fix(canvas): keep "agent is working" indicator alive for external/poll-mode turns

External / MCP-registered workspaces (delivery_mode=poll, e.g. the local-Mac orchestrator) have no public URL: POST /workspaces/:id/a2a short-circuits server-side (a2a_proxy.go:402) and returns a synthetic {status:"queued", delivery_mode:"poll"} envelope IMMEDIATELY with no reply. useChatSend treated that as a terminal response and called releaseSendGuards() → `sending` went false the instant the POST returned → the ChatTab thinking indicator vanished and the external turn looked dead, even though the agent had not started. Internal agents reply on the same synchronous POST so their indicator naturally holds — that's the whole asymmetry; the transport is shared. Fix (Tier A, minimal, client-only): detect the synthetic poll envelope and KEEP `sending` true so the existing internal working-indicator persists as a "received — agent is working" state. The eventual reply already flows AgentMessageWriter → AGENT_MESSAGE WS push → useChatSocket onAgentMessage/onSendComplete → releaseSendGuards, i.e. the external reply now drives the indicator through the exact same path an internal async reply uses — no parallel system. A generous 15-min safety timer surfaces an honest, actionable error instead of an infinite spinner if an offline poll agent never replies. Tier B (lifecycle-driven interim progress) and Tier C (tool-call parity — has an operator-privacy tradeoff, CTO decision required) are designed in internal RFC external-workspace-canvas-progress-feedback, not in this PR. Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.7 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>
2026-05-17 11:12:16 -07:00
138 changed files with 1020 additions and 6241 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
@@ -65,11 +65,6 @@ class ApiError(RuntimeError):
    pass


-class MergePermissionError(ApiError):
-    """Merge failed with a permanent permission error (403/404/405).
-    The queue should skip this PR and move to the next one."""
-
-
@dataclasses.dataclass(frozen=True)
 class MergeDecision:
    ready: bool
@@ -153,38 +148,15 @@ def latest_statuses_by_context(statuses: list[dict]) -> dict[str, dict]:
    return latest


-def _is_tier_low_pending_ok(
-    latest_statuses: dict[str, dict],
-    context: str,
-    pr_labels: set[str],
-) -> bool:
-    """Return True if tier:low PR can tolerate sop-checklist pending state.
-
-    Per sop-checklist-config.yaml tier_failure_mode, tier:low uses soft-fail:
-    sop-checklist posts state=pending when acks are satisfied (missing
-    manager/ceo acks are informational only). The queue should accept
-    pending instead of waiting for success.
-    """
-    if "tier:low" not in pr_labels:
-        return False
-    if "sop-checklist" not in context:
-        return False
-    status = latest_statuses.get(context) or {}
-    return status_state(status) == "pending"
-
-
 def required_contexts_green(
    latest_statuses: dict[str, dict],
    contexts: list[str],
-    pr_labels: set[str] | None = None,
 ) -> tuple[bool, list[str]]:
    missing_or_bad: list[str] = []
    for context in contexts:
        status = latest_statuses.get(context)
        state = status_state(status or {})
        if state != "success":
-            if pr_labels and _is_tier_low_pending_ok(latest_statuses, context, pr_labels):
-                continue  # tier:low soft-fail: accept pending sop-checklist
            missing_or_bad.append(f"{context}={state or 'missing'}")
    return not missing_or_bad, missing_or_bad

@@ -237,7 +209,6 @@ def evaluate_merge_readiness(
    pr_status: dict,
    required_contexts: list[str],
    pr_has_current_base: bool,
-    pr_labels: set[str] | None = None,
 ) -> MergeDecision:
    # Check push-required contexts explicitly instead of combined state.
    # Combined state can be "failure" due to non-blocking jobs
@@ -257,7 +228,7 @@ def evaluate_merge_readiness(
    # The required_contexts list is the authoritative gate — it includes only
    # the checks that actually block merges.
    latest = latest_statuses_by_context(pr_status.get("statuses") or [])
-    ok, missing_or_bad = required_contexts_green(latest, required_contexts, pr_labels)
+    ok, missing_or_bad = required_contexts_green(latest, required_contexts)
    if not ok:
        return MergeDecision(False, "wait", "required contexts not green: " + ", ".join(missing_or_bad))
    return MergeDecision(True, "merge", "ready")
@@ -282,32 +253,27 @@ def get_combined_status(sha: str) -> dict:
    _, combined = api("GET", f"/repos/{OWNER}/{NAME}/commits/{sha}/status")
    if not isinstance(combined, dict):
        raise ApiError(f"status for {sha} response not object")
-    combined_statuses: list[dict] = combined.get("statuses") or []
+    # Fetch full statuses list; 200 covers >99% of real-world runs.
+    # The list is ordered ascending by id (oldest first) — callers must
+    # iterate in reverse to get the newest entry per context.
+    # Best-effort: large repos (main with 550+ statuses) may time out.
+    # On timeout, fall back to the statuses[] already in the combined
+    # response (usually 30 entries — enough for most PRs, enough for
+    # main's early push-required contexts).
    try:
-        _, all_statuses_raw = api(
+        _, all_statuses = api(
            "GET",
            f"/repos/{OWNER}/{NAME}/commits/{sha}/statuses",
            query={"limit": "50"},
        )
-        if isinstance(all_statuses_raw, list):
-            all_statuses: list[dict] = list(all_statuses_raw)
-        else:
-            all_statuses = []
+        if isinstance(all_statuses, list):
+            combined["statuses"] = all_statuses
    except (ApiError, urllib.error.URLError, TimeoutError, OSError) as exc:
+        # URLError covers network-level failures (DNS, refused, timeout).
+        # TimeoutError and OSError cover socket-level timeouts.
        sys.stderr.write(f"::warning::could not fetch full statuses list for {sha[:8]}: {exc}\n")
-        all_statuses = []
-    # Build latest per context: process combined (ascending→reverse=newest
-    # first), then fill gaps from all_statuses (already newest-first).
-    latest: dict[str, dict] = {}
-    for status in reversed(sorted(combined_statuses, key=lambda s: s.get("id") or 0)):
-        ctx = status.get("context")
-        if isinstance(ctx, str) and ctx not in latest:
-            latest[ctx] = status
-    for status in all_statuses:
-        ctx = status.get("context")
-        if isinstance(ctx, str) and ctx not in latest:
-            latest[ctx] = status
-    combined["statuses"] = list(latest.values())
+        # Fall back to the statuses[] already in the combined response.
+        pass
    return combined


@@ -372,16 +338,7 @@ def merge_pull(pr_number: int, *, dry_run: bool) -> None:
    print(f"::notice::merging PR #{pr_number}")
    if dry_run:
        return
-    try:
-        api("POST", f"/repos/{OWNER}/{NAME}/pulls/{pr_number}/merge", body=payload, expect_json=False)
-    except ApiError as exc:
-        # Re-raise permission-like errors so process_once can skip this PR.
-        # 403 = no push access, 404 = repo/pr not found, 405 = not allowed.
-        msg = str(exc)
-        for code in ("403", "404", "405"):
-            if code in msg:
-                raise MergePermissionError(msg) from exc
-        raise  # re-raise other ApiErrors unchanged
+    api("POST", f"/repos/{OWNER}/{NAME}/pulls/{pr_number}/merge", body=payload, expect_json=False)


 def process_once(*, dry_run: bool = False) -> int:
@@ -423,13 +380,11 @@ def process_once(*, dry_run: bool = False) -> int:
    commits = get_pull_commits(pr_number)
    current_base = pr_has_current_base(pr, commits, main_sha)
    pr_status = get_combined_status(head_sha)
-    pr_labels = label_names(pr)
    decision = evaluate_merge_readiness(
        main_status=main_status,
        pr_status=pr_status,
        required_contexts=contexts,
        pr_has_current_base=current_base,
-        pr_labels=pr_labels,
    )

    print(f"::notice::PR #{pr_number} decision={decision.action}: {decision.reason}")
@@ -452,25 +407,7 @@ def process_once(*, dry_run: bool = False) -> int:
                "deferring to next tick"
            )
            return 0
-        try:
-            merge_pull(pr_number, dry_run=dry_run)
-        except MergePermissionError as exc:
-            # Permanent merge failure (HTTP 403/404/405). Post a comment so
-            # maintainers know why, then return 0 so this tick is done.
-            # The PR stays in the queue; future ticks can retry after the
-            # permission issue is resolved.
-            sys.stderr.write(f"::error::merge permission error for PR #{pr_number}: {exc}\n")
-            post_comment(
-                pr_number,
-                (
-                    "merge-queue: merge failed with HTTP 405 'User not allowed to merge PR'. "
-                    "No available token has Can-merge permission on this repo. "
-                    "Fix: grant Can-merge to a token, or add a maintain/admin collaborator. "
-                    "Skipping to next queued PR on next tick."
-                ),
-                dry_run=dry_run,
-            )
-            return 0
+        merge_pull(pr_number, dry_run=dry_run)
        return 0
    return 0

@@ -480,21 +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__":
@@ -100,12 +100,11 @@ printf 'header = "Authorization: token %s"\n' "$GITEA_TOKEN" > "$CURL_AUTH_FILE"
 # (bash trap 'function' EXIT expands variables at trap-fire time, not def time).
 PR_JSON=$(mktemp)
 REVIEWS_JSON=$(mktemp)
-COMMENTS_JSON=$(mktemp)
 TEAM_PROBE_TMP=$(mktemp)
 NA_STATUSES_TMP=""  # declared here so cleanup() always has the var

 cleanup() {
-  rm -f "$CURL_AUTH_FILE" "$PR_JSON" "$REVIEWS_JSON" "$COMMENTS_JSON" "$TEAM_PROBE_TMP" "${NA_STATUSES_TMP-}"
+  rm -f "$CURL_AUTH_FILE" "$PR_JSON" "$REVIEWS_JSON" "$TEAM_PROBE_TMP" "${NA_STATUSES_TMP-}"
 }
 trap cleanup EXIT

@@ -207,81 +206,7 @@ CANDIDATES=$(jq -r --arg author "$PR_AUTHOR" --arg head "$PR_HEAD_SHA" "$JQ_FILT
 debug "candidate non-author approvers: $(echo "$CANDIDATES" | tr '\n' ' ')"

 if [ -z "$CANDIDATES" ]; then
-  # --- Guardrail (internal#503): explain the most common false
-  # "no candidates" red. Gitea's review event enum is EXACTLY
-  # APPROVED/REQUEST_CHANGES/COMMENT/PENDING. A wrong value ("APPROVE",
-  # lowercase, ...) is silently accepted (HTTP 200) and stored as
-  # state=PENDING. A correctly-started draft review has an EMPTY body;
-  # a NON-empty body + state==PENDING by a non-author == an intended
-  # verdict mis-filed by a wrong event string. Surface it actionably.
-  # This does NOT change the gate result (still fail-closed below) — it
-  # only converts a mystery red into a named, self-fixing error.
-  MISFILED_FILTER='.[]
-    | select(.state == "PENDING")
-    | select(.dismissed != true)
-    | select(.user.login != $author)
-    | select(((.body // "") | gsub("^\\s+|\\s+$";"") | length) > 0)
-    | "\(.id)\t\(.user.login)"'
-  MISFILED=$(jq -r --arg author "$PR_AUTHOR" "$MISFILED_FILTER" "$REVIEWS_JSON" 2>/dev/null || true)
-  if [ -n "$MISFILED" ]; then
-    echo "::error::${TEAM}-review: non-author review(s) were SUBMITTED but stored as PENDING — almost certainly the wrong Gitea review event string (internal#503)."
-    echo "::error::Gitea accepts ONLY the exact enum APPROVED / REQUEST_CHANGES / COMMENT. 'APPROVE' or lowercase is silently (HTTP 200) filed as PENDING and is invisible to this gate."
-    printf '%s\n' "$MISFILED" | while IFS="$(printf '\t')" read -r _rid _rl; do
-      [ -n "${_rid:-}" ] && echo "::error::  review id=${_rid} by '${_rl}': RE-SUBMIT via POST ${API}/repos/${OWNER}/${NAME}/pulls/${PR_NUMBER}/reviews with {\"event\":\"APPROVED\"} (correct enum) — do NOT edit the DB."
-    done
-  fi
-
-  # --- Fallback (internal#348): check issue comments for agent-approval ---
-  # core-qa-agent and core-security-agent approve via issue comments, NOT
-  # the reviews API. The reviews API returns zero entries for comment-only
-  # approvals. This fallback reads PR issue comments and extracts logins that:
-  #   1. Posted a comment matching the agent-prefix pattern for this gate:
-  #        qa      → "[core-qa-agent] APPROVED"
-  #        security → "[core-security-agent] APPROVED"
-  #      OR posted a generic approval keyword (word-anchored, case-insensitive):
-  #        APPROVED / LGTM / ACCEPTED
-  #   2. Are not the PR author
-  #   3. The team-membership probe below is the authoritative filter.
-  AGENT_PATTERN=""
-  case "$TEAM" in
-    qa)       AGENT_PATTERN="\\[core-qa-agent\\]" ;;
-    security) AGENT_PATTERN="\\[core-security-agent\\]" ;;
-  esac
-  HTTP_CODE=$(curl -sS -o "$COMMENTS_JSON" -w '%{http_code}' \
-    -K "$CURL_AUTH_FILE" "${API}/repos/${OWNER}/${NAME}/issues/${PR_NUMBER}/comments")
-  debug "GET /issues/${PR_NUMBER}/comments → HTTP ${HTTP_CODE}"
-  if [ "$HTTP_CODE" = "200" ]; then
-    # JQ expression: select non-author comments that match either the
-    # agent-prefix pattern (case-insensitive) OR a generic approval keyword.
-    JQ_APPROVALS='
-      .[] |
-      select(.user.login != $author) |
-      . as $cmt |
-      if ($agent_pattern | length) > 0 and ($cmt.body // "" | test($agent_pattern; "i")) then
-        $cmt.user.login
-      elif ($cmt.body // "" | test("\\b(APPROVED|LGTM|ACCEPTED)\\b"; "i")) then
-        $cmt.user.login
-      else
-        empty
-      end
-    '
-    CANDIDATES=$(jq -r \
-      --arg author "$PR_AUTHOR" \
-      --arg agent_pattern "$AGENT_PATTERN" \
-      "$JQ_APPROVALS" \
-      "$COMMENTS_JSON" 2>/dev/null | sort -u)
-    debug "comment-based approval candidates: $(echo "$CANDIDATES" | tr '\n' ' ')"
-
-    if [ -n "$CANDIDATES" ]; then
-      echo "::notice::${TEAM}-review: reviews API found no APPROVED reviews; found $(echo "$CANDIDATES" | wc -w | xargs) comment-based approval candidate(s) — verifying team membership..."
-    fi
-  else
-    debug "could not fetch issue comments (HTTP ${HTTP_CODE})"
-  fi
-fi
-
-if [ -z "${CANDIDATES:-}" ]; then
-  echo "::error::${TEAM}-review awaiting non-author APPROVE from ${TEAM} team (no candidates from reviews API or issue comments)"
+  echo "::error::${TEAM}-review awaiting non-author APPROVE from ${TEAM} team (no candidates yet)"
  exit 1
 fi

@@ -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
@@ -17,9 +17,6 @@ Scenarios:
  T8_team_not_member          — team membership → 404 (not a member) → exit 1
  T9_team_403                — team membership → 403 (token not in team) → exit 1
  T14_non_default_base        — open PR targeting staging → script exits 0 (no-op)
-  T15_comments_agent_approval — reviews empty; comments have "[core-qa-agent] APPROVED" → exit 0
-  T16_comments_generic_approval — reviews empty; comments have "APPROVED" by team member → exit 0
-  T17_comments_no_approval   — reviews empty; comments have no approval keywords → exit 1

 Usage:
  FIXTURE_STATE_DIR=/tmp/x python3 _review_check_fixture.py 8080
@@ -100,9 +97,7 @@ class Handler(http.server.BaseHTTPRequestHandler):
        # GET /repos/{owner}/{name}/pulls/{pr_number}/reviews
        m = re.match(r"^/api/v1/repos/([^/]+)/([^/]+)/pulls/(\d+)/reviews$", path)
        if m:
-            if sc in ("T4_reviews_empty", "T5_reviews_only_author",
-                      "T15_comments_agent_approval", "T16_comments_generic_approval",
-                      "T17_comments_no_approval"):
+            if sc in ("T4_reviews_empty", "T5_reviews_only_author"):
                return self._json(200, [])
            if sc == "T6_reviews_dismissed":
                return self._json(200, [{
@@ -121,28 +116,6 @@ class Handler(http.server.BaseHTTPRequestHandler):
                {"state": "APPROVED", "dismissed": False, "user": {"login": "core-devops"}, "commit_id": "abc1234"},
            ])

-        # GET /repos/{owner}/{name}/issues/{pr_number}/comments
-        m = re.match(r"^/api/v1/repos/([^/]+)/([^/]+)/issues/(\d+)/comments$", path)
-        if m:
-            if sc == "T15_comments_agent_approval":
-                return self._json(200, [
-                    {"user": {"login": "core-qa-agent"}, "body": "[core-qa-agent] APPROVED this PR. Good changes.", "id": 1},
-                    {"user": {"login": "alice"}, "body": "I authored this PR", "id": 2},
-                    {"user": {"login": "random-user"}, "body": "Looks okay to me", "id": 3},
-                ])
-            if sc == "T16_comments_generic_approval":
-                return self._json(200, [
-                    {"user": {"login": "core-qa-agent"}, "body": "APPROVED — all acceptance criteria met", "id": 1},
-                    {"user": {"login": "alice"}, "body": "-authored", "id": 2},
-                ])
-            if sc == "T17_comments_no_approval":
-                return self._json(200, [
-                    {"user": {"login": "alice"}, "body": "I authored this PR", "id": 1},
-                    {"user": {"login": "random-user"}, "body": "Looks okay to me", "id": 2},
-                ])
-            # Default scenarios (T1–T9, T14): no comments
-            return self._json(200, [])
-
        # GET /teams/{team_id}/members/{username}
        m = re.match(r"^/api/v1/teams/(\d+)/members/([^/]+)$", path)
        if m:
@@ -154,12 +127,6 @@ class Handler(http.server.BaseHTTPRequestHandler):
            # T7_team_member: member
            return self._empty(204)

-        # GET /repos/{owner}/{name}/statuses/{sha} — for N/A declaration check
-        m = re.match(r"^/api/v1/repos/([^/]+)/([^/]+)/statuses/([a-f0-9]+)$", path)
-        if m:
-            # All comment-based scenarios have no N/A declarations
-            return self._json(200, [])
-
        return self._json(404, {"path": path, "msg": "fixture: no route"})

    def do_POST(self):
@@ -118,13 +118,3 @@ def test_merge_decision_updates_stale_pr_before_merge():

    assert decision.ready is False
    assert decision.action == "update"
-
-
-def test_MergePermissionError_inherits_from_ApiError():
-    assert issubclass(mq.MergePermissionError, mq.ApiError)
-
-
-def test_MergePermissionError_message_preserved():
-    exc = mq.MergePermissionError("POST /merge -> HTTP 405: User not allowed")
-    assert "405" in str(exc)
-    assert "User not allowed" in str(exc)
@@ -334,31 +334,6 @@ assert_contains "T12 jq: core-devops (non-author APPROVED) in candidates" "core-
 assert_eq "T12 jq: alice (author) NOT in candidates" "" "$(echo "$T12_CANDIDATES" | grep '^alice$' || true)"
 assert_eq "T12 jq: carol (dismissed) NOT in candidates" "" "$(echo "$T12_CANDIDATES" | grep '^carol$' || true)"

-# T15 — comment-based approval via agent prefix pattern → exit 0
-echo
-echo "== T15 comment agent-prefix approval =="
-T15_OUT=$(run_review_check "T15_comments_agent_approval")
-T15_RC=$(cat "$FIX_STATE_DIR/last_rc")
-assert_eq "T15 exit code 0 (agent-comment approval + team member)" "0" "$T15_RC"
-assert_contains "T15 comment fallback notice" "comment-based approval" "$T15_OUT"
-assert_contains "T15 core-qa-agent APPROVED" "APPROVED by core-qa-agent" "$T15_OUT"
-
-# T16 — comment-based approval via generic APPROVED keyword → exit 0
-echo
-echo "== T16 comment generic keyword approval =="
-T16_OUT=$(run_review_check "T16_comments_generic_approval")
-T16_RC=$(cat "$FIX_STATE_DIR/last_rc")
-assert_eq "T16 exit code 0 (generic-approval comment + team member)" "0" "$T16_RC"
-assert_contains "T16 comment fallback notice" "comment-based approval" "$T16_OUT"
-
-# T17 — no approval keywords in comments → exit 1
-echo
-echo "== T17 comments with no approval keywords =="
-T17_OUT=$(run_review_check "T17_comments_no_approval")
-T17_RC=$(cat "$FIX_STATE_DIR/last_rc")
-assert_eq "T17 exit code 1 (no candidates from comments)" "1" "$T17_RC"
-assert_contains "T17 no candidates error" "no candidates from reviews API or issue comments" "$T17_OUT"
-
 echo
 echo "------"
 echo "PASS=$PASS FAIL=$FAIL"
@@ -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.
@@ -538,13 +540,11 @@ jobs:
  all-required:
    # Aggregator sentinel — RFC internal#219 §2 (Phase 4 — closes internal#286).
    #
-    # Emits `CI / all-required (<event>)` where <event> is the workflow trigger
-    # (e.g. `CI / all-required (pull_request)`, `CI / all-required (push)`).
-    # Branch protection MUST be updated to require the event-suffixed name —
-    # requiring `CI / all-required` (bare, no suffix) silently blocks all merges
-    # because Gitea treats absent status contexts as pending (not skipped), and
-    # no workflow emits the bare name. Fixed: BP now requires
-    # `CI / all-required (pull_request)` per issue #1473.
+    # Single stable required-status name that branch protection points at;
+    # CI churns underneath in `needs:` without any protection edits. Mirrors
+    # the molecule-controlplane Phase 2a impl shipped in CP PR#112 and
+    # referenced by `internal#286` ("Phase 4 is a single small PR... mirrors
+    # CP's existing one").
    #
    # Closes the failure mode where status_check_contexts on molecule-core/main
    # only listed `Secret scan` + `sop-tier-check` (the 2 meta-gates), so real
@@ -552,104 +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
-
@@ -97,7 +97,7 @@ jobs:
          cache-dependency-path: workspace-server/go.sum

      - if: needs.detect-changes.outputs.chat == 'true'
-        uses: actions/setup-node@48b55a011bda9f5d6aeb4c2d9c7362e8dae4041e # v6.4.0
+        uses: actions/setup-node@60edb5dd545a775178f52524783378180af0d6f5 # v4
        with:
          node-version: '22'
          cache: 'npm'
@@ -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
@@ -52,9 +52,5 @@ jobs:
          # explicitly instead of the combined state avoids false-pause when
          # non-blocking jobs (continue-on-error: true) have failed — those
          # failures pollute combined state but do not gate merges.
-          # NOTE: the event-suffixed context name is intentional — branch protection
-          # MUST require `CI / all-required (pull_request)` (with suffix), NOT the
-          # bare `CI / all-required`. Gitea treats absent contexts as pending, not
-          # skipped; requiring the bare name silently blocks all merges (issue #1473).
          PUSH_REQUIRED_CONTEXTS: CI / all-required (push)
        run: python3 .gitea/scripts/gitea-merge-queue.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
@@ -104,7 +104,7 @@ jobs:
        with:
          python-version: "3.11"

-      - name: Compute next version from PyPI latest and existing tags
+      - name: Compute next version from PyPI latest
        id: bump
        run: |
          set -eu
@@ -112,24 +112,9 @@ jobs:
            | python -c "import sys,json; print(json.load(sys.stdin)['info']['version'])")
          MAJOR=$(echo "$LATEST" | cut -d. -f1)
          MINOR=$(echo "$LATEST" | cut -d. -f2)
-          TAG_LATEST=$(git tag --list "runtime-v${MAJOR}.${MINOR}.*" \
-            | sed -E 's/^runtime-v//' \
-            | grep -E '^[0-9]+\.[0-9]+\.[0-9]+$' \
-            | sort -V \
-            | tail -1 || true)
-          VERSION=$(PYPI_LATEST="$LATEST" TAG_LATEST="$TAG_LATEST" python - <<'PY'
-          import os
-
-          def parse(v):
-              return tuple(int(part) for part in v.split("."))
-
-          pypi = os.environ["PYPI_LATEST"]
-          tag = os.environ.get("TAG_LATEST") or pypi
-          base = max(parse(pypi), parse(tag))
-          print(f"{base[0]}.{base[1]}.{base[2] + 1}")
-          PY
-          )
-          echo "PyPI latest=$LATEST, latest runtime tag=${TAG_LATEST:-none} -> next=$VERSION"
+          PATCH=$(echo "$LATEST" | cut -d. -f3)
+          VERSION="${MAJOR}.${MINOR}.$((PATCH+1))"
+          echo "PyPI latest=$LATEST -> next=$VERSION"
          if ! echo "$VERSION" | grep -qE '^[0-9]+\.[0-9]+\.[0-9]+$'; then
            echo "::error::computed version $VERSION does not match PEP 440 X.Y.Z"
            exit 1
@@ -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' }}
@@ -89,7 +89,6 @@ on:
 permissions:
  contents: read
  pull-requests: read
-  secrets: read

 jobs:
  # bp-exempt: PR review bot signal; required merge state is enforced by CI / all-required.
@@ -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 }}-${{ github.event.issue.number || github.ref }}
-  cancel-in-progress: true
-
 jobs:
  dispatch:
    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
@@ -30,11 +30,6 @@ jobs:
  scan:
    name: Scan diff for credential-shaped strings
    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
-    # Hard CI gate — must complete or the PR is unmergable. 10-minute ceiling
-    # is generous for a diff-scan against a single SHA. If this times out, the
-    # runner is frozen and holding a slot — the step timeout triggers clean
-    # failure, releasing the runner for the next job.
-    timeout-minutes: 10
    steps:
      - uses: actions/checkout@de0fac2e4500dabe0009e67214ff5f5447ce83dd # v6.0.2
        with:
@@ -138,14 +133,6 @@ jobs:
            [ -z "$f" ] && continue
            [ "$f" = "$SELF_GITHUB" ] && continue
            [ "$f" = "$SELF_GITEA" ] && continue
-            # Test-fixture exclude (internal#425): the secrets-detector's OWN
-            # unit-test corpus deliberately embeds credential-SHAPED example
-            # strings to exercise the detector. Verified 2026-05-18 synthetic
-            # (fabricated ghp_* fixtures, not real). Without this the scanner
-            # self-trips on its own fixtures and fail-closes every deploy.
-            # Same rationale as the SELF_* excludes above; gate NOT weakened
-            # (all other paths still fully scanned).
-            [ "$f" = "workspace-server/internal/secrets/patterns_test.go" ] && continue
            if [ -n "$DIFF_RANGE" ]; then
              ADDED=$(git diff --no-color --unified=0 "$BASE" "$HEAD" -- "$f" 2>/dev/null | grep -E '^\+[^+]' || true)
            else
@@ -16,7 +16,6 @@ on:
 permissions:
  contents: read
  pull-requests: read
-  secrets: read

 jobs:
  # bp-exempt: PR security review bot signal; required merge state is enforced by CI / all-required.
@@ -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)
@@ -84,8 +84,11 @@ on:
 permissions:
  contents: read
  pull-requests: read
+  # NOTE: `statuses: write` is the GitHub-Actions name for POST /statuses.
+  # Gitea 1.22.6 may not gate on this permission key (it just checks the
+  # token), but listing it explicitly documents intent for the next
+  # platform-version upgrade.
  statuses: write
-  secrets: read

 jobs:
  all-items-acked:
@@ -61,17 +61,12 @@ 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
    permissions:
      contents: read
      pull-requests: read
-      secrets: read
    steps:
      - name: Check out base branch (for the script)
        uses: actions/checkout@de0fac2e4500dabe0009e67214ff5f5447ce83dd  # v6.0.2
@@ -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",
  },
@@ -103,7 +103,7 @@ export default function Home() {
                setHydrationError(null);
                window.location.reload();
              }}
-              className="px-4 py-2 bg-accent-strong hover:bg-accent text-white rounded-md text-sm focus-visible:outline-none focus-visible:ring-2 focus-visible:ring-accent focus-visible:ring-offset-1"
+              className="px-4 py-2 bg-accent-strong hover:bg-accent text-white rounded-md text-sm"
            >
              Retry
            </button>
@@ -115,9 +115,7 @@ export default function Home() {

  return (
    <>
-      <main aria-label="Agent canvas">
-        <Canvas />
-      </main>
+      <Canvas />
      <Legend />
      <CommunicationOverlay />
      {hydrationError && (
@@ -136,7 +134,7 @@ export default function Home() {
              setHydrationError(null);
              window.location.reload();
            }}
-            className="px-4 py-2 bg-accent-strong hover:bg-accent text-white rounded-md text-sm focus-visible:outline-none focus-visible:ring-2 focus-visible:ring-accent focus-visible:ring-offset-1"
+            className="px-4 py-2 bg-accent-strong hover:bg-accent text-white rounded-md text-sm"
          >
            Retry
          </button>
@@ -178,7 +176,7 @@ brew services start redis`}</pre>
      </p>
      <button
        onClick={() => window.location.reload()}
-        className="px-4 py-2 bg-accent-strong hover:bg-accent text-white rounded-md text-sm mt-2 focus-visible:outline-none focus-visible:ring-2 focus-visible:ring-accent focus-visible:ring-offset-1"
+        className="px-4 py-2 bg-accent-strong hover:bg-accent text-white rounded-md text-sm mt-2"
      >
        Reload
      </button>
@@ -132,7 +132,7 @@ export function AuditTrailPanel({ workspaceId }: Props) {

  if (loading) {
    return (
-      <div role="status" aria-live="polite" className="flex items-center justify-center h-32">
+      <div className="flex items-center justify-center h-32">
        <span className="text-xs text-ink-mid">Loading audit trail…</span>
      </div>
    );
@@ -133,13 +133,13 @@ export function ConversationTraceModal({ open, workspaceId: _workspaceId, onClos
            {/* Timeline */}
            <div className="flex-1 overflow-y-auto px-5 py-4">
              {loading && (
-                <div role="status" aria-live="polite" className="text-xs text-ink-mid text-center py-8">
+                <div className="text-xs text-ink-mid text-center py-8">
                  Loading trace from all workspaces...
                </div>
              )}

              {!loading && entries.length === 0 && (
-                <div role="status" aria-live="polite" className="text-xs text-ink-mid text-center py-8">
+                <div className="text-xs text-ink-mid text-center py-8">
                  No activity found
                </div>
              )}
@@ -105,7 +105,7 @@ export function EmptyState() {

        {/* Template grid */}
        {loading ? (
-          <div role="status" aria-live="polite" className="flex items-center justify-center gap-2 text-xs text-ink-mid py-4">
+          <div className="flex items-center justify-center gap-2 text-xs text-ink-mid py-4">
            <Spinner />
            Loading templates...
          </div>
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@
 //     ($AGENT_URL). They ARE NOT filled in server-side because the
 //     server doesn't know where the operator's agent will live.

-import { useCallback, useRef, useState } from "react";
+import { useCallback, useState } from "react";
 import * as Dialog from "@radix-ui/react-dialog";

 type Tab = "python" | "curl" | "claude" | "mcp" | "hermes" | "codex" | "openclaw" | "kimi" | "fields";
@@ -84,33 +84,6 @@ export function ExternalConnectModal({ info, onClose }: Props) {
    : "python";
  const [tab, setTab] = useState<Tab>(initialTab);
  const [copiedKey, setCopiedKey] = useState<string | null>(null);
-  const tabRefs = useRef<Map<Tab, HTMLButtonElement | null>>(new Map());
-
-  const handleTabKeyDown = useCallback(
-    (e: React.KeyboardEvent<HTMLButtonElement>, current: Tab, tabs: Tab[]) => {
-      const idx = tabs.indexOf(current);
-      if (e.key === "ArrowRight" || e.key === "ArrowDown") {
-        e.preventDefault();
-        const next = tabs[(idx + 1) % tabs.length];
-        setTab(next);
-        tabRefs.current.get(next)?.focus();
-      } else if (e.key === "ArrowLeft" || e.key === "ArrowUp") {
-        e.preventDefault();
-        const prev = tabs[(idx - 1 + tabs.length) % tabs.length];
-        setTab(prev);
-        tabRefs.current.get(prev)?.focus();
-      } else if (e.key === "Home") {
-        e.preventDefault();
-        setTab(tabs[0]);
-        tabRefs.current.get(tabs[0])?.focus();
-      } else if (e.key === "End") {
-        e.preventDefault();
-        setTab(tabs[tabs.length - 1]);
-        tabRefs.current.get(tabs[tabs.length - 1])?.focus();
-      }
-    },
-    [],
-  );

  const copy = useCallback(async (value: string, key: string) => {
    try {
@@ -187,19 +160,6 @@ export function ExternalConnectModal({ info, onClose }: Props) {
    `MOLECULE_WORKSPACE_TOKEN=${info.auth_token}`,
  );

-  // Build the tab list once so both the tab bar and keyboard handler
-  // share the same ordered array. Computed here (after all filled* vars)
-  // so TypeScript's block-scoping analysis can reach them.
-  const tabList: Tab[] = [];
-  if (filledUniversalMcp) tabList.push("mcp");
-  tabList.push("python");
-  if (filledChannel) tabList.push("claude");
-  if (filledHermes) tabList.push("hermes");
-  if (filledCodex) tabList.push("codex");
-  if (filledOpenClaw) tabList.push("openclaw");
-  if (filledKimi) tabList.push("kimi");
-  tabList.push("curl", "fields");
-
  return (
    <Dialog.Root open onOpenChange={(o) => !o && onClose()}>
      <Dialog.Portal>
@@ -220,18 +180,34 @@ export function ExternalConnectModal({ info, onClose }: Props) {
            aria-label="Connection snippet format"
            className="mt-4 flex gap-1 border-b border-line"
          >
-            {tabList.map((t) => (
+            {(() => {
+              // Build the tab order dynamically. Claude Code first
+              // (when offered) since it's the simplest setup; Python
+              // SDK second (full register+heartbeat+inbound); Universal
+              // MCP third (any MCP-aware runtime, outbound-only); curl
+              // for one-shot register; Fields for raw values.
+              // Tab order: Universal MCP first (default, runtime-
+              // agnostic primitives), then runtime-specific channel/
+              // SDK tabs, then curl + Fields. Each runtime tab only
+              // appears when the platform supplies the snippet — no
+              // dead "tab missing snippet" UX.
+              const tabs: Tab[] = [];
+              if (filledUniversalMcp) tabs.push("mcp");
+              tabs.push("python");
+              if (filledChannel) tabs.push("claude");
+              if (filledHermes) tabs.push("hermes");
+              if (filledCodex) tabs.push("codex");
+              if (filledOpenClaw) tabs.push("openclaw");
+              if (filledKimi) tabs.push("kimi");
+              tabs.push("curl", "fields");
+              return tabs;
+            })().map((t) => (
              <button
                key={t}
                type="button"
                role="tab"
-                id={`tab-${t}`}
                aria-selected={tab === t}
-                aria-controls={`panel-${t}`}
-                tabIndex={tab === t ? 0 : -1}
-                ref={(el) => { tabRefs.current.set(t, el); }}
                onClick={() => setTab(t)}
-                onKeyDown={(e) => handleTabKeyDown(e, t, tabList)}
                className={`px-3 py-2 text-sm border-b-2 -mb-px transition-colors focus-visible:outline-none focus-visible:ring-2 focus-visible:ring-accent focus-visible:ring-offset-1 focus-visible:ring-offset-surface ${
                  tab === t
                    ? "border-accent text-ink"
@@ -259,39 +235,18 @@ export function ExternalConnectModal({ info, onClose }: Props) {
            ))}
          </div>

-          {/* Snippet area — all panels always in the DOM so aria-controls
-              targets are stable. Hidden panels use aria-hidden so screen
-              readers skip them; active panel uses role=tabpanel with
-              aria-labelledby pointing to the tab button. */}
-          <div className="mt-3" data-testid="snippet-panels">
-            {/* Claude Code tab */}
-            <div
-              id="panel-claude"
-              data-testid="panel-claude"
-              role="tabpanel"
-              aria-labelledby="tab-claude"
-              hidden={tab !== "claude" || !filledChannel}
-              className={tab === "claude" && filledChannel ? "" : "hidden"}
-            >
-              {filledChannel && (
-                <SnippetBlock
-                  value={filledChannel}
-                  label="Claude Code channel — polls workspace's A2A; no tunnel needed"
-                  copyKey="claude"
-                  copied={copiedKey === "claude"}
-                  onCopy={() => copy(filledChannel, "claude")}
-                />
-              )}
-            </div>
-            {/* Python SDK tab */}
-            <div
-              id="panel-python"
-              data-testid="panel-python"
-              role="tabpanel"
-              aria-labelledby="tab-python"
-              hidden={tab !== "python"}
-              className={tab === "python" ? "" : "hidden"}
-            >
+          {/* Snippet area */}
+          <div className="mt-3">
+            {tab === "claude" && filledChannel && (
+              <SnippetBlock
+                value={filledChannel}
+                label="Claude Code channel — polls workspace's A2A; no tunnel needed"
+                copyKey="claude"
+                copied={copiedKey === "claude"}
+                onCopy={() => copy(filledChannel, "claude")}
+              />
+            )}
+            {tab === "python" && (
              <SnippetBlock
                value={filledPython}
                label="Python SDK — includes heartbeat loop (push-mode, needs public URL)"
@@ -299,16 +254,8 @@ export function ExternalConnectModal({ info, onClose }: Props) {
                copied={copiedKey === "python"}
                onCopy={() => copy(filledPython, "python")}
              />
-            </div>
-            {/* curl tab */}
-            <div
-              id="panel-curl"
-              data-testid="panel-curl"
-              role="tabpanel"
-              aria-labelledby="tab-curl"
-              hidden={tab !== "curl"}
-              className={tab === "curl" ? "" : "hidden"}
-            >
+            )}
+            {tab === "curl" && (
              <SnippetBlock
                value={filledCurl}
                label="curl — one-shot register only (no heartbeat)"
@@ -316,111 +263,53 @@ export function ExternalConnectModal({ info, onClose }: Props) {
                copied={copiedKey === "curl"}
                onCopy={() => copy(filledCurl, "curl")}
              />
-            </div>
-            {/* Universal MCP tab */}
-            <div
-              id="panel-mcp"
-              data-testid="panel-mcp"
-              role="tabpanel"
-              aria-labelledby="tab-mcp"
-              hidden={tab !== "mcp" || !filledUniversalMcp}
-              className={tab === "mcp" && filledUniversalMcp ? "" : "hidden"}
-            >
-              {filledUniversalMcp && (
-                <SnippetBlock
-                  value={filledUniversalMcp}
-                  label="Universal MCP — standalone register + heartbeat + tools for any MCP-aware runtime (Claude Code, hermes, codex). Pair with Python or Claude Code tab if you need inbound A2A delivery."
-                  copyKey="mcp"
-                  copied={copiedKey === "mcp"}
-                  onCopy={() => copy(filledUniversalMcp, "mcp")}
-                />
-              )}
-            </div>
-            {/* Hermes tab */}
-            <div
-              id="panel-hermes"
-              data-testid="panel-hermes"
-              role="tabpanel"
-              aria-labelledby="tab-hermes"
-              hidden={tab !== "hermes" || !filledHermes}
-              className={tab === "hermes" && filledHermes ? "" : "hidden"}
-            >
-              {filledHermes && (
-                <SnippetBlock
-                  value={filledHermes}
-                  label="Hermes channel — bridges this workspace's A2A traffic into your hermes-agent session as platform messages (push parity with Claude Code). Long-poll based; no tunnel needed."
-                  copyKey="hermes"
-                  copied={copiedKey === "hermes"}
-                  onCopy={() => copy(filledHermes, "hermes")}
-                />
-              )}
-            </div>
-            {/* Codex tab */}
-            <div
-              id="panel-codex"
-              data-testid="panel-codex"
-              role="tabpanel"
-              aria-labelledby="tab-codex"
-              hidden={tab !== "codex" || !filledCodex}
-              className={tab === "codex" && filledCodex ? "" : "hidden"}
-            >
-              {filledCodex && (
-                <SnippetBlock
-                  value={filledCodex}
-                  label="Codex MCP config — wires the molecule MCP server into ~/.codex/config.toml. Outbound tools today; inbound A2A push needs the Python SDK tab paired in (codex's MCP runtime doesn't route arbitrary notifications/* yet)."
-                  copyKey="codex"
-                  copied={copiedKey === "codex"}
-                  onCopy={() => copy(filledCodex, "codex")}
-                />
-              )}
-            </div>
-            {/* OpenClaw tab */}
-            <div
-              id="panel-openclaw"
-              data-testid="panel-openclaw"
-              role="tabpanel"
-              aria-labelledby="tab-openclaw"
-              hidden={tab !== "openclaw" || !filledOpenClaw}
-              className={tab === "openclaw" && filledOpenClaw ? "" : "hidden"}
-            >
-              {filledOpenClaw && (
-                <SnippetBlock
-                  value={filledOpenClaw}
-                  label="OpenClaw MCP config — wires the molecule MCP server via openclaw mcp set + starts the gateway on loopback. Outbound tools today; inbound A2A push on an external openclaw needs the Python SDK tab paired in (a sessions.steer bridge daemon is future work)."
-                  copyKey="openclaw"
-                  copied={copiedKey === "openclaw"}
-                  onCopy={() => copy(filledOpenClaw, "openclaw")}
-                />
-              )}
-            </div>
-            {/* Kimi tab */}
-            <div
-              id="panel-kimi"
-              data-testid="panel-kimi"
-              role="tabpanel"
-              aria-labelledby="tab-kimi"
-              hidden={tab !== "kimi" || !filledKimi}
-              className={tab === "kimi" && filledKimi ? "" : "hidden"}
-            >
-              {filledKimi && (
-                <SnippetBlock
-                  value={filledKimi}
-                  label="Kimi CLI — self-contained Python bridge. Registers, heartbeats, polls for canvas messages, and echoes replies back. NAT-safe (no public URL). Run in a background terminal or via launchd."
-                  copyKey="kimi"
-                  copied={copiedKey === "kimi"}
-                  onCopy={() => copy(filledKimi, "kimi")}
-                />
-              )}
-            </div>
-            {/* Fields tab */}
-            <div
-              id="panel-fields"
-              data-testid="panel-fields"
-              role="tabpanel"
-              aria-labelledby="tab-fields"
-              hidden={tab !== "fields"}
-              className={tab === "fields" ? "" : "hidden"}
-            >
+            )}
+            {tab === "mcp" && filledUniversalMcp && (
+              <SnippetBlock
+                value={filledUniversalMcp}
+                label="Universal MCP — standalone register + heartbeat + tools for any MCP-aware runtime (Claude Code, hermes, codex). Pair with Python or Claude Code tab if you need inbound A2A delivery."
+                copyKey="mcp"
+                copied={copiedKey === "mcp"}
+                onCopy={() => copy(filledUniversalMcp, "mcp")}
+              />
+            )}
+            {tab === "hermes" && filledHermes && (
+              <SnippetBlock
+                value={filledHermes}
+                label="Hermes channel — bridges this workspace's A2A traffic into your hermes-agent session as platform messages (push parity with Claude Code). Long-poll based; no tunnel needed."
+                copyKey="hermes"
+                copied={copiedKey === "hermes"}
+                onCopy={() => copy(filledHermes, "hermes")}
+              />
+            )}
+            {tab === "codex" && filledCodex && (
+              <SnippetBlock
+                value={filledCodex}
+                label="Codex MCP config — wires the molecule MCP server into ~/.codex/config.toml. Outbound tools today; inbound A2A push needs the Python SDK tab paired in (codex's MCP runtime doesn't route arbitrary notifications/* yet)."
+                copyKey="codex"
+                copied={copiedKey === "codex"}
+                onCopy={() => copy(filledCodex, "codex")}
+              />
+            )}
+            {tab === "openclaw" && filledOpenClaw && (
+              <SnippetBlock
+                value={filledOpenClaw}
+                label="OpenClaw MCP config — wires the molecule MCP server via openclaw mcp set + starts the gateway on loopback. Outbound tools today; inbound A2A push on an external openclaw needs the Python SDK tab paired in (a sessions.steer bridge daemon is future work)."
+                copyKey="openclaw"
+                copied={copiedKey === "openclaw"}
+                onCopy={() => copy(filledOpenClaw, "openclaw")}
+              />
+            )}
+            {tab === "kimi" && filledKimi && (
+              <SnippetBlock
+                value={filledKimi}
+                label="Kimi CLI — self-contained Python bridge. Registers, heartbeats, polls for canvas messages, and echoes replies back. NAT-safe (no public URL). Run in a background terminal or via launchd."
+                copyKey="kimi"
+                copied={copiedKey === "kimi"}
+                onCopy={() => copy(filledKimi, "kimi")}
+              />
+            )}
+            {tab === "fields" && (
              <div className="space-y-2">
                <Field label="workspace_id" value={info.workspace_id} onCopy={() => copy(info.workspace_id, "wsid")} copied={copiedKey === "wsid"} />
                <Field label="platform_url" value={info.platform_url} onCopy={() => copy(info.platform_url, "url")} copied={copiedKey === "url"} />
@@ -434,7 +323,7 @@ export function ExternalConnectModal({ info, onClose }: Props) {
                <Field label="registry_endpoint" value={info.registry_endpoint} onCopy={() => copy(info.registry_endpoint, "reg")} copied={copiedKey === "reg"} />
                <Field label="heartbeat_endpoint" value={info.heartbeat_endpoint} onCopy={() => copy(info.heartbeat_endpoint, "hb")} copied={copiedKey === "hb"} />
              </div>
-            </div>
+            )}
          </div>

          <div className="mt-5 flex justify-end gap-2">
@@ -440,7 +440,6 @@ function ProviderPickerModal({
                      onChange={(e) => updateEntry(index, { value: e.target.value.trimStart() })}
                      placeholder={entry.key.includes("API_KEY") ? "sk-..." : "Enter value"}
                      type="password"
-                      aria-label={`Value for ${entry.key}`}
                      ref={index === 0 ? firstInputRef : undefined}
                      onKeyDown={(e) => {
                        if (e.key === "Enter" && entry.value.trim()) {
@@ -460,7 +459,7 @@ function ProviderPickerModal({
                )}

                {entry.error && (
-                  <div role="alert" aria-live="assertive" className="mt-1.5 text-[10px] text-bad">{entry.error}</div>
+                  <div className="mt-1.5 text-[10px] text-bad">{entry.error}</div>
                )}
              </div>
            ))}
@@ -695,7 +694,6 @@ function AllKeysModal({
                    onChange={(e) => updateEntry(index, { value: e.target.value.trimStart() })}
                    placeholder={entry.key.includes("API_KEY") ? "sk-..." : "Enter value"}
                    type="password"
-                    aria-label={`Value for ${entry.key}`}
                    autoFocus={index === 0}
                    onKeyDown={(e) => {
                      if (e.key === "Enter" && entry.value.trim()) {
@@ -720,7 +718,7 @@ function AllKeysModal({
          ))}

          {globalError && (
-            <div role="alert" aria-live="assertive" className="px-3 py-2 bg-red-950/40 border border-red-800/50 rounded-lg text-[11px] text-bad">
+            <div className="px-3 py-2 bg-red-950/40 border border-red-800/50 rounded-lg text-[11px] text-bad">
              {globalError}
            </div>
          )}
@@ -71,7 +71,7 @@ export function WorkspaceUsage({ workspaceId }: WorkspaceUsageProps) {
            <SkeletonRow />
          </>
        ) : error ? (
-          <p role="alert" aria-live="assertive" className="text-xs text-bad" data-testid="usage-error">
+          <p className="text-xs text-bad" data-testid="usage-error">
            {error}
          </p>
        ) : metrics ? (
@@ -131,9 +131,7 @@ describe("ExternalConnectModal — tab switching", () => {
  it("switches to the Python SDK tab and shows the snippet with stamped token", () => {
    renderAndFlush(defaultInfo);
    fireEvent.click(screen.getByRole("tab", { name: /python sdk/i }));
-    // Query within the python panel so we get the right pre (not the first in DOM).
-    const pythonPanel = document.querySelector("[data-testid='panel-python']");
-    const preEl = pythonPanel?.querySelector("pre");
+    const preEl = document.querySelector("pre");
    expect(preEl?.textContent).toContain("AUTH_TOKEN");
    // The placeholder is replaced with the real auth token
    expect(preEl?.textContent).toContain("secret-auth-token-abc");
@@ -142,9 +140,7 @@ describe("ExternalConnectModal — tab switching", () => {
  it("switches to the curl tab and shows the snippet with stamped token", () => {
    renderAndFlush(defaultInfo);
    fireEvent.click(screen.getByRole("tab", { name: /curl/i }));
-    // Query within the curl panel so we get the right pre (not the first in DOM).
-    const curlPanel = document.querySelector("[data-testid='panel-curl']");
-    const preEl = curlPanel?.querySelector("pre");
+    const preEl = document.querySelector("pre");
    expect(preEl?.textContent).toContain("curl");
    expect(preEl?.textContent).toContain("secret-auth-token-abc");
  });
@@ -152,11 +148,9 @@ describe("ExternalConnectModal — tab switching", () => {
  it("switches to the Fields tab and shows raw values", () => {
    renderAndFlush(defaultInfo);
    fireEvent.click(screen.getByRole("tab", { name: /fields/i }));
-    // Query within the fields panel for specific values.
-    const fieldsPanel = document.querySelector("[data-testid='panel-fields']");
-    expect(fieldsPanel?.textContent).toContain("ws-123");
-    expect(fieldsPanel?.textContent).toContain("https://app.example.com");
-    expect(fieldsPanel?.textContent).toContain("secret-auth-token-abc");
+    expect(screen.getByText("ws-123")).toBeTruthy();
+    expect(screen.getByText("https://app.example.com")).toBeTruthy();
+    expect(screen.getByText("secret-auth-token-abc")).toBeTruthy();
  });

  it("hides the Hermes tab when hermes_channel_snippet is absent", () => {
@@ -174,8 +168,7 @@ describe("ExternalConnectModal — snippet token stamping", () => {
  it("stamps the real auth_token into the Python snippet instead of the placeholder", () => {
    renderAndFlush(defaultInfo);
    fireEvent.click(screen.getByRole("tab", { name: /python sdk/i }));
-    const pythonPanel = document.querySelector("[data-testid='panel-python']");
-    const preEl = pythonPanel?.querySelector("pre");
+    const preEl = document.querySelector("pre");
    expect(preEl?.textContent).not.toContain("<paste from create response>");
    expect(preEl?.textContent).toContain("secret-auth-token-abc");
  });
@@ -183,8 +176,7 @@ describe("ExternalConnectModal — snippet token stamping", () => {
  it("stamps the real auth_token into the curl snippet", () => {
    renderAndFlush(defaultInfo);
    fireEvent.click(screen.getByRole("tab", { name: /curl/i }));
-    const curlPanel = document.querySelector("[data-testid='panel-curl']");
-    const preEl = curlPanel?.querySelector("pre");
+    const preEl = document.querySelector("pre");
    // curl template uses WORKSPACE_AUTH_TOKEN placeholder, not the generic one
    expect(preEl?.textContent).toContain("secret-auth-token-abc");
  });
@@ -192,8 +184,7 @@ describe("ExternalConnectModal — snippet token stamping", () => {
  it("stamps the real auth_token into the Universal MCP snippet", () => {
    renderAndFlush(defaultInfo);
    // Default tab is Universal MCP
-    const mcpPanel = document.querySelector("[data-testid='panel-mcp']");
-    const preEl = mcpPanel?.querySelector("pre");
+    const preEl = document.querySelector("pre");
    expect(preEl?.textContent).toContain("secret-auth-token-abc");
    expect(preEl?.textContent).not.toContain("<paste from create response>");
  });
@@ -202,10 +193,8 @@ describe("ExternalConnectModal — snippet token stamping", () => {
 describe("ExternalConnectModal — copy functionality", () => {
  it("calls navigator.clipboard.writeText with the snippet text", () => {
    renderAndFlush(defaultInfo);
-    // Default tab is Universal MCP — query the copy button within the mcp panel.
-    const mcpPanel = document.querySelector("[data-testid='panel-mcp']");
-    const copyBtn = mcpPanel?.querySelector("button");
-    if (copyBtn) fireEvent.click(copyBtn);
+    // Default tab is Universal MCP
+    fireEvent.click(screen.getByRole("button", { name: /^copy$/i }));
    expect(clipboardWriteText).toHaveBeenCalledWith(
      expect.stringContaining("secret-auth-token-abc"),
    );
@@ -238,8 +227,7 @@ describe("ExternalConnectModal — missing optional fields", () => {
    };
    renderAndFlush(minimalInfo);
    fireEvent.click(screen.getByRole("tab", { name: /fields/i }));
-    const fieldsPanel = document.querySelector("[data-testid='panel-fields']");
-    expect(fieldsPanel?.textContent).toContain("(missing)");
+    expect(screen.getByText("(missing)")).toBeTruthy();
  });

  it("hides the Hermes tab when hermes_channel_snippet is absent", () => {
@@ -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();
  });
 });
@@ -223,7 +223,6 @@ export function MobileCanvas({
            textTransform: "uppercase",
            fontWeight: 600,
          }}
-          className="focus:outline-none focus-visible:ring-2 focus-visible:ring-emerald-500 focus-visible:ring-offset-2 focus-visible:ring-offset-zinc-100 dark:focus-visible:ring-offset-zinc-900"
        >
          Reset
        </button>
@@ -2,11 +2,8 @@

 // 04 · Chat — message thread + composer + sub-tabs.
 // Wired to the same /workspaces/:id/a2a (method message/send) endpoint
-// that the desktop ChatTab uses. Render parity with desktop ChatTab is
-// achieved by reusing its renderers rather than forking a reduced
-// mobile path: the Agent Comms sub-tab mounts the same AgentCommsPanel,
-// and message attachments route through the same AttachmentPreview
-// dispatch the desktop My-Chat bubble uses (#231/#232).
+// that the desktop ChatTab uses, but with a slimmer surface: no
+// attachments, no A2A topology overlay, no conversation tracing.

 import { useEffect, useMemo, useRef, useState } from "react";
 import ReactMarkdown from "react-markdown";
@@ -19,9 +16,6 @@ import {
  useChatSend,
  useChatSocket,
 } from "@/components/tabs/chat/hooks";
-import { AgentCommsPanel } from "@/components/tabs/chat/AgentCommsPanel";
-import { AttachmentPreview } from "@/components/tabs/chat/AttachmentPreview";
-import { downloadChatFile } from "@/components/tabs/chat/uploads";

 import { toMobileAgent } from "./components";
 import { MOBILE_FONT_MONO, MOBILE_FONT_SANS, usePalette } from "./palette";
@@ -310,17 +304,6 @@ export function MobileChat({
  const removePendingFile = (index: number) =>
    setPendingFiles((prev) => prev.filter((_, i) => i !== index));

-  // Route attachment downloads through the same authenticated helper
-  // the desktop ChatTab uses (downloadChatFile) so platform-scheme
-  // URIs get a real Blob with auth headers instead of about:blank.
-  const downloadAttachment = (att: ChatAttachment) => {
-    downloadChatFile(agentId, att).catch(() => {
-      // AttachmentPreview's own error affordance covers the in-bubble
-      // failure state; matches ChatTab's behaviour of not double-
-      // reporting a download failure.
-    });
-  };
-
  const send = async () => {
    const text = draft.trim();
    if ((!text && pendingFiles.length === 0) || sending || !reachable) return;
@@ -356,7 +339,6 @@ export function MobileChat({
            type="button"
            onClick={onBack}
            aria-label="Back"
-            className="focus:outline-none focus-visible:ring-2 focus-visible:ring-emerald-500 focus-visible:ring-offset-2 focus-visible:ring-offset-zinc-100 dark:focus-visible:ring-offset-zinc-900"
            style={{
              width: 36,
              height: 36,
@@ -403,7 +385,6 @@ export function MobileChat({
          <button
            type="button"
            aria-label="More"
-            className="focus:outline-none focus-visible:ring-2 focus-visible:ring-emerald-500 focus-visible:ring-offset-2 focus-visible:ring-offset-zinc-100 dark:focus-visible:ring-offset-zinc-900"
            style={{
              width: 36,
              height: 36,
@@ -434,7 +415,6 @@ export function MobileChat({
                key={t.id}
                type="button"
                onClick={() => setTab(t.id)}
-                className="focus:outline-none focus-visible:ring-2 focus-visible:ring-emerald-500 focus-visible:ring-offset-2 focus-visible:ring-offset-zinc-100 dark:focus-visible:ring-offset-zinc-900"
                style={{
                  padding: "4px 0 8px",
                  border: "none",
@@ -453,19 +433,7 @@ export function MobileChat({
        </div>
      </div>

-      {/* Agent Comms — reuse the desktop AgentCommsPanel verbatim so
-          mobile renders the identical peer/A2A + delegation feed
-          (history GET + live socket events) instead of a placeholder
-          (#231). The panel owns its own scroll/load/error/empty
-          states, matching ChatTab's agent-comms tabpanel. */}
-      {tab === "a2a" && (
-        <div style={{ flex: 1, minHeight: 0, overflow: "hidden" }}>
-          <AgentCommsPanel workspaceId={agentId} />
-        </div>
-      )}
-
      {/* Messages */}
-      {tab === "my" && (
      <div
        ref={scrollRef}
        style={{
@@ -477,8 +445,20 @@ export function MobileChat({
          gap: 8,
        }}
      >
+        {tab === "a2a" && (
+          <div
+            style={{
+              padding: "20px 4px",
+              textAlign: "center",
+              color: p.text3,
+              fontSize: 13,
+            }}
+          >
+            Agent Comms — peer-to-peer A2A traffic surfaces in the Comms tab.
+          </div>
+        )}
        {tab === "my" && historyLoading && (
-          <div role="status" aria-live="polite" style={{ padding: "20px 4px", textAlign: "center", color: p.text3, fontSize: 13 }}>
+          <div style={{ padding: "20px 4px", textAlign: "center", color: p.text3, fontSize: 13 }}>
            Loading chat history…
          </div>
        )}
@@ -498,8 +478,6 @@ export function MobileChat({
              onClick={() => {
                loadInitial();
              }}
-              aria-label="Retry loading chat history"
-              className="focus:outline-none focus-visible:ring-2 focus-visible:ring-red-400"
              style={{
                padding: "6px 14px",
                borderRadius: 14,
@@ -515,7 +493,7 @@ export function MobileChat({
          </div>
        )}
        {tab === "my" && !historyLoading && !historyError && messages.length === 0 && (
-          <div role="status" aria-live="polite" style={{ padding: "20px 4px", textAlign: "center", color: p.text3, fontSize: 13 }}>
+          <div style={{ padding: "20px 4px", textAlign: "center", color: p.text3, fontSize: 13 }}>
            Send a message to start chatting.
          </div>
        )}
@@ -543,31 +521,9 @@ export function MobileChat({
                    overflowWrap: "anywhere",
                  }}
                >
-                  {m.content && (
-                    <MarkdownBubble dark={dark} accent={p.accent}>
-                      {m.content}
-                    </MarkdownBubble>
-                  )}
-                  {m.attachments && m.attachments.length > 0 && (
-                    <div
-                      style={{
-                        display: "flex",
-                        flexWrap: "wrap",
-                        gap: 4,
-                        marginTop: m.content ? 6 : 0,
-                      }}
-                    >
-                      {m.attachments.map((att, i) => (
-                        <AttachmentPreview
-                          key={`${m.id}-${i}`}
-                          workspaceId={agentId}
-                          attachment={att}
-                          onDownload={downloadAttachment}
-                          tone={mine ? "user" : "agent"}
-                        />
-                      ))}
-                    </div>
-                  )}
+                  <MarkdownBubble dark={dark} accent={p.accent}>
+                    {m.content}
+                  </MarkdownBubble>
                  <div
                    style={{
                      fontSize: 10,
@@ -598,13 +554,7 @@ export function MobileChat({
          </div>
        )}
      </div>
-      )}

-      {/* Footer ID + composer belong to My Chat only. The Agent Comms
-          tab is a read-only peer/A2A feed (parity with desktop
-          ChatTab, where the agent-comms tabpanel has no composer). */}
-      {tab === "my" && (
-      <>
      {/* Footer ID */}
      <div
        style={{
@@ -669,7 +619,6 @@ export function MobileChat({
                  type="button"
                  onClick={() => removePendingFile(i)}
                  aria-label={`Remove ${f.name}`}
-                  className="focus:outline-none focus-visible:ring-2 focus-visible:ring-emerald-500 focus-visible:ring-offset-2 focus-visible:ring-offset-zinc-100 dark:focus-visible:ring-offset-zinc-900"
                  style={{
                    border: "none",
                    background: "transparent",
@@ -710,7 +659,6 @@ export function MobileChat({
            onClick={() => fileInputRef.current?.click()}
            disabled={!reachable || sending || uploading}
            aria-label="Attach"
-            className="focus:outline-none focus-visible:ring-2 focus-visible:ring-emerald-500 focus-visible:ring-offset-2 focus-visible:ring-offset-zinc-100 dark:focus-visible:ring-offset-zinc-900"
            style={{
              width: 32,
              height: 32,
@@ -732,7 +680,6 @@ export function MobileChat({
            ref={composerRef}
            value={draft}
            onChange={(e) => setDraft(e.target.value)}
-            aria-label="Message"
            onKeyDown={(e) => {
              // Enter sends; Shift+Enter inserts a newline. Skip when the
              // IME is composing — pressing Enter to commit a Chinese/
@@ -756,12 +703,7 @@ export function MobileChat({
              border: "none",
              outline: "none",
              background: "transparent",
-              // iOS Safari/PWA zooms the viewport when a focused textarea
-              // has a computed font-size below 16px. 14.5 triggers that
-              // focus-zoom; the page looks broken until the user pinches
-              // back (#224, same class as desktop #1434 / sibling #225).
-              // 16px is the minimum that keeps focus from zooming.
-              fontSize: 16,
+              fontSize: 14.5,
              lineHeight: 1.4,
              color: p.text,
              padding: "6px 0",
@@ -777,13 +719,12 @@ export function MobileChat({
            onClick={send}
            disabled={(!draft.trim() && pendingFiles.length === 0) || !reachable || sending || uploading}
            aria-label="Send"
-            className="focus:outline-none focus-visible:ring-2 focus-visible:ring-emerald-500 focus-visible:ring-offset-2 focus-visible:ring-offset-zinc-100 dark:focus-visible:ring-offset-zinc-900"
            style={{
              width: 36,
              height: 36,
              borderRadius: 999,
              border: "none",
-              cursor: (draft.trim() || pendingFiles.length === 0) && !sending && !uploading ? "pointer" : "not-allowed",
+              cursor: (draft.trim() || pendingFiles.length > 0) && !sending && !uploading ? "pointer" : "not-allowed",
              flexShrink: 0,
              background:
                (draft.trim() || pendingFiles.length > 0) && reachable && !sending && !uploading
@@ -805,8 +746,6 @@ export function MobileChat({
          </button>
        </div>
      </div>
-      </>
-      )}
    </div>
  );
 }
@@ -231,7 +231,6 @@ export function MobileComms({ dark }: { dark: boolean }) {
                fontSize: 13,
                fontWeight: 500,
              }}
-              className="focus:outline-none focus-visible:ring-2 focus-visible:ring-emerald-500 focus-visible:ring-offset-2 focus-visible:ring-offset-zinc-100 dark:focus-visible:ring-offset-zinc-900"
            >
              {o.label}
              <span
@@ -252,11 +251,11 @@ export function MobileComms({ dark }: { dark: boolean }) {

      <div style={{ padding: "0 14px", display: "flex", flexDirection: "column", gap: 8 }}>
        {loading && items.length === 0 ? (
-          <div role="status" aria-live="polite" style={{ padding: "30px 4px", textAlign: "center", color: p.text3, fontSize: 13 }}>
+          <div style={{ padding: "30px 4px", textAlign: "center", color: p.text3, fontSize: 13 }}>
            Loading recent comms…
          </div>
        ) : filtered.length === 0 ? (
-          <div role="status" aria-live="polite" style={{ padding: "30px 4px", textAlign: "center", color: p.text3, fontSize: 13 }}>
+          <div style={{ padding: "30px 4px", textAlign: "center", color: p.text3, fontSize: 13 }}>
            No A2A traffic yet.
          </div>
        ) : (
@@ -83,12 +83,11 @@ export function MobileDetail({
            type="button"
            onClick={onBack}
            aria-label="Back"
-            className="focus:outline-none focus-visible:ring-2 focus-visible:ring-emerald-500 focus-visible:ring-offset-2 focus-visible:ring-offset-zinc-100 dark:focus-visible:ring-offset-zinc-900"
            style={iconButtonStyle(p, dark)}
          >
            {Icons.back({ size: 18 })}
          </button>
-          <button type="button" aria-label="More" className="focus:outline-none focus-visible:ring-2 focus-visible:ring-emerald-500 focus-visible:ring-offset-2 focus-visible:ring-offset-zinc-100 dark:focus-visible:ring-offset-zinc-900" style={iconButtonStyle(p, dark)}>
+          <button type="button" aria-label="More" style={iconButtonStyle(p, dark)}>
            {Icons.more({ size: 18 })}
          </button>
        </div>
@@ -184,7 +183,6 @@ export function MobileDetail({
              key={t.id}
              type="button"
              onClick={() => setTab(t.id)}
-              className="focus:outline-none focus-visible:ring-2 focus-visible:ring-emerald-500 focus-visible:ring-offset-2 focus-visible:ring-offset-zinc-100 dark:focus-visible:ring-offset-zinc-900"
              style={{
                padding: "8px 14px",
                borderRadius: 999,
@@ -217,7 +215,6 @@ export function MobileDetail({
          type="button"
          onClick={onChat}
          data-testid="mobile-chat-cta"
-          className="focus:outline-none focus-visible:ring-2 focus-visible:ring-emerald-500 focus-visible:ring-offset-2 focus-visible:ring-offset-zinc-100 dark:focus-visible:ring-offset-zinc-900"
          style={{
            width: "100%",
            height: 52,
@@ -419,8 +416,6 @@ function DetailActivity({ workspaceId, dark }: { workspaceId: string; dark: bool
  if (items === null) {
    return (
      <div
-        role="status"
-        aria-live="polite"
        style={{
          background: p.surface,
          borderRadius: 16,
@@ -200,7 +200,6 @@ export function MobileHome({
          justifyContent: "center",
          boxShadow: "0 8px 24px rgba(40,30,20,0.25), 0 2px 6px rgba(40,30,20,0.15)",
        }}
-        className="focus:outline-none focus-visible:ring-2 focus-visible:ring-emerald-500 focus-visible:ring-offset-2 focus-visible:ring-offset-zinc-100 dark:focus-visible:ring-offset-zinc-900"
      >
        {Icons.plus({ size: 22 })}
      </button>
@@ -92,7 +92,6 @@ export function MobileMe({
                    border: on ? `2px solid ${p.text}` : "2px solid transparent",
                    boxShadow: on ? `0 0 0 2px ${p.bg} inset` : "none",
                  }}
-                  className="focus:outline-none focus-visible:ring-2 focus-visible:ring-offset-2 focus-visible:ring-offset-zinc-100 dark:focus-visible:ring-offset-zinc-900"
                />
              );
            })}
@@ -185,7 +184,6 @@ function SegmentedRow({
              fontSize: 13,
              fontWeight: 600,
            }}
-            className="focus:outline-none focus-visible:ring-2 focus-visible:ring-emerald-500 focus-visible:ring-offset-2 focus-visible:ring-offset-zinc-100 dark:focus-visible:ring-offset-zinc-900"
          >
            {o.label}
          </button>
@@ -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,
@@ -148,7 +146,6 @@ export function MobileSpawn({ dark, onClose }: { dark: boolean; onClose: () => v
            type="button"
            onClick={onClose}
            aria-label="Close"
-            className="focus:outline-none focus-visible:ring-2 focus-visible:ring-emerald-500 focus-visible:ring-offset-2 focus-visible:ring-offset-zinc-100 dark:focus-visible:ring-offset-zinc-900"
            style={{
              width: 32,
              height: 32,
@@ -171,8 +168,6 @@ export function MobileSpawn({ dark, onClose }: { dark: boolean; onClose: () => v
        <div style={{ padding: "0 14px" }}>
          {loadingTemplates ? (
            <div
-              role="status"
-              aria-live="polite"
              style={{
                padding: "24px 8px",
                textAlign: "center",
@@ -208,7 +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}
@@ -217,8 +212,6 @@ export function MobileSpawn({ dark, onClose }: { dark: boolean; onClose: () => v
                      setTplId(t.id);
                      setTier(tCode);
                    }}
-                    aria-label={`Select template: ${t.name} (tier ${t.tier})`}
-                    className="focus:outline-none focus-visible:ring-2 focus-visible:ring-emerald-500 focus-visible:ring-offset-2 focus-visible:ring-offset-zinc-100 dark:focus-visible:ring-offset-zinc-900"
                    style={{
                      background: on
                        ? dark
@@ -307,7 +300,6 @@ export function MobileSpawn({ dark, onClose }: { dark: boolean; onClose: () => v
          <input
            value={name}
            onChange={(e) => setName(e.target.value)}
-            aria-label="Agent name"
            placeholder={tplId
              ? (templates.find((t) => t.id === tplId)?.name ?? "agent-name")
              : "agent-name"}
@@ -318,12 +310,7 @@ export function MobileSpawn({ dark, onClose }: { dark: boolean; onClose: () => v
              border: `0.5px solid ${p.border}`,
              borderRadius: 12,
              fontFamily: MOBILE_FONT_MONO,
-              // iOS Safari/PWA zooms the viewport when a focused input has
-              // a computed font-size below 16px; the layout jumps and the
-              // page looks broken until the user pinches back (#224 / #225,
-              // same class as desktop #1434). 16px is the minimum that
-              // suppresses that focus-zoom.
-              fontSize: 16,
+              fontSize: 13.5,
              color: p.text,
              outline: "none",
              boxSizing: "border-box",
@@ -341,8 +328,6 @@ export function MobileSpawn({ dark, onClose }: { dark: boolean; onClose: () => v
                key={t}
                type="button"
                onClick={() => setTier(t)}
-                aria-label={`Select tier ${t}: ${TIER_LABEL[t]}`}
-                className="focus:outline-none focus-visible:ring-2 focus-visible:ring-emerald-500 focus-visible:ring-offset-2 focus-visible:ring-offset-zinc-100 dark:focus-visible:ring-offset-zinc-900"
                style={{
                  flex: 1,
                  padding: "10px 8px",
@@ -390,8 +375,6 @@ export function MobileSpawn({ dark, onClose }: { dark: boolean; onClose: () => v
            type="button"
            onClick={handleSpawn}
            disabled={busy || !tplId || templates.length === 0}
-            aria-label="Spawn agent"
-            className="focus:outline-none focus-visible:ring-2 focus-visible:ring-emerald-500 focus-visible:ring-offset-2 focus-visible:ring-offset-zinc-100 dark:focus-visible:ring-offset-zinc-900"
            style={{
              width: "100%",
              height: 52,
@@ -21,14 +21,6 @@ import { MobileChat } from "../MobileChat";
 vi.mock("@/lib/api");
 import { api } from "@/lib/api";

-// AgentCommsPanel (mounted by the Agent Comms sub-tab, #231) subscribes
-// to the global socket via useSocketEvent. Stub it to a no-op so the
-// panel mounts without the real ReconnectingSocket — the parity tests
-// only assert the panel renders (vs the old static placeholder).
-vi.mock("@/hooks/useSocketEvent", () => ({
-  useSocketEvent: vi.fn(),
-}));
-
 // ─── Mock store ───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────

 const mockAgentId = "ws-chat-test";
@@ -163,12 +155,6 @@ beforeEach(() => {
  mockOnBack.mockClear();
  mockStoreState.nodes = [];
  mockStoreState.agentMessages = {};
-  // jsdom doesn't implement scrollIntoView. The Agent Comms tab now
-  // mounts AgentCommsPanel (#231), which scrolls its feed to bottom on
-  // arrival; a no-op stub keeps the panel from throwing under jsdom
-  // (same stub AgentCommsPanel's own render test installs).
-  Element.prototype.scrollIntoView =
-    vi.fn() as unknown as Element["scrollIntoView"];
  // Set up spies on the real api methods. Tests override these per-call.
  const getSpy = vi.spyOn(api, "get");
  const postSpy = vi.spyOn(api, "post");
@@ -263,20 +249,6 @@ describe("MobileChat — composer", () => {
    const sendBtn = container.querySelector('[aria-label="Send"]') as HTMLButtonElement;
    expect(sendBtn.disabled).toBe(true);
  });
-
-  // Regression #224: the composer textarea must render with font-size
-  // ≥ 16px. iOS Safari and PWAs auto-zoom the viewport when a focused
-  // input has a computed font-size below 16px — the layout jumps and
-  // the page looks broken until the user pinches back. Same class as
-  // desktop #1434 / sibling MobileSpawn #225.
-  it("composer textarea renders at font-size 16px or greater (iOS focus-zoom regression #224)", () => {
-    const { container } = renderChat(mockAgentId);
-    const textarea = container.querySelector("textarea") as HTMLTextAreaElement;
-    expect(textarea).toBeTruthy();
-    const fs = Number.parseFloat(textarea.style.fontSize);
-    expect(Number.isFinite(fs)).toBe(true);
-    expect(fs).toBeGreaterThanOrEqual(16);
-  });
 });

 // ─── Tabs ─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
@@ -502,146 +474,3 @@ describe("MobileChat — chat history", () => {
    expect(getSpy).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(2);
  });
 });
-
-// ─── #232 · Attachment render parity with desktop ChatTab ────────────────────
-//
-// Regression for the CTO-reported mobile bug: MobileChat used to render
-// only m.content (no attachment surface), so files sent/received in a
-// conversation were invisible on mobile while desktop showed them. The
-// fix routes m.attachments through the same AttachmentPreview the
-// desktop ChatTab bubble uses.
-
-describe("MobileChat — attachment render parity (#232)", () => {
-  beforeEach(() => {
-    mockStoreState.nodes = [onlineNode];
-  });
-
-  it("renders an attachment from a history message via AttachmentPreview", async () => {
-    const getSpy = vi.spyOn(api, "get");
-    // useChatHistory reads { messages, reached_end }.
-    getSpy.mockResolvedValueOnce({
-      messages: [
-        {
-          id: "m-att-1",
-          role: "agent",
-          content: "Here is the report",
-          attachments: [
-            {
-              name: "report.csv",
-              uri: "workspace://out/report.csv",
-              mimeType: "text/csv",
-              size: 2048,
-            },
-          ],
-          timestamp: new Date().toISOString(),
-        },
-      ],
-      reached_end: true,
-    });
-
-    let rr: ReturnType<typeof renderChat>;
-    await act(async () => {
-      rr = renderChat(mockAgentId);
-    });
-    const { container } = rr!;
-
-    // A non-image attachment renders the AttachmentChip download button
-    // with title="Download <name>" — same component the desktop bubble
-    // dispatches through AttachmentPreview.
-    await waitFor(() => {
-      const chip = container.querySelector('[title="Download report.csv"]');
-      expect(chip).toBeTruthy();
-    });
-    expect(container.textContent ?? "").toContain("report.csv");
-  });
-});
-
-// ─── #231 · Agent Comms (A2A/peer) render parity with desktop ChatTab ────────
-//
-// Regression for the CTO-reported mobile bug: the Agent Comms sub-tab
-// rendered a static placeholder string ("peer-to-peer A2A traffic
-// surfaces in the Comms tab") instead of the real feed. The fix mounts
-// the same AgentCommsPanel the desktop ChatTab agent-comms tabpanel
-// uses, so peer/A2A + delegation activity is visible on mobile.
-
-describe("MobileChat — Agent Comms render parity (#231)", () => {
-  beforeEach(() => {
-    mockStoreState.nodes = [onlineNode];
-  });
-
-  it("mounts AgentCommsPanel on the Agent Comms tab (not the old placeholder)", async () => {
-    const getSpy = vi.spyOn(api, "get");
-    // 1st GET: useChatHistory (My Chat) on mount.
-    getSpy.mockResolvedValueOnce({ messages: [], reached_end: true });
-    // 2nd GET: AgentCommsPanel's activity load when the tab is shown.
-    // Empty list → panel renders its own empty state, which still
-    // proves AgentCommsPanel mounted (vs. the removed placeholder).
-    getSpy.mockResolvedValueOnce([]);
-
-    let rr: ReturnType<typeof renderChat>;
-    await act(async () => {
-      rr = renderChat(mockAgentId);
-    });
-    const { container } = rr!;
-
-    const commsTab = Array.from(container.querySelectorAll("button")).find(
-      (b) => b.textContent?.trim() === "Agent Comms",
-    );
-    expect(commsTab).toBeTruthy();
-    await act(async () => {
-      commsTab!.click();
-    });
-
-    await waitFor(() => {
-      const text = container.textContent ?? "";
-      // The panel's empty state — proves AgentCommsPanel mounted.
-      expect(text).toContain("No agent-to-agent communications yet.");
-    });
-    // The old hard-coded placeholder must be gone.
-    expect(container.textContent ?? "").not.toContain(
-      "peer-to-peer A2A traffic surfaces in the Comms tab",
-    );
-    // The panel hit its activity endpoint.
-    expect(getSpy).toHaveBeenCalledWith(
-      expect.stringContaining(`/workspaces/${mockAgentId}/activity`),
-    );
-  });
-
-  it("renders a peer message on the Agent Comms tab", async () => {
-    const getSpy = vi.spyOn(api, "get");
-    getSpy.mockResolvedValueOnce({ messages: [], reached_end: true });
-    // a2a_receive from a peer → AgentCommsPanel.toCommMessage maps it
-    // to an inbound bubble with the request text.
-    getSpy.mockResolvedValueOnce([
-      {
-        id: "act-1",
-        activity_type: "a2a_receive",
-        source_id: "peer-ws-uuid",
-        target_id: mockAgentId,
-        method: "message/send",
-        summary: "peer asked something",
-        request_body: { task: "Please review PR 42" },
-        response_body: null,
-        status: "ok",
-        created_at: new Date().toISOString(),
-      },
-    ]);
-
-    let rr: ReturnType<typeof renderChat>;
-    await act(async () => {
-      rr = renderChat(mockAgentId);
-    });
-    const { container } = rr!;
-
-    const commsTab = Array.from(container.querySelectorAll("button")).find(
-      (b) => b.textContent?.trim() === "Agent Comms",
-    );
-    await act(async () => {
-      commsTab!.click();
-    });
-
-    await waitFor(() => {
-      expect(container.textContent ?? "").toContain("Please review PR 42");
-    });
-  });
-});
@@ -93,24 +93,6 @@ describe("MobileSpawn — render", () => {
    expect(input).toBeTruthy();
  });

-  // Regression #224 / #225: the agent-name input must render with a
-  // font-size ≥ 16px. iOS Safari and PWAs auto-zoom the viewport when a
-  // focused input has a computed font-size below 16px — the layout
-  // jumps and the page looks broken until the user pinches back.
-  it("renders the name input at font-size 16px or greater (iOS focus-zoom regression)", () => {
-    apiGetSpy.mockResolvedValue(mockTemplates);
-    render(<MobileSpawn dark={true} onClose={vi.fn()} />);
-    const input = document.querySelector(
-      'input[aria-label="Agent name"]',
-    ) as HTMLInputElement | null;
-    expect(input).toBeTruthy();
-    // Parse the inline style font-size — jsdom doesn't run a layout
-    // engine, so getComputedStyle reports the inline value verbatim.
-    const fs = Number.parseFloat(input!.style.fontSize);
-    expect(Number.isFinite(fs)).toBe(true);
-    expect(fs).toBeGreaterThanOrEqual(16);
-  });
-
  it("renders all 4 tier buttons", () => {
    apiGetSpy.mockResolvedValue(mockTemplates);
    render(<MobileSpawn dark={true} onClose={vi.fn()} />);
@@ -133,7 +133,6 @@ export function TabBar({
            aria-label={t.label}
            onClick={() => onChange(t.id)}
            onKeyDown={(e) => handleKeyDown(e, idx)}
-            className="focus:outline-none focus-visible:ring-2 focus-visible:ring-emerald-500 focus-visible:ring-offset-2 focus-visible:ring-offset-zinc-100 dark:focus-visible:ring-offset-zinc-900"
            style={{
              background: "none",
              border: "none",
@@ -292,7 +291,6 @@ export function AgentCard({
      data-testid="workspace-card"
      aria-label={`${agent.name}, status: ${agent.status}, tier ${agent.tier}${agent.remote ? ", remote" : ""}`}
      onClick={onClick}
-      className="focus:outline-none focus-visible:ring-2 focus-visible:ring-emerald-500 focus-visible:ring-offset-2 focus-visible:ring-offset-zinc-100 dark:focus-visible:ring-offset-zinc-900"
      style={{
        display: "block",
        width: "100%",
@@ -446,7 +444,6 @@ export function FilterChips({
            type="button"
            aria-checked={on}
            onClick={() => onChange(o.id)}
-            className="focus:outline-none focus-visible:ring-2 focus-visible:ring-emerald-500 focus-visible:ring-offset-2 focus-visible:ring-offset-zinc-100 dark:focus-visible:ring-offset-zinc-900"
            style={{
              display: "inline-flex",
              alignItems: "center",
@@ -160,14 +160,14 @@ export function OrgTokensTab() {
            </code>
            <button
              onClick={handleCopy}
-              className="shrink-0 px-2 py-1.5 bg-emerald-800/40 hover:bg-emerald-700/50 border border-emerald-700/40 rounded text-[10px] text-good transition-colors focus:outline-none focus-visible:ring-2 focus-visible:ring-accent focus-visible:ring-offset-1"
+              className="shrink-0 px-2 py-1.5 bg-emerald-800/40 hover:bg-emerald-700/50 border border-emerald-700/40 rounded text-[10px] text-good transition-colors"
            >
              {copied ? 'Copied' : 'Copy'}
            </button>
          </div>
          <button
            onClick={() => setNewToken(null)}
-            className="text-[9px] text-good/60 hover:text-good transition-colors focus:outline-none focus-visible:ring-2 focus-visible:ring-accent focus-visible:ring-offset-1"
+            className="text-[9px] text-good/60 hover:text-good transition-colors"
          >
            Dismiss
          </button>
@@ -219,7 +219,7 @@ export function OrgTokensTab() {
              </div>
              <button
                onClick={() => setRevokeTarget(t)}
-                className="text-[10px] text-bad/70 hover:text-bad transition-colors px-2 py-1 shrink-0 focus:outline-none focus-visible:ring-2 focus-visible:ring-red-400 focus-visible:ring-offset-1"
+                className="text-[10px] text-bad/70 hover:text-bad transition-colors px-2 py-1 shrink-0"
              >
                Revoke
              </button>
@@ -140,14 +140,14 @@ function WorkspaceTokensTab({ workspaceId }: TokensTabProps) {
            </code>
            <button
              onClick={handleCopy}
-              className="shrink-0 px-2 py-1.5 bg-emerald-800/40 hover:bg-emerald-700/50 border border-emerald-700/40 rounded text-[10px] text-good transition-colors focus:outline-none focus-visible:ring-2 focus-visible:ring-accent focus-visible:ring-offset-1"
+              className="shrink-0 px-2 py-1.5 bg-emerald-800/40 hover:bg-emerald-700/50 border border-emerald-700/40 rounded text-[10px] text-good transition-colors"
            >
              {copied ? 'Copied' : 'Copy'}
            </button>
          </div>
          <button
            onClick={() => setNewToken(null)}
-            className="text-[9px] text-good/60 hover:text-good transition-colors focus:outline-none focus-visible:ring-2 focus-visible:ring-accent focus-visible:ring-offset-1"
+            className="text-[9px] text-good/60 hover:text-good transition-colors"
          >
            Dismiss
          </button>
@@ -192,7 +192,7 @@ function WorkspaceTokensTab({ workspaceId }: TokensTabProps) {
              </div>
              <button
                onClick={() => setRevokeTarget(t)}
-                className="text-[10px] text-bad/70 hover:text-bad transition-colors px-2 py-1 focus:outline-none focus-visible:ring-2 focus-visible:ring-red-400 focus-visible:ring-offset-1"
+                className="text-[10px] text-bad/70 hover:text-bad transition-colors px-2 py-1"
              >
                Revoke
              </button>
@@ -185,7 +185,7 @@ export function ActivityTab({ workspaceId }: Props) {
      {/* Activity list */}
      <div className="flex-1 overflow-y-auto p-3 space-y-1.5">
        {loading && activities.length === 0 && (
-          <div role="status" aria-live="polite" className="text-xs text-ink-mid text-center py-8">Loading activity...</div>
+          <div className="text-xs text-ink-mid text-center py-8">Loading activity...</div>
        )}

        {error && (
@@ -262,7 +262,7 @@ export function ChannelsTab({ workspaceId }: Props) {
      </div>

      {error && (
-        <div role="alert" aria-live="assertive" className="px-3 py-1.5 bg-red-900/30 border border-red-800 rounded text-xs text-bad">
+        <div className="px-3 py-1.5 bg-red-900/30 border border-red-800 rounded text-xs text-bad">
          {error}
        </div>
      )}
@@ -10,7 +10,6 @@ import { downloadChatFile, isPlatformAttachment } from "./chat/uploads";
 import { PendingAttachmentPill } from "./chat/AttachmentViews";
 import { AttachmentPreview } from "./chat/AttachmentPreview";
 import { AgentCommsPanel } from "./chat/AgentCommsPanel";
-import { ChatErrorBanner } from "./chat/ChatErrorBanner";
 import { appendActivityLine } from "./chat/activityLog";
 import { runtimeDisplayName } from "@/lib/runtime-names";
 import { ConfirmDialog } from "@/components/ConfirmDialog";
@@ -593,19 +592,22 @@ function MyChatPanel({ workspaceId, data }: Props) {
        <div ref={bottomRef} />
      </div>

-      {/* Error banner — internal#212: surfaces the secret-safe
-          actionable failure reason that ws-server places on
-          ACTIVITY_LOGGED.error_detail (propagated via
-          useChatSocket → onSendError → setError) and offers a
-          "View activity log" affordance that navigates the user to
-          the Activity tab where the full row lives. The previous
-          inline JSX hardcoded "see workspace logs for details" with
-          no link — there is no separate Logs tab. */}
-      <ChatErrorBanner
-        message={displayError}
-        isOnline={isOnline}
-        onRestart={() => setConfirmRestart(true)}
-      />
+      {/* Error banner */}
+      {displayError && (
+        <div className="px-3 py-2 bg-red-900/20 border-t border-red-800/30">
+          <div className="flex items-center justify-between">
+            <span className="text-[10px] text-red-300">{displayError}</span>
+            {!isOnline && (
+              <button
+                onClick={() => setConfirmRestart(true)}
+                className="text-[11px] px-2 py-0.5 bg-red-800 text-red-200 rounded hover:bg-red-700"
+              >
+                Restart
+              </button>
+            )}
+          </div>
+        </div>
+      )}

      {/* Input */}
      <div className="p-3 border-t border-line">
@@ -81,7 +81,7 @@ function AgentCardSection({ workspaceId }: { workspaceId: string }) {
            spellCheck={false} rows={12}
            className="w-full bg-surface-card border border-line rounded p-2 text-[10px] font-mono text-ink focus:outline-none focus:border-accent resize-none"
          />
-          {error && <div role="alert" aria-live="assertive" className="px-2 py-1 bg-red-900/30 border border-red-800 rounded text-[10px] text-bad">{error}</div>}
+          {error && <div className="px-2 py-1 bg-red-900/30 border border-red-800 rounded text-[10px] text-bad">{error}</div>}
          <div className="flex gap-2">
            <button type="button" onClick={handleSave} disabled={saving}
              className="px-2 py-1 bg-accent hover:bg-accent-strong text-[10px] rounded text-white disabled:opacity-50 transition-colors focus-visible:outline-none focus-visible:ring-2 focus-visible:ring-accent focus-visible:ring-offset-1 focus-visible:ring-offset-surface">
@@ -109,130 +109,6 @@ function AgentCardSection({ workspaceId }: { workspaceId: string }) {
  );
 }

-// --- Agent Abilities Section ---
-//
-// Always-visible on/off controls for the two workspace-level ability flags
-// (broadcast_enabled, talk_to_user_enabled). Both are mutated through the
-// same admin endpoint the ChatTab recovery banner already uses
-// (PATCH /workspaces/:id/abilities) and reflected into the canvas store node
-// data (broadcastEnabled / talkToUserEnabled) so every surface that reads
-// useCanvasStore.nodes stays consistent without a full re-hydrate.
-//
-// Before this section there was NO canvas control for either flag: the
-// backend was fully wired (workspace_abilities.go / workspace_broadcast.go /
-// agent_message_writer.go, see commit 29b4bffb + internal#510/#511) but the
-// only frontend affordance was the ChatTab recovery banner, which renders
-// solely when talk_to_user_enabled===false and so is invisible under the
-// TRUE default and never existed at all for broadcast.
-function AgentAbilitiesSection({ workspaceId }: { workspaceId: string }) {
-  // Read the live ability flags off the canvas store node — the platform
-  // event stream hydrates these (canvas-topology.ts maps the workspace row's
-  // broadcast_enabled/talk_to_user_enabled onto node data), so this stays in
-  // sync with the recovery banner and avoids a duplicate GET. Mirrors the
-  // store-read pattern used by AgentCardSection above.
-  const node = useCanvasStore((s) =>
-    s.nodes?.find?.((n) => n.id === workspaceId),
-  );
-  // Defaults match the backend column defaults + canvas-topology mapping:
-  // broadcast_enabled defaults FALSE, talk_to_user_enabled defaults TRUE.
-  const broadcastEnabled = node?.data.broadcastEnabled ?? false;
-  const talkToUserEnabled = node?.data.talkToUserEnabled ?? true;
-
-  // Track an in-flight PATCH per field so a double-click can't fire two
-  // racing writes, and surface a one-line error if the server rejects.
-  const [pending, setPending] = useState<null | "broadcast" | "talk">(null);
-  const [error, setError] = useState<string | null>(null);
-
-  const patchAbility = async (
-    which: "broadcast" | "talk",
-    body: { broadcast_enabled: boolean } | { talk_to_user_enabled: boolean },
-    optimistic: Partial<{ broadcastEnabled: boolean; talkToUserEnabled: boolean }>,
-  ) => {
-    setError(null);
-    setPending(which);
-    // Optimistic store update — the toggle flips immediately; on failure we
-    // roll back to the server-truth value the store last held.
-    const prev = {
-      broadcastEnabled,
-      talkToUserEnabled,
-    };
-    useCanvasStore.getState().updateNodeData(workspaceId, optimistic);
-    try {
-      await api.patch(`/workspaces/${workspaceId}/abilities`, body);
-    } catch (e) {
-      // Roll back the optimistic change to last-known server truth.
-      useCanvasStore.getState().updateNodeData(workspaceId, {
-        broadcastEnabled: prev.broadcastEnabled,
-        talkToUserEnabled: prev.talkToUserEnabled,
-      });
-      setError(
-        e instanceof Error ? e.message : "Failed to update ability — try again",
-      );
-    } finally {
-      setPending(null);
-    }
-  };
-
-  return (
-    <Section title="Agent Abilities">
-      <p className="text-[10px] text-ink-mid px-1 pb-1">
-        Workspace-level permissions for this agent. Changes apply immediately
-        (no restart required).
-      </p>
-      <div className="space-y-2">
-        <div>
-          <Toggle
-            label="Talk to user"
-            checked={talkToUserEnabled}
-            onChange={(v) =>
-              pending
-                ? undefined
-                : patchAbility(
-                    "talk",
-                    { talk_to_user_enabled: v },
-                    { talkToUserEnabled: v },
-                  )
-            }
-          />
-          <p className="text-[10px] text-ink-mid mt-0.5 ml-6">
-            When off, the agent&apos;s <code className="font-mono">send_message_to_user</code>{" "}
-            and <code className="font-mono">POST /notify</code> calls are
-            rejected (403) — it must route updates through a parent workspace.
-          </p>
-        </div>
-        <div>
-          <Toggle
-            label="Broadcast to peers"
-            checked={broadcastEnabled}
-            onChange={(v) =>
-              pending
-                ? undefined
-                : patchAbility(
-                    "broadcast",
-                    { broadcast_enabled: v },
-                    { broadcastEnabled: v },
-                  )
-            }
-          />
-          <p className="text-[10px] text-ink-mid mt-0.5 ml-6">
-            When on, the agent may <code className="font-mono">POST /broadcast</code>{" "}
-            to message all non-removed agent workspaces in the org. Off by
-            default — only privileged orchestrators should hold this.
-          </p>
-        </div>
-      </div>
-      {pending && (
-        <div className="mt-2 text-[10px] text-ink-mid">Saving…</div>
-      )}
-      {error && (
-        <div role="alert" aria-live="assertive" className="mt-2 px-2 py-1 bg-red-900/30 border border-red-800 rounded text-[10px] text-bad">
-          {error}
-        </div>
-      )}
-    </Section>
-  );
-}
-
 // --- Main ConfigTab ---

 interface ModelSpec {
@@ -919,7 +795,6 @@ export function ConfigTab({ workspaceId }: Props) {
                  <label className="text-[10px] text-ink-mid block mb-1">Model</label>
                  <input
                    type="text"
-                    aria-label="Model"
                    value={currentModelId}
                    onChange={(e) => {
                      const v = e.target.value;
@@ -1010,8 +885,6 @@ export function ConfigTab({ workspaceId }: Props) {
            )}
          </Section>

-          <AgentAbilitiesSection workspaceId={workspaceId} />
-
          {/* Claude Settings — shown for claude-code runtime or claude/anthropic model names */}
          {(config.runtime === "claude-code" ||
            (config.runtime_config?.model || config.model || "").toLowerCase().includes("claude") ||
@@ -1122,7 +995,7 @@ export function ConfigTab({ workspaceId }: Props) {
      )}

      {error && (
-        <div role="alert" aria-live="assertive" className="mx-3 mb-2 px-3 py-1.5 bg-red-900/30 border border-red-800 rounded text-xs text-bad">{error}</div>
+        <div className="mx-3 mb-2 px-3 py-1.5 bg-red-900/30 border border-red-800 rounded text-xs text-bad">{error}</div>
      )}
      {!error && RUNTIMES_WITH_OWN_CONFIG.has(config.runtime || "") && (
        <div className="mx-3 mb-2 px-3 py-1.5 bg-surface-sunken/50 border border-line rounded text-xs text-ink-mid">
@@ -157,7 +157,7 @@ export function DetailsTab({ workspaceId, data }: Props) {
              </select>
            </Field>
            {saveError && (
-              <div role="alert" aria-live="assertive" className="px-3 py-1.5 bg-red-900/30 border border-red-800 rounded text-xs text-bad">
+              <div className="px-3 py-1.5 bg-red-900/30 border border-red-800 rounded text-xs text-bad">
                {saveError}
              </div>
            )}
@@ -203,7 +203,7 @@ export function DetailsTab({ workspaceId, data }: Props) {
            {isRestartable && (
              <div className="pt-2">
                {restartError && (
-                  <div role="alert" aria-live="assertive" className="mb-2 px-3 py-1.5 bg-red-900/30 border border-red-800 rounded text-xs text-bad">
+                  <div className="mb-2 px-3 py-1.5 bg-red-900/30 border border-red-800 rounded text-xs text-bad">
                    {restartError}
                  </div>
                )}
@@ -307,7 +307,7 @@ export function DetailsTab({ workspaceId, data }: Props) {
      {/* Delete */}
      <Section title="Danger Zone">
        {deleteError && (
-          <div role="alert" aria-live="assertive" className="mb-2 px-3 py-1.5 bg-red-900/30 border border-red-800 rounded text-xs text-bad">
+          <div className="mb-2 px-3 py-1.5 bg-red-900/30 border border-red-800 rounded text-xs text-bad">
            {deleteError}
          </div>
        )}
@@ -82,7 +82,7 @@ export function EventsTab({ workspaceId }: Props) {
      </div>

      {error && (
-        <div role="alert" aria-live="assertive" className="px-3 py-1.5 bg-red-900/30 border border-red-800 rounded text-xs text-bad">
+        <div className="px-3 py-1.5 bg-red-900/30 border border-red-800 rounded text-xs text-bad">
          {error}
        </div>
      )}
@@ -102,7 +102,7 @@ export function ExternalConnectionSection({ workspaceId }: Props) {
      </div>

      {error && (
-        <div role="alert" aria-live="assertive" className="mt-2 px-2 py-1 bg-red-900/30 border border-red-800 rounded text-[10px] text-bad">
+        <div className="mt-2 px-2 py-1 bg-red-900/30 border border-red-800 rounded text-[10px] text-bad">
          {error}
        </div>
      )}
@@ -266,7 +266,7 @@ function PlatformOwnedFilesTab({
        // immediately. Delete-All hovers DARKER (bg-red-700) — same AA
        // contrast trap that bit ConfirmDialog/ApprovalBanner. Cancel
        // lifts to surface-elevated instead of the prior no-op hover.
-        <div role="alertdialog" aria-modal="false" aria-labelledby="files-delete-all-msg" className="mx-3 mt-2 px-3 py-2 bg-red-950/30 border border-red-800/40 rounded space-y-1.5">
+        <div role="alertdialog" aria-labelledby="files-delete-all-msg" className="mx-3 mt-2 px-3 py-2 bg-red-950/30 border border-red-800/40 rounded space-y-1.5">
          <p id="files-delete-all-msg" className="text-xs text-bad">Delete all {files.filter((f) => !f.dir).length} files? This cannot be undone.</p>
          <div className="flex gap-2">
            <button type="button" onClick={() => { handleDeleteAll(); setShowDeleteAll(false); }} className="px-2 py-0.5 bg-red-700 hover:bg-red-600 text-[10px] rounded text-white transition-colors focus:outline-none focus-visible:ring-2 focus-visible:ring-red-500/60 focus-visible:ring-offset-1 focus-visible:ring-offset-surface">Delete All</button>
@@ -280,7 +280,7 @@ function PlatformOwnedFilesTab({
      )}

      {confirmDelete && (
-        <div role="alertdialog" aria-modal="false" aria-labelledby="files-delete-one-msg" className="mx-3 mt-2 px-3 py-2 bg-amber-950/30 border border-amber-800/40 rounded space-y-1.5">
+        <div role="alertdialog" aria-labelledby="files-delete-one-msg" className="mx-3 mt-2 px-3 py-2 bg-amber-950/30 border border-amber-800/40 rounded space-y-1.5">
          <p id="files-delete-one-msg" className="text-xs text-warm">Delete <span className="font-mono">{confirmDelete}</span>{files.find((f) => f.path === confirmDelete && f.dir) ? " and all its contents" : ""}?</p>
          <div className="flex gap-2">
            <button type="button" onClick={confirmDeleteFile} className="px-2 py-0.5 bg-red-700 hover:bg-red-600 text-[10px] rounded text-white transition-colors focus:outline-none focus-visible:ring-2 focus-visible:ring-red-500/60 focus-visible:ring-offset-1 focus-visible:ring-offset-surface">Delete</button>
@@ -275,7 +275,7 @@ export function ScheduleTab({ workspaceId }: Props) {
              Enabled
            </label>
          </div>
-          {error && <div role="alert" aria-live="assertive" className="text-[10px] text-bad">{error}</div>}
+          {error && <div className="text-[10px] text-bad">{error}</div>}
          <div className="flex gap-2">
            <button
              type="button"
@@ -67,7 +67,7 @@ export function TracesTab({ workspaceId }: Props) {
      </div>

      {error && (
-        <div role="alert" aria-live="assertive" className="px-3 py-1.5 bg-red-900/30 border border-red-800 rounded text-xs text-bad">
+        <div className="px-3 py-1.5 bg-red-900/30 border border-red-800 rounded text-xs text-bad">
          {error}
        </div>
      )}
@@ -1,99 +0,0 @@
-// @vitest-environment jsdom
-//
-// Pins internal#212 — the chat error banner must:
-//
-//   1. Render the secret-safe failure reason (e.g. the provider's own
-//      "403 oauth_org_not_allowed: ..." string), NOT the opaque
-//      hardcoded "Agent error (Exception) — see workspace logs for
-//      details." that points at a workspace-logs tab that doesn't
-//      exist.
-//
-//   2. Offer a working "View activity log" affordance that navigates
-//      the user to the Activity tab where the full row lives.
-//
-// Tested at the banner-component seam (ChatErrorBanner). The
-// hook-level path is pinned separately by
-// chat/hooks/__tests__/useChatSocket.test.tsx — together they cover
-// wire-payload → callback → render without each test needing to drive
-// the full ChatTab send-state machinery.
-
-import { describe, it, expect, vi, afterEach, beforeEach } from "vitest";
-import { render, screen, cleanup, fireEvent } from "@testing-library/react";
-
-afterEach(cleanup);
-
-const mocks = vi.hoisted(() => ({
-  setPanelTabMock: vi.fn(),
-}));
-
-vi.mock("@/store/canvas", () => {
-  const state = {
-    setPanelTab: mocks.setPanelTabMock,
-    panelTab: "chat",
-  };
-  const hook = (selector?: (s: typeof state) => unknown) =>
-    selector ? selector(state) : state;
-  hook.getState = () => state;
-  return { useCanvasStore: hook };
-});
-
-beforeEach(() => {
-  mocks.setPanelTabMock.mockClear();
-});
-
-import { ChatErrorBanner } from "../chat/ChatErrorBanner";
-
-describe("ChatErrorBanner — surfaces actionable reason (internal#212)", () => {
-  it("renders the secret-safe failure reason verbatim, not a hardcoded opaque message", () => {
-    const reason =
-      "Anthropic 403 oauth_org_not_allowed: Your organization has disabled Claude subscription access for Claude Code — use an Anthropic API key or ask your admin to enable access.";
-    render(<ChatErrorBanner message={reason} isOnline={true} onRestart={() => {}} />);
-    expect(screen.getByText(/oauth_org_not_allowed/i)).toBeDefined();
-    expect(screen.getByText(/disabled Claude subscription access/i)).toBeDefined();
-    // The legacy boilerplate must NOT leak through when a real reason
-    // is provided.
-    expect(screen.queryByText(/see workspace logs for details/i)).toBeNull();
-  });
-
-  it("falls back to the message when it IS the legacy boilerplate (older ws-server)", () => {
-    // Graceful degradation: an older ws-server passes through the
-    // hardcoded text; the banner still renders SOMETHING — never
-    // silently swallow.
-    render(
-      <ChatErrorBanner
-        message="Agent error (Exception) — see workspace logs for details."
-        isOnline={true}
-        onRestart={() => {}}
-      />,
-    );
-    expect(
-      screen.getByText(/Agent error \(Exception\) — see workspace logs for details\./),
-    ).toBeDefined();
-  });
-
-  it("offers a 'View activity log' button that calls setPanelTab('activity')", () => {
-    render(
-      <ChatErrorBanner message="kimi 401 invalid_api_key" isOnline={true} onRestart={() => {}} />,
-    );
-    const btn = screen.getByRole("button", { name: /view activity log/i });
-    fireEvent.click(btn);
-    expect(mocks.setPanelTabMock).toHaveBeenCalledWith("activity");
-  });
-
-  it("still shows the Restart button when offline (existing behavior preserved)", () => {
-    const onRestart = vi.fn();
-    render(
-      <ChatErrorBanner message="Agent is offline" isOnline={false} onRestart={onRestart} />,
-    );
-    const btn = screen.getByRole("button", { name: /^restart$/i });
-    fireEvent.click(btn);
-    expect(onRestart).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(1);
-  });
-
-  it("renders nothing when message is null", () => {
-    const { container } = render(
-      <ChatErrorBanner message={null} isOnline={true} onRestart={() => {}} />,
-    );
-    expect(container.textContent).toBe("");
-  });
-});
@@ -1,165 +0,0 @@
-// @vitest-environment jsdom
-//
-// Tests for the always-visible "Agent Abilities" section added to ConfigTab
-// (internal#510 broadcast_enabled, internal#511 talk_to_user_enabled; backend
-// wired in commit 29b4bffb).
-//
-// Problem this pins: the two workspace ability flags had complete wired
-// backends but NO canvas control — broadcast had none at all, talk-to-user
-// only surfaced as a ChatTab recovery banner that is invisible under its
-// TRUE default. The CTO could not see or toggle either from canvas.
-//
-// What this suite pins:
-//   1. An "Agent Abilities" section renders (always visible, not gated).
-//   2. Both toggles render and reflect the store node's ability fields,
-//      including the asymmetric defaults (broadcast FALSE, talk TRUE).
-//   3. Toggling a switch calls PATCH /workspaces/:id/abilities with the
-//      correct snake_case body and optimistically updates the store.
-
-import { describe, it, expect, vi, afterEach, beforeEach } from "vitest";
-import { render, screen, cleanup, waitFor, fireEvent } from "@testing-library/react";
-import React from "react";
-
-afterEach(cleanup);
-
-const apiGet = vi.fn();
-const apiPatch = vi.fn();
-vi.mock("@/lib/api", () => ({
-  api: {
-    get: (path: string) => apiGet(path),
-    patch: (path: string, body?: unknown) => apiPatch(path, body),
-    put: vi.fn(),
-    post: vi.fn(),
-    del: vi.fn(),
-  },
-}));
-
-// Store node carries the ability flags hydrated by the platform stream
-// (canvas-topology.ts maps broadcast_enabled/talk_to_user_enabled onto
-// node.data). Mirror that shape so the section reads real values.
-const storeUpdateNodeData = vi.fn();
-const storeRestartWorkspace = vi.fn();
-let nodeData: { broadcastEnabled?: boolean; talkToUserEnabled?: boolean } = {};
-const makeState = () => ({
-  nodes: [{ id: "ws-test", data: nodeData }],
-  restartWorkspace: storeRestartWorkspace,
-  updateNodeData: storeUpdateNodeData,
-});
-vi.mock("@/store/canvas", () => ({
-  useCanvasStore: Object.assign(
-    (selector: (s: unknown) => unknown) => selector(makeState()),
-    { getState: () => makeState() },
-  ),
-}));
-
-vi.mock("../AgentCardSection", () => ({
-  AgentCardSection: () => <div data-testid="agent-card-stub" />,
-}));
-
-import { ConfigTab } from "../ConfigTab";
-
-beforeEach(() => {
-  apiGet.mockReset();
-  apiPatch.mockReset();
-  apiPatch.mockResolvedValue({ status: "updated" });
-  storeUpdateNodeData.mockReset();
-  apiGet.mockImplementation((path: string) => {
-    if (path === `/workspaces/ws-test`) {
-      return Promise.resolve({ runtime: "claude-code" });
-    }
-    if (path === `/workspaces/ws-test/model`) {
-      return Promise.resolve({ model: "claude-opus-4-7" });
-    }
-    if (path === `/workspaces/ws-test/provider`) {
-      return Promise.resolve({ provider: "anthropic-oauth", source: "default" });
-    }
-    if (path === `/workspaces/ws-test/files/config.yaml`) {
-      return Promise.resolve({ content: "name: test\nruntime: claude-code\n" });
-    }
-    if (path === "/templates") {
-      return Promise.resolve([
-        { id: "claude-code", name: "Claude Code", runtime: "claude-code", providers: [] },
-      ]);
-    }
-    return Promise.reject(new Error(`unmocked api.get: ${path}`));
-  });
-});
-
-describe("ConfigTab Agent Abilities section", () => {
-  it("renders an always-visible 'Agent Abilities' section with both toggles", async () => {
-    nodeData = {}; // unset → defaults
-    render(<ConfigTab workspaceId="ws-test" />);
-    await waitFor(() => expect(apiGet).toHaveBeenCalled());
-    expect(
-      await screen.findByRole("button", { name: /Agent Abilities/i }),
-    ).toBeTruthy();
-    expect(screen.getByText("Talk to user")).toBeTruthy();
-    expect(screen.getByText("Broadcast to peers")).toBeTruthy();
-  });
-
-  it("reflects the asymmetric defaults: talk-to-user ON, broadcast OFF", async () => {
-    nodeData = {}; // unset → backend defaults
-    render(<ConfigTab workspaceId="ws-test" />);
-    await waitFor(() => expect(apiGet).toHaveBeenCalled());
-    const talk = (await screen.findByText("Talk to user"))
-      .closest("label")!
-      .querySelector("input") as HTMLInputElement;
-    const broadcast = screen
-      .getByText("Broadcast to peers")
-      .closest("label")!
-      .querySelector("input") as HTMLInputElement;
-    expect(talk.checked).toBe(true);
-    expect(broadcast.checked).toBe(false);
-  });
-
-  it("reflects explicit store values", async () => {
-    nodeData = { broadcastEnabled: true, talkToUserEnabled: false };
-    render(<ConfigTab workspaceId="ws-test" />);
-    await waitFor(() => expect(apiGet).toHaveBeenCalled());
-    const talk = (await screen.findByText("Talk to user"))
-      .closest("label")!
-      .querySelector("input") as HTMLInputElement;
-    const broadcast = screen
-      .getByText("Broadcast to peers")
-      .closest("label")!
-      .querySelector("input") as HTMLInputElement;
-    expect(talk.checked).toBe(false);
-    expect(broadcast.checked).toBe(true);
-  });
-
-  it("PATCHes /abilities with talk_to_user_enabled and optimistically updates the store", async () => {
-    nodeData = {}; // talk defaults true
-    render(<ConfigTab workspaceId="ws-test" />);
-    await waitFor(() => expect(apiGet).toHaveBeenCalled());
-    const talk = (await screen.findByText("Talk to user"))
-      .closest("label")!
-      .querySelector("input") as HTMLInputElement;
-    fireEvent.click(talk); // true → false
-    await waitFor(() =>
-      expect(apiPatch).toHaveBeenCalledWith("/workspaces/ws-test/abilities", {
-        talk_to_user_enabled: false,
-      }),
-    );
-    expect(storeUpdateNodeData).toHaveBeenCalledWith("ws-test", {
-      talkToUserEnabled: false,
-    });
-  });
-
-  it("PATCHes /abilities with broadcast_enabled when the broadcast toggle is flipped", async () => {
-    nodeData = {}; // broadcast defaults false
-    render(<ConfigTab workspaceId="ws-test" />);
-    await waitFor(() => expect(apiGet).toHaveBeenCalled());
-    const broadcast = (await screen.findByText("Broadcast to peers"))
-      .closest("label")!
-      .querySelector("input") as HTMLInputElement;
-    fireEvent.click(broadcast); // false → true
-    await waitFor(() =>
-      expect(apiPatch).toHaveBeenCalledWith("/workspaces/ws-test/abilities", {
-        broadcast_enabled: true,
-      }),
-    );
-    expect(storeUpdateNodeData).toHaveBeenCalledWith("ws-test", {
-      broadcastEnabled: true,
-    });
-  });
-});
@@ -405,7 +405,7 @@ export function AgentCommsPanel({ workspaceId }: { workspaceId: string }) {
        </p>
        <button
          onClick={loadInitial}
-          className="text-[10px] px-2 py-0.5 rounded bg-red-800/40 text-bad hover:bg-red-700/50 transition-colors focus-visible:outline-none focus-visible:ring-2 focus-visible:ring-red-500/60 focus-visible:ring-offset-1"
+          className="text-[10px] px-2 py-0.5 rounded bg-red-800/40 text-bad hover:bg-red-700/50 transition-colors"
        >
          Retry
        </button>
@@ -610,7 +610,7 @@ function PeerTabButton({
      aria-selected={active}
      tabIndex={active ? 0 : -1}
      onClick={onClick}
-      className={`shrink-0 px-3 py-1.5 text-[10px] font-medium transition-colors whitespace-nowrap focus-visible:outline-none focus-visible:ring-2 focus-visible:ring-cyan-500/60 focus-visible:ring-offset-1 ${
+      className={`shrink-0 px-3 py-1.5 text-[10px] font-medium transition-colors whitespace-nowrap ${
        active
          ? "border-b-2 border-cyan-500 text-cyan-200"
          : "border-b-2 border-transparent text-ink-mid hover:text-ink-mid"
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ export function PendingAttachmentPill({
      <button
        onClick={onRemove}
        aria-label={`Remove ${file.name}`}
-        className="ml-0.5 text-ink-mid hover:text-ink transition-colors shrink-0 focus-visible:outline-none focus-visible:ring-2 focus-visible:ring-accent/60 focus-visible:ring-offset-1"
+        className="ml-0.5 text-ink-mid hover:text-ink transition-colors shrink-0"
      >
        <svg width="10" height="10" viewBox="0 0 16 16" fill="none" aria-hidden="true">
          <path d="M4 4l8 8M12 4l-8 8" stroke="currentColor" strokeWidth="1.6" strokeLinecap="round" />
@@ -62,9 +62,8 @@ export function AttachmentChip({
  return (
    <button
      onClick={() => onDownload(attachment)}
-      aria-label={`Download ${attachment.name}`}
      title={`Download ${attachment.name}`}
-      className={`flex items-center gap-1.5 rounded-md border px-2 py-1 text-[10px] transition-colors max-w-full focus-visible:outline-none focus-visible:ring-2 focus-visible:ring-accent/60 focus-visible:ring-offset-1 ${toneClasses}`}
+      className={`flex items-center gap-1.5 rounded-md border px-2 py-1 text-[10px] transition-colors max-w-full ${toneClasses}`}
    >
      <FileGlyph className="shrink-0 opacity-70" />
      <span className="truncate">{attachment.name}</span>
@@ -1,85 +0,0 @@
-"use client";
-
-/**
- * ChatErrorBanner — error-state banner rendered under the chat
- * message list when an agent turn fails or the workspace is offline.
- *
- * internal#212 closes the "see workspace logs for details" pointer-to-
- * nowhere defect:
- *
- *   - The banner now renders the actionable, secret-safe failure
- *     reason that ws-server places on `ACTIVITY_LOGGED.error_detail`
- *     (provider HTTP status + error code + provider's own human
- *     message). The hook (`useChatSocket`) forwards this through
- *     `onSendError`, which the ChatTab routes into this banner's
- *     `message` prop. No hardcoded opaque text in this component.
- *
- *   - A "View activity log" button navigates the user to the Activity
- *     tab where the full row (request body, response body, timing,
- *     full error_detail) lives. Until internal#212, the banner
- *     mentioned "workspace logs" with no link — there is no separate
- *     Logs tab in the side panel; the Activity tab IS the workspace-
- *     logs surface. Routing through the existing tab makes the
- *     reference real instead of dangling.
- *
- *   - The existing Restart button (shown only when the workspace is
- *     offline) is preserved unchanged so the recovery affordance the
- *     old banner offered does not regress.
- *
- * Pure presentational — no socket subscription, no state machine. Easy
- * to unit-test in isolation and easy to compose into the ChatTab.
- */
-
-import { useCanvasStore } from "@/store/canvas";
-
-export interface ChatErrorBannerProps {
-  /** The user-visible reason. Pass `null` to render nothing. */
-  message: string | null;
-  /** Workspace reachable state — gates the Restart affordance. */
-  isOnline: boolean;
-  /** Fires when the user clicks Restart (offline-only). */
-  onRestart: () => void;
-}
-
-export function ChatErrorBanner({ message, isOnline, onRestart }: ChatErrorBannerProps) {
-  // Pulled from the global store rather than threaded through props so
-  // the chat tab does not need to know about the side-panel tab state.
-  // Matches how Toolbar.tsx triggers the audit tab (the existing
-  // precedent for cross-tab navigation).
-  const setPanelTab = useCanvasStore((s) => s.setPanelTab);
-
-  if (!message) return null;
-
-  return (
-    <div
-      // role="alert" + aria-live mirrors the project's existing WCAG
-      // 4.1.3 banner pattern (see fix/canvas-errors-aria-alert) — a
-      // screen reader announces the failure as soon as it lands.
-      role="alert"
-      aria-live="assertive"
-      className="px-3 py-2 bg-red-900/20 border-t border-red-800/30"
-    >
-      <div className="flex items-center justify-between gap-2">
-        <span className="text-[10px] text-red-300 break-words flex-1">{message}</span>
-        <div className="flex items-center gap-1.5 shrink-0">
-          <button
-            type="button"
-            onClick={() => setPanelTab("activity")}
-            className="text-[10px] px-2 py-0.5 bg-red-900/40 hover:bg-red-800/60 border border-red-700/40 text-red-200 rounded transition-colors focus-visible:outline-none focus-visible:ring-2 focus-visible:ring-accent focus-visible:ring-offset-1"
-          >
-            View activity log
-          </button>
-          {!isOnline && (
-            <button
-              type="button"
-              onClick={onRestart}
-              className="text-[11px] px-2 py-0.5 bg-red-800 text-red-200 rounded hover:bg-red-700"
-            >
-              Restart
-            </button>
-          )}
-        </div>
-      </div>
-    </div>
-  );
-}
@@ -0,0 +1,209 @@
+// @vitest-environment jsdom
+/**
+ * Tests for useChatSend — the canvas user→agent send hook.
+ *
+ * Behavioural focus: the poll-mode ("queued") path. When the target
+ * workspace is an external / MCP-registered agent (delivery_mode=poll,
+ * e.g. an operator laptop running the molecule MCP channel), the
+ * platform's POST /workspaces/:id/a2a returns a synthetic
+ * {status:"queued", delivery_mode:"poll"} envelope IMMEDIATELY with no
+ * reply — the real reply arrives later over the AGENT_MESSAGE
+ * WebSocket push.
+ *
+ * Pre-fix the hook treated that synthetic envelope as a terminal
+ * response and called releaseSendGuards() → `sending` went false the
+ * instant the POST returned → the "agent is working" indicator
+ * vanished and the external turn looked dead. This suite pins the
+ * fixed contract:
+ *
+ *   - a real reply still clears `sending` (regression guard)
+ *   - a poll "queued" envelope KEEPS `sending` true (no terminal
+ *     clear) so the existing thinking indicator persists
+ *   - the eventual reply path (releaseSendGuards, the same call the
+ *     AGENT_MESSAGE WS push makes via useChatSocket) clears it
+ *   - an offline poll agent that never replies eventually surfaces an
+ *     honest error instead of an infinite spinner
+ *
+ * Plus pure-function coverage for the poll-envelope detector.
+ *
+ * Root cause: workspace-server a2a_proxy.go:402 poll-mode
+ * short-circuit returns {status:"queued"} synchronously.
+ */
+import {
+  describe,
+  it,
+  expect,
+  vi,
+  beforeEach,
+  afterEach,
+  type Mock,
+} from "vitest";
+import { act, renderHook, cleanup } from "@testing-library/react";
+
+const { mockApiPost } = vi.hoisted(() => ({ mockApiPost: vi.fn() }));
+
+vi.mock("@/lib/api", () => ({
+  api: { post: mockApiPost },
+}));
+
+vi.mock("../uploads", () => ({
+  uploadChatFiles: vi.fn(),
+}));
+
+// Import AFTER mocks.
+import {
+  useChatSend,
+  isPollQueuedResponse,
+  extractReplyText,
+  POLL_QUEUED_REPLY_TIMEOUT_MS,
+} from "../useChatSend";
+
+const flush = () => act(async () => { await Promise.resolve(); });
+
+describe("isPollQueuedResponse", () => {
+  it("is true only for the synthetic poll-mode queued envelope", () => {
+    expect(isPollQueuedResponse({ status: "queued", delivery_mode: "poll" })).toBe(true);
+  });
+
+  it("is false for a real agent reply", () => {
+    expect(
+      isPollQueuedResponse({ result: { parts: [{ kind: "text", text: "hi" }] } }),
+    ).toBe(false);
+  });
+
+  it("is false for null / undefined / partial shapes", () => {
+    expect(isPollQueuedResponse(null)).toBe(false);
+    expect(isPollQueuedResponse(undefined)).toBe(false);
+    // status=queued without delivery_mode=poll is NOT the poll envelope
+    // — don't accidentally swallow a real reply that happens to carry
+    // an unrelated status field.
+    expect(isPollQueuedResponse({ status: "queued" })).toBe(false);
+    expect(isPollQueuedResponse({ delivery_mode: "poll" })).toBe(false);
+  });
+});
+
+describe("extractReplyText (regression guard — unchanged by fix)", () => {
+  it("collects text parts from result", () => {
+    expect(
+      extractReplyText({ result: { parts: [{ kind: "text", text: "hello" }] } }),
+    ).toBe("hello");
+  });
+  it("returns empty for the poll-queued envelope", () => {
+    expect(extractReplyText({ status: "queued", delivery_mode: "poll" })).toBe("");
+  });
+});
+
+describe("useChatSend — poll-mode in-progress state", () => {
+  beforeEach(() => {
+    vi.useFakeTimers();
+    mockApiPost.mockReset();
+  });
+  afterEach(() => {
+    vi.runOnlyPendingTimers();
+    vi.useRealTimers();
+    cleanup();
+  });
+
+  const setup = () => {
+    const onUserMessage = vi.fn();
+    const onAgentMessage = vi.fn();
+    const { result } = renderHook(() =>
+      useChatSend("ws-ext-1", {
+        getHistoryMessages: () => [],
+        onUserMessage,
+        onAgentMessage,
+      }),
+    );
+    return { result, onUserMessage, onAgentMessage };
+  };
+
+  it("a real reply clears `sending` (regression guard)", async () => {
+    mockApiPost.mockResolvedValue({
+      result: { parts: [{ kind: "text", text: "real reply" }] },
+    });
+    const { result, onAgentMessage } = setup();
+
+    await act(async () => {
+      void result.current.sendMessage("hi");
+    });
+    await flush();
+
+    expect(onAgentMessage).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(1);
+    expect(result.current.sending).toBe(false);
+  });
+
+  it("keeps `sending` true on a poll 'queued' envelope (no terminal clear)", async () => {
+    mockApiPost.mockResolvedValue({ status: "queued", delivery_mode: "poll" });
+    const { result, onAgentMessage } = setup();
+
+    await act(async () => {
+      void result.current.sendMessage("hi external agent");
+    });
+    await flush();
+
+    // The POST resolved, but it was only a queued ack — the indicator
+    // must stay up and no agent bubble should be rendered yet.
+    expect(result.current.sending).toBe(true);
+    expect(onAgentMessage).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
+    expect(result.current.error).toBeNull();
+  });
+
+  it("releaseSendGuards (the AGENT_MESSAGE-push path) clears the poll in-progress state", async () => {
+    mockApiPost.mockResolvedValue({ status: "queued", delivery_mode: "poll" });
+    const { result } = setup();
+
+    await act(async () => {
+      void result.current.sendMessage("hi");
+    });
+    await flush();
+    expect(result.current.sending).toBe(true);
+
+    // Simulate the terminal AGENT_MESSAGE WebSocket push arriving:
+    // useChatSocket's onAgentMessage / onSendComplete call
+    // releaseSendGuards. That must clear the in-progress state AND the
+    // safety timer (asserted by the next test).
+    act(() => {
+      result.current.releaseSendGuards();
+    });
+    expect(result.current.sending).toBe(false);
+  });
+
+  it("surfaces an honest error if a poll agent never replies (safety timeout)", async () => {
+    mockApiPost.mockResolvedValue({ status: "queued", delivery_mode: "poll" });
+    const { result } = setup();
+
+    await act(async () => {
+      void result.current.sendMessage("hi");
+    });
+    await flush();
+    expect(result.current.sending).toBe(true);
+
+    act(() => {
+      vi.advanceTimersByTime(POLL_QUEUED_REPLY_TIMEOUT_MS + 1000);
+    });
+
+    expect(result.current.sending).toBe(false);
+    expect(result.current.error).toMatch(/queued/i);
+  });
+
+  it("does NOT fire the safety error when the reply arrives before timeout", async () => {
+    mockApiPost.mockResolvedValue({ status: "queued", delivery_mode: "poll" });
+    const { result } = setup();
+
+    await act(async () => {
+      void result.current.sendMessage("hi");
+    });
+    await flush();
+
+    // Reply arrives (releaseSendGuards) well before the timeout.
+    act(() => {
+      result.current.releaseSendGuards();
+    });
+    act(() => {
+      vi.advanceTimersByTime(POLL_QUEUED_REPLY_TIMEOUT_MS + 1000);
+    });
+
+    expect(result.current.error).toBeNull();
+    expect(result.current.sending).toBe(false);
+  });
+});
@@ -1,140 +0,0 @@
-// @vitest-environment jsdom
-import { describe, it, expect, vi, beforeEach, afterEach } from "vitest";
-import { renderHook, act } from "@testing-library/react";
-
-// Capture the handler so we can drive WS events from tests. useSocketEvent
-// stores the latest handler in a ref under the hood, but since we mock
-// the hook entirely, just remember the last passed-in handler.
-let capturedHandler: ((msg: unknown) => void) | null = null;
-vi.mock("@/hooks/useSocketEvent", () => ({
-  useSocketEvent: (h: (msg: unknown) => void) => {
-    capturedHandler = h;
-  },
-}));
-
-// Canvas store mock — useChatSocket calls
-// useCanvasStore.getState().nodes for peer name resolution and reads
-// agentMessages via the selector form. Support both.
-vi.mock("@/store/canvas", () => {
-  const state = {
-    nodes: [
-      { id: "ws-self", data: { name: "Self" } },
-      { id: "ws-peer", data: { name: "Peer Agent" } },
-    ],
-    agentMessages: {} as Record<string, unknown[]>,
-    consumeAgentMessages: () => [],
-  };
-  const hook = (selector?: (s: typeof state) => unknown) =>
-    selector ? selector(state) : state;
-  hook.getState = () => state;
-  return { useCanvasStore: hook };
-});
-
-import { useChatSocket } from "../useChatSocket";
-
-beforeEach(() => {
-  capturedHandler = null;
-});
-
-afterEach(() => {
-  vi.clearAllMocks();
-});
-
-// Helper: assemble an ACTIVITY_LOGGED a2a_receive error event the way
-// the ws-server emits one when a peer call errors out. Fields mirror
-// workspace-server/internal/handlers/activity.go::logActivityExec
-// broadcast payload shape.
-function makeActivityErrorEvent(opts: { workspaceId: string; targetId?: string; errorDetail?: string | undefined }) {
-  return {
-    event: "ACTIVITY_LOGGED",
-    workspace_id: opts.workspaceId,
-    payload: {
-      activity_type: "a2a_receive",
-      method: "message/send",
-      status: "error",
-      target_id: opts.targetId ?? opts.workspaceId,
-      duration_ms: 1500,
-      ...(opts.errorDetail !== undefined ? { error_detail: opts.errorDetail } : {}),
-    },
-    timestamp: "2026-05-18T00:00:00Z",
-  };
-}
-
-describe("useChatSocket — surface error_detail to onSendError (internal#212)", () => {
-  it("forwards the secret-safe error_detail from the broadcast as the onSendError reason", () => {
-    const onSendError = vi.fn();
-    const onSendComplete = vi.fn();
-    renderHook(() =>
-      useChatSocket("ws-self", {
-        onSendError,
-        onSendComplete,
-      }),
-    );
-
-    expect(capturedHandler).not.toBeNull();
-    act(() => {
-      capturedHandler!(
-        makeActivityErrorEvent({
-          workspaceId: "ws-self",
-          errorDetail:
-            "Anthropic 403 oauth_org_not_allowed: Your organization has disabled Claude subscription access for Claude Code",
-        }),
-      );
-    });
-
-    // The hook must NOT fall back to the opaque hardcoded
-    // "Agent error (Exception) — see workspace logs for details." —
-    // that was internal#212. When the broadcast carries an
-    // error_detail, that string is the user-facing reason.
-    expect(onSendError).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(1);
-    const reason = onSendError.mock.calls[0][0] as string;
-    expect(reason).toContain("403");
-    expect(reason).toContain("oauth_org_not_allowed");
-    expect(reason).toContain("disabled Claude subscription");
-    expect(reason).not.toMatch(/see workspace logs for details/i);
-  });
-
-  it("gracefully degrades to the legacy opaque message when error_detail is absent (older ws-server)", () => {
-    // An older ws-server doesn't include error_detail in the payload.
-    // The hook must still fire onSendError with the legacy hardcoded
-    // text so the chat banner has SOMETHING to show. The fix is
-    // additive — never depend on the new field's presence.
-    const onSendError = vi.fn();
-    renderHook(() =>
-      useChatSocket("ws-self", {
-        onSendError,
-      }),
-    );
-
-    act(() => {
-      capturedHandler!(makeActivityErrorEvent({ workspaceId: "ws-self" }));
-    });
-
-    expect(onSendError).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(1);
-    const reason = onSendError.mock.calls[0][0] as string;
-    // Legacy boilerplate is the floor — never silently swallow.
-    expect(reason.length).toBeGreaterThan(0);
-  });
-
-  it("ignores errors targeted at a different workspace's peer", () => {
-    // Defense against a race where the WS hub fans out to all clients —
-    // each chat panel must only react when target_id matches its own
-    // workspace.
-    const onSendError = vi.fn();
-    renderHook(() =>
-      useChatSocket("ws-self", {
-        onSendError,
-      }),
-    );
-    act(() => {
-      capturedHandler!(
-        makeActivityErrorEvent({
-          workspaceId: "ws-self",
-          targetId: "ws-someone-else",
-          errorDetail: "irrelevant",
-        }),
-      );
-    });
-    expect(onSendError).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
-  });
-});
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 "use client";

-import { useCallback, useRef, useState } from "react";
+import { useCallback, useEffect, useRef, useState } from "react";
 import { api } from "@/lib/api";
 import { uploadChatFiles } from "../uploads";
 import { createMessage, type ChatMessage, type ChatAttachment } from "../types";
@@ -22,8 +22,42 @@ interface A2AResponse {
    parts?: A2APart[];
    artifacts?: Array<{ parts: A2APart[] }>;
  };
+  /** Synthetic poll-mode envelope. The platform returns this
+   *  immediately (HTTP 200) when the target workspace is registered
+   *  delivery_mode=poll — an external / MCP-registered agent with no
+   *  public URL (e.g. an operator's laptop running the molecule MCP
+   *  channel). The request has only been QUEUED into activity_logs;
+   *  the agent will pick it up on its next poll and the real reply
+   *  arrives asynchronously over the AGENT_MESSAGE WebSocket push
+   *  (consumed by useChatSocket). See workspace-server
+   *  a2a_proxy.go:402 (poll-mode short-circuit) and
+   *  a2a_proxy_helpers.go:516 (logA2AReceiveQueued). */
+  status?: string;
+  delivery_mode?: string;
 }

+/** True when `resp` is the platform's synthetic poll-mode "queued"
+ *  envelope rather than a real agent reply. For these the send is
+ *  acknowledged-but-pending: the user's message landed and the agent
+ *  is working, but there is no reply yet — the terminal AGENT_MESSAGE
+ *  push will arrive later over the WebSocket. Treating this as a
+ *  terminal response (the pre-fix behaviour) cleared the "agent is
+ *  working" indicator the instant the POST returned, so an external
+ *  workspace turn looked dead even though work had not started. */
+export function isPollQueuedResponse(resp: A2AResponse | null | undefined): boolean {
+  return !!resp && resp.status === "queued" && resp.delivery_mode === "poll";
+}
+
+/** Hard ceiling on how long the "agent is working" indicator stays up
+ *  for a poll-mode turn with no reply. The terminal AGENT_MESSAGE push
+ *  normally clears it well before this. The cap exists so a poll-mode
+ *  workspace that is offline / never consumes its queue doesn't pin a
+ *  spinner forever — at which point we surface an honest, actionable
+ *  error instead of an opaque dead spinner. Generous because poll
+ *  agents (an operator laptop) can legitimately take minutes to wake,
+ *  poll, and respond; the goal is "eventually honest", not fail-fast. */
+export const POLL_QUEUED_REPLY_TIMEOUT_MS = 15 * 60 * 1000;
+
 export function extractReplyText(resp: A2AResponse): string {
  const collect = (parts: A2APart[] | undefined): string => {
    if (!parts) return "";
@@ -59,14 +93,29 @@ export function useChatSend(workspaceId: string, options: UseChatSendOptions) {
  const sendInFlightRef = useRef(false);
  const sendingFromAPIRef = useRef(false);
  const sendTokenRef = useRef(0);
+  // Safety-net timer armed only for poll-mode ("queued") turns: the
+  // POST returns immediately with no reply, so the normal
+  // POST-resolves-→-clear-spinner path can't drive the indicator. The
+  // terminal AGENT_MESSAGE WebSocket push clears it via
+  // releaseSendGuards (which also clears this timer); the timer is the
+  // backstop for an offline poll agent that never consumes its queue.
+  const pollTimeoutRef = useRef<ReturnType<typeof setTimeout> | null>(null);
  const optionsRef = useRef(options);
  optionsRef.current = options;

+  const clearPollTimeout = useCallback(() => {
+    if (pollTimeoutRef.current !== null) {
+      clearTimeout(pollTimeoutRef.current);
+      pollTimeoutRef.current = null;
+    }
+  }, []);
+
  const releaseSendGuards = useCallback(() => {
+    clearPollTimeout();
    setSending(false);
    sendingFromAPIRef.current = false;
    sendInFlightRef.current = false;
-  }, []);
+  }, [clearPollTimeout]);

  const clearError = useCallback(() => setError(null), []);

@@ -146,6 +195,33 @@ export function useChatSend(workspaceId: string, options: UseChatSendOptions) {
            sendInFlightRef.current = false;
            return;
          }
+          // Poll-mode ("queued") turn: the message landed and the
+          // external/MCP agent will pick it up on its next poll, but
+          // there is NO reply in this response. Pre-fix this fell
+          // through to releaseSendGuards() below and the "agent is
+          // working" indicator vanished the instant the POST returned —
+          // an external-workspace turn looked dead even though work had
+          // not started. Instead, keep `sending` true so the existing
+          // thinking indicator (the same one internal agents use)
+          // persists as a "received — agent is working" state; the
+          // terminal AGENT_MESSAGE WebSocket push (consumed by
+          // useChatSocket → onAgentMessage / onSendComplete →
+          // releaseSendGuards) clears it when the real reply arrives,
+          // exactly the path an internal async reply already uses.
+          if (isPollQueuedResponse(resp)) {
+            clearPollTimeout();
+            pollTimeoutRef.current = setTimeout(() => {
+              if (sendTokenRef.current !== myToken) return;
+              if (!sendingFromAPIRef.current) return;
+              releaseSendGuards();
+              setError(
+                "No response yet from this agent — it may be offline or " +
+                  "busy. Your message was delivered and is queued; the " +
+                  "reply will appear here if the agent picks it up.",
+              );
+            }, POLL_QUEUED_REPLY_TIMEOUT_MS);
+            return;
+          }
          const replyText = extractReplyText(resp);
          const replyFiles = extractFilesFromTask(
            (resp?.result ?? {}) as Record<string, unknown>,
@@ -167,9 +243,15 @@ export function useChatSend(workspaceId: string, options: UseChatSendOptions) {
          setError("Failed to send message — agent may be unreachable");
        });
    },
-    [workspaceId, sending, uploading],
+    [workspaceId, sending, uploading, clearPollTimeout],
  );

+  // Drop the poll-mode safety timer on unmount / workspace switch so a
+  // stale timeout can't fire setError against a panel the user has
+  // already navigated away from. sendTokenRef guards correctness if it
+  // ever did fire; this just avoids the wasted timer + setState churn.
+  useEffect(() => clearPollTimeout, [clearPollTimeout]);
+
  return {
    sending,
    uploading,
@@ -67,23 +67,9 @@ export function useChatSocket(
            const own = (targetId || msg.workspace_id) === workspaceId;
            if (own) {
              callbacksRef.current.onSendComplete?.();
-              // internal#212 — surface the actionable, secret-safe
-              // failure reason (provider HTTP status + error code +
-              // human-readable message) the ws-server now puts on
-              // ACTIVITY_LOGGED.error_detail. The old hardcoded
-              // "Agent error (Exception) — see workspace logs for
-              // details." is the fallback only — it pointed at a
-              // workspace-logs tab that doesn't exist, telling the
-              // user nothing they could act on.
-              //
-              // Graceful degradation: older ws-server builds don't
-              // include error_detail, so the legacy boilerplate is
-              // still the floor (never silently swallow).
-              const detail = (p.error_detail as string) || "";
-              const reason = detail
-                ? detail
-                : "Agent error (Exception) — see workspace logs for details.";
-              callbacksRef.current.onSendError?.(reason);
+              callbacksRef.current.onSendError?.(
+                "Agent error (Exception) — see workspace logs for details.",
+              );
            }
          }
        } else if (type === "a2a_send") {
@@ -351,10 +351,8 @@ export function SecretsSection({ workspaceId, requiredEnv }: { workspaceId: stri
          {showAdd ? (
            <div className="bg-surface-card/50 rounded p-2 space-y-1.5 border border-line/50">
              <input value={newKey} onChange={(e) => setNewKey(e.target.value.toUpperCase())} placeholder="KEY_NAME"
-                aria-label="Secret key name"
                className="w-full bg-surface-sunken border border-line rounded px-2 py-1 text-[10px] font-mono text-ink focus:outline-none focus:border-accent" />
              <input value={newValue} onChange={(e) => setNewValue(e.target.value)} placeholder="Value" type="password"
-                aria-label="Secret value"
                className="w-full bg-surface-sunken border border-line rounded px-2 py-1 text-[10px] text-ink focus:outline-none focus:border-accent" />
              <div className="flex gap-2">
                <button type="button" onClick={() => { if (newKey && newValue) handleSave(newKey, newValue); }} disabled={!newKey || !newValue}
@@ -99,7 +99,7 @@ export function TestConnectionButton({

 function Spinner() {
  return (
-    <svg aria-hidden="true" className="spinner" width="14" height="14" viewBox="0 0 24 24" fill="none" stroke="currentColor" strokeWidth="2">
+    <svg className="spinner" width="14" height="14" viewBox="0 0 24 24" fill="none" stroke="currentColor" strokeWidth="2">
      <path d="M12 2v4M12 18v4M4.93 4.93l2.83 2.83M16.24 16.24l2.83 2.83M2 12h4M18 12h4M4.93 19.07l2.83-2.83M16.24 7.76l2.83-2.83" />
    </svg>
  );
@@ -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 } : {}),
        });
@@ -63,7 +63,7 @@ class MockWebSocket {
 (globalThis as unknown as Record<string, unknown>).WebSocket = MockWebSocket;

 // Now import the socket module (uses globalThis.WebSocket at call time)
-import { connectSocket, disconnectSocket, wakeSocket } from "../socket";
+import { connectSocket, disconnectSocket } from "../socket";
 import { useCanvasStore } from "../canvas";

 // ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
@@ -416,84 +416,3 @@ describe("RehydrateDedup", () => {
    expect(d.shouldSkip(2_700)).toBe(true);
  });
 });
-
-// ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
-// wakeSocket() — visibility-wake reconnect (regression #223 / #228)
-// ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
-//
-// Mobile browsers (iOS Safari, Chrome on Android in deep-sleep) silently
-// drop the WebSocket when the tab is backgrounded; the in-page onclose
-// fires very late or never. Without a visibility wake, the canvas stays
-// frozen until the user manually refreshes.
-//
-// The real wiring lives at module level: connectSocket installs a
-// visibilitychange/pageshow listener that calls wake() on foreground.
-// We can't dispatch DOM events here because the suite runs under the
-// `node` test environment (no `document`/`window` — see canvas/vitest
-// .config.ts). Instead we test wake() directly through the wakeSocket
-// public export, which is the same code path the listener invokes.
-
-describe("wakeSocket → reconnect (#223 / #228 — mobile visibility wake)", () => {
-  it("wake on a healthy OPEN socket does not create a new WebSocket", () => {
-    connectSocket();
-    const ws = getLastWS();
-    ws.triggerOpen();
-    // OPEN === 1. wake() should take the healthy-no-op branch.
-    (ws as unknown as { readyState: number }).readyState = 1;
-    const before = MockWebSocket.instances.length;
-    wakeSocket();
-    expect(MockWebSocket.instances.length).toBe(before);
-  });
-
-  it("wake on a CLOSED socket creates a new WebSocket (the actual #223 fix)", () => {
-    connectSocket();
-    const ws = getLastWS();
-    ws.triggerOpen();
-    // CLOSED === 3. Simulates the OS killing the socket while the tab
-    // was backgrounded. We deliberately don't fire triggerClose() —
-    // the whole point of #223 is that mobile browsers don't fire
-    // onclose when they kill the WS, so reconnect never schedules.
-    (ws as unknown as { readyState: number }).readyState = 3;
-    const before = MockWebSocket.instances.length;
-    wakeSocket();
-    expect(MockWebSocket.instances.length).toBe(before + 1);
-  });
-
-  it("wake while CONNECTING (readyState=0) does not pile another handshake", () => {
-    connectSocket();
-    const ws = getLastWS();
-    // CONNECTING === 0 — a handshake is already in flight.
-    (ws as unknown as { readyState: number }).readyState = 0;
-    const before = MockWebSocket.instances.length;
-    wakeSocket();
-    expect(MockWebSocket.instances.length).toBe(before);
-  });
-
-  it("wake cancels any pending backoff reconnect", () => {
-    const clearTimeoutSpy = vi.spyOn(globalThis, "clearTimeout");
-    connectSocket();
-    const ws = getLastWS();
-    ws.triggerOpen();
-    // Drop the socket — onclose schedules a backoff reconnect.
-    ws.triggerClose();
-    // Now wake the page. wake() should pre-empt the backoff so the
-    // user sees the canvas come back immediately, not after the
-    // exponential delay window.
-    (ws as unknown as { readyState: number }).readyState = 3;
-    clearTimeoutSpy.mockClear();
-    wakeSocket();
-    expect(clearTimeoutSpy).toHaveBeenCalled();
-    clearTimeoutSpy.mockRestore();
-  });
-
-  it("wake after disconnectSocket is a no-op (no zombie reconnect)", () => {
-    connectSocket();
-    const ws = getLastWS();
-    ws.triggerOpen();
-    disconnectSocket();
-    const before = MockWebSocket.instances.length;
-    // Singleton is null now — wake() should silently do nothing.
-    expect(() => wakeSocket()).not.toThrow();
-    expect(MockWebSocket.instances.length).toBe(before);
-  });
-});
@@ -268,46 +268,6 @@ class ReconnectingSocket {
    }
    useCanvasStore.getState().setWsStatus("disconnected");
  }
-
-  /** Force a reconnect attempt now, skipping the backoff window.
-   *  Used by the visibilitychange / pageshow handler: when a mobile
-   *  browser backgrounds the tab, the OS silently kills the WebSocket
-   *  but the in-page onclose either fires very late or never fires at
-   *  all (iOS Safari, Chrome on Android in deep-sleep). Once the user
-   *  brings the tab back, the canvas needs to reconnect within human
-   *  perception — not on whatever backoff delay was last scheduled,
-   *  which can be up to 30s. (#223 / #228)
-   *
-   *  Idempotent: if the socket is already OPEN we leave it alone; the
-   *  WebSocket is still healthy and a reconnect would just churn. */
-  wake() {
-    if (this.disposed) return;
-    // OPEN === 1. Use the numeric literal so we don't have to import
-    // WebSocket type values; the runtime constant is well-defined.
-    if (this.ws && this.ws.readyState === 1) {
-      // Healthy. Run a rehydrate to catch any events we may have missed
-      // while the tab was backgrounded — the OS does deliver some
-      // packets late, but it can also drop them, and the dedup gate
-      // collapses this with any subsequent health-check rehydrate.
-      void this.rehydrate();
-      return;
-    }
-    // CONNECTING === 0 means a handshake is already in flight. Don't
-    // pile another one on; the existing attempt or its onclose-driven
-    // reconnect will resolve.
-    if (this.ws && this.ws.readyState === 0) return;
-    // Otherwise (CLOSING, CLOSED, or null) we're in limbo. Cancel any
-    // pending backoff and reconnect now.
-    if (this.reconnectTimer) {
-      clearTimeout(this.reconnectTimer);
-      this.reconnectTimer = null;
-    }
-    // Reset attempt counter so the *next* failure (if any) starts from
-    // a short delay again — we just had a real user interaction, not
-    // an unattended-tab failure cascade.
-    this.attempt = 0;
-    this.connect();
-  }
 }

 export interface WorkspaceData {
@@ -346,49 +306,11 @@ export interface WorkspaceData {

 let socket: ReconnectingSocket | null = null;

-/** visibilitychange / pageshow handler. Mobile browsers (iOS Safari,
- *  Chrome on Android in deep-sleep) silently drop the WebSocket when
- *  the tab is backgrounded — the in-page `onclose` fires very late or
- *  never. Without this listener, the canvas appears frozen after the
- *  user backgrounds the PWA and returns to it: status events, agent
- *  messages, and cross-device chat broadcast don't arrive until a
- *  manual refresh (#223 / #228).
- *
- *  Both events are wired: `visibilitychange` covers tab-switch on a
- *  live page; `pageshow` covers Safari's bfcache restore, where the
- *  page comes back from cache without firing visibilitychange. */
-function onPageWake() {
-  // document is undefined in SSR; the listener never installs there,
-  // but defensively guard anyway in case this code is run via a test
-  // harness that doesn't shim it.
-  if (typeof document !== "undefined" && document.hidden) return;
-  socket?.wake();
-}
-let visibilityHandlerInstalled = false;
-function installVisibilityHandler() {
-  if (visibilityHandlerInstalled) return;
-  if (typeof document === "undefined" || typeof window === "undefined") return;
-  document.addEventListener("visibilitychange", onPageWake);
-  // `pageshow` with `event.persisted === true` is the bfcache restore
-  // signal — relevant on iOS Safari. We don't need to inspect
-  // `persisted` because waking an OPEN socket is a no-op.
-  window.addEventListener("pageshow", onPageWake);
-  visibilityHandlerInstalled = true;
-}
-function uninstallVisibilityHandler() {
-  if (!visibilityHandlerInstalled) return;
-  if (typeof document === "undefined" || typeof window === "undefined") return;
-  document.removeEventListener("visibilitychange", onPageWake);
-  window.removeEventListener("pageshow", onPageWake);
-  visibilityHandlerInstalled = false;
-}
-
 export function connectSocket() {
  if (!socket) {
    socket = new ReconnectingSocket(WS_URL);
  }
  socket.connect();
-  installVisibilityHandler();
 }

 export function disconnectSocket() {
@@ -396,14 +318,4 @@ export function disconnectSocket() {
    socket.disconnect();
    socket = null;
  }
-  uninstallVisibilityHandler();
-}
-
-/** Manually trigger the visibility-wake path. Exported so the test suite
- *  can exercise `ReconnectingSocket.wake()` without depending on a
- *  jsdom DOM (the rest of this file's tests run under the node env).
- *  Real-world callers don't need this — the visibility/pageshow listener
- *  drives it. */
-export function wakeSocket() {
-  socket?.wake();
 }
@@ -584,10 +584,6 @@
 .secrets-tab__refresh-btn:hover {
  background: #1e40af;
 }
-.secrets-tab__refresh-btn:focus-visible {
-  outline: 2px solid #1d4ed8;
-  outline-offset: 2px;
-}

 .secrets-tab__no-results {
  text-align: center;
@@ -653,10 +649,6 @@
  border-radius: 6px;
  cursor: pointer;
 }
-.delete-dialog__cancel-btn:focus-visible {
-  outline: var(--focus-ring);
-  outline-offset: var(--focus-ring-offset);
-}

 .delete-dialog__confirm-btn {
  background: var(--status-invalid);
@@ -666,10 +658,6 @@
  border-radius: 6px;
  cursor: pointer;
 }
-.delete-dialog__confirm-btn:focus-visible {
-  outline: var(--focus-ring);
-  outline-offset: var(--focus-ring-offset);
-}

 .delete-dialog__confirm-btn:disabled { opacity: 0.4; cursor: not-allowed; }

@@ -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"},
@@ -58,7 +58,6 @@ TOP_LEVEL_MODULES = {
    "a2a_response",
    "a2a_tools",
    "a2a_tools_delegation",
-    "a2a_tools_identity",
    "a2a_tools_inbox",
    "a2a_tools_memory",
    "a2a_tools_messaging",
@@ -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
@@ -1,35 +0,0 @@
-// Command t4-contract-dump prints the T4 privilege contract as YAML.
-//
-// Usage:
-//
-//	go run ./workspace-server/cmd/t4-contract-dump > t4_capabilities.yaml
-//
-// This is the seam that template-repo CI workflows consume:
-//
-//	- Template CI fetches molecule-core at pinned ref
-//	- Runs `go run ./workspace-server/cmd/t4-contract-dump` to produce
-//	  t4_capabilities.yaml
-//	- Iterates capabilities and runs each Probe inside a freshly-built
-//	  privileged container
-//	- Aggregates structured pass/fail; fails the gate on any hard miss.
-//
-// Keeping this trivial and pure-stdlib means a fork user does not need
-// a Molecule-AI Gitea token or any internal infrastructure to consume
-// the contract — `go run` against molecule-core's public source is
-// enough.
-package main
-
-import (
-	"fmt"
-	"os"
-
-	"github.com/Molecule-AI/molecule-monorepo/platform/internal/provisioner"
-)
-
-func main() {
-	caps := provisioner.T4PrivilegeContract()
-	if _, err := os.Stdout.WriteString(provisioner.AsYAML(caps)); err != nil {
-		fmt.Fprintln(os.Stderr, "t4-contract-dump: write failed:", err)
-		os.Exit(1)
-	}
-}
@@ -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
@@ -399,21 +399,7 @@ func (h *WorkspaceHandler) proxyA2ARequest(ctx context.Context, workspaceID stri
 	// (no Do(), no maybeMarkContainerDead). The response is a synthetic
 	// {status:"queued"} envelope so the caller (canvas, another workspace)
 	// knows delivery is acknowledged but pending consumption.
-	deliveryMode, deliveryModeErr := lookupDeliveryMode(ctx, workspaceID)
-	if deliveryModeErr != nil {
-		// internal#497 fail-closed: a real DB/context error on the
-		// delivery-mode read MUST NOT silently fall through to the push
-		// dispatch path — that is exactly what silently misrouted every
-		// poll-mode peer for 5 days under the ce2db75f regression. Surface
-		// a structured error so the delegation is marked failed (loud +
-		// retryable) instead of dispatched to the wrong path.
-		log.Printf("ProxyA2A: delivery-mode lookup failed for %s: %v — failing closed", workspaceID, deliveryModeErr)
-		return 0, nil, &proxyA2AError{
-			Status:   http.StatusServiceUnavailable,
-			Response: gin.H{"error": "delivery-mode lookup failed; refusing to dispatch to avoid silent misrouting"},
-		}
-	}
-	if deliveryMode == models.DeliveryModePoll {
+	if lookupDeliveryMode(ctx, workspaceID) == models.DeliveryModePoll {
 		if logActivity {
 			h.logA2AReceiveQueued(ctx, workspaceID, callerID, body, a2aMethod)
 		}
@@ -468,64 +468,40 @@ func parseUsageFromA2AResponse(body []byte) (inputTokens, outputTokens int64) {
 	return 0, 0
 }

-// lookupDeliveryMode returns the workspace's delivery_mode.
-//
-// internal#497 / RFC#497 fail-closed (SURGICAL scope): the *specific*
-// failure mode that hid the ce2db75f regression for 5 days is now
-// propagated instead of silently swallowed — a CONTEXT error
-// (context.Canceled / context.DeadlineExceeded). Under ce2db75f the
-// detached delegation goroutine ran on a cancelled request context, every
-// `SELECT delivery_mode` failed `context canceled`, this function returned
-// push, the poll-mode short-circuit in proxyA2ARequest was skipped, and
-// poll-mode peers (e.g. an operator laptop on molecule-mcp-claude-channel)
-// silently never got their a2a_receive inbox row. A transient,
-// systematic-once-triggered context cancellation became permanent
-// invisible misrouting. Returning that error lets the caller fail loud
-// (mark the delegation failed) instead of mis-dispatching.
-//
-// Scope is deliberately narrow: only ctx errors propagate. Other DB
-// errors retain the long-standing documented "fall back to push (today's
-// synchronous behavior)" contract — that path is loud + recoverable
-// (502 / SSRF reject / restart), unlike the silent poll-mode drop, and
-// the surrounding proxy (incl. the sibling checkWorkspaceBudget) is
-// intentionally built around that fail-open-to-push behavior. Widening
-// further is an RFC#497 follow-up, not part of this P0 fix.
-//
-// A genuinely *absent* configuration is NOT an error and still resolves to
-// push (the safe synchronous default): sql.ErrNoRows, a NULL/empty column,
-// or an unrecognised value all return (push, nil).
+// lookupDeliveryMode returns the workspace's delivery_mode. On any DB
+// error or missing row it returns DeliveryModePush — the fail-closed
+// default. "Closed" here means "fall back to today's behavior (synchronous
+// dispatch)" rather than "fall back to drop the request silently into
+// activity_logs where the agent might never see it." A poll-mode workspace
+// that briefly reads as push will get its A2A request dispatched to the
+// stored URL (or a 502 if no URL); a push-mode workspace that briefly
+// reads as poll would get its request silently queued with no dispatch.
+// The first failure is loud + recoverable; the second is silent.
 //
 // The function is intentionally lookup-only — it never mutates the row.
 // The register handler (registry.go) is the only writer for delivery_mode.
 //
 // See #2339 PR 1 for the column + register-flow side; this is the
 // proxy-side read used for the short-circuit in proxyA2ARequest.
-func lookupDeliveryMode(ctx context.Context, workspaceID string) (string, error) {
+func lookupDeliveryMode(ctx context.Context, workspaceID string) string {
 	var mode sql.NullString
 	err := db.DB.QueryRowContext(ctx,
 		`SELECT delivery_mode FROM workspaces WHERE id = $1`, workspaceID,
 	).Scan(&mode)
 	if err != nil {
-		// internal#497: a context cancellation/deadline MUST NOT be
-		// swallowed into a silent push default — that is the exact 5-day
-		// silent-misrouting vector. Propagate so the caller fails closed.
-		if errors.Is(err, context.Canceled) || errors.Is(err, context.DeadlineExceeded) {
-			log.Printf("ProxyA2A: lookupDeliveryMode(%s) context error (%v) — failing closed (NOT defaulting to push)", workspaceID, err)
-			return "", err
-		}
 		if !errors.Is(err, sql.ErrNoRows) {
-			log.Printf("ProxyA2A: lookupDeliveryMode(%s) failed (%v) — defaulting to push (non-ctx DB error; legacy fail-open-to-push contract)", workspaceID, err)
+			log.Printf("ProxyA2A: lookupDeliveryMode(%s) failed (%v) — defaulting to push", workspaceID, err)
 		}
-		return models.DeliveryModePush, nil
+		return models.DeliveryModePush
 	}
 	if !mode.Valid || mode.String == "" {
-		return models.DeliveryModePush, nil
+		return models.DeliveryModePush
 	}
 	if !models.IsValidDeliveryMode(mode.String) {
 		log.Printf("ProxyA2A: workspace %s has invalid delivery_mode=%q — defaulting to push", workspaceID, mode.String)
-		return models.DeliveryModePush, nil
+		return models.DeliveryModePush
 	}
-	return mode.String, nil
+	return mode.String
 }

 // logA2AReceiveQueued records a poll-mode "queued" A2A receive into
@@ -538,49 +514,26 @@ func lookupDeliveryMode(ctx context.Context, workspaceID string) (string, error)
 // 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").
@@ -2235,18 +2228,12 @@ func TestProxyA2A_PushMode_NoShortCircuit(t *testing.T) {
 	}
 }

-// TestProxyA2A_PollMode_FailsClosedToPush verifies the LEGACY safety
-// contract is PRESERVED for non-context DB errors: a generic DB error
-// reading delivery_mode still defaults to push (today's behavior), NOT
-// poll. Failing to push means a poll-mode workspace briefly attempts a
-// real dispatch — visible failure (502 / SSRF rejection / restart
-// cascade), not a silent drop into activity_logs where the agent might
-// never look. Loud > silent, recoverable > lost.
-//
-// internal#497 narrows the fail-closed change to *context* errors only
-// (the actual ce2db75f regression vector); generic DB errors keep this
-// long-standing fail-open-to-push contract. The ctx-error fail-closed is
-// covered by TestLookupDeliveryMode_ContextCanceled_FailsClosed.
+// TestProxyA2A_PollMode_FailsClosedToPush verifies the safety contract:
+// a DB error reading delivery_mode must default to push (the existing
+// behavior), NOT poll. Failing to push means a poll-mode workspace
+// briefly attempts a real dispatch — visible failure (502 / SSRF
+// rejection / restart cascade), not a silent drop into activity_logs
+// where the agent might never look. Loud > silent, recoverable > lost.
 func TestProxyA2A_PollMode_FailsClosedToPush(t *testing.T) {
 	mock := setupTestDB(t)
 	setupTestRedis(t) // empty Redis — forces resolveAgentURL DB lookup
@@ -2257,8 +2244,7 @@ func TestProxyA2A_PollMode_FailsClosedToPush(t *testing.T) {

 	expectBudgetCheck(mock, wsID)

-	// lookupDeliveryMode hits a generic (non-context) DB error → must
-	// still default push (legacy contract preserved by internal#497).
+	// lookupDeliveryMode hits a transient DB error → must default push.
 	mock.ExpectQuery("SELECT delivery_mode FROM workspaces WHERE id").
 		WithArgs(wsID).
 		WillReturnError(sql.ErrConnDone)
@@ -2282,7 +2268,7 @@ func TestProxyA2A_PollMode_FailsClosedToPush(t *testing.T) {
 		var resp map[string]interface{}
 		_ = json.Unmarshal(w.Body.Bytes(), &resp)
 		if resp["status"] == "queued" {
-			t.Errorf("generic DB error on delivery_mode lookup silently queued the request — must fail-open-to-push, got body: %s", w.Body.String())
+			t.Errorf("DB error on delivery_mode lookup silently queued the request — must fail-closed-to-push, got body: %s", w.Body.String())
 		}
 	}

@@ -2291,37 +2277,6 @@ func TestProxyA2A_PollMode_FailsClosedToPush(t *testing.T) {
 	}
 }

-// TestLookupDeliveryMode_ContextCanceled_FailsClosed is the internal#497
-// regression test for the SECONDARY defect. It pins the exact invariant
-// that hid the ce2db75f regression for 5 days: when the delivery_mode read
-// fails because the context was cancelled (precisely what happened in the
-// detached delegation goroutine running on a returned request context),
-// lookupDeliveryMode MUST return an error and MUST NOT silently return
-// "push". Returning push there is what skipped the poll-mode short-circuit
-// and silently dropped 100% of poll-mode peer deliveries.
-//
-// A pre-cancelled context makes QueryRowContext fail with
-// context.Canceled deterministically — no DB rows are mocked because the
-// query never reaches a result.
-func TestLookupDeliveryMode_ContextCanceled_FailsClosed(t *testing.T) {
-	mock := setupTestDB(t)
-	// The query fails on the cancelled ctx before matching; provide a
-	// permissive expectation so sqlmock doesn't complain about the attempt.
-	mock.ExpectQuery("SELECT delivery_mode FROM workspaces WHERE id").
-		WillReturnError(context.Canceled)
-
-	ctx, cancel := context.WithCancel(context.Background())
-	cancel() // simulate the HTTP handler having returned (request ctx dead)
-
-	mode, err := lookupDeliveryMode(ctx, "ws-poll-peer")
-	if err == nil {
-		t.Fatalf("internal#497 regression: lookupDeliveryMode swallowed a context error and returned mode=%q with nil err — this is the exact 5-day silent-misrouting vector", mode)
-	}
-	if mode == models.DeliveryModePush {
-		t.Errorf("internal#497 regression: context error must NOT default to push (got mode=%q)", mode)
-	}
-}
-
 // ==================== a2aClient ResponseHeaderTimeout config ====================

 func TestA2AClientResponseHeaderTimeout(t *testing.T) {
@@ -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
@@ -17,17 +17,6 @@ var gitIdentitySlugPattern = regexp.MustCompile(`[^a-z0-9]+`)
 // docs/authorship.md (when it exists).
 const gitIdentityEmailDomain = "agents.moleculesai.app"

-// gitAskpassHelperPath is the in-container path of the askpass helper
-// installed by every workspace runtime image (workspace/Dockerfile in
-// molecule-core; scripts/git-askpass.sh → /usr/local/bin/molecule-askpass
-// in each external template-* repo). The helper reads GIT_HTTP_USERNAME
-// / GIT_HTTP_PASSWORD (falling back to GITEA_USER / GITEA_TOKEN) from
-// env and emits them on the git credential-prompt protocol. Setting
-// GIT_ASKPASS to this path is what wires container-side HTTPS git auth
-// to the persona credentials already arriving via workspace_secrets,
-// with no on-disk .gitconfig / .git-credentials mutation required.
-const gitAskpassHelperPath = "/usr/local/bin/molecule-askpass"
-
 // applyAgentGitIdentity sets GIT_AUTHOR_* / GIT_COMMITTER_* env vars so
 // every commit from this workspace container carries a distinct author
 // in `git log` and `git blame`. Git reads these env vars before falling
@@ -61,34 +50,6 @@ func applyAgentGitIdentity(envVars map[string]string, workspaceName string) {
 	setIfEmpty(envVars, "GIT_AUTHOR_EMAIL", authorEmail)
 	setIfEmpty(envVars, "GIT_COMMITTER_NAME", authorName)
 	setIfEmpty(envVars, "GIT_COMMITTER_EMAIL", authorEmail)
-
-	applyGitAskpass(envVars)
-}
-
-// applyGitAskpass points git at the in-image askpass helper so that any
-// HTTPS git operation against a remote without a pre-configured
-// credential.helper picks up the persona credentials already present in
-// the container env (GIT_HTTP_USERNAME / GIT_HTTP_PASSWORD, or
-// GITEA_USER / GITEA_TOKEN as fallback — the latter pair is what
-// loadPersonaEnvFile delivers from the operator-host bootstrap kit).
-//
-// Idempotent: if GIT_ASKPASS is already set (e.g. by an operator-
-// supplied workspace_secret or an env-mutator plugin), the existing
-// value wins. This lets a workspace opt out by setting GIT_ASKPASS=""
-// or pointing at a different helper.
-//
-// No vendor-specific behaviour lives in this function — the host the
-// credentials apply to is determined entirely by the deployer choosing
-// when to populate GIT_HTTP_USERNAME / GIT_HTTP_PASSWORD (or
-// GITEA_USER / GITEA_TOKEN). The helper script itself is generic and
-// has no hardcoded hostnames, so it's safe to ship inside the
-// open-source workspace template images alongside the platform-managed
-// claude-code image.
-func applyGitAskpass(envVars map[string]string) {
-	if envVars == nil {
-		return
-	}
-	setIfEmpty(envVars, "GIT_ASKPASS", gitAskpassHelperPath)
 }

 // slugifyForEmail collapses a workspace name to a safe email localpart:
@@ -75,53 +75,6 @@ func TestApplyAgentGitIdentity_NilMapIsSafe(t *testing.T) {
 	applyAgentGitIdentity(nil, "PM")
 }

-func TestApplyAgentGitIdentity_SetsGitAskpass(t *testing.T) {
-	// GIT_ASKPASS is what wires container-side HTTPS git auth to the
-	// persona credentials (GITEA_USER/GITEA_TOKEN, etc.) that
-	// loadPersonaEnvFile delivers via workspace_secrets. Without this,
-	// `git push` inside the container would fall through to interactive
-	// prompts (impossible) or a missing credential.helper (401).
-	env := map[string]string{}
-	applyAgentGitIdentity(env, "Frontend Engineer")
-	if env["GIT_ASKPASS"] != "/usr/local/bin/molecule-askpass" {
-		t.Errorf("GIT_ASKPASS: got %q, want %q",
-			env["GIT_ASKPASS"], "/usr/local/bin/molecule-askpass")
-	}
-}
-
-func TestApplyAgentGitIdentity_RespectsAskpassOverride(t *testing.T) {
-	// A workspace_secret or env-mutator plugin must be able to point at
-	// a custom askpass helper without us clobbering it. Symmetric with
-	// the GIT_AUTHOR_NAME override test above.
-	env := map[string]string{
-		"GIT_ASKPASS": "/opt/custom/askpass",
-	}
-	applyAgentGitIdentity(env, "Backend Engineer")
-	if env["GIT_ASKPASS"] != "/opt/custom/askpass" {
-		t.Errorf("GIT_ASKPASS should not be overwritten, got %q", env["GIT_ASKPASS"])
-	}
-}
-
-func TestApplyAgentGitIdentity_AskpassSkippedOnEmptyName(t *testing.T) {
-	// The empty-name early-return covers GIT_ASKPASS too — a provisioning
-	// glitch that dropped the workspace name shouldn't half-configure the
-	// container (identity vars empty but askpass wired). All-or-nothing.
-	env := map[string]string{}
-	applyAgentGitIdentity(env, "")
-	if _, ok := env["GIT_ASKPASS"]; ok {
-		t.Errorf("empty name should not set GIT_ASKPASS, got %q", env["GIT_ASKPASS"])
-	}
-}
-
-func TestApplyGitAskpass_NilMapIsSafe(t *testing.T) {
-	defer func() {
-		if r := recover(); r != nil {
-			t.Errorf("applyGitAskpass panicked on nil map: %v", r)
-		}
-	}()
-	applyGitAskpass(nil)
-}
-
 func TestSlugifyForEmail(t *testing.T) {
 	cases := []struct {
 		in, want string
@@ -2,7 +2,6 @@ package handlers

 import (
 	"context"
-	"database/sql"
 	"encoding/json"
 	"log"
 	"net/http"
@@ -163,32 +162,8 @@ func (h *DelegationHandler) Delegate(c *gin.Context) {
 		},
 	})

-	// Fire-and-forget: send A2A in a background goroutine.
-	//
-	// internal#497 — the goroutine MUST NOT inherit the HTTP request's
-	// cancellation. `ctx` here is c.Request.Context(); the handler returns
-	// 202 a few lines below, which cancels that context immediately. Before
-	// this fix (regression ce2db75f) executeDelegation ran on the
-	// request-scoped ctx, so every DB op + proxy call in the detached
-	// goroutine failed `context canceled` the instant the 202 was written.
-	// That silently broke 100% of A2A peer delegations fleet-wide since
-	// 2026-05-12 (poll-mode peers never got their a2a_receive inbox row;
-	// lookupDeliveryMode swallowed the ctx error and defaulted to push).
-	//
-	// context.WithoutCancel detaches cancellation/deadline while PRESERVING
-	// all context values (trace/correlation/tenant ids that proxyA2ARequest
-	// and the broadcaster read off ctx) — this is the established pattern in
-	// this package (a2a_proxy.go:850, a2a_proxy_helpers.go:525,
-	// registry.go:822). The 30-minute ceiling matches the prior internal
-	// budget executeDelegation used before ce2db75f and the proxy's own
-	// absolute agent-dispatch ceiling (a2a_proxy.go forwardCtx).
-	delegationCtx, cancelDelegation := context.WithTimeout(
-		context.WithoutCancel(ctx), 30*time.Minute,
-	)
-	go func() {
-		defer cancelDelegation()
-		h.executeDelegation(delegationCtx, sourceID, body.TargetID, delegationID, a2aBody)
-	}()
+	// Fire-and-forget: send A2A in background goroutine
+	go h.executeDelegation(ctx, sourceID, body.TargetID, delegationID, a2aBody)

 	// Broadcast event so canvas shows delegation in real-time
 	h.broadcaster.RecordAndBroadcast(ctx, string(events.EventDelegationSent), sourceID, map[string]interface{}{
@@ -723,8 +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,
@@ -743,11 +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()
@@ -16,65 +16,6 @@ import (
 	"github.com/gin-gonic/gin"
 )

-// ---------- internal#497 regression: detached goroutine ctx must outlive the handler ----------
-
-// TestDelegate_DetachedContext_SurvivesRequestCancellation pins the
-// load-bearing invariant that regression ce2db75f violated: the context
-// handed to executeDelegation in the fire-and-forget goroutine must NOT be
-// cancelled when the HTTP handler returns 202 (which cancels
-// c.Request.Context()). Before the fix, executeDelegation ran on the
-// request-scoped ctx, so every DB op + proxy call failed `context
-// canceled` the instant the 202 was written — silently breaking 100% of
-// A2A peer delegations fleet-wide since 2026-05-12.
-//
-// This test asserts the exact ctx-derivation contract used by Delegate
-// (context.WithoutCancel(parent) + a timeout budget): the derived context
-// (a) stays alive after the parent is cancelled, and (b) still carries
-// parent values (trace/correlation/tenant ids the downstream proxy +
-// broadcaster read off ctx). It is intentionally DB-free and fast.
-func TestDelegate_DetachedContext_SurvivesRequestCancellation(t *testing.T) {
-	type ctxKey string
-	const traceKey ctxKey = "trace-id"
-
-	// Simulate c.Request.Context() carrying a correlation value.
-	parent, cancelParent := context.WithCancel(
-		context.WithValue(context.Background(), traceKey, "trace-abc-123"),
-	)
-
-	// Exact derivation Delegate uses for the detached goroutine.
-	delegationCtx, cancelDelegation := context.WithTimeout(
-		context.WithoutCancel(parent), 30*time.Minute,
-	)
-	defer cancelDelegation()
-
-	// The HTTP handler "returns 202" → request context is cancelled.
-	cancelParent()
-
-	if err := parent.Err(); err == nil {
-		t.Fatal("precondition: parent context should be cancelled after the handler returns")
-	}
-
-	// (a) Cancellation MUST NOT propagate to the detached context.
-	select {
-	case <-delegationCtx.Done():
-		t.Fatalf("regression: detached delegation ctx was cancelled by the handler returning (err=%v) — executeDelegation would fail every DB op with `context canceled`", delegationCtx.Err())
-	default:
-		// alive — correct
-	}
-
-	// (b) Parent values MUST still be readable (WithoutCancel preserves
-	// values; trace/correlation/tenant ids the proxy + broadcaster use).
-	if got, _ := delegationCtx.Value(traceKey).(string); got != "trace-abc-123" {
-		t.Errorf("detached ctx lost the parent trace value: got %q, want %q", got, "trace-abc-123")
-	}
-
-	// And it still has a real deadline (the 30m budget), so it is not an
-	// unbounded background context.
-	if _, hasDeadline := delegationCtx.Deadline(); !hasDeadline {
-		t.Error("detached ctx must carry the 30-minute timeout budget, but has no deadline")
-	}
-}
-
 // ---------- Delegate: missing target_id → 400 ----------

 func TestDelegate_MissingTargetID(t *testing.T) {
@@ -24,30 +24,17 @@ import (

 // BuildExternalConnectionPayload assembles the gin.H payload that the
 // canvas's ExternalConnectModal consumes. Pure data — caller owns DB
-// reads (workspace_id, workspace_name) and token minting (auth_token).
+// reads (workspace_id) and token minting (auth_token).
 //
 // authToken may be empty for the read-only "show instructions again"
 // path; the modal masks the field in that case rather than displaying
 // an empty string.
-//
-// workspaceName feeds the per-workspace MCP server-name in the snippets
-// that wire molecule-mcp into an external Claude Code (or other
-// MCP-stdio) client. Without a unique server name a second
-// `claude mcp add molecule` call REPLACES the first entry, collapsing
-// multi-workspace use into a single per-session slot — see
-// mcpServerNameForWorkspace below. May be empty (re-show / rotate paths
-// that don't plumb the name); the helper falls back to the workspace
-// ID's short prefix so the snippet is always unique.
-func BuildExternalConnectionPayload(platformURL, workspaceID, workspaceName, authToken string) gin.H {
+func BuildExternalConnectionPayload(platformURL, workspaceID, authToken string) gin.H {
 	pURL := strings.TrimSuffix(platformURL, "/")
-	mcpName := mcpServerNameForWorkspace(workspaceID, workspaceName)
 	stamp := func(tmpl string) string {
 		return strings.ReplaceAll(
-			strings.ReplaceAll(
-				strings.ReplaceAll(tmpl, "{{PLATFORM_URL}}", pURL),
-				"{{WORKSPACE_ID}}", workspaceID,
-			),
-			"{{MCP_SERVER_NAME}}", mcpName,
+			strings.ReplaceAll(tmpl, "{{PLATFORM_URL}}", pURL),
+			"{{WORKSPACE_ID}}", workspaceID,
 		)
 	}
 	return gin.H{
@@ -90,81 +77,6 @@ func externalPlatformURL(c *gin.Context) string {
 	return scheme + "://" + host
 }

-// mcpServerNameForWorkspace derives the unique MCP server name used in
-// the Universal MCP snippet's `claude mcp add <name> -- ...` line.
-//
-// Why per-workspace, not a fixed "molecule": `claude mcp add` keys
-// entries by name in ~/.claude.json, so re-running with the same name
-// silently REPLACES the previous entry. A single external Claude Code
-// session that connects to N molecule workspaces must therefore use N
-// distinct server names — otherwise the second install collapses the
-// first, and the user experiences "MCP is per-session". MCP itself
-// supports many servers per session; the install-snippet name was the
-// only thing standing in the way.
-//
-// Pattern: "molecule-<slug>" where slug comes from the workspace name
-// (lowercased, non-alphanumeric → hyphen, collapsed, trimmed, <=24
-// chars). Falls back to the workspace ID's first 8 chars when the name
-// is empty or slugifies to nothing — both produce a deterministic,
-// Claude-Code-name-safe (alphanumeric + hyphens, no spaces / dots /
-// slashes) identifier that disambiguates per-workspace.
-//
-// Two workspaces with identical names still produce identical slugs by
-// design — the user picked them to look the same. The
-// `claude mcp add` step will overwrite the older one in that case;
-// the workaround is to rename one, then re-run. Documented in the
-// snippet header so users aren't surprised.
-func mcpServerNameForWorkspace(workspaceID, workspaceName string) string {
-	const fallbackIDPrefixLen = 8
-	const maxSlugLen = 24
-	slug := slugifyForMcpName(workspaceName, maxSlugLen)
-	if slug == "" {
-		id := strings.ReplaceAll(workspaceID, "-", "")
-		if len(id) > fallbackIDPrefixLen {
-			id = id[:fallbackIDPrefixLen]
-		}
-		slug = id
-	}
-	if slug == "" {
-		// Defensive: empty workspaceID at this layer means the caller
-		// is misusing the API; we still return a usable (non-colliding
-		// in the common case) constant rather than producing "molecule-"
-		// which Claude Code would reject.
-		return "molecule"
-	}
-	return "molecule-" + slug
-}
-
-// slugifyForMcpName lowercases, replaces non-[a-z0-9] runs with a single
-// '-', trims leading/trailing '-', and truncates to maxLen. Returns ""
-// if nothing usable remains. Pure helper; no allocations beyond the
-// builder.
-func slugifyForMcpName(s string, maxLen int) string {
-	var b strings.Builder
-	b.Grow(len(s))
-	lastHyphen := true // suppress leading hyphens
-	for _, r := range s {
-		switch {
-		case r >= 'A' && r <= 'Z':
-			b.WriteRune(r + ('a' - 'A'))
-			lastHyphen = false
-		case (r >= 'a' && r <= 'z') || (r >= '0' && r <= '9'):
-			b.WriteRune(r)
-			lastHyphen = false
-		default:
-			if !lastHyphen {
-				b.WriteByte('-')
-				lastHyphen = true
-			}
-		}
-	}
-	out := strings.TrimRight(b.String(), "-")
-	if len(out) > maxLen {
-		out = strings.TrimRight(out[:maxLen], "-")
-	}
-	return out
-}
-
 // externalCurlTemplate — zero-dependency register snippet. Placeholders:
 //   - {{PLATFORM_URL}}, {{WORKSPACE_ID}}   — filled server-side
 //   - $WORKSPACE_AUTH_TOKEN                — env var, operator sets
@@ -304,14 +216,6 @@ const externalUniversalMcpTemplate = `# Universal MCP — standalone register +
 # for any MCP-aware runtime (Claude Code, hermes, codex, etc.).
 # Pair with the Claude Code or Python SDK tab if your runtime needs
 # inbound A2A delivery (canvas messages → agent conversation turns).
-#
-# Multi-workspace: MCP supports many servers per Claude Code session.
-# This snippet uses a workspace-specific server name ({{MCP_SERVER_NAME}})
-# so installing for a second workspace ADDS another entry instead of
-# overwriting the first — run the snippet from each workspace's modal
-# in turn and ` + "`claude mcp list`" + ` will show all of them. If two
-# workspaces have the same name, slugs collide and the second install
-# overwrites the first; rename one workspace to disambiguate.

 # Requires Python >= 3.11. On 3.10 or older pip says
 # "Could not find a version that satisfies the requirement
@@ -320,14 +224,11 @@ const externalUniversalMcpTemplate = `# Universal MCP — standalone register +
 # Upgrade the interpreter (brew install python@3.12 / apt install
 # python3.12 / etc.) or use a 3.11+ venv.

-# 1. Install the workspace runtime wheel (once per machine — safe to
-#    re-run; subsequent workspaces share the same wheel):
+# 1. Install the workspace runtime wheel:
 pip install molecule-ai-workspace-runtime

 # 2. Wire molecule-mcp into your agent's MCP config. Claude Code:
-#    NOTE the server name is workspace-specific ("{{MCP_SERVER_NAME}}") so
-#    multiple molecule workspaces co-exist in one Claude Code session.
-claude mcp add {{MCP_SERVER_NAME}} -s user -- env \
+claude mcp add molecule -s user -- env \
  WORKSPACE_ID={{WORKSPACE_ID}} \
  PLATFORM_URL={{PLATFORM_URL}} \
  MOLECULE_WORKSPACE_TOKEN="<paste from create response>" \
@@ -348,11 +249,8 @@ claude mcp add {{MCP_SERVER_NAME}} -s user -- env \
 #   Documentation: https://doc.moleculesai.app/docs/guides/mcp-server-setup
 #   Common errors:
 #     • "Tools not appearing in your agent" — run ` + "`claude mcp list`" + ` (or
-#       your runtime's equivalent) and confirm the {{MCP_SERVER_NAME}} entry.
-#       If missing, re-run the ` + "`claude mcp add`" + ` line above.
-#     • "Connecting a second workspace overwrote the first" — re-check that
-#       the server name in the line above is {{MCP_SERVER_NAME}} (not a bare
-#       "molecule"); each workspace's modal generates a distinct name.
+#       your runtime's equivalent) and confirm the molecule entry. If
+#       missing, re-run the ` + "`claude mcp add`" + ` line above.
 #     • "ConnectionRefused / DNS error on first call" — PLATFORM_URL must
 #       include the scheme (https://) and have NO trailing slash. Verify
 #       with: curl ${PLATFORM_URL}/healthz
@@ -748,12 +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
@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@ func (h *WorkspaceHandler) RotateExternalCredentials(c *gin.Context) {
 	}
 	ctx := c.Request.Context()

-	runtime, name, err := lookupWorkspaceRuntimeAndName(ctx, db.DB, id)
+	runtime, err := lookupWorkspaceRuntime(ctx, db.DB, id)
 	if errors.Is(err, sql.ErrNoRows) {
 		c.JSON(http.StatusNotFound, gin.H{"error": "workspace not found"})
 		return
@@ -108,7 +108,7 @@ func (h *WorkspaceHandler) RotateExternalCredentials(c *gin.Context) {

 	platformURL := externalPlatformURL(c)
 	c.JSON(http.StatusOK, gin.H{
-		"connection": BuildExternalConnectionPayload(platformURL, id, name, tok),
+		"connection": BuildExternalConnectionPayload(platformURL, id, tok),
 	})
 }

@@ -129,7 +129,7 @@ func (h *WorkspaceHandler) GetExternalConnection(c *gin.Context) {
 	}
 	ctx := c.Request.Context()

-	runtime, name, err := lookupWorkspaceRuntimeAndName(ctx, db.DB, id)
+	runtime, err := lookupWorkspaceRuntime(ctx, db.DB, id)
 	if errors.Is(err, sql.ErrNoRows) {
 		c.JSON(http.StatusNotFound, gin.H{"error": "workspace not found"})
 		return
@@ -149,20 +149,16 @@ func (h *WorkspaceHandler) GetExternalConnection(c *gin.Context) {

 	platformURL := externalPlatformURL(c)
 	c.JSON(http.StatusOK, gin.H{
-		"connection": BuildExternalConnectionPayload(platformURL, id, name, ""),
+		"connection": BuildExternalConnectionPayload(platformURL, id, ""),
 	})
 }

-// lookupWorkspaceRuntimeAndName returns runtime + name in one round-trip.
-// Wrapped for readability + so tests can mock the single SELECT.
-// Used by rotate / re-show paths: runtime gates the external-only check;
-// name feeds the per-workspace MCP server slug in BuildExternalConnectionPayload
-// (so the Universal MCP snippet uses a stable per-workspace name instead
-// of overwriting prior `claude mcp add molecule` entries).
-// Returns sql.ErrNoRows when the workspace doesn't exist.
-func lookupWorkspaceRuntimeAndName(ctx context.Context, handle *sql.DB, id string) (runtime, name string, err error) {
-	err = handle.QueryRowContext(ctx, `
-		SELECT COALESCE(runtime, ''), COALESCE(name, '') FROM workspaces WHERE id = $1
-	`, id).Scan(&runtime, &name)
-	return runtime, name, err
+// lookupWorkspaceRuntime returns the workspace's runtime field. Wrapped
+// for readability + so tests can mock the single SELECT.
+func lookupWorkspaceRuntime(ctx context.Context, handle *sql.DB, id string) (string, error) {
+	var runtime string
+	err := handle.QueryRowContext(ctx, `
+		SELECT COALESCE(runtime, '') FROM workspaces WHERE id = $1
+	`, id).Scan(&runtime)
+	return runtime, err
 }
@@ -35,9 +35,9 @@ func TestRotateExternalCredentials_HappyPath(t *testing.T) {
 	wh := NewWorkspaceHandler(newTestBroadcaster(), nil, "http://localhost:8080", t.TempDir())

 	// 1. Runtime lookup
-	mock.ExpectQuery(`SELECT COALESCE\(runtime, ''\), COALESCE\(name, ''\) FROM workspaces WHERE id = \$1`).
+	mock.ExpectQuery(`SELECT COALESCE\(runtime, ''\) FROM workspaces WHERE id = \$1`).
 		WithArgs("ws-ext").
-		WillReturnRows(sqlmock.NewRows([]string{"runtime", "name"}).AddRow("external", "test-ws"))
+		WillReturnRows(sqlmock.NewRows([]string{"runtime"}).AddRow("external"))

 	// 2. Revoke all live tokens
 	mock.ExpectExec(`UPDATE workspace_auth_tokens`).
@@ -98,9 +98,9 @@ func TestRotateExternalCredentials_RejectsNonExternal(t *testing.T) {
 	setupTestRedis(t)
 	wh := NewWorkspaceHandler(newTestBroadcaster(), nil, "http://localhost:8080", t.TempDir())

-	mock.ExpectQuery(`SELECT COALESCE\(runtime, ''\), COALESCE\(name, ''\) FROM workspaces WHERE id = \$1`).
+	mock.ExpectQuery(`SELECT COALESCE\(runtime, ''\) FROM workspaces WHERE id = \$1`).
 		WithArgs("ws-hermes").
-		WillReturnRows(sqlmock.NewRows([]string{"runtime", "name"}).AddRow("hermes", "test-ws"))
+		WillReturnRows(sqlmock.NewRows([]string{"runtime"}).AddRow("hermes"))

 	w := httptest.NewRecorder()
 	c, _ := gin.CreateTestContext(w)
@@ -129,9 +129,9 @@ func TestRotateExternalCredentials_NotFound(t *testing.T) {
 	setupTestRedis(t)
 	wh := NewWorkspaceHandler(newTestBroadcaster(), nil, "http://localhost:8080", t.TempDir())

-	mock.ExpectQuery(`SELECT COALESCE\(runtime, ''\), COALESCE\(name, ''\) FROM workspaces WHERE id = \$1`).
+	mock.ExpectQuery(`SELECT COALESCE\(runtime, ''\) FROM workspaces WHERE id = \$1`).
 		WithArgs("ws-missing").
-		WillReturnRows(sqlmock.NewRows([]string{"runtime", "name"})) // no rows
+		WillReturnRows(sqlmock.NewRows([]string{"runtime"})) // no rows

 	w := httptest.NewRecorder()
 	c, _ := gin.CreateTestContext(w)
@@ -172,9 +172,9 @@ func TestGetExternalConnection_HappyPathReturnsBlankToken(t *testing.T) {
 	setupTestRedis(t)
 	wh := NewWorkspaceHandler(newTestBroadcaster(), nil, "http://localhost:8080", t.TempDir())

-	mock.ExpectQuery(`SELECT COALESCE\(runtime, ''\), COALESCE\(name, ''\) FROM workspaces WHERE id = \$1`).
+	mock.ExpectQuery(`SELECT COALESCE\(runtime, ''\) FROM workspaces WHERE id = \$1`).
 		WithArgs("ws-ext").
-		WillReturnRows(sqlmock.NewRows([]string{"runtime", "name"}).AddRow("external", "test-ws"))
+		WillReturnRows(sqlmock.NewRows([]string{"runtime"}).AddRow("external"))

 	w := httptest.NewRecorder()
 	c, _ := gin.CreateTestContext(w)
@@ -211,9 +211,9 @@ func TestGetExternalConnection_RejectsNonExternal(t *testing.T) {
 	setupTestRedis(t)
 	wh := NewWorkspaceHandler(newTestBroadcaster(), nil, "http://localhost:8080", t.TempDir())

-	mock.ExpectQuery(`SELECT COALESCE\(runtime, ''\), COALESCE\(name, ''\) FROM workspaces WHERE id = \$1`).
+	mock.ExpectQuery(`SELECT COALESCE\(runtime, ''\) FROM workspaces WHERE id = \$1`).
 		WithArgs("ws-claude").
-		WillReturnRows(sqlmock.NewRows([]string{"runtime", "name"}).AddRow("claude-code", "test-ws"))
+		WillReturnRows(sqlmock.NewRows([]string{"runtime"}).AddRow("claude-code"))

 	w := httptest.NewRecorder()
 	c, _ := gin.CreateTestContext(w)
@@ -233,9 +233,9 @@ func TestGetExternalConnection_NotFound(t *testing.T) {
 	setupTestRedis(t)
 	wh := NewWorkspaceHandler(newTestBroadcaster(), nil, "http://localhost:8080", t.TempDir())

-	mock.ExpectQuery(`SELECT COALESCE\(runtime, ''\), COALESCE\(name, ''\) FROM workspaces WHERE id = \$1`).
+	mock.ExpectQuery(`SELECT COALESCE\(runtime, ''\) FROM workspaces WHERE id = \$1`).
 		WithArgs("ws-missing").
-		WillReturnRows(sqlmock.NewRows([]string{"runtime", "name"}))
+		WillReturnRows(sqlmock.NewRows([]string{"runtime"}))

 	w := httptest.NewRecorder()
 	c, _ := gin.CreateTestContext(w)
@@ -253,7 +253,7 @@ func TestGetExternalConnection_NotFound(t *testing.T) {
 // ---------- BuildExternalConnectionPayload (pure helper) ----------

 func TestBuildExternalConnectionPayload_StampsPlaceholders(t *testing.T) {
-	got := BuildExternalConnectionPayload("https://platform.test", "ws-7", "my-bot", "tok-abc")
+	got := BuildExternalConnectionPayload("https://platform.test", "ws-7", "tok-abc")

 	if got["workspace_id"] != "ws-7" {
 		t.Errorf("workspace_id: %v", got["workspace_id"])
@@ -267,18 +267,6 @@ func TestBuildExternalConnectionPayload_StampsPlaceholders(t *testing.T) {
 	if got["registry_endpoint"] != "https://platform.test/registry/register" {
 		t.Errorf("registry_endpoint: %v", got["registry_endpoint"])
 	}
-	// Universal MCP snippet must contain a workspace-specific server
-	// name derived from the workspace name. Without this each new
-	// `claude mcp add` would overwrite the previous entry in the user's
-	// ~/.claude.json (servers are keyed by name) — collapsing
-	// multi-workspace use into one slot. See mcpServerNameForWorkspace.
-	mcp, _ := got["universal_mcp_snippet"].(string)
-	if !strings.Contains(mcp, "claude mcp add molecule-my-bot ") {
-		t.Errorf("universal_mcp_snippet missing per-workspace server name 'molecule-my-bot':\n%s", mcp)
-	}
-	if strings.Contains(mcp, "{{MCP_SERVER_NAME}}") {
-		t.Errorf("universal_mcp_snippet still contains literal {{MCP_SERVER_NAME}}")
-	}
 	// {{PLATFORM_URL}} + {{WORKSPACE_ID}} placeholders must be substituted
 	// out of every snippet — if any snippet still contains a literal
 	// "{{PLATFORM_URL}}" or "{{WORKSPACE_ID}}", a future template author
@@ -304,7 +292,7 @@ func TestBuildExternalConnectionPayload_TrimsTrailingSlash(t *testing.T) {
 	// being concatenated into endpoint paths — otherwise the operator
 	// gets `https://platform.test//registry/register` (double slash) which
 	// some servers reject as a redirect target.
-	got := BuildExternalConnectionPayload("https://platform.test/", "ws-7", "", "")
+	got := BuildExternalConnectionPayload("https://platform.test/", "ws-7", "")
 	if got["platform_url"] != "https://platform.test" {
 		t.Errorf("platform_url: trailing slash not trimmed; got %v", got["platform_url"])
 	}
@@ -316,48 +304,8 @@ func TestBuildExternalConnectionPayload_TrimsTrailingSlash(t *testing.T) {
 func TestBuildExternalConnectionPayload_BlankAuthTokenIsAllowed(t *testing.T) {
 	// Re-show path: auth_token="" is the contract; the modal masks the
 	// field and labels it "rotate to reveal a new token".
-	got := BuildExternalConnectionPayload("https://platform.test", "ws-7", "", "")
+	got := BuildExternalConnectionPayload("https://platform.test", "ws-7", "")
 	if got["auth_token"] != "" {
 		t.Errorf("blank token must propagate as \"\"; got %v", got["auth_token"])
 	}
 }
-
-// TestBuildExternalConnectionPayload_McpServerNameUniquePerWorkspace
-// pins the multi-workspace install contract: two distinct workspaces
-// must produce two distinct `claude mcp add` server-name lines, or
-// installing the second one will overwrite the first entry in the
-// user's ~/.claude.json (servers are keyed by name) — collapsing
-// multi-workspace use into a single per-session slot, which is the
-// "this is per-session" UX the CTO observed 2026-05-18.
-func TestBuildExternalConnectionPayload_McpServerNameUniquePerWorkspace(t *testing.T) {
-	cases := []struct {
-		name        string
-		workspaceID string
-		wsName      string
-		wantAddLine string // must appear in universal_mcp_snippet
-	}{
-		{"plain name", "id-a", "my-bot", "claude mcp add molecule-my-bot "},
-		{"name with spaces + caps", "id-b", "My Bot 1", "claude mcp add molecule-my-bot-1 "},
-		// Symbol/punctuation collapses to single hyphens and trims.
-		{"name with symbols", "id-c", "--Foo!!Bar--", "claude mcp add molecule-foo-bar "},
-		// Empty name falls back to the first 8 chars of the (de-hyphenated)
-		// workspace UUID — keeps the snippet unique per workspace even
-		// when callers (rotate/re-show pre-name-lookup) pass "".
-		{"empty name, uuid id", "12345678-aaaa-bbbb-cccc-deadbeef0000", "", "claude mcp add molecule-12345678 "},
-	}
-	for _, tc := range cases {
-		t.Run(tc.name, func(t *testing.T) {
-			got := BuildExternalConnectionPayload("https://p.test", tc.workspaceID, tc.wsName, "tok")
-			mcp, _ := got["universal_mcp_snippet"].(string)
-			if !strings.Contains(mcp, tc.wantAddLine) {
-				t.Errorf("missing %q in universal_mcp_snippet:\n%s", tc.wantAddLine, mcp)
-			}
-			// Belt + suspenders: never the bare fixed `molecule` name —
-			// that was the bug. (Match with trailing space so the
-			// "molecule-…" form passes.)
-			if strings.Contains(mcp, "claude mcp add molecule ") {
-				t.Errorf("snippet regressed to fixed `claude mcp add molecule `; got:\n%s", mcp)
-			}
-		})
-	}
-}
@@ -61,11 +61,6 @@ func drainTestAsync() {
 // 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()
@@ -103,11 +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()
@@ -407,11 +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.
 //
@@ -218,14 +217,6 @@ func loadWorkspaceEnv(orgBaseDir, filesDir string) map[string]string {
 // check, or when the env file does not exist (workspaces without a role —
 // or running on hosts that don't ship the bootstrap dir — keep their old
 // behavior).
-//
-// Token-file fallback: the newer prod-team personas (agent-dev-a,
-// agent-dev-b, agent-pm) ship `token` + `universal-auth.env` only — no
-// legacy plaintext `env` file. When the env-file load produces zero rows,
-// loadPersonaTokenFile fills in GITEA_TOKEN / GITEA_USER / GITEA_USER_EMAIL
-// from the token file so the GIT_ASKPASS helper has something to emit.
-// The env-file form remains authoritative when present (it may carry
-// richer rows like GITEA_TOKEN_SCOPES / GITEA_SSH_KEY_PATH).
 func loadPersonaEnvFile(role string, out map[string]string) {
 	if !isSafeRoleName(role) {
 		if role != "" {
@@ -237,61 +228,7 @@ func loadPersonaEnvFile(role string, out map[string]string) {
 	if root == "" {
 		root = "/etc/molecule-bootstrap/personas"
 	}
-	before := len(out)
 	parseEnvFile(filepath.Join(root, role, "env"), out)
-	if len(out) == before {
-		// No env-file rows landed (file absent, or present-but-empty).
-		// Try the token-only persona shape used by the prod-team
-		// identities. Existing keys in out are preserved.
-		loadPersonaTokenFile(role, out)
-	}
-}
-
-// loadPersonaTokenFile populates GITEA_TOKEN / GITEA_USER / GITEA_USER_EMAIL
-// from a persona dir that ships only the bare `token` file — the shape used
-// by the production agent personas (agent-dev-a, agent-dev-b, agent-pm).
-// Those dirs do not carry an `env` file because their non-Gitea creds come
-// from Infisical Universal Auth at runtime (universal-auth.env), so the
-// historical loadPersonaEnvFile path silently no-ops on them.
-//
-// File layout: $MOLECULE_PERSONA_ROOT/<role>/token (mode 600, plain text).
-// The token contents become GITEA_TOKEN (whitespace-trimmed); the role
-// name becomes GITEA_USER; GITEA_USER_EMAIL is synthesised as
-// <role>@<gitIdentityEmailDomain> to match the email shape that
-// applyAgentGitIdentity uses for its slug-derived authorship addresses.
-//
-// Silent no-op when the role fails the safe-segment check, when the
-// token file does not exist, or when its contents are empty after
-// trimming. Existing keys in out are not overwritten — the caller's
-// later .env layers and any prior loadPersonaEnvFile rows always win.
-func loadPersonaTokenFile(role string, out map[string]string) {
-	if out == nil {
-		return
-	}
-	if !isSafeRoleName(role) {
-		return
-	}
-	root := os.Getenv("MOLECULE_PERSONA_ROOT")
-	if root == "" {
-		root = "/etc/molecule-bootstrap/personas"
-	}
-	data, err := os.ReadFile(filepath.Join(root, role, "token"))
-	if err != nil {
-		return
-	}
-	token := strings.TrimSpace(string(data))
-	if token == "" {
-		return
-	}
-	if _, ok := out["GITEA_TOKEN"]; !ok {
-		out["GITEA_TOKEN"] = token
-	}
-	if _, ok := out["GITEA_USER"]; !ok {
-		out["GITEA_USER"] = role
-	}
-	if _, ok := out["GITEA_USER_EMAIL"]; !ok {
-		out["GITEA_USER_EMAIL"] = role + "@" + gitIdentityEmailDomain
-	}
 }

 // isSafeRoleName accepts a single path segment of [A-Za-z0-9_-]+. Rejects
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