@black-market/sdk 0.6.3 → 0.7.0

package/src/lifecycle/simulation.ts

@@ -1,8 +1,59 @@
-import { decodeEventLog, decodeFunctionResult, encodeFunctionData, encodeFunctionResult, toHex, type Hex } from "viem";
-import { launchLifecycleAbi, lifecycleErc20Abi } from "./abi.js";
-import { LifecyclePhase, type LaunchProgressV1, type LaunchReceiptV1 } from "./schema.js";
-import { assertLifecycleBlock, lifecyclePinnedRpc, lifecycleRpc, lifecycleSourceClient, lifecycleStage, nitroArbSys, nitroArbSysAbi, nitroGasInfo, nitroGasInfoAbi, readLifecycleBlock, readNitroPosterGas, resolveLifecycleLimits, rpcHex, rpcObject, rpcQuantity } from "./rpc.js";
-import { LifecyclePlanningError, type ControlledLifecycleFork, type LifecycleBlock, type LifecyclePostcondition, type LifecycleRpcClient, type LifecycleSimulation, type LifecycleSimulationStep, type LifecycleTransaction, type PlannedLaunch, type ResolvedLifecycleLimits, type SimulateLaunchPlanOptions } from "./types.js";
+import { decodeErrorResult, decodeEventLog, decodeFunctionResult, encodeFunctionData, encodeFunctionResult, parseAbi, toHex, type Hex } from "viem";
+import { fixedFeePoolHookV1Abi, launchLifecycleAbi, lifecycleErc20Abi } from "./abi.js";
+import { hashLaunchIdentity, hashLaunchPlan, LifecyclePhase, type LaunchPlanV1, type LaunchProgressV1, type LaunchReceiptV1 } from "./schema.js";
+import { assertLifecycleBlock, assertLifecycleReadClientOpen, lifecycleFailureReason, lifecyclePinnedRpc, lifecycleRpc, lifecycleSourceClient, lifecycleStage, nitroArbSys, nitroArbSysAbi, nitroGasInfo, nitroGasInfoAbi, readLifecycleBlock, readLifecycleChainId, readNitroPosterGas, resolveLifecycleLimits, rpcHex, rpcObject, rpcQuantity, type LifecycleLimitObservation } from "./rpc.js";
+import { LifecyclePlanningError, type ControlledLifecycleFork, type LifecycleBlock, type LifecycleLimitContext, type LifecyclePostcondition, type LifecycleRpcClient, type LifecycleSimulation, type LifecycleSimulationStep, type LifecycleTransaction, type PlannedLaunch, type ResolvedLifecycleLimits, type SimulateLaunchPlanOptions } from "./types.js";
+import { decodeAbyssLifecycleMarketConfig, decodePoolBoundV4LifecycleMarketConfig, decodeV4LifecycleMarketConfig, isPoolBoundV4ConfigVersion } from "./markets.js";
+
+function committedPositionCount(plan: LaunchPlanV1): number {
+  let count = 0;
+  for (const market of plan.markets) {
+    if (market.configVersion === 1) count += decodeAbyssLifecycleMarketConfig(market.config).positions.length;
+    else if (market.configVersion === 4) count += decodeV4LifecycleMarketConfig(market.config).positions.length;
+    else if (isPoolBoundV4ConfigVersion(market.configVersion)) count += decodePoolBoundV4LifecycleMarketConfig(market.config, market.configVersion).positions.length;
+    else throw new LifecyclePlanningError("UNSUPPORTED_CONFIG_VERSION", "Activation requires a supported committed position schema");
+  }
+  return count;
+}
+
+const executionGuardErrors = [
+  ...fixedFeePoolHookV1Abi.filter((item) => item.type === "error"),
+  ...parseAbi([
+    "error WrongDomain()", "error PlanMismatch()", "error LaunchAlreadyExists()", "error InvalidMode()",
+    "error InvalidPhase()", "error InvalidPreparationOrder()", "error DeadlineExpired()", "error InvalidBinding()",
+    "error InvalidMarket()", "error InsufficientEscrow()", "error InvalidPositions()", "error InvalidPlan()",
+    "error InvalidFunding()", "error InvalidFeePolicy()", "error InvalidBuy()", "error DuplicateMarket()",
+    "error IneligibleImplementation()", "error QuoteDebtForbidden()", "error SlippageExceeded()", "error FeeBelowMinimum()",
+    "error DeploymentFailed()", "error Error(string reason)", "error Panic(uint256 code)",
+  ]),
+];
+
+function executionFailure(returnData: Hex | undefined, error: unknown): Pick<LifecycleSimulationStep, "failureCategory" | "decodedError" | "nativeErrorCode" | "nativeErrorKind" | "nativeErrorDataBytes" | "nativeGasCapped" | "error"> {
+  const native = error !== null && typeof error === "object" && !Array.isArray(error) ? error as Record<string, unknown> : undefined;
+  let nativeData: unknown = native?.data;
+  for (let depth = 0; depth < 3 && nativeData !== null && typeof nativeData === "object" && !Array.isArray(nativeData); depth += 1) nativeData = (nativeData as Record<string, unknown>).data;
+  const nativeErrorDataBytes = typeof nativeData === "string" && /^0x(?:[0-9a-fA-F]{2})*$/.test(nativeData) ? (nativeData.length - 2) / 2 : undefined;
+  const nativeErrorCode = typeof native?.code === "number" && Number.isSafeInteger(native.code) ? native.code : undefined;
+  const message = typeof native?.message === "string" ? native.message : "";
+  const nativeGasCapped = message.endsWith(" (gas limit was capped by the RPC server's global gas cap)");
+  // Native eth_simulateV1 uses -32015 for VM errors; -32000 is also used by RPC clients.
+  // Empty data and an explicit OOG report are required. Malformed data or proximity is not proof.
+  const outOfGas = (returnData === undefined || returnData === "0x") && (native?.data === undefined || nativeErrorDataBytes === 0) &&
+    (nativeErrorCode === -32015 || nativeErrorCode === -32000) && /^out of gas\b/i.test(message);
+  const nativeErrorKind = native === undefined ? "missing" : outOfGas ? "out-of-gas" : nativeErrorCode === 3 ? "execution-reverted" : nativeErrorCode === -32015 ? "vm-error" : "other";
+  const diagnostic = { nativeErrorCode, nativeErrorKind, nativeErrorDataBytes, nativeGasCapped } as const;
+  const data = returnData === undefined || returnData === "0x" ? nativeData : returnData;
+  if (typeof data === "string" && /^0x(?:[0-9a-fA-F]{2}){4,}$/.test(data)) {
+    try {
+      const { errorName } = decodeErrorResult({ abi: executionGuardErrors, data: data as Hex });
+      return { ...diagnostic, failureCategory: errorName === "DeploymentFailed" ? "opaque" : "semantic", decodedError: errorName, error: `Execution reverted (${errorName})` };
+    } catch { return { ...diagnostic, failureCategory: "opaque", error: "Execution reverted without a reviewed error" }; }
+  }
+  if (outOfGas) return { ...diagnostic, failureCategory: nativeGasCapped ? "source" : "capacity", error: nativeGasCapped ? "Native execution ran out of gas under the reported RPC gas cap" : "Native execution ran out of gas" };
+  return { ...diagnostic, failureCategory: "opaque", error: nativeErrorKind === "execution-reverted" ? "Native execution reverted without a reviewed error" : "Execution failed without a reviewed error" };
+}
+
+const nitroProofsByInvocation = new WeakMap<LifecycleRpcClient, Map<string, Promise<void>>>();
 
 function conditionRequest(condition: LifecyclePostcondition, planned: PlannedLaunch): { to: Hex; data: Hex } {
   if (condition.kind === "allowance") return {
@@ -85,8 +136,8 @@ async function simulateRpcPass(client: LifecycleRpcClient, planned: PlannedLaunc
     if (gasRequired < gasUsed || gasRequired > (gasLimits[index] ?? 0n)) throw new LifecyclePlanningError("INVALID_RPC_RESPONSE", "Simulated gas use is outside the exact requested envelope");
     const returnData = rpcHex(call.returnData, "simulated return data");
     const success = rpcQuantity(call.status, "simulated status") === 1n;
-    let error: string | undefined;
-    if (!success) error = call.error === undefined ? `Execution reverted: ${returnData}` : JSON.stringify(call.error);
+    const failureDiagnostic = success ? undefined : executionFailure(returnData, call.error);
+    let error = failureDiagnostic?.error;
     if (success) {
       try {
         // Verification reads must not become synthetic transactions that consume creator nonce/fees.
@@ -106,26 +157,40 @@ async function simulateRpcPass(client: LifecycleRpcClient, planned: PlannedLaunc
         } else if (transaction.kind === "atomic" || transaction.kind === "activate") {
           const functionName = transaction.kind === "atomic" ? "launchAtomic" : "activateLaunch";
           const receipt = decodeFunctionResult({ abi: launchLifecycleAbi, functionName, data: returnData }) as LaunchReceiptV1;
-          if (receipt.planHash.toLowerCase() !== planned.planHash.toLowerCase() || receipt.launchId.toLowerCase() !== planned.launchId.toLowerCase() || receipt.token.toLowerCase() !== planned.predictedToken.toLowerCase() || receipt.marketCount !== planned.plan.markets.length || receipt.quoteSpent.length !== planned.plan.buys.length || receipt.tokenOut.length !== planned.plan.buys.length || !events.some((event) => event.eventName === "LaunchActivated" && event.args.planHash.toLowerCase() === planned.planHash.toLowerCase() && event.args.token.toLowerCase() === planned.predictedToken.toLowerCase())) throw new LifecyclePlanningError("POSTCONDITION_FAILED", "Simulation did not atomically complete the committed launch");
+          const positionCount = committedPositionCount(planned.plan);
+          if (receipt.planHash.toLowerCase() !== planned.planHash.toLowerCase() || receipt.launchId.toLowerCase() !== planned.launchId.toLowerCase() || receipt.token.toLowerCase() !== planned.predictedToken.toLowerCase() || receipt.marketCount !== planned.plan.markets.length || receipt.positionCount !== positionCount || receipt.quoteSpent.length !== planned.plan.buys.length || receipt.tokenOut.length !== planned.plan.buys.length || !events.some((event) => event.eventName === "LaunchActivated" && event.args.launchId.toLowerCase() === planned.launchId.toLowerCase() && event.args.planHash.toLowerCase() === planned.planHash.toLowerCase() && event.args.token.toLowerCase() === planned.predictedToken.toLowerCase() && event.args.marketCount === planned.plan.markets.length && event.args.positionCount === positionCount)) throw new LifecyclePlanningError("POSTCONDITION_FAILED", "Simulation did not atomically complete every committed market, position and ordered buy");
           for (let buyIndex = 0; buyIndex < planned.plan.buys.length; buyIndex += 1) {
             const buy = planned.plan.buys[buyIndex];
             if (buy === undefined || (receipt.quoteSpent[buyIndex] ?? buy.quoteAmountIn + 1n) > buy.quoteAmountIn || (receipt.tokenOut[buyIndex] ?? 0n) < buy.minTokenOut) throw new LifecyclePlanningError("POSTCONDITION_FAILED", "Simulation did not satisfy every ordered buy's budget and output minimum");
           }
         } else if (transaction.kind === "cancel" && !events.some((event) => event.eventName === "LaunchCancelled" && event.args.launchId.toLowerCase() === planned.launchId.toLowerCase() && event.args.creator.toLowerCase() === planned.account.toLowerCase())) throw new LifecyclePlanningError("POSTCONDITION_FAILED", "Simulation did not cancel the exact committed launch");
         else if ((transaction.kind === "approve" || transaction.kind === "approve-reset") && returnData !== "0x" && decodeFunctionResult({ abi: lifecycleErc20Abi, functionName: "approve", data: returnData }) !== true) throw new LifecyclePlanningError("POSTCONDITION_FAILED", "Funding approval returned failure");
-      } catch (failure) { error = failure instanceof Error ? failure.message : String(failure); }
+      } catch (failure) { error = failure instanceof LifecyclePlanningError ? failure.message : "Simulation returned an invalid committed postcondition"; }
     }
-    steps.push({ transactionId: transaction.id, success: success && error === undefined, gasUsed, gasRequired, gasLimit: gasLimits[index], returnData, error });
+    steps.push({ transactionId: transaction.id, success: success && error === undefined, gasUsed, gasRequired, gasLimit: gasLimits[index], returnData, error, ...failureDiagnostic, ...(success && error !== undefined ? { failureCategory: "postcondition" as const } : {}) });
     if (!success || error !== undefined) break;
   }
   return steps;
 }
-/** A failure that consumed nearly the whole limit is treated as possible gas-envelope
- *  exhaustion (EIP-150 retention starves forwarded sub-calls; the surfaced revert bytes
- *  may be a wrapped inner bubble rather than empty). Discovery is safe: a genuine
- *  business revert also fails at the exact ceiling, so it can never be masked. */
+/** A decoded semantic refusal or opaque deployment wrapper is never gas evidence. */
 function looksGasExhausted(step: LifecycleSimulationStep, gasLimit: bigint): boolean {
-  return !step.success && step.gasUsed !== undefined && step.gasUsed >= gasLimit - gasLimit / 64n;
+  return !step.success && step.failureCategory === "capacity" && step.gasUsed !== undefined && step.gasUsed >= gasLimit - gasLimit / 64n;
+}
+
+function simulationFailureKind(failure: unknown): "abort" | "out-of-gas" | "execution" | "source" {
+  for (let depth = 0; depth < 8 && failure !== null && typeof failure === "object"; depth += 1) {
+    const error = failure as { name?: unknown; code?: unknown; status?: unknown; statusCode?: unknown; message?: unknown; details?: unknown; data?: unknown; cause?: unknown };
+    if (error.name === "AbortError") return "abort";
+    const status = error.status ?? error.statusCode;
+    if (typeof status === "number" && status >= 400 && status <= 599) return "source";
+    const message = typeof error.details === "string" ? error.details : typeof error.message === "string" ? error.message : "";
+    const execution = executionFailure(undefined, { ...error, message });
+    if (execution.nativeErrorKind === "out-of-gas" && execution.nativeGasCapped) return "source";
+    if (execution.failureCategory === "capacity") return "out-of-gas";
+    if (error.code === 3 || error.code === -32000 && /^execution (?:failed|reverted)\b/i.test(message)) return "execution";
+    failure = error.cause;
+  }
+  return "source";
 }
 
 async function waitForkReceipt(client: LifecycleRpcClient, transactionHash: Hex, timeoutMs: number): Promise<Record<string, unknown>> {
@@ -196,7 +261,7 @@ async function simulateForkPass(fork: ControlledLifecycleFork, planned: PlannedL
           const activated = events.filter((event) => event.eventName === "LaunchActivated");
           const buys = events.filter((event) => event.eventName === "InitialBuyExecuted");
           if (activated.length !== 1 || !activated.some((event) => event.eventName === "LaunchActivated" && event.args.launchId.toLowerCase() === planned.launchId.toLowerCase() && event.args.planHash.toLowerCase() === planned.planHash.toLowerCase() && event.args.token.toLowerCase() === planned.predictedToken.toLowerCase()) ||
-            progress.phase !== LifecyclePhase.Active || progress.planHash.toLowerCase() !== planned.planHash.toLowerCase() || progress.token.toLowerCase() !== planned.predictedToken.toLowerCase() ||
+            progress.phase !== LifecyclePhase.Active || progress.planHash.toLowerCase() !== planned.planHash.toLowerCase() || progress.token.toLowerCase() !== planned.predictedToken.toLowerCase() || progress.marketCount !== planned.plan.markets.length || progress.positionCount !== committedPositionCount(planned.plan) ||
             buys.length !== planned.plan.buys.length) throw new LifecyclePlanningError("POSTCONDITION_FAILED", "Actual fork activation differs from the exact committed launch");
           const quoteSpent: bigint[] = []; const tokenOut: bigint[] = [];
           for (let buyIndex = 0; buyIndex < buys.length; buyIndex += 1) {
@@ -219,7 +284,7 @@ async function simulateForkPass(fork: ControlledLifecycleFork, planned: PlannedL
         }
         steps.push({ transactionId: transaction.id, success: true, gasUsed, gasLimit: gas, gasRequired, returnData });
       } catch (failure) {
-        steps.push({ transactionId: transaction.id, success: false, gasLimit: gas, error: failure instanceof Error ? failure.message : String(failure) });
+        steps.push({ transactionId: transaction.id, success: false, gasLimit: gas, error: lifecycleFailureReason(failure) });
         break;
       }
     }
@@ -233,55 +298,221 @@ async function simulateForkPass(fork: ControlledLifecycleFork, planned: PlannedL
   }
 }
 
-export async function simulateLaunchTransactions(options: SimulateLaunchPlanOptions, transactions: readonly LifecycleTransaction[], pinnedBlock?: LifecycleBlock): Promise<LifecycleSimulation> {
+type SimulationObservations = [LifecycleLimitObservation, unknown, unknown, unknown];
+/** Internal, operation-local fee envelope for the already matched immediate step. */
+export type NextTransactionEnvelope = Readonly<{ gas: bigint; gasPrice: bigint }>;
+export type PreparedLaunchSimulation = ((transactions: readonly LifecycleTransaction[], nextEnvelope?: NextTransactionEnvelope) => Promise<LifecycleSimulation>) & {
+  /** Unadmitted diagnostic results only; final admission always performs validated replay. */
+  measure(transactions: readonly LifecycleTransaction[]): Promise<LifecycleSimulation>;
+  close(): void;
+};
+
+function observedFields<T extends object>(value: T): () => boolean {
+  const keys = Object.keys(value) as (keyof T)[];
+  const values = keys.map((key) => value[key]);
+  return () => keys.length === Object.keys(value).length && keys.every((key, index) => value[key] === values[index]);
+}
+
+/** Internal continuation owned by one SDK read invocation. Only its positive
+ * capability proof is reused; every candidate executes its entire economic sequence. */
+export function prepareLaunchSimulation(options: SimulateLaunchPlanOptions, block: LifecycleBlock, hasTransactions = true): PreparedLaunchSimulation {
+  const { client, planned, fork } = options;
+  const signal = options.signal;
+  if (signal?.aborted) throw Object.assign(new Error("Lifecycle simulation cancelled"), { name: "AbortError" });
+  const sourceClient = lifecycleSourceClient(client), sourceRequest = sourceClient.request;
+  const sourceBatching = sourceClient.supportsReadBatching;
+  const reusable = assertLifecycleReadClientOpen(client);
+  const plan = planned.plan, planHash = planned.planHash, launchId = planned.launchId;
+  const optionsLimits = options.limits, plannedLimits = planned.limits;
+  const policy = optionsLimits === undefined ? plannedLimits : optionsLimits;
+  const blockMatches = observedFields(block);
+  const forkMatches = fork === undefined ? undefined : observedFields(fork);
+  const forkRequest = fork?.client.request;
+  const plannedMatches = observedFields(planned);
+  const context: LifecycleLimitContext = Object.freeze({ client, account: planned.account, orchestrator: plan.orchestrator, block: Object.freeze({ ...block }), chainId: planned.chainId });
+  let closed = false, active = false, consumed = false, capabilityProved = false;
+  let capabilityPending: Promise<void> | undefined;
+  const assertContext = () => {
+    if (closed) throw new LifecyclePlanningError("INVALID_SIMULATION", "Prepared simulation continuation has closed");
+    if (signal?.aborted) throw Object.assign(new Error("Lifecycle simulation cancelled"), { name: "AbortError" });
+    assertLifecycleReadClientOpen(client);
+    if (options.client !== client || options.planned !== planned || options.limits !== optionsLimits || options.fork !== fork || options.signal !== signal ||
+      lifecycleSourceClient(client) !== sourceClient || sourceClient.request !== sourceRequest || !plannedMatches() || !blockMatches() ||
+      sourceClient.supportsReadBatching !== sourceBatching ||
+      planned.plan !== plan || planned.account !== context.account || plan.orchestrator !== context.orchestrator || planned.chainId !== context.chainId ||
+      planned.limits !== plannedLimits || forkMatches !== undefined && !forkMatches() || fork?.client.request !== forkRequest) {
+      throw new LifecyclePlanningError("LIMIT_CONTEXT_MISMATCH", "Prepared simulation differs from its source/account/core/plan/header/policy context");
+    }
+    if (hashLaunchPlan(plan).toLowerCase() !== planHash.toLowerCase() || hashLaunchIdentity(plan).toLowerCase() !== launchId.toLowerCase()) {
+      throw new LifecyclePlanningError("PLAN_MUTATED", "Economic plan changed after its simulation context was bound");
+    }
+  };
+  const pending = (async () => {
+    if (fork !== undefined && lifecycleSourceClient(fork.client) === sourceClient) throw new LifecyclePlanningError("UNSAFE_FORK", "Source RPC must never receive controlled simulation transactions/snapshots/resets");
+    return lifecycleStage(client, "simulation.context", () => Promise.all([
+      resolveLifecycleLimits(context, policy),
+      readLifecycleChainId(client),
+      lifecyclePinnedRpc(client, "eth_getCode", [context.account, toHex(context.block.number)], context.block),
+      hasTransactions ? lifecycleRpc(client, "eth_gasPrice") : undefined,
+    ]));
+  })().then((observations) => ({ observations }), (failure: unknown) => ({ failure }));
+  // Refused inputs may discard this read-only preparation before it settles.
+  // Its rejection is handled immediately; no capability or economic work starts.
+  const run = async (transactions: readonly LifecycleTransaction[], diagnostic: boolean, nextEnvelope?: NextTransactionEnvelope): Promise<LifecycleSimulation> => {
+    if (active || consumed && !reusable || !hasTransactions && transactions.length !== 0) {
+      closed = true;
+      throw new LifecyclePlanningError("INVALID_SIMULATION", "Prepared candidates require sequential consumption by their SDK invocation owner");
+    }
+    active = true;
+    consumed = true;
+    try {
+      assertContext();
+      const envelopeMatches = nextEnvelope === undefined ? undefined : observedFields(nextEnvelope);
+      const candidates = transactions.map((transaction) => ({
+        transaction, matches: observedFields(transaction),
+        dependencies: [...transaction.dependencies],
+        conditions: transaction.postconditions.map((condition) => ({ condition, matches: observedFields(condition) })),
+      }));
+      const result = await pending;
+      if ("failure" in result) throw result.failure;
+      const assertCurrent = () => {
+        assertContext();
+        result.observations[0].assertCurrent();
+        if (envelopeMatches !== undefined && !envelopeMatches()) throw new LifecyclePlanningError("INVALID_SIMULATION", "Reviewed gas envelope changed during its complete economic proof");
+        if (transactions.length !== candidates.length || candidates.some(({ transaction, matches, dependencies, conditions }, index) =>
+          transactions[index] !== transaction || !matches() || transaction.dependencies.length !== dependencies.length ||
+          dependencies.some((dependency, ordinal) => transaction.dependencies[ordinal] !== dependency) ||
+          transaction.postconditions.length !== conditions.length || conditions.some(({ condition, matches: conditionMatches }, ordinal) =>
+            transaction.postconditions[ordinal] !== condition || !conditionMatches()))) {
+          throw new LifecyclePlanningError("INVALID_SIMULATION", "Candidate transactions changed during their complete economic proof");
+        }
+      };
+      assertCurrent();
+      const proveBackend = async (limits: ResolvedLifecycleLimits, gasPrice: bigint) => {
+        assertCurrent();
+        if (capabilityProved) return;
+        if (capabilityPending === undefined) {
+          const key = JSON.stringify([context.chainId.toString(), context.account.toLowerCase(), context.orchestrator.toLowerCase(), context.block.number.toString(), context.block.hash.toLowerCase(), context.block.timestamp.toString(), context.block.gasLimit.toString(), limits.arbOSVersion?.toString(), limits.maxTxComputeGas?.toString(), limits.maxBlockComputeGas?.toString(), limits.executionGasCeiling.toString(), limits.maxSimulationGas?.toString(), gasPrice.toString()]);
+          let proofs = reusable ? nitroProofsByInvocation.get(client) : undefined;
+          if (reusable && proofs === undefined) { proofs = new Map(); nitroProofsByInvocation.set(client, proofs); }
+          const ownedProofs = proofs;
+          let nativeProof = ownedProofs?.get(key);
+          if (nativeProof === undefined) {
+            nativeProof = lifecycleStage(client, "simulation.nitro", () => proveNitroBackend(client, planned, context.block, limits, gasPrice));
+            ownedProofs?.set(key, nativeProof);
+            const pending = nativeProof;
+            void pending.catch(() => { if (ownedProofs?.get(key) === pending) ownedProofs?.delete(key); });
+          }
+          const proof = nativeProof.then(() => {
+            assertContext();
+            result.observations[0].assertCurrent();
+            capabilityProved = true;
+          });
+          capabilityPending = proof;
+          void proof.then(
+            () => { if (capabilityPending === proof) capabilityPending = undefined; },
+            () => { if (capabilityPending === proof) capabilityPending = undefined; },
+          );
+        }
+        await capabilityPending;
+        assertCurrent();
+      };
+      const simulation = await simulateLaunchTransactionsWithContext(options, transactions, context, result.observations, proveBackend, assertCurrent, diagnostic, nextEnvelope);
+      assertCurrent();
+      return simulation;
+    } catch (failure) {
+      closed = true;
+      capabilityProved = false;
+      capabilityPending = undefined;
+      throw failure;
+    } finally { active = false; }
+  };
+  const simulate: PreparedLaunchSimulation = Object.assign(
+    (transactions: readonly LifecycleTransaction[], nextEnvelope?: NextTransactionEnvelope) => run(transactions, false, nextEnvelope),
+    { measure: (transactions: readonly LifecycleTransaction[]) => run(transactions, true),
+      close() { closed = true; capabilityProved = false; capabilityPending = undefined; } },
+  );
+  return simulate;
+}
+
+export async function simulateLaunchTransactions(options: SimulateLaunchPlanOptions, transactions: readonly LifecycleTransaction[], pinnedBlock?: LifecycleBlock, nextEnvelope?: NextTransactionEnvelope): Promise<LifecycleSimulation> {
+  // Standalone calls always produce fresh context, including live chain and fees.
+  if (options.fork !== undefined && lifecycleSourceClient(options.fork.client) === lifecycleSourceClient(options.client)) throw new LifecyclePlanningError("UNSAFE_FORK", "Source RPC must never receive controlled simulation transactions/snapshots/resets");
+  const block = pinnedBlock ?? await readLifecycleBlock(options.client);
+  const prepared = prepareLaunchSimulation(options, block, transactions.length !== 0);
+  try { return await prepared(transactions, nextEnvelope); }
+  finally { prepared.close(); }
+}
+
+async function simulateLaunchTransactionsWithContext(
+  options: SimulateLaunchPlanOptions,
+  transactions: readonly LifecycleTransaction[],
+  context: LifecycleLimitContext,
+  observations: SimulationObservations,
+  proveBackend: (limits: ResolvedLifecycleLimits, gasPrice: bigint) => Promise<void>,
+  assertCurrent: () => void,
+  diagnostic: boolean,
+  nextEnvelope?: NextTransactionEnvelope,
+): Promise<LifecycleSimulation> {
   const { client, planned } = options;
   const sourceClient = lifecycleSourceClient(client);
-  if (options.fork !== undefined && lifecycleSourceClient(options.fork.client) === sourceClient) throw new LifecyclePlanningError("UNSAFE_FORK", "Source RPC must never receive controlled simulation transactions/snapshots/resets");
-  const block = pinnedBlock ?? await readLifecycleBlock(client);
-  const context = { client, account: planned.account, orchestrator: planned.plan.orchestrator, block, chainId: planned.chainId };
-  const [{ limits, configuration }, chainId, accountCodeValue, gasPriceValue] = await lifecycleStage(client, "simulation.context", () => Promise.all([
-    resolveLifecycleLimits(context, options.limits === undefined ? planned.limits : options.limits),
-    lifecycleRpc(client, "eth_chainId"),
-    lifecyclePinnedRpc(client, "eth_getCode", [planned.account, toHex(block.number)], block),
-    transactions.length === 0 ? undefined : lifecycleRpc(client, "eth_gasPrice"),
-  ]));
+  const { block } = context;
+  const [{ limits, configuration }, chainId, accountCodeValue, gasPriceValue] = observations;
   const base = { confidence: "stateful" as const, executionProof: "failed" as const, protocolFit: "unknown" as const, transportPreflight: "not-requested" as const, blockNumber: block.number, blockHash: block.hash, account: planned.account, chainId: planned.chainId, limits };
-  if (rpcQuantity(chainId, "chain ID") !== planned.chainId) throw new LifecyclePlanningError("CHAIN_MISMATCH", "RPC chain changed before sequential simulation");
+  if (chainId !== planned.chainId) throw new LifecyclePlanningError("CHAIN_MISMATCH", "RPC chain changed before sequential simulation");
   const accountCode = rpcHex(accountCodeValue, "account code");
-  if (accountCode !== "0x") return { ...base, confidence: "provisional", executionProof: "unavailable", backend: "unavailable", admitted: false, steps: [], reason: "Direct EOA transaction simulation cannot prove smart-account signature/execution behavior" };
+  if (accountCode !== "0x") {
+    await assertLifecycleBlock(client, block, planned.chainId);
+    return { ...base, confidence: "provisional", executionProof: "unavailable", backend: "unavailable", admitted: false, steps: [], reason: "Direct EOA transaction simulation cannot prove smart-account signature/execution behavior" };
+  }
   for (const transaction of transactions) {
     if (transaction.from.toLowerCase() !== planned.account.toLowerCase() || BigInt(transaction.chainId) !== planned.chainId) throw new LifecyclePlanningError("ACCOUNT_MISMATCH", "Simulation transaction differs from the committed chain/account");
-    if (limits.maxCalldataBytes !== undefined && (transaction.data.length - 2) / 2 > limits.maxCalldataBytes) return { ...base, executionProof: "unavailable", protocolFit: "failed", backend: "unavailable", admitted: false, steps: [], failedTransactionId: transaction.id, reason: "Exact calldata exceeds the supplied chain/account/RPC byte cap" };
+    if (limits.maxCalldataBytes !== undefined && (transaction.data.length - 2) / 2 > limits.maxCalldataBytes) {
+      await assertLifecycleBlock(client, block, planned.chainId);
+      return { ...base, executionProof: "unavailable", protocolFit: "failed", backend: "unavailable", admitted: false, steps: [], failedTransactionId: transaction.id, failureCategory: "capacity", capacityConstraint: "calldata", reason: "Exact calldata exceeds the supplied chain/account/RPC byte cap" };
+    }
   }
   if (transactions.length === 0) { await assertLifecycleBlock(client, block, planned.chainId); return { ...base, executionProof: "proved", protocolFit: "proved", backend: "unavailable", admitted: true, steps: [] }; }
-  const gasPrice = rpcQuantity(gasPriceValue, "gas price");
+  const recommendedGasPrice = rpcQuantity(gasPriceValue, "gas price");
+  if (recommendedGasPrice >= 1n << 256n) throw new LifecyclePlanningError("INVALID_RPC_RESPONSE", "Recommended gas price must be a uint256 quantity");
+  // Initial construction reserves twice the pinned base fee if the quote lags.
+  // Reviewed fees are not new recommendations: native replay must accept them
+  // under natural child fees, with no base-fee override or silent fee increase.
+  const baseFeeEnvelope = (block.baseFeePerGas ?? 0n) * 2n;
+  const gasPrice = nextEnvelope?.gasPrice ?? (recommendedGasPrice > baseFeeEnvelope ? recommendedGasPrice : baseFeeEnvelope);
   if (gasPrice >= 1n << 256n) throw new LifecyclePlanningError("INVALID_RPC_RESPONSE", "Gas price must be a uint256 quantity");
+  if (nextEnvelope !== undefined && (typeof nextEnvelope.gas !== "bigint" || nextEnvelope.gas <= 0n || nextEnvelope.gas >= 1n << 64n ||
+    typeof nextEnvelope.gasPrice !== "bigint" || nextEnvelope.gasPrice < 0n || nextEnvelope.gasPrice >= 1n << 256n)) {
+    throw new LifecyclePlanningError("INVALID_GAS_ENVELOPE", "Reviewed gas and gas price must be exact positive uint64 gas and nonnegative uint256 price");
+  }
   const buffer = (gas: bigint) => (gas * BigInt(10000 + limits.headroomBps) + 9999n) / 10000n;
   const computeCeiling = limits.transactionGasCeiling !== undefined && limits.transactionGasCeiling < limits.executionGasCeiling ? limits.transactionGasCeiling : limits.executionGasCeiling;
-  const capGas = transactions.map(() => computeCeiling);
-  let parallelMeasurement: Promise<{ steps: LifecycleSimulationStep[] } | { failure: unknown }> | undefined;
+  // Nonnegative poster gas cannot make this complete discovery request smaller.
+  // A generic controlled fork retains the existing RPC-to-fork fallback.
+  if (limits.maxSimulationGas !== undefined && BigInt(transactions.length) * computeCeiling > limits.maxSimulationGas &&
+    (limits.protocol === "nitro" || options.fork === undefined)) {
+    assertCurrent();
+    await assertLifecycleBlock(client, block, planned.chainId);
+    return { ...base, confidence: "provisional", executionProof: "unavailable", backend: "unavailable", admitted: false, steps: [], failureCategory: "capacity", capacityConstraint: "simulation-gas", reason: `Stateful sequential RPC simulation unavailable: Sequential request exceeds the current RPC aggregate simulation gas cap; use an isolated controlled fork. ${limits.protocol === "nitro" ? "Generic Anvil/Hardhat forks cannot prove ArbOS compute/poster metering." : "Dependent eth_call estimates are not proof."}` };
+  }
   const posterGas: bigint[] = [];
   if (limits.protocol === "nitro") {
-    // The isolated capability probe, poster quote and permissive cap measurement
-    // have no data dependency. Only an actually batching source overlaps all three.
-    const nitroEvidence = Promise.all([
-      lifecycleStage(client, "simulation.nitro", () => proveNitroBackend(client, planned, block, limits, gasPrice)),
-      lifecycleStage(client, "simulation.poster", () => Promise.all(transactions.map(async (transaction) => buffer((await readNitroPosterGas(transaction, context)).posterGas)))),
-    ]);
-    if (sourceClient.supportsReadBatching === true) {
-      // Handle settlement immediately so a failed measurement cannot escape while
-      // the independent metering evidence is still pending. It is never admission.
-      parallelMeasurement = lifecycleStage(client, "simulation.measure", () => simulateRpcPass(client, planned, block, transactions, capGas, limits, gasPrice, false))
-        .then((steps) => ({ steps }), (failure: unknown) => ({ failure }));
-    }
+    // Lightweight poster reads may overlap the isolated capability request.
+    // Economic work is not even queued until both prerequisites have succeeded.
     try {
-      const [, estimates] = await nitroEvidence;
+      const [, estimates] = await Promise.all([
+        proveBackend(limits, gasPrice),
+        lifecycleStage(client, "simulation.poster", () => Promise.all(transactions.map(async (transaction) => buffer((await readNitroPosterGas(transaction, context)).posterGas)))),
+      ]);
       posterGas.push(...estimates);
     } catch (failure) {
+      if (simulationFailureKind(failure) === "abort") throw failure;
+      assertCurrent();
       await assertLifecycleBlock(client, block, planned.chainId);
-      return { ...base, confidence: "provisional", executionProof: "unavailable", backend: "unavailable", admitted: false, steps: [], reason: `Native Nitro compute/poster proof unavailable: ${failure instanceof Error ? failure.message : String(failure)}. Generic Anvil/Hardhat forks cannot prove ArbOS metering.` };
+      return { ...base, confidence: "provisional", executionProof: "unavailable", backend: "unavailable", admitted: false, steps: [], reason: `Native Nitro compute/poster proof unavailable: ${lifecycleFailureReason(failure)}. Generic Anvil/Hardhat forks cannot prove ArbOS metering.` };
     }
   }
+  assertCurrent();
   // The poster quote allocates gas only. The native exact replay enforces actual
   // compute hold; subtracting this approximate budget from gasUsed would not.
   const discoveryGas = transactions.map((_, index) => {
@@ -292,40 +523,53 @@ export async function simulateLaunchTransactions(options: SimulateLaunchPlanOpti
   });
   let backend: "eth_simulateV1" | "controlled-fork" = "eth_simulateV1";
   let measured: LifecycleSimulationStep[];
-  // Permissive cap measurement is not proof; only the exact-gas validated replay admits a plan.
+  // A permissive measurement needs the legal complete compute + poster envelope.
+  // It is not proof: fixed compute/headroom checks and exact validated replay still follow.
   try {
-    if (parallelMeasurement === undefined) measured = await lifecycleStage(client, "simulation.measure", () => simulateRpcPass(client, planned, block, transactions, capGas, limits, gasPrice, false));
-    else {
-      const observation = await parallelMeasurement;
-      if ("failure" in observation) throw observation.failure;
-      measured = observation.steps;
-    }
+    measured = await lifecycleStage(client, "simulation.measure", () => simulateRpcPass(client, planned, block, transactions, discoveryGas, limits, gasPrice, false));
   }
   catch (failure) {
+    if (simulationFailureKind(failure) === "abort") throw failure;
+    assertCurrent();
     if (options.fork === undefined || limits.protocol === "nitro") {
       await assertLifecycleBlock(client, block, planned.chainId);
-      return { ...base, confidence: "provisional", executionProof: "unavailable", backend: "unavailable", admitted: false, steps: [], reason: `Stateful sequential RPC simulation unavailable: ${failure instanceof Error ? failure.message : String(failure)}. ${limits.protocol === "nitro" ? "Generic Anvil/Hardhat forks cannot prove ArbOS compute/poster metering." : "Dependent eth_call estimates are not proof."}` };
+      return { ...base, confidence: "provisional", executionProof: "unavailable", backend: "unavailable", admitted: false, steps: [], reason: `Stateful sequential RPC simulation unavailable: ${lifecycleFailureReason(failure)}. ${limits.protocol === "nitro" ? "Generic Anvil/Hardhat forks cannot prove ArbOS compute/poster metering." : "Dependent eth_call estimates are not proof."}` };
     }
     backend = "controlled-fork";
-    measured = await simulateForkPass(options.fork, planned, block, transactions, capGas, gasPrice, true, limits.headroomBps);
+    measured = await simulateForkPass(options.fork, planned, block, transactions, discoveryGas, gasPrice, true, limits.headroomBps);
   }
+  assertCurrent();
   const failed = measured.find((step) => !step.success);
-  if (failed !== undefined) { await assertLifecycleBlock(client, block, planned.chainId); return { ...base, backend, admitted: false, steps: measured, reason: failed.error, failedTransactionId: failed.transactionId }; }
+  if (failed !== undefined) { await assertLifecycleBlock(client, block, planned.chainId); return { ...base, backend, admitted: false, steps: measured, reason: failed.error, failedTransactionId: failed.transactionId, failureCategory: failed.failureCategory ?? "opaque", capacityConstraint: failed.failureCategory === "capacity" ? "compute" : undefined }; }
+  if (diagnostic) {
+    await assertLifecycleBlock(client, block, planned.chainId);
+    return { ...base, backend, admitted: false, executionProof: "unavailable", steps: measured };
+  }
   const computeGas = measured.map((step) => buffer(step.gasRequired ?? step.gasUsed ?? computeCeiling));
   const gasLimits = computeGas.map((gas, index) => gas + (posterGas[index] ?? 0n));
   const exceeds = gasLimits.findIndex((gas, index) => gas <= 0n || gas >= 1n << 64n || (computeGas[index] ?? 0n) > limits.executionGasCeiling || limits.transactionGasCeiling !== undefined && gas > limits.transactionGasCeiling);
   if (exceeds >= 0) {
     await assertLifecycleBlock(client, block, planned.chainId);
-    return { ...base, executionProof: "unavailable", protocolFit: "failed", backend, admitted: false, steps: measured, reason: "Execution compute/headroom or complete poster gas envelope is outside positive uint64 gas and current protocol/known transaction limits", failedTransactionId: transactions[exceeds]?.id };
+    return { ...base, executionProof: "unavailable", protocolFit: "failed", backend, admitted: false, steps: measured, failureCategory: "capacity", capacityConstraint: (computeGas[exceeds] ?? 0n) > limits.executionGasCeiling ? "compute" : "gas-envelope", reason: "Execution compute/headroom or complete poster gas envelope is outside positive uint64 gas and current protocol/known transaction limits", failedTransactionId: transactions[exceeds]?.id };
+  }
+  if (nextEnvelope !== undefined) {
+    if (nextEnvelope.gas < (gasLimits[0] ?? 0n) || limits.transactionGasCeiling !== undefined && nextEnvelope.gas > limits.transactionGasCeiling) {
+      await assertLifecycleBlock(client, block, planned.chainId);
+      return { ...base, executionProof: "unavailable", protocolFit: "failed", backend, admitted: false, steps: measured,
+        failureCategory: "capacity", capacityConstraint: "gas-envelope", failedTransactionId: transactions[0]?.id,
+        reason: "Reviewed gas cannot cover current minimum compute/headroom/poster requirements or exceeds the current transaction ceiling" };
+    }
+    gasLimits[0] = nextEnvelope.gas;
   }
-  // Replay from the same initial state with exact headroom limits: gasUsed alone is not an EIP-150/gasleft proof.
-  // eth_simulateV1 with validation raises an RPC error on any revert (a generic
-  // -32000 "execution failed" carries no gasUsed/returnData), so a validated
-  // replay failure surfaces as a thrown error here. Route it through envelope
-  // discovery too: EIP-150 retention can starve a forwarded sub-call below the
-  // buffered limit while the true envelope still fits the execution ceiling.
+  // Envelope discovery may enlarge future unfinished steps, never the reviewed
+  // immediate one. Every retry still executes the entire sequence at held price.
+  const envelopeDiscoveryGas = nextEnvelope === undefined ? discoveryGas : discoveryGas.map((gas, index) => index === 0 ? nextEnvelope.gas : gas);
+  // Replay the complete sequence from its original state at the exact buffered
+  // limits. Only explicit native OOG can discover one larger legal envelope;
+  // semantic, opaque and transport failures cannot authorize a capacity retry.
   let verified: LifecycleSimulationStep[];
   let validatedReplayError: string | undefined;
+  assertCurrent();
   try {
     if (backend === "eth_simulateV1") verified = await lifecycleStage(client, "simulation.replay", () => simulateRpcPass(client, planned, block, transactions, gasLimits, limits, gasPrice, true));
     else {
@@ -333,87 +577,140 @@ export async function simulateLaunchTransactions(options: SimulateLaunchPlanOpti
       verified = await simulateForkPass(options.fork, planned, block, transactions, gasLimits, gasPrice, false, limits.headroomBps);
     }
   } catch (failure) {
-    const message = failure instanceof Error ? failure.message : String(failure);
+    const kind = simulationFailureKind(failure);
+    if (kind === "abort") throw failure;
+    assertCurrent();
+    const message = lifecycleFailureReason(failure);
     if (backend !== "eth_simulateV1") {
       await assertLifecycleBlock(client, block, planned.chainId);
       return { ...base, backend, admitted: false, steps: [], reason: `Exact-gas validated replay failed: ${message}` };
     }
+    if (kind !== "out-of-gas") {
+      await assertLifecycleBlock(client, block, planned.chainId);
+      return { ...base, backend: "unavailable", confidence: "provisional", executionProof: "unavailable", admitted: false, steps: measured, failureCategory: kind === "source" ? "source" : "opaque", reason: `Exact-gas validated replay unavailable: ${message}` };
+    }
     validatedReplayError = message;
     verified = [];
   }
+  assertCurrent();
   let verifiedSteps = verified;
   let admittedGasLimits = gasLimits;
   let finalFailure = verifiedSteps.find((step) => !step.success);
+  let finalFailureReason: string | undefined;
   if (finalFailure === undefined && validatedReplayError !== undefined) {
+    if (!envelopeDiscoveryGas.some((gas, index) => gas > (gasLimits[index] ?? gas))) {
+      await assertLifecycleBlock(client, block, planned.chainId);
+      return { ...base, backend, admitted: false, steps: measured, reason: `Validated execution at the exact current gas ceiling failed: ${validatedReplayError}` };
+    }
     // The buffered validated replay threw before yielding steps. Attempt one
     // explicit envelope-discovery replay at the exact execution ceiling on the
     // same pinned block; headroom is never silently raised — the carried gas is
     // the validated envelope itself.
+    assertCurrent();
     try {
-      const ceilingLimits = discoveryGas;
+      const ceilingLimits = envelopeDiscoveryGas;
       const retried = backend === "eth_simulateV1"
         ? await lifecycleStage(client, "simulation.envelope", () => simulateRpcPass(client, planned, block, transactions, ceilingLimits, limits, gasPrice, true))
         : options.fork === undefined ? undefined : await simulateForkPass(options.fork, planned, block, transactions, ceilingLimits, gasPrice, false, limits.headroomBps);
-      if (retried === undefined || retried.some((step) => !step.success)) {
+      const retryFailureIndex = retried?.findIndex((step) => !step.success) ?? -1;
+      const retryFailure = retried?.[retryFailureIndex];
+      if (retried === undefined) {
         await assertLifecycleBlock(client, block, planned.chainId);
-        return { ...base, backend, admitted: false, steps: measured, reason: `Validated execution at the exact current gas ceiling still failed: ${retried?.find((step) => !step.success)?.error ?? validatedReplayError}; final mint/lock/all-buys/public-opening is indivisible and will not be partitioned`, failedTransactionId: transactions[0]?.id };
+        return { ...base, backend, admitted: false, steps: measured, reason: `Validated execution at the exact current gas ceiling still failed: ${validatedReplayError}` };
       }
       admittedGasLimits = ceilingLimits;
       verifiedSteps = retried;
-      finalFailure = undefined;
+      finalFailure = retryFailure;
       validatedReplayError = undefined;
-    } catch {
+      if (retryFailure !== undefined) {
+        const kind = transactions[retryFailureIndex]?.kind;
+        const indivisible = kind === "activate" || kind === "atomic";
+        finalFailureReason = `Validated execution at the exact current gas ceiling still failed: ${retryFailure.error ?? "Execution reverted"}${indivisible ? "; final mint/lock/all-buys/public-opening is indivisible and will not be partitioned" : ""}`;
+      }
+    } catch (failure) {
+      const kind = simulationFailureKind(failure);
+      if (kind === "abort") throw failure;
+      assertCurrent();
       await assertLifecycleBlock(client, block, planned.chainId);
-      return { ...base, backend, admitted: false, steps: measured, reason: `Validated buffered replay failed (${validatedReplayError}) and envelope discovery at the exact gas ceiling was rejected by the simulation backend; final mint/lock/all-buys/public-opening is indivisible`, failedTransactionId: transactions[0]?.id };
+      if (kind !== "out-of-gas") return { ...base, backend: "unavailable", confidence: "provisional", executionProof: "unavailable", admitted: false, steps: measured, failureCategory: kind === "source" ? "source" : "opaque", reason: `Legal-envelope validated replay unavailable after buffered execution refusal: ${lifecycleFailureReason(failure)}` };
+      return { ...base, backend, admitted: false, steps: measured, reason: `Validated buffered replay failed (${validatedReplayError}) and execution at the exact gas ceiling still reverted; final mint/lock/all-buys/public-opening is indivisible` };
     }
-  }
-  if (finalFailure !== undefined) {
+  } else if (finalFailure !== undefined) {
     const failedIndex = verifiedSteps.findIndex((step) => !step.success);
     const bufferedLimit = gasLimits[failedIndex];
     const failedTransaction = transactions[failedIndex];
-    if (bufferedLimit !== undefined && failedTransaction !== undefined && looksGasExhausted(finalFailure, bufferedLimit) && (discoveryGas[failedIndex] ?? 0n) > bufferedLimit) {
+    if (bufferedLimit !== undefined && failedTransaction !== undefined && (nextEnvelope === undefined || failedIndex !== 0) &&
+      looksGasExhausted(finalFailure, bufferedLimit) && (envelopeDiscoveryGas[failedIndex] ?? 0n) > bufferedLimit) {
       // Buffered replay returned an exhaustion-shaped failed step; learn the true
       // validated envelope with one explicit replay at the exact execution ceiling.
+      assertCurrent();
       try {
-        const ceilingLimits = discoveryGas;
+        const ceilingLimits = envelopeDiscoveryGas;
         const retried = backend === "eth_simulateV1"
-          ? await simulateRpcPass(client, planned, block, transactions, ceilingLimits, limits, gasPrice, true)
+          ? await lifecycleStage(client, "simulation.envelope", () => simulateRpcPass(client, planned, block, transactions, ceilingLimits, limits, gasPrice, true))
           : options.fork === undefined ? undefined : await simulateForkPass(options.fork, planned, block, transactions, ceilingLimits, gasPrice, false, limits.headroomBps);
-        if (retried !== undefined) {
-          const retryFailure = retried.find((step) => !step.success);
-          if (retryFailure === undefined) {
-            admittedGasLimits = ceilingLimits;
-            verifiedSteps = retried;
-            finalFailure = undefined;
-          } else {
-            const indivisible = failedTransaction.kind === "activate" || failedTransaction.kind === "atomic";
-            await assertLifecycleBlock(client, block, planned.chainId);
-            return { ...base, backend, admitted: false, steps: measured, reason: `Validated execution at the exact current gas ceiling still failed: ${retryFailure.error ?? "the true gas envelope exceeds the current execution limit"}${indivisible ? "; final mint/lock/all-buys/public-opening is indivisible and will not be partitioned" : ""}`, failedTransactionId: failedTransaction.id };
-          }
+        if (retried === undefined) {
+          await assertLifecycleBlock(client, block, planned.chainId);
+          return { ...base, backend, admitted: false, steps: measured, reason: "Validated execution at the exact current gas ceiling omitted transaction results" };
         }
-      } catch { /* Envelope discovery unavailable; report the original buffered-limit failure unchanged. */ }
+        const retryFailureIndex = retried.findIndex((step) => !step.success);
+        const retryFailure = retried[retryFailureIndex];
+        admittedGasLimits = ceilingLimits;
+        verifiedSteps = retried;
+        finalFailure = retryFailure;
+        if (retryFailure !== undefined) {
+          const kind = transactions[retryFailureIndex]?.kind;
+          const indivisible = kind === "activate" || kind === "atomic";
+          finalFailureReason = `Validated execution at the exact current gas ceiling still failed: ${retryFailure.error ?? "Execution reverted"}${indivisible ? "; final mint/lock/all-buys/public-opening is indivisible and will not be partitioned" : ""}`;
+        }
+      } catch (failure) {
+        const kind = simulationFailureKind(failure);
+        if (kind === "abort") throw failure;
+        assertCurrent();
+        if (kind !== "out-of-gas") {
+          await assertLifecycleBlock(client, block, planned.chainId);
+          return { ...base, backend: "unavailable", confidence: "provisional", executionProof: "unavailable", admitted: false, steps: measured, reason: `Legal-envelope validated replay unavailable: ${lifecycleFailureReason(failure)}` };
+        }
+        await assertLifecycleBlock(client, block, planned.chainId);
+        return { ...base, backend, admitted: false, steps: measured, reason: `Validated buffered replay failed (${finalFailure?.error ?? "Execution reverted"}) and execution at the exact gas ceiling still reverted: ${lifecycleFailureReason(failure)}` };
+      }
+    }
+  }
+  assertCurrent();
+  if (nextEnvelope !== undefined && finalFailure === undefined) {
+    const currentMinimum = buffer(verifiedSteps[0]?.gasRequired ?? verifiedSteps[0]?.gasUsed ?? nextEnvelope.gas);
+    if (nextEnvelope.gas < currentMinimum) {
+      await assertLifecycleBlock(client, block, planned.chainId);
+      return { ...base, backend, admitted: false, executionProof: "proved", protocolFit: "failed", steps: verifiedSteps,
+        failureCategory: "capacity", capacityConstraint: "gas-envelope", failedTransactionId: transactions[0]?.id,
+        reason: "Exact reviewed replay leaves insufficient current minimum gas headroom" };
     }
   }
   const estimates: LifecycleSimulationStep[] = [];
-  const balance = rpcQuantity(await lifecyclePinnedRpc(client, "eth_getBalance", [planned.account, toHex(block.number)], block), "creator native balance");
-  let remainingBalance = balance;
+  // A definitive returned replay failure already refuses execution. Retain its
+  // fee observations without inventing a balance or doing redundant payer work.
+  let remainingBalance = finalFailure === undefined
+    ? rpcQuantity(await lifecyclePinnedRpc(client, "eth_getBalance", [planned.account, toHex(block.number)], block), "creator native balance")
+    : undefined;
   let affordabilityFailure: string | undefined;
   const feeContext = configuration.estimateDataFee === undefined || sourceClient === client ? context : { ...context, client: sourceClient };
   for (let index = 0; index < verifiedSteps.length; index += 1) {
     const step = verifiedSteps[index]; const transaction = transactions[index]; const gasLimit = admittedGasLimits[index];
     if (step === undefined || transaction === undefined || gasLimit === undefined) throw new LifecyclePlanningError("INVALID_SIMULATION", "Missing verified fee context");
-    const dataFee = limits.protocol === "nitro" ? 0n : configuration.estimateDataFee === undefined ? undefined : await configuration.estimateDataFee({ ...transaction, gas: gasLimit }, feeContext);
+    const dataFee = limits.protocol === "nitro" ? 0n : configuration.estimateDataFee === undefined ? undefined : await configuration.estimateDataFee({ ...transaction, gas: gasLimit, gasPrice }, feeContext);
     if (dataFee !== undefined && (typeof dataFee !== "bigint" || dataFee < 0n || dataFee >= 1n << 256n)) throw new LifecyclePlanningError("INVALID_DATA_FEE", "Data-fee oracle must return a nonnegative uint256 bigint amount");
     // Nitro gas includes poster charges. Never add the quoted poster fee again.
     const executionFee = gasLimit * gasPrice;
     const required = transaction.value + executionFee + (dataFee ?? 0n);
     if (required >= 1n << 256n) throw new LifecyclePlanningError("INVALID_GAS_ENVELOPE", "Transaction value and fee envelope exceed uint256");
-    if (required > remainingBalance && affordabilityFailure === undefined) affordabilityFailure = "Creator native balance cannot fund the remaining transaction value and execution/data fee envelopes";
-    remainingBalance -= required;
+    if (remainingBalance !== undefined) {
+      if (required > remainingBalance && affordabilityFailure === undefined) affordabilityFailure = "Creator native balance cannot fund the remaining transaction value and execution/data fee envelopes";
+      remainingBalance -= required;
+    }
     const poster = posterGas[index];
     estimates.push({ ...step, estimate: { gasUsed: step.gasUsed ?? 0n, gasLimit, gasPrice, executionFee, dataFee, posterGas: poster, posterFee: poster === undefined ? undefined : poster * gasPrice, dataFeeIncludedInGas: limits.protocol === "nitro", totalFee: dataFee === undefined ? undefined : executionFee + dataFee, feeConfidence: dataFee === undefined ? "execution-only" : "execution-and-data" } });
   }
   await assertLifecycleBlock(client, block, planned.chainId);
-  return { ...base, backend, executionProof: finalFailure === undefined ? "proved" : "failed", protocolFit: finalFailure === undefined ? "proved" : "unknown", admitted: finalFailure === undefined && affordabilityFailure === undefined, steps: estimates, reason: finalFailure?.error ?? affordabilityFailure, failedTransactionId: finalFailure?.transactionId };
+  return { ...base, backend, executionProof: finalFailure === undefined ? "proved" : "failed", protocolFit: finalFailure === undefined ? "proved" : "unknown", admitted: finalFailure === undefined && affordabilityFailure === undefined, steps: estimates, reason: finalFailureReason ?? finalFailure?.error ?? affordabilityFailure, failedTransactionId: finalFailure?.transactionId, failureCategory: finalFailure?.failureCategory ?? (affordabilityFailure === undefined ? undefined : "affordability"), capacityConstraint: finalFailure?.failureCategory === "capacity" ? "compute" : undefined };
 }