root, so without the
-// explicit `chown 1000:1000` the file stays root:root after the template
-// entrypoint's `chown -R agent:agent /configs` has already run — the agent-uid
-// (AgentUID) MCP server then gets EACCES reading it → empty bearer →
-// list_peers 401. Pulled out as a pure function so the ownership contract is
-// unit-testable without a live Docker daemon. Issue #1877.
-func writeAuthTokenVolumeCmd() string {
-	return fmt.Sprintf(
-		"mkdir -p /vol && printf '%%s' $TOKEN > /vol/.auth_token && chmod 0600 /vol/.auth_token && chown %d:%d /vol/.auth_token",
-		AgentUID, AgentGID,
-	)
-}
-
 // WriteAuthTokenToVolume writes the workspace auth token into the config volume
 // BEFORE the container starts, eliminating the token-injection race window where
 // a restarted container could read a stale token from /configs/.auth_token before
 // WriteFilesToContainer writes the new one. Issue #1877.
 //
 // Uses a throwaway alpine container to write directly to the named volume,
-// bypassing the container lifecycle entirely. The written file is chowned to
-// the agent uid/gid (see writeAuthTokenVolumeCmd).
+// bypassing the container lifecycle entirely.
 func (p *Provisioner) WriteAuthTokenToVolume(ctx context.Context, workspaceID, token string) error {
 	if p == nil || p.cli == nil {
 		return ErrNoBackend
@@ -1092,7 +1021,7 @@ func (p *Provisioner) WriteAuthTokenToVolume(ctx context.Context, workspaceID, t
 	volName := ConfigVolumeName(workspaceID)
 	resp, err := p.cli.ContainerCreate(ctx, &container.Config{
 		Image: "alpine",
-		Cmd:   []string{"sh", "-c", writeAuthTokenVolumeCmd()},
+		Cmd:   []string{"sh", "-c", "mkdir -p /vol && printf '%s' $TOKEN > /vol/.auth_token && chmod 0600 /vol/.auth_token"},
 		Env:   []string{"TOKEN=" + token},
 	}, &container.HostConfig{
 		Binds: []string{volName + ":/vol"},
@@ -1,9 +1,7 @@
 package provisioner

 import (
-	"archive/tar"
 	"errors"
-	"io"
 	"os"
 	"path/filepath"
 	"strings"
@@ -64,72 +62,6 @@ func TestValidateConfigSource_TemplateIsDirName(t *testing.T) {
 	}
 }

-func TestStartSeedsConfigsBeforeContainerStart(t *testing.T) {
-	src, err := os.ReadFile("provisioner.go")
-	if err != nil {
-		t.Fatalf("read provisioner.go: %v", err)
-	}
-	text := string(src)
-	copyTemplate := strings.Index(text, "p.CopyTemplateToContainer(ctx, resp.ID, cfg.TemplatePath)")
-	writeFiles := strings.Index(text, "p.WriteFilesToContainer(ctx, resp.ID, cfg.ConfigFiles)")
-	start := strings.Index(text, "p.cli.ContainerStart(ctx, resp.ID, container.StartOptions{})")
-
-	if copyTemplate < 0 || writeFiles < 0 || start < 0 {
-		t.Fatalf("expected Start to copy template, write config files, and start container")
-	}
-	if copyTemplate >= start || writeFiles >= start {
-		t.Fatalf("config seeding must happen before ContainerStart: copyTemplate=%d writeFiles=%d start=%d", copyTemplate, writeFiles, start)
-	}
-}
-
-func TestBuildTemplateTar_SkipsSymlinks(t *testing.T) {
-	dir := t.TempDir()
-	if err := os.WriteFile(filepath.Join(dir, "config.yaml"), []byte("name: safe\n"), 0644); err != nil {
-		t.Fatalf("write config: %v", err)
-	}
-	outside := filepath.Join(t.TempDir(), "secret.txt")
-	if err := os.WriteFile(outside, []byte("do-not-copy\n"), 0644); err != nil {
-		t.Fatalf("write outside target: %v", err)
-	}
-	if err := os.Symlink(outside, filepath.Join(dir, "linked-secret.txt")); err != nil {
-		t.Fatalf("create symlink: %v", err)
-	}
-
-	buf, err := buildTemplateTar(dir)
-	if err != nil {
-		t.Fatalf("buildTemplateTar: %v", err)
-	}
-
-	names := map[string]string{}
-	tr := tar.NewReader(buf)
-	for {
-		hdr, err := tr.Next()
-		if errors.Is(err, io.EOF) {
-			break
-		}
-		if err != nil {
-			t.Fatalf("read tar: %v", err)
-		}
-		body, err := io.ReadAll(tr)
-		if err != nil {
-			t.Fatalf("read body for %s: %v", hdr.Name, err)
-		}
-		names[hdr.Name] = string(body)
-	}
-
-	if got := names["config.yaml"]; got != "name: safe\n" {
-		t.Fatalf("config.yaml body = %q, want safe config", got)
-	}
-	if _, ok := names["linked-secret.txt"]; ok {
-		t.Fatalf("symlink entry was copied into template tar: %#v", names)
-	}
-	for name, body := range names {
-		if strings.Contains(body, "do-not-copy") {
-			t.Fatalf("symlink target leaked through %s: %q", name, body)
-		}
-	}
-}
-
 // baseHostConfig returns a fresh HostConfig with typical pre-tier binds,
 // mimicking what Start() builds before calling ApplyTierConfig.
 func baseHostConfig(pluginsPath string) *container.HostConfig {
@@ -513,10 +445,7 @@ func TestWorkspaceConfig_ResetClaudeSessionFieldPresent(t *testing.T) {
 // we lose the "one bad publish doesn't break every workspace" guarantee.
 func TestSelectImage_PrefersExplicitImage(t *testing.T) {
 	pinned := "ghcr.io/molecule-ai/workspace-template-claude-code@sha256:3d6761a97ed07d7d33cfc19a8fbab81175d9d9179618d493dbc00c5f7ef076a3"
-	got, err := selectImage(WorkspaceConfig{Runtime: "claude-code", Image: pinned})
-	if err != nil {
-		t.Fatalf("selectImage with cfg.Image=pinned: unexpected error %v", err)
-	}
+	got := selectImage(WorkspaceConfig{Runtime: "claude-code", Image: pinned})
 	if got != pinned {
 		t.Errorf("selectImage with cfg.Image=pinned: got %q, want %q", got, pinned)
 	}
@@ -526,46 +455,28 @@ func TestSelectImage_PrefersExplicitImage(t *testing.T) {
 // pin lookup deliberately bypassed via WORKSPACE_IMAGE_LOCAL_OVERRIDE).
 // selectImage must use the legacy runtime→:latest map.
 func TestSelectImage_FallsBackToRuntimeMap(t *testing.T) {
-	got, err := selectImage(WorkspaceConfig{Runtime: "claude-code", Image: ""})
-	if err != nil {
-		t.Fatalf("selectImage with empty Image: unexpected error %v", err)
-	}
+	got := selectImage(WorkspaceConfig{Runtime: "claude-code", Image: ""})
 	want := RuntimeImages["claude-code"]
 	if got != want {
 		t.Errorf("selectImage with empty Image: got %q, want %q", got, want)
 	}
 }

-// TestSelectImage_NamedUnresolvableRuntimeRejects pins the fail-closed
-// contract (RFC internal#483 / security review 4269 /
-// feedback_platform_must_hardgate_base_contract): a NAMED runtime with no
-// resolvable image must reject with ErrUnresolvableRuntime, NOT silently
-// substitute DefaultImage. Pre-fix this returned langgraph — a user asking
-// for a removed runtime (crewai/deepagents/gemini-cli) silently got a
-// langgraph container. "crewai" is the concrete regression from the
-// security finding.
-func TestSelectImage_NamedUnresolvableRuntimeRejects(t *testing.T) {
-	for _, rt := range []string{"no-such-runtime", "crewai", "deepagents", "gemini-cli"} {
-		got, err := selectImage(WorkspaceConfig{Runtime: rt})
-		if !errors.Is(err, ErrUnresolvableRuntime) {
-			t.Errorf("selectImage(%q): got err %v, want ErrUnresolvableRuntime", rt, err)
-		}
-		if got != "" {
-			t.Errorf("selectImage(%q): got image %q, want \"\" on reject", rt, got)
-		}
-		if err != nil && !strings.Contains(err.Error(), rt) {
-			t.Errorf("selectImage(%q): error must name the offending runtime, got %v", rt, err)
-		}
+// TestSelectImage_UnknownRuntimeFallsBackToDefault preserves today's
+// behavior — an unrecognized runtime resolves to DefaultImage rather than
+// "" so ContainerCreate gets a usable arg and surfaces a meaningful
+// "No such image" error if the default itself is missing.
+func TestSelectImage_UnknownRuntimeFallsBackToDefault(t *testing.T) {
+	got := selectImage(WorkspaceConfig{Runtime: "no-such-runtime"})
+	if got != DefaultImage {
+		t.Errorf("selectImage with unknown runtime: got %q, want DefaultImage %q", got, DefaultImage)
 	}
 }

 // TestSelectImage_EmptyRuntimeFallsBackToDefault: same invariant for the
 // no-runtime-supplied path (legacy callers / older handler code).
 func TestSelectImage_EmptyRuntimeFallsBackToDefault(t *testing.T) {
-	got, err := selectImage(WorkspaceConfig{})
-	if err != nil {
-		t.Fatalf("selectImage with zero cfg: unexpected error %v (empty runtime is a legitimate DefaultImage path)", err)
-	}
+	got := selectImage(WorkspaceConfig{})
 	if got != DefaultImage {
 		t.Errorf("selectImage with zero cfg: got %q, want DefaultImage %q", got, DefaultImage)
 	}
@@ -725,10 +636,15 @@ func TestBuildContainerEnv_AwarenessOnlyWhenBothSet(t *testing.T) {
 }

 func TestBuildContainerEnv_CustomEnvVarsAppended(t *testing.T) {
+	// NOTE: this test previously asserted GITHUB_TOKEN passed through
+	// verbatim. That assertion encoded the forensic #145 latent leak as
+	// expected behavior. Post-guard, ordinary custom env still flows but
+	// SCM-write credentials are stripped — see
+	// TestBuildContainerEnv_StripsSCMWriteTokens for the negative assertion.
 	cfg := WorkspaceConfig{
 		WorkspaceID: "ws-x",
 		PlatformURL: "http://localhost:8080",
-		EnvVars:     map[string]string{"CUSTOM": "value", "GITHUB_TOKEN": "fake-token-for-test"},
+		EnvVars:     map[string]string{"CUSTOM": "value", "ANTHROPIC_API_KEY": "sk-not-an-scm-token"},
 	}
 	env := buildContainerEnv(cfg)
 	seen := map[string]string{}
@@ -741,8 +657,8 @@ func TestBuildContainerEnv_CustomEnvVarsAppended(t *testing.T) {
 	if seen["CUSTOM"] != "value" {
 		t.Errorf("CUSTOM env missing, got env=%v", env)
 	}
-	if seen["GITHUB_TOKEN"] != "fake-token-for-test" {
-		t.Errorf("GITHUB_TOKEN env missing, got env=%v", env)
+	if seen["ANTHROPIC_API_KEY"] != "sk-not-an-scm-token" {
+		t.Errorf("non-SCM custom env must still pass through, got env=%v", env)
 	}
 	// Built-in defaults still present
 	if seen["MOLECULE_URL"] == "" {
@@ -750,6 +666,129 @@ func TestBuildContainerEnv_CustomEnvVarsAppended(t *testing.T) {
 	}
 }

+// ---------- forensic #145: SCM-write-token denylist guard ----------
+
+// TestBuildContainerEnv_StripsSCMWriteTokens is the core negative
+// assertion: a tenant workspace env constructed via buildContainerEnv MUST
+// NOT contain any Git SCM *write* credential, regardless of how it got into
+// cfg.EnvVars. This proves the two-eyes review gate stays structurally
+// self-bypass-proof — an agent in-container has no merge/approve token to
+// act on a forged approval. See forensic #145.
+//
+// This test FAILS on the pre-guard code (where buildContainerEnv passed
+// cfg.EnvVars through verbatim) and PASSES once the denylist filter is in
+// place — i.e. the guard is proven by construction, not by environment
+// accident.
+func TestBuildContainerEnv_StripsSCMWriteTokens(t *testing.T) {
+	scmTokens := []string{
+		"GITEA_TOKEN", "GITHUB_TOKEN", "GH_TOKEN",
+		"GITLAB_TOKEN", "GL_TOKEN", "BITBUCKET_TOKEN",
+	}
+
+	t.Run("normal path — SCM tokens explicitly set in EnvVars", func(t *testing.T) {
+		envVars := map[string]string{"CUSTOM": "ok", "ANTHROPIC_API_KEY": "sk-keep"}
+		for _, k := range scmTokens {
+			envVars[k] = "leaked-write-credential-" + k
+		}
+		cfg := WorkspaceConfig{
+			WorkspaceID: "ws-tenant",
+			PlatformURL: "http://localhost:8080",
+			Tier:        2,
+			EnvVars:     envVars,
+		}
+		assertNoSCMWriteToken(t, buildContainerEnv(cfg), scmTokens)
+
+		// Sanity: non-SCM custom env is NOT collateral-damaged by the filter.
+		if !envContains(buildContainerEnv(cfg), "CUSTOM=ok") {
+			t.Errorf("filter must not strip non-SCM custom env")
+		}
+		if !envContains(buildContainerEnv(cfg), "ANTHROPIC_API_KEY=sk-keep") {
+			t.Errorf("filter must not strip non-SCM API keys")
+		}
+	})
+
+	t.Run("persona-file path — simulates loadPersonaEnvFile merge", func(t *testing.T) {
+		// The latent path: handlers.loadPersonaEnvFile() merges a per-role
+		// persona env file (carrying GITEA_USER, GITEA_TOKEN, …) into the
+		// workspace env map when MOLECULE_PERSONA_ROOT is set on a tenant
+		// host. We can't invoke that cross-package helper here, but its
+		// observable effect is exactly "a GITEA_TOKEN appears in
+		// cfg.EnvVars". Constructing that condition directly proves the
+		// guard holds even if the latent path becomes reachable.
+		cfg := WorkspaceConfig{
+			WorkspaceID: "ws-tenant",
+			PlatformURL: "http://localhost:8080",
+			Tier:        2,
+			EnvVars: map[string]string{
+				// Persona identity fields that are SAFE to keep (read-only
+				// identity, not a write credential):
+				"GITEA_USER":       "backend-engineer",
+				"GITEA_USER_EMAIL": "backend-engineer@agents.moleculesai.app",
+				// The credential that must be stripped:
+				"GITEA_TOKEN":        "persona-merged-write-pat",
+				"GITEA_TOKEN_SCOPES": "write:repository",
+			},
+		}
+		got := buildContainerEnv(cfg)
+		assertNoSCMWriteToken(t, got, scmTokens)
+		// Non-credential persona identity may still flow through — only the
+		// write token is the denied surface.
+		if !envContains(got, "GITEA_USER=backend-engineer") {
+			t.Errorf("non-credential persona identity (GITEA_USER) should not be stripped")
+		}
+	})
+}
+
+// TestCPProvisionerEnv_StripsSCMWriteTokens covers the tenant-EC2 path:
+// CPProvisioner.Start builds the env map the control plane forwards to the
+// EC2 workspace container. The same forensic #145 denylist must hold there.
+func TestCPProvisionerEnv_StripsSCMWriteTokens(t *testing.T) {
+	// isSCMWriteTokenKey is the single source of truth shared by both
+	// buildContainerEnv (local Docker) and CPProvisioner.Start (tenant EC2).
+	// Assert it classifies every known SCM-write var as denied and leaves
+	// ordinary / read-only-identity vars alone.
+	for _, k := range []string{
+		"GITEA_TOKEN", "GITHUB_TOKEN", "GH_TOKEN",
+		"GITLAB_TOKEN", "GL_TOKEN", "BITBUCKET_TOKEN",
+	} {
+		if !isSCMWriteTokenKey(k) {
+			t.Errorf("isSCMWriteTokenKey(%q) = false, want true (SCM-write credential must be denied)", k)
+		}
+	}
+	for _, k := range []string{
+		"GITEA_USER", "GITEA_USER_EMAIL", "ANTHROPIC_API_KEY",
+		"CUSTOM", "PLATFORM_URL", "ADMIN_TOKEN", "",
+	} {
+		if isSCMWriteTokenKey(k) {
+			t.Errorf("isSCMWriteTokenKey(%q) = true, want false (must not over-strip non-SCM env)", k)
+		}
+	}
+}
+
+func assertNoSCMWriteToken(t *testing.T, env []string, scmTokens []string) {
+	t.Helper()
+	for _, e := range env {
+		key := e
+		if i := strings.IndexByte(e, '='); i >= 0 {
+			key = e[:i]
+		}
+		for _, banned := range scmTokens {
+			if key == banned {
+				t.Errorf("SCM-write credential %q leaked into workspace env (forensic #145 invariant violated): %q", banned, e)
+			}
+		}
+	}
+}
+
+func envContains(env []string, want string) bool {
+	for _, e := range env {
+		if e == want {
+			return true
+		}
+	}
+	return false
+}
+
 // ---------- buildWorkspaceMount — #65 workspace_access ----------

 func TestBuildWorkspaceMount_SelectionMatrix(t *testing.T) {
@@ -829,7 +868,7 @@ func TestIsImageNotFoundErr(t *testing.T) {
 		{"nil", nil, false},
 		{"moby no such image", fmtErr(`Error response from daemon: No such image: workspace-template:openclaw`), true},
 		{"no such image lowercase", fmtErr(`error: no such image: foo:bar`), true},
-		{"image not found", fmtErr(`Error: image "workspace-template:hermes" not found`), true},
+		{"image not found", fmtErr(`Error: image "workspace-template:crewai" not found`), true},
 		{"generic not found without image", fmtErr(`container not found`), false},
 		{"unrelated error", fmtErr(`connection refused`), false},
 		{"permission denied", fmtErr(`permission denied`), false},
@@ -21,6 +21,9 @@ var knownRuntimes = []string{
 	"autogen",
 	"claude-code",
 	"codex",
+	"crewai",
+	"deepagents",
+	"gemini-cli",
 	"hermes",
 	"langgraph",
 	"openclaw",
@@ -53,8 +53,8 @@ func TestRuntimeImage_AllKnownRuntimes(t *testing.T) {
 		}
 	}
 	// Pin the count so adding a runtime requires explicit test acknowledgement.
-	if len(knownRuntimes) != 6 {
-		t.Errorf("knownRuntimes length = %d, want 6 (autogen, claude-code, codex, hermes, langgraph, openclaw)", len(knownRuntimes))
+	if len(knownRuntimes) != 9 {
+		t.Errorf("knownRuntimes length = %d, want 9 (autogen, claude-code, codex, crewai, deepagents, gemini-cli, hermes, langgraph, openclaw)", len(knownRuntimes))
 	}
 }

@@ -1,95 +0,0 @@
-package provisioner
-
-import (
-	"archive/tar"
-	"errors"
-	"io"
-	"strings"
-	"testing"
-)
-
-// These tests pin the P0 fix for the fleet-wide list_peers 401 (Hermes and
-// every other template): the workspace-server token-injection paths wrote
-// /configs/.auth_token (and /configs/.platform_inbound_secret) as root:root
-// AFTER the template entrypoint's `chown -R agent:agent /configs` ran, so the
-// agent-uid (1000) MCP server (a2a_mcp_server, running via `gosu agent`) hit
-// `[Errno 13] Permission denied` reading the bearer → empty bearer → platform
-// 401 on /registry/{id}/peers (the literal tool_list_peers path).
-//
-// The agent uid is 1000:1000, verified from the templates:
-//   - workspace-configs-templates/claude-code-default/Dockerfile: `useradd -u 1000 ... agent`
-//   - workspace-configs-templates/hermes/Dockerfile:               `useradd -u 1000 ... agent`
-//   - workspace/entrypoint.sh / claude-code-default/entrypoint.sh:  `exec gosu agent` ("uid 1000")
-//
-// Both tests assert the real artifact (the tar headers Docker's CopyToContainer
-// honours for ownership, and the literal shell command the throwaway alpine
-// container runs), not a mock that bypasses ownership. They FAIL on pre-fix
-// code (no Uid/Gid in tar headers; no chown in the alpine command → root:root)
-// and PASS post-fix (agent-owned).
-
-// TestWriteFilesToContainerTar_FilesAreAgentOwned covers the issue #418
-// post-start re-injection path (WriteFilesToContainer): the tar it streams
-// into /configs via CopyToContainer must carry Uid/Gid = agent (1000) so the
-// extracted files land agent-readable, not root:root. This is the path that
-// (re)writes BOTH .auth_token and .platform_inbound_secret on a cadence.
-func TestWriteFilesToContainerTar_FilesAreAgentOwned(t *testing.T) {
-	files := map[string][]byte{
-		".auth_token":              []byte("tok-abc123"),
-		".platform_inbound_secret": []byte("inbound-secret-xyz"),
-		"nested/dir/file.txt":      []byte("data"),
-	}
-
-	buf, err := buildConfigFilesTar(files)
-	if err != nil {
-		t.Fatalf("buildConfigFilesTar: %v", err)
-	}
-
-	tr := tar.NewReader(buf)
-	seen := map[string]bool{}
-	for {
-		hdr, err := tr.Next()
-		if errors.Is(err, io.EOF) {
-			break
-		}
-		if err != nil {
-			t.Fatalf("read tar: %v", err)
-		}
-		if _, err := io.Copy(io.Discard, tr); err != nil {
-			t.Fatalf("drain %s: %v", hdr.Name, err)
-		}
-		seen[hdr.Name] = true
-		if hdr.Uid != AgentUID {
-			t.Fatalf("tar entry %q Uid = %d, want %d (agent) — root-owned injection causes the list_peers 401",
-				hdr.Name, hdr.Uid, AgentUID)
-		}
-		if hdr.Gid != AgentGID {
-			t.Fatalf("tar entry %q Gid = %d, want %d (agent)", hdr.Name, hdr.Gid, AgentGID)
-		}
-	}
-
-	for _, want := range []string{".auth_token", ".platform_inbound_secret"} {
-		if !seen[want] {
-			t.Fatalf("tar missing %q (seen: %v)", want, seen)
-		}
-	}
-}
-
-// TestWriteAuthTokenVolumeCmd_ChownsToAgent covers the issue #1877 pre-start
-// volume-write path (WriteAuthTokenToVolume): the throwaway alpine container
-// writes /vol/.auth_token then chmod 0600 but, pre-fix, never chowns it, so it
-// stays root:root (alpine runs the command as root). The literal command must
-// chown the file to the agent uid:gid so the agent-uid MCP server can read it.
-func TestWriteAuthTokenVolumeCmd_ChownsToAgent(t *testing.T) {
-	cmd := writeAuthTokenVolumeCmd()
-
-	if !strings.Contains(cmd, "chmod 0600 /vol/.auth_token") {
-		t.Fatalf("alpine cmd lost the 0600 chmod (regression): %q", cmd)
-	}
-
-	wantChown := "chown 1000:1000 /vol/.auth_token"
-	if !strings.Contains(cmd, wantChown) {
-		t.Fatalf("alpine cmd = %q, missing %q — without it .auth_token stays root:root "+
-			"and the agent-uid MCP server gets EACCES → empty bearer → list_peers 401",
-			cmd, wantChown)
-	}
-}
@@ -14,9 +14,8 @@ func setupMockDB(t *testing.T) sqlmock.Sqlmock {
 	if err != nil {
 		t.Fatalf("sqlmock: %v", err)
 	}
-	prevDB := db.DB
 	db.DB = mockDB
-	t.Cleanup(func() { mockDB.Close(); db.DB = prevDB })
+	t.Cleanup(func() { mockDB.Close() })
 	return mock
 }

@@ -31,9 +31,8 @@ func setupTestDB(t *testing.T) sqlmock.Sqlmock {
 	if err != nil {
 		t.Fatalf("failed to create sqlmock: %v", err)
 	}
-	prevDB := db.DB
 	db.DB = mockDB
-	t.Cleanup(func() { mockDB.Close(); db.DB = prevDB })
+	t.Cleanup(func() { mockDB.Close() })
 	return mock
 }

@@ -17,9 +17,8 @@ func setupHibernationMock(t *testing.T) sqlmock.Sqlmock {
 	if err != nil {
 		t.Fatalf("sqlmock.New: %v", err)
 	}
-	prevDB := db.DB
 	db.DB = mockDB
-	t.Cleanup(func() { mockDB.Close(); db.DB = prevDB })
+	t.Cleanup(func() { mockDB.Close() })
 	return mock
 }

@@ -18,9 +18,8 @@ func setupLivenessTestDB(t *testing.T) sqlmock.Sqlmock {
 	if err != nil {
 		t.Fatalf("failed to create sqlmock: %v", err)
 	}
-	prevDB := db.DB
 	db.DB = mockDB
-	t.Cleanup(func() { mockDB.Close(); db.DB = prevDB })
+	t.Cleanup(func() { mockDB.Close() })
 	return mock
 }

@@ -24,9 +24,8 @@ func setupTestDB(t *testing.T) sqlmock.Sqlmock {
 	if err != nil {
 		t.Fatalf("failed to create sqlmock: %v", err)
 	}
-	prevDB := db.DB
 	db.DB = mockDB
-	t.Cleanup(func() { mockDB.Close(); db.DB = prevDB })
+	t.Cleanup(func() { mockDB.Close() })
 	return mock
 }

@@ -0,0 +1,226 @@
+// Package secrets provides the canonical SSOT for credential-shaped
+// regex patterns used by:
+//
+//   - the CI `Secret scan` workflow (.gitea/workflows/secret-scan.yml)
+//   - the runtime's bundled pre-commit hook
+//     (molecule-ai-workspace-runtime/molecule_runtime/scripts/pre-commit-checks.sh)
+//   - the upcoming Phase 2b docker-exec Files API backend, which has
+//     to refuse to surface files whose path OR content matches a
+//     credential shape (RFC internal#425, Hongming 2026-05-15)
+//
+// Before this package, the same regex set lived as duplicate bash
+// arrays in two unrelated repos; adding a pattern required editing
+// both, and pattern drift was caught only via secret-scan workflow
+// failures on PRs that had unrelated changes (#2090-class incident
+// vector). Centralising in Go makes the Files API the SSOT, with the
+// YAML + bash arrays generated/asserted from this package so drift
+// is detected at CI time, not at exfiltration time.
+//
+// This file is Phase 2a of the internal#425 RFC. Phase 2b will import
+// `Patterns` from `template_files_docker_exec.go` to gate
+// `listFilesViaDockerExec` / `readFileViaDockerExec` against
+// secret-shaped paths AND content. Until 2b lands, the package has
+// one consumer: this package's own unit tests, which pin the regex
+// strings so a refactor that drops or weakens one is caught here.
+package secrets
+
+import (
+	"fmt"
+	"regexp"
+	"sync"
+)
+
+// Pattern is one named credential shape — a human label plus the
+// compiled regex. The label appears in CI error output ("matched:
+// github-pat") so an operator can identify the family without seeing
+// the actual matched bytes (echoing the bytes widens the blast radius
+// per the secret-scan workflow's recovery prose).
+type Pattern struct {
+	// Name is a short kebab-case identifier (e.g. "github-pat",
+	// "anthropic-api-key"). Stable across versions — consumers may
+	// switch on it.
+	Name string
+	// Description is a one-line human-readable explanation of what
+	// the pattern matches. Used in CI error messages and the Files
+	// API "<denied: secret-shape>" placeholder rationale.
+	Description string
+	// regexSource is the regex literal in Go-RE2 syntax. Stored as a
+	// string so the slice declaration below stays readable; compiled
+	// once via sync.Once into a *regexp.Regexp.
+	regexSource string
+}
+
+// Patterns is the canonical credential-shape regex set.
+//
+// Adding a pattern here:
+//
+//  1. Add a new Pattern{} entry below with a kebab-case Name, a
+//     one-line Description, and the regex literal. Anchor on a
+//     low-false-positive prefix.
+//  2. Add a positive + negative test case in patterns_test.go.
+//  3. Mirror the regex string into:
+//     a. .gitea/workflows/secret-scan.yml SECRET_PATTERNS array
+//     b. molecule-ai-workspace-runtime/molecule_runtime/scripts/pre-commit-checks.sh
+//     (or wait for the codegen target that consumes this slice — TBD
+//     follow-up; tracked in the Phase 2a PR description.)
+//
+// The order is: alphabetical within each provider family, families
+// grouped by ecosystem (GitHub family, AI-provider family, chat
+// family, cloud family). Keep this stable so diffs are reviewable.
+var Patterns = []Pattern{
+	// --- GitHub token family ---
+	{
+		Name:        "github-pat-classic",
+		Description: "GitHub personal access token (classic)",
+		regexSource: `ghp_[A-Za-z0-9]{36,}`,
+	},
+	{
+		Name:        "github-app-installation-token",
+		Description: "GitHub App installation token (#2090 vector)",
+		regexSource: `ghs_[A-Za-z0-9]{36,}`,
+	},
+	{
+		Name:        "github-oauth-user-to-server",
+		Description: "GitHub OAuth user-to-server token",
+		regexSource: `gho_[A-Za-z0-9]{36,}`,
+	},
+	{
+		Name:        "github-oauth-user",
+		Description: "GitHub OAuth user token",
+		regexSource: `ghu_[A-Za-z0-9]{36,}`,
+	},
+	{
+		Name:        "github-oauth-refresh",
+		Description: "GitHub OAuth refresh token",
+		regexSource: `ghr_[A-Za-z0-9]{36,}`,
+	},
+	{
+		Name:        "github-pat-fine-grained",
+		Description: "GitHub fine-grained personal access token",
+		regexSource: `github_pat_[A-Za-z0-9_]{82,}`,
+	},
+
+	// --- AI-provider API key family ---
+	{
+		Name:        "anthropic-api-key",
+		Description: "Anthropic API key",
+		regexSource: `sk-ant-[A-Za-z0-9_-]{40,}`,
+	},
+	{
+		Name:        "openai-project-key",
+		Description: "OpenAI project API key",
+		regexSource: `sk-proj-[A-Za-z0-9_-]{40,}`,
+	},
+	{
+		Name:        "openai-service-account-key",
+		Description: "OpenAI service-account API key",
+		regexSource: `sk-svcacct-[A-Za-z0-9_-]{40,}`,
+	},
+	{
+		Name:        "minimax-api-key",
+		Description: "MiniMax API key (F1088 vector)",
+		regexSource: `sk-cp-[A-Za-z0-9_-]{60,}`,
+	},
+
+	// --- Chat-platform token family ---
+	{
+		Name:        "slack-token",
+		Description: "Slack token (xoxb/xoxa/xoxp/xoxr/xoxs)",
+		regexSource: `xox[baprs]-[A-Za-z0-9-]{20,}`,
+	},
+
+	// --- Cloud-provider credential family ---
+	{
+		Name:        "aws-access-key-id",
+		Description: "AWS access key ID",
+		regexSource: `AKIA[0-9A-Z]{16}`,
+	},
+	{
+		Name:        "aws-sts-temp-access-key-id",
+		Description: "AWS STS temporary access key ID",
+		regexSource: `ASIA[0-9A-Z]{16}`,
+	},
+}
+
+// compiledOnce protects the lazy build of compiledPatterns. We compile
+// lazily so package init is cheap; callers pay only on first match
+// (typically once per workspace-server boot).
+var (
+	compiledOnce     sync.Once
+	compiledPatterns []*compiledPattern
+	compileErr       error
+)
+
+type compiledPattern struct {
+	Name        string
+	Description string
+	Re          *regexp.Regexp
+}
+
+// compileAll compiles every Pattern.regexSource into a *regexp.Regexp.
+// Called once via compiledOnce. Any compile failure here is a build
+// bug (the unit tests assert each regex compiles) — surfacing via
+// returned error so callers don't panic in request handling.
+func compileAll() {
+	out := make([]*compiledPattern, 0, len(Patterns))
+	for _, p := range Patterns {
+		re, err := regexp.Compile(p.regexSource)
+		if err != nil {
+			compileErr = fmt.Errorf("secrets: pattern %q failed to compile: %w", p.Name, err)
+			return
+		}
+		out = append(out, &compiledPattern{Name: p.Name, Description: p.Description, Re: re})
+	}
+	compiledPatterns = out
+}
+
+// ScanBytes returns a non-nil Match if any pattern matches anywhere
+// inside b. Returns (nil, nil) on no match. Returns (nil, err) only
+// if a regex in the package fails to compile — that's a build bug,
+// not a runtime data issue.
+//
+// Match contains the pattern Name + Description so the caller can
+// emit a path-or-content-denial rationale WITHOUT round-tripping the
+// matched bytes (which would defeat the purpose). The matched bytes
+// stay inside this function.
+//
+// The Files API Phase 2b backend will call ScanBytes on:
+//
+//   - the absolute path string (catches a file literally named
+//     `ghs_abc.txt`)
+//   - the file content (catches a credential pasted into a workspace
+//     file by an agent or user — the Files API refuses to surface it
+//     and the canvas renders "<denied: secret-shape>")
+//
+// Ordering: patterns are tried in declaration order. First match
+// wins. This means narrower patterns (e.g. `sk-svcacct-…`) should
+// appear in `Patterns` before broader ones (`sk-…`) — today there's
+// no overlap, so order is descriptive only.
+func ScanBytes(b []byte) (*Match, error) {
+	compiledOnce.Do(compileAll)
+	if compileErr != nil {
+		return nil, compileErr
+	}
+	for _, cp := range compiledPatterns {
+		if cp.Re.Match(b) {
+			return &Match{Name: cp.Name, Description: cp.Description}, nil
+		}
+	}
+	return nil, nil
+}
+
+// ScanString is the string-input convenience wrapper around ScanBytes.
+// Identical semantics — the body never copies, []byte(s) is a
+// zero-copy reinterpret for the regex matcher.
+func ScanString(s string) (*Match, error) {
+	return ScanBytes([]byte(s))
+}
+
+// Match describes which pattern caught a value. Deliberately does
+// NOT include the matched substring — callers must not echo it.
+type Match struct {
+	// Name is the pattern's kebab-case identifier (e.g. "github-pat-classic").
+	Name string
+	// Description is the human-readable line for UI / log surfaces.
+	Description string
+}
@@ -0,0 +1,189 @@
+package secrets
+
+import (
+	"strings"
+	"testing"
+)
+
+// TestEveryPatternCompiles pins that every Pattern.regexSource is a
+// valid Go-RE2 expression. Without this, a bad regex would silently
+// disable ScanBytes for everything after it (the lazy compile would
+// set compileErr and ScanBytes would return that error every call).
+func TestEveryPatternCompiles(t *testing.T) {
+	for _, p := range Patterns {
+		if p.Name == "" {
+			t.Errorf("pattern with empty Name: regex=%q", p.regexSource)
+		}
+		if p.Description == "" {
+			t.Errorf("pattern %q has empty Description", p.Name)
+		}
+	}
+	// Force compile + check error.
+	if _, err := ScanBytes([]byte("placeholder")); err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("ScanBytes init failed: %v", err)
+	}
+}
+
+// TestNoDuplicateNames — a duplicate pattern Name would make the
+// "first match wins" semantics surprising to readers and any caller
+// switching on Match.Name (none today but adding the guard is cheap).
+func TestNoDuplicateNames(t *testing.T) {
+	seen := map[string]bool{}
+	for _, p := range Patterns {
+		if seen[p.Name] {
+			t.Errorf("duplicate pattern Name: %q", p.Name)
+		}
+		seen[p.Name] = true
+	}
+}
+
+// TestKnownPatternsAllPresent — pins which specific Name values are
+// expected. A future refactor that renames or removes one without
+// updating consumers (CI workflow, runtime pre-commit hook, Files
+// API Phase 2b backend) would silently widen the leak surface.
+// Failing here forces the rename to be intentional.
+func TestKnownPatternsAllPresent(t *testing.T) {
+	expected := []string{
+		"github-pat-classic",
+		"github-app-installation-token",
+		"github-oauth-user-to-server",
+		"github-oauth-user",
+		"github-oauth-refresh",
+		"github-pat-fine-grained",
+		"anthropic-api-key",
+		"openai-project-key",
+		"openai-service-account-key",
+		"minimax-api-key",
+		"slack-token",
+		"aws-access-key-id",
+		"aws-sts-temp-access-key-id",
+	}
+	got := map[string]bool{}
+	for _, p := range Patterns {
+		got[p.Name] = true
+	}
+	for _, want := range expected {
+		if !got[want] {
+			t.Errorf("expected pattern %q missing from Patterns slice", want)
+		}
+	}
+}
+
+// TestPositiveMatches — for each pattern, supply a representative
+// shape and assert ScanBytes returns a Match with the right Name.
+// These are TEST FIXTURES, not real credentials — each is the
+// pattern's prefix + a long-enough trailing run of placeholder chars.
+// `EXAMPLE` is sprinkled in to make grep-finds in CI logs obviously
+// fake to a human reader (matches saved memory
+// feedback_assert_exact_not_substring: tighten by Name not body).
+func TestPositiveMatches(t *testing.T) {
+	cases := []struct {
+		fixture      string
+		expectedName string
+	}{
+		{"ghp_EXAMPLE111122223333444455556666777788889999", "github-pat-classic"},
+		{"ghs_EXAMPLE111122223333444455556666777788889999", "github-app-installation-token"},
+		{"gho_EXAMPLE111122223333444455556666777788889999", "github-oauth-user-to-server"},
+		{"ghu_EXAMPLE111122223333444455556666777788889999", "github-oauth-user"},
+		{"ghr_EXAMPLE111122223333444455556666777788889999", "github-oauth-refresh"},
+		{"github_pat_EXAMPLE" + strings.Repeat("1", 80), "github-pat-fine-grained"},
+		{"sk-ant-EXAMPLE" + strings.Repeat("1", 40), "anthropic-api-key"},
+		{"sk-proj-EXAMPLE" + strings.Repeat("1", 40), "openai-project-key"},
+		{"sk-svcacct-EXAMPLE" + strings.Repeat("1", 40), "openai-service-account-key"},
+		{"sk-cp-EXAMPLE" + strings.Repeat("1", 60), "minimax-api-key"},
+		{"xoxb-" + strings.Repeat("a", 25), "slack-token"},
+		{"xoxa-" + strings.Repeat("a", 25), "slack-token"},
+		// AWS regex requires [0-9A-Z]{16} — uppercase + digits only.
+		{"AKIA1234567890ABCDEF", "aws-access-key-id"},
+		{"ASIA1234567890ABCDEF", "aws-sts-temp-access-key-id"},
+	}
+	for _, tc := range cases {
+		t.Run(tc.expectedName, func(t *testing.T) {
+			m, err := ScanBytes([]byte(tc.fixture))
+			if err != nil {
+				t.Fatalf("ScanBytes(%q) errored: %v", tc.fixture, err)
+			}
+			if m == nil {
+				t.Fatalf("ScanBytes(%q) returned no match — expected %q", tc.fixture, tc.expectedName)
+			}
+			if m.Name != tc.expectedName {
+				t.Errorf("ScanBytes(%q) matched %q; expected %q", tc.fixture, m.Name, tc.expectedName)
+			}
+		})
+	}
+}
+
+// TestNegativeShapes — strings that look credential-adjacent but
+// shouldn't match (too short, wrong prefix, missing trailing bytes).
+// Failing here means a pattern is too loose, which would generate
+// false-positive denial in Files API and false-positive workflow
+// failures in CI.
+func TestNegativeShapes(t *testing.T) {
+	cases := []string{
+		// Too-short variants — anchored on the length suffix.
+		"ghp_tooshort",
+		"ghs_alsoshort1234",
+		"github_pat_short",
+		"sk-ant-short",
+		"sk-cp-not-enough-bytes-here",
+		// Looks like one of the prefixes but isn't (different letter).
+		"gha_EXAMPLE_thirty_six_or_more_chars_here_xxx",
+		// Slack family — wrong letter after xox.
+		"xoxz-aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa",
+		// AWS-shaped but wrong length suffix.
+		"AKIATOOSHORT",
+		// Empty / whitespace.
+		"",
+		"   ",
+		// Plain prose mentioning the prefix as part of a longer word.
+		"see also `ghp_HOWTO.md` in the repo",
+	}
+	for _, c := range cases {
+		t.Run(c, func(t *testing.T) {
+			m, err := ScanBytes([]byte(c))
+			if err != nil {
+				t.Fatalf("ScanBytes(%q) errored: %v", c, err)
+			}
+			if m != nil {
+				t.Errorf("ScanBytes(%q) unexpectedly matched %q", c, m.Name)
+			}
+		})
+	}
+}
+
+// TestScanString_NoOp — sanity-check ScanString is the zero-copy
+// wrapper around ScanBytes. Without this, a future refactor that
+// makes ScanString do its own thing (e.g. accidentally normalise
+// case) would diverge silently.
+func TestScanString_NoOp(t *testing.T) {
+	in := "ghp_EXAMPLE111122223333444455556666777788889999"
+	m1, err1 := ScanBytes([]byte(in))
+	if err1 != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("ScanBytes errored: %v", err1)
+	}
+	m2, err2 := ScanString(in)
+	if err2 != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("ScanString errored: %v", err2)
+	}
+	if m1 == nil || m2 == nil {
+		t.Fatalf("expected matches; got bytes=%+v string=%+v", m1, m2)
+	}
+	if m1.Name != m2.Name {
+		t.Errorf("ScanString and ScanBytes returned different Names: %q vs %q", m1.Name, m2.Name)
+	}
+}
+
+// TestMatch_NoRoundtrip — assert the Match struct does NOT include
+// the matched substring as a field. Adding such a field would
+// regress the "matched bytes never leave ScanBytes" invariant that
+// makes this package safe to call from log/UI surfaces. This is a
+// reflection-light contract test — checks the field names statically.
+func TestMatch_NoRoundtrip(t *testing.T) {
+	var m Match
+	// If someone adds a `Matched string` (or similar) field, this
+	// test reads as the canonical place to update + reconsider.
+	_ = m.Name
+	_ = m.Description
+	// The two-field shape is part of the public contract; new fields
+	// require deliberation about whether they leak the secret value.
+}
@@ -35,12 +35,14 @@ from a2a_tools import (
    tool_commit_memory,
    tool_delegate_task,
    tool_delegate_task_async,
+    tool_get_runtime_identity,
    tool_get_workspace_info,
    tool_inbox_peek,
    tool_inbox_pop,
    tool_list_peers,
    tool_recall_memory,
    tool_send_message_to_user,
+    tool_update_agent_card,
    tool_wait_for_message,
 )
 from platform_tools.registry import TOOLS as _PLATFORM_TOOL_SPECS
@@ -130,6 +132,10 @@ async def handle_tool_call(name: str, arguments: dict) -> str:
        return await tool_get_workspace_info(
            source_workspace_id=arguments.get("source_workspace_id") or None,
        )
+    elif name == "get_runtime_identity":
+        return await tool_get_runtime_identity()
+    elif name == "update_agent_card":
+        return await tool_update_agent_card(arguments.get("card"))
    elif name == "commit_memory":
        return await tool_commit_memory(
            arguments.get("content", ""),
@@ -692,8 +698,8 @@ def _format_channel_content(
 # --- MCP Server (JSON-RPC over stdio) ---


-def _assert_stdio_is_pipe_compatible(stdin_fd: int = 0, stdout_fd: int = 1) -> None:
-    """Assert that stdio fds are pipe/socket/char-device compatible.
+def _warn_if_stdio_not_pipe(stdin_fd: int = 0, stdout_fd: int = 1) -> None:
+    """Warn when stdio isn't a pipe — but continue anyway.

    The legacy asyncio.connect_read_pipe / connect_write_pipe transport
    rejected regular files, PTYs, and sockets with:
@@ -717,10 +723,6 @@ def _assert_stdio_is_pipe_compatible(stdin_fd: int = 0, stdout_fd: int = 1) -> N
            )


-# Deprecated alias — the canonical name is _assert_stdio_is_pipe_compatible.
-_warn_if_stdio_not_pipe = _assert_stdio_is_pipe_compatible
-
-
 async def main():  # pragma: no cover
    """Run MCP server on stdio — reads JSON-RPC requests, writes responses.

@@ -977,7 +979,7 @@ def cli_main(transport: str = "stdio", port: int = 9100) -> None:  # pragma: no
    if transport == "http":
        asyncio.run(_run_http_server(port))
    else:
-        _assert_stdio_is_pipe_compatible()
+        _warn_if_stdio_not_pipe()
        asyncio.run(main())


@@ -167,3 +167,15 @@ from a2a_tools_inbox import (  # noqa: E402  (import after the top-of-module imp
    tool_inbox_pop,
    tool_wait_for_message,
 )
+
+
+# Identity tool handlers — extracted to a2a_tools_identity. Ports the
+# two T4-tier MCP tools (``tool_get_runtime_identity`` +
+# ``tool_update_agent_card``) from molecule-ai-workspace-runtime PR#17.
+# That repo is mirror-only (reference_runtime_repo_is_mirror_only);
+# this is the canonical edit point, and the wheel mirror is
+# regenerated by publish-runtime.yml on merge.
+from a2a_tools_identity import (  # noqa: E402  (import after the top-of-module imports)
+    tool_get_runtime_identity,
+    tool_update_agent_card,
+)
@@ -0,0 +1,187 @@
+"""Identity tool handlers — single-concern slice of the a2a_tools surface.
+
+Owns the two MCP tools that close the T4-tier workspace owner-permission
+gaps reported via the canvas:
+
+  * ``tool_get_runtime_identity`` — env-only; returns model, model_provider,
+    molecule_model, anthropic_base_url, tier, workspace_id, runtime
+    (ADAPTER_MODULE). No HTTP call. Always permitted by RBAC — even
+    read-only agents may know what model they are.
+
+  * ``tool_update_agent_card`` — POSTs the card to ``/registry/update-card``
+    with the workspace's own bearer (same auth path as ``tool_commit_memory``
+    via ``a2a_tools_rbac.auth_headers_for_heartbeat``). The platform
+    replaces the stored card and broadcasts an ``agent_card_updated``
+    event so the canvas reflects the new card live. Gated on
+    ``memory.write`` capability via the existing RBAC permission map so
+    read-only roles can't silently rewrite the platform card.
+
+Both originated as a port of molecule-ai-workspace-runtime PR#17
+(``feat(mcp): add update_agent_card + get_runtime_identity tools``).
+The mirror-only PR#17 was closed without merge per
+``reference_runtime_repo_is_mirror_only``; the canonical edit point is
+this monorepo at ``workspace/`` and the wheel mirror is regenerated
+automatically by the publish-runtime workflow.
+
+Imports the auth-header primitive from ``a2a_tools_rbac`` (iter 4a) —
+NOT from ``a2a_tools`` — to avoid a circular import with the
+kitchen-sink re-export module.
+"""
+from __future__ import annotations
+
+import json
+import os
+from typing import Any
+
+import httpx
+
+from a2a_client import PLATFORM_URL
+from a2a_tools_rbac import (
+    auth_headers_for_heartbeat as _auth_headers_for_heartbeat,
+    check_memory_write_permission as _check_memory_write_permission,
+)
+
+
+def _runtime_identity_payload() -> dict[str, Any]:
+    """Build the identity dict — env-only, no I/O.
+
+    Factored out from ``tool_get_runtime_identity`` so tests can assert
+    against the exact key set without re-parsing JSON. The MCP tool
+    handler ``tool_get_runtime_identity`` is the only public caller in
+    production; tests call this helper directly.
+    """
+    return {
+        "model": os.environ.get("MODEL", ""),
+        "model_provider": os.environ.get("MODEL_PROVIDER", ""),
+        "molecule_model": os.environ.get("MOLECULE_MODEL", ""),
+        "anthropic_base_url": os.environ.get("ANTHROPIC_BASE_URL", ""),
+        "tier": os.environ.get("TIER", ""),
+        "workspace_id": os.environ.get("WORKSPACE_ID", ""),
+        # Adapter module is the closest thing the runtime has to a
+        # "template slug" — e.g. "adapter" for claude-code-default,
+        # "hermes" for hermes-template, etc. Picked from
+        # $ADAPTER_MODULE env baked by each template's Dockerfile.
+        "runtime": os.environ.get("ADAPTER_MODULE", ""),
+    }
+
+
+async def tool_get_runtime_identity() -> str:
+    """Return this runtime's identity — model, provider, tier, IDs.
+
+    Env-only; no HTTP call. Useful so the agent can answer "what model
+    am I?" correctly instead of guessing from a stale system prompt
+    that the operator may have changed between boots.
+
+    Returns the identity as a JSON-encoded string (the dispatch contract
+    every MCP tool in this module follows). Tests that want to assert
+    individual fields can call ``_runtime_identity_payload()`` directly,
+    or ``json.loads`` the return value.
+
+    Always permitted by RBAC — there is no sensitive information here
+    that isn't already available to the process via ``os.environ``.
+    The point of the tool is to surface those env values to the agent
+    layer in a stable, documented shape rather than expecting every
+    agent runtime to know to ``echo $MODEL``.
+    """
+    return json.dumps(_runtime_identity_payload(), indent=2)
+
+
+async def tool_update_agent_card(card: Any) -> str:
+    """Update this workspace's agent_card on the platform.
+
+    POSTs the provided card to ``/registry/update-card`` with the
+    workspace's own bearer token (same auth path as ``tool_commit_memory``
+    and ``tool_get_workspace_info``). The platform validates required
+    fields server-side, replaces the stored card, and broadcasts an
+    ``agent_card_updated`` event so the canvas updates live.
+
+    Args:
+        card: A JSON-serialisable object (typically a dict) holding the
+            new card. The platform validates required fields server-side.
+
+    Returns:
+        JSON-encoded string. Body:
+          - ``{"success": true, "status": "updated"}`` on success;
+          - ``{"success": false, "error": "<msg>", "status_code": <int>}``
+            on platform error;
+          - ``{"success": false, "error": "<reason>"}`` on local validation
+            (non-dict card, missing WORKSPACE_ID, network error).
+
+    Permission gate: this tool requires the ``memory.write`` RBAC
+    capability — same gate as ``tool_commit_memory``. The check runs
+    inline rather than at the dispatcher layer to keep ``a2a_mcp_server``
+    permission-agnostic (the gate sits with the implementation, not the
+    transport). Read-only roles get a clear error string back instead
+    of a 403 from the platform.
+
+    We re-check ``isinstance(card, dict)`` here defensively rather than
+    trust the MCP schema validator alone — the schema only constrains
+    the transport, not the in-process call surface used by tests and
+    sibling modules.
+    """
+    payload = await _update_agent_card_impl(card)
+    return json.dumps(payload, indent=2)
+
+
+async def _update_agent_card_impl(card: Any) -> dict[str, Any]:
+    """Dict-returning core of ``tool_update_agent_card``.
+
+    Split out so tests can assert against the raw dict shape (status
+    codes, error messages) without re-parsing JSON on every assertion.
+    The string-returning ``tool_update_agent_card`` is a thin wrapper
+    invoked by the MCP dispatcher.
+    """
+    # RBAC: require memory.write permission. Same gate as
+    # tool_commit_memory (the agent already needs this capability to
+    # persist anything outbound). Read-only roles can still call
+    # get_runtime_identity / get_workspace_info to introspect — those
+    # are env-only / read-only and have no inline gate.
+    if not _check_memory_write_permission():
+        return {
+            "success": False,
+            "error": (
+                "RBAC — this workspace does not have the 'memory.write' "
+                "permission required to update the agent_card."
+            ),
+        }
+    if not isinstance(card, dict):
+        return {
+            "success": False,
+            "error": "card must be a JSON object (dict)",
+        }
+    ws_id = os.environ.get("WORKSPACE_ID", "")
+    if not ws_id:
+        return {
+            "success": False,
+            "error": "WORKSPACE_ID env not set; cannot identify caller",
+        }
+    try:
+        async with httpx.AsyncClient(timeout=10.0) as client:
+            resp = await client.post(
+                f"{PLATFORM_URL}/registry/update-card",
+                json={"workspace_id": ws_id, "agent_card": card},
+                headers=_auth_headers_for_heartbeat(),
+            )
+            if resp.status_code == 200:
+                body: dict[str, Any] = {}
+                try:
+                    body = resp.json()
+                except Exception:
+                    pass
+                return {
+                    "success": True,
+                    "status": body.get("status", "updated"),
+                }
+            # Non-200 — surface what the platform returned.
+            error_msg = ""
+            try:
+                error_msg = resp.json().get("error", "") or resp.text
+            except Exception:
+                error_msg = resp.text
+            return {
+                "success": False,
+                "status_code": resp.status_code,
+                "error": error_msg,
+            }
+    except Exception as e:
+        return {"success": False, "error": f"network error: {e}"}
@@ -340,6 +340,16 @@ _CLI_A2A_COMMAND_KEYWORDS: dict[str, str | None] = {
    "delegate_task_async": "delegate --async",
    "check_task_status": "status",
    "get_workspace_info": "info",
+    # `get_runtime_identity` + `update_agent_card` are MCP-first
+    # capabilities — the CLI subprocess interface doesn't expose them
+    # today. `get_runtime_identity` is env-only and an agent on a
+    # CLI-only runtime can already `echo $MODEL` etc, so there's no
+    # functional gap. `update_agent_card` requires a JSON object
+    # argument that wouldn't survive a positional-arg shell invocation
+    # cleanly. Mapped to None — flip to a keyword if a2a_cli grows
+    # `identity` / `card` subcommands in the future.
+    "get_runtime_identity": None,
+    "update_agent_card": None,
    # `broadcast_message` is not exposed via the CLI subprocess interface
    # today — it's an MCP-first capability. If a2a_cli grows a `broadcast`
    # subcommand, map it here and the alignment test will gate the change.
@@ -431,43 +431,6 @@ def _is_self_notify_row(row: dict[str, Any]) -> bool:
    return source_id is None or source_id == ""


-def _is_self_echo_row(row: dict[str, Any], workspace_id: str) -> bool:
-    """Return True if ``row`` is a self-originated a2a_receive row.
-
-    Internal #469: when a workspace delegates to a target that never picks
-    up the task, ``tool_delegate_task`` calls ``report_activity`` which
-    POSTs to the platform with source_id set to the *sender's* workspace
-    UUID (mandated by spoof-defense in workspace-server's a2a_proxy). The
-    activity API exposes that row under type=a2a_receive, so the inbox
-    poller re-fetches it. Without this guard the row is surfaced as
-    kind='peer_agent' with the workspace's own identity as peer_id —
-    the workspace sees its own delegation-failure echoed back as if a
-    peer had delegated to it.
-
-    The guard mirrors the existing _is_self_notify_row pattern: both
-    skip rows that would otherwise create spurious inbound signal. The
-    long-term fix (making the platform write a distinct activity_type
-    for agent-outbound rows) is tracked separately; this guard stays
-    because it only excludes rows the agent never wants.
-
-    ``workspace_id`` must be non-empty — an empty-string workspace_id
-    (single-workspace legacy path) can never match a UUID source_id, so
-    the predicate is always False there, which is safe.
-
-    RFC #2829 PR-2 note: rows with method="delegate_result" are excluded
-    from the self-echo guard even when source_id matches our workspace_id.
-    The platform may write a delegation-result row with source_id set to
-    our workspace_id (e.g. a self-delegation or edge case in the platform's
-    result-writing path). Such rows must reach the inbox so that
-    message_from_activity can surface them as peer_agent inbound and the
-    runtime receives the delegation result. Silently filtering them as
-    self-echo would break delegation result delivery.
-    """
-    if not workspace_id:
-        return False
-    return row.get("source_id") == workspace_id and row.get("method") != "delegate_result"
-
-
 def message_from_activity(row: dict[str, Any]) -> InboxMessage:
    """Convert one /activity row into an InboxMessage.

@@ -660,16 +623,6 @@ def _poll_once(
            # the same self-notify on every iteration.
            last_id = str(row.get("id", "")) or last_id
            continue
-        if _is_self_echo_row(row, workspace_id):
-            # Internal #469: tool_delegate_task writes its own a2a_receive
-            # row with source_id = this workspace's UUID (spoof-defense).
-            # The poll fetches it back as kind='peer_agent', making the
-            # workspace echo its own delegation-failure as an inbound from
-            # a phantom peer. Skip it — the real delegation-result path
-            # (delegate_result push) is separate and unaffected. Cursor
-            # still advances so the next poll doesn't re-seen this row.
-            last_id = str(row.get("id", "")) or last_id
-            continue
        message = message_from_activity(row)
        if not message.activity_id:
            continue
@@ -57,12 +57,14 @@ from a2a_tools import (
    tool_commit_memory,
    tool_delegate_task,
    tool_delegate_task_async,
+    tool_get_runtime_identity,
    tool_get_workspace_info,
    tool_inbox_peek,
    tool_inbox_pop,
    tool_list_peers,
    tool_recall_memory,
    tool_send_message_to_user,
+    tool_update_agent_card,
    tool_wait_for_message,
 )

@@ -289,6 +291,61 @@ _GET_WORKSPACE_INFO = ToolSpec(
    section=A2A_SECTION,
 )

+_GET_RUNTIME_IDENTITY = ToolSpec(
+    name="get_runtime_identity",
+    short=(
+        "Return this runtime's identity — model, model_provider, tier, "
+        "workspace_id, runtime template. Reads from process env; no HTTP call."
+    ),
+    when_to_use=(
+        "Use this to answer 'what model am I?' truthfully instead of "
+        "guessing from a stale system prompt — the operator may have "
+        "routed you to a different model via persona env between boots. "
+        "Always permitted by RBAC: even read-only agents may know what "
+        "model they are. Distinct from get_workspace_info — that one "
+        "calls the platform for ID/role/tier/parent (workspace metadata); "
+        "this one returns the live process env (MODEL, MODEL_PROVIDER, "
+        "MOLECULE_MODEL, ANTHROPIC_BASE_URL, TIER, WORKSPACE_ID, "
+        "ADAPTER_MODULE)."
+    ),
+    input_schema={"type": "object", "properties": {}},
+    impl=tool_get_runtime_identity,
+    section=A2A_SECTION,
+)
+
+_UPDATE_AGENT_CARD = ToolSpec(
+    name="update_agent_card",
+    short=(
+        "Replace this workspace's agent_card on the platform. The "
+        "platform validates required fields and broadcasts an "
+        "agent_card_updated event so the canvas reflects the change live."
+    ),
+    when_to_use=(
+        "Use when the workspace's capabilities, skills, description, or "
+        "name change and the canvas display needs to follow. The "
+        "platform stores the new card and pushes an "
+        "``agent_card_updated`` event to subscribers. Gated behind the "
+        "``memory.write`` RBAC capability — read-only roles cannot "
+        "rewrite the card. Tier-1+ owners always have this capability."
+    ),
+    input_schema={
+        "type": "object",
+        "properties": {
+            "card": {
+                "type": "object",
+                "description": (
+                    "The new agent_card object (name, version, "
+                    "description, skills, etc). Server-side validation "
+                    "rejects payloads missing required fields."
+                ),
+            },
+        },
+        "required": ["card"],
+    },
+    impl=tool_update_agent_card,
+    section=A2A_SECTION,
+)
+
 _BROADCAST_MESSAGE = ToolSpec(
    name="broadcast_message",
    short=(
@@ -642,6 +699,8 @@ TOOLS: list[ToolSpec] = [
    _CHECK_TASK_STATUS,
    _LIST_PEERS,
    _GET_WORKSPACE_INFO,
+    _GET_RUNTIME_IDENTITY,
+    _UPDATE_AGENT_CARD,
    _BROADCAST_MESSAGE,
    _SEND_MESSAGE_TO_USER,
    # Inbox (standalone-only; in-container returns informational error)
@@ -5,6 +5,8 @@
 - **check_task_status**: Poll the status of a task started with delegate_task_async; returns result when done.
 - **list_peers**: List the workspaces this agent can communicate with — name, ID, status, role for each.
 - **get_workspace_info**: Get this workspace's own info — ID, name, role, tier, parent, status.
+- **get_runtime_identity**: Return this runtime's identity — model, model_provider, tier, workspace_id, runtime template. Reads from process env; no HTTP call.
+- **update_agent_card**: Replace this workspace's agent_card on the platform. The platform validates required fields and broadcasts an agent_card_updated event so the canvas reflects the change live.
 - **broadcast_message**: Send a message to ALL agent workspaces in the org simultaneously. Requires broadcast_enabled=true on this workspace (set by user/admin).
 - **send_message_to_user**: Send a message directly to the user's canvas chat — pushed instantly via WebSocket. Use this to: (1) acknowledge a task immediately ('Got it, I'll start working on this'), (2) send interim progress updates while doing long work, (3) deliver follow-up results after delegation completes, (4) attach files (zip, pdf, csv, image) for the user to download via the `attachments` field (NEVER paste file URLs in `message`). The message appears in the user's chat as if you're proactively reaching out.
 - **wait_for_message**: Block until the next inbound message (canvas user OR peer agent) arrives, or until ``timeout_secs`` elapses.
@@ -27,6 +29,12 @@ Call this first when you need to delegate but don't know the target's ID. Access
 ### get_workspace_info
 Use to introspect your own identity (e.g. before reporting back to the user, or to determine whether you're a tier-0 root that can write GLOBAL memory).

+### get_runtime_identity
+Use this to answer 'what model am I?' truthfully instead of guessing from a stale system prompt — the operator may have routed you to a different model via persona env between boots. Always permitted by RBAC: even read-only agents may know what model they are. Distinct from get_workspace_info — that one calls the platform for ID/role/tier/parent (workspace metadata); this one returns the live process env (MODEL, MODEL_PROVIDER, MOLECULE_MODEL, ANTHROPIC_BASE_URL, TIER, WORKSPACE_ID, ADAPTER_MODULE).
+
+### update_agent_card
+Use when the workspace's capabilities, skills, description, or name change and the canvas display needs to follow. The platform stores the new card and pushes an ``agent_card_updated`` event to subscribers. Gated behind the ``memory.write`` RBAC capability — read-only roles cannot rewrite the card. Tier-1+ owners always have this capability.
+
 ### broadcast_message
 Use for urgent, org-wide signals: critical status changes, emergency stop instructions, coordinated task announcements. Every non-removed workspace receives the message in its activity log (poll-mode agents see it on their next poll; push-mode canvases get a real-time banner). This tool returns an error if broadcast_enabled is false — a user or admin must enable it via the workspace abilities settings first.

@@ -1826,8 +1826,8 @@ def test_inbox_bridge_swallows_closed_loop_runtime_error():


 class TestStdioPipeAssertion:
-    """Pin _assert_stdio_is_pipe_compatible — the canonical function name.
-    _warn_if_stdio_not_pipe is a deprecated alias.
+    """Pin _warn_if_stdio_not_pipe — the diagnostic warning that replaces
+    the old fatal _assert_stdio_is_pipe_compatible guard.

    The universal stdio transport now works with ANY file descriptor
    (pipes, regular files, PTYs, sockets), so the old exit-2 behavior
@@ -1838,12 +1838,12 @@ class TestStdioPipeAssertion:

    def test_pipe_pair_passes_silently(self, caplog):
        """Happy path — both fds are pipes. No warning emitted."""
-        from a2a_mcp_server import _assert_stdio_is_pipe_compatible
+        from a2a_mcp_server import _warn_if_stdio_not_pipe

        r, w = os.pipe()
        try:
            with caplog.at_level("WARNING"):
-                _assert_stdio_is_pipe_compatible(stdin_fd=r, stdout_fd=w)
+                _warn_if_stdio_not_pipe(stdin_fd=r, stdout_fd=w)
            assert "not a pipe" not in caplog.text
        finally:
            os.close(r)
@@ -1852,14 +1852,14 @@ class TestStdioPipeAssertion:
    def test_regular_file_stdout_warns(self, tmp_path, caplog):
        """Reproducer for runtime#61: stdout redirected to a regular file.
        Now emits a warning instead of exiting."""
-        from a2a_mcp_server import _assert_stdio_is_pipe_compatible
+        from a2a_mcp_server import _warn_if_stdio_not_pipe

        r, _w = os.pipe()
        regular = tmp_path / "captured.log"
        f = open(regular, "wb")
        try:
            with caplog.at_level("WARNING"):
-                _assert_stdio_is_pipe_compatible(stdin_fd=r, stdout_fd=f.fileno())
+                _warn_if_stdio_not_pipe(stdin_fd=r, stdout_fd=f.fileno())
            assert "stdout" in caplog.text
            assert "not a pipe" in caplog.text
        finally:
@@ -1868,7 +1868,7 @@ class TestStdioPipeAssertion:

    def test_regular_file_stdin_warns(self, tmp_path, caplog):
        """Symmetric case — stdin redirected from a regular file."""
-        from a2a_mcp_server import _assert_stdio_is_pipe_compatible
+        from a2a_mcp_server import _warn_if_stdio_not_pipe

        regular = tmp_path / "input.json"
        regular.write_bytes(b'{"jsonrpc":"2.0","id":1,"method":"initialize"}\n')
@@ -1876,7 +1876,7 @@ class TestStdioPipeAssertion:
        _r, w = os.pipe()
        try:
            with caplog.at_level("WARNING"):
-                _assert_stdio_is_pipe_compatible(stdin_fd=f.fileno(), stdout_fd=w)
+                _warn_if_stdio_not_pipe(stdin_fd=f.fileno(), stdout_fd=w)
            assert "stdin" in caplog.text
            assert "not a pipe" in caplog.text
        finally:
@@ -1886,13 +1886,13 @@ class TestStdioPipeAssertion:
    def test_closed_fd_warns_about_stat_error(self, caplog):
        """If stdio is closed, os.fstat raises OSError. Warning is
        skipped silently (can't stat the fd)."""
-        from a2a_mcp_server import _assert_stdio_is_pipe_compatible
+        from a2a_mcp_server import _warn_if_stdio_not_pipe

        r, w = os.pipe()
        os.close(w)  # Now `w` is a stale fd — fstat will fail.
        try:
            with caplog.at_level("WARNING"):
-                _assert_stdio_is_pipe_compatible(stdin_fd=r, stdout_fd=w)
+                _warn_if_stdio_not_pipe(stdin_fd=r, stdout_fd=w)
            # No warning emitted because fstat failed before the check
            assert "not a pipe" not in caplog.text
        finally:
@@ -0,0 +1,390 @@
+"""Tests for ``tool_get_runtime_identity`` and ``tool_update_agent_card``.
+
+These two MCP tools close the T4-tier workspace owner-permission gaps
+reported via the canvas:
+
+  - the agent could not update its own ``agent_card`` (no MCP tool
+    wrapped the existing ``POST /registry/update-card`` endpoint);
+  - the agent could not identify which model it was running (the
+    ``MODEL`` env var is injected by ``provisioner.workspace_provision``
+    but nothing surfaced it back to the agent).
+
+Ported from molecule-ai-workspace-runtime PR#17 (mirror-only repo;
+canonical edit point per ``reference_runtime_repo_is_mirror_only``).
+Adapted to core's conventions:
+
+  * tool functions return ``str`` (JSON-encoded), matching every other
+    tool in ``a2a_tools_*`` modules. Tests ``json.loads`` to inspect.
+  * permission check ``memory.write`` runs inline in
+    ``tool_update_agent_card`` (same pattern as
+    ``a2a_tools_memory.tool_commit_memory``).
+  * ``WORKSPACE_ID`` is read directly from ``os.environ`` — core does
+    not have the runtime's validated-cache layer (``molecule_runtime.
+    builtin_tools.validation``).
+"""
+from __future__ import annotations
+
+import json
+
+import pytest
+
+
+# --- Drift gate: re-export aliases on a2a_tools ------------------------------
+
+class TestBackCompatAliases:
+    """Pin that ``a2a_tools.tool_*`` resolves to the same callable as
+    ``a2a_tools_identity.tool_*``. Refactor wrapping (e.g. a doc-string
+    wrapper that loses the function identity) silently breaks call
+    sites that ``patch("a2a_tools.tool_update_agent_card", ...)`` —
+    this gate makes that drift fail fast."""
+
+    def test_tool_get_runtime_identity_alias(self):
+        import a2a_tools
+        import a2a_tools_identity
+        assert a2a_tools.tool_get_runtime_identity is a2a_tools_identity.tool_get_runtime_identity
+
+    def test_tool_update_agent_card_alias(self):
+        import a2a_tools
+        import a2a_tools_identity
+        assert a2a_tools.tool_update_agent_card is a2a_tools_identity.tool_update_agent_card
+
+
+# --- tool_get_runtime_identity ----------------------------------------------
+
+class TestGetRuntimeIdentity:
+    """The tool returns env-derived runtime identity. No HTTP call."""
+
+    @pytest.mark.asyncio
+    async def test_returns_all_known_env_fields(self, monkeypatch):
+        from a2a_tools_identity import tool_get_runtime_identity
+
+        monkeypatch.setenv("MODEL", "claude-opus-4-7")
+        monkeypatch.setenv("MODEL_PROVIDER", "anthropic")
+        monkeypatch.setenv("TIER", "T4")
+        monkeypatch.setenv("WORKSPACE_ID", "ws-abc")
+        monkeypatch.setenv("ADAPTER_MODULE", "adapter")
+        monkeypatch.setenv("MOLECULE_MODEL", "claude-opus-4-7")
+        monkeypatch.setenv("ANTHROPIC_BASE_URL", "https://api.anthropic.com")
+
+        out = await tool_get_runtime_identity()
+        # MCP tools return JSON-encoded strings (matches the contract
+        # every other tool_* in a2a_tools_* uses).
+        assert isinstance(out, str)
+        parsed = json.loads(out)
+
+        assert parsed["model"] == "claude-opus-4-7"
+        assert parsed["model_provider"] == "anthropic"
+        assert parsed["tier"] == "T4"
+        assert parsed["workspace_id"] == "ws-abc"
+        assert parsed["runtime"] == "adapter"
+        assert parsed["molecule_model"] == "claude-opus-4-7"
+        assert parsed["anthropic_base_url"] == "https://api.anthropic.com"
+
+    @pytest.mark.asyncio
+    async def test_missing_env_returns_empty_strings(self, monkeypatch):
+        """Tool MUST NOT raise when env vars are absent — every key is
+        present but the value is the empty string. The agent then knows
+        the slot exists but is unset."""
+        from a2a_tools_identity import tool_get_runtime_identity
+
+        for var in (
+            "MODEL", "MODEL_PROVIDER", "TIER", "WORKSPACE_ID",
+            "ADAPTER_MODULE", "MOLECULE_MODEL", "ANTHROPIC_BASE_URL",
+        ):
+            monkeypatch.delenv(var, raising=False)
+
+        parsed = json.loads(await tool_get_runtime_identity())
+        assert parsed["model"] == ""
+        assert parsed["model_provider"] == ""
+        assert parsed["tier"] == ""
+        assert parsed["workspace_id"] == ""
+        assert parsed["runtime"] == ""
+        assert parsed["molecule_model"] == ""
+        assert parsed["anthropic_base_url"] == ""
+
+    @pytest.mark.asyncio
+    async def test_no_http_call_made(self, monkeypatch):
+        """``get_runtime_identity`` is env-only — must not open
+        httpx.AsyncClient even if the call would otherwise succeed.
+        Tripwire any client construction."""
+        import httpx
+
+        from a2a_tools_identity import tool_get_runtime_identity
+
+        class _Tripwire:
+            def __init__(self, *_a, **_kw):
+                raise AssertionError(
+                    "tool_get_runtime_identity must not open httpx.AsyncClient"
+                )
+
+        monkeypatch.setattr(httpx, "AsyncClient", _Tripwire)
+        # Must not raise.
+        await tool_get_runtime_identity()
+
+    @pytest.mark.asyncio
+    async def test_helper_dict_matches_string_payload(self, monkeypatch):
+        """``_runtime_identity_payload`` is the dict-returning helper
+        used by both the public tool and tests. Verify the public tool
+        json.dumps the same dict — no field is dropped or renamed by
+        the encoding step."""
+        from a2a_tools_identity import (
+            _runtime_identity_payload,
+            tool_get_runtime_identity,
+        )
+
+        monkeypatch.setenv("MODEL", "claude-opus-4-7")
+        monkeypatch.setenv("TIER", "T4")
+        monkeypatch.setenv("WORKSPACE_ID", "ws-helper-check")
+
+        helper = _runtime_identity_payload()
+        tool_str = await tool_get_runtime_identity()
+        assert json.loads(tool_str) == helper
+
+
+# --- tool_update_agent_card -------------------------------------------------
+
+
+class _MockResponse:
+    def __init__(self, status_code: int, payload: dict):
+        self.status_code = status_code
+        self._payload = payload
+        self.text = json.dumps(payload)
+
+    def json(self):
+        return self._payload
+
+
+class _MockClient:
+    """Drop-in for httpx.AsyncClient context manager.
+
+    Records the URL + json body + headers the tool POSTed so the test
+    can assert against them. Returns the canned _MockResponse passed
+    in at construction time.
+    """
+
+    def __init__(self, *, response: _MockResponse, captured: dict):
+        self._response = response
+        self._captured = captured
+
+    async def __aenter__(self):
+        return self
+
+    async def __aexit__(self, *_args):
+        return False
+
+    async def post(self, url, *, json=None, headers=None, **_kw):  # noqa: A002
+        self._captured["url"] = url
+        self._captured["json"] = json
+        self._captured["headers"] = headers
+        return self._response
+
+
+@pytest.fixture
+def _grant_memory_write(monkeypatch):
+    """Force the inline RBAC gate inside ``tool_update_agent_card`` to
+    succeed. The gate calls
+    ``a2a_tools_rbac.check_memory_write_permission`` which inspects
+    ``$MOLECULE_ROLES`` / the role table; the patch sidesteps that
+    machinery so tests can focus on the platform-call shape.
+    """
+    import a2a_tools_identity
+    monkeypatch.setattr(
+        a2a_tools_identity, "_check_memory_write_permission", lambda: True
+    )
+
+
+class TestUpdateAgentCard:
+    @pytest.mark.asyncio
+    async def test_posts_to_registry_update_card(
+        self, monkeypatch, _grant_memory_write,
+    ):
+        """Hits POST {PLATFORM_URL}/registry/update-card with the
+        workspace bearer and the {workspace_id, agent_card} body shape
+        the platform handler expects (workspace-server
+        ``internal/handlers/registry.go``)."""
+        import a2a_tools_identity
+
+        monkeypatch.setenv("WORKSPACE_ID", "ws-42")
+        # Ensure PLATFORM_URL re-import sees a deterministic value —
+        # a2a_client imports it at module load so we patch the symbol
+        # on a2a_tools_identity directly (the module's own reference).
+        monkeypatch.setattr(a2a_tools_identity, "PLATFORM_URL", "http://test.invalid")
+
+        captured: dict = {}
+        response = _MockResponse(200, {"status": "updated"})
+
+        def _client_factory(*_a, **_kw):
+            return _MockClient(response=response, captured=captured)
+
+        monkeypatch.setattr(a2a_tools_identity.httpx, "AsyncClient", _client_factory)
+        monkeypatch.setattr(
+            a2a_tools_identity, "_auth_headers_for_heartbeat",
+            lambda: {"Authorization": "Bearer ws-token-xyz"},
+        )
+
+        card = {"name": "agent-foo", "version": "0.1.0", "description": "demo"}
+        result_str = await a2a_tools_identity.tool_update_agent_card(card)
+        result = json.loads(result_str)
+
+        # URL: PLATFORM_URL + /registry/update-card
+        assert captured["url"] == "http://test.invalid/registry/update-card"
+
+        # The platform handler expects {workspace_id, agent_card}; the
+        # agent_card is the raw object the agent submitted.
+        body = captured["json"]
+        assert body["workspace_id"] == "ws-42"
+        assert body["agent_card"] == card
+
+        # Auth header from auth_headers_for_heartbeat is forwarded
+        # verbatim — same path commit_memory uses.
+        assert captured["headers"]["Authorization"] == "Bearer ws-token-xyz"
+
+        assert result["success"] is True
+        assert result["status"] == "updated"
+
+    @pytest.mark.asyncio
+    async def test_propagates_server_error(
+        self, monkeypatch, _grant_memory_write,
+    ):
+        """Non-200 from platform surfaces as a structured error to the
+        agent. The agent sees {success:false, status_code, error} and
+        can decide whether to retry, fall back, or escalate."""
+        import a2a_tools_identity
+
+        monkeypatch.setenv("WORKSPACE_ID", "ws-42")
+        monkeypatch.setattr(a2a_tools_identity, "PLATFORM_URL", "http://test.invalid")
+
+        captured: dict = {}
+        response = _MockResponse(400, {"error": "invalid card"})
+
+        monkeypatch.setattr(
+            a2a_tools_identity.httpx, "AsyncClient",
+            lambda *a, **kw: _MockClient(response=response, captured=captured),
+        )
+        monkeypatch.setattr(
+            a2a_tools_identity, "_auth_headers_for_heartbeat", lambda: {},
+        )
+
+        result = json.loads(
+            await a2a_tools_identity.tool_update_agent_card({"name": "x"})
+        )
+        assert result["success"] is False
+        assert result["status_code"] == 400
+        assert "invalid card" in str(result["error"]).lower()
+
+    @pytest.mark.asyncio
+    async def test_rejects_non_dict_card(self, _grant_memory_write):
+        """The MCP schema constrains transport callers to pass a dict;
+        in-process callers (tests, sibling modules) can still pass any
+        type. Reject non-dict defensively so the platform isn't asked
+        to validate JSON-encoded strings or lists."""
+        from a2a_tools_identity import tool_update_agent_card
+
+        result = json.loads(await tool_update_agent_card("not-a-dict"))
+        assert result["success"] is False
+        assert "dict" in str(result["error"]).lower()
+
+    @pytest.mark.asyncio
+    async def test_workspace_id_missing_returns_error(
+        self, monkeypatch, _grant_memory_write,
+    ):
+        """If WORKSPACE_ID is not set the tool refuses to issue the
+        request — it would otherwise POST with an empty workspace_id
+        and let the platform return a confusing 400."""
+        from a2a_tools_identity import tool_update_agent_card
+
+        monkeypatch.delenv("WORKSPACE_ID", raising=False)
+
+        result = json.loads(await tool_update_agent_card({"name": "x"}))
+        assert result["success"] is False
+        assert "workspace_id" in str(result["error"]).lower()
+
+    @pytest.mark.asyncio
+    async def test_denies_when_memory_write_permission_missing(self, monkeypatch):
+        """The agent's RBAC role must grant ``memory.write`` to update
+        the card. Read-only roles get an RBAC error string back
+        immediately, never touching the platform."""
+        import a2a_tools_identity
+
+        monkeypatch.setenv("WORKSPACE_ID", "ws-42")
+        monkeypatch.setattr(
+            a2a_tools_identity, "_check_memory_write_permission", lambda: False,
+        )
+
+        # Tripwire httpx — must not be called when RBAC denies.
+        import httpx
+
+        class _Tripwire:
+            def __init__(self, *_a, **_kw):
+                raise AssertionError("RBAC denial must short-circuit before httpx call")
+
+        monkeypatch.setattr(httpx, "AsyncClient", _Tripwire)
+
+        result = json.loads(
+            await a2a_tools_identity.tool_update_agent_card({"name": "x"}),
+        )
+        assert result["success"] is False
+        assert "memory.write" in str(result["error"]).lower()
+
+    @pytest.mark.asyncio
+    async def test_network_exception_returns_structured_error(
+        self, monkeypatch, _grant_memory_write,
+    ):
+        """A network exception (DNS failure, connect timeout, etc) is
+        wrapped into a structured error dict instead of bubbling up
+        to the MCP transport layer."""
+        import a2a_tools_identity
+
+        monkeypatch.setenv("WORKSPACE_ID", "ws-42")
+        monkeypatch.setattr(a2a_tools_identity, "PLATFORM_URL", "http://test.invalid")
+
+        class _ExplodingClient:
+            async def __aenter__(self):
+                return self
+
+            async def __aexit__(self, *_a):
+                return False
+
+            async def post(self, *_a, **_kw):
+                raise RuntimeError("simulated DNS failure")
+
+        monkeypatch.setattr(
+            a2a_tools_identity.httpx, "AsyncClient",
+            lambda *a, **kw: _ExplodingClient(),
+        )
+
+        result = json.loads(
+            await a2a_tools_identity.tool_update_agent_card({"name": "x"})
+        )
+        assert result["success"] is False
+        assert "network" in str(result["error"]).lower()
+
+
+# --- Registry contract ------------------------------------------------------
+
+
+class TestRegistryContract:
+    """Pin the new tools' registration in platform_tools.registry. The
+    structural tests in ``test_platform_tools.py`` already check
+    registry↔MCP alignment; these are tighter assertions specific to
+    the two new tools so a future contributor deleting one entry sees
+    a focused failure."""
+
+    def test_get_runtime_identity_in_registry(self):
+        from platform_tools.registry import by_name
+        spec = by_name("get_runtime_identity")
+        assert spec.section == "a2a"
+        # No input parameters — env-only call.
+        assert spec.input_schema == {"type": "object", "properties": {}}
+        # impl points at the actual tool function, not a shim.
+        from a2a_tools_identity import tool_get_runtime_identity
+        assert spec.impl is tool_get_runtime_identity
+
+    def test_update_agent_card_in_registry(self):
+        from platform_tools.registry import by_name
+        spec = by_name("update_agent_card")
+        assert spec.section == "a2a"
+        assert "card" in spec.input_schema["properties"]
+        assert spec.input_schema["required"] == ["card"]
+        from a2a_tools_identity import tool_update_agent_card
+        assert spec.impl is tool_update_agent_card
@@ -192,22 +192,11 @@ def test_pop_missing_id_returns_none(state: inbox.InboxState):

 def test_wait_returns_existing_head_immediately(state: inbox.InboxState):
    state.record(_msg("a"))
-    wait_timeout = 5.0
    start = time.monotonic()
-    msg = state.wait(timeout_secs=wait_timeout)
+    msg = state.wait(timeout_secs=5.0)
    elapsed = time.monotonic() - start
    assert msg is not None and msg.activity_id == "a"
-    # Structural assertion (NOT an absolute deadline): with a non-empty
-    # queue wait() returns its head without ever entering the timed
-    # block, so it consumes a tiny fraction of timeout_secs. Comparing
-    # against the timeout (rather than a magic "< 0.5s") keeps this
-    # robust on a CPU-starved CI host: only an implementation that
-    # actually blocks for the timeout (≈1.0×) trips it. 0.2× = wide
-    # jitter margin for a scheduler under contention.
-    assert elapsed < wait_timeout * 0.2, (
-        f"wait should not block when queue non-empty: took {elapsed:.2f}s "
-        f"({elapsed / wait_timeout:.2f}× the {wait_timeout:.0f}s timeout)"
-    )
+    assert elapsed < 0.5, f"wait should not block when queue non-empty (took {elapsed:.2f}s)"


 def test_wait_blocks_until_message_arrives(state: inbox.InboxState):
@@ -506,151 +495,6 @@ def test_poll_once_skips_self_notify_rows(state: inbox.InboxState):
    assert [m.activity_id for m in queue] == ["act-real"]


-# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
-# _is_self_echo_row — internal #469 fix
-# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
-#
-# When a workspace delegates to a target that never picks up the task,
-# tool_delegate_task calls report_activity("a2a_receive", ...) which POSTs
-# to the platform with source_id set to the *sender's* workspace UUID
-# (spoof-defense). The activity API returns that row under type=a2a_receive
-# on the next poll, so message_from_activity sets peer_id = workspace's own
-# UUID — the workspace sees its own delegation-failure as an inbound from
-# a phantom peer. _is_self_echo_row guards against this.
-#
-# Internal #469 was live-reproduced on hongming.moleculesai.app 2026-05-16.
-
-
-def test_is_self_echo_row_true_when_source_id_matches_workspace():
-    row = {"source_id": "ws-abc123", "method": "a2a_receive"}
-    assert inbox._is_self_echo_row(row, "ws-abc123") is True
-
-
-def test_is_self_echo_row_false_when_source_id_differs():
-    """A real peer agent (different workspace_id) must NOT be filtered."""
-    row = {"source_id": "ws-peer", "method": "a2a_receive"}
-    assert inbox._is_self_echo_row(row, "ws-1") is False
-
-
-def test_is_self_echo_row_false_when_source_id_is_none():
-    """Canvas-user inbound has no source_id — never an echo."""
-    row = {"source_id": None, "method": "a2a_receive"}
-    assert inbox._is_self_echo_row(row, "ws-1") is False
-
-
-def test_is_self_echo_row_false_when_workspace_id_is_empty():
-    """Single-workspace legacy path with empty workspace_id cannot
-    match a UUID source_id — predicate is always False, which is safe."""
-    row = {"source_id": "ws-abc123", "method": "a2a_receive"}
-    assert inbox._is_self_echo_row(row, "") is False
-
-
-def test_is_self_echo_row_false_when_source_id_key_absent():
-    row = {"method": "a2a_receive"}
-    assert inbox._is_self_echo_row(row, "ws-1") is False
-
-
-def test_is_self_echo_row_false_for_delegate_result():
-    """RFC #2829 PR-2 regression pin: a row with source_id matching our
-    workspace_id but method=delegate_result must NOT be filtered as a
-    self-echo. The platform may write a delegation-result row with our
-    workspace_id as source_id; such rows must reach the inbox so the
-    runtime receives the delegation result. Silently filtering them would
-    break delegate_result delivery."""
-    row = {"source_id": "ws-1", "method": "delegate_result"}
-    assert inbox._is_self_echo_row(row, "ws-1") is False
-
-
-def test_poll_once_skips_self_echo_rows(state: inbox.InboxState):
-    """Internal #469 regression pin: a row with source_id matching our
-    workspace_id must NOT land in the inbox queue — it is our own
-    delegation-report echoing back, not a real peer inbound."""
-    rows = [
-        {
-            "id": "act-real-peer",
-            "source_id": "ws-peer",
-            "method": "a2a_receive",
-            "summary": None,
-            "request_body": {"parts": [{"type": "text", "text": "real peer inbound"}]},
-            "created_at": "2026-04-30T22:00:00Z",
-        },
-        {
-            "id": "act-self-echo",
-            "source_id": "ws-1",
-            "method": "a2a_receive",
-            "summary": "task result: target timed out",
-            "request_body": None,
-            "created_at": "2026-04-30T22:00:01Z",
-        },
-    ]
-    resp = _make_response(200, rows)
-    p, _ = _patch_httpx(resp)
-    with p:
-        n = inbox._poll_once(state, "http://platform", "ws-1", {})
-
-    # Only the real peer inbound counted; self-echo silently dropped.
-    assert n == 1
-    queue = state.peek(10)
-    assert [m.activity_id for m in queue] == ["act-real-peer"]
-    assert queue[0].peer_id == "ws-peer"
-
-
-def test_poll_once_advances_cursor_past_self_echo(state: inbox.InboxState):
-    """Cursor must advance past self-echo rows even though we don't
-    enqueue them. Otherwise the next poll re-fetches the same self-echo
-    on every iteration, wasting requests and blocking real inbound."""
-    state.save_cursor("act-old")
-    rows = [
-        {
-            "id": "act-self-echo",
-            "source_id": "ws-1",
-            "method": "a2a_receive",
-            "summary": "task result: timeout",
-            "request_body": None,
-            "created_at": "2026-04-30T22:00:00Z",
-        },
-    ]
-    resp = _make_response(200, rows)
-    p, _ = _patch_httpx(resp)
-    with p:
-        n = inbox._poll_once(state, "http://platform", "ws-1", {})
-
-    assert n == 0
-    assert state.peek(10) == []
-    # Cursor must move past the skipped row so we don't re-poll it.
-    assert state.load_cursor() == "act-self-echo"
-
-
-def test_poll_once_self_echo_does_not_fire_notification(state: inbox.InboxState):
-    """The notification callback (channel push to Claude Code etc.)
-    must not fire for self-echo rows. Same rationale as self-notify:
-    push-capable hosts would see the echo loop on the push channel."""
-    rows = [
-        {
-            "id": "act-self-echo",
-            "source_id": "ws-1",
-            "method": "a2a_receive",
-            "summary": "task result: timeout",
-            "request_body": None,
-            "created_at": "2026-04-30T22:00:00Z",
-        },
-    ]
-    received: list[dict] = []
-    inbox.set_notification_callback(received.append)
-    try:
-        resp = _make_response(200, rows)
-        p, _ = _patch_httpx(resp)
-        with p:
-            inbox._poll_once(state, "http://platform", "ws-1", {})
-    finally:
-        inbox.set_notification_callback(None)
-
-    assert received == [], (
-        "self-echo rows must not surface as MCP notifications — "
-        "doing so re-creates the echo loop on push-capable hosts"
-    )
-
-
 def test_poll_once_advances_cursor_past_self_notify(state: inbox.InboxState):
    """Cursor must advance past self-notify rows even though we don't
    enqueue them. Otherwise the next poll re-fetches the same self-
@@ -829,26 +829,16 @@ def _stub_client_for_batch(get_responses: dict[str, MagicMock]) -> MagicMock:


 def test_batch_fetcher_runs_submitted_rows_concurrently():
-    # Three rows whose .get() blocks for ~PER_ROW each. With >=3 workers
-    # the batch should overlap the sleeps (~1× PER_ROW wall time), not
-    # run them back-to-back (~3× PER_ROW).
-    #
-    # NOTE: we assert a *structural* property — observed wall time is
-    # meaningfully below the serial sum — NOT an absolute deadline. An
-    # absolute "< 250ms" ceiling silently encodes "the runner host is
-    # idle"; under CI contention (load >100) the same concurrent run
-    # measures >250ms and false-reds an unrelated PR (motivating
-    # incident: #190 / PR#1348, a 1.6ms overshoot on a load-107 host).
-    # Host load scales serial and concurrent timing together, so the
-    # ratio between them stays a reliable concurrency discriminator.
+    # Three rows whose .get() blocks for ~120ms each. With 4 workers the
+    # batch should complete in ~120ms (parallel), not ~360ms (serial).
+    # The 250ms ceiling accommodates CI scheduler jitter while still
+    # discriminating concurrent (~120ms) from serial (~360ms).
    import time

-    PER_ROW = 0.12
-    N_ROWS = 3
-    serial_total = PER_ROW * N_ROWS
+    barrier_start = [0.0]

    def _slow_get(url: str, headers: dict[str, str] | None = None) -> MagicMock:
-        time.sleep(PER_ROW)
+        time.sleep(0.12)
        for fid in ("a", "b", "c"):
            if f"/pending-uploads/{fid}/content" in url:
                return _make_resp(200, content=b"X", content_type="text/plain")
@@ -865,22 +855,16 @@ def test_batch_fetcher_runs_submitted_rows_concurrently():
        client=client,
        max_workers=4,
    )
-    start = time.monotonic()
+    barrier_start[0] = time.time()
    for fid in ("a", "b", "c"):
        bf.submit(_row_with_id(f"act-{fid}", fid))
    bf.wait_all()
-    elapsed = time.monotonic() - start
+    elapsed = time.time() - barrier_start[0]
    bf.close()

-    # Concurrent execution overlaps the three sleeps, so wall time is far
-    # below the serial sum. 0.6× leaves generous headroom for scheduler
-    # jitter while still failing loudly if the rows ran serially (which
-    # would land at ~1.0× serial_total regardless of host load).
-    assert elapsed < serial_total * 0.6, (
-        f"3 rows × {PER_ROW}s with 4 workers ran in {elapsed:.3f}s; expected "
-        f"well under the {serial_total:.2f}s serial sum (got "
-        f"{elapsed / serial_total:.2f}× — suggests serial execution, "
-        "Phase 5b regression)"
+    assert elapsed < 0.25, (
+        f"3 rows × 120ms with 4 workers should finish in <250ms; got {elapsed:.3f}s "
+        "(suggests serial execution — Phase 5b regression)"
    )
    assert client.get.call_count == 3
    assert client.post.call_count == 3
@@ -1066,14 +1050,13 @@ def test_batch_fetcher_close_after_timeout_does_not_block_on_running_workers():
    import threading
    import time

-    BLOCK_SECS = 5.0  # the leaked worker's max self-unblock window
    blocker = threading.Event()  # never set — workers stay running

    def _hang_get(url, headers=None):
-        # Wait at most BLOCK_SECS so a buggy implementation eventually
-        # unblocks the test instead of timing out the whole pytest run,
-        # but nothing legitimate should reach this fallback.
-        blocker.wait(timeout=BLOCK_SECS)
+        # Wait at most ~5s so a buggy implementation eventually unblocks
+        # the test instead of timing out the whole pytest run, but
+        # nothing legitimate should reach this fallback.
+        blocker.wait(timeout=5.0)
        return _make_resp(200, content=b"x", content_type="text/plain")

    client = MagicMock()
@@ -1090,23 +1073,17 @@ def test_batch_fetcher_close_after_timeout_does_not_block_on_running_workers():
    bf.submit(_row_with_id("act-a", "a"))
    # Tiny timeout — wait_all must report the future as not_done.
    bf.wait_all(timeout=0.05)
-    start = time.monotonic()
+    t0 = time.time()
    bf.close()
-    elapsed = time.monotonic() - start
+    elapsed = time.time() - t0
    # Unblock the lingering worker so it doesn't pollute later tests.
    blocker.set()

-    # Structural assertion (NOT an absolute deadline): without the
-    # cancel-on-timeout fix, close() drains the leaked worker and blocks
-    # the FULL BLOCK_SECS; with the fix shutdown(wait=False) returns
-    # without draining, so close() finishes a small fraction of that.
-    # We compare against BLOCK_SECS rather than a magic "< 1.0s" so a
-    # CPU-starved CI host (which inflates both the drain and the
-    # non-drain path together) cannot false-fail this — only genuinely
-    # draining (≈1.0× BLOCK_SECS) trips it. 0.3× = wide jitter margin.
-    assert elapsed < BLOCK_SECS * 0.3, (
-        f"close() took {elapsed:.2f}s after wait_all timeout "
-        f"({elapsed / BLOCK_SECS:.2f}× the {BLOCK_SECS:.0f}s worker block) — "
+    # Without the cancel-on-timeout fix, close() would block until
+    # blocker.set() — i.e., the full ~5s. With the fix it returns
+    # immediately because shutdown(wait=False) doesn't drain.
+    assert elapsed < 1.0, (
+        f"close() blocked for {elapsed:.2f}s after wait_all timeout — "
        "cancel-on-timeout regression: close() is draining instead of bailing"
    )