@indigoai-us/hq-cli 5.313.0 → 5.314.0

package/assets/scaffold/core/scripts/checkpoint-stop-gate.sh

@@ -5,12 +5,6 @@
 
 set -uo pipefail
 
-# The main block ends with `} 2>/dev/null`: a Stop hook must not spray
-# diagnostics into a session. Keep one copy of the real stderr so a
-# misconfigured operator switch — the one failure the operator alone can fix,
-# and otherwise invisible — still has somewhere to be said.
-exec 3>&2
-
 {
   self_hq="$(cd "$(dirname "${BASH_SOURCE[0]:-$0}")/../.." 2>/dev/null && pwd)"
   HQ="${CLAUDE_PROJECT_DIR:-${HQ_ROOT:-$self_hq}}"
@@ -55,168 +49,7 @@ exec 3>&2
     return 0
   }
 
-  # checkpoint_gate_trim — strips only the edges. Deleting interior whitespace
-  # would quietly repair a typo: "f alse" would become a valid `false` and
-  # disable the gate the operator was trying to keep on.
-  checkpoint_gate_trim() {
-    local s="$1"
-    s="${s#"${s%%[![:space:]]*}"}"
-    s="${s%"${s##*[![:space:]]}"}"
-    printf '%s' "$s"
-  }
-
-  # checkpoint_gate_setting — one operator switch, resolved the way hq-cli
-  # resolves it: the process environment first, then the HQ root's
-  # `.claude/settings.json` `env` block (overlaid by `settings.local.json`, the
-  # order Claude Code merges them).
-  #
-  # Reading the file matters because only Claude Code exports that block into
-  # hook processes. Under Codex or grok the variable is never set, so an
-  # operator who wrote the switch into settings.json would have had it silently
-  # ignored on exactly the runtimes where they cannot see why. Fail-open: any
-  # missing file, absent jq, or unreadable value leaves the gate at its default.
-  #
-  # Prints the raw value and returns 0 when one resolves. Returns 1 when the
-  # highest-priority file that mentions the key holds something unreadable — a
-  # present key stops the lookup rather than falling through, so a stale `"0"`
-  # further down cannot be promoted by a typo in the file above it. Same
-  # precedence the TypeScript resolver uses.
-  checkpoint_gate_setting() {
-    local key="$1" value="" file raw
-    eval "value=\${$key:-}"
-    value="$(checkpoint_gate_trim "$value")"
-    if [ -n "$value" ]; then
-      printf '%s' "$value"
-      return 0
-    fi
-    command -v jq >/dev/null 2>&1 || return 0
-    for file in "$HQ/.claude/settings.local.json" "$HQ/.claude/settings.json"; do
-      [ -r "$file" ] || continue
-      # Strings, and JSON's own true/false/0/1 — the literal an operator reaches
-      # for first — all resolve; null, an object, or an array does not. The
-      # leading marker separates "absent" (no output) from "present but
-      # unreadable" (`-`), which a bare value could not encode.
-      raw="$(jq -r --arg k "$key" '
-        try (
-          if (.env | type) == "object" and (.env | has($k))
-          then (.env[$k]
-                | if type == "string" or type == "boolean" or type == "number"
-                  then "+" + tostring
-                  else "-" end)
-          else empty end
-        ) catch empty' "$file" 2>/dev/null || true)"
-      case "$raw" in
-        "") continue ;;
-        -*) ;;
-        +*)
-          value="$(checkpoint_gate_trim "${raw#+}")"
-          if [ -n "$value" ]; then
-            printf '%s' "$value"
-            return 0
-          fi
-          ;;
-      esac
-      printf 'checkpoint-stop-gate: ignoring %s in %s (not a value it can read; expected a string such as "0" or "1")\n' \
-        "$key" "$file" >&3 2>/dev/null
-      return 1
-    done
-    return 0
-  }
-
-  # Normalizes one switch to 0, 1, or empty (= not set). An unreadable value is
-  # named on stderr rather than passed over: the operator asked for something.
-  checkpoint_gate_switch() {
-    local key="$1" raw
-    raw="$(checkpoint_gate_setting "$key" 2>/dev/null)" || return 0
-    [ -n "$raw" ] || return 0
-    case "$(printf '%s' "$raw" | tr '[:upper:]' '[:lower:]')" in
-      0|false|off|no) printf '0' ;;
-      1|true|on|yes) printf '1' ;;
-      *) printf 'checkpoint-stop-gate: ignoring %s=%s (expected 0/1, false/true, off/on or no/yes)\n' "$key" "$raw" >&3 2>/dev/null ;;
-    esac
-    return 0
-  }
-
-  # checkpoint_gate_bound_company <hq-root> <session-id> — the session's
-  # declared company slug: scope-capability.json first, then meta.yaml. Prints
-  # empty when the session has no binding.
-  checkpoint_gate_bound_company() {
-    local root="$1" sid="$2" co="" cap meta
-    [ -n "$sid" ] || return 0
-    cap="$root/workspace/sessions/$sid/scope-capability.json"
-    if [ -r "$cap" ]; then
-      co="$(jq -r '.company_slug // empty' "$cap" 2>/dev/null || true)"
-    fi
-    if [ -z "$co" ]; then
-      meta="$root/workspace/sessions/$sid/meta.yaml"
-      if [ -r "$meta" ]; then
-        co="$(awk '
-          $1 == "company_slug:" {
-            sub(/^[^:]+:[[:space:]]*/, "")
-            gsub(/^"|"$/, "")
-            print
-            exit
-          }
-        ' "$meta" 2>/dev/null || true)"
-      fi
-    fi
-    printf '%s' "$co"
-  }
-
-  # checkpoint_gate_company_off <hq-root> <session-id> — succeeds only when the
-  # session's company owner has turned the checkpoint gate off
-  # (companySettings.checkpointGateEnabled = false) according to the local
-  # cache written by `hq core checkpoint-gate-setting --refresh`. The hook
-  # never calls the network: a missing or stale cache starts one detached,
-  # rate-limited refresh and the current turn uses whatever the cache holds.
-  # On, unset, no cache, no company, `personal`, or anything unreadable keeps
-  # the gate on. The refresh removes the cache while the
-  # `checkpoint.gate.company-setting` hq-flag is off, so the setting has no
-  # effect until the flag is on.
-  checkpoint_gate_company_off() {
-    local co dir cache stamp value fetched now stamp_mtime
-    co="$(checkpoint_gate_bound_company "$1" "$2")"
-    case "$co" in
-      ""|personal) return 1 ;;
-      *[!a-z0-9-]*) return 1 ;;
-    esac
-    [ -n "${HOME:-}" ] || return 1
-    dir="${HOME}/.hq/cache/checkpoint-gate"
-    cache="$dir/$co.json"
-    stamp="$dir/$co.refresh"
-    value=""
-    fetched=""
-    if [ -r "$cache" ]; then
-      value="$(jq -r 'if .checkpointGateEnabled == false then "off" elif .checkpointGateEnabled == true then "on" else "" end' "$cache" 2>/dev/null || true)"
-      fetched="$(jq -r '.fetched_at // empty | numbers | floor' "$cache" 2>/dev/null || true)"
-    fi
-    now="$(date +%s 2>/dev/null || true)"
-    case "$now" in ''|*[!0-9]*) now="" ;; esac
-    case "$fetched" in ''|*[!0-9]*) fetched=0 ;; esac
-    if [ -n "$now" ] && [ $((now - fetched)) -gt 600 ] && command -v hq >/dev/null 2>&1; then
-      stamp_mtime="$(stat -c %Y "$stamp" 2>/dev/null || stat -f %m "$stamp" 2>/dev/null || printf 0)"
-      case "$stamp_mtime" in ''|*[!0-9]*) stamp_mtime=0 ;; esac
-      if [ $((now - stamp_mtime)) -gt 600 ] && mkdir -p "$dir" 2>/dev/null && touch "$stamp" 2>/dev/null; then
-        (nohup hq core checkpoint-gate-setting --refresh --company "$co" >/dev/null 2>&1 3>&- &)
-      fi
-    fi
-    [ "$value" = off ]
-  }
-
   input="$(cat 2>/dev/null || printf '{}')"
-  input_reply_evidence="$(printf '%s' "$input" | jq -r '
-    if has("last_assistant_message") then
-      if (.last_assistant_message | type) == "string" then
-        "present:" + ((.last_assistant_message | gsub("\\s+"; "") | length) | tostring)
-      elif (.last_assistant_message | type) == "array" then
-        "present:" + (([.last_assistant_message[]? | (.text? // "")] | join("") | gsub("\\s+"; "") | length) | tostring)
-      else
-        "invalid"
-      end
-    else
-      "absent"
-    end
-  ' 2>/dev/null || printf 'invalid')"
   input_fields="$(printf '%s' "$input" | jq -r '[.transcript_path // "", .session_id // ""] | @tsv' 2>/dev/null)" || exit 0
   IFS=$'\t' read -r transcript_path session_id <<<"$input_fields" || exit 0
 
@@ -224,15 +57,6 @@ exec 3>&2
   # recursively demand another checkpoint of itself.
   [ "${HQ_CHECKPOINT_SIBLING:-}" = "1" ] && exit 0
 
-  # Resolved once: every branch below reads this instead of the raw variable.
-  gate_switch="$(checkpoint_gate_switch HQ_CHECKPOINT_GATE)"
-  # That was the only diagnostic, so drop the duplicate before anything is
-  # spawned. The detached `nohup ... &` commands below redirect fds 1 and 2
-  # only: a surviving fd 3 would be inherited by them and hold the hook
-  # runner's stderr pipe open, so a runner that reads stderr to EOF would wait
-  # on the supposedly detached checkpoint instead of on this shell.
-  exec 3>&-
-
   # Company-scope gate ---------------------------------------------------------
   # An OPT-IN requirement layered onto this Stop hook: for an operator whose
   # email domain is listed in HQ_CHECKPOINT_SCOPE_GATE_DOMAINS (comma-separated,
@@ -245,7 +69,7 @@ exec 3>&2
   # alongside the checkpoint gate. Binding is a single recoverable call, so the
   # block loops only until the operator declares a scope.
   gate_domains="${HQ_CHECKPOINT_SCOPE_GATE_DOMAINS:-}"
-  case "$gate_switch" in
+  case "${HQ_CHECKPOINT_GATE:-}" in
     0) ;;
     *)
       gate_session_id="$(printf '%s' "$input" | jq -r '.session_id // ""' 2>/dev/null || true)"
@@ -267,7 +91,24 @@ exec 3>&2
         fi
         if [ "$gate_match" = 1 ]; then
           gate_root="${HQ_ROOT:-${CLAUDE_PROJECT_DIR:-$self_hq}}"
-          bound_co="$(checkpoint_gate_bound_company "$gate_root" "$gate_session_id")"
+          bound_co=""
+          gate_cap="$gate_root/workspace/sessions/$gate_session_id/scope-capability.json"
+          if [ -r "$gate_cap" ]; then
+            bound_co="$(jq -r '.company_slug // empty' "$gate_cap" 2>/dev/null || true)"
+          fi
+          if [ -z "$bound_co" ]; then
+            gate_meta="$gate_root/workspace/sessions/$gate_session_id/meta.yaml"
+            if [ -r "$gate_meta" ]; then
+              bound_co="$(awk '
+                $1 == "company_slug:" {
+                  sub(/^[^:]+:[[:space:]]*/, "")
+                  gsub(/^"|"$/, "")
+                  print
+                  exit
+                }
+              ' "$gate_meta" 2>/dev/null || true)"
+            fi
+          fi
           # A binding satisfies the gate only when it names a REAL scope: the
           # reserved `personal`, or an actual tenant directory. hq-session will
           # still store a typo'd or invented slug (it validates only the
@@ -279,7 +120,7 @@ exec 3>&2
             *) [ -d "$gate_root/companies/$bound_co" ] && gate_bound=1 ;;
           esac
           if [ "$gate_bound" = 0 ]; then
-            company_reason="$(printf 'This session has not declared its scope, and a scope is required before the turn can end. Decide where this work belongs, then bind the session and finish the turn with your user-facing reply as the final text after the command output:\n\n  bash %s/core/scripts/hq-session.sh --session-id %s set company_slug <company-slug>\n\nUse a real tenant slug from companies/manifest.yaml — the company this session is actually working in, never an invented one. If this session does no company-scoped work, bind it to the reserved personal scope instead:\n\n  bash %s/core/scripts/hq-session.sh --session-id %s set company_slug personal\n\nAn operator can also disable this requirement for the run by exporting HQ_CHECKPOINT_GATE=0, or for every runtime by putting \"env\": {\"HQ_CHECKPOINT_GATE\": \"0\"} in .claude/settings.json.' "$gate_root" "$gate_session_id" "$gate_root" "$gate_session_id")"
+            company_reason="$(printf 'This session has not declared its scope, and a scope is required before the turn can end. Decide where this work belongs, then bind the session and finish the turn with your user-facing reply as the final text after the command output:\n\n  bash %s/core/scripts/hq-session.sh --session-id %s set company_slug <company-slug>\n\nUse a real tenant slug from companies/manifest.yaml — the company this session is actually working in, never an invented one. If this session does no company-scoped work, bind it to the reserved personal scope instead:\n\n  bash %s/core/scripts/hq-session.sh --session-id %s set company_slug personal\n\nAn operator can also disable this requirement for the run by exporting HQ_CHECKPOINT_GATE=0.' "$gate_root" "$gate_session_id" "$gate_root" "$gate_session_id")"
             printf '{"decision":"block","reason":%s}\n' "$(printf '%s' "$company_reason" | hq_json_encode)"
             exit 0
           fi
@@ -288,18 +129,11 @@ exec 3>&2
       ;;
   esac
 
-  # Company setting: an owner can turn the checkpoint requirement off for
-  # their company's sessions. An explicit operator switch (0 or 1) wins over it.
-  if [ -z "$gate_switch" ] &&
-    checkpoint_gate_company_off "${HQ_ROOT:-${CLAUDE_PROJECT_DIR:-$self_hq}}" "$session_id"; then
-    exit 0
-  fi
-
   runtime="${HQ_CHECKPOINT_RUNTIME:-claude}"
 
   # Operator switches precede runtime and identity eligibility. A forced gate
   # intentionally bypasses the rollout rules for local trials and tests.
-  case "$gate_switch" in
+  case "${HQ_CHECKPOINT_GATE:-}" in
     0) exit 0 ;;
     1) enforce=true ;;
     *)
@@ -317,7 +151,7 @@ exec 3>&2
 
   refresh_eligibility() {
     command -v hq >/dev/null 2>&1 || return 0
-    (nohup env HQ_CHECKPOINT_RUNTIME="$runtime" hq core checkpoint --gate-probe >/dev/null 2>&1 3>&- &)
+    (nohup env HQ_CHECKPOINT_RUNTIME="$runtime" hq core checkpoint --gate-probe >/dev/null 2>&1 &)
   }
 
   if [ "$runtime" = "codex" ] && [ "$enforce" = false ]; then
@@ -357,15 +191,6 @@ exec 3>&2
   session_key="$(hq_hook_safe_session_key "$session_id")"
   [ -n "$session_key" ] || exit 0
 
-  reply_ambiguity_log="$state_dir/checkpoint-stop-gate-ambiguity.log"
-  log_reply_ambiguity() {
-    local reason="$1"
-    local timestamp
-    timestamp="$(date -u +%Y-%m-%dT%H:%M:%SZ 2>/dev/null || printf 'unknown-time')"
-    printf '%s\t%s\treply-evidence-ambiguous\t%s\n' "$timestamp" "$session_key" "$reason" \
-      >>"$reply_ambiguity_log" 2>/dev/null || true
-  }
-
   # Parse only the recent JSONL tail. Claude and Codex persist different row
   # shapes, so normalize both to the same user/tool boundary before checking
   # whether the final action was the checkpoint command.
@@ -406,11 +231,7 @@ exec 3>&2
       else ""
       end;
     def checkpoint_command:
-      # Match the actual command at a shell command boundary. A whitespace
-      # boundary alone would accept `echo hq core checkpoint`; allow only the
-      # shell wrappers and environment assignments that can invoke hq itself.
-      # Quoted assignment values and executable paths may contain spaces.
-      test("(^\\s*|[;&|()]\\s*|\\n\\s*)(?:(?:command|exec)\\s+)?(?:env\\s+)?([A-Za-z_][A-Za-z0-9_]*=(?:\"(?:\\\\.|[^\"\\\\])*\"|\\u0027[^\\u0027]*\\u0027|[^\\s;&|()]*)\\s+)*(?:(?:command|exec|env)\\s+)?(\"[^\"]*[/\\\\]hq\"|[^\\s;&|()]*[/\\\\]hq|hq)\\s+core\\s+checkpoint(\\s|$)");
+      test("(^|[;&|(\\s])(command\\s+)?([A-Za-z_][A-Za-z0-9_]*=[^\\s]*\\s+)*hq\\s+core\\s+checkpoint(\\s|$)");
     def strip_quoted:
       # Remove quoted spans so flag text inside a --summary value (e.g.
       # --summary "investigated --gate-probe behavior") is never mistaken for
@@ -422,21 +243,12 @@ exec 3>&2
     def checkpoint_flag($flag):
       strip_quoted | test("(^|\\s)" + $flag + "(\\s|$)");
     def pure_checkpoint:
-      # The command is ONLY a checkpoint invocation (recognized wrappers and
-      # env assignments are allowed, but no other command may be joined by a
-      # separator). A compound call like `git status; hq core checkpoint
-      # --idle` did other work in the same tool call, so its exemptions do not
-      # apply.
-      # Normalize a quoted or path-qualified executable to hq before
-      # stripping quoted argument values, so a path with spaces still gets
-      # the same --idle exemptions.
-      (capture("^(?<prefix>\\s*(?:(?:command|exec)\\s+)?(?:env\\s+)?([A-Za-z_][A-Za-z0-9_]*=(?:\"(?:\\\\.|[^\"\\\\])*\"|\\u0027[^\\u0027]*\\u0027|[^\\s;&|()]*)\\s+)*(?:(?:command|exec|env)\\s+)?)(?<executable>\"[^\"]*[/\\\\]hq\"|[^\\s;&|()]*[/\\\\]hq|hq)(?<tail>\\s+core\\s+checkpoint(?:\\s+[^;&|\n]*)?)$")? // false) as $parts
-      | if $parts == false then false
-        else
-          ($parts.prefix + "hq" + $parts.tail)
-          | strip_quoted
-          | test("^\\s*(?:(?:command|exec)\\s+)?(?:env\\s+)?([A-Za-z_][A-Za-z0-9_]*=(?:\"(?:\\\\.|[^\"\\\\])*\"|\\u0027[^\\u0027]*\\u0027|[^\\s;&|()]*)\\s+)*(?:(?:command|exec|env)\\s+)?hq\\s+core\\s+checkpoint([\\s][^;&|\n]*)?$")
-        end;
+      # The command is ONLY a checkpoint invocation (optional env-assignment
+      # prefix, no other command joined by a separator). A compound call like
+      # `git status; hq core checkpoint --idle` did other work in the same
+      # tool call, so its exemptions must not apply.
+      strip_quoted
+      | test("^\\s*(command\\s+)?([A-Za-z_][A-Za-z0-9_]*=[^\\s]*\\s+)*hq\\s+core\\s+checkpoint([\\s][^;&|\n]*)?$");
     def gate_feedback_user:
       # This gate surfaces its own Stop feedback as a synthetic user row. That
       # row is a turn boundary for the checkpoint requirement, but NOT for
@@ -560,12 +372,7 @@ exec 3>&2
           else (if $seg_reply_chars > 0 then "0-replied" else "0-unreplied" end)
           end
       end
-  ' 2>/dev/null)"
-  parsed_status=$?
-  if [ "$parsed_status" -ne 0 ]; then
-    log_reply_ambiguity "transcript-parse-failed"
-    exit 0
-  fi
+  ' 2>/dev/null)" || exit 0
   # A Claude success verdict carries the satisfying checkpoint's tool id, the
   # count of non-whitespace assistant text characters delivered after the
   # genuine turn's last work tool (its user-facing reply, wherever it sits
@@ -590,53 +397,6 @@ exec 3>&2
     *) exit 0 ;;
   esac
 
-  # Claude's Stop payload carries the final assistant message independently of
-  # the transcript writer. Use the stronger of the two sources: the transcript
-  # can already contain a reply while the payload is empty, and the payload can
-  # arrive before the transcript writer flushes. If neither source can prove a
-  # reply, the evidence is ambiguous rather than proof that no reply exists.
-  # Fail open for the reply demand and record the ambiguity so a host-side
-  # flush regression remains observable without forcing a duplicate.
-  reply_evidence_ambiguous=0
-  case "$reply_chars" in
-    ''|*[!0-9]*) reply_chars=0 ;;
-  esac
-  case "$input_reply_evidence" in
-    present:*)
-      payload_reply_chars="${input_reply_evidence#present:}"
-      case "$payload_reply_chars" in
-        ''|*[!0-9]*) reply_evidence_ambiguous=1 ;;
-        *)
-          if [ "$runtime" = "claude" ]; then
-            if [ "$satisfied" = "1" ]; then
-              if [ "$payload_reply_chars" -gt "$reply_chars" ]; then
-                reply_chars="$payload_reply_chars"
-              fi
-            elif [ "$satisfied" = "0" ] && [ "$payload_reply_chars" -gt 0 ]; then
-              replied=1
-            fi
-          fi
-          ;;
-      esac
-      ;;
-    absent|invalid)
-      if [ "$runtime" = "claude" ] && [ "$reply_chars" -eq 0 ]; then
-        if [ "$satisfied" = "1" ] && [ "$reply_required" = "1" ]; then
-          reply_evidence_ambiguous=1
-        elif [ "$satisfied" = "0" ]; then
-          # A missing checkpoint plus an unflushed reply is also ambiguous;
-          # let the already-replied branch record the turn without asking the
-          # host to repeat text that may already be visible.
-          reply_evidence_ambiguous=1
-          replied=1
-        fi
-      fi
-      ;;
-  esac
-  if [ "$reply_evidence_ambiguous" = "1" ]; then
-    log_reply_ambiguity "payload=$input_reply_evidence;transcript-reply-chars=$reply_chars"
-  fi
-
   # Codex tool-result envelopes do not reliably expose a nested shell exit
   # status. The CLI writes this session-scoped stamp only after a successful
   # checkpoint, so require a fresh stamp in addition to the final command.
@@ -689,23 +449,25 @@ exec 3>&2
 
     # Reply-owed enforcement (Claude runtime only). The checkpoint payload
     # goes to the background sibling, never the user. A genuine turn that did
-    # work and reaches a satisfying checkpoint must have some user-facing text
-    # after its last WORK tool call. The window crosses this gate's feedback
+    # work and reaches a satisfying checkpoint with (next to) no assistant
+    # text after its last WORK tool call is a turn whose user-facing reply is
+    # missing, however rich the checkpoint flags are: block once and demand
+    # the reply. The window deliberately crosses this gate's own feedback
     # boundaries and accepts a reply on either side of the checkpoint, so an
     # agent that replied and then checkpointed is never told to repeat itself
     # (double-messaging is the failure the reply-aware block variants exist
     # to prevent). Evidence (transcript audit 2026-08-19, 1471 stop-gate
     # checkpoint turns): 2.7% ended with no reply anywhere while the substance
     # lived only in the checkpoint payload. The nudge fires at most once per
-    # checkpoint tool id (stamped in hook-state). By default, any non-whitespace
-    # reply counts, including a terse reply such as "done.". Codex is excluded:
-    # its Stop feedback is a synthetic re-prompt with its own delivery contract.
-    # HQ_CHECKPOINT_REPLY_MIN can require a longer reply; 0 disables enforcement.
+    # checkpoint tool id (stamped in hook-state), so a legitimately terse turn
+    # costs exactly one extra Stop round-trip and the gate can never loop.
+    # Codex is excluded: its Stop feedback is a synthetic re-prompt with its
+    # own delivery contract. HQ_CHECKPOINT_REPLY_MIN overrides the minimum
+    # non-whitespace character threshold; 0 disables the enforcement.
     if [ "$satisfied" = "1" ] && [ "$runtime" = "claude" ] \
-      && [ "$reply_required" = "1" ] && [ -n "$reply_tool_id" ] \
-      && [ "$reply_evidence_ambiguous" != "1" ]; then
-      reply_min="${HQ_CHECKPOINT_REPLY_MIN:-1}"
-      case "$reply_min" in ''|*[!0-9]*) reply_min=1 ;; esac
+      && [ "$reply_required" = "1" ] && [ -n "$reply_tool_id" ]; then
+      reply_min="${HQ_CHECKPOINT_REPLY_MIN:-80}"
+      case "$reply_min" in ''|*[!0-9]*) reply_min=80 ;; esac
       case "$reply_chars" in ''|*[!0-9]*) reply_chars=0 ;; esac
       if [ "$reply_min" -gt 0 ] && [ "$reply_chars" -lt "$reply_min" ] && [ "$block_count" -lt 3 ]; then
         nudge_file="$state_dir/checkpoint-reply-nudge-$session_key"
@@ -749,7 +511,7 @@ exec 3>&2
        --trigger stop-gate-auto \
        --transcript "$transcript_path" \
        --summary "turn ended with its user-facing reply already delivered" \
-       >/dev/null 2>&1 3>&- &)
+       >/dev/null 2>&1 &)
     rm -f "$block_count_file" 2>/dev/null || true
     exit 0
   fi