@gajae-code/coding-agent 0.18.7 → 0.18.8

package/src/session/session-manager.ts

@@ -117,6 +117,7 @@ import {
 import {
 	assertManagedDirectoryRoot,
 	captureManagedFileNoFollow,
+	captureManagedFilePrefixNoFollow,
 	fsyncManagedArtifactTree,
 	MANAGED_ARTIFACT_MAX_FILE_BYTES,
 	ManagedAppendIdentityMismatchError,
@@ -130,6 +131,7 @@ import {
 	type ManagedSessionSecurityPolicy,
 	managedDirectoryRoot,
 	mayCleanManagedTreeStaging,
+	publishManagedFileNoReplaceSync,
 	retainManagedDirectoryAuthority,
 } from "./internal/managed-session-storage";
 import { classifyNativePublishOutcome, formatNativePublishDiagnostic } from "./internal/native-publish-outcome";
@@ -247,6 +249,7 @@ import {
 	replaceSessionCommitMarkerCheckedSync,
 	SESSION_RANGE_READ_MAX_BYTES,
 } from "./session-storage";
+import { DEFAULT_ARTIFACT_MAX_BYTES, truncateHeadBytes } from "./streaming-output";
 
 export const CURRENT_SESSION_VERSION = 5;
 
@@ -2140,6 +2143,23 @@ export interface ResumeSessionIdentity {
 	sha256: string;
 }
 
+/** Descriptor-bound bounded fingerprint for private explicit-session rollback authority.
+ * JSON-safe: all bigint fields are stored as strings to survive JSON serialization,
+ * spread, structuredClone, and JSON round-trip. */
+export type ExplicitPersistIdentity = {
+	// All bigint fields stored as base-10 strings for JSON safety
+	dev: string;
+	ino: string;
+	nlink?: string;
+	size: number;
+	mtimeMs: number;
+	mtimeNs: string;
+	ctimeNs?: string;
+	canonicalPath: string;
+	sessionId: string;
+	fingerprintSha256: string;
+};
+
 export interface ResumeTailResumable {
 	kind: "resumable";
 	identity: ResumeSessionIdentity;
@@ -2175,6 +2195,7 @@ export const RESUME_TRANSCRIPT_MAX_BYTES = MANAGED_ARTIFACT_MAX_FILE_BYTES;
  */
 export const BOUNDED_RESUME_TRANSCRIPT_MAX_BYTES = 2 * 1024 * 1024 * 1024 + 1024 * 1024;
 const EAGER_RESUME_TRANSCRIPT_MAX_BYTES = MANAGED_ARTIFACT_MAX_FILE_BYTES;
+const EXPLICIT_PERSIST_FINGERPRINT_RANGE_BYTES = 64 * 1024;
 
 /**
  * Recovery actions offered when a live transcript is at or past the managed
@@ -2639,8 +2660,10 @@ export function createReadonlySessionManager(manager: SessionManager): ReadonlyS
 }
 
 /** Internal artifact-writing capability. Read-only facades expose it only through a private weak-map lookup. */
+export type SessionArtifactPublication = (content: string, toolType: string) => Promise<string | undefined>;
+
 export type SessionArtifactCapability = Readonly<
-	Pick<SessionManager, "allocateArtifactPath" | "saveArtifact" | "putBlob">
+	Pick<SessionManager, "allocateArtifactPath" | "saveArtifact" | "putBlob" | "captureArtifactPublication">
 >;
 
 const sessionArtifactCapabilities = new WeakMap<SessionManager, SessionArtifactCapability>();
@@ -2658,6 +2681,7 @@ export function sessionArtifactCapability(value: unknown): SessionArtifactCapabi
 				allocateArtifactPath: value.allocateArtifactPath.bind(value),
 				saveArtifact: value.saveArtifact.bind(value),
 				putBlob: value.putBlob.bind(value),
+				captureArtifactPublication: value.captureArtifactPublication.bind(value),
 			});
 			sessionArtifactCapabilities.set(value, capability);
 		}
@@ -3404,11 +3428,10 @@ function retainedTreeSnapshotEqualsAfterRename(
 /**
  * True when a cleanup error only reports the authorized POSIX quarantine.
  *
- * `exact_remove_directory_tree` and `removeManagedTree` cannot bind the final
- * unlink to the verified root descriptor on POSIX, so they detach the tree to a
- * no-replace `<name>.removing` name and report `cleanup_pending`. No live
- * artifact survives that outcome, so it is a SUCCESSFUL cleanup and must never
- * supersede the primary failure that triggered it.
+ * Exact managed-tree removal durably detaches its captured tree into native
+ * quarantine and reports `cleanup_pending`. This is a completed cleanup
+ * disposition, not proof of physical reclamation or authority to replay the
+ * quarantine. Callers may accept it only at the specific cleanup boundary.
  */
 function isAuthorizedPendingCleanup(cleanupError: Error): boolean {
 	return cleanupError.message === "cleanup_pending";
@@ -6510,17 +6533,110 @@ class NdjsonFileWriter {
 const PROJECT_SESSION_SCAN_MAX_DIRECTORIES = 4096;
 const PROJECT_SESSION_SCAN_MAX_FILES = 1000;
 
-function isProjectSessionTranscriptPath(projectGjcDir: string, filePath: string): boolean {
+export function isProjectSessionTranscriptPath(projectGjcDir: string, filePath: string): boolean {
 	if (isStagedSessionPath(filePath)) return false;
 	const relative = path.relative(projectGjcDir, filePath);
 	if (relative.startsWith("..") || path.isAbsolute(relative)) return false;
 	const segments = relative.split(path.sep);
 	if (segments.includes(SESSION_STAGING_DIRNAME)) return false;
-	if (segments.length === 1) return true;
 	const parent = segments.at(-2);
 	return parent === "agent-session" || segments.includes("sessions");
 }
 
+export function readAuthorizedProjectSessionTranscript(
+	projectGjcDir: string,
+	filePath: string,
+	maxBytes: number,
+): Buffer | undefined {
+	if (!Number.isSafeInteger(maxBytes) || maxBytes < 0 || maxBytes === Number.MAX_SAFE_INTEGER) return undefined;
+	const root = path.resolve(projectGjcDir);
+	const candidate = path.resolve(filePath);
+	if (!isProjectSessionTranscriptPath(root, candidate)) return undefined;
+	const relativePath = path.relative(root, candidate).split(path.sep).join("/");
+	let authority: native.RecoveryFsRoot | undefined;
+	try {
+		authority = nativeSessionManager().openRecoveryFsRoot(root);
+	} catch (error) {
+		if (!(error instanceof Error) || error.message !== "unsupported_platform") throw error;
+	}
+	try {
+		const result: native.RecoveryFsResult = authority?.readManaged(relativePath) ?? {
+			ok: false,
+			code: "unsupported_platform",
+		};
+		if (!result.ok && result.code === "unsupported_platform") {
+			const relativeParts = path.relative(root, path.dirname(candidate)).split(path.sep).filter(Boolean);
+			const parentPaths = [root];
+			for (const part of relativeParts) parentPaths.push(path.join(parentPaths[parentPaths.length - 1]!, part));
+			const parentIdentities = parentPaths.map(parentPath => {
+				const stat = fs.lstatSync(parentPath, { bigint: true });
+				if (!stat.isDirectory() || stat.isSymbolicLink()) throw new Error("project transcript parent is unsafe");
+				return { path: parentPath, dev: stat.dev, ino: stat.ino, mode: stat.mode, ctimeNs: stat.ctimeNs };
+			});
+			let captured: ManagedFileSnapshot;
+			if (os.platform() === "win32" || os.platform() === "darwin") {
+				// Windows and Darwin cannot traverse directory handles through /dev/fd.
+				// Bind the bounded capture to the inspected file and recheck every
+				// parent (including junctions) before allowing bytes to leave this reader.
+				const expected = fs.lstatSync(candidate, { bigint: true });
+				if (!expected.isFile() || expected.isSymbolicLink() || expected.nlink > 1)
+					throw new Error("project transcript file is unsafe");
+				if (expected.size > BigInt(maxBytes)) return undefined;
+				captured = captureManagedFilePrefixNoFollow(candidate, maxBytes + 1);
+				if (
+					captured.identity.dev !== BigInt.asUintN(64, expected.dev) ||
+					captured.identity.ino !== BigInt.asUintN(64, expected.ino) ||
+					captured.identity.nlink !== expected.nlink ||
+					captured.identity.size !== Number(expected.size) ||
+					captured.identity.mtimeNs !== expected.mtimeNs ||
+					captured.identity.ctimeNs !== expected.ctimeNs
+				)
+					throw new Error("project transcript file identity changed during read");
+			} else {
+				const parentPath = path.dirname(candidate);
+				const parentFd = fs.openSync(
+					parentPath,
+					fs.constants.O_RDONLY | (fs.constants.O_DIRECTORY ?? 0) | (fs.constants.O_NOFOLLOW ?? 0),
+				);
+				try {
+					const expectedParent = parentIdentities[parentIdentities.length - 1]!;
+					const openedParent = fs.fstatSync(parentFd, { bigint: true });
+					if (
+						openedParent.dev !== expectedParent.dev ||
+						openedParent.ino !== expectedParent.ino ||
+						openedParent.mode !== expectedParent.mode
+					)
+						throw new Error("project transcript parent handle identity mismatch");
+					captured = captureManagedFilePrefixNoFollow(
+						path.join("/dev/fd", String(parentFd), path.basename(candidate)),
+						maxBytes + 1,
+					);
+				} finally {
+					fs.closeSync(parentFd);
+				}
+			}
+			for (const expected of parentIdentities) {
+				const stat = fs.lstatSync(expected.path, { bigint: true });
+				if (
+					!stat.isDirectory() ||
+					stat.isSymbolicLink() ||
+					stat.dev !== expected.dev ||
+					stat.ino !== expected.ino ||
+					stat.mode !== expected.mode ||
+					stat.ctimeNs !== expected.ctimeNs
+				)
+					throw new Error("project transcript parent identity changed during read");
+			}
+			if (captured.identity.size > BigInt(maxBytes) || captured.bytes.byteLength > maxBytes) return undefined;
+			return Buffer.from(captured.bytes);
+		}
+		if (!result.ok || !result.data || result.data.byteLength > maxBytes) return undefined;
+		return Buffer.from(result.data);
+	} finally {
+		authority?.close();
+	}
+}
+
 /**
  * Discover resumable transcripts intentionally stored inside a project's `.gjc`.
  * Runtime token/audit JSONL files are excluded by requiring a known transcript
@@ -7209,10 +7325,12 @@ interface SessionManagerStateSnapshot {
 	flushed: boolean;
 	ensuredOnDisk: boolean;
 	needsFullRewriteOnNextPersist: boolean;
-	fileEntries: FileEntry[];
-	materializedFileEntries: FileEntry[];
+	fileEntries: readonly FileEntry[];
+	materializedFileEntries: readonly FileEntry[];
 	adoptedArtifactManager: ArtifactManager | null;
 	coldRestoreFile?: string;
+	/** Explicit persistence identity for snapshot serialization safety. Preserved across cross-manager adoptions. */
+	readonly explicitPersistIdentity?: ExplicitPersistIdentity;
 }
 
 /** Benchmark-derived cap for strong materialized session snapshots. */
@@ -7236,6 +7354,7 @@ export const SessionManagerTestHooks: {
 	beforeManagedMissingReturn?: (filePath: string, storage: SessionStorage) => void | Promise<void>;
 	afterManagedMissingAssertion?: (filePath: string, storage: SessionStorage) => void | Promise<void>;
 	beforeManagedSwitchIdentity?: (filePath: string, storage: SessionStorage) => void | Promise<void>;
+	beforeColdRollbackCommit?: (filePath: string, storage: SessionStorage) => void | Promise<void>;
 	/** Internal first-open GC strategy override; omitted means current. */
 	firstOpenGcStrategy?: SessionMemoryGcStrategy;
 	/** Internal first-open secondary-artifact mode override; omitted means auto. */
@@ -7517,6 +7636,22 @@ function validateEvictedToolOutputHandle(
 	return { ok: true, handle: value as EvictedToolOutputHandle };
 }
 export class SessionManager {
+	readonly #stateSnapshots = new WeakMap<
+		SessionManagerStateSnapshot,
+		Readonly<SessionManagerStateSnapshot> & { readonly explicitPersistIdentity?: ExplicitPersistIdentity }
+	>();
+	#artifactLifecycle = Symbol("session-artifact-lifecycle");
+	#artifactLifecycleSessionId = "";
+	#artifactLifecycleSessionFile: string | undefined;
+	#artifactClosing = false;
+	#managedRollbackIdentity:
+		| Readonly<{
+				sessionId: string;
+				sessionFile: string;
+				before: Readonly<ManagedFileIdentity>;
+				after: Readonly<ManagedFileIdentity>;
+		  }>
+		| undefined;
 	#sessionId: string = "";
 	/** True once a lifecycle pre-allocated id has been adopted (consume-once). */
 	#lifecycleIdAdopted: boolean = false;
@@ -7552,6 +7687,7 @@ export class SessionManager {
 	#persistWriterPath: string | undefined;
 	#persistChain: Promise<void> = Promise.resolve();
 	#persistError: Error | undefined;
+	#closeRetryOriginError: Error | undefined;
 	#persistErrorReported = false;
 	/** Defense-in-depth (#4443): one-shot warn for adjacent private thinking blocks in persisted assistant transcripts. */
 	#warnedAdjacentThinkingPersist = false;
@@ -8213,6 +8349,16 @@ export class SessionManager {
 		prepared.releaseReferences();
 	}
 
+	/**
+	 * Adopt the resident store of a fully prepared rollback candidate. The candidate
+	 * owns the store it built for the restored lifecycle, so the swap happens here,
+	 * inside the resident-store seams, instead of at the call site.
+	 */
+	#installRollbackCandidateResidentStore(candidate: SessionManager): void {
+		this.#residentTextBlobStore = candidate.#residentTextBlobStore;
+		candidate.#residentTextBlobStore = new MemoryBlobStore();
+	}
+
 	#releaseResidentTextStore(): void {
 		const predecessor = this.#residentTextBlobStore;
 		this.#residentTextBlobStore = new MemoryBlobStore();
@@ -8302,10 +8448,157 @@ export class SessionManager {
 		return this.#blobStore.put(data);
 	}
 
+	#issueStateSnapshot(snapshot: SessionManagerStateSnapshot): SessionManagerStateSnapshot {
+		const cloneEntry = (entry: FileEntry): FileEntry =>
+			entry.type === "session" ? { ...entry } : cloneSessionEntry(entry);
+		// Public rollback data must not alias either the live graph or its private issuer copy.
+		const fileEntries = snapshot.fileEntries.map(cloneEntry);
+		const materializedFileEntries = snapshot.materializedFileEntries.map(cloneEntry);
+		snapshot.fileEntries = fileEntries;
+		snapshot.materializedFileEntries = materializedFileEntries;
+		snapshot.managedPersistExpectedIdentity = snapshot.managedPersistExpectedIdentity
+			? { ...snapshot.managedPersistExpectedIdentity }
+			: undefined;
+		const explicitPersistIdentity =
+			this.destination.kind === "explicit" &&
+			this.#storage instanceof FileSessionStorage &&
+			snapshot.ensuredOnDisk &&
+			snapshot.sessionFile
+				? this.#captureExplicitPersistIdentity(snapshot.sessionFile)
+				: undefined;
+		if (explicitPersistIdentity && explicitPersistIdentity.sessionId !== snapshot.sessionId)
+			throw new Error("Session rollback persistence identity is unavailable.");
+		// Store the explicit identity as an enumerable property on the snapshot itself
+		// so that it survives documented caller-adjusted copies (spread, JSON round-trip,
+		// structuredClone, etc.) and cross-manager adoptions can access the captured
+		// identity instead of reconstructing it from the current file state.
+		if (explicitPersistIdentity) {
+			Object.defineProperty(snapshot, "explicitPersistIdentity", {
+				value: Object.freeze({ ...explicitPersistIdentity }),
+				enumerable: true,
+				configurable: false,
+				writable: false,
+			});
+		}
+		this.#stateSnapshots.set(
+			snapshot,
+			Object.freeze({
+				...snapshot,
+				fileEntries: Object.freeze(fileEntries.map(cloneEntry)),
+				materializedFileEntries: Object.freeze(materializedFileEntries.map(cloneEntry)),
+				managedPersistExpectedIdentity: snapshot.managedPersistExpectedIdentity
+					? Object.freeze({ ...snapshot.managedPersistExpectedIdentity })
+					: undefined,
+				explicitPersistIdentity: explicitPersistIdentity
+					? Object.freeze({ ...explicitPersistIdentity })
+					: undefined,
+			}),
+		);
+		return snapshot;
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * Resolve the state source for an explicit adoption (`restoreState`). Adoption is
+	 * caller-driven state, not rollback authority: a snapshot may come from another
+	 * manager or from a caller-adjusted copy of one, so those are adopted as given and
+	 * constrained only by the live-state assertions inside `restoreState`. A snapshot
+	 * issued by this manager resolves to its frozen issuer copy, which carries the
+	 * explicit persistence identity captured at issuance. The rollback lane
+	 * (`restoreRollbackState`) keeps requiring an authenticated issuance.
+	 */
+	#resolveAdoptedStateSnapshot(
+		snapshot: SessionManagerStateSnapshot,
+	): Readonly<SessionManagerStateSnapshot> & { readonly explicitPersistIdentity?: ExplicitPersistIdentity } {
+		const issued = this.#stateSnapshots.get(snapshot);
+		if (issued) return issued;
+		if (snapshot.adoptedArtifactManager !== null && !(snapshot.adoptedArtifactManager instanceof ArtifactManager)) {
+			throw new Error("Session rollback adopted artifact manager is not live.");
+		}
+		// Preserve explicit identity from cross-manager adoptions. The identity is now
+		// stored as an enumerable property on the snapshot so it survives documented
+		// caller-adjusted copies (spread, JSON round-trip, structuredClone, etc.).
+		// Adoption must restore the identity captured in the snapshot, not the current
+		// state of the sessionFile, to ensure stale file checks use the captured identity.
+		let explicit = snapshot.explicitPersistIdentity;
+		// Only attempt reconstruction for explicit-storage sessions that don't already
+		// have an explicit identity (e.g., snapshots captured before this change).
+		if (!explicit && snapshot.sessionFile && !snapshot.managedPersistExpectedIdentity) {
+			try {
+				explicit = this.#captureExplicitPersistIdentity(snapshot.sessionFile);
+				// Verify the reconstructed identity matches the snapshot's sessionId
+				if (explicit.sessionId !== snapshot.sessionId) {
+					// Session ID mismatch indicates the snapshot is for a different session
+					explicit = undefined;
+				}
+			} catch {
+				// If reconstruction fails (e.g., storage doesn't support readRangeSync),
+				// continue without it; validation will handle missing identity
+				explicit = undefined;
+			}
+		}
+		if (explicit) {
+			return Object.freeze({
+				...snapshot,
+				explicitPersistIdentity: explicit,
+			}) as Readonly<SessionManagerStateSnapshot> & { readonly explicitPersistIdentity?: ExplicitPersistIdentity };
+		}
+		return snapshot;
+	}
+
+	#authenticateStateSnapshot(snapshot: SessionManagerStateSnapshot): Readonly<SessionManagerStateSnapshot> {
+		this.#assertArtifactOpen();
+		const issued = this.#stateSnapshots.get(snapshot);
+		if (
+			!issued ||
+			snapshot.sessionId !== issued.sessionId ||
+			snapshot.sessionFile !== issued.sessionFile ||
+			snapshot.sessionName !== issued.sessionName ||
+			snapshot.titleSource !== issued.titleSource ||
+			snapshot.coldRestoreFile !== issued.coldRestoreFile ||
+			snapshot.adoptedArtifactManager !== issued.adoptedArtifactManager ||
+			snapshot.flushed !== issued.flushed ||
+			snapshot.ensuredOnDisk !== issued.ensuredOnDisk ||
+			snapshot.needsFullRewriteOnNextPersist !== issued.needsFullRewriteOnNextPersist ||
+			!util.isDeepStrictEqual(snapshot.managedPersistExpectedIdentity, issued.managedPersistExpectedIdentity) ||
+			!util.isDeepStrictEqual(snapshot.fileEntries, issued.fileEntries) ||
+			!util.isDeepStrictEqual(snapshot.materializedFileEntries, issued.materializedFileEntries)
+		) {
+			throw new Error("Session rollback snapshot is not authentic.");
+		}
+		return issued;
+	}
+
+	#assertSnapshotPersistenceIdentity(
+		snapshot: Readonly<SessionManagerStateSnapshot> & { readonly explicitPersistIdentity?: ExplicitPersistIdentity },
+		store?: ManagedSessionDescendantStore,
+	): ManagedFileIdentity | undefined {
+		if (!snapshot.managedPersistExpectedIdentity || !snapshot.sessionFile) {
+			if (snapshot.explicitPersistIdentity && snapshot.sessionFile) {
+				const current = this.#captureExplicitPersistIdentity(snapshot.sessionFile);
+				if (!util.isDeepStrictEqual(current, snapshot.explicitPersistIdentity))
+					throw new Error("Session rollback persistence identity changed.");
+			}
+			return undefined;
+		}
+		const current = this.#captureManagedPersistIdentity(snapshot.sessionFile, store);
+		if (util.isDeepStrictEqual(current, snapshot.managedPersistExpectedIdentity)) return current;
+		const rollback = this.#managedRollbackIdentity;
+		if (
+			rollback &&
+			rollback.sessionId === snapshot.sessionId &&
+			rollback.sessionFile === snapshot.sessionFile &&
+			util.isDeepStrictEqual(rollback.before, snapshot.managedPersistExpectedIdentity) &&
+			util.isDeepStrictEqual(rollback.after, current)
+		)
+			return current;
+		throw new Error("Session rollback persistence identity changed.");
+	}
+
 	/** Capture rollback authority without materializing an active cold transcript. @internal */
 	async captureRollbackState(): Promise<SessionManagerStateSnapshot> {
+		this.#assertArtifactOpen();
 		if (this.#coldSidecarActive() && this.#sessionFile) {
-			return {
+			return this.#issueStateSnapshot({
 				sessionId: this.#sessionId,
 				sessionName: this.#sessionName,
 				titleSource: this.#titleSource,
@@ -8318,46 +8611,171 @@ export class SessionManager {
 				materializedFileEntries: [],
 				adoptedArtifactManager: this.#adoptedArtifactManager,
 				coldRestoreFile: this.#sessionFile,
-			};
+			});
 		}
 		return this.captureState();
 	}
 
 	/** Restore a rollback snapshot, reopening cold authority instead of hydrating it. @internal */
 	async restoreRollbackState(snapshot: SessionManagerStateSnapshot): Promise<void> {
-		if (!snapshot.coldRestoreFile) {
+		const issued = this.#authenticateStateSnapshot(snapshot);
+		if (!issued.coldRestoreFile) {
 			this.restoreState(snapshot);
 			return;
 		}
-		await this.#closePersistWriter();
-		this.#persistChain = Promise.resolve();
-		this.#persistError = undefined;
-		this.#persistErrorReported = false;
+		const lifecycle = this.#syncArtifactLifecycle();
+		const predecessorId = this.#sessionId;
+		const predecessorFile = this.#sessionFile;
 		const managedTransition =
 			this.destination.kind === "managed"
-				? this.#prepareManagedDestinationTransition(path.resolve(path.dirname(snapshot.coldRestoreFile)))
+				? this.#prepareManagedDestinationTransition(path.resolve(path.dirname(issued.coldRestoreFile)))
 				: undefined;
+		const candidateDestination = managedTransition?.destination ?? this.destination;
+		let candidate: SessionManager;
+		try {
+			candidate = new SessionManager(
+				this.cwd,
+				this.sessionDir,
+				this.persist,
+				this.#storage,
+				candidateDestination,
+				true,
+			);
+		} catch (error) {
+			managedTransition?.dispose();
+			throw error;
+		}
+		candidate.#sessionMemoryMode = this.#sessionMemoryMode;
+		candidate.#sessionMemoryAutoDisabledReason = this.#sessionMemoryAutoDisabledReason;
+		candidate.#residentImageBlobStore = this.#residentImageBlobStore;
+		candidate.#memoryGuardCheckpointBlobs = this.#memoryGuardCheckpointBlobs;
+		let installed = false;
+		const disposeCandidate = (): void => {
+			const residentStore = candidate.#residentTextBlobStore;
+			candidate.#residentTextBlobStore = new MemoryBlobStore();
+			candidate.#disposeResidentTextStore(residentStore);
+			try {
+				candidate.#releaseManagedSidecarCache();
+			} catch (error) {
+				logger.warn("Failed to dispose staged rollback sidecar authority", { error: toError(error).message });
+			}
+			try {
+				candidate.#managedTranscriptStoreCache?.store.close();
+			} catch (error) {
+				logger.warn("Failed to dispose staged rollback transcript authority", { error: toError(error).message });
+			}
+			candidate.#managedTranscriptStoreCache = null;
+			try {
+				candidate.#releaseOwnedManagedAuthority();
+				candidate.#clearBoundedManagedSource();
+			} catch (error) {
+				logger.warn("Failed to dispose staged rollback managed authority", { error: toError(error).message });
+			}
+		};
 		try {
+			this.#assertSnapshotPersistenceIdentity(issued, managedTransition?.store);
+			await candidate.#initSessionFile(issued.coldRestoreFile, false, undefined, true, true, true);
+			await SessionManagerTestHooks.beforeColdRollbackCommit?.(issued.coldRestoreFile, this.#storage);
+			this.#authenticateStateSnapshot(snapshot);
+			if (
+				lifecycle !== this.#syncArtifactLifecycle() ||
+				this.#sessionId !== predecessorId ||
+				this.#sessionFile !== predecessorFile
+			)
+				throw new Error("Session changed before rollback commit.");
+			this.#assertSnapshotPersistenceIdentity(issued, managedTransition?.store);
+			if (candidate.#sessionId !== issued.sessionId || candidate.#sessionFile !== issued.coldRestoreFile)
+				throw new Error("Session rollback candidate identity changed.");
+			await this.#closePersistWriter();
+			this.#assertArtifactOpen();
+			this.#authenticateStateSnapshot(snapshot);
+			if (
+				lifecycle !== this.#syncArtifactLifecycle() ||
+				this.#sessionId !== predecessorId ||
+				this.#sessionFile !== predecessorFile
+			)
+				throw new Error("Session changed before rollback commit.");
+			const restoredIdentity = this.#assertSnapshotPersistenceIdentity(issued, managedTransition?.store);
 			managedTransition?.adopt();
-			await this.#initSessionFile(snapshot.coldRestoreFile);
-			managedTransition?.settle();
+			const predecessorStore = this.#residentTextBlobStore;
+			try {
+				this.#releaseManagedSidecarCache();
+			} catch (error) {
+				logger.warn("Failed to release predecessor rollback sidecar authority", { error: toError(error).message });
+			}
+			this.#sessionId = issued.sessionId;
+			this.#sessionName = issued.sessionName;
+			this.#titleSource = issued.titleSource;
+			this.#sessionFile = issued.coldRestoreFile;
+			this.#fileEntries = candidate.#fileEntries;
+			this.#installRollbackCandidateResidentStore(candidate);
+			this.#byId = candidate.#byId;
+			this.#labelsById = candidate.#labelsById;
+			this.#leafId = candidate.#leafId;
+			this.#usageStatistics = candidate.#usageStatistics;
+			this.#sidecarRuntime = candidate.#sidecarRuntime;
+			candidate.#sidecarRuntime = undefined;
+			this.#commitGen = candidate.#commitGen;
+			this.#managedRangeExpectedDescriptor = candidate.#managedRangeExpectedDescriptor;
+			this.#managedPersistExpectedIdentity = restoredIdentity;
+			this.#flushed = issued.flushed;
+			this.#ensuredOnDisk = issued.ensuredOnDisk;
+			this.#needsFullRewriteOnNextPersist = issued.needsFullRewriteOnNextPersist;
+			this.#sessionMemoryMode = candidate.#sessionMemoryMode;
+			this.#sessionMemoryAutoDisabledReason = candidate.#sessionMemoryAutoDisabledReason;
+			this.#lazyReopenAttempted = candidate.#lazyReopenAttempted;
+			this.#lazyReopenSucceeded = candidate.#lazyReopenSucceeded;
+			this.#lazyReopenFallbackReason = candidate.#lazyReopenFallbackReason;
+			this.#boundedFirstOpenBuildSuppressed = candidate.#boundedFirstOpenBuildSuppressed;
+			this.#consecutiveSidecarBuildFailures = candidate.#consecutiveSidecarBuildFailures;
+			this.#retirementFallbackReason = candidate.#retirementFallbackReason;
+			this.#sidecarBranchActivationDirty = candidate.#sidecarBranchActivationDirty;
+			this.#firstOpenTelemetry = candidate.#firstOpenTelemetry;
+			this.#managedSidecarAuthorityStore = candidate.#managedSidecarAuthorityStore;
+			this.#managedSidecarSecurityContext = candidate.#managedSidecarSecurityContext;
+			this.#managedSidecarCacheStore = candidate.#managedSidecarCacheStore;
+			this.#managedSidecarCacheSessionFile = candidate.#managedSidecarCacheSessionFile;
+			candidate.#managedSidecarAuthorityStore = undefined;
+			candidate.#managedSidecarSecurityContext = undefined;
+			candidate.#managedSidecarCacheStore = undefined;
+			candidate.#managedSidecarCacheSessionFile = undefined;
+			candidate.#managedRangeExpectedDescriptor = undefined;
+			this.#boundedReadStorageProxy = undefined;
+			this.#bumpAllRevisions();
+			this.#residentBlobRevision++;
+			this.#artifactManager = null;
+			this.#artifactManagerSessionFile = null;
+			this.#adoptedArtifactManager = issued.adoptedArtifactManager;
+			this.#artifactLifecycle = Symbol("session-artifact-rollback");
+			installed = true;
+			this.#resetCloseRetryOriginForLifecycleCommit();
+			this.#disposeResidentTextStore(predecessorStore);
+			try {
+				managedTransition?.settle();
+			} catch (error) {
+				logger.warn("Failed to settle managed authority after cold rollback", { error: toError(error).message });
+			}
+			try {
+				this.#writeTerminalBreadcrumb(issued.coldRestoreFile);
+			} catch (error) {
+				logger.warn("Failed to update terminal breadcrumb after cold rollback", { error: toError(error).message });
+			}
 		} catch (error) {
-			managedTransition?.rollback();
+			if (!installed) managedTransition?.rollback();
 			throw error;
+		} finally {
+			managedTransition?.dispose();
+			disposeCandidate();
 		}
-		this.#flushed = snapshot.flushed;
-		this.#ensuredOnDisk = snapshot.ensuredOnDisk;
-		this.#needsFullRewriteOnNextPersist = snapshot.needsFullRewriteOnNextPersist;
-		this.#managedPersistExpectedIdentity = snapshot.managedPersistExpectedIdentity;
-		this.#adoptedArtifactManager = snapshot.adoptedArtifactManager;
 	}
 	captureState(): SessionManagerStateSnapshot {
+		this.#assertArtifactOpen();
 		this.#ensureFullHotView();
 		const materializedFileEntries = materializeResidentEntriesForReadSync(
 			this.#fileEntries,
 			this.#residentBlobStores(),
 		);
-		return {
+		return this.#issueStateSnapshot({
 			sessionId: this.#sessionId,
 			sessionName: this.#sessionName,
 			titleSource: this.#titleSource,
@@ -8366,54 +8784,76 @@ export class SessionManager {
 			ensuredOnDisk: this.#ensuredOnDisk,
 			needsFullRewriteOnNextPersist: this.#needsFullRewriteOnNextPersist,
 			managedPersistExpectedIdentity: this.#managedPersistExpectedIdentity,
-			// Snapshot entry objects by reference: switch/reload replaces the active entry array,
-			// so rollback does not need structured cloning of extension/custom details.
-			fileEntries: [...this.#fileEntries],
+			fileEntries: this.#fileEntries.map(entry => (entry.type === "session" ? { ...entry } : entry)),
 			// Rollback snapshots must own resident data before another session reset disposes
 			// the ephemeral store backing the resident sentinels above.
-			materializedFileEntries,
+			materializedFileEntries: materializedFileEntries.map(entry =>
+				entry.type === "session" ? { ...entry } : entry,
+			),
 			adoptedArtifactManager: this.#adoptedArtifactManager,
-		};
+		});
 	}
 
 	restoreState(snapshot: SessionManagerStateSnapshot): void {
-		const restoredFileEntries = [...snapshot.materializedFileEntries];
-		const prepared = this.#prepareResidentTextStoreTransition(
-			{
-				target: { sessionId: snapshot.sessionId, sessionFile: snapshot.sessionFile ?? "" },
-				primary: {
-					mode: "materialize",
-					sourceEntries: restoredFileEntries,
-					sourceStores: { textStore: null, imageStore: this.#residentImageBlobStore },
+		this.#assertArtifactOpen();
+		const issued = this.#resolveAdoptedStateSnapshot(snapshot);
+		if (issued.coldRestoreFile) throw new Error("Cold rollback requires restoreRollbackState.");
+		const managedTransition =
+			this.destination.kind === "managed" && issued.sessionFile
+				? this.#prepareManagedDestinationTransition(path.resolve(path.dirname(issued.sessionFile)))
+				: undefined;
+		try {
+			const restoredIdentity = this.#assertSnapshotPersistenceIdentity(issued, managedTransition?.store);
+			const restoredFileEntries = issued.materializedFileEntries.map(entry =>
+				entry.type === "session" ? { ...entry } : entry,
+			);
+			const prepared = this.#prepareResidentTextStoreTransition(
+				{
+					target: { sessionId: issued.sessionId, sessionFile: issued.sessionFile ?? "" },
+					primary: {
+						mode: "materialize",
+						sourceEntries: restoredFileEntries,
+						sourceStores: { textStore: null, imageStore: this.#residentImageBlobStore },
+					},
 				},
-			},
-			"retain-and-throw",
-		);
-		const retainsPersistWriter =
-			this.#persistWriter?.isOpen() === true &&
-			this.#sessionId === snapshot.sessionId &&
-			this.#sessionFile === snapshot.sessionFile &&
-			this.#persistWriterPath === snapshot.sessionFile;
-		this.#sessionId = snapshot.sessionId;
-		this.#sessionName = snapshot.sessionName;
-		this.#titleSource = snapshot.titleSource;
-		this.#sessionFile = snapshot.sessionFile;
-		this.#flushed = snapshot.flushed;
-		this.#ensuredOnDisk = snapshot.ensuredOnDisk;
-		this.#needsFullRewriteOnNextPersist = snapshot.needsFullRewriteOnNextPersist;
-		this.#managedPersistExpectedIdentity = snapshot.managedPersistExpectedIdentity;
-		if (!retainsPersistWriter) {
-			this.#persistWriter = undefined;
-			this.#persistWriterPath = undefined;
+				"retain-and-throw",
+			);
+			const retainsPersistWriter =
+				this.#persistWriter?.isOpen() === true &&
+				this.#sessionId === issued.sessionId &&
+				this.#sessionFile === issued.sessionFile &&
+				this.#persistWriterPath === issued.sessionFile;
+			if (!retainsPersistWriter) {
+				try {
+					this.#closePersistWriterInternalSync();
+				} catch (error) {
+					prepared.dispose();
+					throw this.#recordPersistError(error);
+				}
+			}
+			managedTransition?.adopt();
+			this.#sessionId = issued.sessionId;
+			this.#sessionName = issued.sessionName;
+			this.#titleSource = issued.titleSource;
+			this.#sessionFile = issued.sessionFile;
+			this.#flushed = issued.flushed;
+			this.#ensuredOnDisk = issued.ensuredOnDisk;
+			this.#needsFullRewriteOnNextPersist = issued.needsFullRewriteOnNextPersist;
+			this.#managedPersistExpectedIdentity = restoredIdentity;
+			this.#artifactManager = null;
+			this.#artifactManagerSessionFile = null;
+			this.#adoptedArtifactManager = issued.adoptedArtifactManager;
+			this.#artifactLifecycle = Symbol("session-artifact-rollback");
+			this.#commitResidentTextStoreTransition(prepared);
+			this.#resetCloseRetryOriginForLifecycleCommit();
+			managedTransition?.settle();
+			if (this.#sessionFile) writeTerminalBreadcrumb(this.cwd, this.#sessionFile);
+		} catch (error) {
+			managedTransition?.rollback();
+			throw error;
+		} finally {
+			managedTransition?.dispose();
 		}
-		this.#persistChain = Promise.resolve();
-		this.#persistError = undefined;
-		this.#persistErrorReported = false;
-		this.#artifactManager = null;
-		this.#artifactManagerSessionFile = null;
-		this.#adoptedArtifactManager = snapshot.adoptedArtifactManager;
-		this.#commitResidentTextStoreTransition(prepared);
-		if (this.#sessionFile) writeTerminalBreadcrumb(this.cwd, this.#sessionFile);
 	}
 
 	#freshSessionState(options?: NewSessionOptions, sessionFileOverride?: string): FreshSessionState {
@@ -8445,6 +8885,7 @@ export class SessionManager {
 		if (state.adoptsLifecycleId) this.#lifecycleIdAdopted = true;
 		this.#persistChain = Promise.resolve();
 		this.#persistError = undefined;
+		this.#closeRetryOriginError = undefined;
 		this.#persistErrorReported = false;
 		this.#sessionId = state.sessionId;
 		this.#sessionName = state.header.title;
@@ -8479,7 +8920,7 @@ export class SessionManager {
 		);
 	}
 
-	async #tryInitSessionFileFromSidecar(sessionFile: string): Promise<boolean> {
+	async #tryInitSessionFileFromSidecar(sessionFile: string, stagedCandidate = false): Promise<boolean> {
 		SessionManagerTestHooks.lastSidecarInitError = undefined;
 		if (
 			(this.#sessionMemoryMode !== "enabled" && this.#sessionMemoryMode !== "auto") ||
@@ -8498,7 +8939,7 @@ export class SessionManager {
 		this.#lazyReopenSucceeded = false;
 		this.#lazyReopenFallbackReason = "proof_invalid";
 		this.#sessionFile = sessionFile;
-		const runtime = this.#resetSidecarRuntime();
+		const runtime = this.#resetSidecarRuntime(false, stagedCandidate);
 		runtime.enabled = true;
 		let initialized = false;
 		try {
@@ -9571,6 +10012,7 @@ export class SessionManager {
 		strictResume?: { inspection: ResumeInspectionSnapshot; storage: SessionStorage; reuseEntries?: boolean },
 		requireExisting = false,
 		deferPersistenceUntilAccepted = false,
+		stagedRollbackCandidate = false,
 	): Promise<void> {
 		let strictManagedFallbackEntries: FileEntry[] | undefined;
 		let strictManagedFallbackMigrationApplied = false;
@@ -9602,18 +10044,25 @@ export class SessionManager {
 			boundedTranscriptAdmitted &&
 			this.#effectiveSessionMemoryMode(transcriptSize) === "enabled" &&
 			this.#storage.existsSync(`${sidecarRoot}/.session-memory.spill.commit`);
-		if (boundedTranscriptAdmitted && (await this.#tryInitSessionFileFromSidecar(resolvedSessionFile))) {
-			this.#writeTerminalBreadcrumb(resolvedSessionFile);
+		if (
+			boundedTranscriptAdmitted &&
+			(await this.#tryInitSessionFileFromSidecar(resolvedSessionFile, stagedRollbackCandidate))
+		) {
+			if (!stagedRollbackCandidate) this.#writeTerminalBreadcrumb(resolvedSessionFile);
 			revalidateStrictResume();
 			return;
 		}
 
-		if (boundedTranscriptAdmitted && (await this.#tryBoundedFirstOpen(resolvedSessionFile))) {
+		if (
+			!stagedRollbackCandidate &&
+			boundedTranscriptAdmitted &&
+			(await this.#tryBoundedFirstOpen(resolvedSessionFile))
+		) {
 			if (publishedSidecarWasPresent && this.#lazyReopenAttempted && !this.#lazyReopenSucceeded) {
 				this.#sessionMemoryMode = "shadow";
 				this.#sessionMemoryAutoDisabledReason = "sidecar_reload_failures";
 			}
-			this.#writeTerminalBreadcrumb(resolvedSessionFile);
+			if (!stagedRollbackCandidate) this.#writeTerminalBreadcrumb(resolvedSessionFile);
 			revalidateStrictResume();
 			return;
 		}
@@ -9624,12 +10073,13 @@ export class SessionManager {
 			!this.#storage.existsSync(resolvedSessionFile);
 		if ((strictResume || requireExisting) && transcriptMissing) throw new Error("Could not open session: unstable");
 		if (initializeMissing && transcriptMissing) {
+			if (stagedRollbackCandidate) throw new Error("Could not open session: unstable");
 			const fresh = this.#freshSessionState(undefined, resolvedSessionFile);
 			const prepared = this.#prepareFreshSessionTransition(fresh, "memory-fallback");
 			this.#applyFreshSessionMetadata(fresh);
 			this.#commitResidentTextStoreTransition(prepared);
 			this.#retireEphemeralArtifacts();
-			this.#writeTerminalBreadcrumb(resolvedSessionFile);
+			if (!stagedRollbackCandidate) this.#writeTerminalBreadcrumb(resolvedSessionFile);
 			await this.#rewriteFile();
 			this.#flushed = true;
 			this.#ensuredOnDisk = true;
@@ -9652,12 +10102,13 @@ export class SessionManager {
 		const entries = strictManagedFallbackEntries ?? (await loadEntriesFromFile(resolvedSessionFile, this.#storage));
 		revalidateStrictResume();
 		if (entries.length === 0) {
+			if (stagedRollbackCandidate) throw new Error("Could not open session: unstable");
 			const fresh = this.#freshSessionState(undefined, resolvedSessionFile);
 			const prepared = this.#prepareFreshSessionTransition(fresh, "memory-fallback");
 			this.#applyFreshSessionMetadata(fresh);
 			this.#commitResidentTextStoreTransition(prepared);
 			this.#retireEphemeralArtifacts();
-			this.#writeTerminalBreadcrumb(resolvedSessionFile);
+			if (!stagedRollbackCandidate) this.#writeTerminalBreadcrumb(resolvedSessionFile);
 			await this.#rewriteFile();
 			this.#flushed = true;
 			this.#ensuredOnDisk = true;
@@ -9690,7 +10141,7 @@ export class SessionManager {
 		this.#titleSource = header?.titleSource;
 		this.#needsFullRewriteOnNextPersist = migrationApplied;
 		this.#commitResidentTextStoreTransition(prepared);
-		this.#writeTerminalBreadcrumb(resolvedSessionFile);
+		if (!stagedRollbackCandidate) this.#writeTerminalBreadcrumb(resolvedSessionFile);
 		this.#flushed = true;
 		this.#ensuredOnDisk = true;
 		this.#adoptManagedPersistIdentity(resolvedSessionFile);
@@ -9748,8 +10199,12 @@ export class SessionManager {
 
 	/** Switch to a different session file (used for resume and branching). */
 	async setSessionFile(sessionFile: string, options?: { deferEphemeralArtifactRetirement?: boolean }): Promise<void> {
+		this.#assertArtifactOpen();
 		this.#assertRecoveryHydrationWritable();
 		const resolvedSessionFile = this.#storage instanceof FileSessionStorage ? path.resolve(sessionFile) : sessionFile;
+		const lifecycle = this.#syncArtifactLifecycle();
+		const predecessorId = this.#sessionId;
+		const predecessorFile = this.#sessionFile;
 		const strictAdoption = this.#pendingStrictAdoption;
 		let managedTransition: ManagedDestinationTransition | undefined;
 		if (this.destination.kind === "managed") {
@@ -9782,31 +10237,115 @@ export class SessionManager {
 					targetSize <= BOUNDED_RESUME_TRANSCRIPT_MAX_BYTES &&
 					this.#effectiveSessionMemoryMode(targetSize) === "enabled";
 				if (boundedTarget) {
+					const expectedIdentity =
+						this.destination.kind === "managed"
+							? this.#captureManagedPersistIdentity(resolvedSessionFile, managedTransition?.store)
+							: undefined;
+					const expectedStat = this.#storage.statSync(resolvedSessionFile);
 					const previous = await this.captureRollbackState();
+					let installedGeneration: symbol | undefined;
+					let installedSessionId: string | undefined;
+					let installedSessionFile: string | undefined;
 					try {
 						await this.#closePersistWriter();
+						await SessionManagerTestHooks.beforeManagedSwitchIdentity?.(resolvedSessionFile, this.#storage);
+						this.#assertArtifactOpen();
+						if (
+							lifecycle !== this.#syncArtifactLifecycle() ||
+							predecessorId !== this.#sessionId ||
+							predecessorFile !== this.#sessionFile
+						)
+							throw new Error("Session changed before adoption commit.");
+						if (!util.isDeepStrictEqual(expectedStat, this.#storage.statSync(resolvedSessionFile)))
+							throw new Error("Prepared session changed before adoption commit.");
+						if (
+							expectedIdentity &&
+							!util.isDeepStrictEqual(
+								expectedIdentity,
+								this.#captureManagedPersistIdentity(resolvedSessionFile, managedTransition?.store),
+							)
+						)
+							throw new Error("Prepared session changed before adoption commit.");
 						managedTransition?.adopt();
-						await this.#initSessionFile(resolvedSessionFile);
+						await this.#initSessionFile(resolvedSessionFile, false, undefined, true, true);
+						if (this.#artifactLifecycle === lifecycle && this.#sessionFile === resolvedSessionFile) {
+							installedGeneration = this.#artifactLifecycle;
+							installedSessionId = this.#sessionId;
+							installedSessionFile = this.#sessionFile;
+						}
+						this.#assertArtifactOpen();
+						if (this.#artifactLifecycle !== lifecycle || this.#sessionFile !== resolvedSessionFile)
+							throw new Error("Session changed before adoption commit.");
+						if (expectedIdentity) {
+							if (
+								!util.isDeepStrictEqual(
+									expectedIdentity,
+									this.#captureManagedPersistIdentity(resolvedSessionFile),
+								)
+							)
+								throw new Error("Prepared session changed before adoption commit.");
+						} else if (!util.isDeepStrictEqual(expectedStat, this.#storage.statSync(resolvedSessionFile))) {
+							throw new Error("Prepared session changed before adoption commit.");
+						}
+						this.#artifactManager = null;
+						this.#artifactManagerSessionFile = null;
+						this.#artifactLifecycle = Symbol("session-artifact-adoption");
+						installedGeneration = this.#artifactLifecycle;
+						installedSessionId = this.#sessionId;
+						installedSessionFile = this.#sessionFile;
+						this.#persistError = undefined;
+						this.#closeRetryOriginError = undefined;
+						this.#persistErrorReported = false;
 						if (!options?.deferEphemeralArtifactRetirement) this.#retireEphemeralArtifacts();
-						managedTransition?.settle();
 						this.#pendingStrictAdoption = undefined;
+						try {
+							managedTransition?.settle();
+						} catch (settleError) {
+							logger.warn("Failed to settle managed authority after bounded adoption", {
+								error: toError(settleError).message,
+							});
+						}
 						return;
 					} catch (error) {
-						managedTransition?.rollback();
-						await this.restoreRollbackState(previous);
+						const ownsInstalledGeneration =
+							installedGeneration !== undefined &&
+							this.#artifactLifecycle === installedGeneration &&
+							this.#sessionId === installedSessionId &&
+							this.#sessionFile === installedSessionFile;
+						const ownsPredecessorGeneration =
+							this.#artifactLifecycle === lifecycle &&
+							this.#sessionId === predecessorId &&
+							this.#sessionFile === predecessorFile;
+						if (ownsInstalledGeneration) {
+							managedTransition?.rollback();
+							await this.restoreRollbackState(previous);
+						} else if (ownsPredecessorGeneration) {
+							managedTransition?.rollback();
+						} else {
+							try {
+								managedTransition?.settle();
+							} catch (settleError) {
+								logger.warn("Failed to settle superseded managed authority", {
+									error: toError(settleError).message,
+								});
+							}
+						}
 						throw error;
 					}
 				}
 			}
 			let entries: FileEntry[];
+			let candidateIdentity: ResumeSessionIdentity | undefined;
 			let candidateMigrationApplied = false;
 			if (strictAdoption?.inspection && resolvedSessionFile === strictAdoption.canonicalPath) {
 				entries = strictAdoption.inspection.entries;
+				candidateIdentity = strictAdoption.identity;
 				candidateMigrationApplied = strictAdoption.inspection.migrationApplied;
 			} else if (this.#storage.existsSync(resolvedSessionFile)) {
 				const inspected = inspectResumeSessionFile(resolvedSessionFile, this.#storage);
 				if ("kind" in inspected) throw new Error(`Could not switch session: ${inspected.reason}`);
 				entries = inspected.entries;
+				candidateIdentity = inspected.identity;
 				candidateMigrationApplied = inspected.migrationApplied;
 			} else {
 				entries = await loadEntriesFromFile(resolvedSessionFile, this.#storage);
@@ -9839,45 +10378,43 @@ export class SessionManager {
 					prepared.dispose();
 					throw error;
 				}
-				if (strictAdoption) {
-					const inspected = inspectResumeSessionFile(resolvedSessionFile, this.#storage);
-					if ("kind" in inspected || !sameResumeIdentity(strictAdoption.identity, inspected.identity)) {
-						prepared.dispose();
-						throw new Error("Prepared session changed before strict adoption commit.");
+				let expectedIdentity: ManagedFileIdentity | undefined;
+				try {
+					await SessionManagerTestHooks.beforeManagedSwitchIdentity?.(resolvedSessionFile, this.#storage);
+					this.#assertArtifactOpen();
+					if (
+						lifecycle !== this.#syncArtifactLifecycle() ||
+						predecessorId !== this.#sessionId ||
+						predecessorFile !== this.#sessionFile
+					)
+						throw new Error("Session changed before adoption commit.");
+					const expected = strictAdoption?.identity ?? candidateIdentity;
+					if (expected) {
+						const inspected = inspectResumeSessionFile(resolvedSessionFile, this.#storage);
+						if ("kind" in inspected || !sameResumeIdentity(expected, inspected.identity))
+							throw new Error("Prepared session changed before adoption commit.");
 					}
+					if (this.destination.kind === "managed")
+						expectedIdentity = this.#captureManagedPersistIdentity(resolvedSessionFile, managedTransition?.store);
+					writeTerminalBreadcrumb(this.cwd, resolvedSessionFile);
+				} catch (error) {
+					prepared.dispose();
+					throw error;
 				}
-				const previous = {
-					sessionId: this.#sessionId,
-					sessionName: this.#sessionName,
-					titleSource: this.#titleSource,
-					sessionFile: this.#sessionFile,
-					needsFullRewriteOnNextPersist: this.#needsFullRewriteOnNextPersist,
-					managedPersistExpectedIdentity: this.#managedPersistExpectedIdentity,
-				};
-				this.#persistError = undefined;
-				this.#persistErrorReported = false;
+				managedTransition?.adopt();
 				this.#sessionFile = resolvedSessionFile;
 				this.#sessionId = sessionId;
 				this.#sessionName = header?.title;
 				this.#titleSource = header?.titleSource;
 				this.#needsFullRewriteOnNextPersist = migrationApplied;
-				try {
-					managedTransition?.adopt();
-					writeTerminalBreadcrumb(this.cwd, resolvedSessionFile);
-					await SessionManagerTestHooks.beforeManagedSwitchIdentity?.(resolvedSessionFile, this.#storage);
-					this.#adoptManagedPersistIdentity(resolvedSessionFile);
-					this.#commitResidentTextStoreTransition(prepared);
-				} catch (error) {
-					managedTransition?.rollback();
-					this.#sessionId = previous.sessionId;
-					this.#sessionName = previous.sessionName;
-					this.#titleSource = previous.titleSource;
-					this.#sessionFile = previous.sessionFile;
-					this.#needsFullRewriteOnNextPersist = previous.needsFullRewriteOnNextPersist;
-					this.#managedPersistExpectedIdentity = previous.managedPersistExpectedIdentity;
-					prepared.dispose();
-					throw error;
-				}
+				this.#managedPersistExpectedIdentity = expectedIdentity;
+				this.#artifactManager = null;
+				this.#artifactManagerSessionFile = null;
+				this.#artifactLifecycle = Symbol("session-artifact-adoption");
+				this.#commitResidentTextStoreTransition(prepared);
+				this.#persistError = undefined;
+				this.#closeRetryOriginError = undefined;
+				this.#persistErrorReported = false;
 				entries.length = 0;
 				if (!options?.deferEphemeralArtifactRetirement) this.#retireEphemeralArtifacts();
 				managedTransition?.settle();
@@ -9891,6 +10428,15 @@ export class SessionManager {
 			const prepared = this.#prepareFreshSessionTransition(fresh, "retain-and-throw");
 			try {
 				await this.#closePersistWriter();
+				this.#assertArtifactOpen();
+				if (
+					lifecycle !== this.#syncArtifactLifecycle() ||
+					predecessorId !== this.#sessionId ||
+					predecessorFile !== this.#sessionFile
+				)
+					throw new Error("Session changed before adoption commit.");
+				if (this.#storage.existsSync(resolvedSessionFile))
+					throw new Error("Prepared missing session changed before adoption commit.");
 			} catch (error) {
 				prepared.dispose();
 				throw error;
@@ -9899,6 +10445,7 @@ export class SessionManager {
 				lifecycleIdAdopted: this.#lifecycleIdAdopted,
 				persistChain: this.#persistChain,
 				persistError: this.#persistError,
+				closeRetryOriginError: this.#closeRetryOriginError,
 				persistErrorReported: this.#persistErrorReported,
 				sessionId: this.#sessionId,
 				sessionName: this.#sessionName,
@@ -9917,12 +10464,16 @@ export class SessionManager {
 				managedTransition?.adopt();
 				writeTerminalBreadcrumb(this.cwd, resolvedSessionFile);
 				this.#commitResidentTextStoreTransition(prepared);
+				// A session replacement starts a new writer lifecycle; never let a
+				// certified close error from the predecessor authorize clearing its state.
+				this.#closeRetryOriginError = undefined;
 				if (!options?.deferEphemeralArtifactRetirement) this.#retireEphemeralArtifacts();
 			} catch (error) {
 				managedTransition?.rollback();
 				this.#lifecycleIdAdopted = previous.lifecycleIdAdopted;
 				this.#persistChain = previous.persistChain;
 				this.#persistError = previous.persistError;
+				this.#closeRetryOriginError = previous.closeRetryOriginError;
 				this.#persistErrorReported = previous.persistErrorReported;
 				this.#sessionId = previous.sessionId;
 				this.#sessionName = previous.sessionName;
@@ -10372,6 +10923,14 @@ export class SessionManager {
 			transition.dispose();
 			throw error;
 		}
+		let expectedIdentity: ManagedFileIdentity | undefined;
+		try {
+			if (stage.flushed && stage.sessionFile && this.destination.kind === "managed")
+				expectedIdentity = this.#captureManagedPersistIdentity(stage.sessionFile);
+		} catch (error) {
+			transition.dispose();
+			throw error;
+		}
 		const predecessorRuntime = this.#sidecarRuntime;
 		if (predecessorRuntime) this.#clearColdRuntimeAfterHydration(predecessorRuntime);
 		this.#sidecarRuntime = undefined;
@@ -10382,6 +10941,7 @@ export class SessionManager {
 			this.#lifecycleIdAdopted = true;
 		this.#persistChain = Promise.resolve();
 		this.#persistError = undefined;
+		this.#closeRetryOriginError = undefined;
 		this.#persistErrorReported = false;
 		this.#sessionId = stage.sessionId;
 		this.#sessionName = stage.sessionName;
@@ -10396,8 +10956,8 @@ export class SessionManager {
 		this.#artifactManager = null;
 		this.#artifactManagerSessionFile = null;
 		this.#adoptedArtifactManager = null;
+		this.#managedPersistExpectedIdentity = expectedIdentity;
 		this.#commitResidentTextStoreTransition(transition);
-		if (stage.flushed) this.#adoptManagedPersistIdentity(stage.sessionFile);
 		this.#retireEphemeralArtifacts();
 		stage.committed = true;
 		this.#preparedNewSessions.delete(stage);
@@ -10607,6 +11167,7 @@ export class SessionManager {
 		await this.#closePersistWriter();
 		this.#persistChain = Promise.resolve();
 		this.#persistError = undefined;
+		this.#closeRetryOriginError = undefined;
 		this.#persistErrorReported = false;
 		let forkArtifactPublication: ForkArtifactPublication | undefined;
 		let forkTranscriptPublication: ForkTranscriptPublication | undefined;
@@ -11480,6 +12041,7 @@ export class SessionManager {
 		const previousSessionDir = this.sessionDir;
 		const previousSessionFile = this.#sessionFile;
 		const previousDestination = this.destination;
+		const previousPersistIdentity = this.#managedPersistExpectedIdentity;
 
 		const nextDestination =
 			this.#storage instanceof FileSessionStorage
@@ -11529,6 +12091,7 @@ export class SessionManager {
 			}
 			this.#persistChain = Promise.resolve();
 			this.#persistError = undefined;
+			this.#closeRetryOriginError = undefined;
 			this.#persistErrorReported = false;
 
 			const oldSessionFile = this.#sessionFile;
@@ -11801,6 +12364,7 @@ export class SessionManager {
 				throw error;
 			}
 		}
+		this.#artifactLifecycle = Symbol("session-artifact-move");
 		this.#cwdGeneration += 1;
 		const readLease = cwdReadLeaseAls.getStore();
 		if (readLease?.owner === this.#cwdReadLeaseOwner) {
@@ -11839,6 +12403,7 @@ export class SessionManager {
 			await this.#closePersistWriter().catch(() => {});
 			this.#persistChain = Promise.resolve();
 			this.#persistError = undefined;
+			this.#closeRetryOriginError = undefined;
 			this.#persistErrorReported = false;
 			if (rollbackManagedMove) {
 				try {
@@ -11863,6 +12428,14 @@ export class SessionManager {
 				// transcript actually existed (and was thus restorable) before the failed move.
 				if (hadSessionFile) this.#adoptManagedPersistIdentity(previousSessionFile);
 				else this.#managedPersistExpectedIdentity = undefined;
+				if (previousSessionFile && previousPersistIdentity && this.#managedPersistExpectedIdentity) {
+					this.#managedRollbackIdentity = Object.freeze({
+						sessionId: this.#sessionId,
+						sessionFile: previousSessionFile,
+						before: Object.freeze({ ...previousPersistIdentity }),
+						after: Object.freeze({ ...this.#managedPersistExpectedIdentity }),
+					});
+				}
 				const header = this.#fileEntries.find(entry => entry.type === "session") as SessionHeader | undefined;
 				if (header) applyHeaderPatch(header, { cwd: previousCwd });
 				this.#headerExportRevision++;
@@ -12037,6 +12610,15 @@ export class SessionManager {
 		}
 		return normalized;
 	}
+	/** A successful lifecycle commit replaces the writer/session that certified this retry origin. */
+	#resetCloseRetryOriginForLifecycleCommit(): void {
+		const closeRetryOriginError = this.#closeRetryOriginError;
+		this.#closeRetryOriginError = undefined;
+		if (closeRetryOriginError && this.#persistError === closeRetryOriginError) {
+			this.#persistError = undefined;
+			this.#persistErrorReported = false;
+		}
+	}
 
 	#queuePersistTask(task: () => Promise<void>, options?: { ignoreError?: boolean }): Promise<void> {
 		const next = this.#persistChain.then(async () => {
@@ -12123,7 +12705,19 @@ export class SessionManager {
 
 	async #closePersistWriterInternal(): Promise<void> {
 		if (this.#persistWriter) {
-			await this.#persistWriter.close();
+			const writer = this.#persistWriter;
+			try {
+				await writer.close();
+			} catch (error) {
+				if (writer.getCloseState() === "close_failed_retryable" && !this.#closeRetryOriginError) {
+					const closeError = writer.getCloseError() ?? toError(error);
+					this.#closeRetryOriginError = closeError;
+					// Record the error immediately so the identity check in close() will pass
+					// when the retry succeeds, even if toError() is called again later.
+					if (!this.#persistError) this.#persistError = closeError;
+				}
+				throw error;
+			}
 			this.#persistWriter = undefined;
 		}
 		this.#persistWriterPath = undefined;
@@ -12670,9 +13264,9 @@ export class SessionManager {
 	// =========================================================================
 
 	/** Create (or reset) the sidecar runtime for the current lifecycle. */
-	#resetSidecarRuntime(ineligible = false): SessionMemorySidecarRuntime {
+	#resetSidecarRuntime(ineligible = false, preserveLegacySidecars = false): SessionMemorySidecarRuntime {
 		this.#sidecarBranchActivationDirty = false;
-		if (this.#sessionFile && this.destination.kind !== "managed") {
+		if (!preserveLegacySidecars && this.#sessionFile && this.destination.kind !== "managed") {
 			for (const legacyPath of [
 				`${this.#sessionFile}.spill.idx`,
 				`${this.#sessionFile}.spill.tail`,
@@ -15708,9 +16302,92 @@ export class SessionManager {
 		this.#managedPersistExpectedIdentity = this.#captureManagedPersistIdentity(sessionFile);
 	}
 
+	#captureExplicitPersistIdentity(sessionFile: string): ExplicitPersistIdentity {
+		const storage = this.#storage;
+		if (!(storage instanceof FileSessionStorage) || !storage.readRangeSync)
+			throw new Error("Session rollback persistence identity is unavailable.");
+		const canonicalPath = resolveEquivalentPath(path.resolve(sessionFile));
+		let before: SessionStorageStat;
+		try {
+			before = storage.statSync(canonicalPath);
+		} catch {
+			throw new Error("Session rollback persistence identity is unavailable.");
+		}
+		const nlink = before.nlink;
+		if (
+			!before.isFile ||
+			typeof nlink !== "bigint" ||
+			nlink !== 1n ||
+			before.size <= 0 ||
+			before.size > BOUNDED_RESUME_TRANSCRIPT_MAX_BYTES
+		)
+			throw new Error("Session rollback persistence identity is unavailable.");
+
+		const fingerprint = crypto.createHash("sha256");
+		const addRange = (start: number, length: number): Uint8Array => {
+			const range = storage.readRangeSync!(canonicalPath, start, length);
+			if (range.bytes.byteLength !== length || !sameResumeStat(before, range.stat))
+				throw new Error("Session rollback persistence identity is unavailable.");
+			const frame = Buffer.allocUnsafe(12);
+			frame.writeBigUInt64BE(BigInt(start), 0);
+			frame.writeUInt32BE(length, 8);
+			fingerprint.update(frame).update(range.bytes);
+			return range.bytes;
+		};
+		let sessionId: string | undefined;
+		try {
+			const prefixLength = Math.min(before.size, BOUNDED_FIRST_OPEN_MAX_LINE_BYTES + 1);
+			const prefix = addRange(0, prefixLength);
+			const consumer = createBoundedLineChunkConsumer((_lineStart, lineBytes) => {
+				if (lineBytes.byteLength === 1 && lineBytes[0] === 0x0a) return;
+				if (lineBytes.at(-1) !== 0x0a && prefixLength !== before.size) return false;
+				try {
+					const header = JSON.parse(decodeBoundedJsonLine(lineBytes)) as Partial<SessionHeader>;
+					if (header.type !== "session" || typeof header.id !== "string") return false;
+					sessionId = header.id;
+					return false;
+				} catch {
+					return false;
+				}
+			});
+			const consumeFailure = consumer.consume(Buffer.from(prefix.buffer, prefix.byteOffset, prefix.byteLength), 0);
+			const prefixFailure = consumeFailure ?? consumer.finish(prefixLength === before.size);
+			if (prefixFailure !== "aborted" || sessionId === undefined) throw new Error("invalid_session_header");
+
+			const rangeLength = Math.min(EXPLICIT_PERSIST_FINGERPRINT_RANGE_BYTES, before.size);
+			const lastStart = before.size - rangeLength;
+			const starts = new Set([Math.floor(lastStart / 3), Math.floor((lastStart * 2) / 3), lastStart]);
+			for (const start of starts) {
+				if (start + rangeLength <= prefixLength) continue;
+				addRange(start, rangeLength);
+			}
+			const after = storage.statSync(canonicalPath);
+			if (!sameResumeStat(before, after)) throw new Error("source_changed");
+		} catch {
+			throw new Error("Session rollback persistence identity is unavailable.");
+		}
+		if (sessionId === undefined) throw new Error("Session rollback persistence identity is unavailable.");
+		return {
+			canonicalPath,
+			sessionId,
+			// Convert bigints to strings for JSON safety
+			dev: String(before.dev),
+			ino: String(before.ino),
+			nlink: nlink !== undefined ? String(nlink) : undefined,
+			size: before.size,
+			mtimeMs: before.mtimeMs,
+			mtimeNs: String(before.mtimeNs),
+			ctimeNs: before.ctimeNs !== undefined ? String(before.ctimeNs) : undefined,
+			fingerprintSha256: fingerprint.digest("hex"),
+		};
+	}
+
 	/** Capture one descriptor-bound digest for a future metadata-drift comparison. */
-	#captureManagedPersistIdentity(sessionFile: string): ManagedFileIdentity {
-		const store = this.#managedTranscriptStore(sessionFile);
+	#captureManagedPersistIdentity(
+		sessionFile: string,
+		candidateStore?: ManagedSessionDescendantStore,
+	): ManagedFileIdentity {
+		const store = candidateStore ?? this.#managedTranscriptStore(sessionFile);
 		const relativePath = path.basename(sessionFile);
 		const bounded = store.captureBoundedAppendExpectation(relativePath);
 		const descriptor = store.descriptorExpected(relativePath);
@@ -16371,6 +17048,7 @@ export class SessionManager {
 
 	/** Close the persistent writer after flushing all pending data. */
 	async close(): Promise<void> {
+		this.#beginArtifactClose();
 		await this.closeCwdMoveAdmission();
 		await this.joinCwdTransition();
 		await this.joinCwdReaders();
@@ -16386,6 +17064,7 @@ export class SessionManager {
 		}
 		let closeError: unknown;
 		let taskStarted = false;
+		const closeRetryOriginError = this.#closeRetryOriginError;
 		try {
 			await this.#queuePersistTask(
 				async () => {
@@ -16398,8 +17077,19 @@ export class SessionManager {
 				},
 				{ ignoreError: this.#closeRetryPending },
 			);
-			this.#persistError = undefined;
-			this.#persistErrorReported = false;
+			if (
+				closeRetryOriginError &&
+				!this.#persistWriter &&
+				!this.#needsFullRewriteOnNextPersist &&
+				!this.#strictResumeMutationPending &&
+				this.#persistError === closeRetryOriginError
+			) {
+				// Only the original certified writer-close failure becomes obsolete
+				// after closure. Lifecycle/publication errors must remain observable.
+				this.#persistError = undefined;
+				this.#persistErrorReported = false;
+				this.#closeRetryOriginError = undefined;
+			}
 			this.#closeRetryPending = false;
 			this.#retireEphemeralArtifacts();
 			await this.#drainEphemeralArtifactCleanups();
@@ -16409,6 +17099,8 @@ export class SessionManager {
 		}
 		const terminalError = closeError ?? this.#persistError;
 		if (terminalError) throw terminalError;
+		this.#persistError = undefined;
+		this.#persistErrorReported = false;
 		this.#releaseResidentTextStore();
 		if (this.#preparedNewSessions.size === 0) this.#releaseOwnedManagedAuthority();
 		this.#releaseClosedSessionState();
@@ -16438,6 +17130,7 @@ export class SessionManager {
 	 * writer closure before any destructive operation.
 	 */
 	async closeStrict(): Promise<SessionManagerCloseOutcome> {
+		this.#beginArtifactClose();
 		this.#strictClosePending = true;
 		await this.closeCwdMoveAdmission();
 		await this.joinCwdTransition();
@@ -16466,6 +17159,7 @@ export class SessionManager {
 			this.#strictResumeMutationPending = false;
 			this.#managedPersistExpectedIdentity = undefined;
 			this.#persistError = undefined;
+			this.#closeRetryOriginError = undefined;
 			this.#persistErrorReported = false;
 		}
 		let priorPersistError = this.#persistError;
@@ -17077,27 +17771,72 @@ export class SessionManager {
 	 * the parent session's artifact directory and ID counter.
 	 */
 	adoptArtifactManager(manager: ArtifactManager, parent?: ArtifactManager): void {
+		this.#assertArtifactOpen();
+		if (this.#adoptedArtifactManager !== manager) this.#artifactLifecycle = Symbol("artifact-adoption");
 		this.#adoptedArtifactManager = manager;
 		if (parent) this.#stagedArtifactParent = parent;
 	}
 
 	/** Release only the matching externally adopted manager. */
 	releaseArtifactManager(manager: ArtifactManager): void {
-		if (this.#adoptedArtifactManager === manager) this.#adoptedArtifactManager = null;
+		if (this.#adoptedArtifactManager === manager) {
+			this.#adoptedArtifactManager = null;
+			this.#artifactLifecycle = Symbol("artifact-release");
+		}
 	}
 
 	/** Temporarily release adopted authority while an outer transition validates its successor. */
 	stageAdoptedArtifactManagerForTransition(): void {
-		this.#adoptedArtifactManager = null;
+		if (this.#adoptedArtifactManager) this.releaseArtifactManager(this.#adoptedArtifactManager);
 	}
 
 	/** Prove manager authority by exact object identity, never by pathname shape. */
 	isArtifactManagerAuthorized(manager: ArtifactManager): boolean {
-		return (
-			manager === this.#adoptedArtifactManager ||
-			manager === this.#artifactManager ||
-			manager === this.#ephemeralArtifactManager
-		);
+		if (this.#artifactClosing || this.#strictClosePending) return false;
+		if (this.#adoptedArtifactManager) return manager === this.#adoptedArtifactManager;
+		if (this.#sessionFile)
+			return manager === this.#artifactManager && this.#artifactManagerSessionFile === this.#sessionFile;
+		return manager === this.#ephemeralArtifactManager;
+	}
+
+	#syncArtifactLifecycle(): symbol {
+		if (
+			this.#artifactLifecycleSessionId !== this.#sessionId ||
+			this.#artifactLifecycleSessionFile !== this.#sessionFile
+		) {
+			this.#artifactLifecycleSessionId = this.#sessionId;
+			this.#artifactLifecycleSessionFile = this.#sessionFile;
+			this.#artifactLifecycle = Symbol("session-artifact-transition");
+		}
+		return this.#artifactLifecycle;
+	}
+
+	#assertArtifactOpen(): void {
+		if (this.#artifactClosing || this.#strictClosePending) throw new Error("Session manager is closing.");
+	}
+
+	#beginArtifactClose(): void {
+		if (!this.#artifactClosing) {
+			this.#artifactClosing = true;
+			this.#artifactLifecycle = Symbol("session-artifact-close");
+		}
+	}
+
+	#assertArtifactContinuation(
+		token: symbol,
+		sessionId: string,
+		sessionFile: string | undefined,
+		manager: ArtifactManager,
+	): void {
+		this.#assertArtifactOpen();
+		if (
+			token !== this.#syncArtifactLifecycle() ||
+			sessionId !== this.#sessionId ||
+			sessionFile !== this.#sessionFile ||
+			!this.isArtifactManagerAuthorized(manager)
+		)
+			throw new Error("Session artifact continuation is no longer authorized.");
+		manager.assertManagedBinding();
 	}
 
 	/**
@@ -17105,16 +17844,26 @@ export class SessionManager {
 	 * one bound to the current session file unless an external manager was
 	 * adopted via `adoptArtifactManager`. Falls back to the lazily created
 	 * ephemeral filesystem store once a non-persistent session has saved an
-	 * artifact, so `artifact://` stays resolvable. Returns null only when no
-	 * store has been established yet.
+	 * artifact, so `artifact://` stays resolvable. Returns null when no store has
+	 * been established yet and once the manager has released its artifact
+	 * authority while closing — released authority stays observable as absence
+	 * (matching `isArtifactManagerAuthorized`), while artifact *operations* are
+	 * fenced by `#assertArtifactOpen()` and keep throwing.
 	 */
 	getArtifactManager(): ArtifactManager | null {
+		if (this.#artifactClosing || this.#strictClosePending) return null;
 		return this.#getOrCreateArtifactManager() ?? this.#ephemeralArtifactManager;
 	}
 
 	/** Linearizably establish this session's persistent or ephemeral artifact manager. */
 	async ensureArtifactManager(): Promise<ArtifactManager | null> {
-		return this.#getOrCreateArtifactManager() ?? (await this.#ensureEphemeralArtifactManager());
+		this.#assertArtifactOpen();
+		const token = this.#syncArtifactLifecycle();
+		const sessionId = this.#sessionId;
+		const sessionFile = this.#sessionFile;
+		const manager = this.#getOrCreateArtifactManager() ?? (await this.#ensureEphemeralArtifactManager());
+		if (manager) this.#assertArtifactContinuation(token, sessionId, sessionFile, manager);
+		return manager;
 	}
 
 	/**
@@ -17122,6 +17871,8 @@ export class SessionManager {
 	 * Recreates the manager when the active session file changes.
 	 */
 	#getOrCreateArtifactManager(): ArtifactManager | null {
+		this.#assertArtifactOpen();
+		this.#syncArtifactLifecycle();
 		if (this.#adoptedArtifactManager) return this.#adoptedArtifactManager;
 		const sessionFile = this.#sessionFile;
 		if (!sessionFile) {
@@ -17152,7 +17903,14 @@ export class SessionManager {
 	async allocateArtifactPath(toolType: string): Promise<{ id?: string; path?: string }> {
 		const manager = this.#getOrCreateArtifactManager();
 		if (!manager) return {};
-		return manager.allocatePath(toolType);
+		const token = this.#syncArtifactLifecycle();
+		const sessionId = this.#sessionId;
+		const sessionFile = this.#sessionFile;
+		const allocation = await manager.allocatePath(toolType);
+		// A reservation is not a grant to a caller whose session changed during
+		// initialization. No writable pathname escapes before the final fence.
+		this.#assertArtifactContinuation(token, sessionId, sessionFile, manager);
+		return allocation;
 	}
 
 	/**
@@ -17162,8 +17920,49 @@ export class SessionManager {
 	 * read back from the filesystem instead of being retained in memory.
 	 */
 	async saveArtifact(content: string, toolType: string): Promise<string | undefined> {
+		this.#assertArtifactOpen();
+		if (!/^[a-zA-Z0-9_-]+$/.test(toolType)) throw new Error("Unsafe artifact tool type");
+		const token = this.#syncArtifactLifecycle();
+		const sessionId = this.#sessionId;
+		const sessionFile = this.#sessionFile;
 		const manager = this.#getOrCreateArtifactManager() ?? (await this.#ensureEphemeralArtifactManager());
-		return manager ? manager.save(content, toolType) : undefined;
+		if (!manager) return undefined;
+		this.#assertArtifactContinuation(token, sessionId, sessionFile, manager);
+		const { id } = await manager.allocatePath(toolType);
+		this.#assertArtifactContinuation(token, sessionId, sessionFile, manager);
+		const contentBytes = Buffer.byteLength(content, "utf-8");
+		const truncated =
+			contentBytes > DEFAULT_ARTIFACT_MAX_BYTES ? truncateHeadBytes(content, DEFAULT_ARTIFACT_MAX_BYTES) : undefined;
+		const published = truncated
+			? `${truncated.text}\n[artifact truncated after ${truncated.bytes} bytes; omitted at least ${contentBytes - truncated.bytes} bytes]\n`
+			: content;
+		const filename = `${id}.${toolType}.log`;
+		const store = manager.getManagedStore();
+		if (store) store.publishNoReplaceSync(filename, Buffer.from(published, "utf8"));
+		else publishManagedFileNoReplaceSync(path.join(manager.dir, filename), Buffer.from(published, "utf8"));
+		return id;
+	}
+
+	/** Capture artifact publication authority for one session lifecycle. */
+	captureArtifactPublication(): SessionArtifactPublication {
+		this.#assertArtifactOpen();
+		const lifecycle = this.#syncArtifactLifecycle();
+		const sessionId = this.#sessionId;
+		const sessionFile = this.#sessionFile;
+		const manager = this.#getOrCreateArtifactManager() ?? this.#ephemeralArtifactManager;
+		if (manager) this.#assertArtifactContinuation(lifecycle, sessionId, sessionFile, manager);
+
+		return async (content, toolType) => {
+			this.#assertArtifactOpen();
+			if (
+				lifecycle !== this.#syncArtifactLifecycle() ||
+				sessionId !== this.#sessionId ||
+				sessionFile !== this.#sessionFile
+			)
+				throw new Error("Session artifact continuation is no longer authorized.");
+			if (manager) this.#assertArtifactContinuation(lifecycle, sessionId, sessionFile, manager);
+			return this.saveArtifact(content, toolType);
+		};
 	}
 
 	async #validatedEvictedToolOutputHandle(
@@ -17271,6 +18070,7 @@ export class SessionManager {
 	 * Returns null when the artifact is missing.
 	 */
 	async getArtifactPath(id: string): Promise<string | null> {
+		this.#assertArtifactOpen();
 		const manager = this.getArtifactManager();
 		if (!manager) return null;
 		return manager.getPath(id);
@@ -20653,7 +21453,13 @@ export class SessionManager {
 					await parentArtifacts.commitAttemptStaging(stagedManager, staged.attemptId, {
 						beforePublish: idMap => this.remapStagedArtifactReferences(idMap),
 					});
-				} else await stagedManager.discardAttemptStaging();
+				} else {
+					try {
+						await stagedManager.discardAttemptStaging();
+					} catch (error) {
+						if (!isAuthorizedPendingCleanup(toError(error))) throw error;
+					}
+				}
 			}
 			if (staged.managedParentStore && staged.managedStagingStore) {
 				const stagedName = path.basename(staged.stagedSessionFile);