@codefast/di 0.5.0 → 0.6.1

package/src/resolution/resolver.ts

@@ -1,55 +1,63 @@
-import type { Binding, ConstantBinding, DynamicAsyncBinding, DynamicBinding } from "#/binding";
-import { NO_INSTANCE } from "#/binding";
+import type { AmbientResolution } from "#/ambient/active-container";
 import type { Container } from "#/container/container";
+import type { Binding, ConstantBinding, DynamicAsyncBinding, DynamicBinding } from "#/core/binding";
+import { NO_INSTANCE } from "#/core/binding";
+import type { BindingRegistry } from "#/core/registry";
+import { NO_TAG_KEYS } from "#/core/tag";
+import type { Token } from "#/core/token";
+import { tokenName } from "#/core/token";
+import type {
+  ActivationHandler,
+  BindingIdentifier,
+  BindingTag,
+  ConstraintContext,
+  Constructor,
+  ResolutionFrame,
+  ResolveOptions,
+} from "#/core/types";
+import type { ResolutionDiagnostics } from "#/errors/diagnostics";
 import {
   AsyncActivationError,
   AsyncResolutionError,
   CircularDependencyError,
+  DisposedContainerError,
   InternalError,
   MissingMetadataError,
   MissingScopeContextError,
   NoMatchingBindingError,
   TokenNotBoundError,
-} from "#/errors";
+} from "#/errors/errors";
+import type { DependencySlot } from "#/injection/resolve-options";
+import { isNameOnlyOptions, resolveOptionsForSlot, singleTagOnlyOf } from "#/injection/resolve-options";
+import type { LifecycleManager } from "#/lifecycle/lifecycle-manager";
+import type { ScopeManager } from "#/lifecycle/scope-manager";
+import { SCOPED_MISS } from "#/lifecycle/scope-manager";
 import type { MetadataReader, ParamMetadata } from "#/metadata/metadata-types";
-import type { BindingRegistry } from "#/registry";
-import { ActivationNeedCache } from "#/resolution/activation-need";
-import type { DefaultLookupEntry } from "#/resolution/binding-lookup-cache";
-import { BindingLookupCache } from "#/resolution/binding-lookup-cache";
-import { matchesSlot, selectAllBindings, selectBinding } from "#/resolution/binding-select";
-import { ClassIntrospector } from "#/resolution/class-introspector";
-import type { ResolutionDiagnostics } from "#/resolution/diagnostics";
-import type { ResolverCallbacks } from "#/resolution/environment";
+import { ActivationNeedCache } from "#/resolution/cache/activation-need";
+import type { DefaultLookupEntry } from "#/resolution/cache/binding-lookup-cache";
+import { BindingLookupCache } from "#/resolution/cache/binding-lookup-cache";
+import { ClassIntrospector } from "#/resolution/cache/class-introspector";
+import type { ResolverCallbacks } from "#/resolution/context";
 import {
   AsyncCascadeContext,
   AsyncLevelContext,
   buildResolutionFrame,
   DefaultResolutionContext,
-} from "#/resolution/environment";
-import { InstantiationPlanCompiler, PLAN_RETRY } from "#/resolution/instantiation-plan";
-import type { LifecycleManager } from "#/resolution/lifecycle";
-import type { BranchDepth, OwnedBranchPath } from "#/resolution/resolution-path";
+} from "#/resolution/context";
+import type { BranchDepth, OwnedBranchStack } from "#/resolution/path/resolution-path";
 import {
   branchDepthOf,
+  cycleNamesOf,
   enterResolutionPath,
   extendResolutionBranch,
-  extendResolutionStackBranch,
   ROOT_BRANCH,
   UNOWNED_BRANCH,
-} from "#/resolution/resolution-path";
-import type { DependencySlot } from "#/resolution/resolve-options";
-import { injectionSlotToResolveOptions, isNameOnlyOptions, singleTagOnlyOf } from "#/resolution/resolve-options";
-import type { ScopeManager } from "#/resolution/scope";
-import type { Token } from "#/token";
-import { tokenName } from "#/token";
-import type {
-  ActivationHandler,
-  BindingIdentifier,
-  ConstraintContext,
-  Constructor,
-  ResolutionFrame,
-  ResolveOptions,
-} from "#/types";
+} from "#/resolution/path/resolution-path";
+import { InstantiationPlanCompiler, PLAN_RETRY } from "#/resolution/plan/instantiation-plan";
+import { matchesSlot, requestedTagKeyMask, selectAllBindings, selectBinding } from "#/resolution/select/binding-select";
+
+// Where a multi-tag resolve switches from scanning the token's list to walking the tag indexes.
+const MULTI_TAG_INDEX_THRESHOLD = 8;
 
 const EMPTY_STRING_LIST: ReadonlyArray<string> = [];
 const EMPTY_FRAME_LIST: ReadonlyArray<ResolutionFrame> = [];
@@ -67,26 +75,29 @@ const ROOT_CONSTRAINT_CONTEXT = {
  */
 export class DependencyResolver implements ResolverCallbacks {
   readonly #syncResolutionContextPool: Array<DefaultResolutionContext> = [];
+  // Contexts bound to the cascade pair — deferred: only an async cascade's sync resolves need it.
+  #cascadeContextPool: Array<DefaultResolutionContext> | undefined;
   /**
-   * The pair a top-level **sync** resolve reuses instead of minting two arrays per call.
+   * The stack a top-level **sync** resolve reuses instead of minting an array per call.
    *
-   * @remarks Read directly rather than through an accessor returning both: a shallow resolve is one
-   * top-level call, so a call and an object literal there are not amortised over anything. Every sync
-   * lane pops what it pushes, so `rootStack.length === 0` means no resolve holds the pair; async
-   * appends without popping and mints its own. Keeping the pair stable is also what lets a pooled
-   * context skip storing pointers it already holds.
+   * @remarks Read directly rather than through an accessor: a shallow resolve is one top-level
+   * call, so a call there is not amortised over anything. Every sync lane pops what it pushes, so
+   * `rootStack.length === 0` means no resolve holds the stack; async appends without popping and
+   * mints its own. Keeping it stable is also what lets a pooled context skip re-storing it.
    */
-  readonly rootPath: Array<string> = [];
   readonly rootStack: Array<ResolutionFrame> = [];
-  // The open synchronous factory cascade: its arrays are the ancestor chain, and they are balanced
+  // The open synchronous factory cascade: its stack is the ancestor chain, and it is balanced
   // because synchronous code does not interleave.
-  readonly #cascadePath: Array<string> = [];
   readonly #cascadeStack: Array<ResolutionFrame> = [];
   #cascadeContext: AsyncCascadeContext | undefined;
   // Compiled plans; `null` marks a binding as unplannable under the current cache versions.
   readonly #classPlanByBindingId = new Map<BindingIdentifier, (() => unknown) | null>();
   #classPlanRegistryVersion = -1;
   #classPlanActivationVersion = -1;
+  // The async lane's plans, stamped and invalidated apart so neither lane pays the other's misses.
+  readonly #asyncPlanByBindingId = new Map<BindingIdentifier, (() => unknown) | null>();
+  #asyncPlanRegistryVersion = -1;
+  #asyncPlanActivationVersion = -1;
 
   readonly #registry: BindingRegistry;
   readonly #scope: ScopeManager;
@@ -119,26 +130,40 @@ export class DependencyResolver implements ResolverCallbacks {
     this.#activation = new ActivationNeedCache(lifecycle, this.#classes, registry);
   }
 
-  /** Structural counts for {@link RESOLUTION_DIAGNOSTICS}; see `resolution/diagnostics.ts`. */
-  describeCaches(): Pick<ResolutionDiagnostics, "compiledPlanCount" | "syncContextPoolSize"> {
+  /** The reader this resolver was built with, which is the one its container answers with. */
+  get metadataReader(): MetadataReader {
+    return this.#metadataReader;
+  }
+
+  /** Structural counts for the {@link ResolutionDiagnostics} a container reports. */
+  describeCaches(): Pick<
+    ResolutionDiagnostics,
+    "compiledPlanCount" | "compiledAsyncPlanCount" | "syncContextPoolSize"
+  > {
     let compiledPlanCount = 0;
     for (const plan of this.#classPlanByBindingId.values()) {
       if (plan !== null) {
         compiledPlanCount += 1;
       }
     }
+    let compiledAsyncPlanCount = 0;
+    for (const plan of this.#asyncPlanByBindingId.values()) {
+      if (plan !== null) {
+        compiledAsyncPlanCount += 1;
+      }
+    }
     return {
       compiledPlanCount,
+      compiledAsyncPlanCount,
       syncContextPoolSize: this.#syncResolutionContextPool.length,
     };
   }
 
-  // ── Binding lookup ─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
+  // ── Binding lookup ─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
 
   #findBinding(
     token: Token<unknown> | Constructor,
     options: ResolveOptions | undefined,
-    resolutionPath: Array<string>,
     resolutionStack: Array<ResolutionFrame>,
   ): DefaultLookupEntry<DependencyResolver> | undefined {
     if (options === undefined) {
@@ -148,19 +173,32 @@ export class DependencyResolver implements ResolverCallbacks {
       }
     } else if (isNameOnlyOptions(options)) {
       const namedBinding = this.#registry.getSimpleNamed(token, options.name);
-      if (
-        namedBinding !== undefined &&
-        this.#matchesBindingFast(namedBinding, options, resolutionPath, resolutionStack)
-      ) {
+      if (namedBinding !== undefined && this.#matchesBindingFast(namedBinding, options, resolutionStack)) {
         return { binding: namedBinding, owner: this };
       }
     } else {
       const singleTag = singleTagOnlyOf(options);
       if (singleTag !== undefined) {
-        const tagged = this.#registry.getSimpleTagged(token, singleTag[0], singleTag[1]);
-        if (tagged !== undefined && matchesIndexedTagValue(tagged, singleTag[1])) {
+        const tagged = this.#registry.getSimpleTagged(token, singleTag);
+        if (tagged !== undefined && this.#satisfiesPredicate(tagged, options, resolutionStack)) {
           return { binding: tagged, owner: this };
         }
+      } else if (
+        options.name === undefined &&
+        // A threshold switches the data structure, never the semantics: under it the generic scan
+        // below beats walking the indexes, and both paths answer identically. Sized first, so a
+        // small list pays one length read and nothing else.
+        this.#registry.getAll(token).length > MULTI_TAG_INDEX_THRESHOLD &&
+        requestedTagKeyMask(options) !== NO_TAG_KEYS
+      ) {
+        // A name-less multi-tag request matches only name-less tagged slots, and every such slot
+        // lives in one of the two tag indexes — so their union is the whole candidate set and the
+        // token's full list never needs scanning. Selection still owns predicates and specificity.
+        const selected = this.#selectMultiTagged(token, options, resolutionStack);
+        if (selected !== undefined) {
+          return { binding: selected, owner: this };
+        }
+        return this.#parent === undefined ? undefined : this.#parent.#findBinding(token, options, resolutionStack);
       }
     }
 
@@ -170,21 +208,16 @@ export class DependencyResolver implements ResolverCallbacks {
       // specificity to weigh and no ambiguity to report.
       const selected =
         bindings.length === 1
-          ? this.#matchesBindingFast(bindings[0]!, options, resolutionPath, resolutionStack)
+          ? this.#matchesBindingFast(bindings[0]!, options, resolutionStack)
             ? bindings[0]
             : undefined
-          : selectBinding(
-              bindings,
-              options,
-              this.#makeConstraintContext(resolutionPath, resolutionStack, options),
-              tokenName(token),
-            );
+          : selectBinding(bindings, options, this.#makeConstraintContext(resolutionStack, options), tokenName(token));
       if (selected !== undefined) {
         return { binding: selected, owner: this };
       }
     }
     if (this.#parent !== undefined) {
-      return this.#parent.#findBinding(token, options, resolutionPath, resolutionStack);
+      return this.#parent.#findBinding(token, options, resolutionStack);
     }
     return undefined;
   }
@@ -198,12 +231,11 @@ export class DependencyResolver implements ResolverCallbacks {
   #requireBinding(
     token: Token<unknown> | Constructor,
     options: ResolveOptions | undefined,
-    resolutionPath: Array<string>,
     resolutionStack: Array<ResolutionFrame>,
   ): DefaultLookupEntry<DependencyResolver> {
     let currentToken = token;
     let visitedAliasTokens: Set<Token<unknown> | Constructor> | undefined;
-    let found = this.#findBinding(currentToken, options, resolutionPath, resolutionStack);
+    let found = this.#findBinding(currentToken, options, resolutionStack);
 
     while (found !== undefined && found.binding.kind === "alias") {
       const target = found.binding.target;
@@ -213,7 +245,7 @@ export class DependencyResolver implements ResolverCallbacks {
       }
       visitedAliasTokens.add(target);
       currentToken = target;
-      found = this.#findBinding(currentToken, options, resolutionPath, resolutionStack);
+      found = this.#findBinding(currentToken, options, resolutionStack);
     }
 
     if (found === undefined) {
@@ -238,7 +270,7 @@ export class DependencyResolver implements ResolverCallbacks {
     token: Token<unknown> | Constructor,
     options: ResolveOptions | undefined,
   ): DefaultLookupEntry<DependencyResolver> | undefined {
-    return this.#findBinding(token, options, [], []);
+    return this.#findBinding(token, options, []);
   }
 
   /**
@@ -248,47 +280,40 @@ export class DependencyResolver implements ResolverCallbacks {
     token: Token<unknown> | Constructor,
     options: ResolveOptions | undefined,
   ): ReadonlyArray<Binding> {
-    return this.#candidateBindings(token, options, [], []);
+    return this.#candidateBindings(token, options, []);
   }
 
-  // ── Sync resolve ───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
+  // ── Sync resolve ───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
 
-  resolveFromContext<const Value>(
-    token: Token<Value> | Constructor<Value>,
-    resolutionPath: Array<string>,
-    resolutionStack: Array<ResolutionFrame>,
-  ): Value {
+  resolveFromContext<Value>(token: Token<Value> | Constructor<Value>, resolutionStack: Array<ResolutionFrame>): Value {
     // Hot lane: own-registry fast default. Fall back to the chain-versioned memo
     // (parent-chain walk + alias folding) only on miss or alias.
     const fastBinding = this.#registry.getFastDefault(token);
     if (fastBinding !== undefined && fastBinding.kind !== "alias") {
-      return this.#resolveDefaultEntry(fastBinding, this, resolutionPath, resolutionStack) as Value;
+      return this.#resolveDefaultEntry(fastBinding, this, resolutionStack) as Value;
     }
     const entry = this.#lookup.defaultEntry(token);
     if (entry === null) {
-      return this.resolve(token, undefined, resolutionPath, resolutionStack);
+      return this.resolve(token, undefined, resolutionStack);
     }
-    return this.#resolveDefaultEntry(entry.binding, entry.owner, resolutionPath, resolutionStack) as Value;
+    return this.#resolveDefaultEntry(entry.binding, entry.owner, resolutionStack) as Value;
   }
 
-  #resolveDefaultEntry(
-    binding: Binding,
-    owner: DependencyResolver,
-    resolutionPath: Array<string>,
-    resolutionStack: Array<ResolutionFrame>,
-  ): unknown {
+  #resolveDefaultEntry(binding: Binding, owner: DependencyResolver, resolutionStack: Array<ResolutionFrame>): unknown {
     const scope = binding.scope;
     if (scope === "transient") {
       if (binding.kind === "dynamic") {
+        // Container-level hooks belong to the binding's owner — a child-registered hook must not
+        // fire for a parent-owned binding, and the owner's must.
         const containerHooks =
-          this.#lifecycle.activationVersion === 0 ? undefined : this.#lifecycle.activationHandlersFor(binding.token);
+          owner.#lifecycle.activationVersion === 0 ? undefined : owner.#lifecycle.activationHandlersFor(binding.token);
         if (binding.onActivation === undefined && (containerHooks === undefined || containerHooks.length === 0)) {
-          return this.#resolveTransientDynamicSyncFromContext(binding, resolutionPath, resolutionStack);
+          return this.#resolveTransientDynamicSyncFromContext(binding, resolutionStack);
         }
-        return this.#resolveTransientDynamicActivatedSync(binding, containerHooks, resolutionPath, resolutionStack);
+        return this.#resolveTransientDynamicActivatedSync(binding, containerHooks, resolutionStack);
       }
       // Compiled plans only run at the top level — inner levels keep the runtime cycle guard.
-      if ((binding.kind === "class" || binding.kind === "resolved") && resolutionPath.length === 0) {
+      if ((binding.kind === "class" || binding.kind === "resolved") && resolutionStack.length === 0) {
         const plan = this.#getInstantiationPlan(binding);
         if (plan !== null) {
           return plan();
@@ -296,7 +321,7 @@ export class DependencyResolver implements ResolverCallbacks {
       }
     } else if (scope === "singleton") {
       // A constant is a singleton that is already its own instance.
-      if (this.#isPlainConstant(binding)) {
+      if (owner.#isPlainConstant(binding)) {
         return binding.value;
       }
       const cachedSingleton = binding.instance;
@@ -304,7 +329,7 @@ export class DependencyResolver implements ResolverCallbacks {
         return cachedSingleton;
       }
       if (owner !== this) {
-        return owner.#resolveBinding(binding, undefined, resolutionPath, resolutionStack);
+        return owner.#resolveBinding(binding, undefined, resolutionStack, owner);
       }
     } else {
       const cachedScoped = this.#readScoped(binding);
@@ -312,7 +337,7 @@ export class DependencyResolver implements ResolverCallbacks {
         return cachedScoped;
       }
     }
-    return this.#resolveBinding(binding, undefined, resolutionPath, resolutionStack);
+    return this.#resolveBinding(binding, undefined, resolutionStack, owner);
   }
 
   // Lean lane for an activated transient dynamic binding: same observable behavior as the
@@ -321,24 +346,22 @@ export class DependencyResolver implements ResolverCallbacks {
   #resolveTransientDynamicActivatedSync(
     binding: DynamicBinding<unknown>,
     containerHooks: ReadonlyArray<ActivationHandler<unknown>> | undefined,
-    resolutionPath: Array<string>,
     resolutionStack: Array<ResolutionFrame>,
   ): unknown {
     // Same O(1) cycle guard as the unhooked lane: this is still one sync call stack, so the flag
-    // *is* exact path membership — see ARCHITECTURE.md.
+    // *is* exact path membership.
     const frame = this.#getResolutionFrame(binding);
     const tokenDisplayName = frame.tokenName;
     if (binding.inFlight) {
-      throw new CircularDependencyError([...resolutionPath, tokenDisplayName]);
+      throw new CircularDependencyError(cycleNamesOf(resolutionStack, tokenDisplayName));
     }
     binding.inFlight = true;
-    resolutionPath.push(tokenDisplayName);
     resolutionStack.push(frame);
     try {
-      const resolutionCtx = this.#acquireSyncResolutionContext(resolutionPath, resolutionStack, undefined);
+      const resolutionCtx = this.#acquireSyncResolutionContext(resolutionStack, undefined);
       const factoryResult = binding.factory(resolutionCtx);
       if (factoryResult instanceof Promise) {
-        throw new AsyncResolutionError(tokenDisplayName, tokenDisplayName);
+        throw new AsyncResolutionError(resolutionStack[0]?.tokenName ?? tokenDisplayName, tokenDisplayName);
       }
       let activated = factoryResult;
       if (binding.onActivation !== undefined) {
@@ -360,14 +383,22 @@ export class DependencyResolver implements ResolverCallbacks {
       return activated;
     } finally {
       resolutionStack.pop();
-      resolutionPath.pop();
       binding.inFlight = false;
     }
   }
 
+  /** Chain-summed activation version: a plan can inline a parent-owned binding, so a parent's hook registration must invalidate it. */
+  #chainActivationVersion(): number {
+    let version = this.#lifecycle.activationVersion;
+    for (let current = this.#parent; current !== undefined; current = current.#parent) {
+      version += current.#lifecycle.activationVersion;
+    }
+    return version;
+  }
+
   #getInstantiationPlan(binding: Binding & { kind: "class" | "resolved" }): (() => unknown) | null {
     const registryVersion = this.#lookup.chainVersion();
-    const activationVersion = this.#lifecycle.activationVersion;
+    const activationVersion = this.#chainActivationVersion();
     if (registryVersion !== this.#classPlanRegistryVersion || activationVersion !== this.#classPlanActivationVersion) {
       this.#classPlanByBindingId.clear();
       this.#classPlanRegistryVersion = registryVersion;
@@ -388,7 +419,7 @@ export class DependencyResolver implements ResolverCallbacks {
 
   // Compiler behind #getInstantiationPlan — cold path, so the host indirection costs nothing hot.
   readonly #planCompiler = new InstantiationPlanCompiler({
-    hasActivationHandlers: (token) => this.#lifecycle.hasActivationHandlers(token),
+    hasActivationHandlers: (binding) => this.#ownerOf(binding).#lifecycle.hasActivationHandlers(binding.token),
     knownPostConstruct: (target) => this.#classes.knownPostConstruct(target),
     needsActiveContainer: (target) => this.#classes.needsActiveContainer(target),
     getConstructorMetadata: (target) => this.#classes.constructorMetadata(target),
@@ -396,27 +427,84 @@ export class DependencyResolver implements ResolverCallbacks {
       const entry = this.#lookup.defaultEntry(token);
       return entry === null ? null : { binding: entry.binding };
     },
+    // Exactly what #findBinding's named lane accepts, minus the half that reads a path: a predicate
+    // is the compiler's cue to leave the selection to the runtime.
+    lookupPathIndependentNamedEntry: (token, options) => {
+      const entry = this.#lookup.namedEntry(token, options.name);
+      if (entry === null || entry.binding.predicate !== undefined || !matchesSlot(entry.binding.slot, options)) {
+        return null;
+      }
+      return { binding: entry.binding };
+    },
+    // The named rule verbatim, on the single-tag lane's memo.
+    lookupPathIndependentTaggedEntry: (token, options) => {
+      const singleTag = singleTagOnlyOf(options);
+      if (singleTag === undefined) {
+        return null;
+      }
+      const entry = this.#lookup.taggedEntry(token, singleTag);
+      if (entry === null || entry.binding.predicate !== undefined || !matchesSlot(entry.binding.slot, options)) {
+        return null;
+      }
+      return { binding: entry.binding };
+    },
     getResolutionFrame: (binding) => this.#getResolutionFrame(binding),
     // Dispatches exactly as #resolveDep does, so an escaped dep is indistinguishable
     // from the same dep on a fully interpreted resolve.
-    resolveEscaped: (token, options, arity, resolutionPath, resolutionStack) => {
+    resolveEscaped: (token, options, arity, resolutionStack) => {
       if (arity === "all") {
-        return this.resolveAll(token, options, resolutionPath, resolutionStack);
+        return this.resolveAll(token, options, resolutionStack);
       }
       if (arity === "optional") {
-        return this.resolveOptional(token, options, resolutionPath, resolutionStack);
+        return this.resolveOptional(token, options, resolutionStack);
       }
       if (options === undefined) {
-        return this.resolveFromContext(token, resolutionPath, resolutionStack);
+        return this.resolveFromContext(token, resolutionStack);
       }
-      return this.resolve(token, options, resolutionPath, resolutionStack);
+      return this.resolve(token, options, resolutionStack);
+    },
+    // Dispatches exactly as #resolveDepAsync does, for the async lane's escapes.
+    resolveEscapedAsync: (token, options, arity, resolutionStack) => {
+      if (arity === "all") {
+        return this.resolveAllAsync(token, options, resolutionStack, UNOWNED_BRANCH);
+      }
+      if (arity === "optional") {
+        return this.resolveOptionalAsync(token, options, resolutionStack, UNOWNED_BRANCH);
+      }
+      if (options === undefined) {
+        return this.resolveAsyncFromContext(token, resolutionStack, UNOWNED_BRANCH);
+      }
+      return this.resolveAsync(token, options, resolutionStack, UNOWNED_BRANCH);
     },
   });
 
-  resolve<const Value>(
+  /** The async lane's plan for a statically-visible transient binding, mirroring the sync getter. */
+  #getAsyncInstantiationPlan(
+    binding: Binding & { kind: "class" | "resolved" | "resolved-async" },
+  ): (() => unknown) | null {
+    const registryVersion = this.#lookup.chainVersion();
+    const activationVersion = this.#chainActivationVersion();
+    if (registryVersion !== this.#asyncPlanRegistryVersion || activationVersion !== this.#asyncPlanActivationVersion) {
+      this.#asyncPlanByBindingId.clear();
+      this.#asyncPlanRegistryVersion = registryVersion;
+      this.#asyncPlanActivationVersion = activationVersion;
+    }
+    const cached = this.#asyncPlanByBindingId.get(binding.id);
+    if (cached !== undefined) {
+      return cached;
+    }
+    const compiled = this.#planCompiler.compileAsync(binding);
+    if (compiled === PLAN_RETRY) {
+      // Lifecycle metadata not discovered yet — the fallback resolve discovers it; retry then.
+      return null;
+    }
+    this.#asyncPlanByBindingId.set(binding.id, compiled);
+    return compiled;
+  }
+
+  resolve<Value>(
     token: Token<Value> | Constructor<Value>,
     options: ResolveOptions | undefined,
-    resolutionPath: Array<string>,
     resolutionStack: Array<ResolutionFrame>,
   ): Value {
     // Name-only fast lane: memoized lookup, dispatching just the shapes whose
@@ -425,7 +513,7 @@ export class DependencyResolver implements ResolverCallbacks {
       const namedEntry = this.#lookup.namedEntry(token, options.name);
       if (namedEntry !== null) {
         const namedBinding = namedEntry.binding;
-        if (this.#isPlainConstant(namedBinding)) {
+        if (namedEntry.owner.#isPlainConstant(namedBinding)) {
           return namedBinding.value as Value;
         }
         if (namedBinding.scope === "singleton" && namedBinding.instance !== NO_INSTANCE) {
@@ -433,24 +521,40 @@ export class DependencyResolver implements ResolverCallbacks {
         }
         // Everything else keeps the full path (context, activation, guards).
       }
+    } else if (options !== undefined) {
+      // Single-tag fast lane: the named lane's tagged twin, memoizing the chain walk.
+      const singleTag = singleTagOnlyOf(options);
+      if (singleTag !== undefined) {
+        const taggedEntry = this.#lookup.taggedEntry(token, singleTag);
+        if (taggedEntry !== null) {
+          const taggedBinding = taggedEntry.binding;
+          if (taggedEntry.owner.#isPlainConstant(taggedBinding)) {
+            return taggedBinding.value as Value;
+          }
+          if (taggedBinding.scope === "singleton" && taggedBinding.instance !== NO_INSTANCE) {
+            return taggedBinding.instance as Value;
+          }
+          // Everything else keeps the full path (context, activation, guards).
+        }
+      }
     }
 
-    const { binding, owner } = this.#requireBinding(token, options, resolutionPath, resolutionStack);
+    const { binding, owner } = this.#requireBinding(token, options, resolutionStack);
 
     // A singleton owned by a parent resolver is resolved there, so the parent caches it.
     if (binding.scope === "singleton" && owner !== this) {
-      return owner.#resolveBinding(binding, options, resolutionPath, resolutionStack) as Value;
+      return owner.#resolveBinding(binding, options, resolutionStack, owner) as Value;
     }
-    return this.#resolveBinding(binding, options, resolutionPath, resolutionStack) as Value;
+    return this.#resolveBinding(binding, options, resolutionStack, owner) as Value;
   }
 
   #resolveBinding(
     binding: Binding,
     options: ResolveOptions | undefined,
-    resolutionPath: Array<string>,
     resolutionStack: Array<ResolutionFrame>,
+    owner: DependencyResolver,
   ): unknown {
-    if (this.#isPlainConstant(binding)) {
+    if (owner.#isPlainConstant(binding)) {
       return binding.value;
     }
 
@@ -459,62 +563,91 @@ export class DependencyResolver implements ResolverCallbacks {
       if (binding.instance !== NO_INSTANCE) {
         return binding.instance;
       }
+      // An async materialization already in flight must not be raced by a second, sync one.
+      if (this.#scope.getInflight(binding.id) !== undefined) {
+        throw new AsyncResolutionError(
+          resolutionStack[0]?.tokenName ?? tokenName(binding.token),
+          tokenName(binding.token),
+        );
+      }
+      if (this.#scope.isClosed) {
+        throw new DisposedContainerError();
+      }
     } else if (scope === "scoped") {
       const cachedScoped = this.#readScoped(binding);
       if (cachedScoped !== SCOPED_MISS) {
         return cachedScoped;
       }
+      if (this.#scope.getInflight(binding.id) !== undefined) {
+        throw new AsyncResolutionError(
+          resolutionStack[0]?.tokenName ?? tokenName(binding.token),
+          tokenName(binding.token),
+        );
+      }
+      if (this.#scope.isClosed) {
+        throw new DisposedContainerError();
+      }
     }
 
     const frame = this.#getResolutionFrame(binding);
     const tokenDisplayName = frame.tokenName;
-    const resolutionSet = enterResolutionPath(resolutionPath, tokenDisplayName);
-    resolutionStack.push(frame);
+    const resolutionSet = enterResolutionPath(resolutionStack, frame);
     try {
-      const needsActivation = this.#activation.needsActivation(binding);
+      const needsActivation = owner.#activation.needsActivation(binding);
       if (!needsActivation && scope === "transient" && binding.kind === "dynamic") {
-        const resolutionCtx = this.#acquireSyncResolutionContext(resolutionPath, resolutionStack, options);
+        const resolutionCtx = this.#acquireSyncResolutionContext(resolutionStack, options);
         const dynamicResult = binding.factory(resolutionCtx);
         if (dynamicResult instanceof Promise) {
-          throw new AsyncResolutionError(tokenDisplayName, tokenDisplayName);
+          throw new AsyncResolutionError(resolutionStack[0]?.tokenName ?? tokenDisplayName, tokenDisplayName);
         }
         return dynamicResult;
       }
 
       const resolutionCtx =
         needsActivation || requiresResolutionContext(binding)
-          ? this.#acquireSyncResolutionContext(resolutionPath, resolutionStack, options)
+          ? this.#acquireSyncResolutionContext(resolutionStack, options)
           : undefined;
 
-      const instance = this.#instantiateSync(binding, resolutionCtx, resolutionPath, resolutionStack);
+      const instance = this.#instantiateSync(binding, resolutionCtx, resolutionStack);
 
-      const activated = this.#activation.refreshAfterFirstInstantiation(binding, needsActivation)
-        ? this.#lifecycle.runActivationSync(
+      this.#mirrorPostConstructFromOwner(binding, owner);
+      const activated = owner.#activation.refreshAfterFirstInstantiation(binding, needsActivation)
+        ? owner.#lifecycle.runActivationSync(
             resolutionCtx as DefaultResolutionContext,
             binding,
             instance,
-            this.#metadataReader,
+            owner.#metadataReader,
           )
         : instance;
 
       if (scope === "singleton") {
         this.#scope.setSingleton(binding, activated);
       } else if (scope === "scoped") {
-        this.#scope.setScoped(binding.id, activated);
+        this.#scope.setScoped(binding, activated);
       }
 
       return activated;
     } finally {
       resolutionStack.pop();
-      resolutionPath.pop();
-      resolutionSet?.delete(tokenDisplayName);
+      resolutionSet?.delete(frame.bindingId);
     }
   }
 
+  /** Path-continuing resolution handed to the ambient slot while an accessor class constructs. */
+  #ambientResolutionFor(resolutionStack: Array<ResolutionFrame>): AmbientResolution {
+    return {
+      resolve: <Value>(token: Token<Value> | Constructor<Value>, options?: ResolveOptions): Value =>
+        options === undefined
+          ? this.resolveFromContext(token, resolutionStack)
+          : this.resolve(token, options, resolutionStack),
+      resolveOptional: <Value>(token: Token<Value> | Constructor<Value>, options?: ResolveOptions): Value | undefined =>
+        this.resolveOptional(token, options, resolutionStack),
+    };
+  }
+
   #instantiateSync(
     binding: Binding,
     ctx: DefaultResolutionContext | undefined,
-    resolutionPath: Array<string>,
     resolutionStack: Array<ResolutionFrame>,
   ): unknown {
     switch (binding.kind) {
@@ -527,30 +660,34 @@ export class DependencyResolver implements ResolverCallbacks {
         }
         const factoryResult = binding.factory(ctx);
         if (factoryResult instanceof Promise) {
-          throw new AsyncResolutionError(tokenName(binding.token), tokenName(binding.token));
+          throw asyncResolutionErrorFor(binding, resolutionStack);
         }
         return factoryResult;
       }
 
       case "dynamic-async":
-        throw new AsyncResolutionError(tokenName(binding.token), tokenName(binding.token));
+        throw asyncResolutionErrorFor(binding, resolutionStack);
 
       case "class": {
-        const deps = this.#resolveDeps(this.#constructorParams(binding.target), resolutionPath, resolutionStack);
-        return this.#classes.instantiate(binding.target, deps);
+        const deps = this.#resolveDeps(this.#constructorParams(binding.target), resolutionStack);
+        return this.#classes.instantiate(
+          binding.target,
+          deps,
+          this.#classes.needsActiveContainer(binding.target) ? this.#ambientResolutionFor(resolutionStack) : undefined,
+        );
       }
 
       case "resolved": {
-        const deps = this.#resolveDeps(binding.deps, resolutionPath, resolutionStack);
+        const deps = this.#resolveDeps(binding.deps, resolutionStack);
         const factoryResult = binding.factory(...deps);
         if (factoryResult instanceof Promise) {
-          throw new AsyncResolutionError(tokenName(binding.token), tokenName(binding.token));
+          throw asyncResolutionErrorFor(binding, resolutionStack);
         }
         return factoryResult;
       }
 
       case "resolved-async":
-        throw new AsyncResolutionError(tokenName(binding.token), tokenName(binding.token));
+        throw asyncResolutionErrorFor(binding, resolutionStack);
 
       case "alias":
         throw new InternalError("alias should have been followed before instantiation");
@@ -576,66 +713,65 @@ export class DependencyResolver implements ResolverCallbacks {
 
   // One dispatch table for both dependency sources — constructor params and `toResolved`
   // descriptors declare the same four things.
-  #resolveDeps(
-    deps: ReadonlyArray<DependencySlot>,
-    resolutionPath: Array<string>,
-    resolutionStack: Array<ResolutionFrame>,
-  ): Array<unknown> {
+  #resolveDeps(deps: ReadonlyArray<DependencySlot>, resolutionStack: Array<ResolutionFrame>): Array<unknown> {
     const count = deps.length;
     if (count === 0) {
       return [];
     }
     if (count === 1) {
-      return [this.#resolveDep(deps[0]!, resolutionPath, resolutionStack)];
+      return [this.#resolveDep(deps[0]!, resolutionStack)];
     }
     const resolved = new Array<unknown>(count);
     for (let index = 0; index < count; index += 1) {
-      resolved[index] = this.#resolveDep(deps[index]!, resolutionPath, resolutionStack);
+      resolved[index] = this.#resolveDep(deps[index]!, resolutionStack);
     }
     return resolved;
   }
 
-  #resolveDep(dep: DependencySlot, resolutionPath: Array<string>, resolutionStack: Array<ResolutionFrame>): unknown {
-    const options = injectionSlotToResolveOptions(dep);
+  #resolveDep(dep: DependencySlot, resolutionStack: Array<ResolutionFrame>): unknown {
+    const options = resolveOptionsForSlot(dep);
     if (dep.multi) {
-      return this.resolveAll(dep.token, options, resolutionPath, resolutionStack);
+      return this.resolveAll(dep.token, options, resolutionStack);
     }
     if (dep.optional) {
-      return this.resolveOptional(dep.token, options, resolutionPath, resolutionStack);
+      return this.resolveOptional(dep.token, options, resolutionStack);
     }
     if (options === undefined) {
-      return this.resolveFromContext(dep.token, resolutionPath, resolutionStack);
+      return this.resolveFromContext(dep.token, resolutionStack);
     }
-    return this.resolve(dep.token, options, resolutionPath, resolutionStack);
+    return this.resolve(dep.token, options, resolutionStack);
   }
 
-  resolveOptional<const Value>(
+  resolveOptional<Value>(
     token: Token<Value> | Constructor<Value>,
     options: ResolveOptions | undefined,
-    resolutionPath: Array<string>,
     resolutionStack: Array<ResolutionFrame>,
   ): Value | undefined {
-    if (this.#findBinding(token, options, resolutionPath, resolutionStack) === undefined) {
+    const entry = this.#findBinding(token, options, resolutionStack);
+    if (entry === undefined) {
       return undefined;
     }
-    return this.resolve(token, options, resolutionPath, resolutionStack);
+    // Resolve the entry the probe found: re-looking the token up would evaluate every `when()`
+    // predicate a second time, and a changed answer would throw where `undefined` was promised.
+    const { binding, owner } = entry;
+    if (binding.kind === "alias") {
+      return this.resolve(token, options, resolutionStack);
+    }
+    if (binding.scope === "singleton" && owner !== this) {
+      return owner.#resolveBinding(binding, options, resolutionStack, owner) as Value;
+    }
+    return this.#resolveBinding(binding, options, resolutionStack, owner) as Value;
   }
 
-  resolveAll<const Value>(
+  resolveAll<Value>(
     token: Token<Value> | Constructor<Value>,
     options: ResolveOptions | undefined,
-    resolutionPath: Array<string>,
     resolutionStack: Array<ResolutionFrame>,
   ): Array<Value> {
-    const candidates = this.#candidateBindings(token, options, resolutionPath, resolutionStack);
+    const candidates = this.#candidateBindings(token, options, resolutionStack);
     const resolved = new Array<Value>(candidates.length);
     for (let index = 0; index < candidates.length; index += 1) {
-      resolved[index] = this.#resolveCandidateSync(
-        candidates[index]!,
-        options,
-        resolutionPath,
-        resolutionStack,
-      ) as Value;
+      resolved[index] = this.#resolveCandidateSync(candidates[index]!, options, resolutionStack) as Value;
     }
     return resolved;
   }
@@ -644,34 +780,25 @@ export class DependencyResolver implements ResolverCallbacks {
   #candidateBindings(
     token: Token<unknown> | Constructor,
     options: ResolveOptions | undefined,
-    resolutionPath: Array<string>,
     resolutionStack: Array<ResolutionFrame>,
   ): ReadonlyArray<Binding> {
-    if (options !== undefined && isNameOnlyOptions(options)) {
-      // The name index has matched the slot already, but a hit may still carry a predicate —
-      // and that is the selection path's job to evaluate.
-      const named = this.#namedBindingsFromChain(token, options.name);
-      if (!anyPredicate(named)) {
-        return named;
+    if (options !== undefined) {
+      const indexed = this.#indexedCandidates(token, options, resolutionStack);
+      if (indexed !== null) {
+        return indexed;
       }
-      return selectAllBindings(named, options, this.#makeConstraintContext(resolutionPath, resolutionStack, options));
     }
     const allBindings = this.#allBindingsFromChain(token);
     if (allBindings.length === 0) {
       return allBindings;
     }
-    return selectAllBindings(
-      allBindings,
-      options,
-      this.#makeConstraintContext(resolutionPath, resolutionStack, options),
-    );
+    return selectAllBindings(allBindings, options, this.#makeConstraintContext(resolutionStack, options));
   }
 
-  // ── Async resolve ──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
+  // ── Async resolve ──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
 
-  resolveAsyncFromContext<const Value>(
+  resolveAsyncFromContext<Value>(
     token: Token<Value> | Constructor<Value>,
-    resolutionPath: Array<string>,
     resolutionStack: Array<ResolutionFrame>,
     branchDepth: BranchDepth,
   ): Promise<Value> {
@@ -687,88 +814,74 @@ export class DependencyResolver implements ResolverCallbacks {
       ) {
         return this.#resolveTransientDynamicAsyncFromContext(
           fastBinding,
-          resolutionPath,
           resolutionStack,
           branchDepth,
         ) as Promise<Value>;
       }
-      return this.#resolveAsyncDefaultEntry(
-        fastBinding,
-        this,
-        resolutionPath,
-        resolutionStack,
-        branchDepth,
-      ) as Promise<Value>;
+      return this.#resolveAsyncDefaultEntry(fastBinding, this, resolutionStack, branchDepth) as Promise<Value>;
     }
     const entry = this.#lookup.defaultEntry(token);
     if (entry === null) {
-      return this.resolveAsync(token, undefined, resolutionPath, resolutionStack, branchDepth);
-    }
-    return this.#resolveAsyncDefaultEntry(
-      entry.binding,
-      entry.owner,
-      resolutionPath,
-      resolutionStack,
-      branchDepth,
-    ) as Promise<Value>;
+      return this.resolveAsync(token, undefined, resolutionStack, branchDepth);
+    }
+    return this.#resolveAsyncDefaultEntry(entry.binding, entry.owner, resolutionStack, branchDepth) as Promise<Value>;
   }
 
   #resolveAsyncDefaultEntry(
     binding: Binding,
     owner: DependencyResolver,
-    resolutionPath: Array<string>,
     resolutionStack: Array<ResolutionFrame>,
     branchDepth: BranchDepth,
   ): Promise<unknown> {
-    if (this.#isPlainConstant(binding)) {
+    if (owner.#isPlainConstant(binding)) {
       return Promise.resolve(binding.value);
     }
     const scope = binding.scope;
     if (scope === "transient") {
-      if ((binding.kind === "dynamic" || binding.kind === "dynamic-async") && !this.#hasAnyActivation(binding)) {
-        return this.#resolveTransientDynamicAsyncFromContext(binding, resolutionPath, resolutionStack, branchDepth);
+      if ((binding.kind === "dynamic" || binding.kind === "dynamic-async") && !owner.#hasAnyActivation(binding)) {
+        return this.#resolveTransientDynamicAsyncFromContext(binding, resolutionStack, branchDepth);
       }
     } else if (scope === "singleton") {
       if (binding.instance !== NO_INSTANCE) {
         return Promise.resolve(binding.instance);
       }
       if (owner !== this) {
-        return owner.#resolveBindingAsync(binding, undefined, resolutionPath, resolutionStack, branchDepth);
+        return owner.#resolveBindingAsync(binding, undefined, resolutionStack, branchDepth, owner);
       }
     } else if (this.#scope.isChild) {
-      if (this.#scope.hasScoped(binding.id)) {
-        return Promise.resolve(this.#scope.getScoped(binding.id));
+      const cachedScoped = this.#scope.readScoped(binding.id);
+      if (cachedScoped !== SCOPED_MISS) {
+        return Promise.resolve(cachedScoped);
       }
     } else {
       // Not `#readScoped`: this entry point reports failure as a rejection, never a sync throw.
       return Promise.reject(new MissingScopeContextError(tokenName(binding.token)));
     }
-    return this.#resolveBindingAsync(binding, undefined, resolutionPath, resolutionStack, branchDepth);
+    return this.#resolveBindingAsync(binding, undefined, resolutionStack, branchDepth, owner);
   }
 
-  async resolveAsync<const Value>(
+  async resolveAsync<Value>(
     token: Token<Value> | Constructor<Value>,
     options: ResolveOptions | undefined,
-    resolutionPath: Array<string>,
     resolutionStack: Array<ResolutionFrame>,
     branchDepth: BranchDepth = UNOWNED_BRANCH,
   ): Promise<Value> {
-    const { binding, owner } = this.#requireBinding(token, options, resolutionPath, resolutionStack);
+    const { binding, owner } = this.#requireBinding(token, options, resolutionStack);
 
     if (binding.scope === "singleton" && owner !== this) {
-      return owner.#resolveBindingAsync(binding, options, resolutionPath, resolutionStack, branchDepth) as Value;
+      return owner.#resolveBindingAsync(binding, options, resolutionStack, branchDepth, owner) as Promise<Value>;
     }
-    return this.#resolveBindingAsync(binding, options, resolutionPath, resolutionStack, branchDepth) as Value;
+    return this.#resolveBindingAsync(binding, options, resolutionStack, branchDepth, owner) as Promise<Value>;
   }
 
   async #resolveBindingAsync(
     binding: Binding,
     options: ResolveOptions | undefined,
-    resolutionPath: Array<string>,
     resolutionStack: Array<ResolutionFrame>,
     branchDepth: BranchDepth,
+    owner: DependencyResolver,
   ): Promise<unknown> {
-    if (this.#isPlainConstant(binding)) {
+    if (owner.#isPlainConstant(binding)) {
       return binding.value;
     }
 
@@ -782,22 +895,32 @@ export class DependencyResolver implements ResolverCallbacks {
       if (inflight !== undefined) {
         return inflight;
       }
+      if (this.#scope.isClosed) {
+        throw new DisposedContainerError();
+      }
     } else if (scope === "scoped") {
       const cachedScoped = this.#readScoped(binding);
       if (cachedScoped !== SCOPED_MISS) {
         return cachedScoped;
       }
+      // In-flight dedup, scoped flavor: one instance per scope even under concurrency.
+      const inflight = this.#scope.getInflight(binding.id);
+      if (inflight !== undefined) {
+        return inflight;
+      }
+      if (this.#scope.isClosed) {
+        throw new DisposedContainerError();
+      }
     }
 
     const frame = this.#getResolutionFrame(binding);
-    // This level appends to its own branch and never unwinds — see ARCHITECTURE.md.
-    const levelPath = extendResolutionBranch(resolutionPath, branchDepth, frame.tokenName);
-    const levelStack = extendResolutionStackBranch(resolutionStack, branchDepth, frame);
-    const levelDepth = branchDepthOf(levelPath);
+    // This level appends to its own branch and never unwinds.
+    const levelStack = extendResolutionBranch(resolutionStack, branchDepth, frame);
+    const levelDepth = branchDepthOf(levelStack);
 
-    const needsActivation = this.#activation.needsActivation(binding);
+    const needsActivation = owner.#activation.needsActivation(binding);
     if (!needsActivation && scope === "transient" && (binding.kind === "dynamic" || binding.kind === "dynamic-async")) {
-      const resolutionCtx = new AsyncLevelContext(this, levelPath, levelStack, options);
+      const resolutionCtx = new AsyncLevelContext(this, levelStack, options);
       if (binding.kind === "dynamic-async") {
         return await binding.factory(resolutionCtx);
       }
@@ -807,7 +930,7 @@ export class DependencyResolver implements ResolverCallbacks {
 
     const resolutionCtx =
       needsActivation || requiresResolutionContext(binding)
-        ? new AsyncLevelContext(this, levelPath, levelStack, options)
+        ? new AsyncLevelContext(this, levelStack, options)
         : undefined;
 
     if (scope === "singleton") {
@@ -815,10 +938,10 @@ export class DependencyResolver implements ResolverCallbacks {
       const singletonPromise = this.#instantiateAndActivateAsync(
         binding,
         resolutionCtx,
-        levelPath,
         levelStack,
         levelDepth,
         needsActivation,
+        owner,
       ).then(
         (activated) => {
           this.#scope.setSingleton(binding, activated);
@@ -834,39 +957,72 @@ export class DependencyResolver implements ResolverCallbacks {
       return await singletonPromise;
     }
 
-    const activated = await this.#instantiateAndActivateAsync(
+    if (scope === "scoped") {
+      // Published before it settles, like the singleton lane: concurrent callers share one creation.
+      const scopedPromise = this.#instantiateAndActivateAsync(
+        binding,
+        resolutionCtx,
+        levelStack,
+        levelDepth,
+        needsActivation,
+        owner,
+      ).then(
+        (activated) => {
+          this.#scope.setScoped(binding, activated);
+          this.#scope.clearInflight(binding.id);
+          return activated;
+        },
+        (error: unknown) => {
+          this.#scope.clearInflight(binding.id);
+          throw error;
+        },
+      );
+      this.#scope.setInflight(binding.id, scopedPromise as Promise<unknown>);
+      return await scopedPromise;
+    }
+
+    return await this.#instantiateAndActivateAsync(
       binding,
       resolutionCtx,
-      levelPath,
       levelStack,
       levelDepth,
       needsActivation,
+      owner,
     );
-    if (scope === "scoped") {
-      this.#scope.setScoped(binding.id, activated);
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Settles this resolver's own `postConstruct` answer for a class binding a parent owns.
+   *
+   * @remarks The owner discovers it on first instantiation, but the plan compiler reads the
+   * introspector of whoever is resolving — left unknown, that resolver refuses to compile a plan for
+   * this binding on every call, forever.
+   */
+  #mirrorPostConstructFromOwner(binding: Binding, owner: DependencyResolver): void {
+    if (owner !== this && binding.kind === "class" && this.#classes.knownPostConstruct(binding.target) === undefined) {
+      this.#classes.discoverPostConstruct(binding.target);
     }
-    return activated;
   }
 
   async #instantiateAndActivateAsync(
     binding: Binding,
     ctx: AsyncLevelContext | undefined,
-    resolutionPath: Array<string>,
     resolutionStack: Array<ResolutionFrame>,
     branchDepth: BranchDepth,
     needsActivation: boolean,
+    owner: DependencyResolver,
   ): Promise<unknown> {
-    const instance = await this.#instantiateAsync(binding, ctx, resolutionPath, resolutionStack, branchDepth);
-    if (!this.#activation.refreshAfterFirstInstantiation(binding, needsActivation)) {
+    const instance = await this.#instantiateAsync(binding, ctx, resolutionStack, branchDepth);
+    this.#mirrorPostConstructFromOwner(binding, owner);
+    if (!owner.#activation.refreshAfterFirstInstantiation(binding, needsActivation)) {
       return instance;
     }
-    return this.#lifecycle.runActivation(ctx as AsyncLevelContext, binding, instance, this.#metadataReader);
+    return owner.#lifecycle.runActivation(ctx as AsyncLevelContext, binding, instance, owner.#metadataReader);
   }
 
   async #instantiateAsync(
     binding: Binding,
     ctx: AsyncLevelContext | undefined,
-    resolutionPath: Array<string>,
     resolutionStack: Array<ResolutionFrame>,
     branchDepth: BranchDepth,
   ): Promise<unknown> {
@@ -891,24 +1047,25 @@ export class DependencyResolver implements ResolverCallbacks {
       case "class": {
         const deps = await this.#resolveDepsAsync(
           this.#constructorParams(binding.target),
-          resolutionPath,
           resolutionStack,
           branchDepth,
         );
-        return this.#classes.instantiate(binding.target, deps);
+        // Accessor initializers resolve synchronously, so the branch-owned path serves them directly.
+        return this.#classes.instantiate(
+          binding.target,
+          deps,
+          this.#classes.needsActiveContainer(binding.target) ? this.#ambientResolutionFor(resolutionStack) : undefined,
+        );
       }
 
       case "resolved": {
-        if (ctx === undefined) {
-          throw new InternalError("resolved binding requires resolution context");
-        }
-        const deps = await this.#resolveDepsAsync(binding.deps, resolutionPath, resolutionStack, branchDepth);
+        const deps = await this.#resolveDepsAsync(binding.deps, resolutionStack, branchDepth);
         const factoryResult = binding.factory(...deps);
         return factoryResult instanceof Promise ? factoryResult : Promise.resolve(factoryResult);
       }
 
       case "resolved-async": {
-        const deps = await this.#resolveDepsAsync(binding.deps, resolutionPath, resolutionStack, branchDepth);
+        const deps = await this.#resolveDepsAsync(binding.deps, resolutionStack, branchDepth);
         return binding.factory(...deps);
       }
 
@@ -919,7 +1076,6 @@ export class DependencyResolver implements ResolverCallbacks {
 
   async #resolveDepsAsync(
     deps: ReadonlyArray<DependencySlot>,
-    resolutionPath: Array<string>,
     resolutionStack: Array<ResolutionFrame>,
     branchDepth: BranchDepth,
   ): Promise<Array<unknown>> {
@@ -928,63 +1084,68 @@ export class DependencyResolver implements ResolverCallbacks {
       return [];
     }
     if (count === 1) {
-      return [await this.#resolveDepAsync(deps[0]!, resolutionPath, resolutionStack, branchDepth)];
+      return [await this.#resolveDepAsync(deps[0]!, resolutionStack, branchDepth)];
     }
     // Siblings resolve concurrently and each extends the same branch, so the first appends in
     // place and the rest copy the prefix — no caller has to isolate them.
     const pending = new Array<Promise<unknown>>(count);
     for (let index = 0; index < count; index += 1) {
-      pending[index] = this.#resolveDepAsync(deps[index]!, resolutionPath, resolutionStack, branchDepth);
+      pending[index] = this.#resolveDepAsync(deps[index]!, resolutionStack, branchDepth);
     }
     return Promise.all(pending);
   }
 
   #resolveDepAsync(
     dep: DependencySlot,
-    resolutionPath: Array<string>,
     resolutionStack: Array<ResolutionFrame>,
     branchDepth: BranchDepth,
   ): Promise<unknown> {
-    const options = injectionSlotToResolveOptions(dep);
+    const options = resolveOptionsForSlot(dep);
     if (dep.multi) {
-      return this.resolveAllAsync(dep.token, options, resolutionPath, resolutionStack, branchDepth);
+      return this.resolveAllAsync(dep.token, options, resolutionStack, branchDepth);
     }
     if (dep.optional) {
-      return this.resolveOptionalAsync(dep.token, options, resolutionPath, resolutionStack, branchDepth);
+      return this.resolveOptionalAsync(dep.token, options, resolutionStack, branchDepth);
     }
     if (options === undefined) {
-      return this.resolveAsyncFromContext(dep.token, resolutionPath, resolutionStack, branchDepth);
+      return this.resolveAsyncFromContext(dep.token, resolutionStack, branchDepth);
     }
-    return this.resolveAsync(dep.token, options, resolutionPath, resolutionStack, branchDepth);
+    return this.resolveAsync(dep.token, options, resolutionStack, branchDepth);
   }
 
-  async resolveOptionalAsync<const Value>(
+  async resolveOptionalAsync<Value>(
     token: Token<Value> | Constructor<Value>,
     options: ResolveOptions | undefined,
-    resolutionPath: Array<string>,
     resolutionStack: Array<ResolutionFrame>,
     branchDepth: BranchDepth = UNOWNED_BRANCH,
   ): Promise<Value | undefined> {
-    if (this.#findBinding(token, options, resolutionPath, resolutionStack) === undefined) {
+    const entry = this.#findBinding(token, options, resolutionStack);
+    if (entry === undefined) {
       return undefined;
     }
-    return this.resolveAsync(token, options, resolutionPath, resolutionStack, branchDepth);
+    // Same single-evaluation contract as the sync lane: resolve what the probe found.
+    const { binding, owner } = entry;
+    if (binding.kind === "alias") {
+      return this.resolveAsync(token, options, resolutionStack, branchDepth);
+    }
+    if (binding.scope === "singleton" && owner !== this) {
+      return owner.#resolveBindingAsync(binding, options, resolutionStack, branchDepth, owner) as Promise<Value>;
+    }
+    return this.#resolveBindingAsync(binding, options, resolutionStack, branchDepth, owner) as Promise<Value>;
   }
 
-  async resolveAllAsync<const Value>(
+  async resolveAllAsync<Value>(
     token: Token<Value> | Constructor<Value>,
     options: ResolveOptions | undefined,
-    resolutionPath: Array<string>,
     resolutionStack: Array<ResolutionFrame>,
     branchDepth: BranchDepth = UNOWNED_BRANCH,
   ): Promise<Array<Value>> {
-    const candidates = this.#candidateBindings(token, options, resolutionPath, resolutionStack);
+    const candidates = this.#candidateBindings(token, options, resolutionStack);
     const pending = new Array<Promise<Value>>(candidates.length);
     for (let index = 0; index < candidates.length; index += 1) {
       pending[index] = this.#resolveCandidateAsync(
         candidates[index]!,
         options,
-        resolutionPath,
         resolutionStack,
         branchDepth,
       ) as Promise<Value>;
@@ -992,7 +1153,7 @@ export class DependencyResolver implements ResolverCallbacks {
     return Promise.all(pending);
   }
 
-  // ── Helpers ────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
+  // ── Helpers ────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
 
   #allBindingsFromChain(token: Token<unknown> | Constructor): ReadonlyArray<Binding> {
     const ownBindings = this.#registry.getAll(token);
@@ -1027,6 +1188,58 @@ export class DependencyResolver implements ResolverCallbacks {
     return result;
   }
 
+  /**
+   * The candidates an index can name outright, or `null` when the request needs full selection.
+   *
+   * @remarks Kept off `#candidateBindings` so that method stays the size it was: a request neither
+   * index serves must not pay for the two that do.
+   * An index has matched the slot already, but a hit may still carry a predicate, and evaluating
+   * that is the selection path's job.
+   */
+  #indexedCandidates(
+    token: Token<unknown> | Constructor,
+    options: ResolveOptions,
+    resolutionStack: Array<ResolutionFrame>,
+  ): ReadonlyArray<Binding> | null {
+    if (isNameOnlyOptions(options)) {
+      const named = this.#namedBindingsFromChain(token, options.name);
+      return anyPredicate(named)
+        ? selectAllBindings(named, options, this.#makeConstraintContext(resolutionStack, options))
+        : named;
+    }
+    const singleTag = singleTagOnlyOf(options);
+    if (singleTag === undefined) {
+      return null;
+    }
+    const tagged = this.#taggedBindingsFromChain(token, singleTag);
+    return anyPredicate(tagged)
+      ? selectAllBindings(tagged, options, this.#makeConstraintContext(resolutionStack, options))
+      : tagged;
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Every binding the chain's tag indexes hold for one tag, nearest container first.
+   *
+   * @remarks A request for one tag and no name matches exactly the bindings the index keys, so this
+   * is the whole candidate set rather than a prefilter — a named or multi-tag slot cannot satisfy it.
+   */
+  #taggedBindingsFromChain(token: Token<unknown> | Constructor, tag: BindingTag): Array<Binding> {
+    // A tag matches at most one binding per registry, so a root container's answer is built whole
+    // rather than grown — the shape `#namedBindingsFromChain` takes, for the same reason.
+    const ownBinding = this.#registry.getSimpleTagged(token, tag);
+    if (this.#parent === undefined) {
+      return ownBinding === undefined ? [] : [ownBinding];
+    }
+    const result: Array<Binding> = ownBinding === undefined ? [] : [ownBinding];
+    for (let current: DependencyResolver | undefined = this.#parent; current !== undefined; current = current.#parent) {
+      const binding = current.#registry.getSimpleTagged(token, tag);
+      if (binding !== undefined) {
+        result.push(binding);
+      }
+    }
+    return result;
+  }
+
   /** A constant with no activation anywhere resolves to its value with no pipeline at all. */
   #isPlainConstant(binding: Binding): binding is ConstantBinding<unknown> {
     return (
@@ -1054,68 +1267,111 @@ export class DependencyResolver implements ResolverCallbacks {
     if (!this.#scope.isChild) {
       throw new MissingScopeContextError(tokenName(binding.token));
     }
-    if (this.#scope.hasScoped(binding.id)) {
-      return this.#scope.getScoped(binding.id);
-    }
-    return SCOPED_MISS;
+    return this.#scope.readScoped(binding.id);
   }
 
+  // The shared root context answers every top-level request; building one is the rarer half and
+  // lives outside, so what a selection inlines is the test and not the literal.
   #makeConstraintContext(
-    resolutionPath: Array<string>,
     resolutionStack: Array<ResolutionFrame>,
     options: ResolveOptions | undefined,
   ): ConstraintContext {
-    if (options === undefined && resolutionPath.length === 0 && resolutionStack.length === 0) {
+    if (options === undefined && resolutionStack.length === 0) {
       return ROOT_CONSTRAINT_CONTEXT;
     }
-    return {
-      resolutionPath,
-      resolutionStack,
-      parent: resolutionStack.at(-1),
-      ancestors: resolutionStack.length > 1 ? resolutionStack.slice(0, -1) : [],
-      currentResolveOptions: options,
-    };
+    return buildConstraintContext(resolutionStack, options);
+  }
+
+  /** Selection for a name-less multi-tag request, over the union of the two tag indexes. */
+  #selectMultiTagged(
+    token: Token<unknown> | Constructor,
+    options: ResolveOptions,
+    resolutionStack: Array<ResolutionFrame>,
+  ): Binding | undefined {
+    const candidates: Array<Binding> = [];
+    this.#gatherTagCandidates(token, options.tag, candidates);
+    const listed = options.tags;
+    if (listed !== undefined) {
+      for (let index = 0; index < listed.length; index += 1) {
+        this.#gatherTagCandidates(token, listed[index], candidates);
+      }
+    }
+    if (candidates.length === 0) {
+      return undefined;
+    }
+    return selectBinding(candidates, options, this.#makeConstraintContext(resolutionStack, options), tokenName(token));
+  }
+
+  /** One request criterion's candidates: its exact single-tag binding, plus its first-tag bucket. */
+  #gatherTagCandidates(
+    token: Token<unknown> | Constructor,
+    criterion: BindingTag | undefined,
+    out: Array<Binding>,
+  ): void {
+    if (criterion === undefined) {
+      return;
+    }
+    // The includes probes only guard a request repeating a criterion across its two spellings.
+    const single = this.#registry.getSimpleTagged(token, criterion);
+    if (single !== undefined && !out.includes(single)) {
+      out.push(single);
+    }
+    const bucket = this.#registry.getMultiTagged(token, criterion);
+    if (bucket !== undefined) {
+      for (let index = 0; index < bucket.length; index += 1) {
+        const candidate = bucket[index]!;
+        if (!out.includes(candidate)) {
+          out.push(candidate);
+        }
+      }
+    }
   }
 
   #matchesBindingFast(
     binding: Binding,
     options: ResolveOptions | undefined,
-    resolutionPath: Array<string>,
     resolutionStack: Array<ResolutionFrame>,
   ): boolean {
     if (!matchesSlot(binding.slot, options)) {
       return false;
     }
-    if (binding.predicate === undefined) {
+    return this.#satisfiesPredicate(binding, options, resolutionStack);
+  }
+
+  /** The predicate half of a match, for a lane whose index has already settled the slot. */
+  #satisfiesPredicate(
+    binding: Binding,
+    options: ResolveOptions | undefined,
+    resolutionStack: Array<ResolutionFrame>,
+  ): boolean {
+    const predicate = binding.predicate;
+    if (predicate === undefined) {
       return true;
     }
-    return binding.predicate(this.#makeConstraintContext(resolutionPath, resolutionStack, options));
+    return predicate(this.#makeConstraintContext(resolutionStack, options));
   }
 
   #resolveTransientDynamicSyncFromContext(
     binding: DynamicBinding<unknown>,
-    resolutionPath: Array<string>,
     resolutionStack: Array<ResolutionFrame>,
   ): unknown {
     // One lane at every depth: `binding.inFlight` is O(1), so there is nothing to escape.
     const frame = this.#getResolutionFrame(binding);
     const tokenDisplayName = frame.tokenName;
     if (binding.inFlight) {
-      throw new CircularDependencyError([...resolutionPath, tokenDisplayName]);
+      throw new CircularDependencyError(cycleNamesOf(resolutionStack, tokenDisplayName));
     }
     binding.inFlight = true;
-    resolutionPath.push(tokenDisplayName);
     resolutionStack.push(frame);
-    const resolutionCtx = this.#acquireSyncResolutionContext(resolutionPath, resolutionStack, undefined);
+    const resolutionCtx = this.#acquireSyncResolutionContext(resolutionStack, undefined);
     try {
       const dynamicResult = binding.factory(resolutionCtx);
       if (dynamicResult instanceof Promise) {
-        throw new AsyncResolutionError(tokenDisplayName, tokenDisplayName);
+        throw new AsyncResolutionError(resolutionStack[0]?.tokenName ?? tokenDisplayName, tokenDisplayName);
       }
       return dynamicResult;
     } finally {
       resolutionStack.pop();
-      resolutionPath.pop();
       binding.inFlight = false;
     }
   }
@@ -1123,22 +1379,20 @@ export class DependencyResolver implements ResolverCallbacks {
   // Deliberately not `async`: that would allocate a state machine and a promise per level.
   #resolveTransientDynamicAsyncFromContext(
     binding: DynamicBinding<unknown> | DynamicAsyncBinding<unknown>,
-    resolutionPath: Array<string>,
     resolutionStack: Array<ResolutionFrame>,
     branchDepth: BranchDepth,
   ): Promise<unknown> {
     const frame = this.#getResolutionFrame(binding);
-    let levelPath: OwnedBranchPath;
+    let levelStack: OwnedBranchStack;
     try {
-      levelPath = extendResolutionBranch(resolutionPath, branchDepth, frame.tokenName);
+      levelStack = extendResolutionBranch(resolutionStack, branchDepth, frame);
     } catch (cycleError) {
       // This method is not `async`; keep failures as rejections rather than sync throws.
       return Promise.reject(cycleError);
     }
-    const levelStack = extendResolutionStackBranch(resolutionStack, branchDepth, frame);
 
     // Nothing this level appended is ever removed, so no level observes its own settlement.
-    const ctx = new AsyncLevelContext(this, levelPath, levelStack, undefined);
+    const ctx = new AsyncLevelContext(this, levelStack, undefined);
     try {
       if (binding.kind === "dynamic-async") {
         return binding.factory(ctx);
@@ -1150,17 +1404,17 @@ export class DependencyResolver implements ResolverCallbacks {
     }
   }
 
-  // ── The cascade lane ───────────────────────────────────────────────────────
+  // ── The cascade lane ───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
 
   /**
    * Entry for a request a factory makes from inside an open synchronous cascade.
    *
    * @remarks A request arriving with no cascade open came out of a continuation, so its ancestors
-   * are on no call stack — it escapes to the branch lane. See `ARCHITECTURE.md`.
+   * are on no call stack — it escapes to the branch lane.
    */
   resolveAsyncFromCascade(token: Token<unknown> | Constructor): Promise<unknown> {
-    if (this.#cascadePath.length === 0) {
-      return this.resolveAsyncFromContext(token, [], [], ROOT_BRANCH);
+    if (this.#cascadeStack.length === 0) {
+      return this.resolveAsyncFromContext(token, [], ROOT_BRANCH);
     }
     return this.#dispatchCascade(token);
   }
@@ -1188,10 +1442,41 @@ export class DependencyResolver implements ResolverCallbacks {
       if (fastBinding.scope === "singleton" && fastBinding.instance !== NO_INSTANCE) {
         return Promise.resolve(fastBinding.instance);
       }
+      const planned = this.#plannedCascadeAnswer(fastBinding);
+      if (planned !== null) {
+        return planned;
+      }
     }
     // Anything else leaves the cascade lane for good, seeded with a snapshot of the ancestors it
     // accumulated — so a cycle across the boundary is still on one path.
-    return this.resolveAsyncFromContext(token, [...this.#cascadePath], [...this.#cascadeStack], UNOWNED_BRANCH);
+    return this.resolveAsyncFromContext(token, [...this.#cascadeStack], UNOWNED_BRANCH);
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * A statically-visible transient graph at a true root answers from its compiled async plan.
+   *
+   * @remarks Kept out of the dispatcher so its size stays inlinable. Inside an open cascade the
+   * graph must escape instead, so its escapes carry the live ancestors — hence the idle gate.
+   */
+  #plannedCascadeAnswer(fastBinding: Binding): Promise<unknown> | null {
+    if (
+      this.#cascadeStack.length !== 0 ||
+      fastBinding.scope !== "transient" ||
+      (fastBinding.kind !== "class" && fastBinding.kind !== "resolved" && fastBinding.kind !== "resolved-async")
+    ) {
+      return null;
+    }
+    const plan = this.#getAsyncInstantiationPlan(fastBinding);
+    if (plan === null) {
+      return null;
+    }
+    try {
+      const planned = plan();
+      return planned instanceof Promise ? planned : Promise.resolve(planned);
+    } catch (planError) {
+      // The interpreted lane is async, so a sync throw is a rejection there too.
+      return Promise.reject(planError);
+    }
   }
 
   #resolveTransientDynamicAsyncCascade(
@@ -1202,11 +1487,10 @@ export class DependencyResolver implements ResolverCallbacks {
     // code does not interleave — so the O(1) flag is exact path membership here, as it is for the
     // sync lane. It is cleared when the factory returns its promise, not when that promise settles.
     if (binding.inFlight) {
-      return Promise.reject(new CircularDependencyError([...this.#cascadePath, frame.tokenName]));
+      return Promise.reject(new CircularDependencyError(cycleNamesOf(this.#cascadeStack, frame.tokenName)));
     }
-    const ctx = (this.#cascadeContext ??= new AsyncCascadeContext(this, this.#cascadePath, this.#cascadeStack));
+    const ctx = (this.#cascadeContext ??= new AsyncCascadeContext(this, this.#cascadeStack));
     binding.inFlight = true;
-    this.#cascadePath.push(frame.tokenName);
     this.#cascadeStack.push(frame);
     try {
       if (binding.kind === "dynamic-async") {
@@ -1218,7 +1502,6 @@ export class DependencyResolver implements ResolverCallbacks {
       return Promise.reject(factoryError);
     } finally {
       this.#cascadeStack.pop();
-      this.#cascadePath.pop();
       binding.inFlight = false;
     }
   }
@@ -1228,38 +1511,67 @@ export class DependencyResolver implements ResolverCallbacks {
   #resolveCandidateSync(
     binding: Binding,
     options: ResolveOptions | undefined,
-    resolutionPath: Array<string>,
     resolutionStack: Array<ResolutionFrame>,
   ): unknown {
-    if (this.#isPlainConstant(binding)) {
+    // Fan-outs are dominated by constants: with no activation hook anywhere in the chain, a
+    // hook-free constant is plain no matter which container owns it — skip the owner probe.
+    if (binding.kind === "constant" && binding.onActivation === undefined && this.#chainActivationVersion() === 0) {
+      return binding.value;
+    }
+    const owner = this.#ownerOf(binding);
+    if (owner.#isPlainConstant(binding)) {
       return binding.value;
     }
     if (binding.kind === "alias") {
-      return this.resolve(binding.target, options, resolutionPath, resolutionStack);
+      return this.resolve(binding.target, options, resolutionStack);
     }
-    if (binding.scope === "singleton" && binding.instance !== NO_INSTANCE) {
-      return binding.instance;
+    if (binding.scope === "singleton") {
+      if (binding.instance !== NO_INSTANCE) {
+        return binding.instance;
+      }
+      // Owner-routed like `resolve`: the owner materializes and caches its own singleton.
+      return owner.#resolveBinding(binding, options, resolutionStack, owner);
     }
-    return this.#resolveBinding(binding, options, resolutionPath, resolutionStack);
+    return this.#resolveBinding(binding, options, resolutionStack, owner);
   }
 
   #resolveCandidateAsync(
     binding: Binding,
     options: ResolveOptions | undefined,
-    resolutionPath: Array<string>,
     resolutionStack: Array<ResolutionFrame>,
     branchDepth: BranchDepth,
   ): Promise<unknown> {
-    if (this.#isPlainConstant(binding)) {
+    if (binding.kind === "constant" && binding.onActivation === undefined && this.#chainActivationVersion() === 0) {
+      return Promise.resolve(binding.value);
+    }
+    const owner = this.#ownerOf(binding);
+    if (owner.#isPlainConstant(binding)) {
       return Promise.resolve(binding.value);
     }
     if (binding.kind === "alias") {
-      return this.resolveAsync(binding.target, options, resolutionPath, resolutionStack, branchDepth);
+      return this.resolveAsync(binding.target, options, resolutionStack, branchDepth);
     }
-    if (binding.scope === "singleton" && binding.instance !== NO_INSTANCE) {
-      return Promise.resolve(binding.instance);
+    if (binding.scope === "singleton") {
+      if (binding.instance !== NO_INSTANCE) {
+        return Promise.resolve(binding.instance);
+      }
+      return owner.#resolveBindingAsync(binding, options, resolutionStack, branchDepth, owner);
+    }
+    return this.#resolveBindingAsync(binding, options, resolutionStack, branchDepth, owner);
+  }
+
+  /** The resolver whose registry holds `binding` — `this` (the common case) when it is own. */
+  #ownerOf(binding: Binding): DependencyResolver {
+    // A root resolver can only hold its own bindings, so the per-candidate id probe is chain-only.
+    if (this.#parent === undefined || this.#registry.getById(binding.id) !== undefined) {
+      return this;
+    }
+    for (let current: DependencyResolver | undefined = this.#parent; current !== undefined; current = current.#parent) {
+      if (current.#registry.getById(binding.id) !== undefined) {
+        return current;
+      }
     }
-    return this.#resolveBindingAsync(binding, options, resolutionPath, resolutionStack, branchDepth);
+    return this;
   }
 
   #getResolutionFrame(binding: Binding): ResolutionFrame {
@@ -1275,26 +1587,48 @@ export class DependencyResolver implements ResolverCallbacks {
     return frame;
   }
 
+  // A pool is keyed by the one array pair its contexts hold, so reuse can never re-point a context
+  // a live frame still reads — a nested top-level resolve reaches the same depth while the outer
+  // factory runs, and it must get its own context, not the outer frame's re-bound.
   #acquireSyncResolutionContext(
-    resolutionPath: Array<string>,
     resolutionStack: Array<ResolutionFrame>,
     options: ResolveOptions | undefined,
   ): DefaultResolutionContext {
+    if (resolutionStack === this.rootStack) {
+      const depth = resolutionStack.length;
+      const existing = this.#syncResolutionContextPool[depth];
+      if (existing !== undefined) {
+        existing.reset(this, resolutionStack, options);
+        return existing;
+      }
+      const created = new DefaultResolutionContext(this, resolutionStack, options);
+      this.#syncResolutionContextPool[depth] = created;
+      return created;
+    }
+    return this.#acquireOffRootSyncContext(resolutionStack, options);
+  }
+
+  /** The cascade pair pools separately; a throwaway pair (nested resolve, async snapshot) mints per call. */
+  #acquireOffRootSyncContext(
+    resolutionStack: Array<ResolutionFrame>,
+    options: ResolveOptions | undefined,
+  ): DefaultResolutionContext {
+    if (resolutionStack !== this.#cascadeStack) {
+      return new DefaultResolutionContext(this, resolutionStack, options);
+    }
     const depth = resolutionStack.length;
-    const existing = this.#syncResolutionContextPool[depth];
+    const pool = (this.#cascadeContextPool ??= []);
+    const existing = pool[depth];
     if (existing !== undefined) {
-      existing.reset(this, resolutionPath, resolutionStack, options);
+      existing.reset(this, resolutionStack, options);
       return existing;
     }
-    const created = new DefaultResolutionContext(this, resolutionPath, resolutionStack, options);
-    this.#syncResolutionContextPool[depth] = created;
+    const created = new DefaultResolutionContext(this, resolutionStack, options);
+    pool[depth] = created;
     return created;
   }
 }
 
-/** Absent scoped entry — distinguishes it from a cached `undefined`. */
-const SCOPED_MISS: unique symbol = Symbol("di:scoped-miss");
-
 function anyPredicate(bindings: ReadonlyArray<Binding>): boolean {
   for (let index = 0; index < bindings.length; index += 1) {
     if (bindings[index]!.predicate !== undefined) {
@@ -1304,20 +1638,36 @@ function anyPredicate(bindings: ReadonlyArray<Binding>): boolean {
   return false;
 }
 
+function buildConstraintContext(
+  resolutionStack: Array<ResolutionFrame>,
+  options: ResolveOptions | undefined,
+): ConstraintContext {
+  return {
+    // Derived per read, never cached: the stack may be live, and the names must report it as it stands.
+    get resolutionPath(): ReadonlyArray<string> {
+      const names = new Array<string>(resolutionStack.length);
+      for (let index = 0; index < resolutionStack.length; index += 1) {
+        names[index] = resolutionStack[index]!.tokenName;
+      }
+      return names;
+    },
+    resolutionStack,
+    parent: resolutionStack.at(-1),
+    ancestors: resolutionStack.length > 1 ? resolutionStack.slice(0, -1) : [],
+    currentResolveOptions: options,
+  };
+}
+
+/** The async-resolution failure for a binding reached on a sync path, naming what to await instead. */
+function asyncResolutionErrorFor(
+  binding: Binding,
+  resolutionStack: ReadonlyArray<ResolutionFrame>,
+): AsyncResolutionError {
+  const sourceName = tokenName(binding.token);
+  return new AsyncResolutionError(resolutionStack[0]?.tokenName ?? sourceName, sourceName);
+}
+
 /** Only a factory is handed the resolution context; everything else gets its deps directly. */
 function requiresResolutionContext(binding: Binding): boolean {
   return binding.kind === "dynamic" || binding.kind === "dynamic-async";
 }
-
-/**
- * Whether the tag index's answer is the one `Object.is` would give.
- *
- * @remarks An indexed binding has no name, no predicate and exactly one tag, and the request carries
- * only that tag, so `matchesSlot` reduces to the tag values — and the index matched the key already.
- * It answers by SameValueZero, which parts from `Object.is` (SPEC §3.5) on exactly one pair: `+0` and
- * `-0`. So a request whose value is not zero is already exact, and only a zero-valued one is worth
- * reading the stored value for.
- */
-function matchesIndexedTagValue(binding: Binding, requestedValue: unknown): boolean {
-  return requestedValue !== 0 || Object.is(binding.slot.tags[0]![1], requestedValue);
-}